Terms of use for Johnson County Museum historic photos on www.JoCoHistory.net.

Users of any photographs on this website agree as follows:

All photographs are property of the Johnson County Museum. They may be used for educational, scholarly, or private, personal use as long as the following credit statement is included: “Courtesy Johnson County Museum.” Any other use, such as commercial publication or multiple reproductions, requires written permission from the Johnson County Museum. Click for Use Agreement.

The integrity of the original photograph must be preserved and protected. Photographs may not be inverted and content may not be removed or added. Minor cropping at the edges of photographs and minor adjustments to sharpness and contrast are permissible as long as the content is not substantially modified. Any other manipulation or modification of photographs requires the approval of the Johnson County Museum. An explanatory statement regarding the changes must accompany any photograph that has been modified or manipulated within the terms of this Use Agreement.

The Johnson County Museum is unaware of any copyright in the images in the collection. The Johnson County Museum has provided in the catalog records for these materials all known information regarding the photographer or other persons associated with the materials. This information is provided as a service to aid users in determining the appropriate use of an item, but that determination ultimately rests with the user. The Johnson County Museum would like to hear from anyone who may have additional information regarding the images found in this collection.

The persons whose images appear in the photographs comprising this compilation have not agreed to commercial use of their names or likenesses. Such usage may be actionable at law by these persons or their heirs. The Johnson County Museum assumes no liability for misuse of these photographs. As a condition of accessing the website, the user agrees to indemnify and hold Johnson County and the Johnson County Museum, and their officers, employees, and agents, harmless for any misuse of the likenesses of persons appearing in the image.

The user of any photographs assumes all responsibility for compliance with copyright and other applicable laws that may be involved in the use of these photographs. Johnson County Museum reserves the right to refuse any reproduction order or to deny permission for commercial use of any photograph.

Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of the copyrighted materials. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or other reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or other reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.


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