{"id":2867,"date":"2014-07-27T02:59:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T02:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/2014\/07\/27\/photo-use-policy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T22:54:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T02:54:30","slug":"photo-use-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/about-idc\/photo-use-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Use Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

GENERAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ice-dance.com (IDC) website was started in June 1999 and is currently, IDC is administered by Daphne Backman and Melanie Heaney.<\/p>\n

Team IDC consists of journalists, photographers, and technical wizards who have graciously volunteered their services to help us provide ice dance coverage.<\/p>\n

EVENT COVERAGE & PHOTOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n

IDC has been providing event coverage, including reports and photographs, since 2003.<\/p>\n

Photographs are presented in editorial galleries, as well as appearing as highlights in IDC feature articles and event reports.<\/p>\n

All IDC photos contain the ice-dance.com watermark that includes the photographer\u2019s name.\u00a0 Do NOT remove the watermark from photos. This includes cropping, photo shopping, etc.<\/p>\n

Photographs on ice-dance.com, including those in the gallery, are copyrighted to the respective photographers and may not be used in any way without the expressed written consent of the photographer and Ice-dance.com.\u00a0 If permission is granted, the IDC logo watermark with the photographer’s name must NOT be removed.<\/p>\n

This includes, but is not limited to\u00a0use on any other websites, including professional or personal blogs\/Tumblrs,\u00a0in magazines and newspapers (both online and paper format) and\/or\u00a0promotional materials for shows or events.<\/p>\n

Ice-dance.com does not sell action photos to skaters & families when an official event photographer is present. To purchase photos from most competitions, please contact the official photographer.<\/p>\n

REQUEST FOR USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you would like to use a photo that appears on IDC on another website, in a magazine or newspaper (both online and paper format), or in promotional materials, please contact IDC at idcomstaff@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, with preference given to skaters who wish to feature IDC-copyrighted photos on their official websites.<\/p>\n

IDC and its photographers retain the right to deny the use, reproduction, and dissemination of its copyrighted photographs.<\/p>\n

SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Event photos can be posted only on the athlete’s personal\/official social media page with the watermark in-tact. IDC must be also be tagged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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