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Copyright

All photos on IN THE FOCUS are protected by copyright. Furthermore, the layout of the website, graphics, photos, audio and video sequences, the collection of data, as well as individual contributions are protected by copyright. All rights including the rights of photomechanical reproduction, duplication and distribution via special processes (eg data processing, data carriers, data networks), even partial, are reserved by the operators of IN THE FOCUS.

Any use of photographs generally requires the acquisition of right of use. This can be purchased by the operator of IN THE FOCUS through the acquisition of a private license, editorial license or commercial license.

The private license is included in the purchase price for each photo and subject to the buyer. It includes the private use (eg on the private homepage of the buyer, for advertisements or promotional brochures of the buyer, etc.).

The editorial license includes editorial uses for print or Internet media (eg periodical press products, books, online magazines). The license must be compensated by an appropriate fee to the operator of IN THE FOCUS. In general, in-house fees of the publications are accepted by prior arrangement.

The commercial license covers the use for any commercial use of the photos outside of the aforementioned applications. If in doubt please contact the operator of IN THE FOCUS ask.

Regardless of the respective license the following applies to any publication: The copyright statement must say: * Name of the photographer * / IN THE FOCUS below each image in print production, and include a link back to IN THE FOCUS (www.in-the-focus.com) for any webbased publication. For print products, an author's copy is requested, for webbased publication a reference to the corresponding URL.

For copyright infringement a compensation fee (+ 200%) will be charged. The fees of the MFM will serve as basis. If in doubt, the client is liable.

Right of ones own picture (Art Copyright Act § 22):
Images may only be distributed or publicly displayed with the consent of the person depicted. In doubt, the consent is regarded as granted if the person portrayed was compensated for being photographed.
§ 23 exceptions to § 22: (1) Without the information required by § 22 images may be put on display from the field of contemporary history; images where those persons appear only as an accessory in addition to a landscape or other locality; images of meetings, processions and similar events which were attended by the represented person (...).
IN THE FOCUS photographers try not to violate personal rights. However, in case when we shoot people who go voluntarily to a public event and know that they will be photographed and filmed there, it is hard to imagine that this is considered an infringement of someones personal rights. If someone still feels compromised in his personal rights, the operator of IN THE FOCUS asks for an e-mail (contact@in-the-focus.com), giving the photo number (photo ID) of the respective photo.
The right to the image refers only to persons, not animals.