Copyright Policy

Copyright Policy

We strictly adhere to US Copyright Law and respect the rights to the creator’s intellectual and creative properties, therefore we will not copy, transfer, duplicate or digitize, without written permission of the rights holder. We place the responsibility on you to obtain a release or permission waiver, signed by the rights holder if the images you would like to digitize have a copyright symbol (©), or are otherwise protected by the law. The written release must clearly state that you are allowed to duplicate, digitize, and/or make available online. You must include the document stating express written permission with the copyright protected materials when you ship them to us, or we will be unable to fulfill that portion of your order.

A sample copyright waiver can be found in the download section on the HistoryIsEverything.com website.

This may include, but not limited:

• Recorded TV or studio movies
• Commercially copyrighted materials
• Comics not part of a larger collective work
• Photographs that the photographer has retained the rights to
• Video, audio, or printed materials published or recorded after 1924 that are protected by copyright, and you have not received written permission of the rights holder.

If you send us original materials we cannot digitize in accordance with US Copyright and international copyright laws or content we find to be objectionable, we will issue a credit for those materials, which can be applied to a future order, allowing you to add more materials to your archive, or it can be applied to your "My History Archive" subscription.

When you begin the checkout process on HistoryIsEverything.com, you will be presented with an agreement that must be reviewed prior to submitting your order. It states that you either own the rights or have written consent to use all the materials you will be sending to us for digitization and hosting. When you agree, it will indemnify and hold harmless the owners, management, employees, associates, and anyone that represents HistoryIsEverything.com or Advantage Archives Archive harmless from all costs, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by in relation to or arising from any misrepresentation or omission related to the copyright or violation of the intellectual property of the rights holder.

However you CAN add any content you would like that you may not “own” if it lives in the Public Domain. “Public Domain” refers to works not protected by intellectual property laws. The public owns these works, not an individual author or artist. Anyone can use public domain work without obtaining permission, but no one can ever “own it”