Use of Third-Party Imagery

Use of imagery - Particularly from Scott Hartman.

Its important that members respect the property of others, particularly those from other websites by correctly identifying the source. In reference to material produced by Scott Hartman:

1) Members can continue to use his images for size comparisons, etc., as long as you keep (or add) his name and copyright to the image itself so it can't end up in an image search without his name on it. Those posts should also have a link either to the original image on his website, or at least to the front page. This isn't really any different than citing a paper, and should make posts better sourced (it helps people see if it’s the most current version) and also let people find and contact him if they want to use the images commercially or outside of the forum.


2) While it is ok for members scaling and making comparisons for forum posts, it is absolutely not ok for people to alter or tweaking a skeletal to look like another animal, etc. without permission . None of his images allow for them to be altered or edited without permission. Hartman does sometimes grant permission but members need to ask first. If they do get permission, it should say in their post that they have secured permission to make those changes.