Copyright and Trademarks

Copyrights and Trademarks

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In the case of imagery obtained from this site and used only as permitted above, images may be copied or distributed provided each and every such image bears the following credit line: "Image courtesy of Iconofile." This credit line must appear along either the vertical or horizontal margin of said image(s) or in a List of Illustrations or Table of Figures within the same document in which they are used. No images or content in any form from this site may, in any manner or by any means, be used for commercial purposes without written permission from Iconofile.

The exception to the above statement are for any images for which Iconofile is not the exclusive copyright holder. Iconofile has made agreements with the copyright holders of many of the images appearing in this web site, and in such cases Iconofile may act as agent to negotiate usage of such images. Please contact us to inquire about the use of images appearing in this web site.

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