Copyright

My images are copyrighted. Actually that goes without saying. A copyright notice is not required according to the BERNE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS (Paris Text 1971) . This is heavy stuff, so to find out what is permitted on the Web, it's easier to read e.g. Copyright and the Internet (Virginia Montecino at George Mason University). The latter link pertains to U.S. law, but U.S. did sign the Berne Convention in 1989.

I don't earn my living on the Internet. So I believe in sharing. I give you, you give me. Or I give you, you give somebody, somebody gives me. And so on. I'm giving you some images of varying artistic and informative quality. I can read my web statistics every day saying that e.g. 500 pages/images have been downloaded. That's something you give me. Mailing me, or writing in my Guestbook, that's another giving.

You can freely use my images as desktop wallpapers or print them to decorate your office or your home. Well, wouldn't you anyway?

You are also free to put any of them on your web site, but you must refer to the source on each page showing my images. The reference should contain my name (Sverre Stølen) and a link to my site (http://exviking.net/). In html the link would look like this: <a href="http://exviking.net/">Sverre Stølen</a>. (If you don't declare charset=iso-8859-1, write the letter ø as ø in your html.)

If your web site can be classified as commercial, please ask me. In most cases I'll permit the use of images without any fee, provided you refer to the source as explained above.

Printing images in books, magazines, etc, is an other matter. This also includes distribution on CD or DVD. Please ask me. If the publication is obviously non-commercial I usually give my permission provided reference is made to my name (Sverre Stølen) and my homepage (http://exviking.net/). The price for a small number of pictures will be a copy of the publication in question. If the publication is commercial, please email me a proposal.