Media / Branding

Copyright Statement¶

This copyright statement applies to all photography & images found on this website, and any other sites found on the brainlife.io domain. Please read carefully before downloading, linking to, or printing copies for use.

© Copyright 2016-2024 Franco Pestilli. All rights reserved.¶

I. Proprietary Rights¶

The photographs contained on this, and any other site under the Franco Pestilli domain, are the property of Franco Pestilli and are protected by United States and International copyright laws. All copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights in this site, are the property of Franco Pestilli.

All Photographs on Franco Pestilli are copyrighted.

No permission, either express or implied, is granted for the electronic transmission, storage, retrieval, or printing of the photographs contained on Franco Pestilli, other than that which is related to the normal "caching" practices of web browsers and activities such as downloading solely for your personal enjoyment. No parties, or individuals visiting or viewing images from Franco Pestilli, may otherwise copy, modify, publish, transmit, or distribute the contents of the photographs found herein. Express written permission must be granted, on behalf of the photographer (copyright holder, Franco Pestilli), in order to use these photographs for any purpose that is not outlined above.

Your use of Franco Pestilli or viewing of this statement indicates your acceptance of these conditions.

II. Personal Use Criteria¶

The following is a list of conditions where I, Franco Pestilli, give individuals permission to link to (or copy) JPEG images and other material at no charge:

You may print a copy of any images and logos for personal reference without further permission.
Students and teachers are welcome to download images and incorporate them into school reports, scientific presentations, etc. for free so long as proper credit and citation is given to the brainlife.io project, without my further permission.
Anyone can download images for the express use of displaying them on screen on any personal computer that is not being used for commercial public viewing purposes.

III. Free Web Usage Criteria¶

The following conditions define my authorization for use of my image on the Web, free of charge, so long as proper attribution of copyright is given to me, Franco Pestilli, and include the e-mail address, info@brainlife.io in said attribution:

You may make LINKS to the images on pages you maintain for yourself for personal, non-commercial use.
If you are preparing FREE online site guides for other photographers, bloggers, and images and logos forums, you may make use of these images, BUT ONLY IF YOU ATTRIBUTE THEM AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IV. Commercial Use¶

Those persons who wish to use the photography found on this site in a commercial fashion must receive written consent from me, Franco Pestilli, prior to its commercial use. To obtain consent, interested parties should send an e-mail to info@Franco Pestilli. In that e-mail, the following should be addressed:

Image(s) you would like to use
Where they will be displayed
How they will be displayed
Intent of its display
Duration of their public viewing
Any other information you feel would be useful

Any commercial use of my photography without prior consent is a violation of United States and International copyright law.

V. Copyright Protection Tactics¶

In attempts to maintain the integrity of the copyrighted photographs found on this site, several copyright protection methods have been utilized. Some of these tactics include, but are not limited to:

Placement of watermarks
Resizing of images
Conversion of images to low resolution for web use

If you would like to use specific images and logos with some of the copyright protection tactics removed, please e-mail me at info@photos.Franco Pestilli and describe the intended use of the imagery with the copyright protection tactics reduced.

IV. Copyright Infringement is Serious¶

The act of infringing on a copyright is a very serious business and is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. I have worked very hard to present you with a quality photographic experience and I kindly ask that you refrain from copying anything from the site onto your own hard drive, diskette(s), printer, etc. You are welcome to copy the hyperlinks to other sites found on photos. Franco Pestilli, however, I ask that you do not copy any of the graphics, photographs, or articles from this site for your own use (other than the terms stated above). Doing so is an infringement of United States and International copyright laws.