Red Planet Inc. Copy and Intellectual Property Rights

All images at domain www.cirrusimage.com, www.greenertrees.com, and related sites are © Red Planet Inc. All Rights Reserved, unless otherwise noted.
No image may be reproduced, in full or in part, nor any derivative works made for any commercial purpose whatsoever without prior written consent from Red Planet Inc.

Images on pages marked with a Creative Commons license are subject to strict interpretation of attribution requirements.

ATTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
All photographs published under Creative Commons License must have placed, directly next to or under the image, the figures "©Red Planet Inc.". Images placed online or in electronic media must have the credit hyperlinked to: http://www.cirrusimage.com/ . Any and all watermarks must remain unchanged. In no event can our images be used in commercial publishing, electronic, print or other media without express written permission from Red Planet Inc., regardless of Creative Commons licensing.

Our images on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons are also subject to these attribution requirements per the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.

We are enthusiastic donators of images for bona fide public educational use. If you would like to use our images (such as for doctoral thesis, classroom use, &tc.), please contact us. For permission, licensing or reproduction rights email: Webmaster or call us at 630-830-8850 from 10:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. central time, Tuesday through Friday.

All images by our featured photographers Lynette Schimming, Sean McCann, Roy Niswanger, et al, identified with their name stamped at lower left, are property of and copyright by the respective artists, all rights reserved. Licensing rights to reproduce these images may also be secured by contacting us at 630-830-8850.

Other images and text used with permission are copyright by their respective photographers, artists or authors.
Photos by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos published under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2

Images and text at domain www.cirrusimage.com and all associated sites are the intellectual property of the original author Red Planet Inc. and are wholly and exclusively owned by Red Planet Inc. Red Planet Inc. is a corporation operating under the laws of the State of Illinois and The United States of America, and its images and products are copyrighted and marketed under these laws; other international agreements may apply. Red Planet Inc. is in the business of licensing and / or selling rights to reproduce its copyrighted works, and selling, renting  and marketing advertising space at domains cirrusimage.com and other related sites on the world wide web. Any and all unauthorized use or reproduction may affect the marketability or value of these works.

NO WARRANTY. Red Planet Inc. provides these data "as is". Red Planet Inc. makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the data. RPI further make no warranties, either expressed or implied, as to any other matter whatsoever, including, without limitation, the condition of the data, or their fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Specifically, distributional, ecological, taxonomic and other such reports should not assume absolute veracity of the information contained within Cirrus Digital Imaging databases. Identifications should be verified by direct inspection of the specimens whenever possible. Please note that taxa may be listed under old names and synonyms.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. In no event shall Red Planet Inc. have any liability whatsoever for payment of any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, or tort damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, any loss of profits arising out of use of or reliance on the data or arising out of the delivery, installation, operation, or support by Red Planet Inc.

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