Terms of Use

Rights types

The rights type that applies to each work is displayed on the details page for the work. Descriptions of the various rights types are as follows:

Public Domain

This work has no known copyright restrictions and the image can be re-used.

This statement means that to the best of our knowledge, under Australian law, the Gallery is unaware of any copyright restrictions on this work. This can be because the copyright term for this work may have expired. This material may be copied and otherwise re-used in Australia without copyright or other intellectual property right related restrictions.

All rights reserved

This work is subject to copyright and the image cannot be re-used.

This statement means that the work is subject to copyright and that the copyright owner has given the Gallery permission to display an image of the work on our website. It means that the work may not be copied, reproduced, or communicated without the copyright owner’s permission, except for purposes related to fair dealing, as defined by the Australian Copyright Act 1968.

All rights reserved - with credit

This work is subject to copyright and the image cannot be re-used.

This statement means that the work is subject to copyright and that the copyright owner has given the Gallery permission to display an image of the work on our website with the proviso that a credit is also displayed. It means that the work may not be copied, reproduced, communicated without the copyright owner’s permission, except for purposes related to fair dealing, as defined by the Australian Copyright ACT 1968.

All rights reserved - display restrictions

This work is subject to copyright and the copyright owner has not given us permission to display the image.

This statement means that the work is subject to copyright and that the copyright owner has not given the Gallery permission to display an image of the work on our website.

Copyright orphan

This work is subject to copyright and the image cannot be re-used.

This statement means that the copyright owner is either indeterminate or uncontactable. The copyright term for this work may have expired however, due to a lack of information in the records, this is not able to be confirmed.

Copyright

Much of the material available on this website is subject to copyright. That copyright is either held by the Gallery, or by a third party, which has given permission for the material to be reproduced on this website.

The Gallery is grateful to all the artists and copyright holders who have given their permission for images to appear on this website. Unless specifically stated otherwise, none of the content on this site may be reproduced, communicated to the public, transmitted or copied without the Gallery's express written permission, except for the purposes of private study, research, criticism, review or education, in accordance with the Australian Copyright Act 1968.

The Gallery is committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of others. Every effort is being made been made to locate the copyright owners of material used in this website. In cases where this has not yet been possible copyright owners are invited to contact the Gallery.

The Gallery will not be liable to you, on any legal basis (including negligence), for any loss or damage you suffer through your use of this material, except in those cases where the law does not allow us to exclude or limit our liability to you.

The Gallery cannot guarantee that sharing these images may not inadvertently infringe upon the rights of copyright holders unknown to us, and the Gallery cannot accept liability if this should happen.

First Nations images

Some of these records could contain images of First Nations people and cultural practices. Please contact frontofhouse@castlemainegallery.com if you have reason to believe any of these records contain sensitive, secret/sacred, and/or restricted content, and therefore should not be publicly available.

Third party material

The Gallery is not responsible for the reliability of any third party material and does not make any warranties regarding that material or necessarily endorse the views expressed in it. To the extent permitted by law, the Gallery disclaims all liability whatsoever arising from, its publication of, any use of or any reliance on any third party material appearing on this website.

Copyright takedown notice

Where the copyright in any material belongs to a third party reasonable effort is being made to identify the copyright owner. If you are the owner of copyright material which you believe is available on this website in a way that constitutes an infringement of that copyright, or a breach of an agreed license or contract, please notify the Director via frontofhouse@castlemainegallery.com

Help us locate copyright owners

Every effort is being made to locate the copyright owners of material used on this website. In cases where this has not been possible, copyright owners are invited to contact the Director via frontofhouse@castlemainegallery.com