Selected Photos and Wallpapers from Desktopedia

1. Original creations of desktopedia.com and are protected under U.S. copyright law.

2. Publicity Photos: Publicity items include graphics, logos, public relations photos, studio publicity photos, publicity sound clips, publicity movie clips, publicity videos etc., which were originally used for advertising/public relations purposes, and are being used to publicize and promote a celebrity, movie, television program, video, etc.

3. Special permission grants: In some cases special permission has been granted from the copyright holder to use a specific image or images (credit is given when requested).

4. Photos Submitted by Owner: (Personal Photos or Professional Photographer Photos)

• Personal Photos: Once photos and information are submitted to desktopedia.com, the submitter is granting desktopedia.com permission to use the photos, pictures, or images deemed necessary by desktopedia.com. Any promotional use of photos is granted to desktopedia.com. All photos, pictures, and images submitted to desktopedia.com are agreed to be within the submitter's ownership and copyrights. Submitting any photos, pictures, or images to desktopedia.com is agreeing to grant permission to use copyrighted material on desktopedia.com. desktopedia.com cannot and will not be held responsible for any legal consequences of images submitted by its users.
• Photographer Photos: The photographer accepts all liability for any model or property release issues that may arise from a recognizable individual or trademarked property in the image. Please do not submit images for which you do not have a current Model or Property Release in your files. desktopedia.com will take steps to prevent the unauthorized use of the images that are displayed on our website, however, desktopedia.com is not liable for any misuse of the images that may result from use of the images. Photographer is fully aware that the digital images can be easily transferred and manipulated, and any liability related to the digital theft of the images is removed from desktopedia.com.

5. Taken from sources believed to be in the public domain. These images, which are widely distributed for free use on various Internet web authoring sites, are freely available on the world wide web and have been compiled from various public media sources or have been submitted by users of the site through e-mail. We ask that images submitted to desktopedia.com by users are free of copyright or are original images owned and/or created by the individuals submitting the image and, therefore, any image submitted to desktopedia.com is free of copyright unless otherwise notified. Submission of original material, to desktopedia.com, explicitly implies permission of the further unrestricted use by desktopedia.com. It is assumed that all such images are indeed public domain, but since such images are passed around freely between sites, it is not always possible to trace them back to their original source. It is possible for copyrighted material to inadvertently end up on public domain sites.

In the event that there is still a problem or error with copyrighted material, the break of the copyright is unintentional and noncommercial and the material will be removed immediately upon proof. If you are the owner of material that appears on desktopedia.com please send proof to Webmaster and the material will be removed promptly. However, if you are the owner and would rather credit be given for the material, instead of removal, we will gratefully give the appropriate credit desired.

desktopedia.com respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same, desktopedia.com cannot and will not be held responsible for any legal consequences of images submitted by its users, All copyrights pertaining to publicity photos, special permission grants and courtesy photos belong to their respective owners.