Sharing Guidelines

Things you can do

• Please share our content and mention us in your posts as it helps all sides gain further exposure on social media. Our social media handles for Facebook and Instagram are @HistoricTheatrePhotos. You can also link to our website at historictheatrephotos.com . The official name of our website (really only for print use) is “Historic Theatre Photography”. If you share our content, you must include at least one of these.
• If you would like to use our content for more than just sharing, or non-credited use, you need to contact us . All of our photos are copyrighted so it’s best to discuss your needs rather than make assumptions. We want to help you get what you need!
• Ask our permission before embedding any of our content (photos, videos, text), or at the least credit us in a visible way (for Facebook and Instagram @HistoricTheatrePhotos, or our website at historictheatrephotos.com ).
• Credit us as @historictheatrephotos or historictheatrephotos.com on websites and social media reposts.
• When you include a photo credit, our social media handle(s), or our website address it must be visible and readable to the average human eye at the default zoom setting and without needing to scroll or reposition. Users should not be required to zoom, magnify, or scroll to be able to read your photo credit, social media handle, or website address pointing back to us.
• For photo licensing you must contact us at [email protected] .

Things you shouldn’t do

• Do not repost content without crediting us. Our social handles for Facebook and Instagram are @HistoricTheatrePhotos. You can link to our website at historictheatrephotos.com .
• Do not remove watermarks on photos; do not copy, alter, or edit our photos. Doing any of these things is a copyright infringement and will result in legal action.
• Do not copy and/or manipulate our photos, video, or text and pass it off as your own work. Such actions are traceable and will result in legal action.
• Do not share our content without clearly crediting us. When you credit us it must be visible and readable to the average human eye at the default display setting without needing to zoom, magnify, or scroll.
• You may not monetize our content without a legal agreement. Such agreements are easy to arrange by contacting us at [email protected] . Failure to do so will result in legal action.
• The original research and writings on this website are copyrighted, just like the photos and videos on this website. You may not copy our work and use it as your own. If you wish to re-use any of our written material for publication anywhere, whether in print or online, contact us at [email protected]  and we will be happy to discuss terms.

Copyright Fair Use

• Our use  of the Copyright “Fair Use” doctrine, as defined in the United States, to reproduce copyright content in some cases without the copyrightholder’s permission, is not extendable. If you re-use artifacts posted on this website under the doctrine of “Fair Use”, you are responsible for determining if you have permission to do so.
• If you spot content on our website that you’d like to re-use, please contact us at [email protected]  and we can tell you the source we used for the content so that you can make your own inquiries about re-use.
• If you have questions, comments, or concerns regarding our Copyright Fair Use statement , or to discuss use and/or removal of specific documents, please contact us at [email protected] .

Whatever your needs are, if you have any questions please just contact us at [email protected] .

We take no pleasure in filing DMCA takedown notices or invoking legal proceedings, so please just talk to us about what you want to do with our content and we’ll work something out. Contact us here .

All the best, and I look forward to collaborating with you very soon!

Mike Hume