Copyrights

The art works of the Aborigines are especially protected by copyright law. The usual international copyright law applies. This forbids any reproduction or distribution in any form (electronic, photographic, etc) without the written permission of the artist, independent of who owns the art work itself.

Following a decision of the Australian Supreme Court in 1994, the symbols used to represent the theme of a painting are protected in the same way. This means that no segment of a painting may be cut out, enlarged, simplified or distorted, since this would represent distortion and damage of the aboriginal culture.

All images and information on this site are copyright protected and may not be bought, sold or otherwise reproduced without the express written consent of the artist, estate, representative or other currently registered legal owner of the original image and or intellectual property.

Territory Essence believes in the free use of its information but asks that the courtesy of the following accreditation, "Source: Territory Essence," (and for Web publications a hyper-link to the source page), be given if such material is re-published.

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