Image Usage
All images are ©copyright @IFSportsImages and Ian Foster with all rights reserved, no commercial, organisational or professional use is permitted without prior written agreement, no image adaptation modification or manipulation of any kind (including overlays & watermarks) is permitted without prior written agreement.
All approved use (inc social media) must credit @IFSportsImages and Ian Foster.
Approved Personal Usage
Personal private usage of images may be permitted by the copyright holder in writing, all images are ©copyright @IFSportsImages and Ian Foster with all rights reserved.
All approved use (inc social media) must credit @IFSportsImages and Ian Foster.
Other Usage
Use of images for commercial purposes, royalty free licences, and by companies, education bodies, charities, organisations and clubs is possible - please contact for fees, terms & conditions.
Price rates for existing images align with the Hockey Writers Club rates as used at https://www.pics.hockey/index
Unapproved Usage
Any instance of unapproved usage (or usage outside of licensed terms) will be charged at the prevailing retrospective relevant license fee for every day of usage.
Additionally, an administration handling & recovery charge of at least £100 will be made per occurrence.
All costs incurred as part of incident discovery and remediation will be passed through to the user.
Useful Information
Copyright
UK Copyright
Photographs, illustrations and other images will generally be protected by copyright as artistic works.
The person who creates an image (“the creator”) will generally be the first owner of the copyright.
Access Rights
Permissions & Limitations
The rights of what and who can be photographed are often confused but in simple terms "There is no law preventing people from taking photographs in public. This includes taking photos of other people’s children." https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/report/taking-photographs-in-public-places/
Unless the images which have been taken are indecent, no one has the right to:
- ask a photographer to stop
- ask for a copy of the photos
- force a photographer to delete the photographs
Media Guidelines
Safeguarding & Media
At all times we adhere to the appropriate media safeguarding guidelines regarding images.
Examples include:
Press
https://presscards.co.uk/police-media-guidelines/
Hockey
https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/download?documentId=016QX2LWOVS5FX6XMMANEJVVXTHJS3VO3I
Football
https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/safeguarding/section-11-the-complete-downloads-directory (section 8.3)
Cricket
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