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Terms and conditions for use of material supplied by Kingston Museum and Heritage Service.

Customers who wish to reproduce items held by Kingston Museum and Heritage Service for pubIishing and broadcast or other purposes not associated with private study or research must comply with these terms and conditions.

Contents
General Conditions
Acknowledgements
Copyright Clearance
Charges
Photography and Filming

For further details, contact:
Kingston Museum and Heritage Senice
North Kingston Centre
Richmond Rd
Kingston
KT2 5PE

Tel: 020 8547 6738
Fax 020 8547 674

Email
Local.history@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
Kingston.museum@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

General Conditions

1. All communication connected with the reproduction of material held by Kingston Museum and Heritage Service should be addressed to the Archivist or Curator or Local History Officer.
2. Requests are considered only on receipt of a copy of the Reproduction application form fully completed by the publisher/producer ("the applicant"). If accepted a copy of the authorised form will be returned to the applicant.
3. No further copies or use may be made of material supplied to the applicant by Kingston Museum and Heritage Service except solely for the purposes originally declared in the application. They may not be reused without permission, or supplied to any other person.
4. Colour slides, monochrome negatives and photographic prints may not be made by outside companies or photographers for commercial purposes.
5. Kingston Museum and Heritage Service does not supply transparencie of  any items in its collections to companies or individuals operating a photograph hire/sales service.
6. Kingston Museum and Heritage Service may refuse further applications from a publisher or broadcaster if, in our opinion, the standard of reproduction has not been of sufficiently high quality.
7. Kingston Museum and Heritage Service reserve the right to refuse an application without explanation, particularly where the Service's cornrnercia! interest could be compromised.
8. Material which has been loaned to the applicant remains the property of Kingston Museum and Heritage Service and must be returned by the date specified or as soon as it is no longer required for the purposes originally declared in the application, whichever Is the earlier. Kingston Museum and Heritage Service reserve the right to charge a fee for late return.
9. In the case of film, video and audio records, loaned material may not be copied for any other purpose than that originally declared. Extracts may be selected from the loaned material but such extracts must be used in their entirety without further editing. There must be no modification, distortion or addition of any new material to such extracts.
10. On the publishing or broadcast date a complementary copy of each publication,broadcast or product must be forwarded to Kingston Museum and Heritage Service for record purposes.
11. The applicant shall on request assign to Kingston Museum and Heritage Service free of charge any pubication right to which the applicant becomes entitled by virtue of publication of any material held by Kingston Museum and Heritage Service.

Acknowledgements

1. With the exception of reproductions used in advertising. the folIowing acknowledgement must appeat in either immediate proximity to the reproduction or in the section devoted to acknowledgements:
   By permission of Kingston Museum and Heritage Service
2. Where a Kingston Museum and Heritage Service reference is available it must be quoted.
3. In the case of television programmes and films, acknowledgement to Kingston Museum and Heritage Service must be included in the credits.
4. Where reproductions are used for advertising or promotional purposes the form of acknowtedpement must in every case be approved by the archivist/Curator/locaI History Officer

Copyright clearance

1. Kingston Museum and Heritage Service does not hold records of the copyright ownership for many items in its collections. Therefore Kingston Museum and Heritage Service may not be the owner of all the rights in the material supplied. Kingston Museum and Heritage Service does not authorise photogaphy, filming, reproduction, on-line publishing or broadcast under any rights it does not own. The applicant must ensure that all necessary rights and consents to publish or broadcast are properly cleared in advance at the applicant's expense.
2. Kingston Museum and Heritage Service shall have no liability however arising from any photography, filming, reproduction, pubishing (including on-line publishing) or broadcast of any Kingston Museum and Heritage Service material by the applicant or any other person. The applicant shall indemnify Kingston Museum and Heritage Service in respect of all claims , demands. proceedings, costs, charges and expenseswhatsoever in respect thereof or in relation thereto arising from such activities.
3. Any fee payable to the copyright holder is additional to the fee due to Kingston Museum and Heritage Service.

Charges

1. A full breakdown of the fees charged will be found in the our list of fees and charges.
2. Invoices for fees and charges must be paid within 30 days. Late payment to Kingston Museum and Heritage Service may result in refusal of future applications by the applicant.
3. Charges payable cover only the specific occasion detailed on the application form. All reprints, further editions or re-employment on the material in another project require a new application and are not covered by the original payment.
4. Any charge is in addition to that raised for the sale of any photographic, film,video or other images to the applicant.
5. Special consideration may be given to requests for illustrations for academic or scholarly works of limited or unpublished circulation.

Photography and Filming

1. Applicants who wish to photograph or film items held by Kingston Museum and Heritage Service will be bound by these regulations. In particular, applicants should note the section on copyright clearance. In addition, anyone carrying out the photography or filming will be required to sign a form accepting full responsibility for any injury to persons or damage to property incurred while using the facilities.
2. Facility fees will be charged for all photography or filming on Kingston Museum and Heritage Service premises.
3. The applicant or photographer, as appropriate shall on request assign to Kingston Museum and Heritage Service copyright in all tranparencie/photographs made of material held by Kingston Museum and Heritage Service.
4. Kingston Museum and Heritage Service reserves the right to require film negative, transparencies etc. made from our material to be deposited with Kingston Museum and Heritage Service after use.