Overview
HOW THE ARCHIVE’S CONTENT MAY BE USED: The photos and videos posted on this website may be used freely for non-commercial purposes, provided that the author, such as the videographer, photographer, or writer, is cited whenever they are used. (Submissions to the Archive are covered by a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License.)
A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland (referred to hereafter as the “Archive”) aims to provide a sustainable, autonomous means for Cleveland citizens to share their experiences with or commentary on police violence.
In granting permission to the archive to publish the material you are submitting:
- you confirm that you are 18 years of age or older and have the full power and authority to consent to this agreement
- you confirm that your submission does not infringe any existing copyright or contain any libelous matter, and does not invade any third-party rights of privacy or publicity
If your submission does contain libelous or slanderous matter, you understand that you may be subject to legal action. You further agree to defend and hold harmless the Archive, its hosted website, its volunteer members, and ancillary groups and their employees against all claims, demands, costs, and expenses including attorney’s fees incurred for any and all claims of copyright infringement or any other legal or regulatory course of action arising from the use of your material.
The Archive has no obligation to use or publish your contribution. You retain ownership of and copyright in the material you share.
By submitting your contribution, you grant a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to the Archive to preserve and make your work accessible via the Archive’s website. This permission includes the right to modify your material to conform to the goals of the Archive, to reformat it as necessary to preserve its perceptibility and usefulness, and to make it available for educational, research, promotional purposes outside of the project, in perpetuity and in all media formats. This license does not authorize exploitation of your contribution for profit or commercial use.
Approval Criteria
- Content is related to police violence in Cleveland.
- Metadata submitted is deemed to be accurate and free of libelous statements.
- Users have the right to submit content and submission does not infringe any existing copyright.
- Content does not provide personal information of the contributor or any other individual, including addresses, phone numbers, etc.
- Content does not endorse any commercial product.
- Content does not pose a risk of damage to the network, computers, or servers of the Archive.
Copyright
Your submission to the Archive is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License. Therefore, the Archive grants the public permission to use the licensed material under the specified terms and conditions.
Third-Party Use
The Archive is not positioned to grant licenses to or approve requests from third party users of the archive to make use of content in the collection for commercial or other restricted purposes. Contributors may elect to display their contact information, and it is the users’ responsibility to obtain any necessary permission from contributors.