What is Noise Damage?

Noise Damage is a home for live music photos and sparse commentary relating to music. The site is primarily a photostream of the live music photos, links to published work elsewhere and digital tearsheets of live music photographer Erik Hess but other photographers may contribute from time to time.

Copyright

The images and text published on this blog are © 2009-2010 Erik Hess unless noted otherwise. All rights are reserved. Republication, reproduction or other reuses of this work are prohibited. Unauthorized publication, commercial use, promotional use or other breach of copyright will be invoiced a daily rate commiserate with the unauthorized use with additional penalties and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If you’d like to use any of the work seen on this blog please email admin (at) noisedamage (dot) com with a request stating the details of your intended use, the duration of the intended use.

Requests for free image use on behalf of for-profit organizations are likely to be reposted and ridiculed on this or other blogs. Just because these images are shared online doesn’t mean they’re free. Copyright protects the work of your publication/label/artist’s work just as much as it protects the work of photographers and writers. Fair Use doctrine is a beautiful thing but unless it’s parody or newsworthy commentary it doesn’t cover the unauthorized use of a copyrighted work for commercial gain.

Basically, respect the craft. The photos and words seen here are the result of blood, sweat and sacrifice on the part of the creator. Failure to respect that hard work and dedication is your right but failure to abide by the terms of copyright isn’t – it’s against the law.

Thanks and have a good day. :)