Copyright Notice

All photographs, videos, written content, layouts, graphics, and other creative works displayed on banakinphotos.com, delivered through the client portal, or otherwise shared by BanaKin Photos are the exclusive copyright of BanaKin Photos unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Copyright ownership

Under United States copyright law (17 U.S.C. §201(a)), the photographer is the author and sole copyright holder of every image they create from the moment the shutter closes. Booking a session and paying for delivery transfers a personal-use license to the client; it does not transfer copyright. BanaKin Photos retains all copyright in every image we produce.

What you may do with delivered images

Your use of delivered images is governed by our Image Licensing Agreement. In short: you may print, share with friends and family, and post to your personal social media with a reasonable credit to BanaKin Photos. Commercial use, resale, relicensing, and use to train machine-learning models are not permitted under the standard personal license.

Unauthorized use is infringement

Reproducing, distributing, publicly displaying, or creating derivative works from BanaKin Photos imagery without permission violates federal copyright law and may subject the infringer to statutory damages under 17 U.S.C. §504 (up to $150,000 per work for willful infringement) plus attorney's fees. We register our images with the U.S. Copyright Office and actively pursue infringement.

Licensing inquiries

To license an image for commercial use, editorial use, stock licensing, or any use beyond the personal license, contact us before you publish:

admin@banakinstudios.com

Reporting infringement (notice and takedown)

If you believe content hosted on banakinphotos.com infringes your copyright, send a written notice that includes:

• Your physical or electronic signature
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed
• Identification of the material on our site and its URL
• Your contact information (address, phone, email)
• A statement of good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and you are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf

Send notices to admin@banakinstudios.com. We will respond in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §512).

Contact

BanaKin Photos · Temple Hills, MD
admin@banakinstudios.com