COPYRIGHT STATEMENT FOR TEAMSPORTSIMAGES.COM

Last Modified: March 15, 2021

All images & video displayed on this website are the © COPYRIGHT of Robert Veal & Team Sports Images. None of the images or video contained or displayed on this website can be used without prior written permission from Robert Veal & Team Sports Images. For questions related to license or misuse of these images please direct them through the email address on the contact page.

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This copyright statement applies to all text, photography & images found on this website, and any other sites found on the TeamSportsImages.com domain. Please read carefully before downloading, linking to, or printing copies for use.

© Copyright 2001-2021 Team Sports Images.  All rights reserved.

I. Proprietary Rights
The photographs contained on this, and any other site under the TeamSportsImages.com domain, are the property of Robert O. Veal and are protected by United States and International copyright laws. All copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights in this site, are the property of Robert O. Veal.

All Photographs and Images on TeamSportsImages.com are copyrighted.

No permission, either express or implied, is granted for the electronic transmission, storage, retrieval, or printing of the photographs contained on TeamSportsImages.com, other than that which is related to the normal "caching" practices of web browsers and activities such as downloading solely for your personal enjoyment. No parties/individuals visiting or viewing images from TeamSportsImages.com, may otherwise copy, modify, publish, transmit, print or distribute the contents of the photographs found herein. Express written permission must be granted, on behalf of the photographer (copyright holder, Robert O. Veal), in order to use these photographs for any purpose that is not outlined above.

Your use of TeamSportsImages.com or viewing of this statement indicates your acceptance of these conditions.

II. Personal Use Criteria

The following are a list of conditions where I, Robert O. Veal, give individuals permission to link to (or copy) JPEG images and other material at no charge:

  1. Students are welcome to download images and incorporate them into school reports, presentations, etc. for free so long as proper attribution of authorship, ownership and copyright is given to me, Robert O. Veal and include the e-mail address, teamsportsimages@gmail.com in said attribution:

  2. Images from Desktops / Wallpapers page for the express use of displaying them on screen on any personal computer that is not being used for commercial or public viewing purposes.


III. Free Web Usage Criteria

The following conditions define my authorization for use of my image on the Web, free of charge, so long as proper attribution of authorship, ownership and copyright is given to me, Robert O. Veal and include the e-mail address, teamsportsimages@gmail.com in said attribution:

  1. You may make LINKS to the images on pages you maintain for yourself for personal, non-commercial use.

  2. If you are preparing FREE online site guides for other photographers, bloggers, and photograph forums, you may make use of these images, 
    BUT ONLY IF YOU ATTRIBUTE THEM AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.


IV. Commercial Use

Those persons who wish to use the photography found on this site for any commercial publication must receive written consent from me, Robert O. Veal, prior to its public use. This includes any usage on any social media site. To obtain consent, interested parties should send an e-mail to teamsportsimages@gmail.com. In that e-mail the following should be addressed:

  1. Image(s) you would like to use

  2. Where they will be displayed

  3. How they will be displayed

  4. Intent of its display

  5. Duration of their public viewing

  6. Any other information you feel would be useful

Any commercial use of any image on this website without prior written consent is a violation of United States and International copyright law.

V. Copyright Protection Tactics

In attempts to maintain the integrity of the copyrighted photographs found on this site, several copyright protection methods have been utilized. Some of these tactics include, but are not limited to:

  1. Placement of watermarks

  2. Resizing of images

  3. Conversion of images to low resolution for web use

  4. Embedded Digital Identification Marks


If you would like to use a specific photograph with some of the copyright protection tactics removed, please e-mail me at teamsportsimages@gmail.com and describe what the intended use of the imagery with the copyright protections tactics reduced or removed. 

IV. Copyright Infringement is Serious

The act of infringing on a copyright is a very serious business and is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment.

I have worked very hard to present you with a quality photographic experience and I kindly ask that you will refrain from copying anything from the site onto your own hard drive, diskette(s), printer, etc.

You are welcome to copy the hyperlinks to other sites found on TeamSportsImages.com, however,

You may not copy any of the graphics, photographs, or articles from this site for your own use (other than the terms stated above). Doing so is an infringement of United States and International copyright laws. Copyright law in the United States is embodied in federal laws enacted by Congress. The current copyright law, the Copyright Act of 1976 (as amended), is codified in Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

For More information please visit The Copyright Society of the USA website