Copyright

Text

All text on pages within the www.portsmouth.gov.uk domain is © Copyright Portsmouth City Council, unless otherwise stated, under Section 17 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Whenever text has been gathered and included in these pages by Portsmouth City Council, the Council has no objection to the use of that text for the purposes of any personal or educational use or private research. However, any use of the text in these pages for any commercial purposes is not authorised unless a licence is first obtained from Portsmouth City Council: Click on the City Help Desk link at the bottom of the page.

Photographs

All photographic images in pages within the www.portsmouth.gov.uk domain are © Copyright Portsmouth City Council, unless otherwise stated, under Section 17 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Copyright in all photographs displayed on this web site is owned by Portsmouth City Council and/or the photographer and so these photographs may not be used unless a licence is first obtained from Portsmouth City Council. For further information, contact City Help Desk at general@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.

Icons and Artwork

All icons, artwork and other graphical images within the www.portsmouth.gov.uk domain are © Copyright Portsmouth City Council, unless otherwise stated, under Section 17 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Portsmouth City Council owns the copyright in its logotypes, coat of arms and all other promotional logos. Unauthorised use of these by others is prohibited.

Mapping

Portsmouth City Council is licensed by the Ordnance Survey to use their maps on this web site. Their maps are protected by Crown Copyright and are not to be used for unauthorised purposes. Ordnance Survey are prepared to grant licenses for the use of their intellectual property, and further information is available from them. Their web site is at http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk/. In some cases the maps have been created by Portsmouth City Council and it owns the copyright. Permission to use these maps is negotiable and application should first be made to City Help Desk

Why Copyright is Important

Copyright is important because it protects the interests of :

those who create

those who invest in creativity.

Additional information available from the United Kingdom's Copyright Licensing Agency or International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations.