Copyright

Text

All text on our website is copyright Portsmouth City Council, unless otherwise stated, under Section 17 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Where text has been gathered and included in these pages by us, we have no objection to the use of that text for the purposes of any personal or educational use or private research. Any use of the text in these pages for any commercial purposes is not allowed unless a licence is first obtained from us, please contact us using the link to the left.

Photographs

All photographs on our website 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 us and/or the photographer. Any use of the text in these pages for any commercial purposes is not allowed unless a licence is first obtained from us, please contact us using the link to the left.

Icons and artwork

All icons, artwork and other graphical images on our website are copyright Portsmouth City Council, unless otherwise stated, under Section 17 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

We own the copyright in our logotypes, coat of arms and all other promotional logos. Any unauthorised use of these by others is prohibited.

Maps

We are licensed by the Ordnance Survey to use their maps on this website. 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 at www.ordsvy.gov.uk. In some cases the maps have been created by us and we own the copyright. Permission to use these maps is negotiable, please contact us to discuss this.

More information about copyright

You can get more information from the United Kingdom's Copyright Licensing Agency or the Copyright Clerance Center.