Copyright

Terms of Access

The Beazley Archive is a research unit of the University of Oxford’s Faculty of Classics (the "University"). By using the Beazley Archive Website (the "Website") you agree to be bound by the following Terms of Access. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Access you are not permitted to use the Website or access any of the images on it.

General Copyright Notice

The University of Oxford (Beazley Archive) holds copyright on all programs presented. No part can be reproduced in any form for any purpose.

Images have been protected by registration software (Netimage, France) and digital fingerprinting (Datamark, UK and IBM, US). Attempting to reproduce or alter an image in any way is an offence punishable under international law.

PLEASE NOTE:

The Beazley Archive is not able to reply to requests for photographs or digital images nor can it give permission for images to be reproduced in any form.

Such requests must be directed to the museum or collection owning the object.

Requests for images of objects in the Ashmolean Museum (including images of pottery and plaster casts) should be addressed to:

Ashmolean Museum Publications
Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont Street
Oxford OX1 2PH, UK

Tel: 01865-278010 Fax: 01865-278106 Email: publications@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

Further details can be found on the Ashmolean Museum's website

Image Protection

Images within this site have been registered with an international registration authority approved by the International Standards Organisation. They are issued with a unique licence plate number which is encoded into the image into a SPIFF format (ISO JPEG 10918-3 standard). It is an offence under International Law to alter the contents of a registered SPIFF file.

Drawing of JTIP Image structure

JTIP Image Structure


Example of JTIP Images (click on each to launch detail viewer)

Licence plate example

Example of SPIFF Licence Plate

Full screen and larger images are further protected by digital fingerprinting. This uses a technology developed by IBM and Datamark. Whenever an image is downloaded a visible watermark indicates to whom it was transmitted and when. The digital fingerprint uniquely identifies this image with download details. The digital fingerprint is invisible to the human eye but can be detected by a program and the resulting number can track the source of the copying. It is extremely robust and can withstand modifications such as blurring or sharpening the image, and printing out and re-scanning.

Sample watermarked image
Sample Watermarked Image

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