Terms of use and copyright

Terms of use

Gottfried Lindauer accounts are intended for our members to share their stories and talk with others.
The following Community Guidelines are here to help you understand what it means to be a member of Gottfried Lindauer.

Be respectful
This is a community of many types of people, with different beliefs and understanding. Please be respectful of the content online and the feeling of others when taking part in the community.

  • Credit where credit is due
    Respect the copyright of others. If you are quoting from someone else or a publication please ensure that you include a credit.
  • Do moderate your content and others
    Please take time to ensure your content is correct and appropriate for the area you are submitting it to. We also encourage our community to let us know if they find content they think may be inappropriate. You can contact us through the website and we will evaluate the content and moderate where we feel this is necessary.
  • Enjoy it and own it!
    We have created this website for the community that use it. Please enjoy it and spend time on it.

In Conclusion
We've crafted these guidelines to ensure that everyone within the community has the experience they want. It's important that you understand the importance of moderating your content responsibly.

If you ever have any questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you. Please feel free to drop us a line at curator@aucklandartgallery.com.

Copyright

The Gallery is grateful to all the artists and copyright holders who have given their permission for images to appear on this website. Unless specifically stated otherwise, none of the content on this site may be reproduced, communicated to the public, transmitted or copied without the Gallery’s express written permission, except for the purposes of private study, research, criticism, review or education, in accordance with the Copyright Act 1994.

For written permission to reproduce information on this website for any purpose other than personal use, please contact the author, where named, in the first instance or contact the Gallery. When information from this website is used in any context, it must reference this website and the date of publication of the website must be stated.

Works, including text, sound recordings, images and artworks, are used on this site with the permission of artists, authors, donors and/or lenders of those works. The Gallery is committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of others. Every effort has been made to locate the copyright owners of material used in this website. In cases where this has not been possible copyright owners are invited to contact the Gallery. 

To the best of Auckland Art Gallery's knowledge, under New Zealand law:

  • There are no copyright or other intellectual property rights for works with a Copyright Status of 'No known copyright restrictions' or 'Copyright expired' in New Zealand; and
  • This material may be copied and otherwise re-used in New Zealand without copyright or other intellectual property right related restriction.
  • Auckland Art Gallery will not be liable to you, on any legal basis (including negligence), for any loss or damage you suffer through your use of this material, except in those cases where the law does not allow us to exclude or limit our liability to you.
  • Auckland Art Gallery cannot guarantee that sharing these images may not inadvertently infringe upon the rights of copyright holders unknown to us, and Auckland Art Gallery cannot accept liability if this should happen.

Māori images

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is committed to respecting intellectual property rights, as well as expressions of Māori culture in Aotearoa New Zealand. We ask you to do the same. You’re encouraged to use images as a way of remembering and sharing your experience of our exhibitions, but the reproduction of portraits as commercial items or the use of the images in a way that would cause offence is strictly prohibited.

The Gallery is grateful to all those descendants who have given permission for images of their ancestors to appear on this website.