Digital copies sold for use on the Internet will not be digitized at a resolution higher than 75 dpi and will include an embedded credit line. The North Carolina Collection at its discretion may request the return of photographs after their use by patrons. The North Carolina Collection may decline to provide copies of photographs, if, in the judgment of the Collection, the proposed use of copies as described in writing by the researcher would be a violation of copyright law, offend, invade the privacy, or raise objections from persons pictured in the photographs, their relatives, the community, the photographer, or the donor of the photographs. The North Carolina Collection does not provide copies of images for the purpose of creating a separate photographic collection for the researcher or others to use at will, and photographic copies may not be placed in other institutions. Copies are provided for one-time use only.
Authorization is required for subsequent use.
Researchers should include the supplied credit line when images are used for publication, exhibition, in video, or electronic media. The photographer's name should also be included in the credit if it is supplied. In most instances, copies of photographs are provided to patrons at the cost of producing the photographic copy. The North Carolina Collection may charge a commercial usage fee under such conditions. These fees are used by the Collection to support the activities of collecting, preserving, and making available its photographic holdings.