Rights
Material published on this site (information, text, images, sounds and audio-visual material) is protected by intellectual property law: this includes copyright and moral rights.
You may only download, display, print and reproduce content and images on this website where a Creative Commons (CC) licence is indicated. Use of the content or image is then permitted in accordance with the provisions of the Creative Commons licence type. These licences are described below:
Museum Victoria does not own the copyright in all the material on this website. In some cases copyright belongs to third parties and has been published on this website under a licence agreement: this does not authorise you to copy that material.
The words “All rights reserved” near an image denote that it is used under another license agreement and cannot be downloaded, adapted, published, distributed or commercialised. If you wish to use any material presented on this website that is under such a license, you must obtain written permission from the copyright holder of that work.
Read in detail about rights for this website.
To copy an image under Creative Commons licence (where “CC” appears on webpage)
Move the mouse cursor over the image, right-click on the image and select Save As from the pop-up menu (Windows users) or Ctrl-click on the image and select Save As from the pop-up menu (Macintosh users). Then select where to save the image on your computer hard drive. Remember to record the acknowledgement for the image and display every time the image is published.
To seek permission to use material under other licenses (where “All rights reserved” appears)
For enquiries about reusing any images under other licenses, some photographers can be contacted using the links below. Please note that requests will be responded to at the discretion of the copyright owner and fees may apply to use their work.
Alison Kuiter / Aquatic Photographics
Andrew Newton / Andrew Newton Photography
Ashley Miskelly / Sea Urchins of the World
Barney Moss / Flickr
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research / Link
David Paul / dpImages
Dave Watts / Dave Watts Wildlife Photography
Flagstaffotos / Flagstaffotos
John Gaskell / Beneath Our Bay
John Gibbens / Seal Images Marine Life Photography
Leon Altoff / Marine Research Group
Michela Mitchell / Taxonomy Services Australia
Minette Layne / Flickr
Nicolas Server / Wiki
NOAA National Ocean Service / Flickr
Paul Randall / Wings On Wire
Rudie Kuiter / Aquatic Photographics
Sarah Speight / Flickr
Scott Grimster / Peninsula Dive
Sheila Thomson / Flickr
Steven Kuiter / Aquatic Photographics