All images, artwork, paintings, prints, photographs, videos, animations and even written copy shown on this site are the sole property of Rick Short and are copyright protected by Federal law. Copyright Rick Short, All Rights Reserved. No images, photographs, artwork, animations or any digital content can be copied, reprinted, published, shared, downloaded, sold or displayed without the written express approval of Rick Short.

Scenic Earth Studios partners with the United States Copyright Office, CopyTrack and DMCA to protect our intellectual property, photography, paintings, digital artwork and all artwork that we create. If you receive a letter from one of these agencies representing us to bill you for artwork that you have taken and used without our permission or payment, please do not contact us. Contact the agency that contacted you. Failure to comply with these agencies may result in further legal action and penalties.

If you are right-clicking or attempting to download any image, written material, video, animations, creative content or artwork from this site or any of our *affiliate store sites without permission then you are in violation of copyright law. Any websites, blogs or web servers found containing content from this site or any of our partner sites where we show and sell our work will be contacted by our legal team to seek compensation for those items and reported to Federal Government authorities to have our content removed from those servers as well as seek damages for loss of sales.

Copyright infringement is considered a Cybercrime by the United States Department of Justice. Since our artwork is registered with the United States Copyright office, then stealing artwork from this website or any of our *affiliate store sites at Zazzle.com or other affiliate partners is a Federal crime and will be handled by the Federal Authorities. If you are not familiar with copyright laws, here are some links that describe copyright law in detail as well as a link to The US Department of Justice website detailing the punishment for this crime.

We use services such as Copytrack, Google Images, TinEye, The United States Copyright Office, The FBI and US Department of Justice to register, track and report stolen artwork from our website. If you receive a takedown notice and / or an invoice from our legal team, CopyTrack or other legal services we use and choose to ignore the notice, then we will contact agencies with the Federal Government to pursue this case to be tried in a Federal court of law.

If you are a church, non- profit organization, blogger, private business or website owner that is caught taking and using artwork from our website or *affiliate store sites, then we will contact the Federal Authorities to deal with this theft and the matter will be turned over to federal authorities for you to answer to. If we have contacted you to remove artwork that you have taken from us and not purchased from us, we will file a complaint with the federal government and you will pay any legal fees, court fees or jail time as well as risk losing your non-profit status.

*Affiliate Store Site - Stores that we use to sell our work including local area art galleries, church exhibits, retail stores and online partner websites such as Zazzle.com, Lightstock.com, RedBubble.com, eBay.com, Facebook.com, Twitter.com, Pinterest.com or other social media websites and art websites that we use to sell, promote and display our artwork to potential art collectors, purchasing agents, or anyone wishing to purchase our art for private or public use.

Scenic Earth Studios Privacy Policy

Here at Scenic Earth Studios, we value and respect everyone's privacy and do not sell or publicize any of our customer's information, nor do we post it on the internet or web where it can be stolen, downloaded or sold. Just like our own intellectual property, we value our customers and want to ensure that you can shop here and not worry about your information being sold, traded or given out for a profit. Our customer information sits on our private servers not connected to any networks or internet so it is safe-guarded for privacy and your protection.

Scenic Earth Studios Anti-Spam Policy

We hate spam just as much as anyone and we get our share of it that goes right into the trashcan. We refuse to put our customers through such abuse and do not even keep emails or customer information on our website so there is no fear of having the site hacked or have your personal information shared, emailed or sold for a profit. We refuse to send spam to anyone and ask our customers to refrain from doing the same. Our purpose is to create art and share it with the world, not your personal information or to clutter up your email inbox.

Spamming is against the law

The federal anti-spam law went into effect on January 1st, 2004 and preempts all state laws. While this law will not stop all spam, it does make most spam illegal and ultimately less attractive to spammers. The law is specific about requirements to send commercial email and empowers the federal government to enforce the law. The penalties can include a fine and/or imprisonment for up to 5 years. Anyone who attempts to spam us will be reported to the proper authorities and charges will be filed.