Legal notice
Absolutely. I’d make the Legal Notice short and professional, then give the intellectual-property language its own substantial section. That keeps the legal page from feeling like a wall of lawyer-speak while making your position on your photos and designs crystal clear.
Here’s the version I’d use for Collage and Wood:
Legal Notice
This website is operated by Collage and Wood, Inc.
Business Name: Collage and Wood, Inc.
Website: collageandwood.com
Email: collageandwood@gmail.com
Phone: +1 910-302-3066
Business Address: Raeford, NC 28376, United States
Use of this website and any Collage and Wood affiliated website, online store, marketplace shop, or social media page is subject to our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and the intellectual property provisions below.
Intellectual Property and Content Use
Unless otherwise stated, the content created by or for Collage and Wood, Inc. and appearing on our website, online stores, marketplace shops, social media accounts, Pinterest pages, advertisements, or other affiliated online properties is owned by Collage and Wood, Inc. or is used by us with permission.
This content may include, without limitation, photographs, product photographs, collage designs, product designs, graphics, illustrations, logos, branding elements, website designs, written copy, product descriptions, listing images, mockups, templates, videos, advertisements, Pinterest graphics, social media content, and other creative materials.
Such content may be protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress, and other applicable intellectual property laws.
No permission is granted to copy or use Collage and Wood content simply because it is publicly viewable online.
Without our prior written permission, you may not copy, reproduce, republish, download, distribute, display, sell, license, modify, adapt, scrape, extract, create derivative works from, or otherwise use Collage and Wood content for commercial, promotional, competitive, or content-creation purposes.
This restriction applies to content obtained from any Collage and Wood affiliated online property, including but not limited to:
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collageandwood.com;
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our Etsy shop and Etsy product listings;
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our Pinterest account, boards, Pins, and graphics;
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our social media accounts;
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online advertisements;
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marketplace listings; and
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other websites, platforms, or accounts operated by or on behalf of Collage and Wood, Inc.
Use of Our Images and Content to Create Other Content
You may not use Collage and Wood photographs, product images, collage examples, designs, graphics, written content, listing images, mockups, or other protected materials to create or generate content for your own website, ecommerce store, Etsy shop, marketplace listing, Pinterest account, social media account, advertisement, marketing campaign, product listing, or other commercial or promotional purpose without our prior written permission.
This prohibition includes copying or republishing our content in whole or in part, removing or altering our branding, modifying our images, creating substantially similar marketing materials from our content, or using our content as source material for competing products or services.
Artificial Intelligence and Automated Use
Unless expressly authorized by Collage and Wood, Inc. in writing, you may not use content owned by Collage and Wood to train, fine-tune, develop, test, or improve artificial intelligence, machine-learning, computer-vision, image-generation, or other automated systems.
You may not upload, submit, provide, scrape, or otherwise use our photographs, graphics, product designs, collage designs, written content, or other protected materials as prompts, reference images, training data, input data, source material, or examples for generative artificial intelligence systems when the purpose is to create content, products, designs, advertisements, listings, or marketing materials for your own commercial use or for the benefit of another business.
You may not use AI-assisted or automated tools to reproduce, imitate, modify, transform, or create derivative versions of Collage and Wood content for use on another website, store, marketplace, social media account, advertisement, or commercial property.
Customer Photographs
Certain examples displayed by Collage and Wood may incorporate photographs or other materials supplied by our customers. Ownership of a customer's original photographs remains with the applicable copyright owner.
However, the Collage and Wood-created arrangement, design, layout, graphics, typography, presentation, product photography, mockup, and other original creative elements surrounding or incorporating those materials may be separately protected intellectual property of Collage and Wood, Inc.
The appearance of a customer's photograph within one of our products, listings, social posts, or examples does not grant third parties permission to copy, download, reuse, reproduce, or republish that photograph or the Collage and Wood-created design incorporating it.
Personal Sharing by Customers
Customers who purchase a Collage and Wood product may photograph and share their own purchased product for personal, noncommercial purposes, including sharing it on personal social media accounts.
Purchasing a product does not transfer ownership of Collage and Wood's underlying designs, templates, graphics, branding, product photography, marketing materials, or other intellectual property and does not grant permission to reproduce those materials for resale or other commercial purposes.
Enforcement
We reserve the right to take appropriate action when we believe our intellectual property has been used without authorization. This may include contacting the individual or business responsible, requesting removal of the material, submitting copyright, trademark, intellectual-property, or platform infringement notices, and pursuing other remedies available under applicable law.
If you would like permission to use Collage and Wood content for a particular purpose, please contact us at design@collageandwood.com before using the material.