All artwork, photography, paintings, digital artwork, videos and written content appearing on this website are the intellectual property of Rick Short and are protected by applicable Federal copyright law. Artwork may not be copied, reproduced, redistributed, modified, downloaded, commercially used or displayed without written permission by Rick Short.

Licensing and authorized use may be available upon written request.

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. If artwork from this site is found on any other websites, servers, social media sites, blogs or retail sites for sale or church sites used for promotion, then the following agencies will be contacted and formal complaints filed.

• The US Department of Justice Copyright Infringement Penalties
• Cybercrime
• Copyright Infringement

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 as well as the hosting site for immediate removal. 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 court fees as well as risk losing your non-profit status.

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.