A lot of stuff on this website isn't mine, so here is the deal, legal-wise:
Copyright to all art is retained by the individual artists. Use here is by permission (as listed below), or without permission but in a non-infringing way (at least, that is my intent - in no event should a posting on this website be construed as a challenge to a trademark or copyright). If any artist believes that the display on this website is infringing your rights, please email me and I will remove the offending piece(s) within 24 hours of receiving your message.
Shadowfist symbols, card text, card borders, graphic design and related items are in some shape or form controlled by Z-Man Games. Use of these items on this website is with express permission from Z-Man, and in compliance with their terms of use [shadowfist.com, 26 Aug 2010].
Submissions (articles, decks, etc.) are marked as such, and the original author retains copyright unless otherwise noted. I encourage all authors to apply "copyleft" as described in the paragraph below, but won't do that unless you explicitly tell me it's ok.
All other items on this site, unless otherwise explicitly noted, are copyright 2002-2008 (check the posting date) by Stefan Vincent under the Design Science License, otherwise known as "copyleft." Read the full terms of the Design Science License [gnu.org, 26 Aug 2010] here. In a nutshell, you have permission to use, abuse, reuse, or modify what I post here, provided that such use is (a) non-profit and personal, (b) you properly credit me as the source, and (c) you email me about it. If you want to use any of this material in a non-personal or for-profit publication / website / whatever, contact me and we'll work something out.
Status of pending permission requests:
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Z-Man Games: permission to use Shadowfist-related card lists, symbols, etc. received by email 27 May 2002. Permission to create database for use with Cardtable program received by email February 2003.
Thomas Manning: permission to post Shadowfist art provided that name & copyright info are displayed as well, received by email 18 June 2002.
Carisa Swenson: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 19 June 2002
Randy Asplund: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 19 June 2002. Provisos: (1) link to his home page (2) link to his CCG art page and (3) no image of greater resolution than what is already on his site (approx 300 x 300 pixels).
Mark Poole: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 20 June 2002
Lissanne Lake: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 20 June 2002
Melissa Benson: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 26 June 2002. Provisos: include copyright notice, and provide link to her home page.
Jesper Myrfors: permission to post Shadowfist art and design elements from the card back received by email 8 July 2002.
Richard Thomas: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 23 July 2002. Provisos: (1) include copyright notice, (2) always display the complete card (not the art alone) and (3) don't infringe on any Daedalus or Z-Man rights.
Mark Tedin: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 31 July 2002. Provisos (1) it's ok with Zev (2) add "used with permission" to the copyright notice
Dennis Calero: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 19 August 2002. Also updated his link per his request.
Stephen Snyder: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 19 August 2002.
Thomas Gianni: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 20 August 2002. Also updated his link.
Kaja Foglio: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 21 August 2002.
April Lee: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 4 September 2002.
Dan Frazier: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 4 September 2002.
Ken Meyer, Jr.: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 4 September 2002.
Liz Danforth: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 12 September 2002.
Ed Beard, Jr.: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 25 November 2002.
Kevin Wasden: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 29 November 2002, provided that usage is non-commercial.
Mark Pennington: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 1 December 2002.
Brian Snoddy: permission to post Shadowfist art received by mail (yes, regular old-fashioned paper mail :) 3 December 2002.
Mark Evans: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 19 February 2003.
Daniel Gelon: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 20 February 2003. Provisos: retain the copyright notice on the card scans if possible. Also added a link to his website-in-progress.
Paul "Prof" Herbert: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 23 February 2003. Provisos: include the copyright notice on the cards. Also added a link to his new website.
Mike Raabe: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 1 March 2003.
Christopher Miller (Ellym Sirac): permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 17 March 2003.
Chris Chuckry: permission to post Shadowfist art received by mail (yes, paper mail) 28 March 2003.
Margaret Organ-Kean: permission to post Shadowfist art received by mail (another paper mail triumph) 31 March 2003.
Néné Thomas: permssion to post Shadowfist art received by email 23 May 2003. Provisos: include copyright notice, title of piece, and a link to her website next to each image.
Cristian (Chris) Saksida: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 15 June 2003. Provisos: include copyright notice.
Jeremy Dale: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 16 June 2003.
Randy Gallegos: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 25 August 2003. Provisos: do not post any pre-Z-Man cards except Red Monk, Scorched Earth, Old Hermit, and Storm of the Just. Also updated his link.
Ravindra Rana: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 28 August 2003.
Utakata: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 1 September 2003.
Roberto Campus: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 8 September 2003. Provisos: include link to his website on pages where art is posted, if possible.
Brian Rood: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 11 September 2003.
Val Mayerik: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 28 September 2003.
Paul Carrick: permission to post Shadowfist art for non-profit uses received by email 29 September 2003. Provisos: include copyright notice and link on links page.
Ron Rousselle: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 30 September 2003.
Phil Foglio: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 30 September 2003. Provisos: include link on links page.
Jeff Menges: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 30 September 2003. Provisos: include link on links page.
Doug Shuler: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 1 October 2003.
Glen Osterberger: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 1 October 2003. Provisos: include link on links page and make sure name and copyright are visible.
Heather Hudson: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 2 October 2003. Provisos: show images of completed cards only (no collages), with name and copyright visible.
Nilson: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 6 October 2003.
Phil Hale: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 10 October 2003.
Anthony Grabski: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 20 March 2004.
Jim Pavelec: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 20 March 2004.
Arthur Roberg: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 20 March 2004.
Heather Bruton: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 15 April 2004. Provisos: do not sell any images. (no danger there :)
Matt Bober: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 17 Nov 2004.
Mike Kimble: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 18 Nov 2004.
Chester Laquian: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 18 Nov 2004.
Patrick McEvoy: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 20 Nov 2004.
Cara Mitten: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 16 Jan 2005.
Allan Bednar: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 31 July 2005.
Borja Marcano: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 3 Aug 2005.
Quinton Hoover: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 17 Oct 2005.
Ed Cox: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 16 Sep 2007.
Matthew Laznicka: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 16 Sep 2007
Oliver Specht: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 17 Sep 2007
Diego Candia: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 17 Sep 2007
Kenneth Waters: Almost five years after I tried to reach him, Kenneth noticed his name on my "can't find them" list and he contacted me. How cool is that? Permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 22 Jun 2008.
Shadowfist Games: permission to post Kii-Yaaahh!! newsletters received by email from Braz King 7 Jul 2008.
Alex McVey: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 14 Jul 2008.
Anthony Boursier: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 13 Jul 2008.
Martin Montalbetti: permission to post Shadowfist art received by email 16 Jul 2008
Inner Kingdom Games: permission to post Inner Kingdom Update newsletters received by email from Daniel Griego 11 Jul 2010.
List of usage without explicit permission:
Help! I have not been able to contact these artists, even with Zev's help. If you know how to reach them, I would appreciate it if you could send me an email address, telephone number or mailing address (or ask them to email me). If you are an artist on this list, I'd like to hear from you, so I can ask your forgiveness :)
Pamela Eklund: (Je Pai card image) Pam did not respond to emails sent on 30 Aug 2003 or 27 Sep 2003 to the address on her website. I was unable to find any other contact info for her.
Richard Kane Ferguson: (Shaolin Showdown fancy card list) I have not found any contact info for Richard.
Bryant Griffin: (Netherworld 2 fancy card list, Yung Chang promo) No email address known. I sent two letters with SASEs (26 Feb 2003 and 17 May 2003) to his last known mailing address, but did not receive any response.
Christopher Rush: (Netherworld fancy card list) Chris did not respond to an email sent on 15 Nov 2004 to the address given on his website. I was unable to find any other contact info for him.
John T. Snyder: (Oscar Balbuena card image): John did not respond to an email sent 5 Oct 2003; the second attempt on 15 Nov 2003 bounced. I was unable to find any other contact info for him.
David Fooden (Dr. Shen card image): David did not respond to email sent 30 Sep 2003 or 15 Nov 2003 to the address listed on his website, nor did he respond to an email sent 15 Nov 2004 to a different address I found. I was unable to find any other contact info for him.
Gil Formosa (Tom Donovan card image): Gil did not respond to an email sent 16 Nov 2004 to the address listed on his website. I was unable to find any other contact info for him.
Anson Maddocks (Reverend RedGlare card image): Email sent (15 Jan 2005) to Anson's address bounced. I was unable to find any other contact info for him.
Mikael Noguchi (Desolation card image): requested permission to post Shadowfist art, by email 16 Jan 2005 and 19 Feb 2005. No response to either. His website has since gone off-line. Tried emailing his co-worker Chester (who had previously responded to me) on 19 June 2005; no response from Chester either.
Chris Watkins (Kunlun Clan Assault card image): Chris did not respond to emails sent 15 Sep 2007 or 28 Dec 2007.
Scott Reeves (The Mark of Evil card image): Scott did not respond to emails 16 Sep 2007 or 28 Dec 2007.
Kumi Yamashita (Kinoshita House of Pancakes card image): I have not found any contact information for Kumi.
Michael Komarck (David Maxwell, Mask of the Nemesis card images): Michael did not respond to email sent via his website 16 Mar 2009.
Interesting link regarding use of copyrighted art for thumbnails:
According to a 2002 case involving a photographer vs. an image search engine, use of image thumbnails is covered under copyright fair use, sort of. The thumbnail must be substantially smaller and lower resolution, but exact dimensions aren't specified. The case involved direct reproduction of works that were available elsewhere on-line. It's not quite the same with card scans, since in general they don't link back to a higher-resolution original anywhere, but at least it's something related, and everybody posting copyrighted images on the web should be aware of it. Read the full case report at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0055521p.pdf [Findlaw.com, 13 Jul 2008], or if you don't have time or stamina to read the whole thing (I had neither :), there's a good summary at http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/02/02-legal.html [Searchenginewatch.com, 13 Jul 2008]
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