COPYRIGHT & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY

Last Updated: July 31, 2026

Originality is at the heart of everything we create.

Every painting, illustration, design, photograph, written work, digital product, vintage restoration, and creative collection represents the result of artistic vision, thoughtful craftsmanship, and countless hours of work.

This Copyright & Intellectual Property Policy explains what rights remain with The Eye of Ingrid™, what collectors may do with artwork they purchase, and what uses require prior written permission.

We appreciate your respect for the artists, writers, designers, photographers, and creators whose work makes independent creative businesses possible.

1. Ownership of Copyright

Unless expressly stated otherwise in a written agreement signed by The Eye of Ingrid™, all intellectual property rights remain the exclusive property of The Eye of Ingrid™.

This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Original paintings

  • Drawings

  • Illustrations

  • Fine art prints

  • Digital artwork

  • ChromaLume™ designs

  • Vintage restoration designs

  • Product photography

  • Logos

  • Branding

  • Website content

  • Written works

  • Essays

  • Books

  • Educational materials

  • Digital downloads

  • Product descriptions

  • Graphic design

  • Marketing materials

  • Packaging designs

  • Certificates of Authenticity

  • Website layout and original visual content

These works are protected by United States copyright law, trademark law, and other applicable intellectual property laws.

2. Purchasing Artwork

Purchasing an original artwork, limited-edition print, vintage pieces, a ChromaLume lamp, digital product, or any other item from The Eye of Ingrid™ transfers ownership of the physical item only.

Unless a separate written agreement expressly states otherwise, purchasing artwork does not transfer:

  • Copyright;

  • Trademark rights;

  • Reproduction rights;

  • Publishing rights;

  • Licensing rights;

  • Commercial rights;

  • Merchandising rights;

  • Digital rights;

  • Derivative work rights.

The Eye of Ingrid™ retains all intellectual property rights associated with every original creative work.

3. Personal Display

Collectors are welcome to display artwork they have purchased in:

  • Private homes;

  • Personal collections;

  • Offices;

  • Businesses;

  • Interior design projects;

  • Other personal, non-commercial settings.

We also welcome collectors to photograph artwork displayed in their own spaces and share those photographs for personal, non-commercial purposes. This permission does not extend to reproducing the artwork itself for sale, licensing, advertising, or other commercial purposes.

We love seeing our work become part of your story.

4. Commercial Use

Without prior written permission from The Eye of Ingrid™, you may not use any artwork or intellectual property for commercial purposes.

Commercial use includes, but is not limited to:

  • Selling reproductions;

  • Manufacturing products;

  • Licensing artwork;

  • Advertising;

  • Product packaging;

  • Commercial photography;

  • Marketing campaigns;

  • Merchandise;

  • NFTs or blockchain-related products;

  • Commercial publishing;

  • Business branding;

  • Artificial intelligence training or datasets.

If you are interested in licensing artwork for commercial use, please contact us before using the work.

5. Reproduction Restrictions

Except as permitted by applicable law or expressly authorized in writing, you may not:

  • Copy artwork;

  • Scan artwork;

  • Digitally reproduce artwork;

  • Create prints or posters;

  • Manufacture products using our artwork;

  • Remove copyright notices;

  • Modify artwork for commercial use;

  • Sell copies or reproductions;

  • Create derivative works for commercial purposes;

  • Upload high-resolution copies for public distribution.

Unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted works may violate federal copyright law.

6. Artificial Intelligence & Automated Use

The artwork, photographs, written content, designs, branding, product descriptions, and other original materials displayed on this Website are protected intellectual property.

Except where expressly authorized in writing by The Eye of Ingrid™, you may not use, reproduce, copy, scrape, harvest, download, or otherwise exploit any content from this Website or our products for the purpose of:

  • Training artificial intelligence systems;

  • Training machine learning models;

  • Training large language models (LLMs);

  • Training image generation systems;

  • Creating datasets;

  • Fine-tuning AI models;

  • Developing synthetic media;

  • Automated scraping or harvesting;

  • Embedding content into AI systems;

  • Any other automated computational training or analysis that reproduces, learns from, or derives value from our copyrighted works.

This prohibition applies whether the collection is performed manually or through automated means, including bots, crawlers, browser extensions, scraping software, APIs, or similar technologies.

Nothing contained in this Website grants any license—express or implied—to use our intellectual property for artificial intelligence or machine learning purposes.

Unauthorized use of our content for these purposes may violate copyright law, contract law, trademark law, and other applicable laws.

7. Permission Requests

We understand that there may be circumstances in which individuals, educators, publishers, galleries, museums, interior designers, journalists, or other organizations wish to use our work.

Permission requests are welcome and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

To request permission, please contact:

hello@theeyeofingrid.com

Permission must be granted in writing before any use outside the permissions described in this policy.

8. Copyright Infringement

The Eye of Ingrid™ respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects visitors to respect ours.

If you believe copyrighted material belonging to you has been used improperly on this Website, please contact us with sufficient information so that we may investigate the matter promptly.

Likewise, if we become aware of unauthorized use of our own copyrighted works, we reserve the right to pursue available remedies under applicable law.

9. Changes to This Policy

The Eye of Ingrid™ may update this Copyright & Intellectual Property Policy from time to time as our business, creative work, licensing practices, or legal obligations evolve.

Any revised version will be posted on this Website with an updated "Last Updated" date.

We encourage visitors to review this policy periodically.

10. Contact Us

Questions regarding copyright, licensing, intellectual property, or permission requests may be directed to:

The Eye of Ingrid™

Email: hello@theeyeofingrid.com

Website: www.theeyeofingrid.com

Customer support is provided by email only.

Creativity is built on imagination, originality, curiosity, and years of developing one's craft.

Every piece created by The Eye of Ingrid™ reflects not only time and technical skill, but also personal vision and lived experience.

Thank you for respecting the creative work of independent artists and for helping preserve the value of original art for future collectors.