Media Usage Policy
At Kilpatrick Audio we want everyone to know about our products. However our copyright and use of our trademark are very important to us and we require that all information on our site be used on as permitted by this policy. If in doubt, please contact us and refrain from using our information, images, videos, etc. until explicit permission has been granted.
What Constitutes Information?
When using the term information this means, but is not limited to:
- images including logos, diagrams and photos
- text including features, written descriptions, user manuals, and so on
- video and audio data including excerpts and still frames
- social media information including tweets, images, videos, message and related content created or used by use as part of our social media presence
Acceptable Use by Dealers and Media Outlets
Dealers are defined as authorized retailers who have purchased our products at wholesale prices within the last 12 months.
Media Outlets are defined as digital or print media publishers with a history regular, scheduled publishing of unique articles for a period of not less than two years. Social media sites, site aggregators, link sites and meta sites are not Media Outlets for the purpose of this policy.
Dealers have special rights to use our information without permission as follows:
- images, logos and text may be copied and used for the purpose of representing the product and brand
- documents like user manuals may be updated often by us and should be linked directly from our site and may not be copied and re-posted or hosted on any other server
- social media information like Facebook messages, tweets and so on must be linked dynamically from their sources and may not be reposted - if we delete a tweet it should immediately disappear from your site
- videos and sounds may be embedded in the dealer site but may not be ripped and re-posted and must always link to the original version either on our website or on a site like YouTube - media re-posted under a different account or attempting to obscure the original source will be flagged and reported as copyright violation if permission has not already been requested
Acceptable Use by the General Public
The general public is defined as any person, company or organization that is not a dealer or media outlet as defined above. This include site aggregators, link sites, and social media services, forums and personal sites. If you are not sure, you are probably in this category.
The general public have the right to use our information without permission as follows:
- images may be linked directly from our site - no images may be copied and re-posted without our permission
- text excerpts such as feature lists and any portion of text not exceeding 25% of the total text of a page may be re-posted for the purpose of commentary, education or discussion
- documents like user manuals may be updated often by us and should be linked directly from our site and may not be copied and re-posted or hosted on any other server
- social media information like Facebook messages, tweets and so on must be linked dynamically from their sources and may not be reposted - if we delete a tweet it should immediately disappear from your site
- videos and sounds may be embedded in any site but may not be ripped and re-posted and must always link to the original version either on our website or on a site like YouTube - media re-posted under a different account or attempting to obscure the original source will be flagged and reported as copyright violation
Links to Product Images
High-quality, high-resolution product images and logos can be found here: product images These may be used for any purpose as permitted by this document. If you are not 100% sure you are allowed to use these images please contact us.
Contact us:
Please contact us with any questions or concerns.
voicemail phone: +1-416-628-7078
We reserve the right to make changes to this policy. Any changes to this policy will be posted on our website.