1. Overview of Our Media Policy
Brooklyn.pics is dedicated to celebrating the visual architecture, culture, and scenic viewpoints of Brooklyn and Greater New York City. To maintain absolute copyright compliance and transparent citations, 100% of the media files hosted on our servers fall into one of two verified legal categories:
- Creative Commons Licenses (CC-BY-SA 4.0 / CC-BY 3.0 / CC0 1.0): For contemporary location photographs created by independent photographers and contributed via Wikimedia Commons.
- United States Public Domain: For historical scans, blueprints, and prints from the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library (published prior to 1929 or US federal archive works).
2. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA 4.0 & 3.0) Terms
Under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, users and publishers are explicitly granted the perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable right to:
- Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
- Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial media.
Mandatory Condition — Attribution: Appropriate credit is given to the creator, citing the author's name/handle, the license type, and providing a direct citation link to the archive record.
3. United States Public Domain Archives
Works in the Vintage Archive are sourced from US Federal Repositories (such as the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division). Under US Copyright Law (Title 17 of the United States Code), works published before January 1, 1929, are free of copyright restrictions and reside in the Public Domain.
4. Index of Hosted Media & Verified Source Records
5. DMCA Compliance & Inquiries
For licensing verifications or editorial updates, contact our desk at contact@brooklyn.pics or review our DMCA Take-Down Policy.