PHOTOGRAPHY AND RE-USE OF ARCHIVE MATERIAL

You may re-use materials from our collection or take photographs, provided that you obtain our prior approval and comply with the following conditions:

• You must complete the Access to BT Group Archives Form (provided in your booking confirmation email) before conducting any photography at BT Group Archives.
• Photographs of archival material may be taken with your own camera or device, without flash, provided the items are not fragile. These photographs must be for research, private study, or other non-commercial purposes only.  
• There is no fee for taking photographs of the materials
• Please ensure the quality of your images meets your requirements and verify all relevant references before departing the searchroom, as staff are unable to review or retake photographs on your behalf.
• You are not permitted to circulate, reproduce, publish or broadcast any BT Group Archives material, including any photography you may have undertaken yourself, without prior permission of BT Group Archives or copyright holder(s).
• BT Group Archives materials may be subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights held by BT or third parties.

• All requests should be submitted by completing the Re-Use of Archive Material Request Form 
• A separate form is required for each instance of re-use.
• A large number of documents, photographs and films in the BT Group Archives have been scanned and are available online at bt.com/history. Where the resolution available online is insufficient for your intended purpose, please contact BT Group Archives to enquire about the availability of a higher resolution version.
• Documents, photographs, or films that have not been scanned are generally not available for on-demand scanning.
• Requests for commercial purposes will be accompanied by a recommendation from the BT Group Archives team to make a donation to one of BT Group’s partner charities
• We reserve the right to refuse any application, particularly where BT Group’s commercial interests could, in our view, be compromised
• Material must be used in full and not edited or manipulated. The only exception is if you have the prior written agreement from BT Group Archives.
• A complimentary copy of the publication, broadcast or product must be sent to BT Group Archives for record purposes.
• All conditions relating to acknowledgement and copyright must be observed and adhered to.
• As BT may not be the owner of all the rights in the material supplied, it is your responsibility to ensure that all necessary rights to publish (including online publishing) or broadcast are properly cleared at your expense
• You acknowledge that BT Group shall have no liability however arising from any photography, filming, re-use, publishing (including online publishing) or broadcast of any BT Group Archives material and indemnify BT in respect of all claims arising from such activities.

• With the exception of reproductions used in advertising, the following acknowledgement must appear within, or next to, the reproduction - or in the section devoted to acknowledgements:
  
  Courtesy of BT Group Archives
  
  
• Our finding number or other relevant reference must be quoted
• In the case of television programmes and films, acknowledgement to BT Group Archives must be included in the credits
• Where reproductions are used for advertising or promotional purposes, the form of acknowledgement must in every case be pre-approved by BT Group Archives.