Legal Notice

• Loreen Hewitt (aka Loreen Hackett/ Loreen Bergman) legally owns and reserves all rights to her artwork (intellectual property).

• It is a violation of US and international Copyright law to reproduce, or copy, any images.

• Licensing is not offered to reproduce her paintings, electronically or otherwise.

• Federal and international copyright laws strictly prohibit reproduction, of any kind, without prior written authorization. 

• This means it is illegal to print or electronically copy any image from loreenart.com, loreenhewitt.com, loreenbergman.com.

• If you own a print or an original work of art, you own just that. You do not own the license, nor do you have the right, reproduce, or copy it in any way.

• If you reproduce anything without written consent, you are guilty of copyright infringement and this is a violation of U.S. and international copyright law.
   

* Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U. S. Code) to the authors of "original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works.

 Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act gives the owner (the creator) of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following: 
 

• To reproduce the work in copies.

• To prepare derivative works based upon the work.

• To distribute copies of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.

• To display the work publicly.

• It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the copyright law to the owner of copyright.
  
   

   *US Copyright Office