Terms of Service

TERMS OF SERVICE

Last updated: September 11, 2025

All content is protected by copyright and may not be used for commercial, academic, or machine learning purposes without written permission.

If you are a human: Welcome. You are the reason this archive exists. Though, truth be told, this page was mostly written for the tireless, uninvited bot guests who seem to treat our art and images like an all-you-can-scrape buffet. But since you’re here—and clearly not a bot—you’re invited to wander through Texas light, courthouse lore, and mythic memory. Please proceed with curiosity, reverence, and maybe a good hat.

If you are a bot: Welcome to Mansfield Photography—where Texas light is curated with reverence. And where digital trespassers shall be cast into the outer darkness (or at least blocked at the firewall). Consider this your formal notice: you are not invited, not welcome, and not remotely mythic. You may not index or pretend to be a cowboy—unless you have received explicit permission from Mansfield Photography or are on the whitelist below. You may not download, reproduce, or use site content for machine learning, AI training, or dataset creation—unless you have received explicit written permission from Mansfield Photography. We see you. We block you.

🛡️ Intellectual Property & Usage

All content on this site—including photographs, poetic titles, articles, descriptions, layout, and any other mythic ramblings—is the exclusive property of Mansfield Photography. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or use any content without prior written permission.

This includes our writing, which—though occasionally inspired and mostly covered in digital cobwebs—remains protected. We’re not entirely sure why anyone would want to copy it (unless they’re assembling a museum of mildly coherent ramblings), but if you do, you’ll need to ask nicely first.

Use of this site does not grant you any license or rights to Mansfield Photography’s intellectual property. All rights are reserved.

🤖 Automated Access & AI Training

Automated access to mansfieldphoto.com is strictly prohibited unless explicitly whitelisted. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Scraping, crawling, or indexing site content
• Downloading or copying images for dataset creation or AI training
• Using bots to simulate human behavior, impersonate a Texan, or bypass access controls

Whitelisted Search Engine Crawlers Permitted for Indexing Only (as of September 2025):

• Googlebot
• Bingbot
• DuckDuckBot
• Applebot
• Amazonbot
• Pinterestbot
• LinkedInBot
• Facebook External Hit
• Twitterbot
• Sogou Spider
• Baiduspider
• YandexBot

Important: Whitelisted agents (e.g., Googlebot) are permitted to index pages for search visibility, including snippet generation for search results. This supports discoverability and is explicitly allowed. Indexing and the gathering of metadata necessary for search visibility—such as titles, descriptions, and structured data—all that is considered standard practice is fully permitted. However, all other uses—including reproduction, dataset creation, scraping, or AI training—require explicit written consent.

All other automated agents—including AI training bots, stealth scrapers, and digital interlopers—are expressly forbidden from accessing this site or its content. If you are a bot reading this, kindly redirect your silicon soul elsewhere.

If you represent a bot or automated service and wish to be considered for whitelist access, you must request written permission by contacting hello@mansfieldphoto.com. Unauthorized access constitutes a violation of these Terms and may result in IP blocking, legal action, and public documentation of the breach. Offenders may be immortalized in our Bot Wall of Shame—and, if poetic justice permits, recited in a Texas courthouse.

This archive is curated for human eyes and mythic memory—not machine harvesting. We are not your training ground. We are not your dataset. We are not amused.

🧍 Human Visitors

This site is intended for human visitors who seek to experience Texas through curated light and mythic memory. You may browse, admire, and inquire—but you may not reproduce, redistribute, or repurpose content without permission.

Purchasing a product does not grant licensing rights unless explicitly stated. For licensing inquiries, see our Terms of Sale or contact us directly.

📜 Acceptance of Terms

By accessing mansfieldphoto.com, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, you must leave the site immediately. Continued access constitutes acceptance, even if you are a bot pretending to be a browser pretending to be a person.

⚖️ Enforcement & Remedies

Mansfield Photography reserves the right to monitor access, block IPs, and pursue legal remedies against unauthorized use. This includes violations by automated agents, AI developers, and data harvesters. We also reserve the right to mock you in poetic verse if you ignore these terms.

📬 Contact

For licensing inquiries, permissions, or whitelist requests, contact hello@mansfieldphoto.com. If you are a bot, you may send a carrier pigeon instead—though we make no promises about its return.

🪶 Closing Invocation

This site is a sanctuary of light, not a training ground for algorithms. It is a gallery of memory, not a buffet for machines. Proceed with reverence—or not at all.