News Northwest Content Policies

Copyright notice

All of the material created by News Northwest staff and contributors is released under a Creative Commons licence allowing sharing of our material for commercial and non-commercial purposes, as long as you attribute the work to News Northwest and its individual creator and allow the sharing of derivative works under the same license.
The opinions expressed by News Northwest staff and contributors are their own and not those of News Northwest.

Fair Use

News Northwest reproduces copyrighted material for the purpose of commentary, criticism, and news reporting in accordance with section 107 of US Copyright Law. We include clear links to the source of material as well as clear attribution, if possible, to the creator(s) of the work.

DMCA & copyright infringement notice & takedown procedure

In accordance with section 512 of US Copyright Law

To file a copyright infringement notice, email us with the following information:
A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
A detailed description of why you think the material is not within the range of the fair use doctrine as specified in section 107 of US Copyright Law.
The newsnw.org url of the material in question.
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit News Northwest to locate the material.
Provide your contact information.
Information reasonably sufficient to permit News Northwest to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.