LEGAL
How we use third-party images, and how to report an infringement.
Last updated: May 5, 2025
The Inspiration Engine displays images fetched in real time from the following third-party collections. We do not host or store these images on our servers — they are loaded directly from each provider.
| SOURCE | LICENCE | ATTRIBUTION |
|---|---|---|
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art Public-domain works |
CC0 1.0 | Shown on each image and in the expanded view. No legal requirement under CC0, shown as courtesy. |
| Art Institute of Chicago Public-domain works |
CC0 1.0 | Shown on each image and in the expanded view. |
| Unsplash Textile, print, colour, and reference categories |
Unsplash Licence (free for commercial use) | Photographer name shown in the expanded view. |
All images displayed in the Art & Culture categories are of works in the public domain (typically created before 1928). Textile, print, colour, and reference images are sourced from Unsplash under their commercial-use licence.
We respect intellectual property rights. If you believe that content accessible through Atelier de Venus infringes your copyright, you may submit a takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512). To be valid, your notice must include all of the following:
Send your notice to our designated agent at the address below. We will respond within 5 business days and remove or disable access to the material if the notice is valid.
DMCA Designated Agent — Atelier de Venus
Email: hello@atelierdevenus.com
Please include "DMCA Takedown Notice" in the subject line.
If you believe your content was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notification to the same address. A valid counter-notification must include your contact information, identification of the removed material and its prior location, a statement under penalty of perjury that removal was a mistake or misidentification, your consent to jurisdiction, and your signature.
Upon receipt of a valid counter-notification we will restore the material within 10–14 business days unless the original complainant files a court action.
For any intellectual property concern that is not a DMCA claim — including trademark disputes or questions about content generated by our AI sketch tool — please contact us at hello@atelierdevenus.com.