Copyright notice
Unless otherwise noted, any material contained on this website is owned by Árvakur hf., Iceland, and protected by copyright.
Usage of material on all websites belonging to the publishing company Árvakur hf.
News material, such as texts, pictures and graphics, and any other content on mbl.is and any other websites belonging to Árvakur is protected by the Icelandic Copyright Act no. 73/1972.
Individuals are allowed to print material that is pubished on our websites for private, non-commercial use. This permission does not apply to legal entities and their commercial operations.
Individuals are further allowed to create electronic copies of material published on our websites for private, non-commercial use. This permission does not apply to legal entities and their commercial operations.
Further use or distribution of material is subject to prior approval of Árvakur hf. Material, such as news articles or photographs, may be purchased through an agreement. Further information regarding the purchase of such material is provided through the telephone number +354 569-1100.
Linking, image references, etc.
Individuals are generally permitted to send links to publicly available material on mbl.is. This also applies to single news articles or other material that is not linked to the website. Systematic or regular download and republishing of material or extracts for commercial purposes is prohibited unless such actions are in full compliance with the Icelandic Copyright Act.
Hotlinking, i.e. the republishing of protographic og multimedia content hosted on websites belonging to Árvakur directly to the other websites, is prohibited.
Republishing or other use of material from the company's websites so that the website or part of the website seems to be a part of another website is prohibited unless otherwise specifially agreed upon.
Further on downloading, collection and reuse of material
Individuals and corporations may not: (a) download, copy or distribute material that is published on mbl.is; (b) adapt or modify and redesign material (including text, protographs, drawings, page arrangements, etc.) published on mbl.is; (c) use any such material that has intellectual property protection, such as copyright or trademark rights, etc., that is published on mbl.is; (d) use material that is published on mbl.is without permission in an indecent manner and in other ways than such material is originally formulated; (e) modify, whether wholly or in part, material that is published on mbl.is; and (f) modify, adapt, recreate, archive, sell, rent, allocate or distribute material that is published on mbl.is to a third party or a program or website belonging to a third party, or in other ways use or utilize material from mbl.is, unless with the prior approval of Árvakur, the publisher of Morgunblaðið and owner of mbl.is. All of the above applies, whether such actions are performed by individuals, companies or company employees, or by a robot or any other autmomatic device belonging to an individual or a company.
In case of breach of the conditions stipulated above, Árvakur can raise claims for recovery payments or damages. Árvakur further reserves the right to press police charges, in case of severe breaches.
Árvakur is not responsible for any material on websites that are accessible through links from mbl.is, or from any other website belonging to the company.