Copyright Information
Copyright & Intellectual Property Notice
Welcome to www.malawicichlids.co.uk. This website first began in 2002. It operates strictly as a non-commercial, hobby-driven space created purely to provide educational information and identification resources for fellow Malawi cichlid keepers.
Please note the following legal conditions regarding the various images hosted across this platform:
1. Historical Archive Images & Contributors
Many of the fish photographs on this website were generously provided by pioneering hobbyists, researchers, and breeders during the early days of this site over two decades ago. While many of these original owners, their fish rooms, and their websites have sadly disappeared from the internet, I continue to preserve and display their work to honour their massive historical contribution to the fishkeeping hobby.
- Full credits and original owner badges are proudly displayed on our dedicated Contributors Page.
- These specific images are used on this site with explicit permission granted directly by the original copyright holders.
- I do not own the copyright to these historical photos, and I cannot grant anyone else permission to redistribute them.
- Warning: If you copy, download, or scrape these archive images, you do so entirely at your own risk. The copyright remains firmly with the original creators.
2. ChatGPT-Generated Visuals
As part of our June 2026 website update, I am introducing images generated using ChatGPT AI tools. These are used to showcase rare, extinct, or hard-to-photograph species where historical photos do not exist. They are generated using precise, expert-level biological prompts to maintain accurate fish anatomy, fin structures, and color morphs.
- Under Section 178 of the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, these computer-generated works are legally protected by copyright.
- As the individual who authored the detailed prompts, curated the biological accuracy, and arranged their creation, I hold the copyright for these ChatGPT-generated visuals for a duration of 50 years from creation.
- You may not copy, scrape, or redistribute these AI-generated images without my express written permission.