Property

Rights and permissions

The Napo films are the property of Via Storia, the production company based in Strasbourg, France, and the Napo Consortium which funds and produces the films on behalf of a small group of European health and safety organisations and professional institutions: AUVA (Austria), HSE (UK); DGUV [formerly the HVBG] (Germany); INAIL (Italy); INRS (France); SUVA (Switzerland). In addition, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work has an agreement with DGUV (on behalf of the Consortium) to reproduce and supply copies of the Napo films to national Focal Points in all EU Member States, candidate and EFTA countries.

Copyright

Copyright is vested in Via Storia.

Rights

By participation in this joint production, Consortium members:

• enjoy the status of an equal partner in the design of the content of the production and play a full part in the project

• receive the full rights (but excluding copyright), without time limit, to use the film within their institution’s area of work

• receive master tapes from which they may reproduce copies for use within their institution’s area of work

These rights do not extend to editing or revising the film.

Rights of third parties

Individual scenes from the Napo films may be used in PowerPoint presentations and on Intranet sites with an appropriate credit to the producers in the form of an end-frame which can be downloaded here.

The Napo films and scenes from the films may not be used in other film/video productions, or for commercial purposes including advertising, promotion or endorsement.

The Napo character may only be used directly in the promotion of the film - it is not possible to use Napo or any Napo images in general health and safety publicity, promotion or publishing.

Requests for other products / materials

All requests for other products and materials must be made through the Napo Consortium. Contact us by email on napo@prpr.eu