Copyright & Credits

Original work

Except where otherwise credited or described below, the original articles, photographs, artwork, and other copyright-protected material I create and publish on this website are copyrighted by Chong Ho (Alex) Yu. Rights not expressly granted below are reserved.

Some material on this website incorporates artificial intelligence or belongs to other creators. The permissions below apply only to material and rights that I own or am authorized to license.

Free noncommercial use

You may copy, share, display, or include my copyright-protected work in teaching, research, and other noncommercial projects without a fee or advance permission, provided you give appropriate credit. This permission applies to noncommercial uses, whether undertaken by an individual or an organization; nonprofit status alone does not make every use noncommercial.

Please identify me as the author or photographer, include the title when available, and provide a link to the original page. In print, include the source URL. If you adapt or modify the material, clearly identify your changes and do not imply that I endorse them.

A suggested credit is:

Chong Ho (Alex) Yu, “[Title of article, photograph, or artwork],” Creative Wisdom, [original page URL]. Used under the website’s noncommercial-use permission.

Commercial use

Unless an applicable legal exception or a separate license permits the use, please obtain my written permission before using my copyright-protected work for commercial purposes. Examples include advertising, merchandise, resale, or incorporation into products or services offered for payment.

To request permission, please use the Contact page and identify the material, intended use, and proposed distribution.

AI-generated and AI-assisted material

Some illustrations and design elements on this website were generated using AI, and some works were created with AI assistance. Not every such image is individually labeled. The absence of a label does not establish whether an image is a photograph, an AI-generated illustration, or a combination.

I do not claim copyright in purely AI-generated elements that are not eligible for copyright protection under applicable law. Where a work includes protectable human-authored contributions—such as original writing, photography, creative modifications, or selection and arrangement—my copyright claim is limited to those protected contributions.

The attribution and commercial-permission conditions above apply only to rights I hold. They do not create copyright in otherwise unprotected material or restrict uses that the law allows without permission. For unprotected AI-generated material, acknowledgment of this website as the source is appreciated, rather than asserted as a copyright requirement.

If you need to clarify the origin or rights status of a particular image, please contact me with its page URL and a description of the image.

Third-party material and legal exceptions

Material credited to other creators remains subject to its own copyright or license terms. Its appearance here does not mean that I can authorize its reuse.

Nothing in this statement limits fair use, public-domain use, or other rights and exceptions available under applicable law. A missing watermark, copyright symbol, or individual credit does not, by itself, mean that a work is free of copyright.