We have made every reasonable effort to contact event promoters, graphic designers, photographers, and DJs for permission to display flyer artwork and related promotional media where ownership is identifiable.

Many materials presented on this site originate from private personal collections, defunct organisations, or sources where the original creator is no longer contactable. These materials are displayed strictly for historical, educational, and archival purposes only.

If you are a rights holder and believe that your work has been used without appropriate credit or permission, please contact us and we will promptly review, amend, or remove the content as required.

All written descriptions, event summaries, annotations, categorisation, maps and metadata are:
© Sydney Rave History (SRH), All rights reserved  and may not be reproduced, republished, or redistributed without prior written permission.

We actively encourage external websites, online zines, and publications to use the 🚀 Rocket button in Timeline/Search pages or our website url to:

• Directly link to
• Reference
• Cite specific rave events and pages on SydneyRaveHistory.com

This is the approved method of citation. Avoid social media websites.

Unless explicit written permission is granted:

• ❌ No flyer artwork may be downloaded, reproduced, reprinted, or redistributed
• ❌ No photographs, scans, or media assets may be reused
• ❌ No scraping, bulk copying, or database extraction is permitted
• ❌ No content may be integrated into third-party platforms, publications, or competing services
• ❌ No use is permitted for news, media, or journalistic purposes

This includes both commercial and non-commercial use.

The Sydney Rave History database, archive structure, and underlying datasets are proprietary intellectual property and are not distributed in raw, mirrored, or bulk form.

Access to data is strictly limited to:

• The public website interface
• Approved collaborations
• Explicit written licensing agreements

Limited short excerpts of media may be quoted under fair-use provisions for:

• Academic research
• Reference
• Non-commercial educational purposes

This does not extend to media outlets, publishers, broadcasters, or journalistic organisations.

If you are a rights holder, researcher, educator, or wish to discuss copyright or collaboration:  contact us.