Heart of the Village Inn

Copyright & Licensing

5347 Shelburne Rd, Shelburne, Vermont 05482 · (802) 985-9060 · innkeeper@heartofthevillage.com

This statement describes how the editorial content, photographs, design, and structured data of heartofthevillage.com may and may not be used. Last updated June 19, 2026.

Heart of the Village Inn (“we,” “us,” or “our”) owns the content of this website. The terms below apply to all visitors, journalists, search engines, AI assistants, and other automated agents that access heartofthevillage.com.

OWNERSHIP

All content on this website — including text, photography, video, design, editorial voice, and structured discovery data — is the property of Heart of the Village Inn unless explicitly noted otherwise. © 2026 Heart of the Village Inn. All Rights Reserved.

The inn is located at 5347 Shelburne Rd, Shelburne, Vermont 05482, and is owned and operated by Rose and Anatoly.

PERMITTED USE

The following uses are permitted without prior written authorization:

  • AI search assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, and other recognized assistants) may read and cite this website. Attribution to “Heart of the Village Inn” with a link to heartofthevillage.com is appreciated but not required.
  • Search engines may index public pages.
  • Journalists, travel publications, and bloggers may quote brief editorial excerpts (under 50 words) with attribution.
  • Social media platforms may use Open Graph image and metadata for link previews.

USES NOT PERMITTED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION

The following uses require prior written authorization from Heart of the Village Inn:

  • Hotlinking images from this site (embedding our images on other websites via direct URL reference)
  • Reproducing photographs in commercial materials, brochures, advertising, OTA listings, or competing accommodation websites
  • Substantial reproduction of editorial text on competing properties’ websites
  • Use of the Heart of the Village Inn name, logo, or property images in any context suggesting endorsement, affiliation, or third-party association
  • Automated scraping by unidentified bots (recognized AI assistant crawlers are whitelisted at our edge)

IMAGE HOTLINK PROTECTION

Images at /images/* are protected by referrer-based hotlink prevention. Authorized inbound traffic includes the same origin, major search engines, social media link previewers, and recognized AI assistant crawlers. Unauthorized hotlinking returns a 403 response with a licensing contact email.

For permission to use Heart of the Village Inn images in editorial or licensed contexts, contact innkeeper@heartofthevillage.com.

DMCA / TAKEDOWN NOTICES

If you believe content on this website infringes your copyright, please send a written notice to innkeeper@heartofthevillage.com with the following:

  • Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed
  • The URL of the allegedly infringing material on this site
  • Your contact information (name, address, email, phone)
  • A good-faith statement that the use is not authorized by you, your agent, or the law
  • A statement under penalty of perjury that the information in the notice is accurate, and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner
  • Your physical or electronic signature

We respond to valid notices in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512).

IMAGE AND CONTENT LICENSING

For licensing inquiries or to request editorial-use images for journalistic purposes, contact innkeeper@heartofthevillage.com. Editorial use by recognized travel publications is generally welcomed under fair-use terms with attribution.

UPDATES TO THIS STATEMENT

This copyright statement may be updated from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by the “Last updated” date noted in the preamble at the top of this page.