Policies

Much of the material presented on this site has originated with and is owned by the website owners. Other material is in the public domain and is redistributed here for educational purposes. This site may also contain externally copyrighted material that has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner; however, we are making the following FAIR USE claim.

The material presented here is distributed for educational, research, environmental, political, democratic, scientific, historical, and/or personal informational uses to persons and the public who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information. We believe that that this constitutes a "fair use" claim in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. If you wish to use any materials presented here that go beyond "fair use," you must seek and obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Any copyright owner who wishes may ask us to remove their materials and we will diligently attempt to do so. We may have no official affiliation with the originators of the externally produced materials presented on these pages, nor do we necessarily endorse or sponsor this information. In most cases, we do not have verified information about copyright holders and therefore do not provide such information.

If you wish to copy or print any copyrighted material from this site, you must first contact the copyright owner(s) and seek his/her/their permission to do so, or you may be able to determine that the material also falls within your own Fair Use claim.

All errors and omissions are unintentional and the sole responsibility of the information compilers, programmers, transcribers, and translators. This website does not necessarily endorse any research, suggestions, or ideas presented here unless explicitly stated.

Forums and Weblogs. Information and opinions presented in our weblogs and forums are the responsibility of the contributors, and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the owners of this website. Please let us know if you have any issue with information presented here. We are reasonable people and are open to discussions, negotiations, and compromise about removing or correcting any information presented on this site.

Photos. A US Federal Appeals Court ruled in 2002 that web sites may reproduce and post down-sized or "thumbnail" versions of copyrighted photographs.

We do not maintain records of specific, individual visitors to our website except as these records pertain to generically compiling logs and statistics, such as recording website hits and page views. We do not attempt to learn the actual personal identities of our website readers, nor do we willfully share our statistical records and logs with the public.

Any contact made to us through email is kept strictly confidential and will not be sold or otherwise freely or intentionally distributed to any commercial entities, but we do reserve the right to 1) print the email/ip addresses of spammers or persons sending negative messages, and 2) send occasional announcements and queries to those you have previously contacted us or we believe have a real interest in our information, products, or services. We will, however, cease sending information to persons who unsubscribe to our mailing lists, or specifically request that we do not send them email.

The following resources may also provide additional substantiation of our fair use claims that may be applicable to the owners of this website, its communities of bloggers and forum participants.

For more information about Fair Use Claims that may also be applicable here, see: Cornell (Fair Use)

Legal Guide for Bloggers" [http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/]

See also: [http://www.w3reports.com/index.php?itemid=929]