Copyright, terms of service, and other stuff you should know
Submitted by Dabitch on Fri, 01/05/1996 - 12:12.
You are free:
- to quote from the work
Under the following conditions:
Copyright:. All trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective owners. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted all work, images, films within this website are copyrighted and may not be reposted, nor redistributed without seeking permission from the copyright holder. In plain English email the hostmaster to see if you can get permission to repost any (photographic) images from this website anywhere else. Just because we have permission or licenced an image does not mean that you also have permission.
Press and poster (ads): When it is not a photo but just the ad itself, you may repost provided that you link to the page here where you found it as the source.
Commercials & films: we can not grant you permission to repost these anywhere, nor permission to air them or broadcast them in any way. We don't do rights management. Don't repost the films on the web, but do link to the source.
Hotlink:. "Leeching" is not ok, embedding our images or films into your webpages, or linking straight to the image or films is actually not legal around these parts funnily enough. Link to the page that contains the film or image, or suffer sudden linkrot. Copyrights still apply here too. If you don't have permission, and we don't provide an "embed this film" code, then simply don't do it.
Attribution. You must give the original author credit. Noncommercial. You may not use this work (the films) for commercial purposes.
- For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work.
- Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the author.
Your rights are in no way affected by the above.
For more see the Berne Convention which we, Swedish, honor.
Legal Code (the full license) human readable summary above is inspired by the creative commons licence, but it is not a creative commons licence.
Also an important read: Brad Templetons ten myths about copyright copy myths.
and Richard Keyts Top 10 Urban Copyright Myths.
Privacy Statement: Adland serves cookies that keep track of your user preferences, what is new in the forums since your last visit, and if you have visited before at all. These cookies are all named "ad-rag.com(cookiename)".
I run this site (adland the commercial-archive.com) so that people like you (and people you like) can use it for personal entertainment, information, education, communication, and a fun waste of office hours.
So go ahead and browse around all you like. If you know how, you can even download stuff from the site but only for non-commercial, personal use. If you do, though, don't fool around with the copyright and other notices all over the stuff. They're there for a really good reason. Your use of this site indicates your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions of Use. Your submittal of any personal information to Ad-rag.com & commercial-archive.com indicates acceptance of these Terms and Conditions of Use. These Terms and Conditions of Use shall supercede any subsequent terms or conditions included within this website, whether or not such terms or conditions are signed by Ad-rag.com. We reserve the right to make changes to this site and these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time.
If you visit my site Adland @ ad-rag.com which includes the commercial-archive.com you're also legally obligated to the terms and conditions listed below and any other law or regulation that applies to the site, the Internet, the World Wide Web. You shouldn't access or browse the site if you have any problem with that, because once you start, there's no turning back -- you are bound by the terms and conditions.
- For everyone's sake, just assume that everything on the site is copyrighted unless I say it's not. So you can't use the stuff except how I say you can on this page or anywhere else on the site without my written permission. You cannot repost, redistribute, mirror, or any other nasty things with the images, films and articles of this site. The text and rants and the data [films,jpegs,gifs] belong to me, the comments and articles to their posters, the images of the ads belong to the advertisers and the text from books belong to their publishers and authors. It's not likely that I or the owners of their respective copyrights will give you permission. In fact, even if I wanted to, those dang lawyers are likely to veto any deal anyway. So it's better you don't even ask.
- Under no circumstances can or will I copy the material (including the commercials) of this site and send off on CD, or on VHS or make available for specific (personal) downloads, nor send personal emails with films attached.
- While I try to include accurate stuff on the site, I'm not promising you it's accurate. In fact, I'm not promising you anything except fun and entertainment. So if you use stuff on the site, you're doing it at your own risk. Don't call me if there's a problem because I assume no liability or responsibility for errors or omissions on the site.
- Pictures of people or places shown on the site are either my property or someone else's property. No matter what, it's definitely not your property. You or any of your net-friends can't use it unless I said you can on this page or somewhere else on the site. And guess what -- I won't say yes. So be careful, kid, because unauthorized use may violate all sorts of nasty laws. Be smart, keep the stuff you download to yourself. Photographers whos images are reposted on other sites may come after you with a bill - they have all rights in the world to do that, as the image copyright actually belongs to them.
- If you don't want the world to know something, don't post in on the site in any bulletin board or anyplace else. That's because anything you disclose to me is mine. That's right -- mine. So I can do anything I want with the stuff you post. I can reproduce it, disclose it, transmit it, publish it, broadcast it, and post it someplace else. I can even send it to your mother (as soon as I find her address). Not only that, I can even use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques you post anyway I want to, including, developing, manufacturing and marketing products or other stuff using the information you post. Not that I would care to, but I could, ok?
- Content includes everything written by me, and guestspeakers members, on these sites. Any images films commercials on Adland are copyrighted by dabitch and their respective clients. Don't even think of touching that. Even the code that designs this site is subject to copyright which you will see when you read the source. Credit where credit is due.
- You have probably noticed that I've linked my site to lots of others. While that's cool, it doesn't mean I've looked that close at all those sites, much less checked them out periodically to see what's going on. So don't blame me if some site you link to is bad or has stuff on it that offends you or your pets. Go ahead and and surf the links, but remember, it at your own risk.. Mmmm'K?.
- That brings me to what you do on my own site. While I occasionally look at the posting in my discussion groups or in my Forum, I take no responsibility and assume no liability for the content of those locations or for any mistakes, defamation, libel, slander, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography, or profanity you might encounter when you visit such places on my site. And don't be stupid by posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, nasty, mean, or profane material or any material that law enforcement types my consider a criminal offense, or for that matter violate any law -- anywhere, anytime. While I certainly respect your privacy and right to free speech, I have no choice but to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court which might ask me who might have posted nasty stuff on my site. Not that they will ask me, I live in europe land of the free after all.
- I'm also allowed to change this page and anything else on the site any time I want to. That's because it's mine and I have means to do so. If I do change the page, then you're bound by those changes, too, whenever you visit my site. Tough!
- I and anybody else who helped me create, produce, or deliver the site are not liable for any damages you suffer when you use it. In particular, my lawyers want you to know that my disclaimer includes "direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the site is provided to you 'AS IS' WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON INFRINGEMENT.
Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties. " Alright, so that was unreadable legal bull, but here's the bottom line -- I'm not responsible if you're browsing around and the site damages you or your computer or infects it with any nasty viruses. I seriously doubt that can happen, but if it does, don't call me.
- Under no circumstances will I reveal who is behind a username/members name of this site that posts articles on the first page (that is, the news section) as the "informant" on the article is equal to a journalists source.
- I Can't belive you've read this far. Did you have fun?
