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Notice of Copyright Protection

TerpTopics, LLC
September 07, 2009

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SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL

You are hereby advised to seek legal counsel concerning the use of copyright-protected material.

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ASSUMED ACCEPTANCE

Please read carefully and completely this Notice of Copyright Protection; your access to and use of this site assumes your acceptance of its terms.

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OWNER

Reference to "TerpTopics™" and/or "TerpTopics.com" mean TerpTopics, LLC.  Reference to "this site" is to http://TerpTopics.com and its pages and content.

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COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

The content (also known as information or material) featured on this site is subject to TerpTopics copyright protection unless otherwise indicated.

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U.S. FAIR USE DOCTRINE

You are, again, advised to seek legal counsel concerning the use of copyright-protected material.

Use of copyright-protected content may or may not be permitted under the U.S. Fair Use doctrine (Section 107 of the Copyright Act), if a limited amount of TerpTopics copyright-protected content is reproduced, communicated, or distributed to others free of charge in any format or media when all of the following conditions are met:

A. Non-commercial use:

for the purpose of scientific research; or
for personal/individual study; or
in a single limited non-profit educational setting; and

B. The TerpTopics copyright-protected content item (site page) must be:

reproduced in whole; and
reproduced accurately; and
not used in a manner or context that is misleading or conflicts with the demonstrated spirit and intent of TerpTopics; and

C. The source must be properly cited through the use of a commonly accepted citation format; and

D. The copyright status must be acknowledged; and

E. The use of the copyright-protected content must not adversely impact TerpTopics' commercial marketplace potential to exploit and benefit from said copyright-protected material. 

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INTERNET

Third-parties are not permitted to include copyright-protected content on any Internet-accessible site without the prior written permission of TerpTopics, LLC.

The downloading of files belonging to TerpTopics or from this site is prohibited.

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PROPRIETARY MARKS

The names, phrase "topics rendered faithfully," images, and logos identifying TerpTopics are proprietary service or trade marks of TerpTopics, LLC.  

The copying or use of a TerpTopics logo and/or trademark and/or service mark is prohibited without the prior written permission of TerpTopics, LLC.  For additional information, please see this site's Marks page.

Names, images, and logos identifying third-parties, as well as their intellectual property, products, or services, are proprietary to their owning entities.

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PERMISSIONS

A copyright license, available from TerpTopics, must be obtained before using, copying, distributing, disseminating, communicating, publishing, reproducing, recreating, or broadcasting copyright-protected content, either in whole, in part, or derivative works of copyright-protected content, material, information, or other property.

Requests for authorization to use copyright-protected content should be emailed to ContactUs@TerpTopics.com and should include pertinent information such as particular content, date, setting/location, and purpose of use, media (print, broadcast, etc.), volume (i.e. 250 copies), and so on.

Any permission, authorization, or license from or issued by TerpTopics does not extend to anything copyright-protected by a third-party.  For authorization concerning non-TerpTopics copyright-protected content, contact the copyright owner.

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PRIVACY

For information concerning TerpTopics' privacy policy, see this site's Privacy page.

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SITE TERMS OF USE

For information concerning terms of use of this site, this site's TermsOfUse page..

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