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by AB-Joel on August 5th, 2003

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What is Answerbag's Copyright Statement?

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  • by AB-Joel on August 5th, 2003

    AB-Joel

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    All content, either text, pictures, or graphics, on the site that has been contributed by users is designated as Open Content. Such content is subject to the OpenContent License:

    Open Content License (OPL)
    Version 1.0, July 14, 1998.

    This document outlines the principles underlying the OpenContent (OC) movement and may be redistributed provided it remains unaltered. For legal purposes, this document is the license under which OpenContent is made available for use.

    The original version of this document may be found at http://opencontent.org/opl.shtml

    LICENSE

    Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distributing, and Modifying

    Items other than copying, distributing, and modifying the Content with which this license was distributed (such as using, etc.) are outside the scope of this license.

    1. You may copy and distribute exact replicas of the OpenContent (OC) as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the OC a copy of this License along with the OC. You may at your option charge a fee for the media and/or handling involved in creating a unique copy of the OC for use offline, you may at your option offer instructional support for the OC in exchange for a fee, or you may at your option offer warranty in exchange for a fee. You may not charge a fee for the OC itself. You may not charge a fee for the sole service of providing access to and/or use of the OC via a network (e.g. the Internet), whether it be via the world wide web, FTP, or any other method.

    2. You may modify your copy or copies of the OpenContent or any portion of it, thus forming works based on the Content, and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:

    a) You must cause the modified content to carry prominent notices stating that you changed it, the exact nature and content of the changes, and the date of any change.

    b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the OC or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License, unless otherwise permitted under applicable Fair Use law.

    These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the OC, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the OC, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it. Exceptions are made to this requirement to release modified works free of charge under this license only in compliance with Fair Use law where applicable.

    3. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to copy, distribute or modify the OC. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by distributing or translating the OC, or by deriving works herefrom, you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or translating the OC.

    NO WARRANTY

    4. BECAUSE THE OPENCONTENT (OC) IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE OC, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE OC "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK OF USE OF THE OC IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE OC PROVE FAULTY, INACCURATE, OR OTHERWISE UNACCEPTABLE YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

    5. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MIRROR AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE OC AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE OC, EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

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    Answerbag maintains a compilation copyright on its user-submitted content. This user-submitted content may by reproduced in part for non-commercial purposes as described in the paragraph above, but may not be reproduced as a whole through any medium without the express permission of Answerbag.com.

    The Answerbag logo, design, graphics, pictures, sound files and other files, and the selection and arrangement thereof ("Materials") are ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright © 2003 Answerbag and/or its licensors. Except as stated herein, none of the Materials may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Answerbag.

    Copyright complaints
    Answerbag respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and has been posted to this Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Answerbag’s copyright agent the following written information:

    - An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest
    - A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon
    - A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site
    - Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address
    - A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
    - A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

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  • by Anonymous on February 3rd, 2008

    Anonymous

    I wil have to go back and read it.

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  • by NinaWilliams98 on October 26th, 2009

    NinaWilliams98

    I'm sorry that i can't help you at all. I very much feel for you. Good luck with this issue

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  • by Pisano74 on October 30th, 2009

    Pisano74

    Answerbag's copyright statement is one of those issues that features crucial momentousness that will necessitate trained ministering about

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  • by Kirkland45 on October 26th, 2009

    Kirkland45

    I'm sorry that i can't help you. I just had a similar problem just. I am so sympathetic to you 8)

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  • by Ellis42 on October 24th, 2009

    Ellis42

    I am most sympathetic to you. Good luck with working this issue out. I'm sorry that i can't help you any more!

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  • by Romano18 on October 22nd, 2009

    Romano18

    Hey! I'm sorry i can't be of more help. I just had an identical problem just. I am so sympathetic to you.

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  • by SvenBeich77 on October 23rd, 2009

    SvenBeich77

    Interesting question, and a question that plenty of people have asked in the past, additionally. I must admit this question that you have this moment asked is a laborious question to answer.

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  • by SarahIngram80 on October 23rd, 2009

    SarahIngram80

    Good luck with working this issue out. I am so sympathetic to you. Sorry that i can't help you at all. I get the same case of problems from time to time;)

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  • by Clementunited on February 8th, 2011

    Clementunited

    It is just about terms and conditions regarding copying and distributing of sources.

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