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Use of the History Files website
Access to and use of the History Files websites
(hereafter referred to as 'the site'), which are supplied and
maintained by Kessler Associates, is provided subject to the
terms that, by using the site you agree to be legally bound by
these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first
use of the site. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all
the following terms please do not access and/or use the site.
These terms may be altered at any time. Please
review these terms regularly to ensure you are aware of any
changes made. Your continued use of the site after changes are
posted means you agree to be legally bound by these terms as
updated and/or amended.
The History Files is a purely non-profit website
dedicated to collecting together historical information on all
periods and locations simply for the satisfaction of working on
the subject. No fees will be paid for the use of external media
or submitted items.
You may browse this site for information and data.
You acknowledge, however, that this site contains information, data,
photographs, graphics, and other materials that are protected by laws
governing copyrights, trademarks, and other proprietary rights. Under
no circumstances may you transfer or distribute site contents to third
parties without prior permission. Permission will be granted in almost
all cases.
Content rights
For the sake of simplicity the term 'images' refers
to all photographs, drawings, maps, and any other non-textual items
stored on the site.
All of the images on this website are copyright ©
Kessler Associates, P L Kessler, or their respective owners. Permission
to use them has been sought where required, and when possible.
Images of paintings which were created before copyright
law existed are in the public domain and may be re-used as required.
Photographs whose purpose is to exactly reproduce the public domain
art in question does not have the element of creativity that grants
it copyright protection.
Anyone wishing to reproduce images for non-commercial
use is requested to contact Kessler Associates. Please state your
intended use and permission will almost always be granted as long
as you include copyright/authorship details where applicable and
a link back to the History Files website.
Those wishing to reproduce images or other material
for commercial use must be aware that they must apply for prior
written permission from Kessler Associates. Granting of that
permission and potential incurred fees may depend upon the intended
use of the material, and copyright issues may prevent such permission
from being given.
Kessler Associates does not warrant that functions
contained in the site's content will be uninterrupted or error free,
that defects will be corrected, or that the site or the server that
makes it available are free of viruses or bugs, although every
effort is taken to make sure that this is indeed the case.
Intellectual property
The names, images and logos identifying Kessler
Associates or third parties are subject to copyright, design
rights and trade marks of Kessler Associates and/or third parties.
Nothing contained in these terms shall be construed as conferring
by implication, estoppel or otherwise any licence or right to use
any trademark, patent, design right or copyright of Kessler
Associates, or any other third party.
Contributions
Where you are invited to submit any contributions
to the site (including any text, photographs, graphics, video, or
audio) you agree, by submitting your contribution, to grant Kessler
Associates a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, right to use,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works
from, distribute, perform, play, make available to the public, and
exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to your
contribution and/or to incorporate your contribution in other works
in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any
rights that may exist in your contribution.
If you do not want to grant to Kessler Associates
the rights set out above, please do not submit your contribution
to the site.
By submitting your contribution to the site, you
warrant that your contribution is your own original work and that
you have the right to make it available to the site for all the
purposes specified above. You are also required to waive any moral
rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to
and publication on the site and the purposes specified above.
Note that editorial control of your work may be
exercised, and may involved the correcting of text to UK English
and minor alterations being made to style and structure to bring
your work into line with the general style of presentation used
throughout the site. This is not a comment on your work but an
effort to maintain cohesiveness throughout the site.
Advertising
In recent years it has become a necessity, on
occasion, to add a limited amount of advertising to the site.
Where possible, this will be restrained, and will be clearly
marked as advertising. Any fees that might be earned for
advertising will be used to ensure the continued operation of
the History Files website.
Links
Kessler Associates does not bear any responsibility
for the content of external websites to which links are provided
within the site. Where possible, all external links are clearly
marked as such.
These terms shall be governed by and interpreted
in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
Kessler Associates for the History Files.
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