Copyright and Distribution of my works

Except for cases where the pages on my web site explicitly states that other copyrights apply, this page describes how you may and may not copy those of my works that are available through this web site. While this page may seem lengthy at a first glance, most of what is laid out here is really just common sense with regards to publicly available copyrighted works.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all material (texts, graphics, and support files like the CSS style sheet) that comprises this web site, as well as the material available for download through it, is copyrighted 2003-2004 by me. Permission is hereby granted to freely and without fee duplicate this material for personal use, including but not limited to automatic duplication done by computer software (whether running on general-purpose computers or specialized devices) for the purpose of viewing, rendering and otherwise processing the material for human interpretation, or making copies of portions of the web site (including support files, like images and style sheets) for your own personal use.

You may freely link or otherwise refer to any part of this web site provided that you do not try to make the content look like it is your own. However, due to bandwidth concerns, you may not use files directly off my server for your own works. (Also see the paragraph below on publishing copies of the material from my web site.) Do note that content on this web site may be moved with or without notice.

Internet search engines may analyze and store the information available on this web site in such form suitable for indexing and searching purposes, according to best current operational and technical practices at the time.

If you wish to publish any part or parts of the material available on this web site, to which I own the rights, beyond short quotations and references (as described in the fair use doctrine in copyright law), please contact me first to obtain permission. This also includes publication on personal web sites. Provided that you allow your readers to easily find the origin of the material, do not modify it beyond what is reasonably needed to accomodate the publication method you use and leave any copyright notices intact, I will generally authorize such use without hesitation. All requests are judged on a case-by-case basis, however.

For the purposes of the above paragraph, publishing is defined as any act that involves making material publicly available so that a third party may or do receive it. This may be in electronic form on the Internet (for example but not limited to uploading to World Wide Web sites and redistribution through electronic mailing lists or web forums) or tangible distributed storage media like a CD-ROM or floppy disk, in print, or by some other means.

Many of the wolf photographs on the wildlife pages are copyrighted by Monty Sloan, and used with permission. Please note that many of the pictures in question have been altered (cropped and resized) to fit the design of this web site and the purpose wherever the picture is included. For permission to use the images in question, or more wolf photographs, please write copyright holder Monty Sloan at Wolf Park, Indiana, USA. Note that this paragraph only applies to pictures based on photographs by Monty Sloan.

This web site mentions companies and products by name. Anywhere such mentions appear, they may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.