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Terms of Use
for MathBitsNotebook.com
MathBitsNotebook.com is the copyrighted property
of Frederick and Donna Roberts,
Fulton, New York USA
Copyright © 2012 to present: MathBitsNotebook.com
All Rights Reserved.
MathBits.com is a Registered Trademark with the
"United States Patent and Trademark Office" -
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Please Note: The materials at MathBitsNotebook are copyrighted materials.
They are NOT an Open Educational Resource (OER).
OER refers only to non-copyrighted materials, or materials to which the copyright has been relinquished.
They are NOT in the Public Domain.
The fact that our materials can be viewed fee of charge, does not imply that the materials are free for the taking.
You are not free to use these materials in any manner of your choosing.
These materials are copyrighted and are to be use as stipulated in these "Terms of Use". |
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING MATHBITSNOTEBOOK.COM.
We have found that there is a great deal of confusion among Internet users (and educators) as to what legal use can be made of copyrighted Internet content. Hopefully, this Terms of Use page will help to clarify these issues as they relate to your use of the web site MathBitsNotebook.com. Please understand that the content, materials, and graphics at MathBitsNotebook.com are copyrighted, and as such are protected by US and International copyright laws (such
as the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Berne Convention, and other intellectual property laws and statutes).
When accessing MathBitsNotebook.com, you are agreeing to the following Terms of Use:
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You may freely access the on-line MathBitsNotebook.com content for
your own, non-commercial, private use (or for private use within your own
classroom with your face-to-face students).
You may NOT, however, create your own hardcopies/handouts/worksheets or Internet postings using content/graphics from this web site (in part or whole).
You may NOT use "snippets" of MathBitsNotebook.com content to create hardcopies, projectable lessons, or for Internet posting.
If you want matching hardcopies of the practice pages, please purchase our subscription resources (JrMathBits.com, AlgebraBits.com, GeometryBits.com or Algebra2Bits.com), which allow us to financially support this "free-access" and "ad-free" web site for your use.
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You may link to content at MathBitsNotebook.com from a non-commercial site (and are encouraged to do so), as long as the link does not state or imply any sponsoring of your site by MathBitsNotebook.com or Frederick and/or Donna Roberts. Linking must not present MathBits.com content framed within a personal web site, a school web site, or any other web site. When linking, please use a plain hypertext link (do not use content, snippets, or graphics for linking). Please no deep linking or inline linking. Remember "linking" means an URL link, not a copy of the web page. You may use a projected link to display pages within your classroom. You may list URL links within student assignments.
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You may quote a small section of MathBitsNotebook.com as in keeping with the
"Fair Use" statute.
READ CAREFULLY: "Fair Use", as it applies to copyrighted materials, is for the purpose
of commentary or critical review for a limited period of time with limited distribution. Such "Fair Use" does not extend to the re-posting of the materials to the Internet/Web. "Fair Use" must also leave copyright notices and/or authorship intact.
As
applied to educators, "Fair Use" is for use within the teacher's
immediate classroom setting only (for a short period of time). Educators are not to re-post such materials to the Internet: "No
exclusively educational purpose is guaranteed by putting material on the
Web, and such conduct violates the copyright holder's right of public
distribution."
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You may not copy/reproduce the content from MathBitsNotebook.com (in part,
whole, or modified form) for any form of distribution or display. That is, you may not make hardcopies (or digital-web copies) of the MathBitsNotebook web pages, or of any content within the web pages, for any purpose. Examples of distributions (hardcopy or digital) include (but are not limited to): handouts for classroom assignments (digital or hardcopy), curriculum unit packets or booklets, departmental handouts, handouts for conference presentations,workshop handouts, grant-based project materials, booklets, pamphlets, posting to school web sites, posting to personal web sites, etc. Use of these materials on any other web site for any purpose is prohibited. Re-posting to the Internet is not considered "fair use" for educators as it violates the copyright holder's right of public distribution.
Linking to content at MathBitsNotebook.com is acceptable, but re-posting of the content from MathBitsNotebook.com is copyright infringement.
Using snippets of MathBitsNotebook.com content for any purpose is prohibited.
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You may not use MathBitsNotebook.com content as private
tutoring lessons/materials for which you are paid. You may not link to MathBitsNotebook.com content to be used for commercial tutoring services.
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You may not use the content at MathBitsNotebook.com when teaching an on-line course if such teaching requires the "re-posting" of the materials to the Internet, intra-net, or any public/internal distribution format. All MathBitsNotebook content can be linked directly from the MathBitsNotebook web site, making any form of re-posting of content unnecessary. In addition, when teaching an on0line course, the MathBitsNotebook may be used as support and reference ONLY to your lessons and assignments. NOT to be used as YOUR lessons and assignments. If any students must pay a fee to participate in your on-line course, you may not use (or access) the content at MathBitsNotebook.
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You may not link to pages from MathBitsNotebook.com from any commercial sites (such as paid on-line course web sites, tutoring services, link and review web sites, OER web sites, etc.) Such commercial sites are NOT to copy content (in part or whole) from MathBitsNotebook.com, nor use any URL links to web pages and/or content at MathBitsNotebook.com in any form or manner.
You may NOTsubmit any pages from MathBitsNotebook to be listed or reviewed on a web site offering Open Educational Resources. MathBitsNotebook is NOT an OER.
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You may not copy, modify, and/or distribute MathBitsNotebook.com content for commercial
use by profit making projects and/or organizations.
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You may not copy, import, snag, etc. the web site MathBitsNotebook.com to be used in part or whole, by others. Content from MathBitsNotebook.com may not be copied,
framed, mirrored, downloaded,
uploaded, burned,
snagged, or installed electronically in any manner on any server. You may not re-post any of the pages or content from MathBitsNotebook.com on the Internet in any form (be it part, whole or modified).
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You may not use the graphics (such as, but not limited to, diagrams, graphs, clipart, animations, phototgraphs, photo objects, banners, drawings, and/or any combination of the like), in part or whole, from MathBitsNotebook.com. The graphics at MathBitsNotebook.com were purchased or licensed for use on MathBitsNotebook.com. We pay for the legal rights to post these graphics, and these graphics are not free
for the taking. The graphics are not to be copied or modified for personal, educational, or commercial use. Graphics at MathBitsNotebook.com are not to be directly linked (hot linked).
[Note: Copying graphics from the Internet may place you in danger of copyright infringement from BOTH the posting site and the graphic's commercial licensing company.]
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The content presented at MathBitsNotebook.com carries no guarantee or
warranty. No one at MathBitsNotebook.com involved in creating, producing or delivering the site accepts liability
for (but not limited to) student progress, educational testing scores, educational program
completion, teacher employment, or teacher professional progress.
In addition, no one at MathBitsNotebook.com accepts liability for the improper or
incorrect use of these materials. Content is provided on an "as is" basis and use of this content is at your discretion.
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MathBitsNotebook.com reserves the right to modify these Terms of Use. Users are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms of Use. In addition, MathBitsNotebook.com may discontinue, change or restrict access to content at any time.
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Violations of the MathBitsNotebook.com Terms of Use will result in action being taken against the offender and/or any offending web site(s). Be warned that students are quick to report copyright infringements made by their teachers. If it becomes necessary to contact a teacher's school district regarding the posting of copyrighted materials (or other infringement issues), it may prove to be professionally embarrassing to both the teacher and the district. Teachers, please do not make it necessary for us to contact your school district. Thank you! |
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