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Terms of Use
for MathBits.com
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of Frederick and Donna Roberts,
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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 MathBits.com. Please understand that the content, materials, and graphics at MathBits.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). MathBits.com content is NOT in the public domain. The fact that the MathBits.com content is free of charge does not imply that you are free to use the materials in any manner you wish.
When accessing the contents of MathBits.com, you are agreeing to the following Terms of Use:
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You may freely access and/or print unaltered MathBits.com content for
your own, non-commercial, private use (or for private use within your own
classroom with your face-to-face students) provided that you agree to not alter or delete any copyright or proprietary notices from the materials. Using snippets of MathBits.com content for any purpose is prohibited.
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You may link to content at MathBits.com (and are encouraged to do so),
as long as the link does not state or imply any sponsoring of your site by MathBits.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, a plain hypertext link may be used, or one of two graphic images (seen at the bottom of this page) may be used.
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You may quote a small section of MathBits.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 MathBits.com (in part,
whole, or modified form) for any form of public distribution. Examples of such public distributions include (but
are not limited to): handouts
for conference presentations, project booklets, departmental handouts,
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 MathBits.com is acceptable, but re-posting of the content from MathBits.com is copyright infringement.
(MathBits.com does not consider use for students within a teacher's face-to-face classroom to be public distribution.)
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You may not use MathBits.com content as private
tutoring lessons/materials for which you are paid.
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You may not use the content at MathBits.com when teaching an online
course if such teaching requires the re-posting of the materials to the internet, intranet, or any public/internal distribution format. All (non-subscription) content can be linked directly from the MathBits.com web site, making any form of re-posting of content unnecessary. MathBits.com is an extremely stable site (first postings 1998).
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You may not copy, import, snag, etc. the web sites MathBits.com and/or its offspring to be used in part or whole, by others. Content from MathBits.com may not be copied,
framed, mirrored, downloaded,
uploaded, burned,
snagged, or installed electronically on any server. You may not re-post any of
the pages or content from MathBits.com on the internet in any form (be
it part, whole or modified). You most certainly may not present the content from MathBits.com as your own
internet/computer based content by using the content with the
copyright/authorship removed.
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You may not copy, modify, and/or distribute MathBits.com content for commercial
use by profit making projects and/or organizations.
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You may not use the graphics at
MathBits.com (or its offspring sites). The graphics at MathBits.com were purchased, licensed, or produced
solely for use on MathBits.com. We paid for these graphics and they are not free
for the taking. Our graphics are not to be copied or modified for personal or commercial use. In addition, you may not directly link (hot link) to graphics at MathBits.com.
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The content presented at MathBits.com carries no guarantee or
warranty. No one at MathBits.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 MathBits.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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MathBits.com reserves the right to modify these Terms of Use. Users are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms of Use. In addition, MathBits.com may discontinue, change or restrict access to content at any time.
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If you have any questions regarding these Terms of Use, please contact us.
Graphics for linking to MathBits.com
(Save a copy of the two graphics seen below only to your computer. Do not directly link (hot link) to these two graphics.)
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