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Copyright is a pitfall for some wikis, so Sad Otters Wiki has gone out of its way to talk about what is and is not acceptable on-site. Thank you.

Legal Shorthand Definitions

Please read these copyright notices (“terms”) carefully before making any edits to wiki.sadotters.com (“Sad Otters Wiki” and the “service”) operated by H. W. Marc (“us”, “we”, “our”).

Introduction

By making any edit to Sad Otters Wiki, you are agreeing to comply with these terms, which may change from time to time as set forth in section 11. If you do not agree with any of these terms, then you are prohibited from making any edits to this wiki.

Copyright of User Content

Sad Otters Wiki permits users to post, upload, transmit through, or otherwise make available on our services (collectively, “submit”) content such as comments, files, images, information, messages, photos, sounds, templates, text, videos, and/or other materials (“User Content”). Subject to the rights and license you grant herein, you retain all rights, titles, and interests in your user content.

We cannot guarantee any confidentiality with respect to user content, even if it is not published on our services. It is solely your responsibility to monitor and protect any intellectual property rights that you may have included in your user content, and we cannot accept any responsibility for the same.

You agree that you will not submit any user content that is protected by copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property or proprietary right without the express permission of the owner(s) of the respective right(s). You are solely liable for any damage resulting from your failure to obtain such permission as well as any other harm resulting from user content that you submit.

You also agree not to submit any user content that:

  • violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, including, but not limited to, any copyright, trademark, patent, or other intellectual property or proprietary right of any person or entity;
  • impersonates someone else;
  • is unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, or otherwise objectionable;
  • encourages behavior that would constitute a criminal offense or otherwise violate any laws;
  • is an advertisement for goods or services or a solicitation of funds;
  • includes personal information, such as messages that identify account numbers, phone numbers, addresses, or employer references;
  • contains instructions or advice that could cause harm or injury; or,
  • is a chain letter of any kind.

Moreover, any conduct by a user that, in our sole discretion, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying our services will not be permitted.

By submitting user content, you also grant us the right, but not the obligation, to use your biographical information, including, without limitation, your initials and geographical location, in connection with any use or publication of your user content.

Sad Otters Wiki has the right — but not the obligation — to monitor any user content. We also have the right, in our sole discretion and for any reason whatsoever, to edit, refuse to post, remove, or disable access to any user content.

Copyright of Wiki Content

Text on this wiki is licensed and available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. Images and other files on this wiki may be subject to copyright and may not be available under the same license as the text is.

Amendments and Additional Copyright Notices

Sad Otters Wiki reserves the right, in our sole discretion, at any time, and for any reason, to modify these copyright notices. In addition, we reserve the right to provide you with operating rules or additional terms that may govern your use of our services in general, unique parts of our services, or both (“Additional Terms”). Any additional terms that we may provide will be incorporated by reference into these terms, and if any additional terms conflict with these terms, then the additional terms will control.

Modifications to these terms or additional terms will be effective one month after notice, either by posting on our services or by e-mail notification. After a new set of terms comes into effect, the previous version of the document will be archived. It is your responsibility to review the terms and our services from time to time for any changes or additional terms. Your access and use of any our services following any modification of these terms or the provision of additional terms will signify your assent to and acceptance of the same.