Copyrights and Trademarks (updated: 12/05/2006)

INTRODUCTION:

Welcome to the Copyright Web page of Alphatron.org. Alphatron.org is collectively referred to herein as: "Site," "we," "us," "our," "ourselves" or "its." People who visit our Internet Site are collectively referred to herein as: "visitors," "users," "guests," "members," "those," "their," "you," or "your."

PLEASE READ THESE COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS ALPHATRON.ORG SITE.

By using this Alphatron.org Site, you signify your agreement to the conditions outlined and you acknowledge that you have read and agree to abide by the conditions, and you are fully aware of our respective legal rights and obligations. For that reason, we have created these conditions as the legally binding agreement to govern your use of this Site. Please read these conditions carefully before using this Site, because they affect your legal rights and obligations.

Your Acceptance of Conditions: If you do not agree with any of these conditions you may not use this Alphatron.org Site and you should exit this Site now, because by using this Site you will be deemed to have irrevocably agreed to these conditions.
 

Copyright and Trademark Policy (updated: 12/10/2005)

A1: Restrictions on Use of Copyrights and Trademarks

Trademarks, artwork and related trade dress are trademarks of Alphatron.org in the United States and other countries, and may not be used or modified without the advance expressed written permission of Alphatron.org. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Alphatron.org Sites are committed to respecting others' intellectual property rights and we ask our users to do the same. Alphatron.org may, in its sole discretion, terminate the accounts or access rights of users who violate others' intellectual property rights. All materials contained in any Alphatron.org Site are the copyrighted property of Alphatron.org, or subsidiaries, affiliates, vendors, members, licensees and/or third-party licensors. All copyrighted work, patents, trade secrets or other proprietary rights on this Site are protected by the copyright laws of the United States, through international treaties and other countries ("Copyrights"). Some of the characters, logos, artwork and other images incorporated on this Site are protected as registered or unregistered trademarks, trade names, service marks and/or trade dress, and are the proprietary property of Alphatron.org, or subsidiaries, affiliates, vendors, members, licensees and/or third-party licensors ("Trademarks").

You must not otherwise exercise the copyright in whole or any part of the contents and materials in this Web Site for any other purpose except as expressly permitted by any applicable law or with Alphatron.org's prior written consent or from the rightful owner(s). No material from any Alphatron.org Site or any Internet Site owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by us may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial home use only. The use of any Alphatron.org material on any other Web Site or other computer environment is prohibited. You are free to view, copy, print, and distribute Alphatron.org material directly from this Site, as long as:

1. The "Home" Web page of a Alphatron.org Site is always included and is in first order;

2. Links are directed to the Alphatron.org Site "Home" Web page;

3. You keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices;

4. Copies of any material include Alphatron.org's Terms of Use Web page;

5. You make no modifications to the materials;

6. You do not use the materials in a manner that suggests an association with any of our products, services, or brands;

7. You do not download quantities of materials to a database that can be used to avoid future downloads from any Alphatron.org Site;

8. The material is used for information only;

9. The user is free to distribute Alphatron.org Site material directly from this Web Site as long as;

   1. It is used for non-commercial home use only;

   2. Not identified as confidential; and

   3. Requirements A1 and A1: 1-8 described in detail above are obeyed.

In the event you download software from any Alphatron.org Site, the software, including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software, and data accompanying the software (collectively, the "Software") are licensed to you by us or third-party licensors for your personal, non-commercial home use only. We do not transfer title to the Software to you. You own the medium on which the Software is recorded, but we (or our third-party licensors) retain full and complete title to the Software and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell, auction, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-readable form.

All other rights require Alphatron.org written consent. Requests for permission should be sent to the Copyright and Trademark Agent. A Alphatron.org Copyright and Trademark Agent can be reached as follows:

Copyright and Trademark Agent
Alphatron.org
P.O. Box 291340
Los Angeles, CA 90029-9340

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A2: Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any content appearing on this Site infringes your copyright rights, we at Alphatron.org want to hear from you. Please forward the following information in writing to the Copyright Agent at the address listed below. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement must be sent to Service Provider's Copyright Agent:

• Notification must be submitted to the following Copyright Agent:
  Copyright Agent, Alphatron.org

• Name of Agent Designated to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement:
  Robert Franklin

• Full Address of Copyright Agent to Which Notification Should be Sent:
  P.O. Box 291340, Los Angeles, CA 90029-9340

• Telephone Number of Copyright Agent: (213) 596-5744

• Facsimile Number of Copyright Agent: (213) 596-5744

• E-mail Address of Copyright Agent: copyrightagent@alphatron.org

To be effective, the notification must be a written communication that includes the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online Site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that Site;

3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and the exact URL information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the alleged material;

4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;

5. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Alphatron.org Site seeks to preserve any and all exemptions from liability that may be available under the copyright law, but does not necessarily stipulate that it is a service provider as defined in USC section 512(c) or elsewhere.

We may give notice of a claim of copyright infringement to our users by means of a general notice on any Alphatron.org Site, electronic mail to a user's e-mail address in our records, or by written communication sent by first-class mail to a user's address in our records.

© 1956, 1977-2006 Alphatron.org. All Rights Reserved. No portion of this Web site may be modified, described or accounted for, reproduced by any mechanical, photographic or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording, nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted or otherwise copied for public or private use without the advance expressed written permission of the respective copyright holder.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data and protected by additional copyrights since 1956.
 

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