Nobody likes to read the legals pages, but… We’ve tried to keep these rules simple and commonsense.
Copyright policy:
This website is operated by and on behalf of the Angus Writer’s Circle (AWC), who retains all copyrights in the website.
Copyright in individual postings remain with the individual contributors. By posting, contributors confer on AWC irrevocably and in perpetuity the right to reproduce it and all derivative works, both on this website and in all other communications produced by AWC.
Contributors acknowledge that, this being a jointly-managed service, any contribution may be edited at any time, and irrevocably confer such editorial rights on AWC and its agents and members. Copyright in such derived works is held jointly by the original contributor, the editor(s), and AWC. AWC hereby confers the right for a contributor to use such a derived work for non-commercial purposes provided AWC and/or this website is acknowledged in an attached copyright statement.
Special provisions:
Copyright preservation: There are some posts which, by their nature, must preserve the contributor’s copyright. Such postings include reproductions of competiton entries, anonymous crit entries, and so on. In these special cases:
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- An appropriate variation will be posted in the invitation to post
- All such entries will carry a copyright notice identifying the copyright holder.
Republication rights:
Some posts and associated assets (images, sounds, software etc) are intended for republication. Such postings include press releases and advertising materials. In these cases, Permission is granted irrevocably and in perpetuity to reproduce such posts and assets in any form without charge provided:
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- Such reproduction is substantively unedited (minor adjustments and rearrangements consistent with normal copy-editing excepted)
- The origin of the material is acknowledged to be AWC
- AWC is notified of and supplied with a copy of the reproduction.
Any posts intended for republication will carry a copyright notice identifying them as such.
Excepting the above, rights to republish any of the content of this website are hereby exclusively reserved to AWC, except where specific permission has been granted. Please contact the administrators of this board for such permission.
This policy may be varied at any time.
Editorial policy.
We will not publish any material which we believe is obscene, libellous or defamatory , hateful or racially or ethnically objectionable, violates the privacy or publicity rights of any third party; is illegal or otherwise not in the public interest. Please note that use of this site also includes WordPress’ terms of service, which may also change from time to time.
Though parts of his website are held confidential, much of it is publicly accessible, and posting messages (whether pages, messages, or comments) to this board constitutes publication. Please understand your legal responsibilities.
The site is actively moderated. That means, if the administrators believe that a posting falls outwith our editorial policy, it may be edited or spiked at the administrators’ sole judgement. If it becomes apparent that a posting is outwith our editorial policy, it may be edited or withdrawn without notice.
If you believe that any entry on this site is libellous, defamatory, objectionable, or inappropriate for any other reason, you should in the first instance contact the administrators of the board.
Usage policy:
This service permits, and the editors actively encourage, members to post messages, comments and responses. We recognise that, on occasion, where feelings are strongly held, emotions may run high. It is also true that, even in the hands of experienced writers (such as ourselves) written messages may be misconstrued in a way which is unlikely in face-to-face discussion. If you’ve not used this kind of online discussion before, these misunderstandings can take you by surprise.
So we’re implementing this policy: We’re grown-ups. We’re not afraid of robust debate. But fights are not appropriate. Consequently,
- Comments and responses of the form “Oh yes you did” / “Oh no I didn’t” will be deleted.
- Comments of a personal nature, incidental to the topic under discussion will be deleted.
