Copyright Concerns  

Copyright Responsibility: Part of our responsibility in moderating the MotheringDotCommunity forums is to ensure that our content does not violate copyright law.

Please refrain from posting:

• Private emails and Private Messages (PMs)
• Messages from other discussion boards or blogs
• Articles, images and video that were not created by you without written permission to reproduce at our site

You may post:

• A link directing readers to a discussion or article instead of the actual content itself.
• 100 words or less from an article as long as those 100 words are not a substantial part of the piece. If you are quoting from a short work such as a poem or a short article, 100 words may not be an acceptable fair use allowance. You should restrict yourself to a minimal quote from the piece. Anything more requires permission to print/reproduce in written form by the copyright holder and placed within your post.
• Images or content that you have personally created, paid the the rights to publish or have express written permission from the copyright holder.

Content that does not adhere to these guidelines may be removed by a moderator or administrator. If you see content that you believe to be in violation of these guidelines, please email the board administrator or click the post, wiki or review's  icon to alert a moderator. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in this matter.

A useful article on copyright issues:
Copyrights and Wrongs - A basic, easy to understand guide to copyrights by Mary E. Carter

Copyright

Content posted on the MotheringDotCommunity by us is owned by us or used with permission. You may not copy, use, or retransmit anything from or for our site without our permission. Any commercial or promotional distribution, publishing or exploitation of the sites, or any content, code, data or materials on the sites is strictly prohibited. You may not offer goods for sale or use the MotheringDotCommunity site and service for any commercial service without our prior consent.

The third-party images and text referenced, made accessible or made available to you on these pages or by means of MotheringDotCommunity service are protected by the copyright and trademark laws of the United States and other countries. You may need to obtain authorization of the owner of such materials before using them for any purpose other than viewing on the web. It is your responsibility to obtain any authorizations to use an image or text that may be required; MotheringDotCommunity cannot give you such authorization. We cannot guarantee that the MotheringDotCommunity Service will not locate unintended or objectionable content and Huddler or MotheringDotCommunity accepts no responsibility or liability for the content of any images or text included in any MotheringDotCommunity list or otherwise linked to by the Huddler or MotheringDotCommunity services, or for your use of such content. Huddler or MotheringDotCommunity reserves the right to remove any pictures or content without notice to you, any other user, or any third party.

You are not allowed to post or distribute any material you do not own or which you do not have permission to use. You are also prohibited from engaging in any conduct that interferes with the technological operation of the sites or that tampers with any copyright protection mechanisms applicable to content on any sites. The technology and the software underlying our sites and the Services is the property of Huddler or MotheringDotCommunity, our affiliates, and our partners. You agree not to copy, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, assign, distribute, reverse engineer, grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any right to the technology or software underlying our sites or the Services. You agree not to modify the software underlying our sites in any manner or form or to use modified versions of such software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to our sites.

Ignoring this policy may result in copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights violations.