Legal stuff
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laws. While a few graphics on this website might be clip art
in the public domain, it is safest to assume that they are not.
Users should go to clip art archives to borrow such graphics.
The Land Rover crest, website background and other uses of Land
Rover material within this site, OVLR.Org and the RoverWeb.Org
sites is by permission from Land Rover (UK). Copyright for some
material within this site is held with the originators of the
material, another reason to not borrow it. Permission to reproduce
major portions of text on other websites is normally denied since
this website is a living document and constantly subject to updating
and correction. Authors and webmasters do not want uncontrolled
and uncorrected versions of their texts floating around the internet.
Linking to a text is the most acceptable option since it relieves
the linker of responsibility for the changing content of the
master copy of the document. If you have some questions about
what copyright means, go to the US
Government Copyright Office for more information. As with
the OVLR newsletter, the FAQ is protected under the Berne Convention.
Copies of pages that are referenced by, or appear in the FAQ
that originally were published in the OVLR newsletter can be
found at the National Archives
of Canada under ISSN 1203-8237.
Due to the ease of theft on the internet, international copyright laws are
being tightened. The penalties for copyright infringement can be severe.
For a better understanding of copyright and related ethical issues, you may
wish to explore these links:
Copyright
Issues, by Cyndi Howells (of Cyndi's List fame)
10
Myths About Copyright Explained, by Brad Templeton
U.S.
Copyright and Genealogy, by Michael Goad.
Restoring Ethics to Genealogy,
by Barbara A. Brown.
The Copyright Wizard
With thanks to TF Mills for links and assistance in developing a comprehensive
set of links