BMXTRIX (see note below) does allow
limited use of site Content (see note below) on other websites
and forms of media if the following terms and conditions are fully met
and that full understanding of all definitions are realized.
- USAGE:
No more than 10% of your site may contain content from BMXTRIX. As a
basic concept websites should be original and if you are using more than 10%
of the content from BMXTRIX than you aren't creating an original site, you
are plagiarizing to much from BMXTRIX.
No content from the "Rider Submitted
Galleries" may be used anywhere else under any reason.
- COPYRIGHT:
BMXTRIX or a contributor maintains copyright of ALL Content on BMXTRIX. As such any
site that uses Content MUST include a notice of copyright on their site (use
this one or one similar). If you
don't already know- ART is copywritten the moment the artist creates it. Therefore
any site that HAS content (all of them) HAS a copyright- whether or not it is stated and
using Content may be punishable. Please remind people that your site has a
copyright.
- E-MAIL:
If you are using any Content send an e-mail to: bmxtrix2003@bmxtrix.com
after the content is available so that
BMXTRIX can review your site and check that rules are being followed. In simple
terms- let us know you are borrowing some stuff. Include the URL of
your site and what you will be using- let us know that you have already read
the Rules Of Copyright and plan to adhere to them.
- YOUR SITE:
Your site may NOT charge for content. This has not ever been seen yet- but should it
ever be seen then BMXTRIX will ask that you remove content immediately. BMXTRIX
worked on the site and gives away the content for free. Do not expect to make one
dollar off the work done here.
- STORAGE:
Anyone that
uses BMXTRIX Content must store it on their own Internet server and not link to it
directly on the servers that BMXTRIX uses. If you need space try to store it on
Tripod, or Xoom which will allow movies and other Content.
- LINKING:
NO site may link directly to a single page within BMXTRIX from their frames page (thereby
making is look like it is theirs). Under VERY special circumstances a few sites have
been granted permission to do this. If you advertise your site in Ride Magazine, and
have a TOTALLY kick ass website and ask VERY professionally then perhaps BMXTRIX will
allow this to happen.... But don't count on it. It would be better to just
link through http://www.bmxtrix.com and open it in a
new window if you are using frames. Any links directly to BMXTRIX
should go directly to www.bmxtrix.com -
though in the future it may be possible to link directly to more specific
locations.
- PROPS:
Acknowledgement of where you got the Content is perhaps one of the biggest rules to
follow... It is also the most specific...
A. A note that the content was received from BMXTRIX and a link to BMXTRIX must
appear on the page that the Content is used on.
B. If the Content is a movie or an image that appears on its own page then the link
to BMXTRIX may appear on the page that links to the Content.
C. A link from your links page is NOT enough. Links pages are nice... but are
NOT the same thing as giving credit for where your content came from.
D. An addtional link must appear somewhere on your site that links to www.bmxtrix.com
through one of the provided logos below or from one that you make up on your
own and send to BMXTRIX for approval. The link logos below are
relatively small in size, and newer logos will also be made available here
for people to link to BMXTRIX through.
So you violated half the rules... so what?
PENALTIES: To begin with there will be an e-mail sent to whoever claims to be the
webmaster or creator of the site that is breaking BMXTRIX rules. If no e-mail is
available but there is a Guest Book (message board) then that will be used to communicate
with the webmaster. If in ONE WEEK no response is heard from the webmaster then
BMXTRIX will take action to have the site removed from the Internet. If no e-mail
address is available then action will be taken to remove the site from the Internet.
99% of web space providers follow International Laws on copyright and will remove
any site without notice (Geocities, Tripod, NBCI, etc.). Should a webmaster respond they will have one additional
week (two weeks total) to change their site to meet the above requirements. If at
that time the site is still not in compliance then it will be up to BMXTRIX as to whether
or not to take further action.
In all honesty: BMXTRIX has been a huge part of my life. I have added it to my
list of hobbies and have spent hundreds of hours creating videos, writing how-to's,
writing stories, editing content from others, doing layout, and responding to (literally)
thousands of e-mails. It has been VERY hard work (but fun) for me. If you are
trying to be in compliance or are close I probably won't even comment on it. Some
minor misses aren't going to bug me.
BMXTRIX is
defined as any of the following as viewed throughout this site: www.bmxtrix.com, ~P~, or
Paul Vail as well as a number of contributors to the
site.
Content is defined
as follows: All words, images, photos, videos, and sounds you see on
BMXTRIX is what justifies the content.
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