Content Copyright Legal Info

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The legend published in Mute Vol II No. 1, which follows, is also being revised during Metamute.org's BETA period. Please contact <editorial AT metamute.org> if you have any questions.

Except for that which originally appeared elsewhere and is republished here, all content is copyright Mute and the authors. However, Mute encourages use of its content for purposes that are non-commercial, critical, or disruptive of capitalist property relations.  If you are in any doubt as to whether an intended use meets these criteria, please contact us <editorial AT metamute.org> before publishing. In any case, make sure you credit the author and Mute as the original publisher.

Copyright Mute Publishing Ltd, 2005

This legend is devised in the absence of a licence which adequately represents Mute's contributors' respective positions on copyright, and to acknowledge but deny the copyrighting performed by default where copyright is waived.

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Mute content and commisions are considered as copyleft and are freely available for personal use or if you are an non-commercial organisation. For commercial use please see our republishing section.

All information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, or any other materials whatsoever (collectively, "Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that the user, and not metamute, is entirely responsible for all Content that he or she uploads, posts, emails or otherwise transmits via the metamute Sites. No user shall transmit Content or otherwise conduct or participate in any activities on metamute Sites that, in the judgment of metamute, is likely to be prohibited by law in any applicable jurisdiction, including laws governing the encryption of software, the export of technology, the transmission of obscenity, or the permissible uses of intellectual property.

metamute reserves the right to refuse or delete any Content of which it becomes aware and reasonably deems not to fulfill the Purpose. In addition, metamute shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse or delete any Content that it reasonably considers to violate the Terms or be otherwise illegal. metamute, in its sole and absolute discretion, may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or judicial or governmental mandate or as reasonably determined useful by metamute to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of metamute Sites' users and the public. metamute does not control the Content posted to the metamute Sites and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. Under no circumstances will metamute be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, liability for any errors or omissions in any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via metamute Sites.

Each user, by using metamute Sites, may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Each user must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content.

Licensing and other Terms Appying to Content Posted on the metamute Sites:

Use, reproduction, modification, and other intellectual property rights to data stored on the metamute Sites will be subject to licensing arrangements that may be approved by metamute as applicable to such Content. For the metamute Site cvs.metamute.org, use, reproduction, modification, and other intellectual property rights to data stored in CVS or as a file release and posted by any user on cvs.metamute.org ("Source Code") shall be subject to the OSI-approved license applicable to such Source Code, or to such other licensing arrangements as may be approved by metamute.org as applicable to such Source Code.

metamute (Public Content) Site at sub domains of metamute.org or metamute.net

With respect to text or data entered into and stored by publicly-accessible site features such as forums, comments and bug trackers ("metamute Public Content"), the submitting user retains ownership of such metamute Public Content; with respect to publicly-available statistical content which is generated by the site to monitor and display content activity, such content is owned by metamute. In each such case, the submitting user grants metamute the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display such Content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, all subject to the terms of any applicable license.

metamute (Private) Site sub domains metamute.org

Content located on any metamute-hosted subdomain omweb.org which is subject to the sole editorial control of the owner or licensee of such subdomain, shall be subject to the appropriate license applicable to such Content, or to such other licensing arrangements as may be approved by metamute as applicable to such Content.

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