ALL MATERIAL ON THE WEBSITE WWW.COSMICLAUGH.COM, AND IN ANY ELECTRONIC DELIVERY THAT YOU RECEIVE FROM IT, IS COPYRIGHTED BY CAROL STEINEL. (Including any and all Images, Animations, Recordings, and Text)

You are permitted to use, copy, or distribute this information only as follows:

FOR PERSONAL USE:

You may use this information for personal, non-commercial use without seeking permission.  Personal non-commercial use means: Used by you on your personal computer for personal education and enjoyment, as a screen-saver for use on your personal computer only, etc., or as a print-out from your personal computer or in print form as received from me or a distribution group run by me for your individual, non-commercial use. 

 

You may forward an email including information about, or material from, this website to one individual at a time (not a distribution group or mass emailing) on your personal email list provided that 1) it is clearly indicated that you are the sender of the forwarded email, and 2) that you forward the entire post as written, with any copyright notice included.  (I send email only to those who have directly requested it, and do not send any unsolicited email, which is illegal in the state of Washington.  These policies help me to stay off of spam blacklists.)

FOR ALL OTHER USES YOU MUST receive written permission from me and once you receive permission, there are generally requirements and restrictions in regards to editing and attribution.

GET WRITTEN PERMISSION:  If you are duplicating, reprinting, linking to, or otherwise distributing any of my copyrighted information/material as listed above for use on or within:

In any of these uses, you must receive written permission from me in advance of using the material.  You may contact me and request permission by emailing ruccha@carruch.com or by postal mail to Carol Steinel, 1059 Quincy Street , Port Townsend, WA 98368.

For your convenience, there is an online permissions request form, which you can find at this link: http://www.consciousservice.org/TestCopyright/PermissionsForm.htm 

*Click here to Read More about permissions

PROVIDE THE INFORMATION AS WRITTEN:  You are not permitted to edit for content in any of the uses described above. If you need a shorter version to fit a certain word count I will be glad to provide you with a version which I will edit.

MORE ABOUT PERMISSIONS:

• I will usually grant permissions for use of work on my website or blog which:

  • Are either:

    • Aligned with my beliefs and the purposes and goals of this site, or

    • Seeking to provide objective information about my work

  • AND -- On websites which include only content which is in the site owner's or publisher's direct control (in other words, if your site is hosted on a server which pops up sidebar ads or other content which is not under your control, I probably will not grant permission for use of my material on your site -- the reason for this is that I do not wish for my materials to appear in association with content that may be detractive or antithetical to my principles, goals, and purposes -- for example, content which is discriminatory or defamatory.)

• If permission is granted, the permission will include any requirements for attribution for my material (in plain language, giving credit where credit is due).

  • Most website and electronic distribution permissions will include the requirement that you include my complete copyright label in each place that my information is included, and which includes a live link directly to this site.  If I grant permission, my written permission document will include an html statement that will produce this attribution exactly as I require it to be displayed, which you can paste into your web page once you have received my permission to use the material.

    • (example:  (c) Copyright 2004  Carol Steinel ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)

  • Most print permissions will include the requirement that you include my copyright label and a printed url that refers to my site.  

    • (example:  (c) copyright 2004 The Society of Conscious Service ALL RIGHTS RESERVED  visit: http://www.cosmiclaugh.com  for more information.)

PLEASE NOTE:  Some images on my website or blog are from other internet sources, but if so, they are credited to the originating source according to that source's use policy, with copyright information listed, where known.   If you find an image or other information on my site that you think needs to be acknowledged in a certain way in order to honor its creator please let me know.  If no specific copyright is listed under an image, the copyright of the entire page is in force, and you must contact me for permission before using the material, except for purely personal use.

In my opinion, respecting Copyrights is just good, old fashioned adherence to Cosmic Law.  Please treat others as you would like to be treated, and respect their sovereignty by asking permission before using their material.  To find out more about copyrights, read HERE.