NOTE ON COPYRIGHT

All photographs and text on this site are copyrighted. Any use of them without permission is illegal and a copyright violation. Some photos are the copyright property of other individuals or companies and are reproduced here with their permission.  This applies to ANY reproduction of the photographs and/or information on this web site, including utilization in any Internet auction.

Similarly, text may not be pulled and used. Information is free, of course, but it has to be written in an original form not to be considered copyright infringement or plagiarism.  I try to always credit my source, so please do the same. Thanks for the consideration!

The following is taken from a circular from the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1992:

"Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form; that is, it is an incident of the process of authorship. The copyright in the work of authorship immediately becomes the property of the author who created it. Only the author or those deriving their rights through the author can rightfully claim copyright."

"The way in which copyright protection is secured under the present law is frequently misunderstood. No publication or registration or other action in the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright....

"Copyright is secured automatically when the work is created, and a work is 'created' when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time...."

"For works first published on and after March 1, 1989, use of the copyright notice is optional..."

Author: Michael Brennan (CTauthor@OakLeafPublishing.com)
Copyright 2003. All rights reserved. This web site is unofficial and does not intend to infringe on the rights of Fitz and Floyd or Dean Griff, makers of Charming Tails.

Revised: 01/02/05.