Terms of Service (effective 3 November 2009)

The Wolfstone web sites are private property. You are given permission to use these sites under the terms and conditions described on this page. You are granted a license for personal use of these web sites and not a sale of the content or rights to redistribute content.

You must read and agree to abide by this Terms of Service contract in order to use the web sites.

Use of these sites constitutes your agreement that you have read these Terms of Service, understand these Terms of Service, and accept these Terms of Service.

If you do not agree to these Terms of Service, leave the Wolfstone web sites immediately and delete any content that you have gotten from us.

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What Are The "Wolfstone Web Sites"?

Wolfstone web sites reside on a number of servers. Some pages do not prominently label themselves as being part of Wolfstone.

Some major sites are:

All Wolfstone web sites use the same Terms Of Service.

Copyright

Wolfstone web sites are Copyright. They are protected by United States and international law. They can not be copied or redistributed without our permission.

We believe that information should be easily available, so have worked hard to put this valuable information on the web.

We get upset when we see our hard work pirated, sold by others, or given away in order to sweeten a deal.

We reserves the right to bring suit for copyright infringement and may petition for criminal prosecution under copyright law. Those selling copies of the Wolfstone web sites, selling links to Wolfstone content, or redistributing our content (even without monetary gain) will be prosecuted to the fullest extents allowed by law!

By accessing the Wolfstone web sites you agree that, should you make unauthorized use of copyrighted material from the Wolfstone web sites, you will compensate us by paying a fee equal to our choice of either:
(a) the statutory damages for copyright infringement as set forth in section 504 of title 17, United States Code,
or
(b) the copyright owner’s actual damages and any additional profits of the infringer, as set forth in section 504 of title 17, United States Code,
or
(c) $100 for each copy distributed (where a "copy" is defined as all or part of one of our web sites),
(d) $1,000 if our content is posted on your web site.
Failure to pay this fee in a timely fashion constitutes breach of contract. We reserve the right to litigate for payment and petition for criminal prosecution.

No redistribution

You are granted the nonexclusive right to read and make personal use of Wolfstone material. You can read it online, download it for personal use, and print out a copy for you to read offline.

You may not redistribute Wolfstone content, host Wolfstone content on your site, or supply copies to other people - even for free.

If you provide copies of Wolfstone content to others, even if you do so without monetary gain, you are redistributing our content in violation of our Copyright. You will owe us compensation, or we will take legal action against you.

Fair use

Copyright law provides "fair use" provisions for small excerpts of copyrighted works. Wolfstone is no exception: you are welcome to quote Wolfstone in your own works. Heck, we actually encourage it - We are honored if you find something on our sites quote worthy.

We suggest that you follow the following guidelines:

Nonexclusive rights granted

You are granted the nonexclusive right to read and make personal use of Wolfstone material. You are not given any rights to copy or redistribute Wolfstone content.

If you would like to make use of Wolfstone content beyond these limits, please contact us.

Other contributors

The Wolfstone web sites include intellectual property contributions of other people. We usually do this with permission, but sometimes do so under fair use provisions of copyright law. In all cases, we endeavor to properly credit our sources.

In a few cases, usually having to do with health and safety, we have local mirrors of documents from elsewhere on the web. We do this to protect against loss of information that we believe is so important that fair use can be stretched to more than a short quote. When we do this, we first provide a link to the original, and then to the local mirror. We never claim to originate such material and do not claim copyright on it.

If you find material on our site that is not properly acknowledged, or you believe that we have gone beyond fair use, please contact us.

No warranty

Information on the Wolfstone web site is provided on an "AS-IS" basis, and without any warranty of any kind. If it helps you, fine. If it doesn't, well, that's a shame but not our fault.

Use the Wolfstone web sites and information they contain at your own risk.

Limit of liability

Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall we be liable for any incidental, special, or consequential damages that result from the use or inability to use this web site and information it contains, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states and some countries do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

In no event shall our total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise exceed the total amount that you paid to us for access to the Wolfstone web sites ($0.00).

Indemnify and hold Wolfstone harmless

Information provided on the Wolfstone web site recounts what worked for us under our own particular circumstances and with the exact materials we used. Some of the information is the result of unverified research. Some is even outright speculation.

Your situation may vary considerably from ours, as may your results.

By accessing the Wolfstone web sites, you agree to use your own common sense to evaluate the material therein. You take personal responsibility for any use of this information. You hold us harmless of any results, direct and indirect, of using this information. You indemnify us from any consequences of your use of our content.

No indemnification for you

We do not indemnify or provide any sort of legal protection for your use of Wolfstone content. This lack of protection covers all areas, including: copyright, trademark, trade secret, and physical or emotional risk arising from use of our content or your inability to use our content.

Policy On Links To Wolfstone

Rules: Technical:

Not Responsible For Off-Site Links

Links from Wolfstone that go to external sites ("off-site links") may stop working if the other sites are shut down or restructure. We don't guarantee that off-site links will always be current. Please contact us if you find a broken link on our site.

We are not responsible for the content behind links to external sites. Responsibility for the content of externally linked sites is that of the owners of those sites.

Privacy policy

Your privacy is important to us. If you communicate with us, we will not sell your e-mail address or send you spam. We do reserve the right to post correspondence on the web, if it seems appropriate to do so.

We do make occasional reference to activity on e-mail lists, including quotations. When we do so, we attempt to properly attribute it in order to give you credit. We usually don't ask for explicit permission for these, because publication on a mailing list implies that a broad readership is desired. If you object to such a quote of yours, please contact us.

No spam

Some of the Wolfstone web pages contain e-mail addresses, computer network addresses or other contact information. The contact information may be for Wolfstone, our associates, our correspondents, or other parties. We will refer to all of this as "Wolfstone contact information". Wolfstone contact information is a valuable resource, so we have special rules about its use. In the event that you disregard these rules, we'll be seeing you in court.

Please be aware that we will ask the Court for the following:

Terms extend to followup communication

Some users of Wolfstone content follow up with questions, requests, and other communication. All of these terms of service also apply to followup communication.

Effective dates

These terms of service, and any changes to these terms, are effective immediately on being uploaded to the web servers.

Wording

This contract is written in plain English, and is to be interpreted in that way.

The section headings of this contract are provided only for convenience. Headings are not part of the contract itself. They do not in any way limit, modify, interpret, or amplify the terms and conditions of this contract.

In the event of a dispute

In the event of a legal dispute:

All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved

All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Disclaimer for health and safety information

Some parts of Wolfstone contain information on human health and safety issues.

We are not physicians, any kind of health practicioners, or accident prevention experts. We don't claim to be those things, and we don't offer the services that they offer.

You should leave diagnosis and treatment to a qualified medical professional. If you are sick or injured, you should seek qualified medical care.

Disclaimer for veterinary information

Some parts of Wolfstone, notably The Amber Foundation, contain information on animal care.

We are not veterinarians or any other kind of health practicioners. We don't claim to be those things, and we don't offer the services that they offer.

You should leave diagnosis and treatment to a qualified veterinary professional. If your pet looks sick or injured, you should seek qualified veterinary care.

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