Copyright, Sources & etc.

The material on the County History Preservation Society site is not intended to be represented in total as original work as much of the information presented  herein is from nearly forgotten documents that have passed into the  realm of Public Domain, however, please note that the majority of these documents have been edited and are not simply transcripts. The copyright, therefore, covers the presentation style, unique information as well as the individual edited documents. All materials presented herein are available for use in research, teaching and private study. For these purposes, you may print materials from this site without prior permission on the condition that you provide the proper citation of this source in all copies (see below). For other uses of materials from the County History Preservation Society site, i.e., commercial products, publication, broadcast, mirroring and anything else that does not fall under "fair use" (explained below) the County History Preservation Society  simply requires you contact us in advance for written permission to reproduce and, with rare exception, permission will be granted so long as you agree to make the appropriate citations.

Citations

When reproducing County History Preservation Society materials, please acknowledge this source by clearly stating the URL as follows: www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org. To be more specific, and thus minimize confusion, we suggest the addition of /countyname, e.g., www.countyhistory.com/stjoseph

United States Copyright Law

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, these materials are not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a copy of for purposes in excess of the "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. The County History Preservation Society reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

For more information about copyright law and how it applies to information found on the Internet, see the Copyright Considerations page UCSD and the Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources page from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

Copyright Dispute

All County History Preservation Society information is presented in good faith as having been obtained from unique works and/or being considered a part of the Public Domain. Sources are cited and linked as appropriate, however, if you are the holder of a copyright and believe that any information presented herein has not been correctly cited and/or represented, please contact us immediately so that we may reconcile such disputes.