CommWeb Copyright Statement
The Serious Stuff
Except as otherwise indicated elsewhere in these Web pages, individually or in groups, with respect to a particular portion, html or text file, PDF file, sound file, movie, graphic or image - hereinafter referred to collectively as "documents" - any person with a suitable Web broswer is hereby authorized to view, copy, print, and distribute any of the above found on this Web server, subject to the following conditions:
No document (including all that stuff listed above but not including the "trinkets" graphics) or part thereof shall be copied or distributed without mention of the origin of the material being included in the copy. This requirement includes, but is not limited to hardcopy, electronic, voice, braile, ASL (or other sign language), video or audio transmission or distribution.Translation: if you got it here, be kind enough to let your recipients know where you got it (and including the URL for said bits and pieces wouldn't be a bad idea either).
Pseudo-Legalese Boilerplate
This is the place where we duck responsibility for anything bad that might happen to you by visiting our site without obviating the possibility of taking credit for the good stuff <grin>.
Section 8: The contents of this Web server to be used for educational purposes only, not to be taken internally, your milage will vary, surf at your own risk.Warranties and Disclaimers
The documents and images on the Comm Web server are provided AS IS without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Neither Bruce Jones nor the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego, in the person or persons of it heirs & assigns, ancestors & progeny, faculty, staff, or students, are willing to assume responsibility for errors or omissions on this server or in other documents which are referenced by or linked to these Web pages .Translation: if there's a goof-up here, all we have to say is "oops."
References to external entities (i.e., other Web sites), their services and products, are also provided AS IS without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. In no event shall Bruce Jones, Tarleton Gillespie, or the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego (incl. heirs and assigns lingo above), be liable for any special, incidental, indirect or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, those resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether or not advised of the possibility of damage, and on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this server or information found herein.
Translation: there are no guarantees in life or on the Web.
(Of course, anyone browsing this Web server looking for a way to make a profit is both a fool and in direct violation of Section 8 above.)
The documents on this server probably include technical and other inaccuracies or typographical errors. Any of Bruce Jones, Tarleton Gillespie, or other members of the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego (incl. heirs and assigns lingo above), may make improvements, changes, or corrections in the contents of this Web server at any time we so desire. Changes are regularly and periodically added to the information herein; these changes will be incorporated in new iterations of the server (elsewise, why would we make said changes?).
The documents on this server may be, and in many cases will be, out of date, obsolete, boring, pointless, trivial, or inappropriate depending on your needs, desires, values, politics, religion, mental or emotional state of being. Any of Bruce Jones, Tarleton Gillespie, or other members of the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego (incl. heirs and assigns lingo above) assumes no responsibility for said difficulties on your part.
Translation: If you're in a bad mood, we don't want to hear about it.
Many of these pages were created by undergraduate and graduate students as part or all of projects, assigned and personal, for course credit and for personal enjoyment. The contents of those pages are equally bound by the above conditions, in addition to which, the Department of Communication, in agreeing to provide disk space and server access to same, assumes neither the financial or legal responsibility for the content of those pages, nor technical responsibility for the reliability of the links contained therein.
All documents on this server, unless otherwise stipulated, are:
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Bruce Jones, et. al.: denizens of The Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego.
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