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If you are concerned about any issue raised by the Material then you should seek your own professional advice. No warranty is given in relation to the accuracy, currency or completenesss of the Material.

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whether or not such loss or damage is caused by reason of negligence, or otherwise on the part of Whatsthe401.com.

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• risk of the user’s computer, software or date being damaged by any virus, however described, which might be transmitted or activated via the website or your access to it; or
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Image Terms of Use.

Whatsthe401.com will display images as part of blog posts. The types of images we are authorized to use on this site are:

• Images licensed from photographic archive vendors
• Images supplied us or released into the public domain by public relations and marketing companies for press purposes
• Reader-submitted images, with the implied representation that the person submitting the image owns the copyright in the image and the right to give it to us for use on our site(s)
• Images published on Flickr or other public photo sites with licenses granted under Creative Commons, with attribution in accordance with the CC license granted in each case
• Images commissioned by Whatsthe401.com 
• Images that we believe to be covered by the Fair Use Doctrine, such as:
• Thumbnail images of 150×150 pixels or less, cropped or reduced in size from the original source
• Images used to illustrate a newsworthy story, where the image itself is the story
• Images used in a transformative manner, such as for parody
• Images so widely distributed that they are deemed to have become part of the news

If Whatsthe401.com receives notice that an image posted is not in keeping with these terms and conditions or the intended use of the Comments section where it is posted, we reserve to right to remove that image.

If you think we have published an image or text that infringes your copyright, we will address your concerns; however, if the image falls into one of the categories listed above, we believe that our use of the image is legitimate and we will not remove it from the site.

Please note that we will respond only to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The text of the Act can be found at the U.S. Copyright Office Web Site, http://lcWeb.loc.gov/copyright/

To file a notice of infringement with us, you must provide a written communication (by email with an attached and signed PDF) that sets forth the items specified below. Please do not send us regular mail, as we may not receive it in a timely fashion.

To enable us to address your concerns, please provide the following information:

1. For each allegedly infringing image or piece of text that you wish to have removed from one of our sites, provide the exact permanent URL for the page containing the material.
2. Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you: an email address is preferred, as well as a telephone contact number.
3. Provide the following information detailing your claim to ownership of the copyright in the allegedly infringing material:

• Proof of copyright in the image or text concerned, namely proof of registration of the Image under the DMCA,

OR, absent such registration,

• a detailed description of where the photograph was taken, by whom, who or what the subject of the image is, AND
• Evidence to support your claim that you own the copyright in the image.

We will not comply with requests to remove an image where the complainant cannot prove that they own the copyright in the image in question.

1. Include the following statement: “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”
2. Sign the document and e-mail it to: jderita@gmail.com

Please note that you will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) if you materially misrepresent that any material on our sites is infringing your copyrights.

We reserve the right to publish your letter on the site.

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