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BERDS is a collaborative system, featuring materials provided by hundreds of contributors. Most BERDS content is protected by copyright, and visitors to the BERDS site may view, browse, and/or download these materials for temporary copying purposes only, provided these uses are for noncommercial, personal purposes. Except as provided by law, this material may not be further reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, displayed, published, or sold in whole or in part, without prior written permission from the copyright owner.
Note that there is no single copyright owner for all the materials displayed on the BERDS web site. Rather, BERDS contributors retain the copyright for their contributions. Therefore, BERDS staff cannot generally grant permission for the use of materials displayed on BERDS pages. If you would like to use BERDS content for your own projects, you need to check the associated copyright notices to find out who owns the copyright for the things you are interested in. If a copyright owner's home page url or e-mail address is published on BERDS, you can contact that person directly. If no such information is provided, you have to assume that the copyright owner is not interested in receiving permission requests for alternative uses.
BERDS contributors are expected to respect the intellectual property rights of others and agree to use materials according to the instructions of copyright owners, or get permission in writing for their specific use. If you believe that your work has been used on the BERDS web site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you have the option of filing a Copyright Infringement Complaint.
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