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Copyright

Intellectual Property Policy

11.1 Ownership

Unless otherwise stated, original text, graphics, branding, publications, research compilations, audio, video and other material produced by SCRIBE are protected by copyright and other applicable intellectual-property rights.

All rights reserved.

Third-party material remains the property of its respective owner.

11.2 What visitors may do

Visitors may:

  • access public pages for personal use;
  • save or print reasonable copies for private study or research;
  • link to public pages;
  • quote short extracts where lawful and properly attributed;
  • use material as otherwise permitted by copyright law.

11.3 Permission required

Unless a legal exception applies or written permission has been given, visitors may not:

  • republish complete articles or reports;
  • distribute substantial copies;
  • sell SCRIBE material;
  • create unauthorised derivative publications;
  • remove copyright notices;
  • use SCRIBE branding to imply affiliation;
  • reproduce awards, certificates or verification marks;
  • train or populate a commercial content product using substantial SCRIBE material;
  • mirror substantial portions of the website.

11.4 Attribution

Permitted quotations should identify SCRIBE and, where practical, link to the original publication.

Attribution does not create permission for an otherwise infringing use.

11.5 Educational and public-interest requests

SCRIBE may grant permission for wider educational, journalistic, charitable or public-interest use.

Requests should identify:

  • the material;
  • the intended use;
  • the audience;
  • whether money is involved;
  • the proposed attribution.

11.6 Submissions

Contributors ordinarily retain copyright in original work unless a written agreement states otherwise.

By submitting work for publication, a contributor may be asked to grant SCRIBE a licence to edit, publish, promote, archive and preserve it.

11.7 Trademarks and identity

SCRIBE’s name, logo, award marks and programme identities may not be used to suggest endorsement, accreditation, partnership or membership without written permission.