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Reprinting or Redistributing LaurieMerick.com Material
I strive to provide you with quality content, and you may want to share it with others. I consider that a compliment and will try to work with you to let it happen. But at the same time, I have to protect my copyrighted work from unauthorized distribution.
Here are the rules that apply to all articles, graphics, and text on LaurieMerrick.com.
Photocopies
Photocopying one of my articles, newsletters, or other publications is strictly prohibited without written permission.
Printouts
Multiple printouts of a web page, PDF file, or other electronic publication is also prohibited without written permission. For example, you'd need permission to distribute copies to co-workers or hand them out in a meeting, training session, or classroom.
One printout of a web page. You don't need permission to print out a web page or e-mail message for your own use or to share with one other person.
Forwarding the e-mail newsletters. I am glad to have you forward our e-mail newsletters in their entirety. Be sure not to delete or change any of the text without permission.
E-mailing a link. You're welcome to send your friends or co-workers a link that will take them to an article on LaurieMerrick.com.
E-mailing an article. Except as described above, you need my permission before you e-mail one of my articles, newsletters, or other publications to anyone else. This includes individual articles as well as the News Letter. This restriction applies to individual e-mail messages as well as list servers, e-mail groups, news groups, web-based forums, intranets, and any other electronic medium. Your company newsletter, etc.
You need my permission to include one of our articles in a company newsletter, training material, memo, or any other document or publication.
To ask permission, send an e-mail to Contact@LaurieMerrick.com. Please specify which article you'd like to use and explain what you'd like to do with it.
Your website
Using one of my articles. Using one of my web articles is allowed so long as you do not modify the article, and keep the by Laure Merrick line intact with my name hyperlinked to the main page of my site..
Linking
Linking to LaurieMerrick.com on your website. On your website or intranet, you're welcome to link to any article LaurieMerrick.com as long as you don't frame my web page. (A frame means putting additional graphics or text above or next to my web page.)
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