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Copyright.
All original content that appears on the Sourcing Innovation blog, or companion website, whether or not it was created by the Editors, is the copyright of Sourcing Innovation and ToP KaTS Consulting, the (parent) company that owns the Sourcing Innovation Blog and the Sourcing Innovation Website and all works created under the Sourcing Innovation name. Content may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without the express written permission of the doctor, the "Editor in Chief", unless the reproduction is a permitted exception.

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1. An organization that is a current sponsor is allowed to reproduce any and all posts, in their entirety, or any contiguous part of any and all posts, as a quote, in any printed or electronic medium as long as a complete reference, which includes the complete perma-link URL to the original post, is included. This right remains in existence for as long as the organization remains a sponsor plus one month (up to a maximum of 12 months) for every month the organization was contiguously sponsoring Sourcing Innovation (the "grace period"). Once sponsorship, and the subsequent grace period, has ended, all rights of reproduction are immediately revoked (and the organization must cease distributing all printed and electronic materials containing full or partial content reproductions) unless a valid agreement granting reproduction rights between the organization and ToP KaTS Consulting is made or the right of reproduction is covered under another exception.
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3. Anyone is allowed to use any content that appears on the Sourcing Innovation site in any way that does not violate scholarly or other types of "fair-dealing", as defined by Canadian Copyright Law. (For example, if your intent is to use the material in a classroom in an accredited and registered non-profit educational institution, you can, more-or-less, use anything you want, with few restrictions, provided the method of copying and distribution for classroom use does not make the material publicly available in a manner that would infringe copyright. This means print-outs and distribution over a secure Virtual Private Network that limits access to you and your students would be fine, but posting the material on the University's public access website would not. As another example, if your intent is to use the content in advertisements with the express intent of achieving commercial gain therefrom, then, unless you fall under exception 1 or exception 2, you may not be able to even use a paragraph and have it "fair-dealing" (depending on what percentage of content the paragraph represents). Quotes are always okay, but quotes that exceed more than a certain percentage of content are in the "grey area" when the material is being used for commercial gain.)

If you are unsure whether or not you have the right to reproduce, in whole or contiguous part, any content on Sourcing Innovation that you would like to use, please e-mail the Editor in Chief: thedoctor <at> sourcinginnovation <dot> com.

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Content from the Sourcing Innovation site may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without the express written permission of the doctor, the "Editor in Chief", unless the reproduction is a permitted exception. However, since the doctor believes that content should be freed for fair use (see Free Content for Fair Use), the doctor is always willing to consider requests to reprint, repost, and re-distribute content from the Sourcing Innovation blog, provided that the request to re-distribute content acknowledges that any re-distributed content must include a permalink to the source article as well as author information.

If you or your organization wishes to reprint, repost, or re-distribute any content on Sourcing Innovation, contact the doctor at thedoctor <at> sourcinginnovation <dot> com and specify the following:

• the post or posts that you are requesting to reprint or repost,
• your name and contact information (company, e-mail, and telephone number),
• the method in which you plan to reprint/republish the posts, and
• the audience you intend to reach.

The Editor-in-Chief will consider your request and will attempt to give you a response within five business days. The response will indicate whether or not you may reproduce the content, as well as any conditions on the reproductions and any fees and royalties that must be paid to license the content for the purposes of reproduction.

Note that, as covered in Free Content for Fair Use, if the intent is to reproduce the works for the sole purpose of education, the doctor will consider granting a royalty-free license to reproduce and distribute the content, provided that:

• the posts requested are at least 30 days old
• the posts are authored by the doctor
• no fee of any kind will be charged for the reprints, reposts, or redistribution
  and you provide an assurance that this will never happen
• the posts will never be used with the express intent of commercial gain
• the posts are (re)distributed in whole or in contiguous, unaltered, part
• full credit for authorship is attributed to the doctor
• a permalink to the original post is included

Alleged Copyright Infringement
From time to time, posts on the Sourcing Innovation blog will quote material from third party sources. Although the editors always make a good faith effort to insure such use is in accordance with the rules of "fair-dealing", as defined by Canadian Copyright Law, and always insure that any quoted material they are aware of is referenced, and that a link to the original source is included whenever possible, the editors are only human and it is always possible something could slip by them. If you believe that this has happened and that there is content on the Sourcing Innovation site that violates your copyright, please contact the Editor-in-Chief, the doctor, and he will assist you in investigating the matter. the doctor's e-mail is thedoctor <at> sourcinginnovation <dot> com.