COPYRIGHT© AND PERMISSIONS POLICY
Blogs fall under the protected copyright category of “Literary Works,” and copyright laws also apply to related website content including, but not limited to, photographs, graphical images, sound recordings, and audiovisual works.
All of the content on this website (i.e., “mybalmofgilead.com”), with the exception of guest contributors’ posts and/or pages and comments submitted by readers, is exclusively owned and copyrighted in my name.
It is important to recognize, however, that the © symbol is not a requirement for copyright protection; thus, it’s absence does NOT mean that the work is not protected by copyright.
The purpose of this policy is to reinforce the fact that you must have my written consent to:
- Use printed or digital content from this website for commercial/business purposes, including selling or licensing;
- Repost my posts or pages in excess of 150 words from this website or in their entirety; and
- Extract, repost or reprint my posted Book Reviews.
NOTE: For the purposes of promoting a book, authors or publishers are allowed to quote a sentence or two from my posted Book Reviews without written permission as long as proper attribution is included.
My consent and/or permission is not required to:
- Employ a link to this website, a specific page or post;
- Extract and repost less than 150 words from this website, provided you: (a) link back to my original post or page; and (b) any and all links within the original post remain intact;
- Photocopy or print a limited number (≤50 copies) of a post or page from this website for internal distribution within a company or organization, provided you include the following attribution and copyright notice:“©2017 Angie Arms McGill, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published at www.mybalmofgilead.com;”
- Print posts and/or pages from this website in any non-commercial or non-business publication (e.g., church bulletin or newsletter, school or college class syllabus, etc.), provided you include the following attribution and copyright notice:“©2017 Angie Arms McGill, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published at www.mybalmofgilead.com.”
Guest Posts
Guest bloggers retain the copyright to their authored posts. If you are interested in reposting or publishing their content, you must contact them directly. Please understand that due to time constraints, I cannot serve as their agent or point-of-contact.
If you have use for other website content that has not been adequately addressed here, please email me with your specific request.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.