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Generally copyright of material resides with the author but by publishing or distributing through the V.C.A. the author automatically grants the V.C.A. permission to publish and re-publish material in any form.
With the exception of "fair use" you will need prior permission from the author or the Ventnor Carnival Association to reproduce any material. This may take the form of an open-ended prior permission agreed between the V.C.A. and another non-commercial organisation, otherwise permission needs to be sought on a case by case basis.
Commercial use, or reproduction of any material is strictly forbidden without prior written permission.
Everything reproduced from the V.C.A. must be correctly attributed to the author and to the V.C.A. unless otherwise agreed in advance and in writing. Articles or features should be accompanied by a phrase such as "reproduced with permission of the Ventnor Carnival Association". For brevity short electronic messages can be attributed "VCA" or "courtesy VCA" or similar phrase that mentions "VCA".
The V.C.A. respects copyright and will use its best endeavours to gain permission before we reproduce material and to correctly attribute authors and sources."

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4th July 2009

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