Infinite Monkey Creations, LLC (hereafter “IMC”) takes the rights of intellectual property owners seriously, and complies as a service provider with all applicable provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. As stated in our Terms of Service, IMC enforces its policy barring the upload of infringing material onto the IMC Platform. We respect the rights of copyright owners and we ask that you do the same.
We strongly encourage users of IMC's websites to familiarize themselves with copyright law before writing poetry. We offer the following links to copyright law resources for informational purposes:
Copyright is the right of an author of a creative work to prevent others from using that work, including copying it. Copyright can cover almost any creative expression (including a book, comic book, writing, or picture).
If you did not create a work and do not have the consent of the copyright holder to publish or use it, your use of that work may be unauthorized.
If you write, re-write or copy poetry & prose to which you don’t own the copyright and don’t have permission to use, you risk getting sued by the copyright owner. If we are notified that the poetry & prose you have written or re-written on IMC infringes someone’s copyright, we will notify you and take down the poetry or prose you posted. This is required by law. If you persist in writing or re-writing unauthorized content, we will, pursuant to our Repeat Infringer policy, ban you from using the IMC Service.
If you are banned from using the IMC service, pursuant with our Repeat Infringer Policy, we will close your IMC account and also block your IP Address. This will occur even if you have written or re-written poetry & prose anonymously.
The "fair use" doctrine is a defense to copyright infringement in the United States that allows the reproduction of a work for certain limited purposes such as criticism, commentary, parody, news reporting, research and teaching. Fair use is a complicated doctrine, and it is an open question whether a particular use of a copyrighted work constitutes fair use. You are responsible for your contributions and may be liable for money damages if it is determined that you wrongly assumed that your use of certain content constituted “fair use”.
We offer the following links to various copyright law resources relating to the fair use doctrine for informational purposes:
WE ARE NOT YOUR ATTORNEYS AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS copyright FAQ is for your general information only. the information contained in this faq is not legal advice of any kind. this faq may not cover important issues that affect your use of content. you may wish to consult with an attorney about such matters.