FAIR USE POLICY FOR EXPLORINGTHEPAST.NET
LAST UPDATE: July 1, 2023
The purpose of this Site is to provide comments, analysis, historical facts and educational resources about music, literature, radio and television over the last 200 years. The information contained on this Site is for education, personal information and entertainment purposes only. Articles, audio files and videos are included to help you understand the specific information covered. The opinions and comments presented in the personal videos, audio files and articles created by Louis Hatchett are his own. You have a choice to believe what is presented or not. It is not an attempt to prepare you to be an expert or a teacher, but to help you understand certain historical facts more clearly.
Louis Hatchett is the principle owner of this website, www.exploringthepast.net (“Site”) and does not claim ownership or copyright to any articles, images, audio recordings and videos that were created by third-party individuals, including; videos and audio files embedded for public and private viewing and sourced from third-party social media resources (e.g., YouTube).
To clarify copyright and ownership, some of the articles, images, audio recordings and videos on this Site were created by third-party individuals, therefore they are not the creative property of Louis Hatchett and/or ExploringThePast.net. The materials used are for the purpose of illustration, education, historical relevance and analysis.
The videos summaries created by Louis Hatchett may help to clarify or explain in more detail, the teaching of historical facts and provide a medium for the public archiving of educational resources. Louis Hatchett uses these articles, images, audio recordings, videos and other digital files, not specified herein, under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 U.S.C. #167; 107 which allows for the use of work that is used for comment, criticism, and/or education and is non-profit in nature.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 17 U.S.C. § 106 and 17 U.S.C. § 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include:
a. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
b. the nature of the copyrighted work;
c. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.
How you use the information in these videos and articles is entirely up to you. While every effort has been made to accurately represent the information along with the opinions and insights of Louis Hatchett, any claims made or examples given, although believed to be accurate, should not be relied on in any way in making a decision whether or not to use the information until you fully understand the material.
The comments and opinions presented by the creator of any embedded media file, from a third-party source, includes the express opinion of the creator and not necessarily the opinions of Louis Hatchett. These articles, audio and video files are included so you can increase your ability to collect and understand all aspects of available knowledge and decide for yourself how to make the correct decision in formulating your choices in life.
How We Use Videos from YouTube and Other Video Sharing Websites
In addition to using third party creative content for teaching and critical evaluations, we also embed informative and entertaining videos, that we believe are of interest to our visitors, readers and membership. These videos are from video sharing websites (e.g. YouTube) that are uploaded by third party USERS and creators. The image and video sharing websites we use provide share links to the USER/CREATOR’s images and videos, and give permission to the public to embed and share the images and/or videos hosted on their website on any public or private website, social media account, image sharing platform and by email.
We also make every effort to acknowledge and give thanks to the USER/CREATOR on the image/video sharing account for allowing us to include their creative materials on our website. We strive to attribute the ownership and/or copyright to the proper USER/CREATOR on the image/video sharing website and allow public and private visitors to our website to click a link on the image/video or the text of our post and go to the source image/video sharing website. We will not be held responsible for vetting and/or authenticating the copyright status, permission status and/or the original USER/CREATOR’s right to publish the image or video on the source sharing website. The sole responsibility of the copyright vetting process is the original hosting company of the image/video sharing website or social media platform.
Our main purpose is to share inspiring information that we admire and appreciate in celebration of creative effort and give special recognition to the USER/CREATOR who has allowed us to share their insight and experience with our readers, subscribers and members. We encourage our audience to visit the USER/CREATOR’s video channel, social media platform and/or website, and we do so without compensation. We believe that in sharing knowledge and wisdom with each other, in a public forum, that we can make our world a better place to live.
We do not pretend or suggest that any creative work that is not specifically created by Louis Hatchett, or an agent of ExploringThePast.net, is in fact the creative property of Louis Hatchett. We make every effort to inform our readers of the creator(s) and owner(s) of all copyrighted materials owned by third parties. If you believe that your copyrighted material is being used inappropriately, please contact us using the Contact Louis Hatchett Form under the Support Menu on our website and we will remove all references to your materials immediately upon notification and validation of your ownership.
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