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Copyright Statement

This statement is not to be altered or changed by the purchaser of the license agreement to use the Earth System Science Web site developed by the Challenger Learning Center on the campus of Wheeling Jesuit University.

All editorial content, information, software, photos, video, graphics, music, HTML, sounds or other material (collectively, "Content") on this site are protected by U.S. copyright and international treaties and may not be copied without the express permission of the Challenger Learning Center ("CLC") which reserves all rights. All Content is copyrighted as a collective work under the U.S. copyright laws, and CLC owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such Content.

Re-use of any of our Content for any purpose other than your own personal and non-commercial use is strictly prohibited. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the Content, in whole or in part. You may not upload, post, reproduce or distribute content protected by copyright, or other proprietary right, without obtaining permission of the copyright owner. The materials from our site are available for the education use by licensed organizations only.

Permission to use CLC Content is granted on a case-by-case basis. We welcome requests at clcinfo@cet.edu.

Trademarks
CLC and the Earth System Science logo are trademarks of CLC which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Other trademarks displayed on the CLC Web site are trademarks of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

The "look" and "feel" of the Earth System Science Web site and other CLC sites are trademarks of CLC. This includes our color combinations, button shapes, layout, banners, and all other graphical elements.

Restriction
CLC claims no responsibility for the accuracy, content, or availability of information accessed or linked to through use of its service. In addition, we encourage users to determine what restrictions the authors and providers of linked-to Web sites have placed upon use of the information contained in those Web sites, and to abide by all restrictions placed on that information by the information authors and providers.

You may elect to download third-party software that we may link to or index, but please remember that CLC does not create, endorse, or sponsor that software. If you download any third-party materials that we index or link to, you do so completely at your own risk. If you plan to download any software, please be sure to read the copyright and licensing information first.

Copyright Infringement
CLC provides access to a broad range of content that belong to third parties and strongly believes that the intellectual property of others should be respected, and we ask our users to do the same. CLC may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, terminate the accounts of users who infringe the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide CLC's Copyright Agent with the following information:

  • an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
  • a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
  • a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
  • your address, telephone number, and email address;
  • a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  • a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Please contact CLC's Copyright Agent for Notice of Claims of Copyright Infringement as follows:


Challenger Learning Center
Wheeling Jesuit University
316 Washington Avenue
Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: (304) 243-8740
Fax: (304) 243-2497