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Mike's Sketchpad
Legal Notices and Information
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Legal Notices and Information
Introduction
Copyright Information
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Fictitious Font
Names
Trademark Information
Warranties &
Disclaimers
Ownership
of Materials
Third
Party Companies and Products
Links to Other Web Sites
Introduction
Except for links to recommended products and services
(where I may receive an exchange!), the Mike's Sketchpad
web site is not affiliated in any way with nor sponsored
by any software company including, but not limited to
Adobe® Systems Incorporated,
Quark, Inc., Corel®
Corporation, Jasc® Software, Inc., Deneba Systems
Inc or Macromedia®, Inc. The
tutorials and exercises presented herein are for the
purpose of assisting graphic designers and fellow artists
and are solely the work of the author and are not intended
to represent or endorse any software product or company.
The materials ("Materials") contained in the
Mike's Sketchpad web site are provided by the sitemaster
and may be used for informational purposes only. By
downloading any of the Materials contained in the Mike's
Sketchpad web site, you agree to the terms and provisions
outlined in this legal notice. If you do not agree to
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Copyright Information
Any information including but not limited to textual
content and original works of art by Michael Doughty
are copyrighted 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 all rights reserved.
The fact that they are available for download and distributed
via the Internet does not release them from their creator's
copyright privilege.
Permission to redistribute an individual image or document
may be determined by instructions embedded within the
individual images or documents. The viewer is solely
responsible and at his or her own expense for obtaining
and/or using any software deemed necessary for the purpose
of making this determination.
The original content contained herein may not be altered
in any fashion. This includes, but is not limited to,
removal of copyright information in the comment blocks
of images or documents. Any change from the original
condition in which this content is displayed on this
site is considered an alteration, and is prohibited.
The content may not be redistributed in any form of
collection or archive in any medium, Internet based
or physical media, either already in existence or any
developed in the future. This content may not be displayed
on any website considered to be a commercial website
without having first arranged royalty payment to the
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act
We will process notices of alleged infringement which we receive and will take appropriate action as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable intellectual property laws. The designated agent for this website is Studio 1 Design and Hosting. Please send notifications to dmca[at]studio1webdesign[dot]com. Back
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Fictitious Font Names
Some of the fonts featured in these tutorials have fictitious
names of the sitemaster's own creation. Every reasonable
effort has been made to determine if an existing font
has the same name including, but not limited to commercial
fonts, shareware or freeware fonts. Thus, any existing
font having the same name as a fictitious font name
which may occur at Mike's Sketchpad is purely coincidental
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Trademark Information
All brand name or product names may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners and
are used herein for editorial purposes with no intent
to infringe. Back
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Warranties & Disclaimers
The sitemaster intends the information contained in
the Mike's Sketchpad web site to be accurate and reliable.
However, errors may occasionally occur. Therefore, all
information and materials are provided "AS IS"
without any warranty of any kind. The sitemaster specifically
disclaims any warranties, express or implied, regarding
any matter whatsoever relating to or referenced by the
Mike's Sketchpad web site, including but not limited
to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness
for a particular purpose, title and non infringement.
The sitemaster reserves the right to modify the content
contained in the Mike's Sketchpad web site without notifying
current or prospective viewers. In no event will the
sitemaster be liable for any indirect, special, incidental,
or consequential damages arising out of the use of the
information contained in the Mike's Sketchpad web site.
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Ownership of
Materials
The information contained in this site is copyrighted
and may not be distributed, modified, reproduced in
whole or in part without the prior written permission
of the sitemaster. Some images are from "Holy Cow!
250,000 Graphics", by Macmillan Digital Publishing
USA. This publication includes images from CorelDRAW®
8 and CorelDRAW 9 which are protected by the copyright
laws of the US, Canada and elsewhere. Used under license.
The images may not be saved or downloaded and are only
to be used for viewing purposes. Back
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Third Party Companies
and Products
Mention of third-party products, companies and web sites
on the Mike's Sketchpad web site is for informational
purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement
nor a recommendation. The sitemaster assumes no responsibility
with regard to the selection, performance or use of
these products or vendors. The sitemaster provides this
only as a convenience to our users. The sitemaster has
not tested any software found on these sites and makes
no representations regarding the quality, safety, or
suitability of any software found there. There are dangers
inherent in the use of any software found on the Internet,
and the sitemaster assumes no responsibility with regard
to the performance or use of these products. Make sure
that you completely understand the risks before retrieving
any software on the Internet. All third party products
must be ordered directly from the vendor, and all licenses
and warranties, if any, take place between you and the
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Links to Other Web Sites
The sitemaster makes no representations whatsoever about
any other web sites which you may access from the Mike's
Sketchpad web site. When you access a non-Mike's Sketchpad
web site, please understand that it is independent from
Mike's Sketchpad and that the sitemaster has no control
over the content on that web site. A link to a non-Mike's
Sketchpad web site does not mean that the sitemaster
endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content
or use of such web site. Back
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