Conditions of Use
Site Copyright, Legal and Privacy Statements
Copyright Statement - Legal Issues - Privacy
The conditions of use for this Web site are subject to the terms and conditions listed in our copyright, legal and privacy statements. If you do not agree to be bound by these conditions, please do not continue to view these pages.
Copyright Statement
The content of this site is protected by copyright
The content and images found on this site (www3.telus.net/ascent) are copyright © by Gil Parker or are used with permission. All rights are reserved.
You are given permission to view this site, to download and print these pages subject to the following conditions:
- You are using these pages for personal, non-commercial purposes.
- Express written permission must be obtained before any commercial or non-commercial distribution.
Obtaining Permission
For permission to distribute copies of this site in any format, electronic or otherwise, send an e-mail to with "Copyright Permission" in the subject line. Please include the following information:
- The exact portion(s) of the site that you wish to copy and the intended use of those materials.
- The number of copies that will be created and their distribution.
- Your timeline for the use of these materials. (We do not guarantee that approval will be given, nor that it will meet your deadlines).
- Other material that will be associated with Gil Parker's information.
- Your name, title, company or organization, e-mail address, and telephone number.
Legal Issues
Ownership
- This Web site is owned and funded by Gil Parker.
- The design and layout markup used for this Web site is owned by Russ Harvey and licensed to the site owner. This layout may not be used without permission.
- All other trademarks, company names or logos used on this site are the property of their respective owners.
Site Content
- The content of this site is intended for individual use in obtaining information about Gil Parker and the books, poetry and articles he has authored.
- While you may view the content of this site from anywhere in the world, this site is located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and is subject to the laws of Canada effective in the Province of British Columbia, particularly pertaining to what is acceptable content.
- You may print one copy of the pages of this site for your personal use.
- Printing more than one copy in any format (electronic or otherwise) constitutes commercial use and requires a license.
Linking to this Site
- You may link to the pages on this site from your own site or document.
- You may not link to the images on this site.
- Such a link is theft of services (bandwidth).
- You must first obtain written permission to use those images.
- The appropriate images will then be provided for you to store on your server.
Use of E-mail Addresses
- You may not cull e-mail addresses on this site for the purposes of generating unsolicited message traffic (generally known as spam) to those addresses.
- Addresses are provided only as a convenience in contacting Sheryl McFarlane for the purpose of conducting business or as otherwise specified on this Website.
- Spam does not constitute such business.
- Infractions may result in legal action or other measures to remove your ability to abuse the resources on this site.
Reliability of Information
The provision of dates and other specific information on this site does not form a contract with the viewer.
- Information is kept as current and accurate as possible, but you should verify any specifics that are important to you.
- Information on this site may be added or removed without notice.
- Gil Parker has no control over the content or availability of the pages which are linked from outside this site.
- The provision of a link does not necessarily endorse the content of that site, but is provided for your convenience.
Privacy
The following conditions are true for the contents of this site regarding privacy issues.
Collection of Information
- This site does not collect information using cookies or other information-gathering tools other than those made available by our Internet Service Provider, which are general in nature.
- We subscribe to the terms and conditions laid out by our ISP which prohibit the use of spam or other such invasive activities.
Use of E-mail Addresses
We reserve the right to use your e-mail address to correspond with you to the extend required to answer questions e-mailed to this site or to the various companies with whom we represent in order answer questions posed in such correspondence.
- Such requests will constitute permission to contact you.
- Your name and e-mail address will not be sold.
- Warning: You do not have permission to copy e-mail addresses on this site for the purpose of bulk unsolicited mailings (spam).
Copyright of Text and Images on the Internet
Copyright in its simplest terms is ownership. All text and images you find on the Internet were created by someone and the copyright is retained by the owner unless there are express indications that either the text or the images are public domain. It is usually best to assume that copyright exists unless you are sure that it does not.
All the text on this site is copyright by Gil Parker. It is intellectual property and may not be reproduced in any form without the written consent of Gil Parker unless it is specifically stated otherwise. Express written consent is required before text or images may be copied or used for any purpose.
To remove copyright protection is remove any incentive for creative works to be made available to anyone. You may make reference to these pages by linking to them from your site.
Learn More About Copyright
To find out more about copyright and the Internet view the information on the Canadian Authors Association Copyright pages. There are extensive links to sites containing information about copyright.
