Copyright

PURPOSE

The Aussie Stars website is part of my business as a data researcher, collector and distributor. This website provides information to the public for entertainment, research and study purposes. Free use of this website is allowed upon the following conditions.

OWNERSHIP

Because this website contributes to my livelihood it is necessary for me to protect my business interests. Unless otherwise stated, I, Simon Astley Scholfield retain ownership of all right, title and interest in all copyrights in all documents, articles, text, images, data, interactive media, and software on the Aussie Stars site.

TRADEMARKS

The brand name "Aussie Stars" and all associated logos are trademarks of Simon Astley Scholfield and the Aussie Stars site.

Prior to coining and trademarking the Aussie Stars brand I conducted comprehensive research and found no previous use of these words, terms and logos in other works and media. I hold intellectual copyright on 'Aussie Stars,' and this brand name must not be used in any media or production about Australian people, issues or events, or about Astrology or Astronomy, or associated themes.

The Astrology Charts on this site have been made using the Solar Fire software. These charts, their colour schemes and other features designed by me are trademarks of the Aussie Stars site.

Please do not use my trademarks. If you want a trademark for your business or whatever, conduct your own research and come up with your own words, terms and designs.

ASTRO-DATA

This Website contains astrological data (also known as "astro-data") -- meaning the dates, places and times of birth and death of various people, and dates, places and times of other events -- that have been selected from my research collection, The Scholfield Historical Event Database™ (The SHED™).

DATA COPYRIGHT

I have spent thousands of dollars and many years researching and purchasing birth certificates, searching through bookshops, rolling microfilm in libraries, and scanning electronic databases, and interviewing people, etc, in order to compile The SHED™ so that people have accurate data and reliable Astrology charts for their study and entertainment. I hold copyright on this information, including astro-data used here at Aussie Stars, meaning that conditions are placed on how, what part of, and where my data may be republished or redistributed.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LINK TO MY WEBPAGES

If you intend to publish my data please ask yourself first if it is necessary to do so. For example, if you want to mention or discuss Eamon Sullivan's chart in your blog or on your website then I suggest that you simply write something like "Eamon Sullivan has Scorpio Rising according to Sy Scholfield's chart for him at www.aussie-stars.com (including hyperlinks like the ones I've provided). I encourage you to link to webpages on the Aussie Stars website in this way, rather than republishing information such as Sullivan's time of birth which is part of the copyrighted information in my collection.

'FAIR USE' OF DATA

Individuals are permitted to electronically copy material published on this site and to make print-outs thereof, solely for their personal information, provided that the copyright notice and my name beside it appear thereon and provided that the materials are not modified.

Also, any individual may use up to five data from The SHED™ for non-commercial purposes as long as they are accompanied by a full citation clearly acknowledging Simon Astley Scholfield (or Sy Scholfield) as the collector, along with the www.aussie-stars.com or www.the-shed.info URL or that of the Webpage from which the data is taken. However, no more than five data may be republished in any particular work, be that a book, website, etc, so if five of my data already appear in that work then you may not add more. This is considered fair use. Written permission is required before anyone may republish more than five data, and the granting of such permission will be at the discretion of the owner.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The owner wishes to acknowledge Astrological data collectors who have granted him permission to add their data to his collection. The name of any such collector should appear below the relevant chart. Any visitor to this Website should contact the collector of such data for their permission before republishing their data, because such data is not only held under copyright protection by Simon Astley Scholfield but also by the copyright of the original collector.

FURTHER ALLOWANCES

Permission is granted to the Internet Archive (www.archive.org) to record this Web site as a historical collection.

Permission is granted to cite names, dates, years and places of birth from the Aussie Stars website on Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) on condition that the citation ackowledges me by name as the collector of the information and includes a hyperlink to the relevant page plus the URL for that page. The service is offered to compilers and readers of Wikipedia articles who would like accurate information about when and where people were born, etc. But please note that times of birth or times of other events published on Aussie Stars may not be republished on Wikipedia.

PRIVACY

The owner of this Web site wishes to respect the privacy of living persons. It is understood that although birth and death data for people from certain countries (for example, the United Kingdom and New Zealand) and certain states (for example, California and Massachusetts) are public information, generally information such as the date, year and place of birth of individuals (regardless of the source) is not published on this website unless previously published elsewhere, or unless permission has been granted to publish the information. This does not apply to the time of birth of an individual (which is not identifying information).

MIRRORING IS NOT ALLOWED

Without express written permission from Simon Astley Scholfield, you may not retransmit any files from this Website, or any modified versions thereof. You may not create a mirror version of this Website.

DISCLAIMER

This Web site contains links to other Web sites. These links are provided to you only as a convenience. Such linked sites are not under the control of Simon Astley Scholfield and he is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply his endorsement of the site, and he shall have no responsibility for information which is referenced by or linked to this Web site.

CONTACT

If you wish to contact me about any of these matters or with queries about use of my data (including commercial use in exchange for payment) then please email me at syscholfield@hotmail.com.