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United States Copyright Law and its' "Fair Use" Clause

Fair Use Law 17 U.S.C. 107 (1988 & Supp. IV 1993).  Section 107 provides in part:

   Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecordes or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such ascriticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies forclassroom 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 fairuse the factors to be considered shall include:

   the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
   the nature of the copyrighted work;
   the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work; and
   the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

Copyright of STAR TREK

STAR TREK, STAR TREK: The Next Generation, STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine, STAR TREK: Voyager, STAR TREK: Enterprise and all related elements are trademarks of Paramount Pictures, A VIACOM Company AND/OR CBS Television Studios, A CBS Corporation subsidiary.
The aformentioned trademarks are © 2010 Paramount Pictures and/or © 2010 CBS Studios, ALL Rights Reserved.

No trademark or copyright infringment intended by the webmaster/author, Librarytrekker, of this Non-for-profit website. This website and its author have no affiliation with either Paramount Pictures or CBS Studios, their subsidiaries or their parent corporations and vice-versa.

Website Copyright & other website-related information

1.) "Librarytrekker" is the webmaster's(author’s) pseudonym. Unless the webmaster unintentionally reveals his/her name some where else on the internet, the author has no intention of revealing his/her name except in the following circumstances:
      a.) the author is ordered to do so by a court in the United States of America
      b.) the author is ordered to do so by a court in the state that the author currently resides in
      c.) the author is ordered to do so by a court in the state in which the computer server hosting author's website is located

2.) "LIBRARYTREKKER'S STAR TREK WEBASE" and all related elements (including content, webpage layout and underlying programming code) are © 2003-2010 Librarytrekker All Rights Reserved

3.) The term "Webase" is a contraction of the terms "Web" and "Database" and was conceived by Librarytrekker in 2009 therefore; Webase is © 2009-2010 Librarytrekker All Rights Reserved

4.) Zungzamia and all related elements are © 2009-2010 Librarytrekker All Rights Reserved

5.) Credit is given to known sources on either the page the information from the source is mentioned or at this site's "Sources Cited" page

External Links regarding Copyright

United States Copyright Office
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