All works on this site, photographs and written material, are Copyright © 2010 - 2011
by Mercury Marten.
All rights reserved.
No work, or portion thereof, may be reproduced by any means, electronic or otherwise, or stored on any device, without the express written consent of the copyright holder.
All rights reserved.
No work, or portion thereof, may be reproduced by any means, electronic or otherwise, or stored on any device, without the express written consent of the copyright holder.
It should go without saying that all the pictures and written material on this site were created by me and belong to me. Therefore, I feel compelled to assert my absolute and incontestable right to ownership. If you want to use a picture for simple, noncommercial purposes - as your desktop image on your computer screen, for example - then by all means you are welcome to do so. I'm flattered you think enough of the pictures to use them thus. However, if you want to distribute, disseminate, copy, or otherwise reproduce my pictures for monetary or non-monetary gain, you are forbidden from doing so not only by law, but also by the simple fact that they are not yours. This applies also to the written material, so don't think you're getting away with something. Also, while we're on the subject, don't be an ass by representing these works as your own. Tracking you down and prosecuting you to the full extent of the law may be tedious and expensive, but you may rest well assured that I'll do it. It's just the principle of the thing, you know?
So, just to be clear, if you decide you'd like to use one of my works, email me with your proposal. Make sure it's written in either American or British English. Colloquialisms are fine as long as they are not too locally specific. Slang ain't cool. Profanity, while not encouraged, is acceptable under certain conditions. Any email containing 'words' used by txtrs, or the words 'webinar' or 'boondoggle' will be summarily deleted and a virus sent in response. As will any correspondence containing the phrase "I could care less," when the writer means, "I couldn't care less," or the use of since in place of because. The splitting of infinitives and the ending of sentences with prepositions is fine and dandy. The rules prohibiting such are stupid rules, in my opinion, and because my opinion is the correct one, it is the one you should adopt as your own.
However, bad grammar is something up with which I will not put. So please be writing at me with real good grammar. Speling counts!
So, just to be clear, if you decide you'd like to use one of my works, email me with your proposal. Make sure it's written in either American or British English. Colloquialisms are fine as long as they are not too locally specific. Slang ain't cool. Profanity, while not encouraged, is acceptable under certain conditions. Any email containing 'words' used by txtrs, or the words 'webinar' or 'boondoggle' will be summarily deleted and a virus sent in response. As will any correspondence containing the phrase "I could care less," when the writer means, "I couldn't care less," or the use of since in place of because. The splitting of infinitives and the ending of sentences with prepositions is fine and dandy. The rules prohibiting such are stupid rules, in my opinion, and because my opinion is the correct one, it is the one you should adopt as your own.
However, bad grammar is something up with which I will not put. So please be writing at me with real good grammar. Speling counts!
Thanks,
M Marten
