Copyright Notice and Complaint Procedure

Trademarks and Fair Use of Copyrighted Material on Questia.

Questia Media makes no claim of ownership in service marks and trademarks ("marks") other than their own. Any use of another parties marks in the Questia^SM service is done with permission of the mark owner and/or replicates their use in an original publication and is herein considered fair use.

The Questia service is primarily targeted at the educational market, to be used by individuals for their personal research. To the extent that third party literary, musical, choreographic, pictorial, graphic, and architectural works are incorporated in works accessible through the Questia service, Questia's use is de minimis and/or authorized by the copyright owner, and Questia has no reason to believe such use adversely affects the market for the sale of such third party material.

Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.

Questia Media respects the intellectual property rights of all individuals, businesses, and organizations. Before we make any content available to our users, we investigate the legal status of that material and obtain what our investigations indicate are the necessary copyrights. If you believe that your copyrighted work is accessible on this site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify us by providing our agent with the following information:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work(s) claimed to have been infringed;
2. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Questia to locate the material;
3. A statement by you or your authorized agent (the "Complaining Party") that you are the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit Questia to contact you or your authorized agent such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address;
5. A statement that the Complaining Party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the Complaining Party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; and
7. A physical or electronic signature of the Complaining Party.

In accordance with Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to the attention of Designated Copyright Agent for Questia:

Copyright Advocate Email Address: copyright_advocate@questia.com

Upon receipt of your written notification containing the above information, Questia will:

1. Take reasonable steps to promptly verify the alleged infringement;
2. Contact the Complaining Party with the results of our investigation and, if warranted, by our investigation;
3. Remove or disable access to the material that is alleged to be infringing.