RealeBooks.com Content Policy

RealeStudios, LLC.
Last Update: September 20, 2007

Introduction
The RealeBooks.com website and RealeLibrary.com websites managed by RealeStudios and third parties (aka “RealeLibraries”) incorporate end-user provided content in the form of contributed RealeBooks in the library sections.

Users who contribute RealeBooks to RealeLibraries should be guided by common sense focused on three criteria: copyright, children, and suitability. These are explained below.

Visitors to our sites who feel that content is inappropriate according to our criteria should contact us at content@realebooks.com. Use this e-mail address to report copyright violations, inappropriate identification of minor children, and content unsuitable for a family audience.

Copyright
Copyright is legal protection given to authors which protects them against unauthorized copying of their work. When you contribute a RealeBook to a RealeLibrary, it is best that the pictures and the text in the book belong to you. To avoid all potential copyright problems, you should take your own photographs or draw your own illustrations. You should write the text inside the RealeBook and not copy it from others. If you borrow from others, you as the RealeBook’s author should get permission first.

It is okay to use other people’s content, so long as they have given you permission. For example, there are many RealeBook templates which include images and invite you to use those images in your own RealeBooks. There are websites, such as Pics4Learning.com, that have copyright friendly images. Sources like these grant automatic permission, i.e. you don’t have to ask.

It may even be okay to use other’s people’s content without their permission, under a doctrine called Fair Use. In general, such use needs to be for non-commercial or educational purposes, only copy a small amount of the original, and not harm the market value of the original. The specifics are murky, so try to get permission if you can.

Most RealeLibraries which accept contributions will distribute your RealeBook in a variety of formats, including the original “.reb” file format. This allows others to access your RealeBook in a variety of ways from a variety of places. If the manner of distribution of your RealeBook concerns you, do not contribute it.

When you access or download a RealeBook from a RealeLibrary, please remember your obligations to the author. You may generally use the RealeBook for personal or educational use. For other uses, you should contact the RealeBook author (or RealeLibrary manager if the author’s contact information is not available) for permission. RealeLibrary managers should obtain permission before contributing books found on other RealeLibraries to their own RealeLibraries.

Children
When contributing a RealeBook to a RealeLibrary, it is important to ensure that children’s identities are protected. Children’s last names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, street addresses, and other information which can be used to identify them should never be included in a RealeBook contributed to a RealeLibrary. There are state and federal laws, as well as school policies concerning the publication of children’s photographs on the Internet. If a parental release is required, be sure you have that release before contributing your RealeBook.

RealeLibrary managers must be vigilant in reviewing contributed RealeBooks and ensuring that children’s privacy is not violated.

Suitability
RealeLibraries have a family audience. Many RealeLibraries have an elementary school audience. It should go without saying that nudity, profanity, and adult themes have no place in RealeBooks contributed to RealeLibraries. Other unsuitable content may include political propaganda, hateful messages, and the like.

RealeLibrary managers must be vigilant in reviewing contributed RealeBooks and ensuring that submitted material is suitable for their audiences. Inclusion of submitted material is ultimately the decision of the RealeLibrary manager.