Copyright Issues
All books, documents and media sold from this site – and all the material on the site itself – are copyright material and are therefore protected by the international laws of copyright. It is against the law to reproduce any of this material or to copy it in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owners, except for your own personal, private use (see below). These laws apply to electronic documents such as PDFs and to media such as audio and video in the same way that they apply to printed material.
PLEASE BE AWARE: PDF chapters of our books – and other material on this site such as the Pocket PDFs – are only legally available direct from us.
Printed course bundles containing individual chapters of Digital Multimedia, 3rd Edition or our other books are NOT LEGAL – not even when produced as college in-house publications.
It has recently come to our attention that some American college publishing houses have been trying to produce printed course packages which include chapters of our books. Please note that this is not legal in the case of our books. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. hold a world-wide exclusive licence for printed versions of our textbooks, and cannot grant sub-licenses for publication of parts of these books in printed forms.
What Copyright Restrictions Mean in Practice
Copyright law makes it illegal not only to make copies of copyright material for distribution, but also to reproduce all or part of any copyright material. The owner of copyright has the exclusive right to copy the work, and to issue copies to the public. Any person wishing to do either of these “restricted acts” needs prior permission of the copyright owner, by way of a copyright licence. So if you wish to reproduce part of a MacAvon Media document or a MacAvon Media work in other media for the purposes of publication or distribution of any kind, you must obtain our explicit permission in writing first.
However, copying solely for the purposes of private research or private study is permitted under the law, providing that such copying is for non-commercial purposes and private use only.
You may also quote short passages from copyright material for non-commercial purposes (for example, in an academic assignment or in a blog), providing that full acknowledgment is given to the authors and publisher. You may not “pass off” copyright material as being your own.
Please note that when you create an account on this site you explicitly agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of Use and Sale which include your agreement to observe all copyright restrictions. If we have reason to believe that an account holder is not observing copyright restrictions we reserve the right to suspend that account without notice.
Copyright Owners and Licensees
Copyright in all the material made available on this site and in the three books listed below belongs to MacAvon Media or to Nigel and Jenny Chapman in person. Please contact us if you have any questions about copyright issues or require permission to make copies or use any of the material provided by or on this site.
Please note that John Wiley & Sons Ltd., the publishers of our major textbooks in printed form, do not hold copyright in any of the material sold from this site or in any of these works, but they are, however, the exclusive licensees for the following works in printed form:
- Web Design: A Complete Introduction
- Digital Media Tools, 3rd Edition
- Digital Multimedia, 3rd Edition
This means that only John Wiley & Sons Ltd. are only entitled to publish any part of these books in printed form, and as sole licensees they are able to take legal steps to prevent any other publication in print or to obtain compensation for infringements .
A clear copyright statement will be found towards the beginning of every PDF document and book which we sell.
DRM, Copyright and Piracy
MacAvon Media does not believe in DRM (Digital Rights Management). Our PDF documents are therefore free of DRM. We do, however, include your registered email address in the footer of every page of the main body of each PDF document, to indicate who the document belongs to.
Everyone knows that piracy of copyright material sometimes occurs with both printed and electronic documents, despite the fact that it is illegal. MacAvon Media provides PDFs for sale in good faith, and trusts that the large majority of buyers will respect copyright restrictions. We reserve the right to close the account of any buyer who is found to be abusing this trust.