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Copyright
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The Museum expressly prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website, except for the purposes of fair use as defined by copyright law and as described below. This prohibition includes the downloading of site content for commercial use or for use on personal websites.
Fair Use
Fair use of copyrighted material includes the use of protected materials for noncommercial educational purposes, such as teaching, scholarship, research, criticism, commentary and news reporting. Users who wish to download or print text and image files from the Museum’s website for such uses must request the Museum’s express permission. Users must cite the author and source for this material as they would material from any printed work and the citation should include the URL <http://www.cmnh.org.> None of the content may be altered or modified.
Disclaimer
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