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US copyright law permits short quotations under certain circumstances. This article explains how you can use portions of our content in your projects and how the content should be cited/referenced correctly.
Quoting Our Content
You are welcome to quote short elements of our content in your website content, academic papers, and other projects, provided that you cite the quote correctly as outlined in the Citing Our Content section below.
We permit you to include 500 characters of text per article in quotes. This is equivalent to a regular paragraph size or half a large paragraph. “Per article” refers to articles on our website. For example, suppose you are sourcing content from the “African Elephant” article. In that case, you can source a maximum of 500 characters from this article page (including all elements such as the article content, facts, and translations).
If you are sourcing content from multiple articles on our website, the 500-character limit will be reduced to 250 characters per article, allowing you to source short quotes from each article.
These limits will be enforced at the discretion of animal-pedia.org. If we feel you are abusing these conditions, we may take appropriate legal action.
Sourcing Images
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Citing Our Content
Reference List or Bibliography
If you have a reference list or bibliography section, please list a full citation as below or in a similar format as your project requires.
Reference List or Bibliography Text Example:
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Animal Pedia: African Elephant (Month Year) Available at: https://animal-pedia.org/animals/african-elephant/ [Accessed DD MMM YYYY
If referencing our content on the web, please include proper attribution and a link to the referenced content.
Reference List or Bibliography HTML Example:
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Animal Pedia: <a href=”https://animal-pedia.org/animals/african-elephant/“>African Elephant (Month Year)</a> [Accessed DD MMM YYYY]
In-Text Citation
If you are including a short quotation and would like to include an in-text citation, please use the short citation format below.
In-Text Citation Example:
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(Animal Pedia: African Elephant, Month Year) [Accessed DD MMM YYYY]
If referencing our content on the web, please include proper attribution and a link to the referenced content.
In-Text Citation HTML Example:
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<a href=“https://animal-pedia.org/animals/african-elephant/“>Animal Pedia: African Elephant</a>, Month Year [Accessed DD MMM YYYY]
The date shown in (round brackets) is the date the article was first published, the date shown in [square brackets] is the date you accessed the article to source the content. The date the article was published can be found at the bottom of the relevant article.
Linking to Animal Pedia
If your project is online, we would greatly appreciate it if you include an HTML link in your citation as shown in the ‘HTML Code’ examples above. Please link to the relevant article when possible, or the animal-pedia.org homepage. You are welcome to include a ‘nofollow’ tag as you require.
Commercial Use, Personal Use & Limitations
Newspapers, magazines, and reputable publications are permitted to source our content in a professional manner, by the above restrictions and US copyright law.
Websites that provide animal information and are therefore in competition with animal-pedia.org are strictly forbidden from sourcing our content to form complete articles. Under copyright law, using quotations as a small part of a unique article is permitted; however, creating articles based solely on quotations from animal-pedia.org is strictly forbidden and considered a serious breach of our copyright.
Use of our content in commercial products such as apps, games, and books is strictly forbidden without prior written consent.
While copyright law permits personal use, please keep in mind that content for personal usage may not be viewed by any third parties. A personal website that is online and web-accessible is not permitted to use copyrighted content for personal use because the website is accessible to others.
Animal Pedia employs anti-plagiarism software and techniques to identify abuse of our content. When our copyright has been breached, we will take appropriate legal action to protect our intellectual property.
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