COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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thestandard.com.hk is owned by Sing Tao Limited, its parents, subsidiaries and/or associated companies (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Company"). All contents of thestandard.com.hk are owned and/or controlled by the Company and/or the party credited as the provider of such contents and are protected by worldwide copyright laws. You may not copy or use the contents in any way except for your personal and non-commercial purposes or with the prior written authorization of the Company or the party credited as the provider of such contents. |
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The contents of thestandard.com.hk and ownership thereof or any part thereof is governed by the Terms of Use of thestandard.com.hk and this Copyright Notice must be read in conjunction with such Terms of Use.
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If you
need to reproduce in a large quantity our photos or articles for
promotion, advertising, publication, instruction use... |
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If you
need to upload our photos or articles onto an Intranet or the
Internet... |
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If you
need to store our photos or articles in an electronic archive,
CD-Rom... |
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Please send in your
application letter to the attention of our Information Services Manager.
To facilitate processing, please enclose a photocopy of the requested
articles or photos as far as possible when sending over your application
letter to us. Please feel free to contact our Information Services should
you have any questions.
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By post:
Information Services Department,
3/F , Sing Tao News Corporation Building, 7 Chun Cheong Street,
Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Tseung Kwan O,
New Territories, Hong Kong
By phone:
(852)- 2798 2937 or (852)- 2798 2844
By fax: (852)- 2115
9271
By email: copyright@singtao.com
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A) Contact
Information
- Name
- Job title
- Organization
- Organization
Address
- Business nature
- Contact phone no.,
fax no., email address, etc.
B) Details
of photos or articles needed
- Newspaper name
(e.g. Sing Tao Daily, The Standard, Hong Kong iMail, Hong Kong Standard)
- Publication date
- Publication section
& page (e.g. iBusiness B7)
- Headline/ Caption
- Reporter/
Photographer
- INTENDED USE (e.g.
academic purpose, advertisement, newsletter etc.)
Example1:
Academic purpose, we need to
know
- Course name
- No. of copies to
be reprinted
- Distribution
date/ period
Example 2:
To reprint in the media, we
need to know
- Name of the media
- Format to be
reprinted
- Size to be
reprinted
- Position to be
reprinted
- Circulation
volume
- Publication
date/period
Remarks
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We
take into account a number of factors in determining whether an
application is successful or not as well as the amount for copyright
fees/royalties. The factors include but not limited to: the business
nature of the applying organization; the uniqueness of the requested
materials; the publications or media in which our materials will be
re-published; how our reproductions will be used or distributed etc.
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We
also base on the following principles or conditions in considering
applications: |
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We only grants reprint permission for all contents,
including articles, photos and graphics, produced by or copyrighted
by us. We do not grant permission for syndicated
comics, columns, wire news stories, photos and graphics from other
news agencies or freelancers who hold the copyright of the works.
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The
right to reprint is non-exclusive and non-transferable. The
reprinted material is supposed to be used one time for a stated
purpose. Additional publication requires a new reprint permission
request and applicable fees. |
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The
content will be used in its entirety, without editing or alterations
that would otherwise infringe our copyright in the works or
discredit The Standard and its affiliated companies or business. |
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Credit line, copyright and disclaimer data must be inserted
with the reprint as follows in this example:"Copyright 2007 The Standard.
Republished here with the permission of The Standard.
No further republication or redistribution is permitted without
prior written approval of the Sing Tao Group. All rights
reserved." |
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Requestors who receive the material via electronic means need
to erase all electronic or digital forms of the reprinted material
after use. |
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As
far as possible, a copy of the publication in which the material is
reprinted should be given to The Standard for record purpose.
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All applicable terms as provided in the terms and conditions and the Privacy Policy Statement shall apply. |
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