Copyright and Compliance Policy Statement

Copyright Policy

All content and images contained within this collection are the property of the Buffalo Museum of Science. All content on this site is copyrighted and protected under United States intellectual property and copyright laws, and the Berne Convention. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo Museum of Science.

Users of this Web site are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes. Users are licensed to use the contents of this Web site for fair use purposes including criticism, comment, research, scholarship, or parody.

The following activities are prohibited:
· Sale, rental, leasing or lending of any material contained in this Web site
· Redistribution or storage of any portion of the material contained in this Web site in any electronic storage or retrieval system
· Republication of any material contained in this Web site in any medium

Other Web sites are free to provide a link to the home page of this Web site without prior permission.

Compliance Statement

The Web site strives to completely abide by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and have Level “A” W3C compliance as prescribed by New York State Law. Observance of Section 508 is voluntary and is not required because our digital library is not a Federal Agency. Compliance with the conditions of Section 508 will guarantee that this Web site’s pages will be accessible and readable by users with disabilities. All images and content must be readable for visually impaired users.

Disclaimer

This Web site may contain links to other World Wide Web sites. The Buffalo Museum of Science is not responsible for the content of external Web sites and links to external Web sites do not constitute endorsement by the Buffalo Museum of Science of any information provided, opinions expressed or services offered by those external Web sites.

The Buffalo Museum of Science makes no warranties regarding the accuracy of information on this Web site or its use for any purpose whatsoever. The Buffalo Museum of Science will not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of any use of the content contained in this Web site.

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