Copyright, Disclaimer and Credit

Fair Use Notice

Watchbus.com is a web site dedicated to Mandarin speaking watch collectors and is not intended to infringe upon the rights of any holders of copyrights. This site contains copyrighted material and the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of horology, especially to Chinese-speaking viewers. We believe this constitutes 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who've expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for educational, entertainment, and review purposes only.

Most images on this website have been either reproduced from public press release or collected from various resources on the World Wide Web for use on this website. It is not our desire to use anyone's copyrighted material against their will. Please understand that we do intend to give credit for images or anything else we have used from the Websites of others. Regretfully, due to lack of experiences to keep proper records in advance, this intention was not realized. We have begun the efforts to seek out the copyright owner of the images for permission to use the images on the site. However, before we can reach you, if you find your material being used, and you had rather it were not, please direct your concern to webmaster@watchbus.com. We will either post credits or, if you prefer, remove your material from this website as soon as possible.

Website Copyright

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond "fair use", you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. All articles are the intellectual property of Watchbus.com. Copyright waived for noncommercial use, save for the intellectual property owned by others. Use may be made of this material by educational and not-for-profit organizations without permission from Watchbus.com. Of course, a credit to the Watchbus.com would be appreciated as a favor.

However, these materials may not be sold or redistributed for profit in any way without the written permission of the appropriate authors/web site owners or publishers. This includes, but is not limited to, translations into foreign languages, mass archival as on a CD-ROM and inclusion in commercially published compilations (books).

You can use these materials for any noncommercial purposes you see fit, such as professional communication, your newsletter, etc. We advise you should not use materials that we have listed as being the intellectual property of others, because under the USC federal law, we simply can't give away the rights of others to their own intellectual property.

Content

Every effort is made to provide accurate and current information on this site. Neither Watchbus.com, its owner, nor anyone associated with the site assumes responsibility or liability for problems ensuing from the use of information contained herein. Similarly, there is no responsibility for the content of advertisements, and no endorsement is implied in the textual references to any commercial establishments. Watchbus.com reserves the right not to be responsible for the topicality, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided. Liability claims regarding damage caused by the use of any information provided, including any kind of information which is incomplete or incorrect, will therefore be rejected. All offers are not-binding and without obligation. Parts of the pages or the complete publication including all offers and information might be extended, changed or partly or completely deleted by the author without separate announcement.

Referrals and links

This website does not violate the laws of trademark infringement, trademark dilution, passing off, copyright infringement, unfair competition, libel, trade libel, or misappropriation. If you find an instance where this website is in violation of any of these laws please contact webmaster@watchbus.com and we will take the appropriate action to resolve the problem as soon as possible. Requests to remove links from this website for any other reason shall go ignored.

The linking of one website to another is common practice and also the core principle of the Internet. Hyper-linking is what makes the Internet what it is. Owners of various websites are presumed to have had full knowledge of how the Internet system operates before making their materials available online. Therefore, consent is implied to having links posted directing Internet users to their websites and so long as these websites are accessible to Internet browsers linking to them is acceptable practice.

Watchbus.com is not responsible for any contents linked or referred to from this website unless we have full knowledge of illegal contents and would be able to prevent the visitors of his site from viewing those pages. If any damage occurs by the use of information presented there, only the author of the respective pages might be liable, not the one who has linked to these pages. Furthermore this website is not liable for any postings or messages published by users of discussion boards, guest books or mailing lists provided on his page.

Credits and Lists of Copyright Holders

Credits of most of the images on this website go to the numerous participants in various free access hosts around the web. Therefore, it is practically impossible to list all of the contributors here. However, we do give credits to these websites by recommending them in the Web Links Page.

Supplement

The following is United States Code 17, Statute 107, which outlines the limitations of copyright. Sec. 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair Use

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phono records or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include

1.     the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

2.     the nature of the copyrighted work;

3.     the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and

4.     the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors. (1988 ed. and Supp. IV)