Jcastle.info:Copyrights

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Please read this license carefully before attempting to use content from this site !

Non-commercial means you cannot use this information in any way shape or form to make money off the hard work of me or other contributors. In non-commercial settings you must give appropriate attribution and any work where this content is used must also have the same license.

NON-COMMERCIAL includes any ad revenue generated from your website if you use ads! NON-COMMERCIAL includes printing pages to distribute on your tours as a tour guide (that's COMMERCIAL USE!). Maps, photos, and text are all the intellectual property of the author.

A significant amount of time, energy and expense has gone into creating the contents on this site. Some of the feature articles include all original information in English that is not available elsewhere in English and may even be rare in Japanese. They took literally years of research. Research is real research, actually going to libraries, museums, exhibits, community centers and even talking to people to gather the information. Such contents are not just a summary of other blogs that have mostly plagiarized other authors.

Be respectful of authors' rights and ask for permission to use their contents or confirm if your use case is covered. I despise bloggers, SNS'ers and any other ilk who blatantly copy the works of others including photos, illustrations, etc as though they own them. They don't. It might make your blog pretty or help you make your point or one-up other bloggers but it's simply illegal. The Creative Commons license provides a few rights to use copyrighted material under strict circumstances without seeking citation permissions. Obey they license or don't use the content. Simple.