Copyright and Licences

Copyright:

The moment you create a work of art, you become the copyright holder of the work, according to the law in most of the countries. According to the US law, "Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device."

When you publish your content publicly, through any medium where people can read, listen or watch the work, it is considered published. Once it appears publicly, it can only be re-published.

Copyright of all the content published on Kalkion goes back to the author under the condition that Kalkion will retain non-exclusive, unlimited rights over the content. Kalkion reserves all the righst to re-produce the published work in any form, format and medium (known and unknown today). Kalkion will try to inform the concerned author about the reuse, but it it is not mandetory.

Once you publish your stories to Kalkion, and you wish to send it to other publishers as well, they will be considered 'published' and you can send it for 'republishing'. You may need to mention it to your new publisher that the story has already published in Kalkion

The content on the site is Licensed user various Creative Commons Licenses. Please check applicable Licenses for each category as mentioned below:

Note: In the below text YOU means the reader, potential user, of the content. Kalkion authors should not confuse themselves with 'YOU'. The freedom, or limitations cited here are for end-users and not the author of the particular work.

YOU may be anyone reading the content published on Kalkion by either --visiting Kalkion.com; receiving the content through an e-mail; in a printed format; or any other sharable format. These conditions are applicable, unless otherwise mentioned, on every format on which the content of Kalkion may be made available. YOU may be the reader or the third party interested in using the content published on Kalkion.

YOU may be another author other than the creator of the work, another publisher, a blogger, a film maker or anyone with an intention to use the work in any format.

According to the Creative Commons Policy, any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from either Kalkion or the author of the content. Nothing in these licenses impairs or restricts the author's moral rights. Authors have all the moral and legal rights over their content published on Kalkion. If you have any questions about these Licenses, check The FAQ Section of Creative Commons.

Licences:

Kalkion uses different licenses for different content.

News
News items are published under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. This licence means that you, as a user, are FREE to copy, distribute and transmit the work. However, you must check individual news items for specific conditions.

Articles, Interviews, Blogs, Columns, Idea Breeders and Reviews
"Articles", "Interviews", "Columns", "Idea Breeders" and "Blogs" are published under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. This licence means that you, as a user, are FREE to copy, modify, distribute and transmit the work for Non-Commercial purposes under certain conditions. One of the most important conditions is that you must "attribute it either to the author or to Kalkion.com'. If you want to use the content for Commercial purpose, please contact us for exclusive permission.

Poetry, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Poetry, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. This license means that you, as a user, are 'Free' to copy, distribute and transmit the work for Non-Commercial purposes. However, you may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Read more about the 'freedom' you get by using Fiction/poetry published on Kalkion.

Non-Commercial Vs Commercial.
There is a vagueness around these terms. How would you derive whether your activity is commercial or non-commercial? Kalkion has a very clear cut definition.

Commercial: If you have a revenue generation model for your product it comes under commercial category. This includes sale of products or services; paid registered users/subscribers; revenue through advertisements; you may not be selling products, services directly on your media but may be using it to promote your commercial products. If you do any of these, you are a commercial user.

Non-Commercial:
1. We do exclude registered educational institutions from commercial category.
2. This however does not exclude websites, magazines and other media formats such as audio and video, who sell tutorials and guidebooks. If you do any of these you fall under commercial category.
3. NGOs, non-profit organisations, charity trusts and Government agencies.
4. Personal blogs with no Advertisement, even Google Adsense. Team Kalkion

In case of any copyright violation, Kalkion will not be the party involved. All legal and moral disputes must be resolved between, among, the authors of the works and the parties involved. Kalkion will not entertain any such charges, request. Kalkion, while tries its best to ensure no copy-right violation, must not be held responsible for any such violation. The charges, if any, should be made on the author of the work and not Kalkion.

The content of this page may change in future.

Swapnil Bhartiya
Team Kalkion