Want To Use A CooperToons?

If you would like to use a CooperToons image or essay there are some guidelines, most of which are 1) common sense and 2) required to comply with copyright laws.

1. All the writings and images are protected by copyright. So permission is required to use a CooperToons. Now it is true that "fair use" does permit the reproduction of short excerpts as part of reviews and commentary without permission. That is an accepted practice and quite legitimate. However, the idea that just because copying is non-profit makes it fair use and does not require permission is not in general correct.

2. Web postings should have a link to the URL of the CooperToons HomePage https://www.coopertoons.com/ and if possible print media should include the URL as well

3. Permission to use the gag cartoons already posted on the CooperToons web site is usually granted for educational uses in schools and colleges. An acknowledgement of copyright (like "Copyright [year] Charles F. Cooper] should be included on or next to the image

4. Young people's clubs and organizations that have would like to use a cartoon should have their adult sponsor make the contact. Although CooperToons considers the cartoons are the height of propriety which would scarcely draw a blush to the most sainted of maidenly aunts, there are possibly some cases where the humor might be misunderstood. So, kids, if the grown-ups have a problem with a CooperToons, we have to go with what they say.

5. Simply having a link to a CooperToons page or homepage, particularly if done as a reference, may be done without explicit permission. However, CooperToons does request the webpages be, well, proper and conform to all local, state and province, and national laws.

6. If you want to put a CooperToons up on your refrigerator, in your office, or by the coffee station, consider permission to be granted.

8. Finally, although this sounds like a terse legal term of service, the user has to guarantee that the cartoon is to be used in a proper and legal manner and assumes such responsibility

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