Fair Use notice
Emerson is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation.
Emerson Unitarian Universalist Chapel is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation with the IRS, the US federal government and the State of Missouri. We are registered as an educational (religious) corporation.
This web site contains some copyrighted material whose use has not been authorized by the copyright owners. We believe that this not-for-profit, educational use on the Web constitutes a fair use of the copyrighted material (as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law). Fair Use notwithstanding we will immediately comply with any copyright owner who wants their material removed or modified, wants us to link to their web site, or wants us to post a rebuttal to the discussion on their topic which has been provided herein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for teaching purposes), 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.
For more information on the specific sections of the US Fair Use Law sections 106 and 107, please consult these relevant sections.
As a vibrant and growing church, Emerson Unitarian Universalist Chapel has been providing a spiritual community of love, acceptance, tolerance and liberal religion and religious education for all ages in west St. Louis County since 1984. A brief history (PDF) of Emerson UU Chapel.
