Clunkline asserts copyright on all material not tagged as Gathered Content. Gathered Content is subject to whatever copyrights its original venue assigned to it, and links to each of these venues have been provided in good faith. No ad revenue is generated from the portion of an article page that displays Gathered Content. Gathered Content is posted on the website to consolidate the comedic endeavors of the contributors so that their various projects may build off of each other, not to generate additional funding. Due to Clunkline’s copyright, contributors who want to remove content from Clunkline must not do so without prior discussion with the Editor.
The author of a respective piece also shares copyright on all non-Gathered Clunkline material. The creator reserves the right to, independently of Clunkline, republish or disseminate in any way, for profit or not, the material they post to Clunkline. Clunkline prefers that this is done with a notice of some kind that it appeared on Clunkline, but this is not necessary. Where authorship is shared, ownership in this regard goes to the authors credited within the article, to be negotiated between them as they see fit.
If there is a piece that is improperly tagged or not tagged as Gathered Content, email clunkline@gmail.com and we’ll promptly fix it. If there is a piece so tagged that does not appropriately credit the initial venue, again, contact us and we’ll fix it in good faith.
Original Clunkline material is otherwise protected from allegations of copyright infringement by virtue of being parodic. Again, if there is any question about the nature of any material on the site, please contact clunkline@gmail.com before taking other action–I’m sure we’ll be able to make you an offer you can’t refuse.
Rationale
I want Clunkline to be a writer’s haven, where people post whatever the fuck. And they can then republish it, whatever, I don’t care; they shouldn’t fear posting it because they plan to take it elsewhere. I also wanted there to be a nice way to repost stuff (Gathered Content) we’ve created for other venues with lenient existing copyrights (all of which are researched before posting). We offer a link, a qualifying statement, a special tag, preserved credit rolls, a lack of ad revenue, and free publicity.
Since I also protect writers with ad hoc anonymity (as far as their writing will allow), and it’s hard for an anonymous person to defend a copyright and remain anonymous, Clunkline also asserts copyright, but the author still reserves those important rights.
Tl;dr
The stuff not tagged as Gathered, we own, and it’s protected. The stuff that’s not, we’re just publicizing and won’t profit by. Email me cause I’m lonely, kthxbai.
–Tanzmetall
