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A limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, personal, non-commercial license to access and use the website and its Content is provided to you according to the Agreement, layed out under Terms of Use (accessible via bottom page links or navigation menu). I, Stefan Ripperger (aka Stefan West), reserve all rights, title and interest not expressly granted under the license to the fullest extent possible under applicable laws.

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This website, including all its pages and their contents are also subject to German copyright law (UrhG).

Unless expressly permitted by law (German law: § 44a et seq., § 53 Paragraph 1 UrhG, also § 58, § 59, § 60, § 60a et seq., UrhG, 19a UrhG; EU law: Article 5.2 b of Directive 2001/29/EC (the ‘InfoSoc Directive’); USA law: 17 U.S. Code § 107; S.A.R. Hong Kong law: Copyright Ordinance ss30; People's Republic of China law: Copyright Law (fair use policy, article 22)) every form of utilizing, reproducing or processing works subject to copyright protection on this website requires the prior written consent of the respective owner of the rights.

Unauthorized utilization of copyrighted works is punishable under the German copyright law (§ 106 ff UrhG and § 97 UrhG); EU Copyright Law (TRIPS Agreement and the Enforcement Directive (IPRED article 3)); USA Copyright Law (17 U.S. Code § 504); S.A.R. Hong Kong Copyright Ordinance (Division VI); Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China (Articles 24, 27, 28, 29, 32, 46). Any perpetrator will receive a chargeable warning, and must pay remedies (such as compensation for damages, account of profits, award of costs) under the applicable laws.

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