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Fair Use
Under the doctrine of "fair use" in Section 107 of the 1976 Copyright Act,
Wisconsin statutory terms, definitions and verbiage have been incorported into the copyright materials at this website. Materials used under the Fair Use Doctrine do not diminish nor otherwise change, hinder or encumber the copyright ownership or its legal rights. Copyright Law
Contrary to popular belief, copyright notices have not been required since 1989.
Copyright notices are used to defeat an innocence defense, that is, one cannot claim that they did not know that the materials on this website were copyright protected because notice is given.
Also contrary to popular belief, both published and unpublished works can be copyright protected.
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The mere impermissible possession of the materials at this website
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Copyright Limitations
Copyright protection begins when the work is created and endures for the life of the author plus 70 years. These copyright works were created by Attorney Christopher T. Van Wagner of Van Wagner & Wood, S.C., and Jodi L. Golisek of Sigma One Group LLC and were first published in 2001. Some works on this website have been updated from time-to-time to change the meaning; copyright applies to the original works and to all changes to those works.
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Current copyright law does not require renewal.
Permissible Use
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From time to time, the attorneys at this law firm write and publish articles, opinions and books. Any of their publications published at this website are protected by copyright. Those persons wishing to use snippets of content only from those published works on another website may do so with permission from admin@vanwagnerwood.com and with a notation under the quoted materials linking to this website. Any other use of published works constitutes a copyright infringement.
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Why copyright this material?
Van Wagner & Wood and Sigma One Group copyright this material for the express purpose of prohibiting any usage of the copyright protected materials including its usage on the Internet or on other websites published on the Internet.
Copyright infringements
If any material is copied from this website and used for commercial purposes or other purposes that constitute a duplication of this material, a single request may be made to the website owner to immediately remove and destroy the duplicated content, but a cease and desist request is not mandatory under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Additionally, such duplications may be reported to the search engines along with a notice of copyright infringement. A "take down" demand may be issued to the website host. If such "take down" is issued, the website host is required by law to immediately investigate the complaint and take the site containing the duplicated content down (turn off services) until such time that the duplicated content is removed and no infringement exists. It is the practice of this firm and its agency to protect all copyright content and take all actions necessary to prevent duplication of the content.
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Super Lawyers Wisconsin 2006 - 2009. Super Lawyers recognizes only the top 5% of all lawyers in Wisconsin. Attorney Chris Van Wagner has repeatedly been honored by Law & Politics with Wisconsin Super Lawyers.
Super Lawyers Wisconsin 2007 - 2009. Attorney Tracey Wood repeatedly recognized as one of the top 5% of all attorneys in Wisconsin by Law & Politics.
