This site (The Northumbrian Pipers Society Forster Charlton Archive at gregmccormick.co.uk) is administered in the UK and will be subject to the laws of England and Wales, irrespective of the location of contributors.
The purpose of the site is research. Administrators are obliged to judge whether subscribers or proposed subscribers are genuinely researchers.
There is currently no subscription fee. Researchers are not obliged to be members of the Northumbrian Pipers Society. However the site may be configured or presented in a manner which is more convenient for members of the Northumbrian Pipers Society.
The site is a pilot study, and a work in progress. It may be altered without notice at the discretion of the Northumbrian Pipers Society.
The audio files on the site may be audited by subscribing researchers but they must not be downloaded, retained locally in electronic form, published or used commercially. Subscribers are free to describe the tapes and publish their own views, but must make it clear that they are not representing the Northumbrian Pipers Society. Subscribers are free to publish their own research, with acknowledgements to the NPS Forster Charlton Archive when appropriate.
Comments and feedback may be used or not at the discretion of the administrators in order to build a catalogue for the tapes, support research and cultural activities, and inform further decisions about them. The resulting catalogue will be copyrighted to the Northumbrian Pipers Society. If subscribers later wish to withdraw comments then administrators may choose to retain chosen comments or their contributions to the catalogue.
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