FOURIN Copyright Guidelines

FOURIN, Inc. holds all copyrights of its published research materials which are distributed through printed products, electronic media, PDF data, Excel data, etc.
FOURIN reserves all rights of authors and specifies sources quoted in its publications to protect the rights of authors of pre-existing work.
FOURIN receives permission of the authors, media associations, and others when necessary, or may pay to make legal contracts with them.
FOURIN provides or sells its publications to those who agree to comply with the following guidelines in order to protect copyrights of its own and other authors.

Same company unit means a single registered commercial head office, same location, and same management unit, so that subsidiaries, associated companies, group companies, and overseas companies shall not be included.
Same department means the minimum unit of department which has an annual budget and settlement of accounts arranged within the same corporation.
Organization means this limited branch of an organization. Affiliated organizations and corporations etc. are excluded.
For library, data hall, or school users, free perusal within reasonable bounds is permissible. However, please note that photocopying or any other means of reproduction is not permitted at the above facilities.

The purchaser and their company may use FOURIN research resources in the following manner:

The purchaser may read and pass around resources within limited private reason in the same company.
Libraries may freely offer resources for reading only within certain restrictions.
Within same company, it is permissible to quote, reproduce, cite, however, it must be credited every time when used, as “from FOURIN ###### issue.” or “Copyright FOURIN, Inc.”.
Use of Excel data and PDF data to create new databases according to individual need is permitted within “same company.” There may be no fee charged for the information and it must be noted with a copyright mark.
Within libraries it is permissible to process, arrange, classify, retrieve, and display purchased materials.
Digital version of monthly reports (PDF file) can be browsed only by readers approved by FOURIN. The digital version of reports is printable, though the number of printouts is restricted by contract. The printed reports can be used in compliance with these copyright guidelines.In addition to employees in same company, those who temporarily transferred to affiliated companies abroad can be included in subscriber groups.

Forbidden practices: It is forbidden to use FOURIN research resources (including all pages of printed matters and digital resources printed out by subscribers), in whole or in part in the following cases without prior permission granted from FOURIN. This restriction applies to but is not limited to third party as well as “Same Company.”

Printable digital resources (PDF files) exceeding permitted number of printouts.
Photocopying research resources directly and passing to a third party.For libraries, please be advised that free library use does not include the copy of materials and passing to a third party.
To quote, reproduce, or otherwise adapt anywhere except offices and facilities within “same company.”
To give or transfer PDF data or Excel data etc. to a third party, or posting on the Internet or company intranet.
To process all or some of the data, print all or some of the data or the processed data, or post any data on the Internet or company intranet with the intention of providing the data to a third party.
Use of the ID and password by anyone other than a registered user at the same department or to forward the ID and password to a third party.
To translate to another language and give to a third party.
To convert data into an electronic format by scanning or otherwise and give to a third party.
To directly or indirectly sell some or all the research data published by FOURIN to a third party.
FOURIN digital resources are forbidden to be sold to a library or/and other party which intends to make resources available to a third party.
Any other action or area except mentioned in article 2.

When it becomes clear that these guidelines have been violated and the customer has misused FOURIN copyrighted material, the customer will be warned to cease and desist, and further, the offending company and department name will be noted on FOURIN’s website.
If the company disregards the warnings and does not cease and desist the offending activity within the warning period, FOURIN will refuse services to the offending company.
In the event that FOURIN or other copyright holder’s right have been violated, a claim for damages will be made.