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Chapter 1 - COPYRIGHT

Interpretation
1.	In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires — “author”, in relation to a photograph, means the person who takes the photograph; “editor(s)” refers to the user who edits sgWiki; “owner” refers to the person who has exclusive rights for the materials or work(s); “work(s)” refers to any work by other people, including (but not limited to) printed copies, electronic books, sound recordings, images, audio recordings and videos.
Exemption
2.	Any work(s) obtained from a public domain and uploaded to sgWiki is not considered as copyrighted. Such works are free to use, unless the owner of the works stated otherwise.
3.	Any works from education sites, for the sake of educational purposes, that are uploaded to sgWiki are not considered as copyrighted unless stated in paragraph (6).
Rules
4.	Any editor(s) who, at a time of uploading or editing contents that are not owned by the editor(s) with the exemption listed under paragraph (2), has committed copyright infringement. First time offenders shall receive a Warning Point or a temporary ban of no longer than 30 days or both. Second and Repeated time offenders shall receive a Warning Point or an indefinite ban or both.
5.	Any editor(s) or user(s), who at a time of reading or browsing through the contents, notices the copyrighted materials owned by the user, may request for the copyrighted materials to be taken down. The editor(s) who at time of uploading the content has committed copyright infringement. First time offenders shall receive a Warning Point and a temporary ban of no longer than 60 days. Second and Repeated time offenders shall receive an indefinite ban.
6.	All works that are uploaded or edited to sgWiki shall be credited to the respective author(s) and owner(s) if they are not owned by the editor(s). Any works that are not owned by the editor(s) which are not credited will be considered as copyright infringement unless stated in paragraph (3). It will then be considered as plagiarism.
	(a)	First time offenders who commit copyright infringement shall receive a Warning Point or a temporary ban of no longer than 7 days or both. Second time offenders shall receive a Warning Point or a temporary ban of no longer than 30 days or both. Third time and repeated offenders shall receive a Warning Point or a temporary ban of no longer than 60 days or both.
	(b)	Offenders who committ plagiarism will receive a Warning Point. Repeated offenders will receive a temporary ban of no longer than 7 days.
7.	Any editor(s) who uses sgWiki to host copyrighted materials for the purpose of self-interest and profit is said to commit copyright infringement. Offenders will receive an indefinite ban.
8.	All copyrighted materials will be deleted immediately if found.