ALL text, static images, music and full motion video (including soundtrack) (C) Vijfsnippervijf except if otherwisely attributed or put in the public domain. These are licensed under a license.
What does this mean?
Well, you can use the text, static images, music and full motion video as you like, under a total of four conditions:
You MUST attribute the author.
You MUST place a hyperlink back to the content (on YouTube or this Web site) when possible
ABSOLUTELY NO COMMERCIAL USE ALLOWED, including but not limited to sale, rental, placement of ads or use in commercial Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) programs.
ANY derivative works using the text, static images, music and full motion video (including soundtrack) MUST carry a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.
ABSOLUTELY NO USE OF DRM OR OTHER 'EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES' AS DEFINED IN THE LICENSE TEXT!
That's it.
DRM
Here I shall state both that the use of Digital Restrictions Management (D.R.M) is strictly forbidden for publishing works licensed under Creative Commons in general, and that from a personal standpoint, I prefer an absolute, total ban on the use of DRM. And there are SEVERAL reasons why:
DRM creates an 'arms race' between those cracking commercially available works (also known as 'priates') and the creators of said works. This can easily divert resources away from the creative processes, crippling the quality of creative works (especially films and games) in the long term.
DRM can limit a consumer in what they do with the creative work beyond the extent copyright does. For instance, it can make otherwisely legal 'home copies' for personal use (NL), citation or parody ILLEGAL.
DRM makes preservation of media harder or impossible, since the code is often held by those who made the DRM in question, and cracking this code is illegal by law. Especially always-on DRM can fail easily if the server fails or you know, the Internet connection is lost!
DRM creates hardware restrictions by definition. Take HDCP, which only works if your TV supports the same HDCP as the device you connect it to. Even when you don't want to use a 4K TV or monitor HDCP can force you to buy a TV that supports the latest version, which are often more expensive 4K models. Another one is that of software actively restricting how many devices you install it on using the same key ('install activation') which can prevent you from upgrading your PC. Especially iTunes was NOTORIOUS for only allowing a set number of PCs connected to one Apple ID until Apple probably changed this one day?
Buttons
The buttons on this website do not per se constitute my own work, unlike the text, images, music and full motion video, and are treated separately due to their nature. These may be made by the same author as the text surrounding them. In that case, except if they contain a logo, they are put in the Public Domain with a CC0 Waiver. Otherwise, these buttons come from online resources and do not have an identifiable source. If one or more buttons are made by Vijfsnippervijf, such is placed at the bottom of a page.
Cookies
The full motion video on this website is hosted and published on YouTube which uses cookies for tracking purposes. Using the NoCookies option in the embed, this is disabled wherever possible. I myself do not use any cookies either: they just take up space on your computer and I'm not interested in what YOU are doing on this Web site. After all, this Web site is mine and not yours. :)
Other kinds of trackers
Unfortunately YouTube still uses local storage for data processing on your computer. Thus, a CheckBox object is placed at the top of EVERY page which reads as follows:
I accept the use of trackers for the purposes of marketing and statistics by YouTube on this page (required for video).
Of course, there is no video on this page, but watch what happens if you check and uncheck this box!
Well, this is where code would go that loads the YouTube video instead! This way, no cookies or trackers get foodhold until YOU check the checkbox.
That's the magic that keeps the Web Site GDPR compliant. This should also improve loading times.
So what are you waiting for? Return to the main page using this link!
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