Terms &
Conditions for Guest Writers/Bloggers
21) The
guest writer/blogger fully understands that the article submitted by him/her to
be published on this website will not be compensated for, monetarily, now or
ever in the future. Only, due credit (his/her byline)
will be given.
22) The
website management will not re-sell articles written by Guest Writers.
23) The
author is free to publish the same article any place else after it is first published
on this website but after a waiting period of 48 hours from the time of
publication on this website. It must be expressly mentioned in all subsequent
publications of the same article/blog posts on other websites/blogs that the
article/post had first appeared on the Guest Writers Page on www.whatsnewonthenet.com
24) All
articles/blogposts except hardcore News reports shall
be published in a special section for guest writers/blog posts
25) If
the website management feels that the article can be placed in any other part
of the website, it shall do so without any notice to the writer.
26) The
author will have absolutely no say in deciding/suggesting where his article
will be placed. He/she, by reading these terms & conditions, and then by submitting the
article, expressly waives off any right to insist on a suitable place in this
website for the publication of his/her article/blogpost
27) The
ultimate/sole liability arising out of plagiarism, even for parts of the
submitted article/blogpost, rests only and only on
the concerned writer and not on this website because of the guest & free
nature of the submission. He/she shall bear singular responsibility in case of
any legal proceedings in this matter
28) If
at any point in time, the website management receives a complaint of
plagiarism, and if it is ultimately convinced that it is indeed so, the said
article shall be promptly removed from the website & the writer permanently
blacklisted
29) The
website management retains the right to publish/run the article/blogpost for as long as it deems fit. There is no guaranteed
lock-in period or minimum/maximum period of it being online
30) The
website management also retains the right to remove an article without giving
any explanation to the writer/author
31) All
views/opinions expressed in such guest articles will be solely those of the
author/writer and NOT of this website.
32) The
writer/author shall alone be responsible for any factual errors in his/her
article
33) If
such an error is established and proved beyond doubt, the writer will be given
the opportunity to immediately rectify it. If he/she does not do so, the
website management retains the right to then delete the article
34) The
website may or may not maintain an archive or Articles/blogposts bank of such guest
articles.
35) For
purposes of identification to the online & offline community, a guest
writer/author/blogger may announce that he is a guest writer/freelancer for
this website. But he/she is not permitted to state that he/she is on the
permanent staff of this website or convey, or do anything that conveys that
impression. If done, this website shall not have any legal responsibility.
36) The
guest author/writer may use the name of this website and the home page URL
only, for personal promotional purposes, i.e. to identify him/her as a guest
writer for this website, and nothing beyond that. He/she can link from any of
his/her own articles from this website to any of his/her articles on other
websites/blogs. But he/she cannot deep link to other sections of this website
without prior permission.
37) The
website Editors may link to other reports from the submitted article/blogpost if need be.
38) The
website management retains all right to promote the guest article or the guest
author in any way it deems fit including announcing them in its own
advertisements or on social networking sites or in any other form of
advertisement or from any marketing platform.
39) Because
of its very nature Guest & Free,
the guest writer/blogger indemnifies the website from any potential legal
liability/damage that may arise from his/her article/blogpost
40) The
author will ensure that he has complied with all copyright issues pertaining to
his article, for text, photographs, graphics and any other, before submitting
it to this website. If the website feels that there could be a possible
copyright violation, it will first alert the writer, and if the latter does not
willing rectify the situation, the website administrator will step in and do
so. In extreme cases, the entire article may be deleted from the website. The
ultimate responsibility in copyright violations shall lie only and only with
the writer and not on this website.
41) The
Guest Writer shall give due credit in his article/post for any material or
photo or graphic used where such is expressly required by the original
copyright holders. He/she are also obliged to mention/attribute the sources of
information or give backlinks in their articles, if
not original.
42) Habitual
offenders shall be blacklisted as writers.
43) The
guest author is allowed to put links in his guest article but not over 6 links.
44) In
certain cases, as deemed fit by the website management, the photograph of the
writer/author may be published along with his report.
45) In
the interest of style, design and so on, the guest article may be styled in a
particular manner, the writer should have no objection to it.
46) The
headline/slugs/photo captions will be given by the guest writers/bloggers and
will not be changed except in cases of grammatical errors.
47) This
website will not add or insert any text, photo, graphic in the main body of the
article. In the interest of design, some styling may be done to the overall
article/post as a whole.
48) (a)These terms and conditions are part of the Write for Us Page on our website. (b)A
copy shall also be sent by e-mail to potential writers/bloggers, who shall have to acknowledge these by e-mail reply. In any
case, The Guest Writer Terms and
Conditions and the website Terms of
Use shall be deemed as read by guest authors who go ahead and submit their
articles for publication on our Write For Us or News Page, after the above 2
steps.
Posted on Jan 7, 2011