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Appendix A - Legal Considerations
Pages 103-108

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From page 103...
... enjoys; • Environmental regulations; • Workplace and employee safety; • Insurance, including workers' compensation plans and facility management; • Issues arising from the publication and distribution of information and the control of such information; • Issues arising from sharing information within the same industry, including anti-trust considerations; and • The encouragement of equal participation and diversity. As a way of presenting legal examples, the fictitious "Center City Transit Agency" ("CCTA")
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From page 104...
... Affixing the statement, "All rights reserved" to your work of authorship notifies users that all available rights are claimed. When you create an original maintenance practice and save it on your computer, the procedure in this fixed form is automatically protected by copyright law.
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From page 105...
... . • With the exception of properly cited sources presented herein, this maintenance practice is copyright protected under the copyright laws of the United States and are the exclusive property of Center City Transit Agency.
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From page 106...
... EXAMPLES AND CLAUSES You may use the following examples and clauses in your own maintenance practices. However, be aware that some items may not apply to your particular situation and all references to CCTA or Center City Transit Agency are used as examples only.
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From page 107...
... Here is a sample disclaimer for indemnity: You agree to indemnify and hold "Center City Transit" and its representatives, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders, other partners, and employees harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content submitted, posted, transmitted, or made available through this project, your use of electronic forms of transmission of the content, or your violation of any rights of another. You expressly understand and agree that the author(s)
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From page 108...
... the appropriate trademark registration symbol or copyright symbol appears where applicable; (2) after the first mention of such intellectual property, a footnote or other text formatting is used to tell the reader who the source and owner of said intellectual property is; (3)
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