Friendly stuff
I am not a professional author and consequently am always delighted in people taking an interest in my work. If you would like to reproduce any of the material on this site, feel free to do so, as long as (1) credit is given to the author and (2) no fee is obtained for the reproduction or publishing of the material. I would be very grateful if you would get in touch and let me know what material you have used, but it's not essential.
On the other hand, if you'd actually like to pay me to use any of this material, please do get in touch...
Legal stuff
This website (including the design and content) is protected by copyright. All contents on this site, except where explicitly stated, are the original and sole work of David Abbott. All rights reserved. In particular, the author reserves the moral and legal right to be identified as the author of all of this original work, in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.
This website incorporates a number of domains or subdomains. All are included in the terms and conditions that govern your use of this site.
The included domains and subdomains include, but may not be limited to:
- IWroteThis.co.uk
- IWroteThis.WebPlex.co.uk (IWroteThis.co.uk's host)
- IWroteThisLive.BlogSpot.com (IWroteThis.co.uk Live)
- TheRealGoatee.co.uk
- Cinematopia.co.uk (IWroteThis.co.uk's previous host) [certain subsections only]
- website.lineone.net/~d.a.abbott/ (deprecated)
Other material
The pen used in the site logo is a Parker Rialto. The image has been "borrowed" from the website of Parker Pens. The HTML 4.01 and CSS verification logos are supplied by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The photograph of me was taken by Paul Wright at Link Monkeys. A number of other photographs that appear may have been taken by other people, chief among them the prolific Scott Geary, but also Joe Hunter, Chris Hunter, Rasey Sehmi and many others, to whom I am indebted. Other images on this site may be subject to copyright restrictions.
If you believe that any material on this site contravenes your copyright, you are invited to contact the author to discuss your complaint. See the site introduction for details of getting in touch.
Browsing guidance
Taste and decency: there have been odd moments when I've had some. But mostly, this site is run on a "take it or leave it" basis. The vast majority of this site is probably PG rated, but that there are odd moments of 18 material here and there.
But it's not like all that many people are going to read it, anyway.
Terms and conditions
Your obligations: By using this website, you agree to respect the copyrights asserted by the authors of the material hereon. You confirm your understanding that the site consists of independent personal opinions and that views expressed need not represent the official position of the hosts of the website. Furthermore, you understand that all personal websites, by definition, comprise subjective opinions and that consequently, although no offence is intended by any of the content of this site, you agree that you will not hold the author liable for any harm the content may cause. Similarly, you understand that this is an amateur site and thus the veracity of information on this site should be confirmed independently rather than relied upon as a full and accurate statement of fact.
My obligations: I undertake to investigate all written complaints of inaccuracy, tastelessness, breaches of copyright and other errors and omissions in a timely and effective manner and that all material that may be in breach of acceptable bounds of taste and decency or that is alleged to contain errors or omissions will be removed until the matter is resolved.
Privacy
I do not collect personal information from users of this site, except that my host collects non-personally identifiable information from all visitors such as browser and referrer. These data are presented only as anonymous aggregates.