Dao Dao Resource Sharing Self-Directed Learning Website Intellectual Property Rights

The Dao Dao Resource Sharing Self-Directed Learning Website (https://www.daoedu.tw, hereinafter referred to as “this Website”) respects the intellectual property rights of others and seeks to provide a platform free from content that infringes such rights. Our user agreement requires members to publish information that is accurate, lawful, and does not infringe the rights of third parties. This requirement applies to any type of activity organized by this Website.

Please note that regardless of whether we prohibit access to or remove content, this Website may in good faith attempt to forward written notices (including the complainant’s contact information) to the member who posted the content and/or take other reasonable measures to notify the member, indicating that the Website has received a notice of alleged intellectual property infringement or other content violations. Our policy also allows us, where appropriate, to disable and/or terminate the accounts of members or groups (as applicable) who infringe or repeatedly infringe the rights of others or otherwise publish unlawful content.

Please note that any notice or counter-notice you submit must be truthful and must comply with penalties for perjury. False notices or counter-notices may result in personal liability. Therefore, you may wish to seek legal counsel before submitting a notice or counter-notice.

1. Copyright

  1. Responses, supplements, or evaluations written by website collaborators after verification may be subject to copyright protection. The contributing editors agree to submit such content to the Website’s operated computers or related equipment for storage under a public domain dedication (CC0-1.0), free of charge.

  2. If website collaborators use third-party sources as supporting evidence, the copyrights of the cited materials remain with the original third-party creators. In such cases, collaborators agree to quote third-party materials within a reasonable scope for verification purposes and to provide the original source upon submission.

  3. After collaborators and chatbot users submit information under CC0-1.0, this Website may organize such information editorially and publish datasets protected by editorial compilation under CC BY-SA 4.0 or other licensing models on the Dao Dao learning community website, chatbots, or data archives provided by the learning community.

  4. If data users violate the licensing model specified in the preceding paragraph, this Website will assert its rights accordingly.

  5. This Website will comprehensively evaluate social welfare and openness when selecting the licensing model for data publication. We also welcome your valuable feedback regarding licensing policies via the Website’s contact methods.

2. Legality and Appropriateness of Contributed Content

  1. Your contributed data must not infringe the intellectual property rights of others. By contributing content, you represent that, to the best of your knowledge, you have the right to authorize the Administrator and users of this Website to use and distribute such content under the licensing terms designated and selected by the Administrator. Please note that the Administrator is not obligated to include your contributed content on the Website and may remove it at any time. The Administrator bears no obligation to retain your contributed content.

3. Grant of Rights

  1. You hereby grant the Administrator a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, and irrevocable license to exercise copyright and other neighboring rights or database rights as defined in applicable jurisdictions, allowing unrestricted use of any content elements, whether on the original medium or in other forms. The granted rights expressly include commercial use and are not limited to any field. This license includes, but is not limited to, the right to sublicense the work for subsequent use and to allow multiple tiers of sublicensees. To the maximum extent permitted by law and copyright contracts, you waive or agree not to assert any moral rights against the Administrator or authorized users. Except as expressly stated herein, all rights, title, and interests in your contributed content remain with you.

4. Disclaimer

  1. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you provide this content on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis and warrant that it does not infringe upon the rights of others. Except for liabilities that may not be excluded or limited by law, neither you nor the Administrator shall be liable under this agreement for damages arising under any theory of liability.

5. Other Matters

  1. You agree that personal information generated or provided during form submissions and required registration or login procedures may be subsequently collected, processed, and used by the Administrator. These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of China (Taiwan). If any provision of this agreement is deemed invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.

6. Supplementary Provisions

  1. In addition to contributing content as described above, you may specify one or more public licenses or dedication models as supplementary licensing terms through forms, appendices, or descriptions. Such contributed content will be licensed to the Website both under these Terms and under the specified supplementary terms (dual or multiple licensing). While the Administrator is not bound by the supplementary terms, the Administrator may, where feasible, respect your designation and distribute the content under both the selected license and the supplementary terms. If you designate a “CC0 Public Domain Dedication,” such dedication constitutes a waiver of copyright and related rights, allowing the Website to freely use and redistribute the content without restriction and to further distribute it under CC0.

7. Contact Information

  1. If you have any concerns regarding these User Terms, copyright, database dispute handling, service content, or privacy, please email [email protected]. The Website will address your inquiry during scheduled meetings or through other appropriate channels. Dispute resolution and jurisdiction: any disputes arising from these User Terms shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Taipei District Court, Taiwan, as the court of first instance.