What Are The Patriot Files? How Can I Use Them? How Can I Contribute To The Fileshare?
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The Patriot Files is a file exchange for patriotic activists.
If you have developed or written a flyer, handbill, brochure, essay, whitepaper, or other document intended to educate the public about an issue - and you'd like to allow others to download it and circulate it - we encourage you to submit it to The Patriot Files!
If you have created multimedia files (audio, video) or even a MS PowerPoint presentation - and you'd like to authorize others to use it - please submit it to The Patriot Files! Multimedia files could be used by webmasters on their patriot or activist-oriented websites. They could even be circulated as attachments to email!
Do you know of an organization that has published useful information (like the above-described types) and made it available for download from their website? Please contact them and invite them to share their materials here in The Patriot Files.
If you think of suggestions to improve on the usefulness of The Patriot Files, please let us know!
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Will My Work Be Copyrighted Or Licensed If I Submit It To The Patriot Files?
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You always retain the copyright for any material you submit on the PatriotCalendar website, including files shared to The Patriot Files file exchange.
During the process of upload to The Patriot Files, you will be given the opportunity to apply additional licensing (see Creative Commons at creativecommons.org) -- IF you wish.
Creative Commons licensing offers an easy way for you to give blanket authorization for others to use your work in certain manners, as specified by the type of license you choose to apply.
This circumvents the US copyright law requirement for each individual wishing to use your work to contact you to obtain your permission, provided the intent is to use the work in the manner you have specified.
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How Do I Upload A File To The Patriot Files?
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This feature is available only to registered and logged in members:
Click the large "Features" button near the top of this webpage.
Then click "Patriot Files" on the horizontal blue menu bar.
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You will be prompted to locate the file on your computer and upload it, then create an accompanying "document" containing a description of (and licensing information, if you so choose, for) the file you are sharing.
If you would like attribution (a credit to the author or authors) to be stated in a certain manner, please include that information in the document description.
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What Are The Patriot Files? How Can I Use Them? How Can I Contribute To The Fileshare?