Terms of Use of Samut-samot Resources

Samut-samot allows its visitors to download various educational materials (e.g., worksheets, activity pages, lesson sheets, reference materials, graphic images, resources for on-screen viewing, etc.) for personal, home, and multi-classroom use. When visitors or users download a resource from Samut-samot, it is understood that they agree to abide by the Terms of Use indicated below.

Why does Samut-samot have Terms of Use? The artists given credit in the blog posts or Credits page own the copyrights to the clip art images and/or fonts in the resource. The owner of Samut-samot has agreed to abide by their Terms of Use. Violation of the Terms of Use below is also an infringement of their copyrights.

IMPORTANT: Though older resources have Terms of Use indicated, all resources downloaded from this website (old and new) are subject to the current and updated Terms of Use in this document. It is important to check this document now and then to see whether you are violating any of the terms.

In the Terms of Use below, the term ‘resource’ refers to the downloadable digital version (soft copy, usually a PDF file) of the educational material.

Copyrights

Users are not granted copyrights. Unless otherwise stated, the text in the resource remains the intellectual property of the owner of this website.

Where applicable, the clip art images and fonts used in the resource remain the intellectual property of the artists indicated in the blog post or credits page of the resource.

If there is no credit page in the resource, it is understood that the owner of this website owns the copyright to the text and images in it.

Some images in a resource may be public domain. In such cases, no attribution is required and commercial use by Samut-samot is allowed.

Users of the resource may not edit the pages of the resource by adding logos, trademarks, institution or organization names, website addresses, or any other marking.

Non-commercial Use

Users may not resell the resource, copy or alter it, and claim it as their own, or use it to create derivative works which would infringe on intellectual copyrights.

Users of the resource are permitted to print (unless stated otherwise) and photocopy its pages for personal use, home use, multi-classroom use, or use in educational environments with the condition that the website address (samutsamot.com) and/or copyright mark and name are not cropped, covered, removed, or modified.

COMMERCIAL USE IS PROHIBITED. Users of the resource may not sell it, its printed pages or pages reproduced from photocopying or other processes for profit or for any commercial use.

MASS DISTRIBUTION IS PROHIBITED. Users of the resource may not distribute printed pages or pages reproduced from photocopying as part of modules or workbooks that will be sold or distributed for free and brought outside the classroom, tutorial center, or teaching area. However, students or tutees and their parents may take home completed (answered) resource pages.

Sharing

Users of the resource are granted a single and nontransferable license to use it. They are prohibited from giving it or a digital copy of it to someone else for free, for sale, or for any commercial purpose. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, electronic file transfers such as email attachments or sharing through a website, cloud, or network. Please provide a link to the website post instead.

Users of the resource are prohibited from uploading it or any part of it onto any other website such as Scribd and SlideShare or any cloud storage or file sharing sites such as Google Drive and Dropbox where third parties can download the resource. The artists given credit in the blog posts or credits page own the copyrights to the clip art images and/or fonts in the resource. Uploading the resource or any part of it in another website is also an infringement of their copyrights.

Users of the resource may provide a direct link to the blog https://samutsamot.com/ if they are reviewing the resource or recommending it through social media websites.

Sharing through Online Classrooms for Teachers and Tutors

If you are a teacher or tutor conducting limited online classes, you may distribute the digital resource to your students or their parents/guardians through email or through the learning management system (LMS) you are using such as Google Classroom, as long as the parents/guardians know that the resources cannot be distributed or sold to others or used for commercial purposes. Alternatively, you can share with them the direct link to the resource where they can download it themselves. 

If answer keys are provided in the same resource and you need them removed, you may use sites that can extract pages from a PDF file, such as smallpdf.com.

If you are a teacher or tutor who wish to record videos of your lessons using the resources meant for on-screen viewing or show printable resources during your online class, you may do so as long as the video and video recording will only be accessed and viewed by your students and/or their parents/guardians. It should not be uploaded to the internet where it can accessed or viewed by the public.

Storing

Users of the resource may copy and store this product in another device that is theirs for personal and private use. A third party must not be able to access the resource.

For paid resources, Samut-samot and the author or authors cannot be held responsible for the loss, accidental deletion, or damage of the product after its initial receipt through email.

Other Concerns

Questions regarding the allowable use of the resources from this website should be emailed to samutsamot.mom (@) gmail.com. Unauthorized use of the resource may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offense.

This ‘Terms of Use’ document was last reviewed or modified on December 21, 2021.