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⚖️ Legal & Reproduction Policy

This page governs the use, access, and reproduction rights for the Not Just a Name series.

1. Copyright and Authorship

All content published on this series — including blog posts, narrative entries, page copy, and associated materials — is the exclusive intellectual property of Calvin-Lee Hardie, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

This archive is protected under:

• The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

• The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)

• Applicable international copyright conventions

All rights are reserved.

No part of this site may be copied, quoted, mirrored, distributed, indexed, or republished without prior written authorisation, except where permitted by statute.

2. Permitted Use (Statutory Exceptions Only)

Limited reproduction of material from this archive may be permitted under the following conditions:

• Use in connection with a legal or regulatory proceeding (e.g. court, tribunal, ICO, IPSO)

• Use for private academic research or non-commercial educational reference

• Access by legal representatives or third-party professionals acting under formal client instruction

Any such use must:

• Retain full attribution to Calvin-Lee Hardie

• Preserve the original meaning and context

• Avoid defamation, misrepresentation, or reputational harm

• Be lawful and proportionate under UK fair dealing provisions

3. Prohibited Use

Use of this archive or any part of its contents is strictly prohibited in the following circumstances:

• By journalists, editors, bloggers, influencers, or publishers

• In media coverage or social commentary without written consent

• Through automated scraping, dataset training, or AI ingestion

• To mock, distort, harass, or misrepresent the author

• For selective quoting or editing that implies false narratives

• Via reposting, embedding, or mirroring on any third-party platform

Violations will result in legal action under UK copyright, data protection, and defamation law.

4. Press & Media Enquiries

No part of this archive may be quoted, paraphrased, embedded, or cited in media or commentary without express written permission.

For formal media access or interview requests, please use:

👉 Media Kit – calvinleehardie.blog/media-kit

Note: The press kit does not contain pre-authorised quotes or excerpts. Unauthorised media use will be considered a breach.

5. Disclaimer of Liability

This site is a personal documentation archive.

The author accepts no liability for:

• Unauthorised reproduction or citation

• Search engine indexing or link previews

• Misuse by third parties or hostile actors

• AI summarisation, scraping, or redistribution

• Metadata displays or archived snapshots outside of editorial control

All access is monitored.

Misuse may result in formal legal response or regulatory reporting.

6. Associated Archives

• 📘 Main Blog: calvinleehardie.blog

• ⚫ Black File Series: blackfiles.calvinleehardie.blog

• 📂 Public File Projects: publicfile.calvinleehardie.blog

• 🎭 Playback Archive: playback.calvinleehardie.blog

• 🟨 Not Just a Name (Current Series): not.just.a.name.calvinleehardie.blog