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Selling or giving away materials using the PCS in paper or software form is
illegal without the permission of Mayer-Johnson LLC. If your
project does not meet the guidelines listed below, you will need to request
permission to share materials which contain the PCS.
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PCS purchased by a school:
If a copy of a PCS book or software is purchased for a school, teachers or
therapists in the school may use the PCS in materials for the students in the
school. Copying the materials for an entire school system is illegal.
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PCS purchased by a teacher or therapist:
If a copy of a PCS book or software is purchased by a therapist or teacher,
the therapist or teacher may use the PCS materials with persons in his/her
caseload. This also means that an itinerant teacher or therapist may use the
materials for students in multiple schools if the students using the materials
are in his/her caseload. Copying the materials for an entire school system is
illegal.
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PCS purchased by a hospital:
If a copy of a PCS book or software is purchased for a hospital, therapists in
the hospital may use the PCS materials with the patients of the hospital.
Copying the materials for an entire hospital system is illegal.
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For all other uses:
For uses that do not conform to the copyright guidelines above, you will need
to request permission to use the PCS. Please fill out the
PCS Permission Request Form, and we will
contact you as soon as possible to discuss your project.
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Scenarios which require permission to use
the PCS:
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Permission to use the PCS is frequently granted for the following uses:
- newsletters
- charity fund raising materials (T-shirts, calendars, greeting cards, etc)
- decorative web site graphics
- workshop handouts
- sales samples for devices or other communication products
- handouts for teacher education
- books on how to teach special needs students
- books supplied to non-readers with information on rights and services
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Using the PCS in commercial products:
We commonly grant permission or enter into licensing agreements for the right
to use the PCS in books and materials printed by authors or published and sold
by other companies. Contact our office for more information.
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If you have a book or project that you think may become a commercial product:
Call us and describe your project. We will often allow you to make up to 50
copies to distribute at no charge. This would help you determine whether or not
the project is viable as a commercial product. We will respond to licensing requests within one month. So if you are in production please don't delay to get permissions out of the way. This way you can go straight to market.
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If you receive permission to use the PCS with your project, we require that you
include this copyright statement on your project:
"The Picture Communication Symbols
©1981–2008 by Mayer-Johnson LLC. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Used
with permission."
To help us publicize our products, we would appreciate it if you include our
company information in the resource section of your documentation. It is as
follows:
Mayer-Johnson LLC
P.O. Box 1579
Solana Beach, CA 92075
U.S.A.
Phone: 858 550-0084
Fax: 858 550-0449
email: mayerj@mayer-johnson.com
Web site: www.mayer-johnson.com
Thank you,
Mayer-Johnson LLC
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