Administration, copyright, and finances

'The Research Cooperative' is a not-for-profit website and social network created and administered by P. J. Matthews on behalf of our members, with some occasional outside help (volunteers please apply!). The Research Cooperative (also referred to as 'the Cooperative' below) was established in 2001, and provides a free international service for our Members and Visitors.

Full contact details

The Research Cooperative
c/o Dr P. J. Matthews, National Museum of Ethnology,
Senri Expo Park, Suita City, Osaka 565-8511, Japan

Tel. +81 6 6878-8344, fax +81 6878-7503
Email: researchcooperative at gmail dot com
Skype name: cooperative

If no reply is received from above address, please contact The Research Cooperative, c/o Dr D. Niles, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), 457-4 Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8047, Japan

Copyright and Terms of Use

The Research Cooperative by The Research Cooperative is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. The design (layout) and content of this site are copyright of the Cooperative, unless contributed by an identified Member or obtained from another source by the Cooperative or Member. The copyright for content provided by Members, or from other sources, belongs to the members and other sources respectively (e.g. all messages, original images provided by members, and the logos of other organisations). Members provide these materials on the understanding that they may be cited under the terms of our CC license, and take responsibility for any disputes that may arise if they post material obtained from a third party. The Research Cooperative hereby disclaims responsibility for the posting of third-party materials by Members, but undertakes to remove such materials if a reasonable request is made by a third-party copyright holder.

Permissions beyond the scope of our CC license

All content published here may be copied and used for personal reference, or for educational purposes (research or teaching), with appropriate citation. For commercial purposes, permission must be obtained from the relevant source (for example, the Cooperative administrator, or a Cooperative member who posted an image, message, or comment).

Acknowledgements

Ning.com is our internet service provider, and provides the social networking system used here (to keep the site free of ads is costing us approximately USD 20.00 per month). Practical support for promotion of the site is currently being provided by Cactus Communications Pvt. Ltd, our first sponsor (Year Oct. 2008-Oct.2009). We also acknowledge the contributions of many past and present members to improvements to our website, through the comments, advice, and questions they have freely provided over many years.

Our trading name, for non-commercial financial operations of the Cooperative

"The Research Cooperative" is an established trading name registered with the ANZ Bank, New Zealand. Our trading account is used to receive donations, and for operation and promotion of the Cooperative. Only one donor has contributed so far (the network creator). For information about our current financial circumstances, or donation offers, please contact Dr P. J. Matthews (researchcooperative [at] gmail [dot] com). Our trading name is also used as author name for the present Research Cooperative website as a whole.

Copyright is hereby claimed for "The Research Cooperative" as a trading name, its abbreviated forms (Research Cooperative, Research Co-op), and logo (in any size and colour; see example at the start of this paragraph). The logo consists of two sitting figures supporting each other, back to back, and facing outwards, in the abstract form shown here. The logo is based (by visual reference) on an original brush-pen painting in black ink by P. J. Matthews, who herewith transfers copyright for the painting, and digital copies of the painting, in any size and colour, to the Research Cooperative (see example below).