Yes. This type of use falls under what is called the "fair use" provision of copyright law. You don't need to ask our permission to do this.

Possibly. You must first request permission in writing from the ARRL or sending an email to: permission@arrl.org

When the materials are used, a line of text must also appear that declares the ARRL copyright, such as "Reprinted with the permission of the ARRL. Copyright ARRL."

No. That is a violation of our copyright. The ARRL grants three exceptions, however.

1. QST, QEX or NCJ authors are permitted to post copies of their published articles on their personal Web sites.

    

2. ARRL Affiliated Clubs can post QST, QEX or NCJ articles on their Web sites on a temporary basis.

    

3. Vendors who advertise in ARRL publications may distribute copies of articles or reviews that apply specifically to their products.

In all of these instances, prior permission is needed and the materials must include an ARRL copyright declaration as discussed above.

No. That is a violation of our copyright.

No. All ARRL logos are trademarks and must not be used commercially (as part of an item for sale). However, the ARRL may be willing to sell you a limited license for commercial use. Contact Publications Sales at ARRL Headquarters.

No, but you may link to the ARRL story.

If your Web site is noncommercial (you aren't selling anything) and you are an ARRL member, yes.

No.

Yes--as long as you are selling only the item you actually purchased, not copies of the item.

The ARRL owns all rights to the material as published. That is, we own exclusive rights to the item in the form in which is published in an ARRL book, Web site, magazine or any other League media. This includes photographs, the manner in which the text and photos are arranged, etc. We acquire these exclusive rights because we have agreements with our International Amateur Radio Union sister societies that allow them to reprint anything we publish without copyright infringement. Also, we often use published materials for other purposes and therefore cannot have them encumbered by conflicting ownership.

It is important to point out, however, that the League does not own rights to the ideas presented in published materials (an antenna design, for example). We also do not own the rights to a particular device or software described in a book or article.

Bottom line: The copyright we own applies strictly to the way in which we publish an author’s work – nothing more.

Factual Information itself cannot be copyrighted--only the way in which that information is published. This means that you can reproduce information from the Repeater Directory on your Web site, but you cannot do it in the same format as a Repeater Directory page. (Your Web page can't look like a Repeater Directory page.)

The same idea applies to factual information you may find in other ARRL publications. For instance, you can republish a list of RF loss specifications for coaxial cable that you may have seen in the ARRL Handbook, but your list can't look like the list in the ARRL Handbook.

Yes. We only ask that you give credit to the ARRL as the source.

No. ARRL copyrights are still in force, even if the item in question hasn't been published in many decades.