Fan Site Policy

We're flattered by users who love BeastMaster enough to want to create a fan site for the show. Your enthusiasm and dedication to the show is inspiring. We by no means want to inhibit your creativity. In fact, we want to showcase your talent in our Fan Site List. But to do that, we need to make sure that everyone gets credit where credit is due.  Copyright is all about giving people the credit they deserve for their good ideas.

If you want to put up a fan web site, or already have, here's what you need to do:

If you sell ads on your web site or it requires a subscription to see it
that's not just a fan site and you need special permission so contact us.

1) If you use graphics from the official site (that includes backgrounds, logos, photographs and still images from episodes) be careful not to use them so extensively that the majority of the work on your site comes from the official site. Bring your own creativity to your web site. If you love our look (and we hope you do), make a prominent link to the official site. If you use any of our graphics (or modified versions of them), you need to include a linked note on every page where you use the graphics that says:

"Graphics (or the background for this page, or the photos on this page, etc.) are from the BeastMaster official site (that should be a link to http://dars-home.com) and are copyright 2000, Tribune Entertainment Co. All rights reserved."

2) When it comes to the text from our site, we want to encourage you to bring your own ideas, words and creativity into your web site and just use quotes from ours. If you do use text from our site, you also need a linked copyright statement on the same page as the text that says:

"This text (or the text in blue, or the text that follows) is from the BeastMaster official site (link to http://dars-home.com) and is copyright 2000, Tribune Entertainment Co. All rights reserved."

3) As you can tell from 1 and 2, we do want you to link to our site (and you'll need to if you use our stuff), but you have to be careful with that, too. Links to our site should not look like they are part of your portfolio, different sections of your site, or other fan sites. We have direct access to the executive producers and actors for the show, and readers need to know that. If you link to the following URLs (and please do!), identify them with the titles listed here:

http://dars-home.com
The Official BeastMaster Web Site

http://dars-home.com/cast.htm
The Official Information Site for BeastMaster
(This site also has storyline information and show times.)

4) Send us a note at [email protected] telling us a little about your fan web site. We'll check the web site to see if you're using the graphics or text correctly. If you are -- and you want all the extra traffic it will bring -- we'll link to your page from the Official web site. (Allow up to two weeks for us to review your site.)

5) And finally, with all of this copyright information on your site, don't forget your own copyright on your original work. It should look something like this:

Text copyright 2000, John Doe. All rights reserved.
or
Text � 2000, John Doe. All rights reserved.
or
Graphics copyright 2000, John Doe. All rights reserved.
(You get the idea)

For more information, there are some good copyright resources on the Internet and in libraries. One good source is "The Copyright WebSite."

We care enough about BeastMaster to defend it and the copyright of  the people who worked so hard to make it what it is. So if you're not using our graphics or text correctly, we'll notify you of where the problems are. If you don't want to work with us on the problems, we'll take the necessary actions to protect our hard work.

If you do follow the guidelines about fan sites, we'll add your URL to the list on our site and we'll be as careful about copyright issues as we're asking you to be. When users follow the link from our site to your web space, they'll know your   work was done by a truly dedicated, creative fan who cares about BeastMaster. Promise. Now.... go forth and be creative.