To our contributors:
Like everything else in our world, we have some legal language about your participation in our ‘zine. When we write “’zine” we mean specifically Guilloteen (or any other title we may end up using). When we write “you” we mean specifically the person creating and submitting the work. This includes (but is not necessarily limited to) the following:
1) You agree that you are the owner of the submission, and that you have the full authority over it to allow us to publish it;
2) You agree that you are submitting it without any expectation of compensation, and that we have not indicated in any way that you’ll be paid for the work;
3) You agree that for the purposes of publishing your work in this ‘zine, which may be distributed in any media (on-line, on paper, in a video, etc.), you give those rights to us (in other words, you are allowing us to use your work for free, and that you are allowing us to use it in furtherance of our stated editorial mission);
4) We agree that we will not use your work for any purpose other thanincluding it in our ‘zine and for purposes of publicizing it;
5) We are not obligated to use your submission, and neither are you obligated to send us your work, but once you have, and once we have approved it for publication, it is ours for this purpose;
6) You agree that we can make changes to the work only for editorial purposes (copy editing, not for content), and for reasons of placement and fit into the design of our ‘zine;
7) We agree that we will not change the stated editorial intent of our ‘zine, and that if it does change, we will notify you and you’ll have the opportunity to withdraw your work (i.e., if we all of a sudden want to publish a magazine about cars, we will let you know and give you the chance to take back what you sent); and lastly,
8) This list is not all-inclusive, and that other standard terms and conditions used by web sites and/or magazines in print apply to the ‘zine and to you.
If you would like a more detailed version of this implicit agreement, please e-mail us at legal@guilloteenzine.com and we’ll send it to you.