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With Regard to Individuals Belonging to
Member Institutions
Out of respect for the creative process
and in recognition of the intellectual property issues involved,
IRMS will maintain the highest of ethical standards in our lending
policies for our licensed resources.
For some time now it has been the policy
of Iowa Religious Media Services to loan resources at no charge to
individuals who belong to congregations who have purchased an
annual membership. It is the assumption of IRMS that these
resources are only for the personal use of the borrowing
individual.
In response to an increasing number of
requests by individuals to use resources borrowed from IRMS
through a church membership in that individual's work environment,
IRMS affirms that we will not knowingly provide resources for use
in this context. Such usage is outside the scope of the licensing
arrangements made between IRMS and the publishers of our resources
at the time of purchase.
Likewise, an individual associated with a
non-member institution is barred from checking out resources for
usage at a non-member institution through another church
membership.
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