1. General information

The owner and operator of this website www.karlkoeniginstitute.org is:

Karl König Institute for Art, Science and Social Life e.V.
Elvirasteig 30
14129 Berlin
Germany

Karl König Institut
Main Office
Meiereifeld 35
14532 Kleinmachnow
Germany
office 'at' karlkoeniginstitute.org

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2. Responsible use of this website and information

This website www.karlkoeniginstitute.org, and all content within is only an informative guide and research base as to the topics covered and should in no way be considered as final, complete and absolute on any subject matter.

ALTHOUGH ALWAYS ABIDING BY BEST ORGANISATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES AND ETHICS, THE KARL KÖNIG INSTITUTE MAINTAINS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY MISUSE OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE PRESENTED ON THIS WEBSITE. INFORMATION PRESENTED WITHIN THIS WEBSITE SHOULD BE USED ONLY AS A GENERAL GUIDE AND FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES, AS INTENDED.

The material on this website is only a summary of the subject matters covered and is not intended to be, nor should it be relied on as a substitute for any exact and direct professional advice and service on any of the areas, such as educational, medical, psychological, therapeutical, agricultural, scientific, social, religious, spiritual, artistic, or other, whether or not specifically relating to the research of Karl König and the Karl König Institute and/or any other information mentioned on this website.

As always, it is recommended that users exercise their own care, caution and discretion with respect to the use of this website and content within, as indeed of all other sources of information on the Internet or other, and carefully consider and evaluate all information and their relevancy and how it may relate to their own unique situation, before making any decision or taking any action that may affect them or others.

The same holds true for any information on third party sources that this website links to, or is embedded into this website (i.e. videos from third party sources posted on YouTube), as well as the Institute’s official social media channels.

3. Online payment transaction terms

IMPORTANT: No online payment transactions are actually made directly on this website. This website DOES NOT accept nor hold any payment information as such.

Only initial enquiries, such as for purchasing a book/publication not otherwise listed on any of our third party book distributors/publishers, donations, activities and events, or other matters, can be submitted through this website's contact form or directly over email, but not confirmed or paid online via this website as such.

Any online transactions for the purchase of books/publications from the Archive are done via authorised and credible third party distributors/book stores, to which the books/publications on this website provide a link to. If a book/publication is to be purchased directly from the Institute, then this is done so outside of this website, following further correspondence, and ultimately payment of an invoice, as agreed, such as with a cheque or bank transfer.

Donations to the Institute can be done either in writing directly to the relevant region’s payment details as outlined in the “Donations” page of this website, either by check or bank transfer, as well as via the secure PayPal platform, where the service are provided by each region’s relevant PayPal entity:

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4. Copyright notice

Material/content found on this website www.karlkoeniginstitute.org is copyright and the intellectual property of The Karl König Institute and its archive, or as otherwise specifically mentioned in each book/publication or research material posted on this website.

All content on this website is therefore protected by the terms of the Universal Copyright Convention on intellectual property as adopted in 1952 (Berne) and revised in 1972 (Paris), unless otherwise stated or clearly implied. For instance, videos uploaded to YouTube are normally in the public domain and provided with tools to share via social media or embed into a website. This then means they are available to be used and fed by other third party website, although also subject to their own specific terms and conditions.

Copyright has since been extended by World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva) to include electronic and virtual intellectual property. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process, nor may any other exclusive right be exercised, without the permission of The Karl König Institute and or their official webmaster/agency (website designers, developers and SEO team Web Conceptions Agency).

The Karl König Institute is however a non-profit organisation that aims to provide the material, financial and idealistic support for the Karl König legacy, particularly via the Archive, books and other publications, related research, as well as various events, activities and initiatives that are organised or collaboratively staged around the world. As such, we encourage further research and cooperation on the various subject areas, and in turn provide content and material for this purposes. Should you require further assistance or guidance in research and material from the Institute and Archive, we invite you to get in touch with us directly.

Granting Wikipedia permission to copy material already online

The text and images of this website “About” and “Karl König Biography” pages, as per the following two hyperlinks

https://www.karlkoeniginstitute.org/en/about-the-institute.asp
https://www.karlkoeniginstitute.org/en/karl-koenig-biography.asp

are however available for modification and reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License and the GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).

Text that utilise any of this material should in turn reference and link to the the original source, being this website https://www.karlkoeniginstitute.org

5. Third party links & partners

In some cases, this website contains links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by The Karl König Institute. As such, The Karl König Institute assumes no responsibility for the content and its accuracy, privacy policies, or practices, and maintains no copyright over the content/information provided on these sources.

Links to such external websites also do not necessarily constitute an endorsement or a recommendation of any material, information or activities on these websites or of any third party products or services offered by, from or through these websites.

Such sources are subject to their own Privacy Policy and Legal Disclaimer/terms-of-use. Please review these carefully before proceeding to use any of their information.

By using these services, you expressly relieve The Karl König Institute from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website.

6. Organising a link-exchange

Other websites may attempt to arrange a link-exchange with this website, or promote The Karl König Institute on their own website or portal through a hyperlink and/or reference to content. Any credible links should be to www.karlkoeniginstitute.org

Ideally, The Karl König Institute and/or the webmaster/agency (website designers, developers and SEO team Web Conceptions Agency) would then be notified, who may then evaluate the possibility of providing a reciprocal link.

If you have any questions about third party links and partners notice or any other enquiries, please feel free to make contact with The Karl König Institute directly at office 'at' karlkoeniginstitute.org

7. Social media network

The Karl König Institute and/or its personnel use social media services to complement online-digital communications and in order to reach out to existing networks as well as new audiences, namely via Google business YouTube and Facebook.

However, the number and nature of social media services used by The Karl König Institute could change over time without notice. Thus, the following website disclaimer applies to all social media services in use by The Karl König Institute at any given time, regardless of whether they are mentioned here or not.

Any content, views, opinions and/or responses to questions uploaded, expressed or submitted by the creators, sponsors, advertisers or users of social media services utilised by The Karl König Institute, other than the content provided by officially controlled channels, are solely the views, opinions and responsibility of the persons submitting them and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of by The Karl König Institute.

The Karl König Institute is not responsible for content that third parties publish, comment, post, upload, distribute, share, review, disseminate or otherwise transmit via social media services. Anyone doing so, should also execute their own caution as per standard social media use and netiquette (good practice), as information they are providing is being released to the public domain and in some instance cannot be reversed.

While The Karl König Institute will endeavour to maintain the currency and accuracy of information published via its own official social media channels, it does not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of the information available on its social media channels – particularly considering that trends rapidly change, as can information and research material.

Users are advised to always take care and caution, and should themselves check the accuracy and currency of information posted on social media, as indeed any online source, before taking any action. A good and proper way would also be to speak to us directly for further clarifications.

Social media services may occasionally be unavailable and The Karl König Institute accepts no responsibility for lack of service due to downtime.

8. Website Disclaimer revision

Such is the nature of the fast moving web, online and digital technology and regulations, as well as the dynamic operations and evolution of any organisation, The Karl König Institute reserves the right and may, in its sole discretion, modify, revise, or update this Website Disclaimer at any time accordingly in order to be relevant with any updates, and in many instances is compelled to do so.

As the user, you should periodically review the most up-to-date version, and agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions, and to its current relevancy, as presented on this website at any present given time.

The Karl König Institute
office 'at' karlkoeniginstitute.org