We hope your visit with us will be an enjoyable  learning experience ~ one of personal enrichment along with advancement of your knowledge of the Arabian Horse and the history behind the CMK Heritage Programs, particularly those in the pedigrees of the horses in our Old California/Hearst breeding program here at Arieana Arabians.

We do feel compelled to remind our viewing audience that this website and all materials herein, including HTML and programming code(s), photos, images, etc., are copyright protected. Permission must be obtained from the original author for the re-use of any text (in whole or in part). These copyrights also apply to the re-use of any photographs and other images, and links are furnished specifically for your use in contacting the copyrighted originator.

All instances of misuse or suspected infringement will be investigated and the appropriate penalties levied against all parties involved. Misuse includes, but is not limited to, theft of bandwidth in addition to copyright and CMK trademark violations. We take these issues seriously and will do everything within our legal means to protect our rights.

In other words and more simple terms, please just give us credit where credit is due! Links to this website are welcomed and even encouraged. Links are furnished within to make it as easy as possible to contact the copyrighted originator for requesting their permission to use. Excerpts from articles should give credit to the copyrighted author with proper quotes and mention of the resource. Hopefully with everyone's understanding and cooperation, there will be no more problems in this sensitive area.

Wishing to know more about copyrights themselves? Recommended reading and discussion on copyright issues can be found on Brad Templeton's website. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act in Adobe's PDF file format is also available for you to download directly from our website.

Thanking you in advance for your cooperation and wishing you many happy, joy-filled hours of research, study, and learning.

~Suzi Morris (Statement revised 03/05/04)

(You will need Adobe's Reader to view the Digital Millennium Copyright Act PDF file. That software program is available for a free download from their website. Just click on the image below to go directly to the Adobe website.)