Effective 22-Nov-2024
As a ministry, we try to make our content widely available as a means of sharing Biblical teaching with as many people as possible. However, we have a responsibility to ensure that our content is not misused or our positions misrepresented. Therefore, we encourage you to share our content within the following guidelines.
These guidelines cover content from jaredbyrns.com or other distribution channels operated by Jared Byrns or Rejoicing in Truth Ministries. Please contact us directly regarding permission for any content or any types of use not covered here.
Definitions
- “We,” “us,” “ours,” and “our” refer to Rejoicing in Truth Ministries and/or Jared Byrns, individually or collectively.
- “You,” “yours,” and “your” refer to the user of our services.
- Our “Website” refers to https://jaredbyrns.com/.
- Our “Newsletter” refers to https://jaredbyrns.substack.com/.
- Our “Social Media Channels” refer to the following accounts controlled by us: Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/jaredbyrns/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jaredbyrns/), Twitter/X (https://x.com/jaredbyrns/, https://x.com/jaredbyrnsfr/), and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@jaredbyrns/).
- “Written content” refers to any publicly-available text, including blogs, articles, or documents that are owned by us and published on our Website, in our Newsletter, or on our Social Media Channels. It does not include printed books or e-books.”
Audio and Video Content
If we post audio or video content on our Social Media Channels, you may share it using those platforms’ built-in sharing features. If the audio or video content comes directly from our Website, you may share it to your social media accounts by creating a post that links back to the original content. If audio or video content posted on our Website is embedded from a Social Media Channel (a YouTube video, for example), your social media post should link to the content on our Social Media Channel.
You may embed our videos on your website, as long as the video links back to our channels. You may not embed our audio on another website. Please do not download our content and re-upload it.
You may download our audio or video content for offline distribution under the following conditions.
- You may duplicate and distribute only full-length versions of messages without altering or editing the content in any way.
- You may not alter or delete the metadata attached to any audio files.
- You may not charge for our content—even to recover your production costs.
- Please label any physical media (CDs, DVDs, etc.) as follows, inserting the appropriate information into the bracketed sections: “[Title]. © [Year], Jared Byrns. Used by permission. JaredByrns.com.”
- You may not include promotional content, branding, or contact information for any other entity with our content or on the physical media.
- You may not reproduce our logo(s).
You may play or stream our audio and video content in group settings as long as there is no charge for those in attendance.
Written Content
Our Written Content may be shared or distributed under the following conditions.
- If we have posted Written Content to our Social Media Channels, you may share it using those platforms’ built-in sharing features—as long you do not alter the content.
- You may share Written Content from our Website to your social media account in the form of a link back to the page where it is published. You may include brief quotations when doing so.
- You may not re-publish our Written Content in its entirety to another website; short quotations and other uses falling under fair use are acceptable with appropriate attribution and a link back to the original source.
- You may print and distribute our Written Content for use by churches and Bible study groups and for other educational purposes, with proper attribution. You must offer the content in its entirety without altering it in any way. You may not charge for the materials—even to recover your production costs.
Printed Books
To reuse content from any book by Jared Byrns, please contact us directly for permission.
E-Books
E-books hosted on our Website may be duplicated and distributed under the following conditions.
- You may duplicate and distribute e-book files only in their entirety without altering or editing the content in any way.
- You may not alter or delete the metadata attached to any e-book files.
- You may not charge for our content—even to recover your production costs.
The permission above specifically excludes e-book files purchased or accessed through Amazon or Apple.
General Provisions
- We reserve all copyright protections afforded by law, and we reserve the right to revoke or modify the preceding permissions at any time.
- The provisions of this Copyright Policy are severable. If any provision is found to conflict with the copyright policies of any platform that hosts our Social Media Channels or Newsletter, then that platform’s copyright policy with supersede this policy without invalidating any other non-offending provision.
- Expanded License for Audio and Video Content: If a piece of our audio or video content has been recorded on the premises of a local church as part of a corporate worship service or other event open to the public, then that church is hereby granted a perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable, non-transferrrable license to use that content royalty-free for non-commercial purposes.
We reserve the right to update this policy at any time, and updates will be posted to this page.