LEGAL STATEMENT

All material on the following servers:

www.smuggled.com
www.corruptionbooks.com
www.policecorruption.com
www.snakebusters.net
www.snakebusters.com.au
www.snakeman.com.au
www.herp.net
www.herp.com.au
www.raymondhoser.com

including all file extensions is copyrighted © and all rights are reserved. Reproduction, storage, mirroring or any other forms of copying by other means by any unauthorised person is strictly forbidden. We also own all relevant business names, company names and trademarks and unauthorised use of any in any way is forbidden. Improper use may be lawfully actioned without warning to those who transgress. Applications to use trademarks and other such owned material, or licencing use of same should be made in writing to the address on this webpage.

© All rights are reserved.

Persons reproducing any material from these sites other than as immediate downloads from the world wide web run the risk of prosecution and costs payable. (In 1999 the Age newspaper (Melbourne, Australia) paid the website manager $10,000 after illegal use of copyrighted images. There have also been a number of other matters in which unauthorised use of Hoser trademarks and other intellectual property has resulted in substantial financial losses for those who transgressed.

Notwithstanding the above, we welcome links by others to sites on the above servers and will favorably entertain most requests to reprint material in the event that it is to be appropriately sourced, cited and acknowledged.

In the first instance, all enquiries should be made in writing to:

The Director of Intellectual Property,
Kotabi Pty Ltd, (ACN 007 395 048)
PO Box 599, Doncaster,
Victoria, 3108,
Australia.
Phone: (within Australia) (03) 9812-3322
Fax: (within Australia) (03) 9812-3355
E-mail: adder@smuggled.com

Kotabi Pty Ltd and the other above names, ("herp.net", "smuggled.com", "crime", "corruption", "policecorruption", "snakebusters", "snakeman", etc) are all registered companies, and/or trademarks and/or businesses in Australia, with appropriate fees and registration information lodged with the appropriate government authorities. Use of these (above) names for business or related purposes by unauthorised individuals may constitute a breach of the Companies Act (as amended), Trade Practices Act (as amended) and other laws and we reserve all rights to take actions against any persons we find in breach of these laws or any of our legal trading rights or other liberties.

ACCURACY:

All reasonable steps have been taken to ensure the factual accuracy of all materials posted on the above named servers.

The only potential exceptions to this is where material of a historical nature has been posted on sites reprinting scientific papers or similar, usually about reptiles and/or other wildlife/animals and their current (in use) common or scientific names. However in these cases correcting material is either immediately given and/or directed/indicated by material on the web page.

COMPLAINTS:

In the unlikely event that inaccurate material is shown on any of the above servers and exception is taken to it, the person/s affected are asked to immediately send a written explanation WITH SUPPORTING MATERIAL to the above address. Unless the sender of such material receives a written acknowledgement of receipt of the material by someone for and on behalf of the web site manager/Kotabi Pty Ltd, the sent material should be deemed unreceived and effectively unsent. The onus is on the sender to ensure receipt.

If material on the above servers is found by the site manager to be wrong, it will be removed, if this is appropriate. However material will not be removed, if a complainant makes assertions of fact that are not properly supported by independently corroboratable material and/or sources. The onus is always on the complainant to do this.

Kotabi Pty Ltd do not entertain complaints regarding alleged offence by type of site content, taste, language, images, used or decorum. Do not send complaints in relation to these matters; simply click away from the sites instead.

Kotabi only respond to complaints re accuracy of material on these sites (see above).

We cannot endorse products or services promoted on these sites or via links, other than those sold directly on these servers via "order form" style websites. These products include, books, CD's, photos, other forms of communication, information, and media, snake removal services, and other products and services. Details of the terms and conditions of these products is provided where appropriate. For books and CD's these are on the "imprint page" or equivalent.

No refunds are given after purchases are made via these servers. We have complete faith in our products and services as do all reasonable customers. Prospective purchasers or clients are invited to make their own inquiries and make decisions accordingly.

LINKS TO OTHER (NON-SERVER) SITES:

No endorsement is given to sites and servers linked to those listed above, or what they say and promote. No responsibility is taken for accuracy of material on those sites. Cross-links to other servers are provided as a service to web-surfers only. The same applies to sites accessed via search-engines placed on these above servers webpages, that are not themselves on the above servers.

FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS:

All reasonable steps are taken to ensure that all transactions, financial and otherwise are done ethically, properly, with fairness and within the laws of Australia, the USA, UK and International law.

Kotabi has been a registered company and trading since 1991. Our GST ABN is 84 007 395 048.

We cannot be responsible for infringements by third parties, should they occur. As best as possible, we keep all client/ customer information, including credit card details, phone numbers, etc, strictly confidential and do not sell or pass this information on to third parties.

Notwithstanding the above, we reserve the right to archive e-mail addresses for use by ourselves or third parties who may receive them in any mailout.

RECEIPT OF ORDERS:

Kotabi Pty Ltd and this site manager will not entertain any complaints in relation to alleged non-receipt of goods ordered for a period of one month after the order is acknowledged as received, for any orders shipped to addresses in Australia.

Kotabi Pty Ltd and this site manager will not entertain any complaints in relation to alleged non-receipt of goods ordered for a period of four months after the order is acknowledged as received, for any orders shipped to addresses outside Australia.

WARNING:

While all steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy of material presented on the above websites, some material, images or language may offend some viewers. We make no apologies for this and ask those likely to be offended, NOT to view these sites.

WARNING 2 - FALSE AND DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS ELSEWHERE:

Various people including disgruntled persons named in the Hoser corruption books, business rivals and others, have in recent years made numerous false and defamatory statements against Raymond Hoser and persons and businesses associated with these entities. Some of the sources have been successfully actioned and the offending material removed from the internet and/or printed retractions made in other relevant publications. We have successfully actioned these people on a number of occasions. However in this age of electronic communications and the scourge of anonymous postings, several persons of no financial worth and excessive time on their hands have persisted in deliberately making false statements about us in various media, not all of which we have either rectified or even been made aware of. Because we operate with the highest of morals and ethics, all adverse statements of any form relating to Raymond Hoser, snakebusters or other related entities should be regarded as patently false, even if written in a convincing way or emanating from a source claimed to be reliable such as "wikipedia", which for example is regularly edited anonymously to make false and defamatory statements, sometimes within minutes of being corrected.

WARNING 3:

We reserve all rights to take actions for any rights infinged, including for copyright, intellectual property or defamation and may take action without warning if any of our rights are transgressed. This includes in relation to third parties such as carriers, ISP's and others.

This statement is posted on www.smuggled.com/kotabi2.htm and authorised mirror sites.