What is 3D Syndication?

3D Syndication is a website which provides copyright permission to reproduce content from its group publications.

Which are the newspapers from which 3D Syndication provides content?

3D Syndication provides content from three of India’s leading newspaper brands

• DNA – Daily News and Analysis (English Content)
• Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi Content)
• Divya Bhaskar (Gujarati Content)

How can I access the content of 3D Syndication? Is it must to register?

You can browse the available content on the website to a limited extent without any registration.

Why do I need to register?

Registration gives you an unique login name and password which permits you to

• Get complete access to all the content on the site.
• Choose new content or photo content, calculate price according to purpose and need.
• Purchase the copyright permissions for selected content.

Is it paid registration or free?

Registration is free.

How do I register and login?

1. On the home page of 3D Syndication website Click on register button
2. Click on Register button. “Register Now!  “
3. Fill in the Registration Details (Personal, Mailing, login-username and password)
4. You will receive the registration confirmation e-mail with your unique username and password.
5. Click on the Link provided in the e-mail. It will take you to the 3D Syndiation website.
6. Key in your unique Username and Password and you are ready to begin.

 What are the types of content 3D Syndication provides?

3D Syndication provides copyright permission for the following types of content

• news & features  
• photographs
• cartoons
• illustrations

What is the frequency of content updating on 3D Syndication site?

Daily Updates

How is content on 3D Syndication site organized?

The content on 3D Syndication site has been organized by the type of content. These icons are displayed on the Left Panel.

• news & features   - Click the icon to view syndicated news & features
• photographs - Click the icon to view syndicated photographs
• cartoons - Click the icon to view syndicated cartoons
• illustrations - Click the icon to view syndicated illustrations

What types of articles or stories are covered in news & features

3D Syndication n ews & f eatures  would cover

• News Stories
• Features
• Special Reports
• Analysis
• Opinion & Viewpoints

Is every content type further classified by subject?

Yes it is. The subject categories are on display on Right Panel.

Example: Business & Economy – Click to view all business stories or photos etc.

Where will I find news stories?

You will find news stories in ‘news & features’ Section of the Website

How does one search for a story?

Click on “news & features” icon on Left Panel- All the stories for the past one month will be listed in chronological order.

Can I search a Story by its Headline?

Yes, you can search a story by its headline as well as its sub headings.

• Click news & features
• See Advance Search feature on Right Panel
• What- Type the full / part of headline or sub headings
• Click Find
• The Story/Stories that match your search will be retrieved and displayed

Can I search a story by Author’s name?

Yes you can.

1. Click news & features
2. See Advance Search feature on Right Panel
3. What- Type the Author name
4. Where-Select Author from the dropdown box
5. Click Find
6. All the syndicated stories authored and co-authored by the author named get retrieved and displayed.

Can I search news for a particular subject category?

Yes you can. The news is further categorized into the following subjects

1. Art & Culture
2. Business and Economy
3. Cinema & Entertainment
4. Crime & Law
5. Disasters & Accidents
6. Education & Carriers
7. Health
8. India
9. International
10. Lifestyle & Leisure
11. Media & Marketing
12. Mumbai
13. Nature & Environment
14. Opinion & Viewpoint
15. Politics & Governance
16. Religion & Spirituality
17. Sports
18. Other

To get all the stories in a particular subject

• Click news & features
• See Subject on Right Panel
• Select Subject of your choice from dropdown box
• All the stories for the selected subject get displayed.

Can I search a story if only word or phrase present in the story is known?

Yes you can. 3D Syndication supports free text search. You can search a story by specifying any word or phrase likely to be present in the story.

1. Click news & features
2. See Advance Search feature on Right Panel
3. What- Type the word or phrase in the story
4. Where-Select Full Text from the dropdown box
5. Click Find
6. All the syndicated stories that match your search get displayed.

Can I search a story by date or date range?

Yes you can.

1. Click news & features
2. See Advance Search feature on Right Panel
3. From & To- Specify the date range
4. Select Find
5. All the stories matching your criteria get displayed.

Can I access the complete archive of stories?

To access news & features archives older than 30 days you need to be a registered Subscriber. "Subscribe Now!".

Can I search for Images on 3D Syndication site?

Images are categorized into

• photographs - Click the icon to view syndicated photographs
• cartoons - Click the icon to view syndicated cartoons
• illustrations - Click the icon to view syndicated illustrations

Can I see the complete information (metadata) of the photograph?

Click on the photograph to view the complete information or the metadata of the photograph.

Can I search photographs/cartoons/illustrations by subject?

Yes, you can. The subject categories are displayed on the Right Panel.

• Art & Culture
• Business and Industry
• Cinema & Entertainment
• Crime & Law
• Disasters & Accidents
• Lifestyle & Leisure
• Nature & Environment
• Politics & Governance
• Religion & Spirituality
• Sports
• Other

To get all the images in a particular subject

• Click photographs /cartoons/ illustrations
• See Subject on Right Panel
• Select Subject of your choice from dropdown box
• All the photographs /cartoons /illustrations for the selected subject will be retrieved and displayed.

Can I search photographs by photographer’s name?

Yes you can.

• Click photographs
• See Advance Search feature on Right Panel
• What-Type the Photographer’s Name in the text box
• Where- Select Photographer from the dropdown box
• Click Find
• All the syndicated photographs by the particular photographer will be retrieved and displayed.

Can I search photographs/cartoons/illustrations by the personality name?

Yes you can.

1. Click photographs /cartoons/ illustrations
2. See Advance Search feature on Right Panel
3. What-Type Personality Name in the text box
4. Where- Select Personality from the dropdown box
5. Click Find
6. All the syndicated photographs of that personality will be retrieved and displayed.

Can I search photographs/cartoons/illustrations by Keyword?

Yes you can.

1. Click photographs /cartoons/ illustrations
2. See Advance Search feature on Right Panel
3. What-Type the Keyword in the text box
4. Where- Select Keyword from the dropdown box
5. Click Find
6. All the syndicated photographs matching the keywords will be retrieved and displayed.

Can I search photographs/cartoons/illustrations by likely words in the caption?

Yes you can.

1. Click photographs /cartoons/illustrations
2. See Advance Search feature on Right Panel
3. What-Type the likely word/s of the caption in the text box
4. Where- Select Caption from the dropdown box
5. Click Find
6. All the photographs matching your search will be retrieved and displayed

Can I search a Cartoon by Cartoonist name?

Yes you can.

• Click cartoons
• See Advance Search feature on Right Panel
• What-Type the name of the Cartoonist in the text box
• Where- Select Cartoonist from the dropdown box
• Click Find
• All the cartoons by the searched cartoonist will be retrieved and displayed.

Can I search illustrations by the name of the illustrator ?

Yes you can.

• Click illustrations
• See Advance Search feature on Right Panel
• What-Type the name of the Illustrator in the text box
• Where- Select Illustrator from the dropdown box
• Click Find
• All the illustrations by the particular illustrator will be retrieved and displayed.

Presuming …

• You have registered. If not, “Register Now! “
• You have searched and identified the news/image you want. If not, “Search Now!”
• You are ready to proceed with purchasing copyright permission for reproduction

Proceed … 8 simple steps, one leading you to the other

• Click on Add To Cart to proceed with calculating the price of the selected news/image. Prices for the licensing of content are calculated according to the usage rights provided
• Select Extent of Usage, Purpose of Usage, Term of Usage from the options given on the Calculate Price form
• Click on Add To List tocomplete selection. Click Calculate Price to get the computation of the price according to the “usage rights” selected by you. You could change your selection and re-calculate.
• Click on Add To Cart. The My Shopping Cart display would list the items with their particulars. You can take a final check; remove any item from the cart if you wish. Click Checkout
• Select Mode of Payment. Options available are online by Credit Card and offline by Cheque /Demand Draft. Click on Payment
• Confirm your purchase after reading the License Agreement. You are advised to read the License Agreement carefully before proceeding further as your acceptance would be your agreement to be legally bound by the terms of the License Agreement
• For online payment by Credit Card you will submit the necessary details and complete the transaction instantaneously. For offline payment by Cheque/Demand Draft you will submit the necessary details and mail the payment
• On confirmation of online Credit Card payment / realization of offline payment you will immediately be sent an email containing the link for instant download of purchased content. Simply click to download

• 3D Syndication offers RSS for Web publishing – licensed at a very small cost. A first of its kind RSS service for business and commercial use. Available in English, Hindi and Gujarati. You can publish daily news updates on your website from DNA, Dainik Bhaskar and Divya Bhaskar, three of India’s fastest growing Newspaper Brands.
• When you subscribe to 3D Syndication RSS Webfeed you get copyright permission to reproduce up to 500 characters of the day’s news updates on your website/s. It works simply like any other RSS feed on any RSS reader. Pull and publish.
• See a sample feed that you can publish. Make a choice English Hindi Gujarati

• RSS is Really Simple Syndication. RSS is an XML – based Web content Syndication format used to deliver constantly updated headline feeds to readers.

• RSS Reader is a program to read RSS news feeds.
• RSS Reader collect news in the background at user configurable intervals and warn with a little popup in the system tray that there is a new message arrived. You can click the news headline to see a short description of the news and click or open the original news web page in an RSS Reader browser or default browser window.