The Independent View

You are wel­come to access my Web site pages as long as you agree to the fol­low­ing terms and conditions:

• Copy­rights. You respect and agree to acknowl­edge my and other copy­rights noted on our Web sites. This includes indi­vid­ual and com­piled con­tent, my Web site page look and feel, soft­ware code, prod­ucts, and services.
• Use. Except for con­tent you post, or unless expressly per­mit­ted, you may not copy, repro­duce, dis­trib­ute, pub­lish, enter into a data­base, dis­play, per­form, mod­ify, cre­ate deriv­a­tive works, trans­mit, or in any way exploit any part of my Web site pages, con­tent, our Web site page look and feel, soft­ware code, prod­ucts, or services.
• Pri­vacy Pol­icy. My pri­vacy pol­icy is acces­si­ble at Pri­vacy Pol­icy.
• Posts, Com­ments, and Feed­back. While I wel­come and encour­age posts, com­ments, and feed­back, this Web site is not an open forum. Any opin­ion and com­men­tary, if posted, will be explic­itly attrib­uted and is posted, sub­ject to edit­ing, at my sole dis­cre­tion. If you choose to sub­mit a com­ment or post, you under­stand and agree that a rea­son­able effort may be made to ver­ify the authen­tic­ity of your iden­tity. Your name will be included with your com­ment, if appro­pri­ate. If you are instead look­ing for an open, anony­mous, and unmod­er­ated forum to post your com­men­tary, there are plenty avail­able, else, cre­ate your own Web site.
  
• Expres­sions of Opin­ion. Any expres­sions of opin­ion are exclu­sively mine or other per­sons as may be explic­itly attributed.
• Com­pen­sated Con­tent. Com­pen­sated writ­ers or writ­ings will always be dis­closed. Unless explic­itly stated oth­er­wise, and exclud­ing adver­tis­ing, con­tent or expres­sion of opin­ion are not com­pen­sated. I am not now nor have I been paid to write or not write on any topic or from any view­point what­so­ever on these Web sites. I also do not pay oth­ers to write on any topic or from any view­point and require full dis­clo­sure from any writ­ers who”s com­ments we might publish.
• Exter­nal Links. I offer links to exter­nal Web sites as con­ve­nience only. I have no con­trol over their con­tent or their terms and con­di­tions, includ­ing pri­vacy. Their own­ers are solely respon­si­ble for these.
• Adver­tis­ers. I may include adver­tis­ing on Web site pages at my sole dis­cre­tion. Beyond my agree­ment to accept the adver­tis­ing and deci­sion to post it, unless explic­itly stated oth­er­wise, I do not endorse, war­rant, or am in any way respon­si­ble for the adver­tis­ing con­tent or actions of the the adver­tiser. Addi­tion­ally, adver­tis­ing may include links to exter­nal Web sites. I have no con­trol over the con­tent or terms and con­di­tions, includ­ing pri­vacy, of these exter­nal Web sites. Their own­ers are solely respon­si­ble for these.
• Paid Ser­vices and Prod­ucts. Paid ser­vices and prod­ucts, if any, may include addi­tional or dif­fer­ent terms and con­di­tions, includ­ing non-​disclosure terms.
• War­ranty. Unless oth­er­wise agreed upon, my Web site is pre­sented “as is.” I do not war­rant that it will be unin­ter­rupted or error-​free.
• Lia­bil­ity. You agree to not hold my liable for any inci­den­tal, indi­rect, con­se­quen­tial, spe­cial, puni­tive, or exem­plary dam­ages of any kind. Any claim against me shall be lim­ited to the amount you paid, if any, for use of my ser­vices and products.
• Mutual Respect. Just as I require users to respect my copy­rights, I respect those of oth­ers. If you believe in good faith that your copy­righted work is repro­duced in a way that con­sti­tutes copy­right infringe­ment, please email me directly at matthew@​theindependentview.​com.

By con­tin­u­ing to use this Web site, you agree to abide by the terms of this agreement.

Thank you,
Matthew J. Weaver