Terms of Use
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

