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The placing of an article hereupon does not necessarily imply that there is any agreement or acceptance or endorsement of the contents of the article as being necessarily factual in theory, technical correctness, theology, dogma or otherwise.

The word “article” in the above lines includes but is not limited to original content in the site as well as content quoted from other sources.

References to articles, books, software, Web sites, or products are specific suggestions only and do not necessarily constitute or imply an endorsement.

This site seeks to ensure that all content and information published at this Web site is current and accurate. The contents of this site does not in any way constitute legal or professional advice and this site and its author/owner cannot be held liable for its contents or from any subsequent corollary. In addition, this site and its author/owner cannot be held responsible for the contents of any externally linked pages.

The contents in the site including the legal page and the disclaimers may be updated from time to time. This is at the sole discretion of the author/owner of this site. No liability shall be attached to this site and its author/owner for any changes made.

Every effort is made to correctly attribute and provide references for any material that is obtained from other sources. If readers come across anything that may not have been correctly attributed, please point that out. Furthermore, if anyone finds any copyright violation that may or may not fall under the purview of “fair use”, please let me know, and I will either provide credits, or remove such material depending on the copyright terms.

LINKS: Links to external, or third party Web sites, are provided solely for visitor’s convenience. Links taken to other sites are done so at your own risk and this site and its author/owner accept no liability for any linked sites or their content. When you access an external Web site, keep in mind that this site and its author/owner have no control over its content.

Any link from this site to an external Web site does not imply or mean that this site and its author/owner endorse or accept any responsibility for the content or the use of such web site. This site does not give any representation regarding the quality, safety, suitability, or reliability of any external Web sites or any of the content or materials contained in them. It is important for users to take necessary precautions, especially to ensure appropriate safety from viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other potentially destructive items.

In the same context, incoming links from other sites doesn’t necessarily mean that this site and its author/owner agree with or endorse its content.

When visiting external Web sites, users should review those web-site’s privacy policies and other terms of use to learn more about, what, why and how they collect and use any personally identifiable information.

COMMENTS: No responsibility or liability shall attach itself to the author/owner of this site, or to the site itself or to the host of this site, for any or all of the comments and/or accompanying links made in this site. [http://techdirt.com/articles/20060606/0323235.shtml]

The placing of a comment; made by a visitor to the site or by the author/owner of the site; hereupon does not necessarily imply that there is any agreement or acceptance or endorsement of the contents of the comment as being necessarily factual in theory, technical correctness, theology, dogma or otherwise.

Comments are generally not moderated. While comments may be reformatted to make it easily readable, no linguistic or content edits are made. Any URL might be scrambled to remove direct linking except under special circumstances. I reserve the right to delete, edit or modify any comment submitted to this site without prior notification and/or explanation.

Readers are expected to follow the following guidelines while making comments:

  1. Personal attacks, abuses, obscenities, dismissive arguments are disallowed. Follow public forum etiquette.
  2. Comments should be pertinent to the post. Irrelevant drivel is disallowed.
  3. If material is obtained from other sources, credit must be provided, and original source must be referenced.
  4. Do not make blanket and/or absolute statements without reliable and verifiable references.
  5. Boiler-plate comments are disallowed.

Repeated offenders will be irrevocably banned.

If multiple links are provided in the comment, they might need to be approved before appearing on the site. While I make an effort to approve or disapprove comments as soon as possible, sometimes that may not be possible. So, if your comment hasn’t appeared yet, have patience. It might take a week or two if I am tied up with other stuff, and haven’t had a chance to log into the comment moderation system.

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FAIR USE: This site may contain copyrighted material the use of which may not always have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material has been made available in an effort to advance a comprehension and appreciation of matters pertaining to this site. In this context, this constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

It is highly recommended to commercially obtain any material referenced in the site under the fair use clause (as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law), which may be available only in the commercial domain.

For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml

If copyrighted material from this site is desired to be used for purposes that go beyond fair use (as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law), permission must be obtained from the copyright owner.

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Note: This legal policy was drafted by Manas for ‘tattvaanveShaNam‘. He has very kindly agreed to its usage by Vicharam.org as well.

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