Terms of Use

Effective Date: 2024-05-22

tl;dr: Please don't redistribute my work in any form, including copying the text into an AI service, chatbot, or anywhere else for any purpose. If you want to share my work with others, please simply share a link to the website.

Please read these Terms of Use ("Terms", "Terms of Use") carefully before using the https://ncrandall.net website (the "Service") operated by N.C. Randall's Author Corner ("Website", "I", "me", or "my").

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the Terms, then you may not access the Service.

Intellectual Property

The Service and its original content, features, and functionality are owned by N.C. Randall and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

Permitted Use

You may use the Service for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Service, except as follows:

1. Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
2. You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.

You must not:

1. Modify copies of any materials from this site.
2. Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from the accompanying text.
3. Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.
4. Copy the text of any materials into an AI service, chatbot, or any other location or service for any purpose.

User Comments

The Service allows users to post comments. By posting comments, you agree that your comments will not violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality, or other personal or proprietary right. You further agree that your comments will not contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive, or obscene material, or contain any computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect the operation of the Service or any related website.

I reserve the right to remove or edit any comments for any reason without notice.

Changes to Terms

I may revise and update these Terms from time to time in my sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when I post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Service thereafter.

Your continued use of the Service following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes.

Contact

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact me on the Contact page of the Website.