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Content ownership and license
All editorial content on americancourant.com — including text, photographs, illustrations, graphics, audio, and video — is the property of American Courant or its licensors and is protected by copyright. You may share short excerpts with attribution and a link to the original article. Republishing full articles, building services that index our content for resale, or training machine-learning models on our content requires written permission. See our editorial standards page for our public position on AI training.
Permitted use
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What you can't do
- Misrepresent our content as your own.
- Remove copyright notices or bylines.
- Scrape the site at scale without written permission.
- Use the site in a way that interferes with other users' access.
- Submit forms with the intent to harass, defraud, or test our security without permission.
User submissions
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Accuracy and corrections
We try to be accurate. We are not infallible. When we make a mistake we want to know. See our editorial standards page for our corrections policy.
Opinions and analysis
Articles in the Opinion section reflect the views of the author, not American Courant as an institution. Analysis articles may include the author's interpretation of facts; we try to label clearly when we are interpreting versus reporting.
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Disclaimers
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Limitation of liability
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Indemnification
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- Your contact information.
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- Your physical or electronic signature.
We will respond promptly. Counter-notices follow the procedures in 17 U.S.C. §512.
Governing law and venue
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute arising from these terms will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Texas.
Changes to these terms
We may revise these terms. The "last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision.