Play Nice. Please!?

Post­ing, com­ment and ping­back pol­icy — short form

Be civil and play nice.

NO SPAM.

Con­tent by other authors, com­pa­nies and web­sites are NOT our opin­ions, NOR are we endors­ing them. There is NOT an implied con­tract or war­ranty of any kind between us and these others.

As long as we can­not find overt vio­la­tions such as plagerism, trade­mark or copy­right infringe­ment, and as long as the con­tent is keep­ing with the tone & topic of this web­site, we prob­a­bly will not cen­sor it.  How­ever if a vio­la­tion of the law comes to our atten­tion, or if we receive com­plaints we remove or edit your content.

When you post con­tent here you are giv­ing us per­mis­sion to use it.

Post­ing, com­ment­ing, ping­back pol­icy — long form

The artist refers to Jake Beck­man.  In the pol­icy that fol­lows the com­pany / we is Art & Busi­ness Con­sult­ing LLC, its mem­bers.  AKAJake.com and its affil­i­ated web­sites are the art part of Art and Busi­ness Con­sult­ing LLC, but the tone art blog is not that of a busi­ness blog and the artist’s posts on this web­site are of per­sonal rather than busi­ness nature.

Every­one access­ing a blog should be aware that blogs & pings & com­ments may come from sources out­side the com­pany.  The com­pany does not con­trol these out­side sources.  If you fol­low a link or com­ment to another blog you will be sub­ject to their poli­cies not ours, and we have no idea what those poli­cies are. Accord­ingly, the com­pany and its mem­bers can­not and do not make any guar­anties or war­ranties, of any kind, con­cern­ing these blogs, com­ments and ping­back and we DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  Please be fur­ther advised that we are in no way offer­ing to enter into any form of con­tract with you.  If you wish to fol­low links to out­side sources and par­tic­i­pate with them you must con­tact that source directly.  Any terms, con­di­tions, and/or con­tracts regard­ing your par­tic­i­pa­tion with these out­side sources must be nego­ti­ated between your­self and the out­side source.

The com­ments, posts, ping­backs and other con­tent posted by other authors, com­pa­nies and web­sites DO NOT rep­re­sent the thoughts of the artist or the com­pany, NOR does allow­ing this con­tent to be posted rep­re­sent an endors­ment of these other authors, com­pa­nies and web­sites by the artist or the company.

Pol­icy regard­ing all posters, com­menters, ping­backs etc.

1. Blogs should have clear dis­claimers that the views expressed by the author in the blog is the author’s alone and do not rep­re­sent the views of the com­pany or the artist.  Be clear and write in first per­son.  Make your writ­ing clear that you are speak­ing for your­self and not on behalf of company.
2. Be respect­ful to the com­pany, the artist, other indi­vid­u­als, cus­tomers, part­ners, and competitors.
3. Be aware that your actions cap­tured via images, posts, or com­ments can reflect on you as well as the com­pany & the artist.
4. Do not ref­er­ence oth­ers with­out their express con­sent.  Respect copy­right laws, and ref­er­ence or cite sources appro­pri­ately.  Pla­gia­rism applies online as well.
5. Com­pany logos and trade­marks may not be used with­out writ­ten consent.
6. The com­pany reserves the right to edit, cen­sor or remove all or part of any blog post, com­ment, ping­back or other com­mu­ni­ca­tion with­out notice.  We reserve the right to remove all the posts from a given com­menter, even after they have been approved.  We reserve the right to refuse  to post  any com­mu­ni­ca­tion in the first place.
7. The com­pany has a strict NO SPAM pol­icy.  All posts which begin with a generic open­ing such as “Thanks for this infor­ma­tion” fol­lowed by a link & a sen­tence like “please buy these Gucci Bags”, “come here for stock tips”, “fol­low this link to free videos”, or “check out these hot sexy girls” will be deleted immediately.

If you are an employee of the com­pany the fol­low applies as well.

1. Infor­ma­tion pub­lished on your blog(s) should com­ply with the company’s con­fi­den­tial­ity and dis­clo­sure of pro­pri­etary data poli­cies.  This also applies to com­ments posted on other blogs, forums, and social net­work­ing sites.
2. Social media activ­i­ties should not inter­fere with work com­mit­ments.  Refer to IT resource usage policies.
3. Your online pres­ence reflects the com­pany.  Be aware that your actions cap­tured via images, posts, or com­ments can reflect that of our company.
4. Do not ref­er­ence or site com­pany clients, part­ners, or cus­tomers with­out their express con­sent.  In all cases, do not pub­lish any infor­ma­tion regard­ing a client dur­ing the engagement.
5. If you post on the artist’s blog, all posts must make clear that you are speak­ing on behalf of your­self and not the company.

When you opt to post, com­ment, or pro­vide other con­tent you are grant­ing the artist and the com­pany non-exclusive, world­wide, royalty-free license to use those mate­ri­als pro­vided as we see fit.  Although we respect your author’s copy­right, we reserve the right to use the con­tent you sup­ply for our own pro­mo­tions and for other pur­poses we deem necessary.