The Carrion Pigeon

Welcome to The Carrion Pigeon (the “Site”), an independent technology and B2B news publication. (“The Carrion Pigeon,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

By accessing or using the Site, including participating in its comment community, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

1. About The Carrion Pigeon

The Carrion Pigeon publishes technology and B2B news, commentary, analysis, and opinions. We aim to foster thoughtful, candid discussion and maintain a community where people can disagree without resorting to harassment, hate, or personal attacks.

Our community rules are published separately on the Site under “The Rules.” Those rules form part of the standards governing participation in the The Carrion Pigeon community.

2. Editorial Content

We make reasonable efforts to publish accurate and useful content, but we do not guarantee that all content is accurate, complete, current, or free of error.

Articles, commentary, and other materials may reflect the opinions of their respective authors. Content is provided for general informational purposes and should not be treated as individualized professional, financial, legal, or other advice.

We may correct, update, edit, or remove published content at our discretion.

3. Community Participation and Moderation

The Carrion Pigeon may limit commenting privileges to invited participants, approved accounts, or users who have met community participation requirements. We may change these requirements as the community develops.

Participation in the community, including commenting and vouching for other users, is a privilege, not a right.

We may approve, reject, hide, edit, or remove comments; restrict commenting privileges; revoke a user's standing; suspend an account; or permanently ban a participant, at our discretion and subject to applicable law.

We may take these actions in response to violations of our Rules, abuse of the vouching system, disruptive behavior, security concerns, or other conduct inconsistent with the purpose of the community. We are not obligated to provide advance notice or an appeal process.

Our vouching system is a community moderation mechanism, not a guarantee of identity, credibility, accuracy, or good faith. A user's verified or approved status does not mean that The Carrion Pigeon endorses their views or guarantees the truth of their contributions.

4. Usernames, Pseudonyms, and Identity

We encourage participants to use screen names rather than their legal names when interacting with the Site.

You are responsible for the content you submit, regardless of the name under which you post. Do not impersonate another person or misrepresent your affiliation with an individual or organization.

The Carrion Pigeon aims to respect participants' pseudonymity and will take reasonable steps to avoid unnecessarily linking public screen names to private identifying information. However, we cannot guarantee absolute anonymity. Information may be disclosed when necessary to operate or secure the Site, to service providers as described in our Privacy Policy, or as permitted or required by applicable law.

5. Reader Comments and Submissions

You retain ownership of content you submit, subject to the rights necessary to operate the Site.

By submitting a comment or other material to The Carrion Pigeon, you grant us a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, distribute, moderate, and make that material available as reasonably necessary to operate, maintain, and promote the Site and its community.

This license does not transfer ownership of your content to us. It continues for as long as reasonably necessary to support the purposes described above, subject to applicable law and any limitations in our Privacy Policy.

You represent that you have the rights and permissions necessary to submit your content and that your submission does not unlawfully infringe another person's rights.

Do not submit content that violates our Rules, unlawfully discloses another person's private information, infringes intellectual property rights, or otherwise violates applicable law.

We are not responsible for the accuracy, opinions, or conduct reflected in user-submitted content. We do not endorse comments merely by permitting them to appear on the Site.

6. Intellectual Property and Permitted Use

Unless otherwise indicated, original articles, editorial content, graphics, branding, and other materials published by The Carrion Pigeon are owned by us or used with permission and may be protected by intellectual property laws.

You may link to our articles and quote reasonable excerpts for lawful purposes, provided you give appropriate credit and do not misrepresent the source or context.

You may not reproduce or republish substantial portions of our work without permission, except as permitted by applicable law, including fair use.

7. Advertising, Sponsorships, and Commercial Relationships

The Carrion Pigeon may display advertising, publish sponsored content, participate in affiliate programs, or introduce other revenue-generating activities.

Sponsored articles and other paid editorial placements will be clearly identified as sponsored or advertising content, as appropriate. Where applicable, we will also disclose material affiliate relationships.

The presence of advertising or a commercial relationship does not necessarily mean that The Carrion Pigeon endorses the advertised product, service, or organization.

8. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Site may contain links to external websites, services, or resources. We do not control and are not responsible for their content, availability, privacy practices, or terms.

Your use of third-party services is governed by their own applicable terms and policies.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Site and its content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted access, error-free operation, complete security, or the accuracy or reliability of all published or user-submitted material.

Nothing in these Terms excludes rights or warranties that cannot lawfully be excluded.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, The Carrion Pigeon and its operator will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Site.

This provision does not exclude or limit liability where applicable law prohibits such exclusion or limitation.

11. Changes to the Site or These Terms

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Site, including its commenting features and community participation system.

We may update these Terms from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Your continued use of the Site after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.

12. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where applicable law requires otherwise.