JimInhofe.com Blog Content Policy

Illegal Purposes. The services offered at JimInhofe.com may not be used for illegal purposes. Examples of this include using the blog service at JimInhofe.com for fraudulent purposes or operating a phishing site (used to obtain account and password information).

Spam. We will aggressively seek to remove spam from our site. There are a variety of different ways in which spam manifests itself in blogs. Generally, when we talk about spam we mean content that is created for the primary purpose of manipulating search engine results, or generating revenue or traffic through deceptive means. The following are examples of the types of spam that are forbidden by the Blog Content Policy ("Content Policy"), but this is not an exhaustive list.

• comment spam: the manual or automated placement of comments on a post for the sole purpose of driving traffic to another site.
• cloaking: the programmatic hiding of content on a site for the purposes of having that content indexed by search engines without it being viewable
• automated content creation: the scripted creation of blog content for the purpose of generating revenue or manipulating search results

Identity Theft and Privacy. Blogs that misleadingly appropriate the identity of another person are not permitted.

Users may not post other people's personally identifying or confidential information, including but not limited to credit card numbers, Social Security Numbers, and driver's and other license numbers. You may not post information such as other people's passwords, usernames, phone numbers, addresses and e-mail addresses unless already publicly accessible on the Web.

Hate Content. Hate speech and other objectionable content may be reported for review by the users of the blog service at JimInhofe.com. When this happens, JimInhofe.com reserves the right to warn other users of the potentially offensive content and remove the post (along with the user who submitted such content) without notification.

Just because a given blog has been submitted as inappropriate to the staff of JimInhofe.com does not mean that any particular action will be taken. For example, blogs that are flagged because readers disagree with the political opinions expressed in a blog will not necessarily be acted upon.

Defamation/Libel. Users should not publish any content that is unlawful, defamatory, and fraudulent. Note that an allegation of defamatory expression, in and of itself, does not establish defamation. The truth or falsehood of a bit of expression is a key element in establishing defamation, and we are not in a position to make that sort of fact-based judgment. That said, if we have reason to believe that a particular statement is defamatory (a court order, for example), we will remove that statement.

Disruptions and Exploits. We will terminate accounts and block addresses of those who attempt unauthorized use of the services of JimInhofe.com

Copyright. Using copyrighted material does not constitute infringement in all cases. In general, however, users should be careful when using copyrighted content without the permission of those who created it.

It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). If we remove a blog/post or disable access to a blog to comply with the DMCA, we will make a good-faith attempt to contact the owner or administrator of each affected site so that they may make a counter notification pursuant to section 512(g)(2) and (3) of the DMCA. It is our policy to document all notices of alleged infringement on which we act. A copy of the notice, with any personally identifying information removed, will be sent to a third party who will make it available to the public.