TERMS OF USE

Welcome to FDT Conglomerate, the sprawling international enterprise whose organizational chart fits comfortably on a napkin.

By using this website, you agree to use it responsibly and to understand that some of what you see here is satire. If you disagree, you may stop using the site. No dramatic resignation letter is required.

THE SHORT VERSION

READ. LAUGH. THINK. VERIFY. BE DECENT.

That covers most of it. Our enormous legal department insisted on more paragraphs.

SATIRE, OPINION & FACTS

FDT Conglomerate publishes political cartoons, satire, commentary, and occasional statements made by a fictional conglomerate with a suspiciously small staff.

Jokes, imagined scenes, dialogue, costumes, and exaggerated depictions are creative expression. They are not accounts of events that actually occurred. A cartoon of politicians partying in a mansion is a cartoon, not evidence that they rented the mansion.

We may also present factual claims, election information, vote percentages, and links to sources. Those details can change or contain errors. Check the cited source and its date before relying on a claim or repeating it as fact. If you spot a mistake, tell us.

Our official research policy: a punchline may be invented. A vote count should not be.

USING AND SHARING OUR WORK

You may view the site, link to its pages, and share links to our cartoons for personal, noncommercial discussion. Please identify FDT Conglomerate or JAM35 as the source when you do.

Do not remove credits, signatures, copyright notices, or context; present altered work as our original; or reproduce, sell, license, or use our artwork commercially without permission. For permission requests, email us at the address below.

Nothing here limits uses that the law independently allows, including fair use.

RATINGS AND OTHER VISITOR INPUT

If a page lets you rate a cartoon or send us information, use the feature honestly. Do not automate votes, interfere with the results, impersonate another person, or submit unlawful, abusive, or infringing material.

Ratings are visitor opinions, not scientific surveys, election forecasts, or certified findings of the FDT Department of Statistical Wizardry.

If you voluntarily send us a suggestion or message, you retain your rights in your original material. You give us permission to read and respond to it, and to use a suggestion to improve the site. We will ask before publishing a personal message or republishing your creative work.

OTHER PEOPLE'S WORK AND WEBSITES

Names, photographs, trademarks, and works belonging to others remain theirs. References to public figures or companies do not imply their endorsement of FDT Conglomerate. We suspect several would be surprised to learn we have a website.

Links to outside websites are provided for context or convenience. Those sites control their own content, terms, and privacy practices.

SITE AVAILABILITY

We may add, change, correct, or remove content and features. A page may temporarily disappear while JAM35 repairs something, draws something, or remembers where he put the password.

We make reasonable efforts to keep the site useful and accurate, but offer it as available without a promise that it will always work perfectly or that every statement will remain current.

NO PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

Cartoons and commentary are for information, expression, and entertainment. They are not legal, financial, medical, or voting instructions. For an important decision, consult qualified sources and the appropriate official records.

PRIVACY

Our Privacy Policy describes how we approach information you send or that the site may collect. Please read it, especially before emailing us the launch codes.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We may revise these Terms of Use as the site changes. The effective date above will show when this version took effect. Continued use after an update means you accept the updated terms.

CONTACT OUR ENORMOUS LEGAL DEPARTMENT

Questions, corrections, rights requests, and polite objections may be directed to:

FDT Conglomerate
Office of Terms, Permissions & Other Serious-Sounding Matters

FINAL LEGAL NOTICE

Enjoy the cartoons. Check the facts. Treat other people like people.

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