METHODOLOGY, DISCLAIMERS, USE RESTRICTIONS & LIABILITY FRAMEWORK

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Bronzeville Communications Network (BCN)

Last Updated: January 30, 2026

Applies To:
Black Wall • Black Receipts • District Conditions • BCN Media • All BCN sub-pages, tools, grades, datasets, visualizations, and methodologies

Website: www.bcn-columbus.com

1. Purpose & Scope

Bronzeville Communications Network (“BCN”) operates as a public-interest civic information, analysis, and commentary platform.

BCN content exists to:

• analyze publicly available governmental actions, legislation, and records;

• document observed outcomes and conditions over time;

• provide analytical, opinion-based, and educational commentary;

• promote civic awareness and informed public discourse.

BCN is not a court, regulatory agency, law-enforcement body, investigative authority, or adjudicative tribunal. BCN does not issue legal, factual, or official determinations.

2. Nature of Content & Reader Interpretation

All content published on BCN — including but not limited to:

• grades, scores, tiers, rankings, and classifications;

• summaries, labels, and categorizations (e.g., CRITICAL, FAIL, INSUFFICIENT, POSITIVE);

• trend analysis, comparative evaluations, commentary, datasets, and visualizations —

constitutes editorial opinion, analytical interpretation, and fair comment derived from publicly available information and disclosed methodologies.

BCN content is not presented as statements of undisputed or objective fact regarding personal character, intent, morality, legality, culpability, or criminal conduct.

No reasonable reader should interpret BCN content as asserting criminal behavior, unlawful conduct, ethical violations, or personal misconduct by any individual or entity unless such conduct is explicitly stated and supported by final, adjudicated public records.

3. Sources & Good-Faith Reliance

BCN relies in good faith on sources believed to be reliable at the time of publication, including:

• public government records and filings;

• publicly released legislation, votes, budgets, and resolutions;

• official government agency reports;

• publicly available datasets;

• reputable third-party research institutions and publications.

BCN endeavors to cite, summarize, or reference sources where reasonably practicable. However, BCN makes no representation or warranty as to absolute accuracy, completeness, or timeliness. Public records and datasets may contain errors, omissions, revisions, or updates beyond BCN’s control.

4. Methodology & Analytical Framework

BCN employs disclosed, repeatable analytical methodologies, which may include:

• domain-based scoring;

• outcome-based evaluation;

• longitudinal and comparative trend analysis;

• impact-focused grading (not intent-based).

Methodologies are applied prospectively and uniformly across subjects and may be refined or updated as additional public information becomes available.

All evaluative outputs represent subjective analytical conclusions derived from disclosed frameworks. Such conclusions are inherently interpretive and not verifiable as true or false in the manner of objective factual assertions.

Disagreement with methodology, weighting, interpretation, or conclusions does not constitute defamation, falsity, or error.

5. Editorial Judgment & Constitutional Protection

All BCN grades, labels, scores, and evaluations reflect:

• editorial judgment;

• analytical interpretation; and

• protected opinion under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

BCN does not assert criminality, illegality, or misconduct unless explicitly supported by final, adjudicated public records.

6. No Defamation, Malice, or Improper Purpose

BCN expressly disclaims:

• malice or intent to harm;

• knowing publication of false statements of fact;

• implication of undisclosed criminal conduct;

• targeting of private individuals lacking public relevance.

Public officials and public figures are evaluated solely in their official or public capacity, based on documented actions, observable outcomes, and publicly available records.

7. Reader Responsibility & Non-Endorsement

BCN does not endorse, adopt, control, or guarantee conclusions drawn by readers, third parties, media outlets, or downstream users of BCN content.

Interpretations, reactions, decisions, republications, or actions taken by others based on BCN material are undertaken at their own discretion and risk.

8. Corrections & Good-Faith Review

BCN maintains a good-faith process for:

• factual corrections;

• source updates;

• clarification of record.

Requests must be submitted in writing and supported by verifiable documentation. BCN retains full editorial discretion regarding whether, how, and when content is revised.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, BCN, its operators, contributors, affiliates, and licensors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, reputational, or economic damages arising from:

• use of or access to the platform;

• interpretation, republication, or reliance upon BCN content;

• decisions or actions taken by third parties based on editorial opinions or analytical materials.

All BCN content is provided as protected opinion and analytical commentary, not as statements of verifiable fact. Users assume all risk associated with reliance on such content.

10. No Professional Advice

Nothing published on BCN constitutes legal, financial, medical, political, or professional advice. All content is provided solely for informational and educational purposes.

11. Governing Law & Venue

These terms shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any claim or dispute arising from access to or use of BCN shall be brought exclusively in state or federal courts located in the State of Ohio, and users consent to such jurisdiction and venue.

12. Use of Content; License & Restrictions

All content published on BCN — including text, grades, scores, datasets, visualizations, methodologies, labels, rankings, layouts, and design elements — is the intellectual property of Bronzeville Communications Network, unless otherwise stated.

BCN grants users a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and view content solely for personal, informational, and non-commercial use.

Absent prior written authorization, users may not:

• reproduce, republish, redistribute, or syndicate BCN content;

• scrape, crawl, harvest, copy, or extract BCN data by any means;

• create derivative works, scoring systems, or competing evaluations based on BCN outputs or methodologies;

• use BCN content for commercial purposes, political advertising, fundraising, or advocacy campaigns;

• train, fine-tune, or develop artificial intelligence or machine-learning models using BCN content or datasets;

• present BCN content as official determinations, factual findings, or endorsements;

• remove or alter context, disclaimers, or attribution.

Limited quotation for commentary or criticism may constitute fair use; systematic reproduction, contextual distortion, or commercial exploitation does not.

13. Data Licensing & Authorized Access

BCN datasets, grades, scores, methodologies, and analytical outputs may be made available only at BCN’s sole discretion under separate, written licensing agreements.

Access to BCN content does not grant any implied, oral, estoppel-based, or derivative license.

Where granted, licenses may include academic, journalistic, nonprofit, commercial, or API-based access and are subject to:

• defined scope and duration;

• attribution requirements;

• restrictions on modification, redistribution, resale, and downstream use;

• termination and audit provisions.

BCN retains all right, title, and interest in original datasets, compilations, methodologies, and derivative analytical outputs and reserves the right to revoke access at any time.

14. Copyright, DMCA Notice & Takedown Policy

All BCN content is protected by United States copyright law and applicable international treaties.

14.1 DMCA Takedown Requests

To submit a copyright infringement notice, the requesting party must provide:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work;

2. Identification and location of the allegedly infringing material;

3. Contact information of the complaining party;

4. A good-faith statement that the use is unauthorized;

5. A statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate;

6. A physical or electronic signature.

14.2 Designated DMCA Agent

Bronzeville Communications Network
Email: dmca@bcn-columbus.com
Subject: DMCA Takedown Notice

14.3 Counter-Notification

Counter-notices must include identification of the removed material, a sworn statement of good-faith belief of error, consent to Ohio jurisdiction, and a signature.

14.4 Enforcement

BCN reserves the right to terminate access, block repeat infringers, and pursue legal remedies, including injunctive relief.

15. Reservation of Rights

All rights not expressly granted are reserved by BCN. Access to BCN content does not transfer ownership or confer any implied license beyond those explicitly stated.

16. Core Principle

BCN documents impact, not intent.
Receipts over rhetoric.