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Terms

Terms of Use

Working draft, pending review by counsel. It will be finalized before public launch.

These terms govern your use of taketexasback.com, the website of the Texas First Pledge, a program of the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM Inc.). By using the site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the site.

What this site is

The Texas First Pledge is a permanent, public, and apolitical commitment that any candidate or officeholder, of any party, may make to put the interests of Texas and Texans first. Listing a signer on the public roster reflects that person's own voluntary commitment. It is not an endorsement by the Texas Nationalist Movement, and it is not a statement of support for or opposition to any candidate's election.

Signing the pledge

Signing is open to candidates and officeholders. Submissions are reviewed before they appear on the public roster. Once published, a pledge signature is a permanent public record; a signer's later disavowal, breach, withdrawal, or death is recorded as a dated annotation rather than by removing the record.

Accuracy and corrections

We publish roster information in good faith from signer submissions and public sources. If you believe a record is inaccurate, contact us and we will review it. We may correct, annotate, or update records to keep the public record accurate.

Acceptable use

Do not use the site to break the law, to disrupt or attack the site, to scrape it in a way that burdens our systems, or to misrepresent the roster. We may limit or block access to protect the site and its users.

Intellectual property

The site's design, text, and the Texas Nationalist Movement marks are the property of the Texas Nationalist Movementor its licensors. The roster data is published for public, civic use; please attribute it to the Texas First Pledge.

taketexasback.com is hosted and managed by Texas Nationalist Enterprises, Inc., which receives copyright notices for it. We respond to notices of claimed copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. section 512.

Reporting claimed infringement

If you believe material on taketexasback.com infringes a copyright you own or control, send a written notice to our designated agent. The notice must include:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature, as the copyright owner or a person authorized to act for the owner.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work you say is infringed. If one notice covers several works on the site, a representative list of them is enough.
  3. Identification of the material you say infringes, with enough detail for us to find it. The web address of the page is best.
  4. Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
  5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act for the owner.

When we receive a complete notice, we promptly remove the material or disable access to it, and we tell the person who posted it.

Designated agent

Copyright Agent
Texas Nationalist Enterprises, Inc.
P.O. Box 403
Nederland, Texas 77627
Phone: 800-662-1836
Email: dmca@thetnm.org

This address handles copyright notices only. Our agent is listed in the U.S. Copyright Office's DMCA Designated Agent Directory under registration number DMCA-1084313.

Counter-notice

If material you posted was removed and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the designated agent. It must include:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared before it was removed.
  3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification.
  4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district where your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which Texas Nationalist Enterprises, Inc. may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or that person's agent.

We send a copy of your counter-notice to the person who sent the original notice. Unless that person tells us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action to keep the material down, we restore it 10 to 14 business days after we received your counter-notice.

Repeat infringers

We close the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe copyrights. An account that is the subject of three valid notices within 12 months is closed, and we may close an account sooner for deliberate infringement.

False claims

Under 17 U.S.C. section 512(f), a person who knowingly misrepresents that material infringes, or that it was removed by mistake, can be liable for damages, including costs and attorney's fees. If you are not sure whether material infringes your copyright, consider talking to a lawyer before you send a notice.

Disclaimers and limitation of liability

The site is provided "as is," without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Texas Nationalist Movement is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the site.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas.

Changes

We may update these terms from time to time. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated terms.

Contact

Questions about these terms: reach the Texas Nationalist Movement through tnm.me.

The Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM Inc.) is a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. Contributions are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.