Terms of Use

Effective Date: June 25, 2026
Last Updated: June 25, 2026 [1, 2]

Welcome to National News Base (nationalnewsbase.com). By accessing, browsing, or using this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be legally bound by the terms and conditions outlined within this Terms of Use Agreement. If you do not agree to these terms, you must immediately discontinue your use of this site. [1, 2, 3]

National News Base is an independent digital news media outlet operated out of Ohio, delivering journalism across the United States.

⚖️ 1. Acceptance of Terms & Eligibility

By utilizing our website, platform services, or newsletters, you confirm that you are at least 18 years of age or possess legal parental/guardian consent. Use of this website by individuals under the age of 13 is strictly prohibited. We reserve the right to alter, update, or amend these terms at any time without prior individual notice. Any modifications will take effect immediately upon being posted to this page. Your continued use of the website following changes constitutes binding acceptance of the updated terms. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

🔒 2. Intellectual Property Rights & Permitted Use

All content displayed on nationalnewsbase.com—including but not limited to written articles, columns, investigative reports, software code, logos, graphical designs, layouts, audio clips, and photographic imagery—is the exclusive property of National News Base Media Group or its licensed content providers. [1]

Personal Use Only: You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and read our content solely for personal, non-commercial use. [1]
Prohibited Actions: You may not copy, scrape, crawl, republish, distribute, sell, frame, or synthetically train generative AI models using any text or visual elements from this site without explicit prior written authorization from our editorial desk. [1]

🚫 3. Prohibited User Conduct

When interacting with our website, comment fields, contact mechanisms, or community boards, you agree to refrain from the following restrictive behaviors: [1, 2]

Post or transmit any material that is defamatory, unlawful, harassing, obscene, fraudulent, or threatening to third parties.
Infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, patents, or privacy rights of any individual or corporate entity.
Deploy automated web scrapers, data-mining bots, or extraction utilities to mass-harvest website text, feeds, or author lists.
Use our network infrastructure to transmit unauthorized advertising, spam, affiliate marketing chains, or tracking codes. [1, 2, 3]

💬 4. User-Generated Content & Comments

If you post comments, feedback, or text contributions anywhere on our platform, you grant National News Base an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, distribute, display, reproduce, and edit that text. [1]

No Pre-Screening Liability: We do not pre-screen or actively monitor all user comments. Comments do not reflect the viewpoints, journalistic standards, or ethical policies of the National News Base editorial board. [1]
Right to Remove: We reserve the absolute right to remove any user submission or user-generated comment at our sole discretion, without warning, if it violates our community guidelines. [1]

🛡️ 5. Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability

The content found on nationalnewsbase.com is provided on an “As Is” and “As Available” baseline framework for general information purposes only. [1]

No Warranties: National News Base makes no express or implied warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, operational uptime, or error-free state of the information displayed. News changes rapidly; we do not guarantee all historical archives remain completely up to date. [1, 2]
Limitation of Liability: To the maximum extent permitted by United States and Ohio state law, National News Base Media Group, its staff writers, and affiliates shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use or inability to use this platform. [1, 2, 3]

⚖️ 6. Governing Law & Legal Jurisdiction

This Terms of Use Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any formal legal action, dispute, or lawsuit arising from the use of this website must be filed exclusively within the state or federal courts located in the State of Ohio. [1, 2]

🏢 7. Corporate Contact Details

If you have any questions, clarifications, or formal inquiries regarding these legal terms, please reach out to our administration desk: [1]

Legal Entity: National News Base Media Group
Mailing Address: Bucyrus, Ohio 44820, United States
Email Helpdesk: editorial@nationalnewsbase.com

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