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Terms and disclaimer
Terms of use for ComputeTape, including market-information disclaimer, warranty disclaimer, and limitation of liability.
ComputeTape is for market information and education. It is not investment, legal, tax, or engineering advice. By using this site you agree to these terms.
2026-05-15Effective date
These terms apply to use of computetape.com on or after this date.
Information onlyUse
Site content is for general market information and education.
18+Eligibility
Intended for readers who are at least 18 years old.
Acceptance
Agreement to these terms
- These terms govern your use of computetape.com and any related ComputeTape pages, feeds, and email.
- If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the site.
- ComputeTape is intended for readers who are at least 18 years old. By using the site you confirm you meet that requirement.
Site use
Acceptable use
- You may read ComputeTape pages and share links to them for personal, non-commercial use.
- Do not treat ComputeTape content as investment, trading, legal, tax, or procurement advice.
- Do not scrape, crawl, copy, mirror, redistribute, or republish ComputeTape content or data at scale without prior written permission.
- Do not use automated systems, bots, or AI tools to ingest ComputeTape content for downstream redistribution or training without prior written permission.
- Do not interfere with the operation of the site or attempt to access non-public areas.
Intellectual property
Ownership of site content
- All text, charts, indexes, branding, and other content on ComputeTape are owned by ComputeTape or used with permission, except for clearly attributed third-party material.
- The ComputeTape name, logo, and index names (CT-COST, CT-MKT, CT-SPOT, CT-TRAIN, CT-INFER, CT-GPUA) are marks of ComputeTape.
- No license to reuse, redistribute, or commercially exploit site content is granted by access to the site.
- Quotation of short excerpts with attribution and a link back is permitted under standard fair-use practice.
Third parties
Links and outside sources
- ComputeTape links to primary sources, official disclosures, and third-party sites for context.
- ComputeTape does not control and is not responsible for the content, accuracy, availability, or practices of third-party sites.
- Inclusion of a link is not an endorsement of the linked party or its content.
- Readers should verify information at the source before relying on it.
Disclosure
Market-information disclaimer
- ComputeTape content is general information and market commentary.
- Editorial interpretation is not investment advice or a recommendation to buy, sell, trade, finance, or procure any asset or service.
- Market pages do not show live values until they meet source, unit, timestamp, and freshness standards.
- ComputeTape does not publish fabricated, unsourced, or stale market values as current observations.
- Readers verify primary sources and make independent decisions.
- Paid products, live market data, and subscriptions are not active.
No warranty
Disclaimer of warranties
- The site and all content are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
- ComputeTape disclaims all warranties including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, non-infringement, and uninterrupted availability.
- ComputeTape does not warrant that the site will be free of errors, omissions, interruptions, or that any defects will be corrected.
Liability cap
Limitation of liability
- To the maximum extent permitted by law, ComputeTape, its operators, contributors, and affiliates are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from your use of the site or reliance on its content.
- This includes, without limitation, lost profits, lost data, lost opportunities, trading losses, procurement decisions, and infrastructure decisions.
- In any event, the aggregate liability of ComputeTape for any claim arising out of or relating to the site is limited to one hundred US dollars ($100).
- Some jurisdictions do not allow exclusion of certain warranties or limitation of liability; in those jurisdictions liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
Indemnity
Indemnification
- You agree to indemnify and hold harmless ComputeTape and its operators from any claim, demand, loss, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your use of the site, your violation of these terms, or your reliance on site content for any decision.
Sponsorship
Sponsor and commercial content
- Sponsor placements, when present, are commercial messages and are clearly disclosed.
- Sponsor content does not influence editorial coverage and must remain separate from analysis.
- Sponsors are responsible for the accuracy of their own claims.
Termination
Termination and suspension
- ComputeTape may suspend, restrict, or terminate access to the site, in whole or in part, at any time and without notice.
- Sections of these terms that by their nature should survive termination (ownership, disclaimers, liability, indemnification, governing law) will survive.
Law
Governing law and disputes
- These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles.
- Any dispute arising out of or relating to these terms or the site will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Delaware, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there.
- If any provision of these terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force.
Changes
Updates to these terms
- ComputeTape may update these terms as the product develops. Updates are reflected by changing the effective date above.
- Continued use of the site after an update constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
- Material changes will be highlighted on the site when reasonably practical.
Contact
Questions about these terms
- Email ops@computetape.com with questions about these terms, copyright, or site operations.
- Email editorial@computetape.com with editorial corrections or source issues.