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Terms of Use

Effective Date: 8/14/2026

Welcome to WhatsUpAmericans.com (“Website,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By accessing or using this Website, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.

These Terms apply to all visitors, users, interview participants, commenters, and anyone else who accesses or uses the Website.

1. Free Use of the Website

You may access and view this Website for free. Your use of the Website is entirely at your own risk.

We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Website at any time without notice.

2. Informational and Editorial Purpose

WhatsUpAmericans.com publishes interviews, conversations, blog posts, commentary, and other content for informational, educational, journalistic, and discussion purposes.

The views expressed by interview participants, commenters, guest contributors, or other third parties are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of WhatsUpAmericans.com.

3. Accuracy of Information

We make reasonable efforts to publish accurate and reliable information. However, we do not guarantee that any content on the Website is complete, current, accurate, error-free, or suitable for any particular purpose.

Content may contain mistakes, omissions, outdated information, opinions, or statements that others may disagree with.

You should not rely solely on information from this Website when making personal, legal, financial, medical, political, or other important decisions.

4. No Warranties

The Website and all content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, including but not limited to warranties of accuracy, reliability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, availability, or uninterrupted operation.

5. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, WhatsUpAmericans.com, its owners, operators, contributors, partners, service providers, and affiliates are not responsible or liable for any damages, losses, claims, or consequences arising from your access to, use of, or inability to use the Website or its content.

This includes, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, real, perceived, reputational, emotional, financial, or other damages, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

6. Interviews and Published Conversations

If you participate in an interview or conversation with us, you understand that the interview will be recorded, transcribed, edited for formatting or technical reasons, and published on the Website, depending on the consent and arrangements made with you.

Once an interview, recording, transcript, excerpt, or other content is published online, we cannot guarantee that it can be fully removed from the internet. Third parties may copy, save, share, archive, screenshot, quote, or republish content before or after we remove it from our Website.

If you request removal of your interview or related content, we may consider the request, but we are not obligated to remove content unless required by law or by a prior written agreement.

7. User Comments and Submissions

The Website may allow users to submit comments, messages, interview requests, opinions, stories, or other materials (“User Content”).

You are solely responsible for anything you submit or post. We are not responsible for comments or content submitted by users or third parties.

By submitting User Content, you represent that:

  • You have the right to submit it;
  • It does not violate the rights of others;
  • It is not unlawful, defamatory, threatening, harassing, obscene, abusive, hateful, misleading, or otherwise harmful;
  • It does not contain viruses, spam, or malicious code.

We may review, moderate, edit, refuse, or remove User Content at our discretion, but we are not required to do so.

8. License to Use Submitted Content

By submitting comments, stories, interview responses, messages, or other content to us, you grant WhatsUpAmericans.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, quote, archive, and share that content in connection with the Website and related project purposes.

For interviews, the specific use of your name or pseudonym, recording, transcript, and other identifying details may also be governed by any consent form, release, or agreement provided to you.

9. No Obligation to Publish

Submitting information, participating in an interview, or communicating with us does not guarantee that we will publish your submission, interview, comment, or other content.

We may decide what to publish, not publish, remove, or modify at our discretion.

10. Third-Party Links and Services

The Website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, embedded content, tools, or services. These third-party sites and services are not controlled by us.

We are not responsible for third-party content, policies, security, accuracy, availability, or practices. Your use of third-party websites or services is at your own risk.

11. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the Website design, text, graphics, logos, images, audio, video, and other materials created by or for WhatsUpAmericans.com are owned by us or used with permission and are protected by intellectual property laws.

You may view and share links to the Website for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, modify, or exploit our content for commercial purposes without our prior written permission, except as allowed by law.

12. Prohibited Uses

You agree not to use the Website to:

  • Violate any law or regulation;
  • Infringe on the rights of others;
  • Submit false, misleading, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harassing, hateful, obscene, or unlawful content;
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website or related systems;
  • Interfere with the security or operation of the Website;
  • Upload viruses, malware, spam, or harmful code;
  • Scrape, copy, or harvest content or data in a way that violates these Terms or applicable law;
  • Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity.

13. Privacy

Your use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and share information.

14. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless WhatsUpAmericans.com, its owners, operators, contributors, partners, service providers, and affiliates from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, losses, expenses, or fees, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from:

  • Your use of the Website;
  • Your violation of these Terms;
  • Your User Content;
  • Your participation in interviews or submissions;
  • Your violation of any law or rights of another person or entity.

15. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms of Use at any time. When we do, we will post the updated Terms on this page and update the effective date.

Your continued use of the Website after changes are posted means you accept the revised Terms.

16. Termination or Restriction of Access

We may restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to the Website at any time, for any reason, without notice, including if we believe you violated these Terms.

17. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Any disputes related to these Terms or the Website shall be handled in the state or federal courts located in Colorado, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

18. Severability

If any part of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

19. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any applicable interview release or consent agreement, make up the entire agreement between you and WhatsUpAmericans.com regarding your use of the Website.

20. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by filling out the form on our contact page, or write to us at:

What’s Up, Americans?
9249 S Broadway, Unit 200-536
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129