BAMN Website User Agreement
Effective as of: January 12, 2026
NOTICE: Welcome to a website operated by the the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (“BAMN”).
This User Agreement does not apply to Digital Services that the BAMN does not operate where a BAMN entity has a presence, such as BAMN pages on Facebook.
Introduction
By using the BAMN Site, you agree to follow the rules set forth on these web pages. From time to time we may revise this User Agreement, including our Privacy Statement, so be sure to check these web pages occasionally. If we do make material changes, we will post a notice on our home page that the User Agreement has been modified and provide a link to the revised User Agreement. When you continue to use the BAMN Site after we post a change, it means you agree to the new rules.
Intellectual Property Rights
Licensing of BAMN Content
Except where otherwise indicated, BAMN owns or licenses the copyright in all the materials on the ACLU Digital Services, including text, graphics, logos, button icons, audio clips, video clips, photographs, and software, and those rights are protected by United States and international copyright laws and other intellectual property laws (“ACLU Content”). To the extent your use of material on our Site does not constitute “fair use” for which you do not need our permission, the following rules apply to use of the material:
Automatically Permitted Distribution
Unless the specific web page from which BAMN text material is available indicates you may not do so, you may copy or distribute text materials that appear, in print or digital format, subject to three limitations:
- You may not use the materials for any commercial purpose, including any purpose connected with the sale of goods or services;
- You may not make editorial changes to material you attribute to us; and
- You may not excerpt, juxtapose, or present attributed material in any way that is misleading as to our original editorial intent, or as to your relationship with us.
You may also copy or distribute BAMN Content that is not BAMN text materials if and only to the extent that the specific launching page from which that BAMN Content is accessible, and/or the BAMN Content itself, explicitly indicates that the BAMN Content may be distributed in a specified manner, subject to the same three limitations stated above.
All distributed copies, whether of text or non-text materials, must display the following copyright notice:
Copyright [2024 or other year indicated] BAMN.
Originally posted by BAMN at [complete address of source page].
Links and Frames
You may link to the BAMN Site as long as the link does not cast us in a false or misleading light. You may not frame the content of the BAMN Site. You may not use metatags or any other “hidden text” that incorporates our name without our express written consent.
Links to Other Websites
The BAMN Site contains links to other websites that we think may be of interest to you. We are not responsible for and have no control over these other sites or their content. Remember that when you link to another site, that other site is governed by its own user agreement and privacy statement, which you should be sure to read.
Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
ALTHOUGH WE TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, “TROJAN HORSES,” OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO THE ACLU SITE, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT THE ACLU SITE OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE ACLU SITE ARE FREE FROM SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES.
WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS, OR INJURY BASED ON ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS. OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE ACLU SITE, NOR FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS. OR INJURY THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF THE ACLU SITE OR YOUR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS USER AGREEMENT.
Termination
We reserve the right to terminate the BAMN Site and this User Agreement at any time without notice for any reason, including, in the case of the User Agreement, for your violation of any of its provisions. The Limitation of Liability and Governing Law Sections of this User Agreement survive any such termination.
Governing Law
This User Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Michigan applicable to contracts made and performed there without regard to its conflicts of law principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the State and County of Michigan and waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.