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We welcome comments from those who have points to raise and thoughts to share. However, PinoyCentric administrators reserve the right to delete comments that are deemed offensive and inflammatory.

Whenever discussions heat up and get out of hand, PinoyCentric administrators will close down the thread to further comments. Any person who repeatedly abuses the comment policy will be blacklisted from the site. This person’s posts will be deleted and his IP address banned.

PinoyCentric welcomes comments that

• respond to a content, a post, or a comment
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Image and Content Policy
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PinoyCentric may occasionally excerpt newsworthy content or use thumbnails of protected images for comment and criticism purposes. In such cases, we will cite our sources and provide a link back to the original content.

PinoyCentric may also use images on public domain or make arrangements with photographers and artists who give us permission to use their work. If you wish to share your materials with us, we’d love to hear from you!

If you think any material has been used unfairly in this site, please inform the administrators at editorial [at] pinoycentric [dot] com with the following:

1. a description of the copyrighted image or work that you claim to have been infringed;
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4. a statement from you that you believe, in good faith, that the use of the disputed image or work is unauthorized.

PinoyCentric will immediately take down the infringing image or content and provide an explanation and/or issue an apology.

A Word about Ethics
PinoyCentric aims to incorporate standard journalism practices in its coverage and encourages its contributors to adhere to these.

• PinoyCentric shall cite its sources where at all possible and will inhibit from covering stories based on rumors.
• When a post or article is discovered to be erroneous, PinoyCentric administrators will issue an erratum and note a correction.
• While PinoyCentric respects individuality and poetic license, it also applies a consistent editorial style throughout the site and reserves the right to edit content to conform to this.
• All advertising on PinoyCentric will clearly be labeled as such.
• PinoyCentric will only provide coverage to events that are newsworthy and applicable to the site’s and its readers’ interests.

Privacy Policy
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Fair Use
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The ‘fair use’ of such material is provided for under U.S. Copyright Law. In accordance with U.S. Code Title 17, Section 107, material on this site (along with credit links and attributions to original sources) is viewable for educational and intellectual purposes. If you are interested in using any copyrighted material from this site for any reason that goes beyond ‘fair use,’ you must first obtain permission from the copyright owner.

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If you have a particular site in mind that mirrors this ideal, tell us about it at info [at] pinoycentric [dot] com.

Disclaimer
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