TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Effective Date: June 2026
Welcome to the website of Markar Melkonian. By accessing, browsing, downloading, or otherwise using this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, please discontinue use of this website.
Purpose of This Website
This website serves as an educational, scholarly, literary, and informational resource featuring books, articles, essays, reviews, presentations, interviews, commentaries, historical analysis, philosophical writings, political commentary, downloadable materials, and related content authored, edited, or curated by Markar Melkonian.
Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise stated, all content published on this website is protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws.
Protected content includes, but is not limited to:
• Books
• Articles
• Essays
• Blog posts
• Reviews
• Lectures
• Presentations
• Interviews
• Images
• Graphics
• PDFs
• Downloadable materials
• Educational resources
• Research materials
• Website text
• Website design elements
All rights are reserved.
Ownership of Content
All original content published on this website remains the property of Markar Melkonian unless otherwise indicated.
Nothing contained on this website shall be interpreted as granting any license, ownership interest, or intellectual property rights to visitors except as expressly provided herein.
Educational and Personal Use
Visitors may:
• Read and view website content
• Download materials expressly designated for download
• Print materials for personal, educational, or non-commercial use
• Cite published materials in accordance with accepted academic, scholarly, and journalistic standards
Prohibited Uses
Without prior written permission, visitors may not:
• Reproduce articles, essays, books, or substantial portions thereof
• Republish content on websites, blogs, newsletters, or social media platforms
• Translate content for publication or distribution
• Sell, license, or commercially exploit website content
• Modify or create derivative works based upon copyrighted materials
• Remove copyright notices, attribution, or author identification
• Redistribute downloadable materials beyond personal or educational use
• Archive or mirror website content on third-party servers
• Incorporate website content into commercial databases or repositories
Artificial Intelligence and Automated Data Collection
No content published on this website may be copied, harvested, scraped, extracted, indexed, stored, processed, or used for the purpose of training, improving, developing, testing, or operating artificial intelligence systems, machine learning systems, large language models, automated content generation systems, or similar technologies without the express prior written permission of Markar Melkonian.
Unauthorized automated collection of website content by bots, crawlers, scrapers, spiders, or similar technologies is prohibited.
Academic Citation and Fair Use
Readers, educators, researchers, journalists, and students are encouraged to cite and reference materials published on this website in accordance with accepted academic and professional standards.
Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted as limiting rights granted under applicable copyright law, including fair use, quotation, criticism, commentary, scholarship, and research.
Political and Scholarly Content Disclaimer
This website contains historical, philosophical, literary, political, and scholarly content.
The views and opinions expressed in articles, essays, presentations, interviews, publications, and other materials represent the views of the author or credited contributor and are provided for purposes of education, scholarship, criticism, commentary, research, and public discussion.
References to governments, political organizations, ideologies, institutions, historical figures, public officials, social movements, or historical events do not constitute endorsement by this website.
No Professional Advice
Content published on this website is provided solely for educational, informational, literary, scholarly, and research purposes.
Nothing contained on this website constitutes legal advice, financial advice, investment advice, tax advice, professional consulting services, or any other form of professional advice.
Visitors should seek qualified professional guidance appropriate to their individual circumstances.
Reader Responsibility
Visitors are solely responsible for their interpretation and use of information obtained from this website.
Markar Melkonian shall not be responsible for actions taken, decisions made, or consequences arising from reliance upon information published on this website.
Downloads and Educational Resources
Certain materials may be made available for download, including educational resources, articles, presentations, images, excerpts, and other materials.
Downloading such materials does not transfer ownership, copyright, publication rights, reproduction rights, or distribution rights.
All intellectual property rights remain reserved.
External Links
This website may provide links to third-party websites, publishers, journals, archives, educational institutions, news organizations, and other external resources.
Such links are provided solely for informational and educational purposes.
Markar Melkonian does not control and assumes no responsibility for the content, policies, accuracy, availability, or practices of third-party websites.
User Communications
Any information voluntarily submitted through the Contact page shall be subject to the website's Privacy Policy.
Submission of inquiries does not establish any professional, contractual, advisory, academic, or fiduciary relationship.
Children Under 13
This website is not directed toward children under thirteen (13) years of age.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Parents or guardians who believe personal information has been submitted by a child may contact us through the website's Contact page.
Disclaimer of Warranties
All content is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Markar Melkonian disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, reliability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Markar Melkonian shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages arising from:
• Use of this website
• Inability to access this website
• Reliance upon website content
• Downloading of materials
• Third-party links
• Errors or omissions in content
Changes to the Website
Content, resources, publications, features, and materials may be modified, updated, removed, suspended, or discontinued at any time without notice.
Changes to These Terms
These Terms and Conditions may be revised at any time without prior notice.
Continued use of the website following any modification constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms and Conditions.
Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Contact
Questions regarding these Terms and Conditions may be submitted through the Contact page of this website.