Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of these terms

By accessing wiiver.co or subscribing to Wiiver Weekly, you agree to these Terms of Use and to our Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the service.

2. What Wiiver is

Wiiver (Wiiver, Inc., a Delaware corporation that operates from Washington, D.C.) is an analytical-media publication. We publish Crosscurrents, cross-sector analysis of the connections between Government & Public Policy, Business & Markets, and Technology & Engineering, and a free Saturday email, Wiiver Weekly. Reading Wiiver is free, and there is no account to create.

3. Who can use Wiiver

You must be at least 18 years old, or old enough to form a binding agreement where you live, to use Wiiver. If you subscribe to the newsletter, you agree to provide accurate information.

4. Our content is information, not advice

5. Analysis and forward-looking statements

Crosscurrents reflects our judgment and the information available at the time of publication. Analysis and forecasts are inherently uncertain, and developing stories change; we may update or correct a piece as facts firm up (see our Method & Standards). We don’t warrant that any analysis is complete or that any forecast will prove accurate.

6. Our work and how you may use it

The analysis, writing, graphics, and design on Wiiver, and the Wiiver, Crosscurrents, Wiiver Weekly, and Wiiver Impact Matrix names and logos, are owned by Wiiver, Inc. and protected by law. You’re welcome to read our work, link to it, and quote brief excerpts with attribution. Beyond that, please don’t republish, reproduce, or create derivative works from substantial portions of our content without our written permission.

Sharing exported Impact Matrix cards

Some Crosscurrents let you export or embed a Wiiver Impact Matrix card. You’re welcome to share these cards, in presentations, reports, and on social and professional platforms, provided the Wiiver branding and attribution stay intact and unaltered and the card links back to the original Crosscurrent. This permission covers sharing the card as provided; it does not allow you to alter it, remove its attribution, sell it, or use it to imply Wiiver’s endorsement.

7. Things you agree not to do

Please don’t misuse the service, for example, by using it unlawfully, disrupting it or trying to gain unauthorized access, scraping or harvesting content in bulk, using our content to train machine-learning systems without our permission, removing attribution or notices, or misrepresenting our work as your own or as something we endorse.

8. The newsletter

Wiiver Weekly is free. By subscribing you consent to receive it, and you can unsubscribe at any time using the link in every email. The newsletter is delivered through beehiiv, so your subscription is also subject to beehiiv’s terms. We may change its cadence, format, or content, or discontinue it.

9. Advertising and sponsorship

Wiiver currently carries no advertising or sponsorship. If that changes, any sponsored or paid content will be clearly labeled as such and kept separate from our editorial judgment, consistent with FTC disclosure guidelines. See our Method & Standards for how we handle independence.

10. Links and sources

Crosscurrents links out to primary sources and other reporting. Wiiver isn’t responsible for the content or practices of third-party sites, and a link is not an endorsement.

11. Disclaimer of warranties

The service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy, completeness, fitness for a particular purpose, or uninterrupted availability, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

12. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Wiiver and its team won’t be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the service or your reliance on its content. Our total liability for any claim relating to the service will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid us in the prior twelve months (if any) or US $100.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Wiiver harmless from claims arising out of your misuse of the service or violation of these terms.

14. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the District of Columbia, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, and you agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in the District of Columbia.

15. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. We’ll post the revised version here with a new effective date; continuing to use Wiiver after a change means you accept it.

16. Contact

Questions about these terms? Email josh.lynwood@wiiver.co.