What is this shoelace for?

Terms of Use and privacy policy

In an nutshell, don't copy any of my ideas, images, stories, characters, absolutely everything on this site and distribute it as your own. Especially for money. Honestly, I spend my own time working hard on this and trying to make a living. So please don't take that away from me. Ask first. Like I said, absolutely everything you see on this website is copyright by me, Daniele Rossi. Absolutely nothing can be copied in any shape, form, way, method, etc., without the written permission (see that word? Permission? Remember it.) by me the CREATOR of this site. There are copyright laws which work in over 70 countries (chances are really, really high that it includes yours) which dictate that I do in fact own everything on this site and nobody can take anything and pass it off and sell it off or even just take it and make use for their own personal and non-commercial means. It's mine mine mine mine mine. All mine. Not yours. I don't even download mp3s. Don't take my stuff. I'd be hurt and really, really upset. FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANKIND, JUST ASK ME FIRST! I'm friendly. I won't bite or use chatspeak with you. I love to meet new people and get to know my readers. That is why I've built this site. To make people like you laugh and bring a little peace into this messed up world. So please don't spoil it by stealing my stuff and making me sad and angry. And no, none of this is released by creative commons license.

That said, there are some other terms of use of this website. No hacking, cracking, denial-of-service-- honestly, why bother? I'm not accountable for whatever may happen to your computer while browsing my website. I am also not liable for any third-party links. These terms of use are applicable and enforced in the federal laws of Canada and the provincial laws of Ontario and also affect the laws of 70 other countries around the world which have an agreement about copyrights (see above).

I do plan on selling merchandise on this site (if I already am, then it means I forgot to update this) and I will be vigilant and extra-careful when sending your items in the mail. But there is nothing I can do about dirty thieves who like to steal packages in the mail. You order my products at your own risk like you do with all the other online shops. My pricing will be fair and I have to follow every and all Canadian and Ontario tax laws whether I want to or not.

While you're kindly respecting my copyright, I'm respecting your privacy. I don't gather e-mails and sell them off to someone. I don't even know how nor do I have the interest. My energy is spent on drawing cartoons, making sure my shipments are reaching their destinations, making the world a happy place, finding true love, and my day job). So if you send me an e-mail, it's as confidential as you expect it to be. Besides, I don't want you to be spending your time cleaning out spam instead of viewing my site and fully respecting the copyright therein. I also use Google Analytics to measure stats on my site. It requires the use of cookies. But i don't get any information about you. Actually, I don't even know how to interpret the results from Google Analytics. I just like to see how many visits I get and from which countries.

Thank you. You rock!