Terms of use
The rules for using news.proofprofile.it, its articles and its evidence.
Last updated 21 October 2026.
These terms apply to news.proofprofile.it, operated by Silicon Islands AB, organisation number 556974-8865, Sweden (see Legal notice). By using the site you accept them. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have as a consumer under the mandatory law of the country where you live.
1. Reading and using articles
Articles, images and the site's design are protected by copyright, held by Silicon Islands AB or the respective authors. You may read, link to, share, quote with attribution and a link to the article, and summarise articles. Reproducing a full article elsewhere, or republishing it commercially, requires our written permission.
2. Machine reading and AI use
This site is built to be read and checked by software. Search engines, AI crawlers and AI agents may fetch, index, summarise and quote articles and their evidence, and use them for text and data mining, including the training of AI models, subject to the attribution rule above whenever an article is quoted or reproduced in an answer. The reservation of rights under Article 4(3) of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (2019/790) is therefore not exercised for this site, except for full reproduction as stated in section 1. Automated access must respect the limits described on Machine access. We may refuse software that attacks, probes or overloads the site.
3. The evidence records
Every article version comes with a snapshot, a registration on CopyrightChains (Chain 1199), a CopyrightID and OpenTimestamps proofs on Bitcoin. They show that the snapshot existed in exactly that form by the time shown and was registered by our declared signing address. CopyrightChains is a permissioned registry operated by us; the independent evidence of time is the Bitcoin anchor. A registration or timestamp does not establish that an article is true, complete or lawful, who wrote it, or who owns it. The evidence files, verification API and MCP server are provided free of charge and as they are; we take care that they are correct, but we do not guarantee that they are always available. You can always check the records independently with public tools, as each article explains.
4. Article tokens
Each registration creates a token on CopyrightChains representing the article version, held by the publisher's declared signing address. The tokens are records of registration. They are not offered for sale to the public, and nothing on this site is an offer of securities, financial instruments or crypto-assets, or investment advice.
The only genuine article tokens are tokens on CopyrightChains (chain 1199) created through the CopyrightFactory contract 0x0A6378d67b1E153eF96da7e2368af07DB6679efc by the signer declared in /.well-known/proofprofile-news.json. A token with an article's name or a PPIT symbol on any other blockchain is not ours. We never sell, airdrop or distribute tokens, never ask anyone to connect a wallet, and never offer readers royalties or revenue shares. Any such offer made in our name is fraudulent; please report it to info@siliconislands.net.
5. Membership and comments
Membership is free and for people aged 16 or older. We never ask members for payment, passwords or wallet details; see "Recognising our emails" in the Privacy policy. You are responsible for what you write in comments. Do not post anything illegal, infringing, harassing, deceptive or spam, or personal data about others without a legal basis. We may remove comments and suspend or end memberships that break these terms or the law; we will tell you why and how to contest the decision. Comments are not registered on any blockchain. To report content you believe is illegal, follow the procedure in the Legal notice.
6. Corrections
We correct errors as set out in the Editorial and corrections policy. A correction creates a new version; earlier versions and their evidence remain available.
7. Liability
We publish with care, but articles are general information and not professional advice. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect loss arising from the use of the site, its content or its evidence services. This does not limit liability that cannot be limited by law, such as liability for intent or gross negligence.
8. Changes
We may update these terms. The date at the top shows the latest version, and the version in force when you use the site applies.
9. Law and disputes
Swedish law applies, without prejudice to the mandatory consumer protection of the country where you live. Disputes are settled by Swedish courts, unless you as a consumer are entitled to bring proceedings where you live. Consumers in the EU can also turn to the Swedish National Board for Consumer Disputes (Allmänna reklamationsnämnden, arn.se).