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Operator
Ancient Nerds is operated as a project of Dominiak Consulting, a sole proprietorship registered in Germany and owned by Martin Dominiak. The address above uses Autorenglück, a regulated mail-forwarding service; correspondence addressed to "Martin Dominiak, c/o Autorenglück #43603" is routed to the operator and constitutes a valid postal address for service of process.
Contact
Phone: +49 151 28149471
Email: ancient.nerds@protonmail.com
VAT Status
Dominiak Consulting operates under the small business regulation pursuant to § 19 UStG (German VAT Act). No value-added tax is charged on services rendered; invoices do not show VAT.
Responsible for Editorial Content
According to § 18 (2) MStV (German Interstate Media Treaty):
Martin Dominiak (address as above)
§ 18 MStV applies because Ancient Nerds publishes journalistically-edited telemedia content: curated archaeological stories, weekly journals (compilations summarising the previous week's stories), and the Lyra research assistant.
Notice and Take-Down
If you believe content on this platform infringes copyright, trademark, personality rights, or other legal rights, please contact ancient.nerds@protonmail.com. We review reported content within 48 hours and remove or amend it where appropriate. Please include the URL of the disputed content and a brief explanation of the alleged violation.
EU Online Dispute Resolution
The European Commission provides an online dispute resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are not obligated and not willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body.
Liability for Content
The contents of these pages have been created with due care. As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content under general German law. We are not obligated to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block use of information under general law remain unaffected; liability in this respect only commences from the time of knowledge of a specific legal violation. Upon notification of such violations, we will remove the content immediately.
Liability for External Links
Our pages contain links to external third-party websites whose content is beyond our control. We therefore assume no liability for the content of these external sites. The respective provider or operator is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. Linked pages were checked for legal violations at the time of linking; no unlawful content was identified at that time. A permanent content review of linked pages is not reasonable without concrete indications of a legal violation.
AI-Generated Content
Stories, weekly journals, the Lyra research assistant, and other generated content on this platform are produced automatically by large language models from publicly available sources. While we work to ensure accuracy, AI-generated content may contain errors, omissions, or hallucinations. Always verify with primary sources before relying on this information for research, decision-making, or publication.
Copyright
Site data, images, and other third-party content are subject to the respective licenses listed in the Disclaimer & Legal section on the landing page. Original platform content and documentation created by Ancient Nerds are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; the platform source code is licensed under AGPL-3.0.