Terms of Use . . .
www.HomesteadBlogger.com ("Website") and its parent company, The Old
Schoolhouse Magazine, LLC ("Company") appreciate your interest in using Website.
Use of Website constitutes agreement with the following Terms of Use ("Terms of
Use").
- Users: Any person accessing or using Website is a "User" for purposes of the
Terms of Use, whether or not User has created a personal account or posted
information on Website.
- General Disclaimer: Website contains weblogs ("Blogs"), message boards,
facts, views, opinions, statements, recommendations, advertisements, promotions
and other content and links to external websites not owned or controlled by
Website or Company (collectively, "Website Content"). Company and Website make
no warranties or representations as to the accuracy, safety or value of Website
Content created, published, displayed, uploaded, downloaded or distributed in,
on or through Website or other Company publications, including without
limitation other websites owned by Company, and assume no liability or
responsibility for errors or omissions in Website Content. Website and Company
accept no responsibility for the actions of any User or third party or for
Website Content created, provided, uploaded, linked or posted by any User or
third party, including without limitation the content of Blogs or message boards
or comments posted in response to Blogs or on message boards. Website Content
does not necessarily reflect the views, opinions or recommendations of Company
or Website and any reliance upon Website Content is taken at User's sole
risk.
- Acceptance of Terms of Use: Use of Website indicates User's complete
acceptance of and agreement to be bound by the Terms of Use. Website is owned
and operated by Company and provided for use by individual Users pursuant to the
specific terms and conditions of the Terms of Use and other policies, rules,
procedures and practices established, posted and modified by Company and Website
from time to time.
- Description of Service: Website provides User with various publishing and
community services, including without limitation the opportunities to register
for a personal account with Website, create a hosted Blog on Website, post
information and comments to various portions of Website, participate in
Internet-based discussions and access Website Content. Website will post notices
describing all relevant fees, terms, conditions and requirements. Only Users who
register for a personal account with Website and click "I AGREE TO THE TERMS OF
USE" are permitted to create, provide, upload, link or post Material (as defined
in Paragraph 14) on Website. User is personally responsible for obtaining,
providing and maintaining (a) access to the Internet, including without
limitation payment of telephone, cable or other connection and service fees
associated with Internet access and (b) all equipment required to access and use
Website and the Internet, including without limitation access to a computer and
modem. Company and Website accept no responsibility or liability for the ability
or inability of any User to access Website. Company and Website do not control
Website Content and accept no responsibility for the actions of Users or third
parties or for Website Content provided, uploaded, linked or posted by Users or
third parties, including without limitation the content of Blogs or comments
posted in response to Blogs.
- Personal Use Only: Website and related services are made available to User
for personal, non-commercial use only. User may create, provide, upload, link or
post Material only in and on permitted portions of Website and may only edit,
alter, overwrite, block or delete Website Content (a) originally created,
provided, uploaded, linked or posted by User and (b) pursuant to the express
provisions of the Terms of Use and other posted Website policies, rules,
procedures and practices. User may not frame or otherwise alter the appearance
or functionality of Website. User may not use Website or an individual User
account, Blog, comment or Material created, provided, uploaded, linked or posted
by User to sell or advertise a product or service, including without limitation
other Internet websites or businesses, without the advance written consent of
Company and Website. Company and Website reserve the sole, exclusive and
discretionary right to determine what constitutes "selling" and "advertising" on
Website. User may not take, appropriate, publish, reproduce, or use all or any
part of Website, with the exception of Material originally created by User, for
any purpose without the advance written consent of Company, Website or the legal
owner of the relevant Website Content or Material. Users interested in
advertising a product, service, business or website on Website should contact
the site administrator via e-mail at webmaster@homesteadblogger.com.
- Changes to Terms of Use: Company and Website may change the Terms of Use
from time to time and will notify Users of major changes to the Terms of Use by
posting a notice on Website. Minor changes to the Terms of Use will be posted in
the "Terms of Use" section of Website. Users are responsible for reviewing the
Terms of Use regularly, regardless of posted notices from Company or Website.
Use of Website indicates User's full and complete agreement to each and every
one of the current Terms of Use as if User had signed a written document
containing the Terms of Use.
- Modifications of Service: Company and Website reserve the sole and exclusive
right to change, suspend or terminate www.HomesteadBlogger.com and all related
websites and services at any time and from time to time with or without prior
notice. Company and Website are not liable to User or any third party for any
change to, suspension or termination of Website or related websites and
services.
- Loss of Information: Company and Website assume no responsibility or
liability for deletion of or failure to store Website Content or Material
created, provided, uploaded, linked or posted in, on or through Website. Company
and Website have no fixed limit on the amount of Material a User may create,
provide, upload, link or post but retain the exclusive, discretionary right to
create, implement and enforce these or other limitations at any time, with or
without cause or prior notice.
- Right to Terminate Service: Company and Website reserve the right to (a)
suspend or terminate all or any part of the password, account, Blog, use
privileges and Website access of any User and (b) suspend, delete, block out or
eliminate any Website Content, including without limitation Blog and message
board content, at any time and for any reason, including without limitation a
determination by Company or the Website administrator that a User has engaged in
conduct which violates the letter or spirit of the Terms of Use or any other
Website policy, rule, procedure or practice. Suspension, termination, deletion,
blocking and similar actions may be temporary or permanent at the sole
discretion of Company and Website. User understands and agrees that suspension
and termination rights referenced in the Terms of Use may be exercised at any
time with or without cause or prior notice and may include full deactivation or
deletion of all Material and Website Content, including without limitation files
created, provided, uploaded, linked or posted by User. Company and Website have
no responsibility to provide User with copies of any suspended, deleted,
blocked, terminated or eliminated Material or Website Content.
- Privacy Policy: The Terms of Use include and incorporate the terms of the
www.HomesteadBlogger.com Privacy Policy ***** insert hyperlink ***** ("Privacy
Policy") which is incorporated by this reference as if fully set forth herein.
Company and Website respect the privacy of Users. Company and Website will not
disclose, edit or monitor the name or contact information of any User except as
reasonably required (a) by law or to comply with legal process served on Company
or Website, (b) to comply with the Terms of Use, Disclaimer, Privacy Policy and
other Website policies, rules, procedures and practices, (c) to develop,
improve, operate, maintain and debug Website or (d) to protect and defend the
rights, property and personal safety of Company, Website, Users or members of
the public.
- Passwords and Security: Users who register for a personal account with
Website will receive a password and other account information, some of which may
be selected or provided by User. User is completely responsible for all
activities occurring under or arising out of personal accounts registered to,
for or by User, with no exceptions. User agrees to immediately notify Website of
any unauthorized use of User's personal account or any other known breach of the
Terms of Use. User is completely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality
and security of passwords and personal account information. User may change the
password assigned to User's personal account pursuant to instructions posted on
Website. User may close existing personal accounts and set up new personal
accounts at will, provided that a User may not close an existing personal
account or open a new personal account (a) for any reason or purpose which would
violate or circumvent the Terms of Use or any posted policy, rule, procedure or
practice of Website or Company, (b) to commit any illegal act or misrepresent
the identity of User or any third party or (c) to re-establish an account or
access to Website by or on behalf of any individual whose use privileges have
been suspended or terminated by Company or Website for any reason.
- Advertising and Promotions: Website may feature Website Content, including
without limitation advertisements and promotions, by or from third parties not
owned or operated by Company and Website. User agrees to the publication and
display of advertisements and promotions on all portions of Website, including
without limitation portions of Website displaying Material or Website Content
created, provided, uploaded, linked or posted by User. User agrees not to block,
interfere or attempt to block or interfere with any Website Content. User
understands and agrees that User is not entitled to editorial control,
compensation or consideration of any kind relating to or arising out of Website
Content. User may contact, communicate, contract with or participate in
promotions offered by advertisers and other third party providers of Website
Content. USER HEREBY RELEASES COMPANY AND WEBSITE FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY
RELATING TO CONTACT, COMMUNICATION, CONTRACTS AND OTHER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
USER AND ADVERTISERS OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES NOT OWNED BY COMPANY, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION LIABILITY FOR OR ARISING OUT OF GOODS, SERVICES, TERMS,
CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS MADE BY OR CONNECTED WITH SUCH
ADVERTISERS OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES. Company and Website assume no
responsibility, obligation or liability for contacts, communications, contracts,
promotions or relationships between User and any advertiser or other third
party.
- Profanity Filter: User understands and agrees that Company and Website may
employ an automatic, electronic "profanity filter" in order to enforce
provisions in the Terms of Use prohibiting the use of profane and obscene
language. User understands that use of the profanity filter may result in
deletion or elimination of profane and obscene language, failure to delete or
eliminate all profane or obscene language and the unintentional deletion or
elimination of language which is neither profane or obscene and agrees to hold
Company and Website harmless from and against all responsibility and liability
resulting from or arising out of the proper or improper functioning of the
profanity filter.
- User Responsibility for Use and Content: User understands and agrees that
Company and Website do not control Website Content and that User is completely
responsible for all information, data, text, messages, original or derivative
ideas, works of authorship, joint works, titles, captions, music, sound,
graphics, artistic works, photographic works, video, concepts, methods,
improvements, designs, discoveries, ideas, software, websites, trademarks, trade
dress and trade secrets, whether or not patentable or registerable under patent,
copyright, trademark or similar laws, solely or jointly conceived, and whether
or not produced, developed, experimented upon or reduced to practice
(collectively, "Material") and other Website Content created, provided,
uploaded, linked or posted by User. Company and Website neither endorse nor
accept any responsibility for the acts, omissions, Material and other Website
Content created, provided, uploaded, linked or posted by User or any third
party, whether or not permitted or covered by the Terms of Use.
- User Conduct: Use of Website by User is subject to the Terms of Use, posted
policies, rules, procedures and practices of Website and applicable law. User is
completely responsible for all Material and Website Content created, provided,
uploaded, linked or posted by User or by any person using a personal account
registered to, by or on behalf of User.
User hereby agrees:
- to comply with the laws of the United States and the state of California,
including without limitation laws governing the transmission of technical data
exported from the United States through the Internet and other electronic
media;
- to comply with all posted policies, rules, procedures and practices of
Company and Website, including without limitation each and every provision of
these Terms of Use;
- not to disrupt, interfere with or access without permission ("hack") Website
or any website, network, server, system or computer connected to Website;
- not to use Website or the name of Website or Company for or in connection
with chain letters, junk mail or spamming and not to contact any other User
without his or her prior written consent;
- not to create, provide, upload, link, post or transmit any unlawful,
harassing, defamatory, libelous, abusive, offensive, inappropriate, sexually
explicit, threatening or harmful Material or information, including without
limitation offensive, profane, obscene, racist or sexually explicit content and
language which substitutes asterisks or other alternative characters for part or
all of a term which would otherwise violate the Rules or Terms of Use, on, to or
through Website;
- not to create, provide, upload, link, post or transmit any Material or
information on, to or through Website which encourages or incites conduct which
gives rise to actual or potential criminal or civil liability or violates
applicable law;
- not to knowingly create, re-create, provide, upload, link, post, re-post or
comment on deleted or banned Material, warning letters, sanctions or private
communications from Company, Website or their legal counsel; and
- not to intentionally interfere with the operation of Website or the use and
enjoyment of Website by other Users or third parties.
Company and Website reserve the right to immediately delete any Website
Content or Material and to terminate the access, use privileges and account of
any User whose conduct fails to conform to the Terms of Use.
- Representations and Warranties of User: User hereby represents and warrants
to Company and Website that
- User is agreeing to the Terms of Use, creating a User account, accessing
and/or using Website voluntarily and no person or entity, including without
limitation Company or Website, has made any promises, threats or representations
of any kind in order to encourage, induce or force User to agree to these Terms
of Use, create a User account, access or use Website;
- User is over the age of eighteen (18) and has the capacity and authority to
agree to the Terms of Use;
- Compliance with the Terms of Use will not, now or in the future, violate the
terms of any other contract or agreement to which or by which User is bound or
legally obligated;
- User will not deliberately create, publish, provide, post, display, upload
or distribute Material, information or Website Content in, upon, over or through
Website or any related websites, publications and services owned by Company
which is dishonest, plagiarized or inaccurate;
- Material created, published, provided, posted, displayed, uploaded and
distributed by User does not and will not infringe, violate or conflict with the
intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity, including without
limitation rights of patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and rights to
proprietary works;
- User will not create, publish, provide, post, display, upload or distribute
Material or information in, upon, over or through Website or any related
websites, publications and services owned by Company which (i) is in any way
tortious, abusive, defamatory, libelous, obscene, an incitement to an illegal
act, (ii) illegally infringes upon the privacy or contract rights of any person
or entity or (iii) violates the law of any state, the United States or the Berne
Convention.
- User will not engage in any conduct or create, publish, provide, post,
display, upload or distribute Material or information in, upon, over or through
Website or any related websites, publications and services owned by Company in
which User (i) impersonates any person or entity, including without limitation
an employee or officer of Company or an administrator of Website, (ii) falsely
states or misrepresents User's identity or affiliation with any person or
entity, (iii) contains or results in the generation or transmission of software
viruses or computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or
negatively alter the nature, use or function of any computer hardware, software,
server, system, network or telecommunications equipment.
- User will properly cite and identify the sources of all Material and
information created, published, provided, posted, displayed, uploaded or
distributed in, upon, over or through Website or any related websites,
publications and services owned by Company, will retain copies of all sources
cited or referenced and will support or verify User's rights to use copyrighted
or other protected Material at the request of Company or Website.
- User has not and will not solicit, receive or accept payment, compensation
or anything of value from any third party in exchange for inserting, using or
recommending a name, product or other content in Material or information
created, published, provided, posted, displayed, uploaded or distributed in,
upon, over or through Website or any related websites, publications and services
owned by Company or Website except as disclosed and approved in advance by
Company.
- Acknowledgement of Potentially Offensive Content: User understands that use
of Website, related websites and services may result in exposure to Website
Content that User finds offensive, indecent or objectionable and agrees to hold
Company and Website harmless from and against any responsibility or liability
for offensive, indecent or objectionable content and conduct.
- Indemnity: User agrees to indemnify Company and Website against any and all
claims, losses, liabilities, damages, demands, suits, causes of action,
judgments, costs and expenses, including without limitation court costs and
attorneys' fees resulting from or arising out of any breach of these Terms of
Use by User or any third party using a personal account registered to, by or on
behalf of User.
- Retention of Intellectual Property Rights: User will retain the intellectual
property rights to Material created by User on Website except as otherwise
provided in the Terms of Use or by applicable law. User may not make any claim
to ownership of Website Content, Material, property or rights belonging to
Company, Website or any third party, whether or not wrongfully used,
appropriated or infringed by User.
- User Suggestions: Company and Website do not accept or consider unsolicited
ideas, suggestions or proposals relating to the operations, organization,
publications or other property of Company and Website (collectively "Ideas").
User understands and agrees that (a) any Idea sent to Company or Website, posted
on any portion of Website or included in Website Content will be considered
non-proprietary, non-confidential and fully released for use by Company and
Website, (b) Company and Website have no obligation or liability to User or any
third party relating to or arising out of the use, nonuse, disclosure,
publication or receipt of any Idea and (c) Company and Website may use Ideas for
any purpose, including without limitation commercial uses, free of charge and
without liability, restriction or compensation to the submitting User.
- Proprietary Content: User understands and agrees that Material and Website
Content not specifically created, uploaded or posted by User belongs to Company,
Website or other third parties and is protected by patent, copyright, trademark,
trade dress, service mark, intellectual property law or other applicable law and
that User is only permitted to use Material and Website Content not belonging to
User pursuant to the provisions of the Terms of Use or as specifically
authorized in writing by the owner of the Material or Website Content. User may
not reproduce, copy, publish, distribute or create derivative works based upon
Material or Website Content owned by Company, Website or third parties without
the prior written consent of the legal owner of the Material or Website Content.
Company and Website will not (a) act as an intermediary for User to obtain
permission to use Material or Website Content, (b) mediate or resolve disputes
between Users and third party owners of Material or Website Content or (c)
accept responsibility or liability for wrongful use of Material or Website
Content by any User.
- Grant of License: User hereby grants Company and Website permanent,
non-exclusive rights to publish and distribute Material and Website Content
created, provided, uploaded, linked and posted by User in electronic format
pursuant to the Terms of Use. This grant of rights includes the rights to (a)
publish, post, archive and distribute Material and Website Content on Website
and any affiliated or successor websites owned and operated by Company, (b)
electronically publish and distribute Material through the Internet, Website,
affiliated websites, an RSS feed or similar service and by e-mail, (c) share
Material with other websites selected by Company and Website which share mutual
objectives ("Partner Websites"), (d) permit and license Partner Websites to
publish and distribute Material in electronic format on the same terms as
Company and Website, provided that Partner Websites must always identify the
origin of all Website Content and link back to Website and (e) use reasonable
portions of Website Content in connection with advertising and promotional
activities.
- Acceptance of Risk: Material and Website Content downloaded, obtained or
accessed from or through the use of Website is downloaded, obtained and accessed
at the sole discretion, risk and responsibility of User. User agrees to accept
sole responsibility and liability for any damage to User's computer, hardware,
operating system, software, network, server and Internet service, including
without limitation destruction, loss or corruption of data files, resulting from
using, downloading, obtaining or accessing Website and Website Content.
- DMCA Compliance: The Terms of Use include and incorporate the
www.HomesteadBlogger.com DMCA Compliance Notice ***** insert hyperlink *****
("DMCA Notice") which is incorporated by this reference as if fully set forth
herein. Company and Website support the Digital Millenium Copyright Act ("DMCA")
and the protection of intellectual property rights pursuant to the laws of the
United States, individual states and the Berne Convention for the Protection of
Literary and Artistic Works ("Berne Convention").
- User Right to Terminate Account: User may terminate personal accounts
registered to, by or on behalf of User at any time. If User objects to any of
the Terms of Use or any other policies, rules, procedures and practices
established, amended or posted by Company or Website from time to time the only
remedy or recourse available to User is to immediately cancel all personal
accounts registered to, by or on behalf of User and discontinue use of Website.
Access and use privileges terminate immediately upon cancellation or termination
of a User account. User has no right, and Website and Company have no
obligation, to delete or to continue to post Material or Website Content
provided by User, to forward any unread or unsent messages to User or to provide
User with information, access or service of any kind during suspension or
following termination of an account registered by, for or on behalf of User,
regardless of the reason for suspension or termination.
- Company and Website Rights to Delete or Terminate: Company and Website
reserve the absolute, discretionary right to terminate, delete, modify or
restrict access to (a) any and all Website Content, including without limitation
User Blogs and (b) all User accounts at any time with or without cause or prior
notice. User agrees to the terms of this Paragraph 26 without reservation. User
understands and agrees that the right of Company and Website to terminate,
delete, modify and restrict access to Website Content and to terminate Website
and related services at any time, with or without cause or prior notice is a
vital, non-negotiable part of these Terms of Service.
- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: USER AGREES TO USE WEBSITE AT USER'S SOLE RISK AND
RESPONSIBILITY. ACCESS TO WEBSITE, RELATED WEBSITES AND SERVICES IS PROVIDED ON
AN "AS-IS", "AS-AVAILABLE" BASIS WITH NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY
KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. COMPANY AND WEBSITE
SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION THAT
WEBSITE, RELATED WEBSITES OR SERVICES (A) WILL MEET THE NEEDS OR REQUIREMENTS OF
USER OR WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH ANY HARDWARE, SERVER, SYSTEM, NETWORK, OPERATING
SYSTEM, SOFTWARE, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER OR OTHER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS,
(B) WILL BE AVAILABLE, RELIABLE, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR FREE,
(C) WILL PROVIDE OR ENABLE USER TO ACHIEVE A GIVEN OR DESIRED RESULT, OR (D)
WILL BE REPAIRED, UPGRADED, DEBUGGED OR FUNCTION WITHOUT ERROR, MISTAKE OR
OMISSION. COMPANY AND WEBSITE MAKE NO WARRANTY AND ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY OR
LIABILITY FOR MATERIAL, INFORMATION, ADVICE, GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR
OBTAINED THROUGH WEBSITE OR RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF WEBSITE CONTENT.
THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES MAY ONLY BE AMENDED OR MODIFIED BY A WRITTEN
INSTRUMENT SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF COMPANY WHICH SPECIFICALLY
STATES THAT IT MODIFIES THESE TERMS OF USE AND MAY NOT BE ALTERED, MODIFIED OR
ELIMINATED IN ANY OTHER MANNER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ADVICE, INFORMATION
OR TECHNICAL SUPPORT GIVEN OR RECEIVED FROM COMPANY OR WEBSITE. EXCLUSIONS,
LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES DO NOT
APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUAL USERS
MAY VARY BY JURISDICTION.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: COMPANY AND WEBSITE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL
RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, INACCURACY, LEGALITY,
RELIABILITY, OPERABILITY, FUNCTIONALITY, AVAILABILITY AND CONTENT OF ANY AND ALL
WEBSITE CONTENT. COMPANY AND WEBSITE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, RESULTING FROM OR RELATING TO USER OR ANY
THIRD PARTY CREATING, PUBLISHING, DISPLAYING, UPLOADING, DOWNLOADING,
DISTRIBUTING, ACCESSING OR USING ANY AND ALL WEBSITE CONTENT. COMPANY AND
WEBSITE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR ERRORS, OMISSIONS,
SUSPENSION, DELETION, MISDELIVERY OR UNAVAILABILITY OF WEBSITE AND WEBSITE
CONTENT. COMPANY AND WEBSITE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL AND
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, CAUSED BY, RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF (A) USE,
MISUSE OR LACK OF USE OF WEBSITE OR ANY WEBSITE CONTENT, (B) MATERIAL,
INFORMATION, ADVICE, GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH OR AS A
RESULT OF WEBSITE OR ANY WEBSITE CONTENT, (C) MESSAGES SENT, RECEIVED,
INTERRUPTED OR DELETED, TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO AND ANY OTHER ACTION TAKEN OR
NOT TAKEN AS A RESULT OF UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO WEBSITE OR A PERSONAL ACCOUNT
REGISTERED TO, BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY USER, (D) STATEMENTS, ACTIONS, MATERIAL
AND WEBSITE CONTENT CREATED, PROVIDED , UPLOADED , DOWNLOADED, LINKED OR POSTED
BY USERS OR THIRD PARTIES OR (E) ANY OTHER CAUSE, EFFECT, ACTION, CONSEQUENCE OR
DAMAGE NOT DIRECTLY CAUSED BY OR RESULTING FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL
MISCONDUCT OF COMPANY OR THE ADMINSTRATORS OF WEBSITE. EXCLUSIONS AND
DISCLAIMERS CONTAINED IN THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY DO NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT
PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE RIGHTS OF USERS MAY VARY BY JURISDICTION.
- No Other Agreements: The Terms of Use represent the only, final, complete
and exclusive understanding between User, Company and Website and supersede any
prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements between User, Company and
Website. User has no relationship, agreement or rights relating to Company and
Website except as expressly stated in the Terms of Use. The Terms of Use may
only be modified by a written instrument approved in writing or executed by an
authorized representative of Company which specifically states that it modifies
the Terms of Use.
- Construction, Jurisdiction, Venue: User, Company and Website understand and
agree that the Terms of Use were written in and will be construed and enforced
in accordance with the laws of the State of California and that User's
acceptance of the Terms of Use is taking place within the State of California.
User agrees to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the Federal or state
courts located in Sacramento, California for purposes of any legal action
commenced under or arising out of the Terms of Use, Website or use of Website by
User.
- Legality, Modification: Nothing contained in the Terms of Use will be
interpreted to require the commission of an illegal act or a violation of
applicable law. If any conflict arises between the Terms of Use and applicable
law the latter will prevail, the relevant provisions of the Terms of Use will be
deleted, modified or limited to the limited extent necessary to comply with law
and all other provisions of the Terms of Use will remain in full force and
effect.
- Notice: Notices must be made in writing. Company and Website may provide
valid, effective notice to User by posting or broadcasting notices on Website or
related websites owned and operated by Company. Notices posted on Website are
deemed given when posted.
- No Waiver: Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Use does not and
will not constitute a waiver of the right to enforce the same or any other
provision against the same or any other User in any subsequent situation.
- Survival: Any provisions which are reasonably required in order to fully
enforce the terms and intent of the Terms of Use will survive termination of a
User's personal account or User access to Website.
Acceptance by User: User understands and agrees that use of Website indicates
full and complete agreement to each and every one of the Terms of Use as if User
had signed a written document containing the same.
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