Terms of Use
1. Definition Of Terms
For the purposes of this document, the following terms, words, and phrases shall have the meanings defined below. All definitions are made without regard to capitalization.
2. You Accept This Agreement
BY VISITING AND/OR OTHERWISE USING OUR WEBSITE OR OUR CONTENT, YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS DOCUMENT AND THE TERMS OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS DOCUMENT OR YOU DON'T AGREE WITH OUR PRIVACY POLICY, THEN DO NOT VISIT OR USE OUR WEBSITE OR OUR CONTENT.
By using our website, you are stating that you are 18 years of age or older and/or fully compentent AND legally able to enter into this agreement. If you do not meet this requirement, please do not use our website.
If you are 13 years old or younger, do not use our website. Speak to your parent or guardian about what website you may and may not use.
Those with health conditions that could be exasberated by content on our website are not allowed to use our website in any way and are banned from viewing the content our website contains and the content delivered through its systems.
3. Release of Liability
You understand that our website may contain links or references to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. You understand that we assume no responsibilty for the content, policies, practices, or users of these other websites.
You agree to consider us free from any and all liability relating to your use or misuse of our website and any of these other websites. You understand that it is your own responsibility to be aware of all terms and conditions of use, agreements, and other implications related to use of our website and these other websites and that we have no responsibilty or liability arising from or related to your experiences with our website or these other websites.
4. General Usage
Permission To Use Our Website and Services
We grant you permission to use our website as stated in this agreement. You may not use our website or the content which it delivers for any purpose that is:
Agreement Modifications
You may not modify or otherwise alter this agreement without express written permission from us.
This agreement is subject to change without notice. Please visit this document on a regular basis to stay current with changes and updates to this agreement.
Jurisdiction
This agreement shall be presided by the laws of the State of New York.
Any litigation arising from use or misuse of our website, our services or content delivered by our website or our systems shall be settled by a court of competent jurisdiction the State of New York or by other means to be decided by us.
General Misuse
You agree not to use our website or services in any way that is considered illegal in the State of New York, and you agree not to use our website or services in any way that is considered illegal in the area in which you live. This includes but is not limited to countries, cities, counties, townships, villages, or any other legal entity.
You agree not to use our website or services in any way except in the way they were intended to be used. If you don't clearly understand how a feature of this website was intended to be used, see the help section of our website or contact us and specifically state what you don't understand.
You agree not use our website in any way that would cause us or our website or our systems harm.
You agree not to alter our website in any way except by using the provided mechanisms designed especially for that purpose and using them in the way they were intended to be used.
You agree not to copy, replicate, or otherwise distribute any part of our website other than using the specific mechanisms provided for this purpose without express written permission from us.
You understand that we do not guarantee that your posted material will remain available to the public or even accessible to you. Because we do not act as a "backup" type of service, you must retain your own copies of your content.
Automation
You agree not to use automated systems, such as "robots", "spiders", or "readers" to access our website except for the purposes of indexing information for the purposes of providing standard search engine -type services that link to our website as standard search engines do.
You agree that any "robots" or "spiders" you use on our website will not generate more requests per unit of time than a normal human would generate under normal conditions in the same unit of time using a conventional browser.
Commercial Use
You agree not to use the communication facilities of our website for commercial purposes, including but not limited to contacting users of our website for the purpose of marketing or, selling good or services to our users.
You agree not to collect and/or "harvest" user contact information from our website for any commercial solicitation purpose whatsoever.
User Accounts
You understand that some/many features of our website require you to create an account.
You agree that we will not be liable for any losses you incur or damages that result from use of your account, of from anothers use of your account, whether this use took place with or without your knowledge or consent.
You agree that you may be liable for lossed incurred and damages that result from use of your account, or from anothers use of your account, whether this use took place with or without your knowledge or consent. It is your responsibility to keep your credentials (password and username) confidential and protected.
You agree not to use another persons account:
Intellectual Property Rights
Our website and all of the components and content thereof are owned by or licensed to us. The only exceptions to this include "contributed content" that is added to our system through the normal facilities we provide for doing so. Examples of this "contributed content" include video, audio, photos, writeups, bios, descriptions, comments, and user-contributed elements.
We reserve all rights to the content and website components and services that we provide on our website, including but not limited to video, audio, pictures, graphics, scripts, programs, text, markup code, trademarks, and logos.
All content and services on our website are provided as is for your use and enjoyment and personal education. We do not warranty or guarantee the moral value, accuracy, correctness, or benign nature of any content on our website, whether provided by us or by our users.
You understand that some content contributed to our website, whether by us or by users, may be owned, licensed, or otherwise protected by laws, copyrights, international treaties, or other mechanisms. You agree not to violate the rights associated with any content contained in, displayed by, or otherwise part of our website. Permission for certain kinds of use of content must be obtained by express consent of the respective owner or owners.
You agree not to violate any laws, statutes, copyrights, international treaties, or intellectual property rights when contributing content to our website. You understand that doing so may make you liable for damages incurred by us or the owners of the property. It is your responsibility to know and understand the laws, statutes, copyrights, international treaties, and intellectualy property rights associated with intellectual property so as not to break these laws.
By submitting content to our website, you agree to retain your existing rights to the content, however, you grant us the right to use and/or distribute all or part of your submission through mechanisms provided by our website—both now and in the future—to any location, and you grant us permission to use all or part of your submission for the purposes of promoting our website and our products and services.
By submitting content to our website, you agree to allow users of our website to embed, copy, distribute, and otherwise use your submission, either in part or as a whole, through mechanisms provided by our website to any location accessible by the Internet.
By submitting content to our website, you agree to consider blameless in all issues related to the use, distribution, and display, of your content—either in whole or in part—us and the users of our website.
You agree that when you delete content that you've contributed to our system, distribution of that content through the mechanisms provided by our website will stop except in cases where prepared advertisements and other promotional media we've prepared or are currently preparing utilize your content for the promotion or advertisement of our products or services.
We allow usage of a player that is embeddable on third party websites. This player provides a link back to our website. You agree that you will not subvert, in any way, this player or it's machanisms that provide a link back to our website.
We do not tolerate violations of copyrights or laws protecting intellectual property rights. If you believe that media on our website violates any intellectual property rights, please contact us immediately.
Final Indemnity
You agree that the use of our website carries with it no guarantees or warranties. Use our website at your own risk, if you choose to do so. You agree to hold harmless, in any case and for any reason, us, our officers, our employees, and any party related to the production or delivery of our website and its content, whether produced by us or by users of our website.
You agree that we are not responsible for claims made by content or other users on our website.
You agree that we have no liability whatsoever concerning use of our website for any reason whatsoever.
You agree that we have no liability for the outcome of or damages suffered as a result of agreements entered into by users of our website or caused by content or advertising on our website or media of any kind delivered by or through our website or media delivery systems.
You agree to hold us free from all liability relating to any and all damages caused by the release of personal information of any kind as a result of any kind of malfunctions of our equipment or any kind of security breaches of our systems. You understand that we strive to keep all personal information secure but we make no guarantees relating to the security of your personal information.
You agree to hold us free from all liability relating to any and all damages caused by malicious software embedded in our website or delivered through any of our systems. You understand that we strive to keep our website and systems safe for use but we make no guarantees relating to the safety or our website.
You agree to hold us free from all liability related to offensive or illegal conduct of any party including users of our website.
Recourse
We reserve the right to ban or otherise restrict a person from using our website at any time for any reason.
We will report violations of law to the appropriate authorities. We reserve the right to provide any personal info in our custody to authorities as required by law. You agree to hold us free from any and all liability resulting from our cooperation with authorities.