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Terms of
Use
We welcome
you to our site. We ask that you review these Terms of Use, which are
intended to constitute a binding license agreement that conditions your use
of this site ("Agreement"). We have tried to avoid unnecessary legal
verbiage. Our goal is to protect our rights in order to provide you with
access to the free content available at this site. If you do not wish to be
bound by this Agreement after you have read it, please leave the site. If
you remain on this site, or return thereafter, you agree to be bound by this
Agreement.
1.
Responsible conduct. You agree to act responsibly at this site and to
treat other visitors with respect.
2. Limited
License and Copyright and Intellectual Property Law Restrictions. Except
for public domain material, the content on this site is protected by
intellectual property laws, including U.S. copyright laws. You are hereby
granted a non-exclusive license to use the material at this site ("Content")
while connected to this site (including, where available, to email
individual stories to friends directly from this site). You are also granted
a limited license to print one copy of any Content posted at the site, but
only for your personal use. Except as expressly provided above, all rights
are reserved. Among other things, except to the extent required for the
limited purpose of reviewing material on our site, electronic reproduction,
adaptation, distribution, performance or display is prohibited. Changes to
or deletion of author attribution or copyright notices are prohibited.
Commercial use of any of the Content is strictly prohibited. Use of any of
our trademarks as meta-tags on other web sites also is strictly prohibited.
You may not display this website in frames (or any of the Content via
in-line links) without our express written permission, which may be
requested by contacting us through our feedback form. You may, however,
establish ordinary links to our site without our written permission.
3. Links.
We may provide links from our site to other sites as a convenience to
our visitors. We have no control over linked sites and make no
representations about any content or material available at these locations.
Links are not intended to imply sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement.
4.
Discussion Boards and other self-publishing 3rd party products. Although
we do not have any obligation to monitor these services, or this
self-published content, we reserve the right at all times to remove any
information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous,
defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise
objectionable to us in our sole discretion and to disclose any information
necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We also
reserve the right to permanently block any user who violates these terms and
conditions.
5.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THIS WEB SITE
IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THERE IS NO WARRANTY THAT YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF
THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; OR THAT ANY PARTICULAR
RESULTS MAY BE OBTAINED BY USE OF THIS SITE. THIS SITE IS MADE AVAILABLE ON
AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR
OTHERWISE, OTHER THAN THOSE WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION,
RESTRICTION, OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.
NEITHER WE NOR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY PROVIDING CONTENT VIA THIS SITE
SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
6.
Modifications and Termination. The terms of this agreement will not be
modified on an individual basis. You agree that we may modify the terms of
this Agreement (or discontinue this site) in our sole discretion, without
advance notice, and that your right to access this site is conditioned on an
ongoing basis with your compliance with the then-current version of these
Terms and Conditions. You should therefore visit this page frequently.
7.
Jurisdiction. This Web site is hosted on servers located in the United
States and is intended to be viewed by residents of the United States. In
the event of any dispute arising out of or relating to this site, you agree
that the exclusive venue for litigating disputes shall be in state or
federal court in Los Angeles, California. |
