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Legal Statements - Terms of Use
1. Acceptance of Terms of Use and Amendments.
Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing
usshanson832.org. Use of or access to
usshanson832.org shall constitute acceptance of
and agreement to be bound by this Agreement. IF
YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT,
DO NOT ACCESS usshanson832.org
2. Access.
You are responsible for providing all hardware, software, telephone or other communications
equipment and/or service to connect to the Internet and access
usshanson832.org and are
responsible for all Internet access charges, telephone charges or other fees or charges
incurred in connecting to the Internet and accessing
usshanson832.org.
3. User Conduct.
You agree to access and use usshanson832.org only for lawful purposes. You are solely responsible
for the knowledge of and adherence to any and all laws, statutes, rules and regulations,
pertaining to (i) your use of usshanson832.org, including any Interactive Area, (ii) the use of
any networks or other services connected to the
usshanson832.org, and (iii) the communications means
by which you connect your modem, computer, or other equipment to
usshanson832.org. By accessing
usshanson832.org, you agree that you will not:
(1) restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the site;
(2) post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory,
obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, or indecent information of any kind, including
without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would
constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local,
state, national, or international law;
(3) post or transmit any information, software, or other material which violates or
infringes in the rights of others, including material which is an invasion of privacy or
publicity rights or which is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right,
or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the
owner or right holder.
(4) post or transmit any information, software or other material which contains a
virus or other harmful component;
(5) alter, damage or delete any Content or other communications that are not your own
Content or to otherwise interfere with the ability of others to access
usshanson832.org;
(6) disrupt the normal flow of communication in an Interactive Area;
(7) claim a relationship with or to speak for any business, association, institution or other
organization for which you are not authorized to claim such a relationship;
(8) violate any operating rule, policy or guideline of your Internet access provider or
online service.
4. User Interactions.
Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals found on
usshanson832.org, including
payment and delivery of goods, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations
associated with such interactions, are solely between you and such organizations and/or
individuals. You agree that usshanson832.org, its parent or subsidiary organizations and their
affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents shall not be
responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such
dealings. If there is a dispute between participants on this site, or between users and
any third party, you understand and agree that
usshanson832.org, its parent or subsidiary
organizations and their affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and
agents are under no obligation to become involved. In the event that you have a dispute
with one or more other users, you hereby release
usshanson832.org, its parent or subsidiary
organizations and their affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and
agents from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind or nature,
known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in
any way related to such disputes and / or our service. If you are a California resident, you
waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to
claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of
executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement
with the debtor."
5. Intellectual Property Rights.
5.1 usshanson832.org content.
(a) You acknowledge that Content on
usshanson832.org is generally provided by
usshanson832.org,
individual contributors of Content ("Contributors"), third party licensees, and/or
other Users. You acknowledge that
usshanson832.org permits access to Content that is protected by
copyrights, trademarks, and other proprietary (including intellectual property) rights
("Intellectual Property Rights"), and that these Intellectual Property Rights are valid and
protected in all media existing now or later developed and except as is explicitly provided
below, your use of Content shall be governed by applicable copyright and other intellectual
property laws. You acknowledge that
usshanson832.org owns a copyright in the "look and feel," i.e.,
the selection, coordination, arrangement and presentation of such Content.
(b) You may not modify, copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute, publish, create derivative
works from, display or otherwise transfer or commercially exploit any of the Content, in
whole or in part, provided, however, that you may (i) make a reasonable number of digital or
other form of copies to permit your computer hardware and software to access and view the
Content, (ii) print one copy of each piece of Content, (iii) make and distribute a reasonable
number of copies of Content, in whole or in part, in hard copy or electronic form for
internal use only. Any permitted copies of Content must reproduce in an unmodified form any
notices contained in the Content, such as all Intellectual Property Right notices, and an
original source attribution to "USS Hanson
832" and its URL address. You acknowledge that
usshanson832.org, its Contributors, and/or Users remain the owners of the Content and that you do
not acquire any Intellectual Property Rights by downloading or printing Content.
5.2 Content Provided by User.
You may upload to any Interactive Area or otherwise transmit, post, publish, reproduce or
distribute, on or through usshanson832.org only Content that is not subject to any Intellectual
Property Rights, or Content in which any holder of Intellectual Property Rights has given
express authorization for distribution over the Internet and on
usshanson832.org, without
restriction whatsoever. Any Content submitted with the consent of a copyright owner other than
you should contain a phrase such as "Copyright owned by [name of owner]; Used by Permission."
By submitting Content to any Interactive Area, you automatically grant and/or warrant that the
owner of such Content, whether it be You or a third party, has expressly granted to
usshanson832.org the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted,
worldwide right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create
derivative works from, sublicense, distribute, perform, and display such Content, in whole or
in part, worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology
now known or later developed for the full term of any Intellectual Property Rights that may
exist in such Content. You also permit
usshanson832.org to sublicense to third parties the
unrestricted right to exercise any of the foregoing rights granted with respect to such
Content. You also permit any User to access, view, store and reproduce the Content for
personal use.
6. Termination.
The only right with respect to dissatisfaction with any policies, guidelines, or practices of
usshanson832.org in operating the usshanson832.org site, or any change in
Content, is for you to
discontinue accessing usshanson832.org. usshanson832.org may terminate or temporarily suspend your access
to all or any part of usshanson832.org, without notice, for conduct that
usshanson832.org believes
is a violation of this Agreement or any policies or guidelines posted by
usshanson832.org, or for
other conduct which usshanson832.org believes, in its sole discretion, is harmful to
usshanson832.org
or other Users. usshanson832.org may discontinue operating
usshanson832.org and terminate this
Agreement without notice at any time for any reason in its sole discretion. In the event of
termination, you are no longer authorized to access
usshanson832.org, and the restrictions
imposed on you with respect to Content downloaded from
usshanson832.org, as well as the
disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in this agreement, shall survive.
7. Links; Disclaimers Of Warranties; Limitations of Liability
7.1. Links
You understand that except for Content, products or services expressly available at
usshanson832.org,
neither usshanson832.org, its subsidiary and parent organizations, or affiliates, or their
respective directors, officers, employees, and agents controls, provides, or is responsible for
any Content, goods or services available through sites on the Internet linked to or from
usshanson832.org. All such Content, goods and services are made accessible on the Internet by
independent third parties and are not part of
usshanson832.org or controlled by usshanson832.org.
usshanson832.org neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy, completeness, usefulness,
quality or availability of any Content, goods or services available on any site linked to or from
usshanson832.org, which are the sole responsibility of such independent third parties, and your use
thereof is solely at your own risk. Neither
usshanson832.org, its subsidiary and parent
organizations, or affiliates, or their respective directors, officers, employees, and
agents shall be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage
caused or alleged to have been caused by your use of or reliance on any
Content, goods or
services available on any site linked to or from
usshanson832.org or your inability to access the
Internet or any site linked to or from
usshanson832.org.
7.2. Disclaimer of Warranties.
Please use your best judgment in evaluating all information contained or opinions expressed on
usshanson832.org. It is the policy of usshanson832.org not to endorse or oppose any opinion expressed
by a User or Content provided by a User, Contributor, or other independent party. YOU
EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF usshanson832.org IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. NEITHER
usshanson832.org NOR ANY
OF ITS SUBSIDIARY AND PARENT ORGANIZATIONS, OR AFFILIATES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS,
OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS OR OTHER SUPPLIERS
PROVIDING CONTENT, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES WARRANTS THAT
usshanson832.org OR ANY INTERNET SITE
LINKED TO OR FROM usshanson832.org WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL
BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE, INCLUDING THE INTERACTIVE AREAS, OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT
AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. NOR DO ANY OF THEM MAKE ANY WARRANTY
AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF
usshanson832.org OR ANY INTERNET SITE LINKED
TO OR FROM usshanson832.org OR AS TO THE TIMELINESS, SEQUENCE, ACCURACY, AUTHORITY, COMPLETENESS,
USEFULNESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, OR SUBSTANCE OF ANY CONTENT,
INFORMATION, SERVICE, OR TRANSACTION PROVIDED THROUGH
usshanson832.org OR ANY SITE LINKED TO OR
FROM usshanson832.org usshanson832.org IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
7.3. Limitation of Liability.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL usshanson832.org, ITS SUBSIDIARY AND PARENT COMPANIES, OR AFFILIATES,
OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, OR LICENSORS, BE
LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES UNDER OR ARISING FROM THIS
AGREEMENT, usshanson832.org, OR ANY INTERNET SITE LINKED TO OR FROM
usshanson832.org, WHETHER FOR
BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES CAUSED OR ALLEGEDLY CAUSED BY ANY
FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, ELECTRICAL
SURGE/DAMAGE/INTERFERENCE, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER
VIRUS, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE, BREAKDOWN OF EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE ERROR, INFRINGEMENT,
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR THEFT, DESTRUCTION, ALTERATION, OR USE OF, RECORDS.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL usshanson832.org, ITS SUBSIDIARY AND PARENT COMPANIES, OR
AFFILIATES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, OR
LICENSORS, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY
YOU IN RELIANCE ON THE CONTENT CONTAINED WITHIN
usshanson832.org OR THE CONTENT CONTAINED WITHIN ANY
INTERNET SITE LINKED TO OR FROM usshanson832.org. THE CONTENT WITHIN
usshanson832.org AND THE CONTENT
WITHIN INTERNET SITES LINKED TO OR FROM
usshanson832.org MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER
INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE CONTENT HEREIN;
THESE CHANGES WILL BE INCORPORATED IN NEW VERSIONS OF
usshanson832.org AND SPECIFICALLY ARE
INCLUDED IN THIS SECTION AGREEMENT. usshanson832.org AND ITS CONTRIBUTORS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS
AND/OR CHANGES IN THE CONTENT AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME.
YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT
usshanson832.org IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DEFAMATORY,
OFFENSIVE, FRAUDULENT, OR OTHERWISE ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY USER. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED
WITH ANY usshanson832.org SITE CONTENT, OR WITH THE ACCESS AGREEMENT OF
usshanson832.org, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE
usshanson832.org SITE.
8. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold usshanson832.org, its parent or subsidiary
organizations and their affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and
agents from any and all liabilities, claims and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees,
arising from breach of this Agreement, any other policy, your use or access of
usshanson832.org or
any Internet site linked to or from usshanson832.org, or in connection with the
transmission of any Content on usshanson832.org.
9. Miscellaneous
This Agreement comprises the entire agreement between
usshanson832.org and you, and
supersedes any prior agreements with respect to the subject matter herein.
usshanson832.org may
revise this Agreement or any other policy at any time and from time to time, and such revision
shall be effective two (2) days upon posting notice of such revision prominently on
usshanson832.org. You agree to review this Agreement periodically to be aware of such revisions. If
any such revision is unacceptable to you, you must discontinue accessing
usshanson832.org. Your
continued accessing and use of usshanson832.org following notice of any such revision shall
conclusively be deemed acceptance of all such revisions. The provisions of Sections 3, 5.1,
5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8, and 9 shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement. If
any provision of this Agreement or any other policy be held invalid or unenforceable, that
portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect
the original intention of the parties and the remaining portions will continue in full force
and effect. The failure of usshanson832.org to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any
provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state or province of domicile of
usshanson832.org, excluding its conflict of laws rules, and you and
usshanson832.org each submit to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that state or province. This Agreement is personal to
you and you may not assign your rights or obligations thereunder to anyone. All logos,
brand names, products, trademarks and service marks appearing herein may be the trademarks or
service marks of their respective owners. References to any trademark, service mark and
links to or from usshanson832.org have been done strictly for clarification and identification
and does not constitute endorsement by
usshanson832.org of the products, services or
information offered by the owner of such trademark, service mark or link or endorsement
of usshanson832.org by such trademark, service mark or link owner.
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