Our site may now or in the future include interactive features, such as discussion groups, message boards, blogs, forums, e-mail features and other community publishing areas that allow users to submit content and materials to us and/or to post content and materials for display on the site. You will be solely responsible for any and all content and materials of whatever nature that you post on, transmit to, link to or submit via the site. You agree to indemnify and hold us, and our respective agents, representatives, directors, officers, employees and licensors, harmless from any liability of any nature arising out of or related to any content or materials submitted to or displayed on the site by you or by others using your username, password or personal account information.
By submitting material via the site, you represent that you are the owner of the material, or are making your submission with the express consent of the owner. By submitting material to any interactive area of the site, you grant us, and our agents, representative and service providers, an irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, nonexclusive, fully sublicensable, worldwide license to use, disclose, distribute, adapt, broadcast, translate, copy, display, modify, edit, publish, perform and create derivative works from such material (in whole or in part) on the site, or otherwise, and/or to incorporate such material into other works in any form, media or technology now known or later developed. You also agree that we may identify you as the author of any of your postings by name, e-mail address or user name (if applicable) as we deem appropriate. You will not receive any compensation of any kind for any materials submitted by you.
You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the site, including content submitted by you, may involve transmissions over various networks, and may involve changes to the content to conform and adapt it to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
As stated above, you are responsible for all content that you post, e-mail, transmit, upload or otherwise submit or make available on or through our website. You agree not to use any portion of this website to submit, post or otherwise make available any content or material or, as applicable, to engage in any conduct or activity, that:
- is unlawful, harmful to adults or minors, threatening, abusive, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, or otherwise interferes with the ability of others to enjoy the site;
- harasses, degrades, intimidates or is hateful toward an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
- infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any person or entity;
- contains unauthorized advertising or solicits other users;
- is intended to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality or integrity of any computer software, hardware or Content on this website;
- that impersonates any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a site employee or another user, or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;
- that includes personal or identifying information about another person without that person's explicit consent;
- that is false, deceptive, misleading, or deceitful;
- that violates any local, state, national or international law(s); or
- that otherwise violates these Terms of Use.
We have the right (but not the obligation), in our sole discretion, (i) to screen content submitted by users and to edit, move, delete, and/or refuse to accept any content that in our judgment violates these Terms of Use or is otherwise unacceptable or inappropriate, whether for legal or other reasons; and (ii) to terminate or suspend access to the site, or to certain interactive areas of the site, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms of Use or otherwise interferes with other users' enjoyment of the site.
You acknowledge and agree that we may preserve content and materials submitted by you, and may also disclose such content and materials if required to do so by law or if, in our business judgment, such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce these Terms of Use; (c) respond to claims that any content or materials submitted by you violate the rights of third parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our site, our officers, directors, agents, staff, or representatives, or to protect other users, and/or the public.
