TERMS OF USE
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Last modified April 7, 2008
TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BECAUSE THEY
DESCRIBE YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This is the official Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement")
for realworlddailies.com ("Site," "we,"
"us," or "our"), an Internet website offered
in cooperation or connection with the MTV television channel or programming
service ("MTV Channel"]). The MTV Channel and the Site (together,
“MTV”) are provided by MTV Networks ("MTVN"), a division of
Viacom International Inc. (together with MTVN, the "Parent Companies").
This Agreement governs only the content, features, and activities related to
this Site and does not cover websites for any
other MTVN programming channel, MTVN’s “Jobhunt” website, the Parent
Companies and any subsidiaries and affiliates of MTVand the Parent
Companies (collectively, “Affiliates”), or
any other company, unless specifically stated.
This Site is offered and made available only to users
13 years of age or older who reside in the United States of America, its territories and possessions
(“U.S.”) and certain features on this Site are only offered and made
available to those 14 years of age or older. If you
are not yet 13 years old or the required greater age for certain features, or
do not reside in the U.S., please discontinue using the Site immediately, or if
for any reason, you do not agree with all of the terms and conditions contained
in this Agreement, please discontinue using the Site immediately because by
using or attempting to use the Site, you certify that you are at least 13 years
of age or other required greater age for certain features and meet any other
eligibility and residency requirements of the Site.
These terms and conditions regarding your use of the
Site constitute a legally binding agreement between you and the Site and the
Parent Companies. In this Agreement, the term "Site" includes all
websites and web pages within the Site as well as any equivalent, mirror,
replacement, substitute or backup websites and web pages that are associated
with the Site. By using this Site, you understand, acknowledge and agree that
you will abide by the terms of this Agreement and any additional terms that
govern certain products and services, which will be presented in conjunction
with those products and services ("Additional Terms"),
including the User Content Submission Agreementwhich governs your
submission of User Content as such term is defined therein. The Site
may also provide rules of participation ("Rules") for certain
activities and services including, but not limited to, contests and
sweepstakes, award programs, membership clubs, email, and dating services. The
Site's Additional Terms and the Privacy Policy and the Rules are hereby incorporated in this Agreement
by reference. To the extent that there is a conflict between this Agreement and
Additional Terms for the activity in which you choose to participate, the
Additional Terms shall govern. To the extent that there is a conflict between
this Agreement and the specific Rules for the activity in which you choose to
participate, the Rules shall govern. This Agreement will remain in full force
and effect as long as you are a user of the Site and in the event of termination
of any membership, service or feature, you will still be bound by your
obligations under this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, any Additional Terms or Rules, including any
indemnifications, warranties and limitations of liability.
The words "use" or "using"
in this Agreement means any time an individual (a "user"),
directly or indirectly, with or without the aid of a machine or device, does or
attempts to access, interact with use, display, view, print or copy from the
Site, transmit, receive or exchange data or communicate with the Site, or in
any way utilizes, benefits, takes advantage of or interacts with any function,
service or feature of the Site, for any purpose whatsoever. This Agreement does
not cover your rights or responsibilities with respect to third party content
or sites or any links that may direct your browser or your connection to third
party sites or pages. This is the entire and exclusive Agreement between you
and us regarding use of the Site and it cannot be modified, except as
specifically described below in Section 2.
1. REGISTRATION
We may require each user to have a unique user name and
password combination in order to access and use certain features or functions
of the Site and may also, from time to time, provide users with additional
codes or passwords necessary to access and use certain features or functions of
the Site. Please read our Privacy Policy,
which describes the personally identifiable information ("Personal
Information") we collect, use, disclose, manage and store. As part of
the registration process for the feature or function, you will choose a user
name and password (or we may assign an initial password which we will give you
the option to change). Your user name and password are personal to you and you
may not allow any others to use your user name or password under any
circumstances. We are not liable for any harm caused or related to the theft or
misappropriation of your user name or password, disclosure of your user name or
password, or your authorization of anyone else to use your user name or
password. You agree to immediately notify us if you become aware of or believe
there is or may have been any unauthorized use of (or activity using) your user
name or password or any other need to deactivate your user name or password due
to security concerns.
2. MODIFICATIONS
We reserve the right, at any time and from time to
time, for any reason in our sole discretion, to change the terms of this
Agreement. We will post or display notices of material changes on the Site and/or
e-mail you or notify you upon login about these changes; the form of such
notice is at our discretion. Once we post them on the Site, these changes
become effective immediately and if you use the Site after they become
effective it will signify your agreement to be bound by the changes. You should
check back frequently and review the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
including, but not limited to, the User Content Submission Agreement, other
Additional Terms, Rules and Privacy Policy, regularly so you are aware of the
most current rights and obligations that apply to you and the terms and
conditions of your agreement with us.
3. OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The contents of this Site, including all Site software,
design, text, images, photographs, illustrations, audio and video material,
artwork, graphic material, databases, proprietary information and all
copyrightable or otherwise legally protectible elements of the Site, including,
without limitation, the selection, sequence and 'look and feel' and arrangement
of items, and all trademarks, service marks and trade names (individually
and/or collectively, "Material"), are the property of the
Parent Companies, and their Affiliates, and any of their successors and
assigns, and any of their respective licensors, Advertisers (as defined below),
suppliers, and operational service providers and are legally protected, without
limitation, under U.S. Federal and State, as well as applicable foreign laws,
regulations and treaties. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise or we
explicitly say so in writing, the term "Site" includes
"Material" as well. The Site is to be used solely for your
noncommercial, non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-transferable and limited personal
use and for no other purposes. You must not alter, delete or conceal any
copyright or other notices contained on the Site, including notices on any
Material you download, transmit, display, print or reproduce from the Site. You
shall not, nor will you allow any third party (whether or not for your benefit)
to reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, display, perform, publish,
distribute, disseminate, broadcast or circulate to any third party (including,
without limitation, on or via a third party website), or otherwise use, any
Material without the express prior written consent of MTVN or its owner if MTVN
is not the owner. Any unauthorized or prohibited use of any Material may
subject you to civil liability, criminal prosecution, or both, under applicable
federal, state and local laws. We require users to respect our copyrights,
trademarks, and other intellectual property rights. We likewise respect the
intellectual property of others. On notice, we will act expeditiously to remove
content on the Site that infringes the copyright rights of others and will
disable the access to the Site and its services of anyone who uses them to
repeatedly to infringe the intellectual property rights of others.
We take protection of copyrights, both our own and others, very seriously. We
therefore employ multiple measures to prevent copyright infringement over this
Site and to promptly end any infringement that might occur. If you believe that the Site contains elements that infringe
your copyrights in your work, please follow the procedures set forth in our Copyright Compliance Policy.
4. ADVERTISING
From
time to time, you may communicate with, receive communications from, be
re-directed to, interact with, or participate in or use the services or obtain
goods and services of or from, third parties (collectively, the "Advertisers")
such as our advertisers, sponsors, or promotional partners. as a result of your
use of the Site. All such communication, interaction and participation is
strictly and solely between you and such Advertisers and we shall not be
responsible or liable to you in any way in connection with these activities or
transactions (including, without limitation, any representations, warranties,
covenants, contracts or other terms or conditions that may exist between you
and the Advertiser or any goods or services you may purchase or obtain from any
Advertiser).
5.
RULES OF CONDUCT
Your
use of the Site is subject to all applicable local, state, national laws and
regulations and, in some cases, international treaties. You are solely
responsible for all activities, acts and omissions that occur in, from, through
or under your user name or password. You shall not use, allow, or enable others
to use the Site, or knowingly condone use of this Site by others, in any manner
that is, attempts to, or is likely to:
·
be libelous,
defamatory, indecent, vulgar or obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit or
sexually suggestive, racially, culturally, or ethnically offensive, harmful,
harassing, intimidating, threatening, hateful, objectionable, discriminatory,
or abusive, or which may or may appear to impersonate anyone else;
·
affect us
adversely or reflect negatively on us, the Site, our goodwill, name or
reputation or cause duress, distress or discomfort to us or anyone else, or
discourage any person, firm or enterprise from using all or any portion,
features or functions of the Site, or from advertising, linking or becoming a
supplier to us in connection with the Site;
·
send or result
in the transmission of junk e-mail, chain letters, duplicative or unsolicited
messages, or so-called "spamming" and "phishing";
·
be used for
commercial or business purposes, including, without limitation, advertising,
marketing or offering goods or services, whether or not for financial or any
other form of compensation or through linking with any other website or web pages;
·
transmit,
distribute or upload programs or material that contain malicious code, such as
viruses, timebombs, cancelbots, worms, trojan horses, spyware, or other
potentially harmful programs or other material or information;
·
forge any
TCP/IP packet header or part of the header information in any email or
newsgroup posting for any reason;
·
violate any
laws, regulations (including, without limitation, laws regarding the
transmission of technical data or software exported from the United States),
judicial or governmental order or any treaties, or violate or infringe upon any
intellectual property rights, rights of publicity or privacy or any other rights
of ours or of any other person, firm or enterprise; gain unauthorized access to
the Site, other users' accounts, names, passwords, personally identifiable information or other computers, websites or pages, connected or linked to the Site
or to use the Site in any manner which violates or is inconsistent with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement;
·
modify,
disrupt, impair, alter or interfere with the use, features, functions,
operation or maintenance of the Site or the rights of use and enjoyment of the
Site by any other person, firm or enterprise; or
·
collect,
obtain, compile, gather, transmit, reproduce, delete, revise, view or display
any material or information, whether personally identifiable or not, posted by
or concerning any other person, firm or enterprise, in connection with their or
your use of the Site, unless you have obtained the express, prior permission of
such other person, firm or enterprise to do so.
6. WIRELESS MARKETING SERVICES AND PROMOTIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES
MTV may provide users and viewers with the opportunity to
register for special promotions, services, news, programming and information
delivered via text messaging and other wireless devices such as mobile phones.
Users are required to provide their consent to receive such information from MTV,
either by registering on this Site or via their wireless device. Such services
and promotional opportunities are provided by the Parent Companies or Affiliates
for MTV. The information requested as part of the online registration process
is a user's telephone number or a wireless email address, but only if
specifically requested, and the carrier's name. Optional information may be
requested for specific promotions, such as a user's preferences regarding goods
or services, choices of music or artists, or other similar survey information.
Depending on the promotion, we may also collect an Internet email address or
other information and, depending on the information collected, the user may
also be required to confirm his or her agreement to this Agreement and,
including without limitation, the Privacy Policy
Users that register for MTV's wireless marketing
services acknowledge, understand and agree that they will be charged by the
user's wireless carrier for all messages sent to the user from MTV. Standard
messaging rates will apply, unless noted otherwise. Under no circumstances
will MTV, the Parent Companies or any Affiliates be responsible for any
wireless email or text messaging charges incurred by a user or by a person that
has access to a user's wireless device, telephone number, or email address.
A user understands, acknowledges and agrees that MTV may,
at its sole discretion and without liability to any user, terminate its offer
of any specific wireless marketing service or all wireless marketing services
at any time without advance notice. MTV may provide notice of terminations or
changes in services on this Site.
7.
VIRAL FEATURES
There may
be portions of our Site, content, functionality or features (e.g,
digital streaming media player(s)) ("Viral Features") that we
make available to users for your personal use. While we can obviously
change how, to whom and to what extent we make these Viral Features available
at any time without any notice and in our sole discretion, so long as they are
available to you, whenever you visit our Site or take advantage of any of these
Viral Features (whether you use these Viral Features on your own personal
or customized web pages, whether they are displayed or appear embedded or
housed within a web page or website of anyone else, whether a commercial
website or web page, an advertisement, promotional message or even a
personalized or customized web page of a friend or through any device that can
access any of these Viral Features) you agree not to download any content made
available as part of the Viral Features and acknowledge that such content is
available only for streaming viewing and, further, that you are bound by the
applicable provisions of this Agreement and our Privacy Policy.
8. POSTINGS
Your comments, suggestions and information are
important to us. Portions of this Site may provide you and other users an
opportunity to participate in forum services, blogs, web communities and other
message and communication facilities (“Communities”) and may provide you
with the opportunity, through such Communities or otherwise, to submit, post,
display, transmit and/or exchange (a) information, ideas, opinions, messages or
other information (“Post” or “Postings”) and (b) User Content (as
defined in the User Content Submission Agreement), your submission of which
is also governed by the terms and conditions therein, and considered a Posting
for purposes of this Agreement. You understand, acknowledge and agree that
such Postings are the sole responsibility of the person from which such
Postings originated. This means that you are solely and entirely responsible
for the consequences of all Postings that you upload, post, email, transmit or
otherwise make available via the Site. Postings do not reflect the views of
the Site, MTV, the Parent Companies or the Affiliates. We reserve the right to
monitor, edit or screen any Postings. If we determine, in our sole discretion
and judgment, that any Posting does or may violate any of the terms of this
Agreement, we reserve the right, at any time and without limiting any and all
other rights we may have under this Agreement, at law or in equity, to: (a)
refuse to allow you to Post; (b) remove and delete Postings; (c) revoke your
right to use the Site; and/or (d) use any technological, legal, operational or
other means available to us to enforce the provisions of this Agreement,
including, without limitation, blocking specific IP addresses or deactivating
your registration on the Site.
If a Posting originates from you or your account, you
hereby agree that: (a) you specifically authorize the Site, MTV, the Parent
Companies and their Affiliates to use such Posting in whole or in part,
throughout the universe, in perpetuity in or on any and all media, now known or
hereafter devised, and alone or together with or as part of other information,
content and/or material of any kind or nature; (b) you represent and warrant
that (i) the Posting is original to you and/or fully cleared for use as
contemplated herein, (ii) the Posting does and will not, in any way, violate or
breach any of the terms of this Agreement, (iii) the Posting does not contain
libelous, tortious, or otherwise unlawful information, infringe or violate any copyright
or other right, or contain any matter the publication or sale of which will
violate any federal or state statute or regulation, (iv) the Posting is not
obscene or in any other manner unlawful, (v) the Posting shall not be injurious
to the health of any user, and (vi) we shall not be required to pay or incur
any sums to any person or entity as a result of our use or exploitation of the
Posting; and (c) if your Posting incorporates the name, logo, brand, service or
trademark, voice, likeness or image of any person, firm or enterprise, you
specifically represent and warrant that (i) you have the right to grant the
Site, MTV, the Parent Companies and their Affiliates the right to use all such Postings
as described above, (ii) the Posting was produced in compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations and (iii) for any User Content Posting that contains original
videos, you will comply with any applicable identification verification and
record-keeping requirements, and you will secure and maintain the requisite
personal information and identification documentation for all individuals who
appear in any such original videos, as may be required by law and/or otherwise
requested or required by us in connection with our corporate compliance
policies and practices, which includes (y) the individual’s full legal name,
current address, date of birth and (z) a legible photocopy of a valid
government-issued identification document (e.g., a U.S. passport, state
driver’s license or valid photo ID card) to verify the individual’s identity.
With the submission of each such Posting, MTV, the Parent Companies and the
Affiliates reserve the right to request that you, and upon such request you
must, deliver a full and complete set of such identification verification records
to us, as well as a legible photocopy of your valid driver’s license, passport
or other acceptable government-issued photo identification for our verification
and record-keeping purposes. In addition, you specifically acknowledge and
agree to abide by our policies regarding governmental certification procedures
relating to the foregoing identification verification and record-keeping
procedures and, if applicable, you will promptly comply with any specific
requests or directions we give you in connection with Postings you submit that
may be subject to these requirements.
You understand, acknowledge and agree that we have the
right to delete, re-format and/or change your Postings in any manner that we
may determine (although you will not be responsible for any such changes made).
The amount of storage space on the Site per user is limited. Some Postings may
not be processed due to space constraints or outbound message limitations. You
understand, acknowledge and agree that we assume no responsibility for deletion
of Postings or any failure to store, receive or deliver Postings in a timely
manner or any other matter relating to Postings. Posting is for noncommercial
purposes only and you may not Post in any manner which does or is intended to
promote or generate revenue for any business enterprise or commercial activity.
If you believe that any content on the Site (including,
without limitation, Postings) violates any of the terms of this Agreement
(except for any notices covered by the Copyright Compliance Policy), please click
here to send us a message about it (please refer to our
Copyright Compliance Policy for any notices covered by the
Copyright Compliance Policy). We cannot guarantee that
we will respond to your message and we reserve the right to take or refrain
from taking any or all steps available to us once we receive any such message.
9. CONTESTS, SWEEPSTAKES, AUCTIONS AND PROMOTIONS
From time to time, MTV, the Parent Companies, the Affiliates
or the Site's operational service providers, suppliers, and Advertisers, may
conduct promotions on or through the Site, including, without limitation,
auctions, contests and sweepstakes ("Promotions"). Each
Promotion may have Additional Terms and/or Rules which will be posted or
otherwise made available to you and, for purposes of each Promotion, will be
deemed incorporated into and form a part of this Agreement.
10. RSS FEEDS and PODCASTS
The Site
may provide RSS Feeds ("RSS Feeds") consisting of selected
text, audio, video, and photographic content ("Content") from
the Site that is provided over the Internet using an XML feed. Certain RSS
Feeds may be podcasts ("Podcasts") which may include as part
of the Content an associated audio, video and/or photographic file where the
audio and/or video file may be downloaded and played from a user's computer or
transferred to a portable listening device. Certain software and hardware is
required for users to download and view and/or play Content through RSS Feeds.
Content is protected by U.S. Federal and State laws, and applicable foreign
laws, regulations and treaties, and all rights in and to the Content are
reserved to MTV or the content provider. Content is available for personal,
noncommercial use only and you may download, copy and/or transfer to a portable
listening or viewing device or a computer the RSS Feeds and associated Content for
your personal, non-commercial use only. You shall not, nor will you allow any
third party to, reproduce, modify, create derivative works of, display,
perform, publish, distribute, disseminate, broadcast or circulate to any third
party, or otherwise use any Content except as expressly authorized in this Section
10.
By your access to and use of RSS Feeds, you understand, acknowledge and agree
that the Site, MTV, the Parent Companies and their Affiliates do not warrant
that its RSS Feeds will operate on all user equipment. Please see the "Disclaimer and Limitations of Liability"
section below for further details.
11. HYPERLINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The appearance, availability, or your use of URLs or
hyperlinks referenced or included anywhere on the Site or any other form of
link or re-direction of your connection to, with or through the Site, does not
constitute an endorsement by, nor does it incur any obligation, responsibility
or liability on the part of, the Site, MTV, the Parent Companies or any of
their Affiliates, any of their successors and assigns, and any of their
respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, licensors, Advertisers,
suppliers, and operational service providers. We do not verify, endorse or have
any responsibility for any such third party sites, their business practices
(including their privacy policies), or any goods or services associated with or
obtained in connection with any such site, whether the Site's, MTV's, the
Parent Companies’ or any of their Affiliates’ logo or sponsorship
identification is on the third party site as part of a co-branding or promotional
arrangement. If any third party site obtains or collects Personal Information
from you, in no event shall we assume or have any responsibility or liability.
Please read our Privacy Policy which describes how MTV
collects and uses your Personal Information and co-branding relationships.
12. DEACTIVATION/TERMINATION OF YOUR REGISTRATION OR
USE
We may terminate your use of and registration on the
Site, at any time and for any reason, with or without cause, without prior
notice to you and without any liability or further obligation of any kind
whatsoever to you or any other party.
13. DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
THIS SITE, AND ALL MATERIALS, PRODUCTS AND POSTINGS ARE
MADE AVAILABLE ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS,
WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR ANY
GUARANTY OR ASSURANCE THE SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE, OR THAT ALL PRODUCTS,
FEATURES, FUNCTIONS OR OPERATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE OR PERFORM AS DESCRIBED.
Without limiting the foregoing, we are not responsible or liable for any
malicious code, delays, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions arising out of your
use of the Site. You understand, acknowledge and agree that you are assuming
the entire risk as to the quality, accuracy, performance, timeliness, adequacy,
completeness, correctness, authenticity, security and validity of any and all
features and functions of the Site, including, without limitation, Postings and
Materials associated with your use of the Site.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, THIS SITE, MTV, THE PARENT COMPANIES, ANY OF THEIR
AFFILIATES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, OR ANY OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, LICENSORS, OPERATIONAL
SERVICE PROVIDERS, ADVERTISERS, OR SUPPLIERS, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS
OR DAMAGE, OF ANY KIND, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING FROM
USE OF THE SITE OR FROM THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
Notwithstanding any claim that a sole or exclusive
remedy which is provided in this Agreement may or does fail of its essential
purpose, you specifically acknowledge and agree that your sole and exclusive
remedy for any loss or damage shall be to have the Parent Companies, upon
written notice from you to us, attempt to repair, correct or replace any
deficient goods or services under this Agreement and, if repair, correction or
replacement is not reasonably commercially practicable for the Parent
Companies, to refund any monies actually paid by you for the Products involved
and to terminate and discontinue your use of the Site. You further understand
and acknowledge the capacity of the Site, in the aggregate and for each user,
is limited. Consequently some messages and transmissions may not be processed
in a timely fashion or at all, and some features or functions may be restricted
or delayed or become completely inoperable. As a result, you acknowledge and
agree that the Parent Companies assume no liability, responsibility or
obligation to transmit, process, store, receive or deliver transactions or
Postings or for any failure or delay associated with any Postings and you are
hereby expressly advised not to rely upon the timeliness or performance of the
Site for any transactions or Postings. Some jurisdictions do not allow for the
exclusion of certain warranties or certain limitations on damages and remedies;
accordingly some of the exclusions and limitations described in this Agreement
may not apply to you.
14. Ads and Malware
We take great care and pride in creating this Site. We are always on the lookout for technical glitches that effect how the Site works. When we find them on our end, we will fix them. Unfortunately, your home computer may cause some glitches that effect how you see our Site -- and that is beyond our control.
If you experience any unusual behavior, content or ads on the Site, it may be the result of Malware on your computer. Malware -- short for MALicious softWARE -- is a term used to broadly classify a form of software which is installed in a computer system with malicious intentions, usually without the owner's knowledge or permission. Malware includes computer viruses, key loggers, malicious active content, rogue programs and dialers, among others. While we continuously work closely with our partners to ensure that everything on the Site is working properly, sometimes Malware programs on your personal computer may interfere with your experience on our Site and on other sites that you visit.
We suggest that you take some of the following actions which may help to clean your computer and which could prevent future installations of Malware.
* Update your computer via Windows Update (found in the Tools menu in your Internet Explorer web browser).
* Install a SpyWare Removal Tool such as Spybot Search and Destroy or AdAware to clean your computer of Malware.
* Install antivirus software, such as Norton anti-virus or McAfee Virus-shield.
* Install Microsoft Defender (for Windows computers).
Please note that we cannot be responsible for the effects of any third-party software including Malware on your computer system. Please make sure to carefully read the Help or Customer Support areas of any software download site.
If you do discover any Malware on your system, we also suggest you speak with a qualified computer technician.
If, after taking the above actions, you are still experiencing any problems, please feel free to contact us.
15. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Site, MTV, the
Parent Companies, and any of their Affiliates, or any of their successors and
assigns, and any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
representatives, licensors, Advertisers, suppliers, and operational service
providers harmless from and against any and all claims, actions, losses,
expenses, damages and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees), resulting
from any breach or violation of this Agreement by you, or public posting of
your Postings.
The Parent Companies reserves the right to assume, at
its sole expense, the exclusive defense and control of any such claim or action
and all negotiations for settlement or compromise, and you agree to fully
cooperate with the Parent Companies in the defense of any such claim, action,
settlement or compromise negotiations, as requested by the Parent Companies.
16. PRIVACY
We respect your privacy and the use and protection of
your Personal Information. Please see our Privacy Policy for important information and disclosures relating to the
collection and use of your Personal Information in connection with your use of
the Site.
17. LAW THAT APPLIES TO THIS AGREEMENT;
MISCELLANEOUS TERMS
This Agreement, together with any Additional Terms,
Rules, our Privacy Policy and any other
regulations, procedures and policies which we refer to and which are hereby
incorporated by reference, contains the entire understanding and agreement
between you and the Site and supersedes any and all prior or inconsistent
understandings relating to the Site and your use of the Site. This Agreement
cannot be changed or terminated orally. If any provision of this Agreement is
held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, this will not affect any other
provisions and the Agreement will be deemed amended to the extent necessary to
make it legal, valid and enforceable. Any provision which must survive in order
to allow us to enforce its meaning shall survive the termination of this
Agreement; however, no action arising out of this Agreement or your use of the
Site, regardless of form or the basis of the claim, may be brought by you more
than one (1) year after the cause of action has arisen (or if multiple causes,
from the date the first such cause arose).
This Agreement and your use of the Site is governed by,
construed and enforced in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the
State of New York (notwithstanding the State's conflict of laws provisions)
applicable to contracts made, executed and wholly performed in New York, and,
for the purposes of any and all legal or equitable actions, you specifically
agree and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the State and
Federal Courts situated in the State and County of New York and agree you will
not object to such jurisdiction or venue on the grounds of lack of personal
jurisdiction, forum non conveniens or otherwise. To the extent it may be
applicable, you agree to opt out from and expressly exclude any applicability
of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING COMMENCED TO ENFORCE ANY RIGHT OR OBLIGATION OF THE PARTIES UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER
HEREOF, YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT YOU MAY NOW HAVE OR HEREAFTER POSSESS TO A
TRIAL BY JURY.
This Terms of Use Agreement was last modified on April
7, 2008 and is effective immediately.
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