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User Agreement
User Agreement
1.About.com(TM) service (the "Service") and its affiliate sites
(the "Sites") are accessible worldwide to anyone with Internet
access. Access to and use of the Service and the Sites are subject
to the terms and conditions of this User Agreement and
Copyright Notice and all applicable laws and regulations, including
laws and regulations governing copyright and trademark. BY
ACCESSING THE SERVICE AND THE SITES, YOU ACCEPT,
WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION, ALL OF
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS USER
AGREEMENT. About.com and its affiliates reserve the right to
change these terms and conditions at any time. The changes will
appear on this screen. By using the Service and the Sites, you
agree in advance to accept any changes.
2.The materials used and displayed on the Service and the Sites,
including but not limited to text, software, photographs, graphics,
illustrations and artwork, video, music and sound, and names,
logos, trademarks and service marks, are the property of
About.com or its affiliates or licensors and are protected by
copyright, trademark and other laws. Any such content may be
displayed solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You
agree not to modify, reproduce, retransmit, distribute,
disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate any such material
without the written permission of About.com or the appropriate
affiliate.
3.The Service and the Sites contain information, facts and
opinions from various individuals and organizations. THE
SERVICE AND THE SITES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS"
BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH
ARE IMPOSED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION,
RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS
APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT. NEITHER GENERAL
INTERNET, INC. NOR ITS AFFILIATES ENDORSE OR ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF
ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR STATEMENT ON THE SERVICE
OR THE SITES.
4.The Service and the Sites include bulletin boards, chat rooms
and other user and member created pages which allow you and
other users and members to post information, provide feedback
to About.com and its affiliates, and interact in real-time. You
agree not to post or transmit any unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful,
racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind,
including, but not limited to, any material which encourages
conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, violate the rights
of others, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national
or international law. You will be responsible for, and indemnify
and hold harmless About.com, its subsidiaries, divisions,
affiliates, agents and representatives against, any claim arising
from any material that you post or transmit. Although About.com
and its affiliates may from time to time monitor or review
discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards and
other user and member generated pages on the Site, neither
About.com nor its affiliates is under any obligation to do so. You
acknowledge that About.com and its affiliates do not control the
information available on the bulletin boards, chat rooms and other
user and member generated pages and that any opinions, advice,
statements, services, offers or other information or content
presented or disseminated on any bulletin board, chat room or on
any other user or member generated pages are those of their
respective authors who are solely liable for their content.
About.com and its affiliates reserve the right, in their sole
discretion, to edit, refuse to post or remove any material
submitted to or posted on the chat rooms, bulletin boards or on
any other user or member generated pages.
5.Your use of the Service and the Sites is at your own risk.
NEITHER About.com, NOR GENERAL INTERNET(TM) INC.
NOR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, AFFILIATES,
AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES OR LICENSORS SHALL BE
LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY LOSS OR
INJURY OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR SIMILAR
DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF,
OR YOUR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE SERVICE
AND THE SITES AND THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON
THE SERVICE AND THE SITES OR ARISING OUT OF ANY
ACTION TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO OR AS A RESULT OF
ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE SERVICE AND
THE SITES. YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS
AGAINST About.com, OR GENERAL INTERNET INC. AND
ITS SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, AFFILIATES, AGENTS,
REPRESENTATIVES AND LICENSORS ARISING OUT OF
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE AND THE SITES AND THE
INFORMATION AVAILABLE THEREON.
6.Any communication or material you post or transmit to the
Service and/or the Sites is, and will be treated as, non-confidential
and non-proprietary. You assume full responsibility for anything
you post or transmit, and you grant About.com and its affiliates
the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any information or
content you post or transmit for any purpose.
7.About.com and its affiliates do not review or monitor any web
sites linked to the Service and the Sites and are not responsible
for the content of any such linked web sites. Your linking to such
web sites is at your own risk.
8.You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose personal
information (e.g., user name, email address) on a bulletin board,
chat room or on any other user or member generated pages, that
information can be collected and used by others and may result in
unsolicited messages from other parties.
9.This User Agreement and any disputes arising out of or related
to the Service and the Sites shall be governed by, and construed
and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
I certify that I am the author or sole owner of the material I am
submitting to About, INC. About, INC and its licensees may reproduce,
distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works and
otherwise use the material for any purpose in any form and on any
media. I agree to indemnify About, INC for all damages and expenses
that may be incurred in connection with the material. For more
information, please see our user agreement below.
