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THE FOLLOWING
DESCRIBES THE TERMS ON WHICH GEMYND ONLINE OFFERS YOU PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES. BY PRESSING THE "SUBMIT REGISTRATION" BUTTON, YOU
ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW. Welcome to
membership registration for Gemynd Online (the "Website", owned
by Gemynd LLC). This
User Agreement, as may be amended, and any Addenda you may subsequently
accept (the "Agreement") describe the terms and conditions
applicable to your membership account (the "Account"). We may
amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended version on our
Website and announcing its availability on our home page. In this case,
such amendments will be effective when announced. 1. You are eligible
for a membership account if you are 13 or over. If you are under 18, your
parent or guardian must accept this agreement on your behalf by pressing
the "Submit Registration" button. You are responsible for paying
all applicable taxes and for all hardware, software, service and other
costs you incur to access your Account. We may add, delete or change some
or all of the services provided for free as part of Gemynd Online
Membership at any time. 2. We may terminate
your Account immediately if you breach this Agreement, if you infringe
third party intellectual property rights, or if we are unable to verify or
authenticate any information you provide to us. Membership may be
terminated if any game is abused. Alternatively, we reserve
the right to reduce membership from Premier to Basic (applying all
restrictions which accompany that change) if a breach in the Agreement has
occurred. If applicable, no refund will be paid. Punishment for breach is
determined by Gemynd Online, and exceptions to punishment may vary on a
case by case basis. 3. You may not
transfer or share your Account with anyone. You may not disclose your
password to any third parties. Corporate subscribers must have one Account
for each participating employee; employees may not share Accounts. 4. ALL SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS." WE AND OUR SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL
WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE
CONTINUOUS OR UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO YOUR ACCOUNT. SOME STATES DO NOT
ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND
YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. 5. IN NO EVENT SHALL
WE OR OUR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE). OUR LIABILITY, AND THE
LIABILITY OF OUR SUPPLIERS, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IS LIMITED TO THE
AMOUNT OF FEES (IF ANY APPLIES) YOU PAID IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE
ACTION GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY, SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 6. By accepting this
Agreement, you expressly consent to certain disclosures of your personally
identifiable and other personal information to third parties, and to use
of your information by us and third parties, as enumerated in our
then-current privacy policies, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Our current privacy policy is available at http://www.gemynd.com/Members/privacy.asp. 7. Through your
Account, we provide you with unfiltered access to other people's content.
We cannot, nor do we try to, control the content that you will receive. By
its very nature, other people's content may be offensive, harmful or
inaccurate, and in some cases content will be mislabeled or deceptively
labeled. You should note that parental control protections are
commercially available and may assist you in limiting access to content
that is harmful to minors. If you are interested in learning more about
these protections, information is available at analogous sites providing
information on such protections. We expect that you will use caution-and
common sense-when using your Account. Furthermore, you shall comply with
all applicable laws regarding your access to your Account. 8. The following
applies to your content: 8.1
The content you distribute or request to receive (directly or indirectly)
through your Account, any products and services you may choose to offer
through your Account (if permitted to do so), and any username you select:
(a) shall not infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trademark,
trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or
privacy; (b) shall not violate any law or regulation (including without
limitation those governing export control, unfair competition,
antidiscrimination or false advertising); (c) shall not be defamatory,
trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing; (d) shall
not be obscene or contain child pornography or, if otherwise harmful to
minors, shall be distributed only to people legally permitted to receive
such content; or (e) shall not contain any viruses, trojan horses, worms,
time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are
intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously
intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information. Adult
content in forums may only be distributed in the Adult/Over18 forums. You
may not distribute unsolicited commercial messages ("spam")
through your Account or take any other action, which imposes an
unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure,
including without limitation, using excessive network bandwith. In
addition, you may not distribute spam that directs or encourages users to
visit our Website through the account of another provider. At our option
and without further notice, we may use anti-spam technologies, such as
automatic word and spam filters, that may terminate your messages without
delivering them or prevent messages from reaching you. 8.2
You hereby grant to us a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free,
sublicenseable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise all copyright
and publicity rights, by all means and in any media now known or not
currently known, with respect to any content you provide to Gemynd Online
in any public space on our Website. This includes but not limited to chat,
forums, newsletter publications, registries, submission based modules,
contests, games. 8.3
In the instance of content hosting, you hereby grant us the right to
display your content on a content hosting and customer based level. Any
use of your hosted content for Gemynd Online promotions or other Gemynd
Online publications must first be consented by you through a written or
verbal agreement with Gemynd Online. This includes but not limited to web
hosting. 8.4
If we see (or hear about) messages or other activities that violate the
rules, threaten the order or security of the system, or use this system in
ways we do not agree with, we will take appropriate action. Our editorial
control includes normal house-keeping activities like changing subject
headers. It may go beyond that. 8.5
If we discover *ANY* member violating any of OUR rules, especially the
provision against illegal activities, we will act firmly and swiftly.
Depending on the circumstances, the member involved will be warned, or
simply locked out. If the member has done anything to put us or other
members in jeopardy, we may contact the authorities. 9. Our website can
be reached by members from around the world. Each of these places has a
different set of laws. Since we cannot keep track of all of these laws and
their requirements, you agree that the law of our own state, Wisconsin
(USA),
will apply to all matters relating to this Agreement and to our Membership
system. In addition, you agree and consent that if you ever take legal
action against us, the courts of our own state, Wisconsin (USA), will have
exclusive jurisdiction over any such legal actions. 10. Feel free to
express yourself, but do not do anything to injure, insult or harm others.
In particular, if you dislike someone else's ideas, you can attack the
ideas, but NOT the person. The views and opinions held by members and
staff are strictly their own, and are in no way to be construed as the
opinions of the Directors, or any other operator of this community. If
anyone says or posts anything that you find objectionable you may either
disagree with them (in a CIVILIZED manner), or simply ignore them. 11. We encourage
free speech and self-expression, but if you misuse that freedom (by
abusing or insulting others), we will restrict your access or terminate
your Account. We would like to foster a friendly atmosphere at Gemynd
Online, where any person of any persuasion or age would feel welcome. To
that end, please refrain from using excessive profanity. 12. If you notice
any users violating the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you may
notify us at: webmaster@gemynd.com. |
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