Terms and Conditions
This Policy applies to this Website operated by FREE AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA, Inc. (“FREE & INDEPENDENT”). This Website is offered for the education and personal use of our visitors (the “Users” or “you”). Use of this Website is conditioned on the User’s acceptance of all of these Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy and disclaimers set forth below. Use of this Website constitutes the User’s agreement to all those terms and conditions. If you cannot agree with all these terms, please exit this Website.
Copyright and Trademark Information
All materials on this Website are protected by copyrights, trademarks and/or other intellectual property rights. These materials are owned by FREE & INDEPENDENT or its affiliates, or are used with permission of their owners or as otherwise authorized by law. Such materials include, but are not limited to, the photographs, images, illustrations, text, video clips, audio clips, designs, logos, trademarks, trade dress and other materials contained in this website. The trademarks include, but are not limited to, “FREE & INDEPENDENT”. All rights are reserved, worldwide.
Use or review of this Website does not give any User a license or right under any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property or personal right of FREE & INDEPENDENT or any third party. You also agree to observe the privacy of all other Users and not to use the personal information of any other User for any commercial, promotional or other purpose.
Submissions and Postings of Comments or other Material
Any User or third party submissions to us, or postings on the Website, are the views of the author or poster. They do not necessarily reflect the views of FREE & INDEPENDENT. FREE & INDEPENDENT reserves the right to edit any postings or other submissions, for any reason. FREE & INDEPENDENT has the sole discretion over whether to publish, edit or delete any material submitted to it. By submitting any postings, comments or other messages to FREE & INDEPENDENT, the submitter gives FREE & INDEPENDENT a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any content that you submit or post on or through the Website and authorizes FREE & INDEPENDENT to publish the material in any media now known or hereafter developed, and to use, adapt, recast, distribute, display, perform, or transmit it in any way, as FREE & INDEPENDENT may determine in its sole discretion. By submitting your name, address, photo, physical data or other identifying data with a posting or other submission, you give FREE & INDEPENDENT the right to publish that data, and to use that data for promotional or any other purpose. Please do not submit any confidential, sensitive, proprietary, or copyrighted material without authorization of the owner. Submission of any material that is obscene, defamatory, or that infringes any trademark, copyright, privacy right, or other legal right is prohibited, and you agree that you will not submit any such material.
FREE & INDEPENDENT disclaims any responsibility for messages submitted to any bulletin board, blog, or other forum that FREE & INDEPENDENT may provide on or through this Website or elsewhere. FREE & INDEPENDENT does not undertake to review those submissions and has no responsibility for their content. FREE & INDEPENDENT reserves the right to remove any postings or other submissions, and to restrict or deny access to any bulletin board, blog, or other forum, or to any part of the Website.
Users agree that they will not provide any false personal information to or through the Website, or create an account for anyone else. Each user agrees to respect other people’s rights and to refrain from submitting any material or comments that is defamatory, obscene, hateful, or harmful to any other user or person, or incites anyone to take unlawful or harmful action toward any entity or person. Each user agrees not to post or divulge any identification documentation or data, or any credit or financial information about any other user or person.
Public Forums
We may make chat rooms, forums, or other submission methods available to Users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and can be seen by other users. We urge you to exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in that context. The FREE & INDEPENDENT Privacy Policy does not apply to any personally identifiable information you disclose in those public forums.
Links to Other Websites
We provide links to other websites as a convenience only. FREE & INDEPENDENT does not endorse or warrant any of those websites and is not responsible for their content. Please review the Terms of Use and Privacy Policies of other websites, because they are likely to be different from ours.
DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
THE MATERIAL ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. FREE & INDEPENDENT SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST REVENUES, LOST PROFITS, OR LOSS OF PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR MISUSE OF THIS WEBSITE, OR THE INFORMATION, DOCUMENTS, OR SOFTWARE HEREIN, EVEN IF FREE & INDEPENDENT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANOTHER PARTY. FREE & INDEPENDENT DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR FREE OF INACCURACIES OR ERRORS, NOR DOES FREE & INDEPENDENT WARRANT THAT THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS.
A User’s use of this Website, and any reliance on any material published or transmitted by this Website, is at the User’s own risk. You agree that you hereby release FREE AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA, Inc., its officers, directors, affiliates, advertisers, suppliers, distributors and others from any and all liability or obligations arising from the access or use of this Website or any products sold or promoted on this Website. A User’s sole remedy for any problem or concern is to exit this Website. FREE & INDEPENDENT reserves the right to restrict or limit access to this Website.
