Conditions of Use


TERMS OF USE

User Conduct.

(A) The User shall use AWC, Inc.'s WEB
Site (here-in-after known as the
Site) for lawful purposes only. User shall not
post or transmit through the Site any
material which violates or infringes in any way
upon the rights of others, which is unlawful,
threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of
privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene,
profane or otherwise objectionable, which
encourages conduct that would constitute a
criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or
otherwise violate any law, or which, without
AWC, Inc.'s express prior approval, contains
advertising or any solicitation with respect to
products or services except as may be allowed
for within the guidelines set forth for the
Site. Any conduct by a User that in AWC, Inc.'s
discretion restricts or inhibits any other
User from using or enjoying the Site will not
be permitted. User shall not use the Site to
advertise or perform any commercial solicitation
(except as otherwise noted), including, but not
limited to, the solicitation of users to become
subscribers of other on-line information services
competitive with the Site.

(B) User shall not upload, post or otherwise
make available on the Site any material
protected by copyright, trademark or other
proprietary right without the express permission
of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other
proprietary right and the burden of determining
that any material is not protected by copyright
rests with User. User shall be solely liable for
any damage resulting from any infringement of
copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm
resulting from such a submission. By
submitting material to any public area of the
Site, User automatically grants, or warrants
that the owner of such material has expressly
granted AWC, Inc. the royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and
license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt,
publish, translate and distribute such material
(in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to
incorporate it in other works in any form, media
or technology now known or hereafter developed
for the full term of any copyright that may exist
in such material. User also permits any other
User to access, view, store or reproduce the
material for that User's personal use.

(C) The foregoing provisions of this Section are
for the benefit of AWC, Inc., its subsidiaries,
affiliates and its third party content providers
and licensor and each shall have the right to
assert and enforce such provisions directly or
on its own behalf.

Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of
Liability.

(A) THE USER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT
USE OF THE SITE IS AT USER'S SOLE
RISK. NEITHER AWC. INC., ITS
AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD
PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR
LICENSORS WARRANT THAT AWC, INC.
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR
ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY
WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT
MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE
SITE, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY
INFORMATION, SERVICE, OR
MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH THE
SITE.

(B) AWC, INC.'S SITE IS
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 IMPLIED
BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION,
RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER
THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS
AGREEMENT.

(C) THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES
TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY
ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR,
OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION,
DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR
TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS,
COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR
DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS
TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD,
WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT,
TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR
UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION.
USER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT AWC, INC. IS NOT LIABLE FOR
THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR
ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER
SUBSCRIBERS OR THIRD-PARTIES AND
THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE
FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH USER.

(D) IN NO EVENT WILL AWC, INC., OR
ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN
CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING
AWC, INC.S' WEB CONTENT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE
SITE. USER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON THE
SITE.

(E) IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS SET FORTH
ABOVE NEITHER AWC, INC., NOR ITS
AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR
CONTENT PARTNERS SHALL BE LIABLE
REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OR
DURATION, FOR ANY ERRORS,
INACCURACIES, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER
DEFECTS IN, OR UNTIMELINESS OR
UNAUTHENTICITY OF, THE INFORMATION
CONTAINED WITHIN THE SITE, OR FOR
ANY DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN THE
TRANSMISSION THEREOF TO THE USER,
OR FOR ANY CLAIMS OR LOSSES ARISING
THEREFROM OR OCCASIONED THEREBY.
NEITHER AWC, INC., NOR ITS
AFFILIATES OR INFORMATION PROVIDERS
WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE
TIMELINESS, SEQUENCE, ACCURACY OR
COMPLETENESS OF THIS INFORMATION.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO
WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS
OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE.

Indemnification.

User agrees to defend, indemnify and hold
harmless AWC, Inc., its affiliates and their
respective directors, officers, employees and
agents from and against all claims and
expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out
of the use of AWC, Inc.'s Site by the
User or the User's Account.

Miscellaneous.

This Agreement and any operating rules for the
Site established by AWC, Inc.,
constitute the entire agreement of the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and
supersede all previous written or oral
agreements between the parties with respect to
such subject matter. This Agreement shall be
construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Alabama, without regard to its conflict of
laws rules. No waiver by either party of any
breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to
be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent
breach or default. The section headings used
herein are for convenience only and shall not be
given any legal import.

 

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Anderson Worldwide Communications, Inc.
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