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| Written by Brian Bielanski, Editor |
| Sunday, 10 January 2010 13:02 |
RacingWire.info SERVICE AGREEMENT1. Definitions. 2. General. (A) This Agreement, which incorporates by reference other provisions applicable to use of RacingWire.info, including, but not limited to, supplemental terms and conditions set forth in paragraph 14 hereof ("Supplemental Terms") governing the use of certain specific material contained in RacingWire.info, sets forth the terms and conditions that apply to use of RacingWire.info by Subscriber. By using RacingWire.info (other than to read this Agreement for the first time), Subscriber agrees to comply with all of the terms and conditions hereof. The right to use RacingWire.info is personal to Subscriber and is not transferable to any other person or entity. Subscriber is responsible for all use of Subscriber's Account (under any screen name or password) and for ensuring that all use of Subscriber's Account complies fully with the provisions of this Agreement. Subscriber shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of Subscriber's password(s), if any. (B) Casmir Enterprises shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of RacingWire.info, including, but not limited to, content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use. 3. Changed Terms. 4. Equipment. 5. Subscriber Conduct. (A) Subscriber shall use RacingWire.info for lawful purposes only. Subscriber shall not post or transmit through RacingWire.info 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 Casmir Enterprises's express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by a Subscriber that in Casmir Enterprises's discretion restricts or inhibits any other Subscriber from using or enjoying RacingWire.info will not be permitted. Subscriber shall not use RacingWire.info to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including, but not limited to, the solicitation of users to become subscribers of other on-line information services competitive with RacingWire.info. (B) RacingWire.info contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of RacingWire.info are copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright laws. Casmir Enterprises owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. Subscriber may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part. Subscriber may download copyrighted material for Subscriber's personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express permission of Casmir Enterprises and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. Subscriber acknowledges that it does not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material. (C) Subscriber shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on RacingWire.info 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 Subscriber. Subscriber shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission. 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(D) The foregoing provisions of Section 5 are for the benefit of Casmir Enterprises, its subsidiaries, affiliates and its third party content providers and licensors and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf. 6. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability. (A) SUBSCRIBER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF RACINGWIRE.INFO IS AT SUBSCRIBER'S SOLE RISK. NEITHER CASMIR ENTERPRISES, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT RACINGWIRE.INFO WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF RACINGWIRE.INFO, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH RACINGWIRE.INFO. 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SUBSCRIBER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT CASMIR ENTERPRISES 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 SUBSCRIBER. (D) IN NO EVENT WILL CASMIR ENTERPRISES, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING RACINGWIRE.INFO OR THE RACINGWIRE.INFO SOFTWARE, 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 RACINGWIRE.INFO. SUBSCRIBER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON RACINGWIRE.INFO. 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