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PLEASE READ THESE
TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. BY USING THIS SITE,
YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS
OF USE, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE.
General.
This site is owned and operated by The National Cyber Racing League
(referred to as "The NCRL" or "NCRL"). NCRL has the right at any
time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the site,
including, without limitation, the content, hours of availability,
and equipment needed for access or use of the site.
Equipment.
You shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all
telephone, computer hardware and other equipment needed for access
to and use of the site and all charges related thereto.
Restrictions on
Use.
A. You shall use
the site for lawful purposes only. You 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, gives rise to
civil liability or otherwise violate any law. Without NCRL's express
prior approval, you shall not post or transmit through the site any
material which contains advertising or any solicitation with respect
to products or services. You shall not use the site to advertise or
perform any commercial solicitation, including, without limitation,
the solicitation of users to become subscribers of other on-line
information services competitive with the site. Any conduct by you
that in NCRL's discretion restricts or inhibits any other user from
using or enjoying the site will not be permitted.
B. The site
contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary
information, including, without limitation, text, software, photos,
video, graphics, music and sound, and the contents of the site are
copyrighted under the United States copyright laws. You may not
modify, publish, transmit, display, participate in the transfer or
sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the
content, in whole or in part. 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 written permission of
NCRL 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 and no ownership rights shall be transferred.
C. You shall not
e-mail, upload, post or otherwise make available on the site any
material protected by the 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 you. You
shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any
infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm
resulting from such a submission. Subject to NCRL's policies
regarding privacy, any e-mails, notes, message/billboard/forum
postings, ideas, suggestions, concepts or other material submitted
will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and will
become the property of NCRL throughout the universe. By submitting
material to NCRL, you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner
of such material has expressly granted NCRL the royalty-free,
worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license
to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, display, translate and
distribute such material (in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate
it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or
hereafter developed. You also permit any other user of the site to
access, view, store or reproduce the material for that user's
personal use. You grant NCRL the right to edit, copy, display,
publish and distribute
D. The foregoing
provisions of Section 3 are for the benefit of NCRL, 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.
Disclaimer of
Warranty; Limitation of Liability.
E. A. YOU
EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. NEITHER
NCRL, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT THE SITE
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 FROM
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR
RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED
THROUGH THE SITE.
F. THE 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
APPLICABLE LAW. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES AS TO THE
RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE.
G. THIS
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY
ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INACCURACY,
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 THIS SITE, WHETHER
FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR (INCLUDING STRICT
LIABILITY), NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT ANY
STATUTORY RIGHTS WHICH MAY NOT BE DISCLAIMED. YOU SPECIFICALLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NCRL IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR
ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD-PARTIES OVER WHICH IT HAS NO
CONTROL.
H. TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL NCRL'S TOTAL LIABILITY
TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING ITS OWN NEGLIGENCE) OR UNDER ANY OTHER
LEGAL THEORY (INCLUDING STRICT LIABILITY) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY
YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THIS SITE. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT ANY
STATUTORY RIGHTS WHICH MAY NOT BE DISCLAIMED.
Monitoring.
NCRL shall have the right in its sole discretion to refuse to post
or remove any material submitted to or posted on the site. Without
limiting the foregoing, NCRL shall have the right to remove any
material that NCRL, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation
of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.
Indemnification.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless NCRL and its
affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and
agents from and against any and all claims, actions, demands,
damages, costs, liabilities, losses and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your use of the site.
Trademarks.
NCRL and The National Cyber Racing League and each of their logos
are trademarks of the National Cyber Racing League. All rights
reserved. All other trademarks appearing on the site are the
property of their respective owners.
Third Party
Content.
NCRL is not a publisher of content supplied by third parties and
users of the site. Accordingly, NCRL has no more editorial control
over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or
newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or
other information or content expressed or made available by third
parties, including information providers and users, are those of the
respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of NCRL. In many
instances, the content available through the site represents the
opinions and judgments of the respective information provider or
user. NCRL neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or
reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on the site by
anyone other than authorized NCRL employee spokespersons while
acting in their official capacities.
Viruses.
NCRL also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for,
any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment
or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing
in the Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text,
images, video, or audio from the Site.
Business
Associates.
The business associates of NCRL identified on this Site are
independent contractors of NCRL. The business associates are not
joint venturers or partners of NCRL. No employee or representative
of the business associates is under the control of NCRL.
Changed Terms.
NCRL has the right at any time to change or modify the terms and
conditions applicable to use of the site, or any part thereof, or to
impose new conditions, including, without limitation, adding fees
and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions or
deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which
may be given by any means including, without limitation, posting on
the site, or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other
means. Any use of the site by you after such notice shall be deemed
to constitute acceptance of such changes, modifications, additions
or deletions.
Miscellaneous.
These terms of use 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. These terms of use shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Virginia, without regard to its
conflict of laws rules. You hereby consent to the personal
jurisdiction of the State of Virginia, acknowledge that venue is
proper in any state or Federal court in the State of Virginia, agree
that any action related to these terms of use must be brought in a
state or Federal court in the State of Virginia, and waive any
objection that may exist, now or in the future, with respect to any
of the foregoing. 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.
The National
Cyber Racing League Web site incorporates links to other Web sites.
The National Cyber Racing League does not in any way endorse, nor is
it responsible for, the content on those other Web sites.
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