General
Avenue Creations and, its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "AVENUE")
provide you with access to this Web site and the services available on this Web
site, or other Web sites as indicated below, (collectively, the "Services,"
which will be defined more under the Section, "Services."). Access to and use
of the Services is governed by these Terms of Use (the "Agreement"). By
accessing or using the Services, you indicate your assent to be bound by the
Agreement, and your acknowledgment of and agreement to its terms.
Only Personal Use is Authorized
Under this Agreement, AVENUE gives you limited permission to access and use the
Services only for your personal use, and to copy, distribute and transmit the
content of the Services only to the extent that such copying, distribution, and
transmission is automatically done through your browser software incidentally
to using the Services for your personal use. You may also print a copy of the
information displayed on the Services for your personal use. That means, that
except as set forth above, you may not modify, reformat, copy, display,
distribute, transmit, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer
or sell any information, products, or service obtained by your use of the
Services. This restriction means, among other things, that you may not mirror
on your own Web site any portion of the Services or display through your own
Web site any results pages or other information from the Services without
AVENUE's express permission.
Your right to access the Services is subject to any limits
established by AVENUE. You agree that you will not use any automated means,
including, without limitation, agents, robots, scripts, or spiders, to access,
monitor or copy the Services except those automated means expressly made
available by AVENUE, if any, or authorized in advance and in writing by AVENUE
(for example, AVENUE approved third party tools and services). The AVENUE Web
Site contains robot exclusion headers and you agree that you will not use any
device, software or routine to bypass our robot exclusion headers, or to
interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Services.
Without limitation to the foregoing, you further agree that you will not take
any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our
infrastructure (as determined by AVENUE).
The technology underlying, and content within, the Services is
owned by AVENUE and/or its licensors (including AVENUE's advertisers and other
content providers) and is protected by copyright and other intellectual
property or proprietary rights. If you use the Services other than as provided
above, you may violate copyright and other laws of the United States, other
countries, as well as applicable state laws and may be subject to penalties.
That would not be a good thing. As between you and AVENUE, AVENUE owns and
retains all ownership of the technology underlying and content within the
Services, and reserves all rights not explicitly granted to you in this
Agreement.
Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. AVENUE
DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF
TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
AVENUE's Potential Liability for the Services is Limited
NEITHER AVENUE NOR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, CONTENT PROVIDERS OR SERVICE
PROVIDERS WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF USE OF THE SERVICES, OR INABILITY TO GAIN
ACCESS TO OR USE THE SERVICES. AVENUE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY MATERIAL OF
WEB SITES IT LINKS TO AS PART OF THE SERVICES OR FOR INFORMATION CONTAINED IN
OR PART OF THE SERVICES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SEARCH RESULTS. BECAUSE
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IN SUCH STATES, THE RESPECTIVE LIABILITY OF AVENUE, ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AFFILIATES, AND CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS IS LIMITED TO
THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY SUCH STATE LAW.
Defamation, Copyright and Trademark Claims
AVENUE is a provider of interactive computer services for purposes of 47 U.S.C.
section 230. As such, its liability for others' conduct and information is
limited as described therein.
Further, AVENUE is a service provider pursuant to the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act. Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, AVENUE has
designated an agent to receive notifications of alleged copyright infringement
on the Services:
Attn: Business and Legal Affairs c/o
AVENUE CREATIONS
PO Box 4521
Wyoming, Pennsylvania 18644
E-Mail: termsofuse@avenue-creations.com
Objectionable Material and Family Filtering
AVENUE encourages you to use discretion when browsing the Internet or using the
Services. The Services may contain information that you find objectionable,
harmful, deceptive or otherwise inappropriate, especially for children. If this
is a concern for you, AVENUE encourages you to use the adult filtering service
that may be provided by AVENUE. To ensure you do not receive offensive
material, nevertheless, you must install your own filtering software if you
wish to limit the content available through the Services.
If you come across any site that you believe contains child pornography or
other illegal material, please contact termsofuse@avenue-creations.com and we
will contact the authorities as appropriate.
Privacy and Data Collection
AVENUE does not collect personally identifying information from users of the
Services unless users have explicitly given such information to AVENUE (for
example, when becoming an advertiser or when sending us an e-mail with a
question or as part of a contest). AVENUE's information practices are further
described in its privacy policy. AVENUE's privacy policy is part of this
Agreement, and you agree that use of data as described in the privacy policy is
not an actionable breach of your privacy or publicity rights. If you have
entered into another agreement with AVENUE (such as an Affiliate Agreement or
an Advertiser Agreement), then you may be subject to additional or different
provisions regarding privacy and data collection. If you would like more
information, please read our privacy policy. You should consider any
communication that you transmit to AVENUE (such as data, questions or answers,
comments, or suggestions) as non-confidential, and agree that AVENUE will not
be liable or responsible if information that belongs to you is intercepted and
used by an unintended recipient.
Control over Features, Functions, and Access to the Services
AVENUE reserves the right to change any information, features and functions of
the Services without prior notice. AVENUE may deny you access to all or part of
the Services without prior notice if you engage in any conduct or activities
that AVENUE determines, in its sole discretion, violate this Agreement, the
rights of AVENUE or any third party, or is otherwise inappropriate.
Choice of Law, Waiver, and Claims
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania without regard to its conflict of law provisions. AVENUE's failure
to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Agreement will not be
deemed to be a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this
Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the
parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the
parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of
this Agreement remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of
any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of
or related to use of the Services must be filed within one (1) year after such
claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
Arbitration
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
Services will be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the
commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such
controversy or claim must be arbitrated on an individual basis, and must not be
consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other
party. The arbitration must be conducted in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and
judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into any court having
jurisdiction thereof. Either you or AVENUE may seek any interim or preliminary
relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania,
as necessary to protect the rights or property of you or AVENUE.
Amendment
AVENUE may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on its
Web site. This Agreement may not be otherwise amended except in a written
document signed by you and AVENUE.
This agreement was last revised on June 11th, 2005.
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