NewsBoiler Terms of Use
The following User Agreement governs the use of newsboiler.com, N4G.com, FilmWatch.com,
11x2.com, TechSpy.com, Anime Shinbun.com, and all future domain names and urls associated
with the Newsboiler network ("NewsBoiler) and all linked pages, as provided by HAVA
Media AS. ("Service Provider," "we," or "our"). If you cannot agree with these rules,
please do not use the Website.
The Agreement may be modified from time to time. Continued access of the Website
by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the Agreement.
Your failure to follow these rules may result in suspension or termination of your
access to the Website, without notice.
Registration and Account Creation
1. Registration Information
Service Provider may at times require that you register and/or set up an account
to use certain portions of NewsBoiler. In order to do so you are required to register with
NewsBoiler and select a password and screen name ("NewsBoiler User ID"). You agree and represent
that all Registration Information provided by you is accurate and up-to-date. If
any of your Registration Information changes, you must update it by using the appropriate
update mechanism on the Website. The Website is not intended for users under the
age of 13, and Website Provider does not knowingly collect personally identifiable
information from users under the age of 13. Such users are expressly prohibited
from submitting their personally identifiable information to us, and from using
our forums and chat areas; any information submitted by such users will not knowingly
be used, posted, or retained by us.
2. Use of User ID/Password
1. If you register and/or set up an account on the Website, you will be solely responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of your Registration Information. You may not
authorize others to use your Registration Information. You are solely responsible
for all usage or activity on your account. If you have reason to believe that your
account is no longer secure you must promptly change the affected Registration Information
by using the appropriate update mechanism on the Website.
1. Registration Information
Service Provider may at times require that you register and/or set up an account
to use certain portions of NewsBoiler. In order to do so you are required to register
with Newsboiler and select a password and screen name ("NewsBoiler User ID"). You
agree and represent that all Registration Information provided by you is accurate
and up-to-date. If any of your Registration Information changes, you must update
it by using the appropriate update mechanism on the Website. The Website is not
intended for users under the age of 13, and Website Provider does not knowingly
collect personally identifiable information from users under the age of 13. Such
users are expressly prohibited from submitting their personally identifiable information
to us, and from using our forums and chat areas; any information submitted by such
users will not knowingly be used, posted, or retained by us.
2. Use of User ID/Password
1. If you register and/or set up an account on the Website, you will be solely responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of your Registration Information. You may not
authorize others to use your Registration Information. You are solely responsible
for all usage or activity on your account. If you have reason to believe that your
account is no longer secure you must promptly change the affected Registration Information
by using the appropriate update mechanism on the Website.
Rules of Usage
1. Use of the Service by You
As a condition of use, you promise not to use the Services for any purpose
that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or any other purpose not reasonably
intended by NewsBoiler.
By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree not to use the Services:
to abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate other NewsBoiler users; to contribute
any Content that is infringing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive,
offensive or otherwise violates any law or right of any third party; for any illegal
or unauthorized purpose. If you are an international user, you agree to comply with
all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content; to post or transmit,
or cause to be posted or transmitted, any communication or solicitation designed
or intended to obtain password, account, or private information from any NewsBoiler user;
to create or submit unwanted email ("Spam") to any other NewsBoiler users or any URL; to
violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws);
with the intention of artificially inflating or altering your NewsBoiler score, including
by way of creating separate user accounts for the purpose of artificially altering
NewsBoiler’s services; giving or receiving money or other remuneration in exchange for
votes; or participating in any other organized effort that in any way artificially
alters the results of NewsBoiler’s services.
2. Comments By Others Are Not Endorsed By Service Provider
Service Provider does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify,
or agree with the comments, opinions, or statements posted on forums, blogs or otherwise
contained in the Website. Any information or material placed online, including advice
and opinions, are the views and responsibility of those who post the statements
and do not necessarily represent the views of Service Provider or its third party
service providers. You agree that Service Provider and its third party service providers
are not responsible, and shall have no liability to you, with respect to any information
or materials posted by others, including defamatory, offensive or illicit material,
even material that violates this Agreement.
3. Use Of Material Supplied By You
You agree that by posting messages, uploading files, inputting data, or engaging
in any other form of communication with or through the Website, you grant us a royalty-free,
perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify,
adapt, translate, enhance, transmit, distribute, publicly perform, display, or sublicense
any such communication in any medium (now in existence or hereinafter developed)
and for any purpose, including commercial purposes, and to authorize others to do
so.
4. Copyright Complaints
Service Provider respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users
to do the same. Service Provider may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion,
suspend or terminate the access of and take other action against users, subscribers,
registrants and account holders who infringe the copyright rights of others. If
you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on the Website in a
way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that the Website contains links
or other references to another online location that contains material or activity
that infringes your copyright rights, you may notify Service Provider by providing
the following information (as required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability
Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. sec. 512) to NewsBoiler
at
- A physical or electronic signature of person authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to
have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are
covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to
be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed
or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit
Service Provider to locate the material;
- Information
reasonably sufficient to permit Service Provider to contact the complaining party,
such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address
at which the complaining party may be contacted;
- A statement that the complaining party has a good
faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized
by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- A statement that the information in the notification
is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed
5. Merchandise Sold ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE
Neither Service Provider nor its third party service providers make any warranties
with respect to any of the merchandise, products, and/or services featured, mentioned,
or sold by others on or through the Website. Transactions for any such item shall
be between the user and the third party seller, without any involvement of Service
Provider or its third party service providers. You agree that Service Provider and
its third party service providers are not responsible, and shall have no liability
to you, with respect to merchandise, products, and/or services featured, mentioned,
or sold by others on or through the Website, including illegal, offensive or illicit
items, even items that violates this Agreement.
6. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify Service Provider and its affiliates, employees, agents, representatives
and third party service providers, and to defend and hold each of them harmless,
from any and all claims and liabilities (including attorneys fees) which may arise
from your submissions, from your unauthorized use of material obtained through the
Website, or from your breach of this Agreement, or from any such acts through your
use of the Website.
7. Editing And Deletions
NewsBoiler reserves the right, but undertakes no duty, to review, edit, move or delete
any material provided for display or placed on the Website or its bulletin boards,
in its sole discretion, without notice.
8. Additional Rules
NewsBoiler reserves the right to post, from time to time, additional rules of usage that
apply to specific parts of the Website. Such additional rules will be posted in
the relevant parts of the Website. Your continued use of the Website constitutes
your agreement to comply with these additional rules.
9. Disclaimer Of Warranty And Limitation Of Liability
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE USING THE WEBSITE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE IS
PROVIDED "AS IS", AND NewsBoiler, ITS AFFILIATES AND ITS THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS
HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, CONDITION,
GUARANTEE OR REPRESENTATION, WHETHER ORAL, IN WRITING OR IN ELECTRONIC FORM, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN
OR PROVIDED BY THE WEBSITE. Service Provider, ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS THIRD PARTY
SERVICE PROVIDERS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR THAT THERE WILL BE NO FAILURES, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS OR LOSS OF
TRANSMITTED INFORMATION, OR THAT NO VIRUSES WILL BE TRANSMITTED ON THE WEBSITE.
NewsBoiler, ITS AFFILIATES AND ITS THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO
YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVIDING OF THE
WEBSITE HEREUNDER, THE SALE OR PURCHASE OF ANY GOODS OR MERCHANDISE, YOUR ACCESS
TO OR INABILITY TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING FOR VIRUSES ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN
OBTAINED FROM THE WEBSITE, YOUR USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE WEBSITE OR ANY OF THE
MERCHANDISE, INFORMATION OR MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, REGARDLESS OF THE
TYPE OF CLAIM OR THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER
RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.
YOU HEREBY AGREE TO RELEASE Service Provider, ITS AFFILIATES AND THIRD-PARTY SERVICE
PROVIDERS, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS
FROM CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND DAMAGES (ACTUAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL) OF EVERY KIND AND NATURE,
KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, SUSPECTED AND UNSUSPECTED, DISCLOSED AND UNDISCLOSED ("CLAIMS"),
ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR USE OF THIS SITE.
10. Termination Or Suspension Of Access To The Website
NewsBoiler has the right to terminate and/or suspend your ability to access the Website
or any portion thereof, for any or no reason, without notice.
11. Jurisdiction
NewsBoiler makes no representation that materials on the Website are appropriate, available
or legal in any particular location. Those who choose to access the Website do so
on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and
to the extent local laws are applicable. You agree that this Agreement, for all
purposes, shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Norway applicable to contracts to be wholly performed therein, and any action
based on, relating to, or alleging a breach of this Agreement must be brought in
a state or federal court in Norway. In addition, both parties agree to submit to
the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts.
If you don't agree to the terms contained in this Agreement, please exit the Website
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