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Terms of Conduct, Liability and Use

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Topic: Terms of Conduct, Liability and Use
Posted By: Forum Overlord
Subject: Terms of Conduct, Liability and Use
Date Posted: March 16 2005 at 10:56pm

Appropriate Conduct and Content; Personal Use Only


The teamobc.com service is made available for your personal, non-commercial use only. Businesses, organizations or other legal entities may not use the teamobc.com service for any purpose.

You may not use the teamobc.com service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. International users agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content, including laws regulating the export of data from the United States or your country of residence. You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, information, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, links and other content ("Materials") that you submit, post, and display on the teamobc.com service.

We may, but shall have no obligation to, remove Materials that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable, or infringes or violates any party's intellectual property or other proprietary rights or these Terms of Service.

Other examples of illegal or unauthorized uses include, but are not limited to:

• Modifying, adapting, translating, or reverse engineering any portion of the teamobc.com service;
• Removing any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the teamobc.com service;
• Collecting any information about other Members (including usernames and/or email addresses) for unauthorized purposes;
• Reformatting or framing any portion of the web pages that are part of the teamobc.com service; creating user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses;
• Creating or transmitting unwanted electronic communications such as "spam," or chain letters to other Members or otherwise interfering with other Member's enjoyment of the service;
• Submitting Materials of any third party without such third party's prior written consent;
• Directing any user (for example, by linking) to any Materials of any third party without such third party's prior written consent;
• Submitting Materials that falsely express or imply that such Materials are sponsored or endorsed by teamobc.com;
• Submitting Materials that infringe, misappropriate or violate the intellectual property, publicity, privacy or other proprietary rights of any party;
• Transmitting any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses or other items of a destructive nature;
• Submitting Materials that are unlawful or promote or encourage illegal activity; or
• Submitting false or misleading information.

While teamobc.com prohibits such conduct and content on its site, you understand and agree that you nonetheless may be exposed to such Materials and that you use the teamobc.com service at your own risk.

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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT WILL Teamobc.com OR ITS OWNERS or affiliates BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SITE OR USE THEREOF OR INABILITY TO USE BY ANY PARTY, OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE, EVEN IF TEAMOBC.COM/OBCGAMINGSERVERS.COM OR REPRESENTATIVES THEREOF, ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES. HYPERLINKS TO OTHER INTERNET RESOURCES ARE TO USE AT YOUR OWN RISK; THE CONTENT, ACCURACY, OPINIONS EXPRESSED, AND OTHER LINKS PROVIDED BY THESE RESOURCES ARE NOT INVESTIGATED, VERIFIED, MONITORED, OR ENDORSED BY TEAMOBC.COM OR ITS OWNERS AND AFFILIATES.

JURISDICTION AND SEVERABILITY

This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Any lawsuit arising out of the use or content of this web site shall be filed in Potsdam, New York, USA. Any party bringing a lawsuit or providing us with with notification indicating an intent to bring a lawsuit against teamobc.com Publications, its owners, employees, contractors, associates, vendors, suppliers, partners, joint venture participants, its successors or assigns, arising out of the use or content of this web site agrees that such lawsuit or intended lawsuit shall be based upon what is commonly known as "The English Rule," whereby the losing party in any dispute will pay all legal costs of the winning party without limitation. If any provision of this agreement shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provision. This is the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter herein and shall not be modified except in writing, signed by both parties.

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Eligibility, Registration, and Membership


You must be 13 years or older to use the Teamobc.com forum. By registering for the Teamobc.com forum, you represent and warrant that you are 13 years of age or older and that you have the capacity to understand, agree to and comply with these Terms of Service.

In addition, you must provide true, accurate and complete registration information to be a Teamobc.com member ("Member"). As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select a username and password and you will be responsible for all activities occurring under your username and for keeping your password secure. We may refuse to grant you a username that impersonates someone else, is or may be protected by trademark or proprietary rights law, or is vulgar, offensive or otherwise inappropriate, as determined by us in our sole discretion.

We reserve the right to edit our Terms of Service at any given time, for any reason, with or without justification.

Sincerely,

Admin



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