Terms of Use

Posted Fri, 04/17/2009 - 3:25pm by speciesexplorer

Use of this Site Signifies your Agreement to the Terms of Use.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE

By using this site, you signify your consent to these terms of use. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use the site.

The following legal restrictions and terms of use apply to SpeciesExplorer.org, and all associated software, widgets, and applications contained within and/or downloaded from SpeciesExplorer.org, and any other site owned and/or operated by or on behalf of Max Media, Inc., that states that it is governed by these Terms of Use and/or links to these Terms of Use (the sites and entities collectively referred to herein as "SpeciesExplorer.org" and "Species Explorer").

  1. You must be 13 years or older to use this site.
  2. You are responsible for any activity that occurs under your screen name.
  3. You are responsible for keeping your password secure.
  4. You must not abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate other Species Explorer users.
  5. You may not use the SpeciesExplorer.org site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. International users agree to comply with all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content.
  6. You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, information, screen names, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, links ("Content") that you submit, post, and display on the SpeciesExplorer.org site.
  7. You must not modify, adapt or hack SpeciesExplorer.org or modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with SpeciesExplorer.org.
  8. You must not create or submit unwanted email to any Species Explorer members ("Spam").
  9. You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
  10. You must not, in the use of Species Explorer, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws).

Violation of any of these agreements will result in the termination of your SpeciesExplorer.org account. While SpeciesExplorer.org prohibits such conduct and content on its site, you understand and agree that Species Explorer cannot be responsible for the Content posted on its web site and you nonetheless may be exposed to such materials and that you use the SpeciesExplorer.org site at your own risk.

General Conditions

  1. We reserve the right to modify or terminate the SpeciesExplorer.org site for any reason, without notice at any time.
  2. We reserve the right to alter these Terms of Use at any time. If the alterations constitute a material change to the Terms of Use, we will notify you via internet mail according to the preference expressed on your account. What constitutes a "material change" will be determined at our sole discretion, in good faith and using common sense and reasonable judgement.
  3. We reserve the right, in accordance with any applicable laws, to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.
  4. We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and accounts containing Content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property or these Terms of Use.

Copyright Issues

We claim no intellectual property rights over the material you provide to the Species Explorer site. Your profile and materials uploaded remain yours. You can remove your profile at any time by deleting your account. If you wish to remove all your observations, including text and multimedia, from the system, please notify us and we will do so.

We encourage users to contribute their content to the public domain or consider progressive licensing terms.

Species Explorer undertakes to obey all relevant copyright laws. We will review all claims of copyright infringement received and remove content deemed to have been posted or distributed in violation of any such laws. To make a claim, please provide us with the following:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or the person authorized to act on its behalf;
  2. A description of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
  3. A description of the infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to permit Species Explorer to locate the material;
  4. Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and email;
  5. A statement by you that you have 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
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under the pains and penalties of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Claims can be sent to copy...@SpeciesExplorer.org or Species Explorer, c/o Max Media Inc., 79 Westmoreland Avenue, Arlington MA 024784. Contact the agent designated to receive and act on copyright violations under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).