Terms of Use

ARLINGTONALIVE.ORG TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

PLEASE READ THESE ARLINGTONALIVE.ORG ONLINE COMMUNITY TERMS AND CONDITIONS (“Terms & Conditions”) BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING HTTP://WWW.ARLINGTONALIVE.ORG/ (“website”). BY ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS, WHICH MAY BE CHANGED WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE. A CURRENT VERSION OF THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE ON THIS PAGE.

User Conduct

You may use the website only for lawful purposes and in a lawful manner that is consistent with these Terms & Conditions. You are solely responsible for the knowledge and adherence to any and all laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to your use of the website.

You acknowledge that Arlington Alive does not pre-screen User Content, with the exception of first-time comments made by a new User. You also acknowledge that Arlington Alive shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse or move any User Content that is available on the website. Without limiting the foregoing, Arlington Alive has the right to remove any User Content that violates the Terms & Conditions or is otherwise objectionable. You agree and acknowledge that Arlington Alive may preserve User Content and may disclose User Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that any such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, respond to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third parties or protect the rights, property or personal safety of Arlington Alive, its users and the public.

User Comments
The following guidelines pertain to User-posted comments and participation on arlingtonalive.org.

Civility: Arlington Alive aims to foster conversation and each of us wants to participate and be heard. So as to not be banned, please keep your posts on topic without resorting to threats, obscenities, racism, sexism, or anything else offensive.

Originality: Please do NOT plagiarize. Quote appropriately, giving proper credit to whoever said what he/she said.

Truthiness: Be yourself and be true. Be skeptical of other comments. What others say is not necessarily true. Read at your own risk.

Spam & Solicitation: Please do NOT spam your fellow users or the website. Please do not conduct any commerical activity or soliciting. These activities will get you blocked on the website.

User Content

By submitting any content that you upload or otherwise make available (“User Content”) on to the website, for consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which you hereby acknowledge, you hereby grant to Arlington Alive and its affiliates a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to edit, broadcast, rerun, reproduce, use, create derivative works from, syndicate, license, print, sublicense, distribute and otherwise exhibit the User Content you submit, or any portion thereof in any manner and in any medium or forum, whether now known or hereafter devised, without payment to you or any third party.

You represent and warrant to Arlington Alive that you have the full legal right, power and authority to grant to Arlington Alive the license provided for herein, that you own or control the complete exhibition and other rights to the User Content you submitted for the purposes contemplated in this license and that neither the materials nor the exercise of the rights granted herein shall infringe upon or violate the right of privacy or right of publicity of, or constitute a libel or slander against, or violate any common law or any other right of, any person or entity.

You are solely responsible for anything contained in your website submissions. Arlington Alive does not verify, endorse or otherwise vouch for the contents of any website submission. You may be held legally liable for the contents of your submissions, and may be held legally liable if your submissions, for example, material protected by copyright, trademark, patent or trade secret law or other proprietary right without permission of the author or owner, or defamatory comments. Your submissions are deemed non-confidential and Arlington Alive has no obligation to maintain the confidentiality of any information.

User submissions to the website do not represent the views of Arlington Alive, or any individual associated with Arlington Alive, and we do not control this content. In no event shall you represent or suggest, directly or indirectly, Arlington Alive’s endorsement of User submissions. Arlington Alive does not vouch for the accuracy or credibility of any content submitted by you on the website, and does not take any responsibility or assume any liability for any actions you may take as a result of reading user-published content on the website. Through your use of the website, you may be exposed to content that you may find offensive, objectionable, harmful, inaccurate or deceptive. There may also be risks of dealing with underage persons, people acting under false pretense, international trade issues and persons. By using this website, you assume all associated risks.

Third-Party Websites, Software, & Content

The website contains (or you may be sent through the site or the service) links to other websites (“Third-Party Sites”). The website may also contain photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (the “Third-Party Applications, Software or Content”). Inclusion of, linking to or permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party Site or any Third-Party Applications, Software or Content does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by Arlington Alive. Arlington Alive does not investigate, monitor or check such Third-Party Sites and Third-Party Applications, Software or Content for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness. Arlington Alive is not responsible for any Third-Party Sites accessed through arlingtonalive.org or via any Third-Party Applications, Software or Content posted on, available through, or installed from the website, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices or other policies of or contained in the Third-Party Sites or the Third-Party Applications, Software or Content. If you decide to leave the site and access the Third-Party Sites or to use or install any Third-Party Applications, Software or Content, you do so at your own risk and be aware that our terms and policies no longer govern. It is your responsibility to review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any site to which you navigate from the site or relating to any applications you use or install from the site.

Intellectual Property Statement

All Arlington Alive trademarks, service marks, and trade names are proprietary to Arlington Alive. All materials posted by Arlington Alive including audio, text, photographs, videos, and graphics, (hereinafter “Content”) contained on this site are protected by United States and international copyright law. Unless expressly authorized by these Terms & Conditions, you must obtain prior written permission from Arlington Alive before using Content.

Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, WILL ARLINGTON ALIVE OR ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS ON THE WEBSITE, OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THE WEB SITE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU BY ARLINGTON ALIVE OR ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO ARLINGTON ALIVE, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE WEB SITE.

Release & Indemnification

You hereby assume all responsibility for the use of the website and the User Content you provided. Furthermore, you hereby release and waive any and all claims and/or liability against Arlington Alive arising from or in connection with your use of the website or the User Content you provided. You also agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Arlington Alive from and against any and all claims or liability, including costs and attorneys fees, arising from or in connection with your use of the website, the User Content you provided, or failure to abide by the term and conditions.

Other Terms

These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Texas. You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of Texas, United States in case of any dispute connected with this site or these Terms & Conditions. If any of these Terms & Conditions are found unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be considered severable from the remaining Terms & Conditions, and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between you and Arlington Alive relating to the subject matter it contains. This agreement may be modified only by our posting of changes to these terms and conditions.

Updated on: March 10, 2011