Terms of Use
Terms of Use
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ChosenList.com Terms Of Use last updated 1/2/2008 Acceptance of TOU |
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ChosenList.com provides a collection of online classified ads, video classified ads,
video resumes, job boards, employee tools, forums and various email services, subject to the following Terms of Use("TOU"). |
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By using ChosenList.com in any way, you are agreeing to comply with the TOU. |
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When using
particular ChosenList.com services, you agree to abide by any
applicable posting guidelines for all ChosenList.com services, which
may change from time to time. |
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Should you object
to any term or condition of the TOU, your only recourse is to
immediately discontinue the use of ChosenList.com. | |
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Changes to this Agreement |
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ChosenList.com
reserves the right, to change and/or modify these terms and conditions
at any time. Such modifications shall become effective immediately. It
is the users responsibility to review this agreement on a regular basis
to keep apprised of any changes. | |
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Content |
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ChosenList.com
will strive to keep all content posted on ChosenList.com free from
objectionable adult and/or sexually explicit material. It is our goal
to have a website free from any content that many users find
objectionable. |
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You understand
as a user of ChosenList.com that all content, postings, messages, text,
files, images, photos, video, sounds, or other materials ("Content")
posted on, or transmitted through ChosenList.com, or linked from
ChosenList.com are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such
Content originated. You are responsible for each individual item
("Item") of Content, Video, Image or written word that you post, email
or otherwise make available on ChosenList.com. You understand that
ChosenList.com does not control, and is not responsible for Content
made available through ChosenList.com and that by using ChosenList.com
you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate,
misleading, or otherwise objectionable. Any posting on ChosenList.com
may contain links to other websites, which are completely independent
of ChosenList.com. ChosenList.com makes no representation or warranty
as completeness, accuracy or authenticity of the information contained
in any such site. If you choose to link to any other web sites it is
entirely at your own risk. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear
all risks associated with, the use of any Content, that you may not
rely on said Content, and that under no circumstances will
ChosenList.com be liable in any way for any Content or for any loss or
damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content
posted, exchanged between parties, emailed or otherwise made available
via ChosenList.com. You acknowledge that ChosenList.com does not
prescreen or approve Content, but that content comes from the users of
ChosenList.com. |
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ChosenList.com
shall have the right in its sole discretion to refuse a post, to delete
a post or remove any Content that is available on ChosenList.com, at
any time, for violating the letter or spirit of the TOU or for any
other reason. | |
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Third Party Content Sites, and Services |
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Your
interactions with individuals and/or organizations found on or through
ChosenList.com, including payment and delivery of goods or services,
and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations
associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such
organizations and/or individuals. You should make whatever
investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with
any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties.
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You agree that
ChosenList.com shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or
damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings. If
there is a dispute between participants on ChosenList.com, or between
users and any third party, you understand and agree that ChosenList.com
is under no obligation to become involved, to mediate or to settle any
dispute. |
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All users of
ChosenList.com hereby release ChosenList.com Inc, its officers,
employees, agents and any and all successors in rights, from any/all
claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind or
nature, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and
undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and
or our service. |
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Notification of Claims of Infringement |
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If you believe
that any of your work has been copied in a way that constitutes
copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been
otherwise violated, please notify ChosenList.coms' agent for notice of
claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement
("Agent"), at
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Copyright Agent ChosenList.com Inc 14425 N Scottsdale Rd. Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ. 85254
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Please provide our Agent with ALL of the following information: |
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Identify the
material on ChosenList.com's site that you claim is infringing, with
enough detail so that we may locate it on the website; |
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A signed
statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed
use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; |
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A signed
statement by you declaring under penalty of perjury that (1) the above
information in your Notice is accurate, and (2) that you are the owner
of the copyright interest involved or that you are authorized to act on
behalf of that owner; |
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Your address,
telephone number, and/or email address; and ChosenList.com will remove
the infringing posting(s) forthwith, subject to the procedures outlined
in the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). | | |
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Conduct |
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As a user you agree not to post, email, or otherwise make available ANY content listed below:
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that is
unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory,
libelous, invasive of another's privacy, or is harmful to minors in any
way; |
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that is
pornographic in any way or depicts a human being engaged in any sexual
conduct or lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any
person,; |
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that harasses,
degrades, intimidates or is hateful toward an individual or group of
individuals on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, ethnicity, or disability; |
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that violates
the Federal Fair Housing Act by stating, in any post or ad for the sale
or rental of any dwelling, a discriminatory preference based on race,
age, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap
(or violates any state or local law prohibiting discrimination on the
basis of these or other characteristics); |
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that
violates federal, state, or local equal employment opportunity laws,
including but not limited to, stating in any advertisement for
employment a preference or requirement based on age, race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, or disability. |
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with respect to
employers that employ four or more employees, that violates the
anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
including requiring U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency
(green card status) as a condition for employment, unless otherwise
required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or
federal, state, or local government contract. |
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that
impersonates any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a
ChosenList.com employee, or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents
your affiliation with a person or entity (this provision does not apply
to Content that constitutes lawful non-deceptive parody of public
figures.); |
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that
includes posting personal or photographic pictures, video or
identifying information about another person without that person's
explicit consent; |
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that is false, deceptive, misleading, deceitful, purposefully miss- informative, or constitutes any "bait and switch" tactics; |
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that infringes
any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary
rights of any third party, or Content that you do not have a right to
post or make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary
relationships; |
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that constitutes
or contains "affiliate marketing," "link referral code," "junk mail,"
"spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or unsolicited commercial
advertisement; |
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that contains
any form of advertising or solicitation if: posted in areas of the
ChosenList.com sites which are not designated for such purposes; or
emailed to ChosenList.com users who have not indicated in writing that
it is ok to contact them about other features, services, products or
commercial interests. |
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that includes links to commercial services or web sites, except as allowed in "services"; |
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that advertises
any illegal service, or prostitution services of any kind, or the sale
of any items the sale of which is prohibited or restricted by any
applicable law, |
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that contains
software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed
to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer
software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; |
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any types of
Content (flooding attack) to the Service, or that otherwise negatively
affects other users' ability to use the Service; or |
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that employs
misleading email addresses, or forged documents or otherwise
manipulated identifiers in order to disguise the origin of Content
transmitted through the Service. |
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Additionally, the user agrees not to: |
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contact anyone who has asked not to be contacted; |
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"stalk" or otherwise harass anyone; |
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collect personal data about other users for commercial or unlawful purposes; |
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use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools, or the like to download data from the Service; |
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to post the same or similar Content or otherwise impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; |
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post the same item or service in more than three classified categories or forum, or in more than three metropolitan area; |
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attempt to gain
unauthorized access to ChosenList.com’s computer systems or engage in
any activity that diminishes the quality of, or interferes with the
performance of, or impairs the functionality of ChosenList.com; |
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use any form of
automated device or computer program that enables the submission of
postings on ChosenList.com without each posting being manually entered
by the author thereof (an "automated posting device"), including
without limitation, the use of any such automated posting device to
submit postings in bulk, or for automatic submission of postings at
regular intervals. | | |
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No Spam Policy |
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Users understand
and agree that sending unsolicited email advertisements to
ChosenList.com email addresses or through ChosenList.com computer
systems, which is expressly prohibited by these TOU. Any unauthorized
use of ChosenList.com computer systems is a violation of the TOU and
certain federal and state laws. Such violations may subject the sender
and his or her agents to civil and criminal penalties. | |
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Limitations on Service |
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Users
acknowledge that ChosenList.com may establish limits concerning use of
ChosenList.com, including the maximum number of days that Content will
be retained by ChosenList.com, the maximum number and size of postings,
emails or other Content that may be transmitted or stored by
ChosenList.com and the frequency with which you may access
ChosenList.com. Users agree that any technology related force majeure
voids any and all content which may be removed, deleted or canceled.
You agree that ChosenList.com has no responsibility or liability for
the deletion or failure to store any Content maintained or transmitted
by ChosenList.com. | |
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Access to ChosenList.com |
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Users
acknowledge that ChosenList.com may establish limits concerning use of
ChosenList.com, including the maximum number of days that "Content"
will be retained by ChosenList.com, the maximum number and size of
postings, emails or other Content that may be transmitted or stored by
ChosenList.com and the frequency with which you may access
ChosenList.com. You agree that ChosenList.com has no responsibility or
liability for the deletion or failure to store any Content maintained
or transmitted by ChosenList.com. |
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ChosenList.com
grants you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive license to access
ChosenList.com for your own personal use. This license does not allow
users to (a) access to ChosenList.com by Posting Agents; or (b)
any collection, aggregation, copying, duplication, display or
derivative use of ChosenList.com nor any use of data mining, robots,
spiders, or similar data gathering and extraction tools for any purpose. A limited exception to (b)
is provided to general purpose Internet search engines and
non-commercial public archives that use such tools to gather
information for the sole purpose of displaying hyperlinks to
ChosenList.com provided they each do so from a stable IP address or
range of IP addresses using an easily identifiable agent. "General
purpose Internet search engine" does not include a website or search
engine or other service that specializes in classified listings or in
any subset of classifieds listings such as jobs, housing, for sale,
services, or which is in the business of providing classified ad
listing services. |
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ChosenList.com
permits you to display on your website, or create a hyperlink on your
website to, individual postings on ChosenList.com so long as such use
is for noncommercial and/or news reporting purposes only (e.g., for use
in personal web blogs or personal online media). If the total number of
such postings displayed or linked to on your website exceeds 50
postings, your use will be presumed to be in violation of the TOU,
absent express permission granted by ChosenList.com to do so. You may
also create a hyperlink to the home page of ChosenList.com sites so
long as the link does not portray ChosenList.com, its employees, or its
affiliates in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive
matter. |
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ChosenList.com
offers various parts of ChosenList.com in RSS format so that users can
embed individual feeds into a personal website or blog, or view
postings through third party software news aggregators. ChosenList.com
permits you to display, excerpt from, and link to the RSS feeds on your
personal website or personal web blog, provided that (a) your use of the RSS feed is for personal, non-commercial purposes only, (b)
each title is correctly linked back to the original post on
ChosenList.com and redirects the user to the original post when the
user clicks on it, (c) you provide, adjacent to the RSS feed, proper attribution to 'ChosenList.com' as the source, (d)
your use or display does not suggest that ChosenList.com promotes or
endorses any third party causes, expressed thoughts, ideas, web sites,
products or services, (e) you do not redistribute the RSS feed, and (f)
your use does not overburden ChosenList.com's systems. ChosenList.com
reserves all rights in the content of the RSS feeds and may terminate
any RSS feed at any time. |
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Use of
ChosenList.com beyond the scope of authorized access granted to you by
ChosenList.com immediately terminates said permission or license. In
order to collect, aggregate, copy, duplicate, display or make
derivative use of ChosenList.com or any Content made available via
ChosenList.com for other purposes (including commercial purposes) not
stated herein, you must first obtain a license from ChosenList.com. | |
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Termination of Service |
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You agree that
ChosenList.com, in its sole discretion, has the right (but not the
obligation) to delete or deactivate your account, block your email or
IP address, or otherwise terminate your access to or use of
ChosenList.com (or any part thereof), immediately and without notice,
and remove and discard any "Content "posted on ChosenList.com, for any
reason, including, without limitation, if ChosenList.com believes that
you have acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOU.
Further, you agree that ChosenList.com shall not be liable to you the
user or any third-party for any termination of your access to
ChosenList.com. Further, you agree not to attempt to use ChosenList.com
after said termination.
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Proprietary Rights |
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ChosenList.com
is protected to the maximum extent permitted by copyright laws and
international treaties. Content displayed on or through ChosenList.com
is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation,
pursuant to copyrights laws, and international conventions. Any
reproduction, modification or redistribution of ChosenList.com or the
collective work, and/or copying or reproducing the sites or any portion
thereof to any other server or location for further reproduction or
redistribution is prohibited without the express written consent of
ChosenList.com. You further agree not to reproduce, duplicate or copy
Content from ChosenList.com without the express written consent of
ChosenList.com, and agree to abide by any and all copyright notices
displayed on ChosenList.com. You may not reverse engineer or otherwise
attempt to discover any source code contained on ChosenList.com.
Without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate,
copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any aspect
of ChosenList.com. ChosenList.com is a registered mark in the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office. |
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ChosenList.com
does not claim ownership of "Content" that its users post. By posting
Content to any public area of ChosenList.com you automatically grant,
and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to
ChosenList.com an perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid,
worldwide license to copy, use, perform, distribute and play said
Content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other
works, said Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses (through
multiple tiers) of the foregoing. Furthermore, by posting Content to
any public area of ChosenList.com you automatically
grant ChosenList.com all rights necessary to prohibit any subsequent
aggregation, display, copying, duplication, reproduction, or
exploitation of the Content on the Service by any party for any purpose. | |
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Proprietary Rights |
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YOU AGREE THAT
USE OF ChosenList.com SITE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. ChosenList.com
SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" OR "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ARE
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
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ChosenList.com DISCLAIMS
ANY WARRANTIES FOR THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, ACCURACY, AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE ChosenList.com SITE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW. ChosenList.com DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR OTHER SERVICES OR
GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE ChosenList.com SITE OR THE
SITES OR SERVICE, OR ACCESSED THROUGH ANY LINKS ON THE ChosenList.com
SITE. |
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TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ChosenList.com DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR
VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS IN CONNECTION WITH
THE ChosenList.com SITE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer
of implied warranties. In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing
disclaimers may not apply to you insofar as they relate to implied
warranties. | |
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LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY |
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UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ChosenList.com BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES , RESULTING
FROM ANY ASPECT OF YOUR USE OF THE ChosenList.com SITE. WHETHER THE
DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF THE ChosenList.com SITE OR THE
SERVICE, FROM INABILITY TO USE THE ChosenList.com SITE, OR THE
INTERRUPTION, MODIFICATION, SUSPENSION, ALTERATION, OR TERMINATION OF
THE ChosenList.com SITE.
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SUCH LIMITATION
SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF OTHER
SERVICES, INFORMATION OR PRODUCTS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN
CONNECTION WITH THE ChosenList.com SITE OR ANY LINKS ON
THE ChosenList.com SITE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. In some jurisdictions, limitations of
liability are not permitted. In such jurisdictions, some of the
foregoing limitation may not apply to you. | |
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INDEMNITY |
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You agree to
indemnify and hold ChosenList.com and caryslist.com Inc., its officers,
subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, directors, officers,
agents, service providers, suppliers and employees, harmless from any
claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees and court costs,
made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit,
post or make available through the Service, your use of the Service,
your violation of the TOU, your breach of any of the representations
and warranties herein, or your violation of any rights of another.
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GENERAL INFORMATION |
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The TOU
constitute the entire agreement between you and ChosenList.com and
govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements
between you and ChosenList.com. The TOU and the relationship between
you and ChosenList.com shall be governed by the laws of the State
of Arizona. You and ChosenList.com agree to submit to the personal and
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county
of Maricopa, in the state of Arizona. The failure of ChosenList.com to
exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOU shall not
constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the
TOU 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 the TOU 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 Service or
the TOU must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of
action arose or be forever barred.
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VIOLATION OF TERMS AND LIQUIDATED DAMAGES |
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Please report any violations of the TOU, by flagging the posting(s) for review, or by emailing to:
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abuse@ChosenList.com
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Our failure to
act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right
to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. |
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You understand
and agree that, because damages are often difficult to quantify, if it
becomes necessary for ChosenList.com to pursue legal action to enforce
the TOU, you will be liable to pay ChosenList.com the following amounts
as liquidated |
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damages, which you accept as reasonable estimates of ChosenList.coms' damages for the specified breaches of the TOU: |
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If you post a message that (1) impersonates any person or entity; (2) falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity; or (3)
that includes personal or identifying information about another person
without that person's explicit consent, you agree to
pay ChosenList.com Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) for each such message.
This provision does not apply to messages that are lawful non-deceptive
parodies of public figures. |
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If ChosenList.com
establishes limits on the frequency with which you may access the
Service, or terminates your access to or use of the Service, you agree
to pay ChosenList.com one hundred dollars ($100) for each message
posted in excess of such limits. |
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If you send
unsolicited email advertisements to ChosenList.com email addresses or
through ChosenList.com computer systems, you agree to
pay ChosenList.com one hundred dollars ($100) for each such email. |
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If you post
Content in violation of the TOU, other than as described above, you
agree to pay ChosenList.com five hundred dollars ($500) for each Item
of Content posted. In its sole discretion, ChosenList.com may elect to
issue a warning before assessing damages. |
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If you are a Posting Agent that uses the Service in violation of the TOU, in addition to any liquidated damages under clause (d),
you agree to pay ChosenList.com one hundred dollars ($100) for each and
every Item of Conent posted in violation of the TOU. A Posting Agent
will also be deemed an agent of the party engaging the Posting Agent to
access the Service (the"Principal"), and the Principal (by engaging the
Posting Agent in violation of the TOU) agrees to pay ChosenList.com an
additional one hundred dollars ($100) for each Item of Conent posted by
the Posting Agent on behalf of the principal in violation of the TOU. |
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If you
aggregate, display, copy, duplicate, reproduce, or otherwise exploit
for any purpose any Content (except for your own Content) in violation
of the TOU without ChosenList.com's express written permission, you
agree to pay ChosenList.com Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) for each day
on which you engage in such conduct.
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Otherwise, you
agree to pay actual damages, to the extent such actual damages can be
reasonably calculated. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
TOU, ChosenList.com retains the right to seek the remedy of specific
performance of any term contained in the TOU, or a preliminary or
permanent injunction against the breach of any such term or in aid of
the exercise of any power granted in the TOU, or any combination
thereof. | |
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FEEDBACK |
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Thank you and please enjoy ChosenList.com. We welcome your questions and comments | |
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