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Terms of Website Use - READ ME

Welcome to www.legowigkade.blogspot.com (the “Website," “Operator”, “we”, “our”, or “us”).   The Website enables visitors to the Website (“you”, or “your”) to keep up to date with the latest news and gossip related to www.arthurkade.com and its author.  These Terms of Use (the “Terms of Use”) sets forth the terms and conditions which govern your use of the Website.

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before accessing the Website.  By accessing the Website, you acknowledge and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in these Terms of Use.  If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms of Use, you are not authorized to use this Website.

Operator reserves the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time. You agree to review these Terms of Use periodically to be aware of such modifications and that your continued use of the Website shall be deemed to be your conclusive acceptance of any modified Terms of Use.   We will indicate that changes to these Terms of Use have been made by listing a new date under “Last Modified” appearing below.

1.         Submissions
1.1       Submissions; Monitoring.  The Website provides news and gossip related to www.arthurkade.com, which includes references to and information about colorful personalities, as well as original commentary with respect to the content of www.arthurkade.com.  The Website also enables you to post comments and other content to the blog feature of the Website (“Submissions”).   We believe that the Website facilitates communication, self-expression, freedom of speech, and encourages the healthy exchange of information and viewpoints.  We respect your ownership of and responsibility for the content you wish to share.  You acknowledge and agree that Operator does not and shall not have any obligation to review Submissions, and therefore we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of Submissions and we cannot assure that harmful, inaccurate, deceptive, offensive, threatening, defamatory, unlawful or otherwise objectionable Submissions will not appear on the Website.  However, you acknowledge and agree that we have the right to monitor and to alter, edit, refuse to post or remove any Submission that you post to the Website, in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason, in our sole discretion, and you agree that we do not have any obligation to use or respond to any Submission.  You agree that you shall immediately notify Operator in writing of any objectionable Submissions or other content appearing on the Website. 

1.2       Restrictions.  By posting a Submission to the Website, you warrant and represent that (i) you own the proprietary rights to such Submission, and (ii) such Submission does and will not infringe any party’s intellectual property, publicity, privacy, or other rights and that such Submission is and will not be defamatory or libelous. Furthermore, you agree not to post or otherwise submit to the Website any Submission that:
(a)        is fraudulent;
(b)        is designed to interrupt, or destroys or limits the functionality of, any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or interferes with or disrupts the Website, services connected to the Website, or otherwise interferes with operations or services of this Website in any way;
(c)        infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party; including the promoting of an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work;
(d)        is offensive to the Website community or to us, such as content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual or which harasses or harms, or advocates the harassment or harming of another person;
(g)        involves the transmission of "junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming;"
(h)        promotes information that is false or misleading, or promotes conduct that is abusive, threatening, defamatory or libelous;
(i)         links to materials or other content, directly or indirectly, to which the user posting such material does not have a right to link or which competes in any manner with the Website or Operator;
(m)       violates a person’s rights of publicity and/or privacy; or
(n)        violates any applicable local, state, national, or international law.
You acknowledge that Submissions posted to the Website may be subject to size and usage limitations, and that you are responsible for adhering to such limitations. 
2.         Copyright.   All content (including without limitation any pictures, logos, images and text) appearing on the Website is the property of Operator and is protected by copyright under the copyright laws of the United States and/or other countries.  You agree not to use, display, reproduce, retransmit, modify, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, create derivative works of, broadcast, circulate, display or in any way exploit any such content (including any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information), in whole or in part, whether by e-mail or by any other means, for any purpose other than for your personal, non-commercial use.   

3.         Links.  Operator and/or third parties may provide links to other websites of possible interest to you.  Because we have no control over unaffiliated websites, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such websites and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, services, products, or other materials on or available from such websites. You also acknowledge and agree that Operator shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, advertising, services, products, or other materials on or available from such websites.  All such websites shall be subject to the policies and procedures of the owner of such websites.
  
4.         DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.  
4.1       YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT OPERATOR DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY CONTENT (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY SUBMISSIONS) APPEARING ON THE WEBSITE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT APPEARING ON THE WEBSITE OR GENERALLY FOR THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR QUALITY OF ANY SUCH CONTENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CONTENT OF SUBMISSIONS.   OPERATOR DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT OR OTHER MATERIAL CONTAINED IN A SUBMISSION AND SUBMISSIONS DO NOT IN ANY WAY REFLECT THE OPINION, ADVICE OR STATEMENTS OF OPERATOR.   NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM OPERATOR OR THROUGH THE WEBITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS OF USE.
4.2       YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL OPERATOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON CONTENT (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY SUBMISSIONS) OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR CAUSED BY THE CONDUCT OF VISITORS TO THE WEBSITE.  EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, OPERATOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND TO YOU, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.  SPECIFICALLY, OPERATOR DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 

5.         LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
5.1       IN NO EVENT SHALL OPERATOR BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENCIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE.  OPERATOR’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF THE WEBSITE IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).  
5.2       SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENCIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.   ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS IN SECTIONS 4 OR 5 HEREOF MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
6.         Indemnification.  You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Operator harmless from any claim, expense or demand, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms of Use, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.  You agree that under no circumstances will Operator be liable in any way for the accuracy, reliability, or quality of any Submission, and that you shall hold Operator harmless for (i) any errors or omissions in any Submission posted by you, or (ii) any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Submission posted by you.

7.         Commercial Use.  You acknowledge and agree that the Website is for your personal use only and may not be used by you directly or indirectly in connection with any commercial endeavors.  
 
8.         Governing Law; Venue.    You acknowledge and agree that these Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, excluding conflict of laws provisions thereof, and you hereby submit to exclusive jurisdiction in the federal and state courts of Pennsylvania.  You agree to receive service of process through e-mail, certified mail or by other means sanctioned by law, and you expressly waive any claim of improper venue and any claim that such courts are an inconvenient forum. 

9.          General.  If any provision of these Terms of Use are held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.  You agree that tthese Terms of Use may be automatically assigned by Operator, in its sole discretion, to a third party.  Section headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.  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.  These Terms of Use sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to the subject matter hereof.  The provisions of these Terms of Use will survive termination or expiration to the extent necessary to carry out the intentions of the terms set forth herein.  

10.       Contact Us.  If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Website, please contact us by e-mail at legowigkade@gmail.com.



Last Modified: December 8, 2009