Prohibited Activities
You may not access or use the services for any purpose other than the one for which we make the services
available. Except for those we endorse or approve, the services may not be used in commercial endeavors.
As a user of the services, you agree not to:
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Systematically retrieve data or other content from the services to create or compile, directly or
indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without our written permission.
Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account
information such as user passwords.
Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the services,
including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any content or enforce limitations
on the use of the services and the content contained therein.
Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and the Services.
Use any information obtained from the services to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.
Use the services in a manner inconsistent with applicable laws or regulations.
Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the services.
Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material,
including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that
interferes with any party's uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services or modifies, impairs,
disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the
Services.
Engage in automated system use, such as scripts to send comments or messages or use data mining,
robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any content.
Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.
Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or
active information collection or transmission mechanism, including, without limitation, transparent
graphics interchange formats (gifs"), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices
(sometimes referred to as "spyware" or "passive collection mechanisms" or "PCM").
Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the services, networks, or services connected
to the services.
Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents providing you any portion of
the services.
Attempt to bypass any measures of the Services designed to prevent or restrict access to the
Services or any portion of the Services.
Copy or adapt the services' software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or
other code.
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Except as permitted by applicable law, decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of
the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Services.
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Except as may be the result of the standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use, launch,
develop, or distribute any automated system, including, without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat
utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Services, or use or launch any unauthorized
script or other software.
Use a buying or purchasing agent to purchase the services.
Make any unauthorized use of the services, including collecting usernames and email addresses of
users by electronic or other means to send unsolicited emails or create user accounts by automated
means or under pretenses.
Use the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Services and the
Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise.
Use the services to advertise or offer to sell goods and services.
Sell or otherwise transfer your profile.
User-generated Contributions
The service does not offer users the ability to submit or post content. We may provide you with the
opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast
content and materials to us or on the Services, including but not limited to text, writings, video,
audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information or other material
(collectively, "Contributions"). Contributions may be viewable by other service users and through
third-party websites. As such, any contributions you transmit may be treated according to the service's
privacy policy. When you create or make available any contributions, you thereby represent and warrant
that:
The creation, distribution, transmission, public display, or performance, and the accessing,
downloading, or copying of your contributions do not and will not infringe the proprietary rights,
including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights of any
third party.
You are the creator and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases, and
permissions to use and to authorize us, the Services, and other users of the Services to use your
contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and these Legal Terms.
Have the written consent, release, and permission of every identifiable
person in your Contributions to use the name or likeness of each such identifiable individual to
enable inclusion and use of your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the services and these
legal terms. Contributions are not false, inaccurate, or misleading.
Your contributions are not unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, pyramid
schemes, chain letters, spam, mass mailings, or other forms of solicitation.
Your contributions are not obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing, defamatory,
slanderous, or otherwise objectionable (as we determined).
Contributions do not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone.
Your contributions are not used to harass or threaten (in the legal sense of those terms) any other
person or to promote violence against a specific person or class of people.
Contributions do not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule.
Contributions do not violate any third party's privacy or publicity rights.
Your contributions do not violate any applicable law concerning child pornography or are otherwise
intended to protect the health or well-being of minors.
Your contributions do not include offensive comments about race, national origin, gender, sexual
preference, or physical handicap.
Your contributions do not otherwise violate or link to material that violates any provision of
these legal terms or applicable law or regulation.
Any use of the Services in violation of the preceding violates these Legal Terms and may result in,
among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Services.
Contribution License
You and Services agree that we may access, store, process, and use any information and personal data you
provide, following the terms of the Privacy Policy and your choices (including settings).
By submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding the services, you agree that we can use and share
such feedback for any purpose without compensation.
We do not assert any ownership over your contributions. You retain full ownership of all your
contributions and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated with your
contributions. We are not liable for any statements or representations in your contributions in any area
of the services. You are solely responsible for your contributions to the services, and you expressly
agree to exonerate us from any responsibility and to refrain from any legal action against us regarding
your contributions.
Services Management
We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to (1) monitor Services for violations of these Legal
Terms; (2) take appropriate legal action against who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these
Legal Terms, including, without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities; (3) in
our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or
disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your contributions or any portion thereof; (4)
in our sole discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from the Services or
otherwise turn off all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our
systems, and (5) otherwise manage the Services in a manner designed to protect our rights and property
and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Services.