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Terms
and Conditions of Use
April 4, 2006
YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE
CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE.
This Web site, including all of its features and content (the “Web Site”) is
a service made available by Cerny & Associates, Inc. (“Provider”) and all
content, information, and services (“Content”) may be used solely under the
following terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”).
1. Web Site Limited License. As a user of this Web Site you are
granted a nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable, limited license to
access and use this Web Site and Content in accordance with these Terms of
Use. Provider may terminate this license at any time for any reason.
2. Limitations on Use. The Content on this Web Site is for your
personal and noncommercial use only and not for commercial exploitation. You
may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, rent, lease, loan, sell,
sublicense, or create derivative works from this Web Site or the Content.
Nor may you use any network monitoring or discovery software to determine
the site architecture, or extract information about usage, individual
identities or users. You may not use any robot, spider, other automatic
software or device, or manual process to monitor or copy our Web Site or the
Content without Provider’s prior written permission. You may not copy,
modify, reproduce, republish, distribute, display, or transmit for
commercial, non-profit or public purposes all or any portion of this Web
Site, except to the extent permitted above. You may not use or otherwise
export or re-export this Web Site or any portion thereof, or the Content in
violation of the export control laws and regulations of the United States of
America. Any unauthorized use of this Web Site or its Content is prohibited.
The accuracy, completeness, adequacy or currency of the Content is not
warranted or guaranteed. Your use of Content on this Web Site or materials
linked from this Web Site is at your own risk.
3. Intellectual Property Rights. Except as expressly provided in
these Terms of Use, nothing contained herein shall be construed as
conferring any license or right, by implication, estoppel or otherwise,
under copyright or other intellectual property rights. You agree that the
Content and Web Site are protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks,
patents or other proprietary rights and laws.
4.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act – Notification of Alleged Copyright
Infringement. Provider has registered an agent with the United States
Copyright Office in accordance with the terms of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (the "Act") and avails itself of the protections under the
Act. Provider reserves the right to remove any Content that allegedly
infringes another person's copyright. Notices to Provider regarding any
alleged copyright infringement should be directed to the Cerny & Associates,
Inc at 880 Weston Hills Drive, Brookfield, WI 53045, 262-792-1060 Attn:
jcerny@execpc.com.
5. Linking to this Web Site. You may provide links only to the
homepage of this Web Site, provided (a) you do not remove or obscure, by
framing or otherwise, any portion of the homepage, including its
advertisements, the terms of use, the copyright notice, or other notices on
this Site, (b) you give Provider notice of such link by sending an e-mail to
jcerny@execpc.com and (c) you discontinue providing links to this Web
Site if requested by Provider. If you wish to provide links to a section
within this Web Site, you should forward your request to Provider at
jcerny@execpc.com and Provider will notify you if permission is granted,
and if so the terms and conditions of the permission.
6. License of Your Content to Provider. By uploading content to or
submitting any materials for use on this Web Site, you grant (or warrant
that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) Provider a perpetual,
worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license, with
right to sublicense, to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, publicly
perform, publicly display, digitally display and digitally perform,
translate, create derivative works from and distribute such materials or
incorporate such materials into any form, medium, or technology now known or
later developed throughout the universe. You agree that you shall have no
recourse against Provider for any alleged or actual infringement or
misappropriation of any proprietary right in your communications to us.
7. No Solicitation. You shall not distribute on or through this Web
Site any content or material containing any advertising, promotion,
solicitation for goods, services or funds or solicitation for others to
become members of any enterprise or organization without the express written
permission of the Provider. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall not
solicit via e-mail, phone, or fax the Provider or any employee, member or
supplier under contract with the Provider. In no event may any person or
entity solicit anyone with data retrieved from this Web Site.
8. Advertisers. This Web Site may contain advertising and
sponsorship. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that
material submitted for inclusion on this Web Site is accurate and complies
with applicable laws. Provider will not be responsible for the illegality of
or any error or inaccuracy in advertisers’ or sponsors’ materials or for the
acts or omissions of advertisers and sponsors.
9. Errors and Corrections. Provider does not represent or warrant
that this Web Site or the Content will be error-free, free of viruses or
other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected or that it will
always be accessible. Provider does not warrant or represent that the
Content available on or through this Web Site will be correct, accurate,
timely, or otherwise reliable. Provider may make improvements and/or changes
to its features, functionality or Content at any time.
10. Third Party Content. Third party content may appear on this Web
Site or may be accessible via links from this Web Site. Provider shall not
be responsible for and assumes no liability for any infringement, mistakes,
misstatements of law, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehood,
obscenity, pornography or profanity in the statements, opinions,
representations or any other form of content contained in any third party
content appearing on this Web Site. You understand that the information and
opinions in the third party content is neither endorsed by nor does it
reflect the belief of Provider.
11. DISCLAIMER. THIS WEB SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS
IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. PROVIDER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. PROVIDER DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY
LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM,
ARISING OUT OF OR ANY WAY RELATED TO (A) ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM
THIS WEB SITE AND THE CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TECHNICAL
INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, (B) ANY THIRD PARTY WEB SITES OR
CONTENT THEREIN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACCESSED THROUGH LINKS IN THIS WEB
SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS THEREFROM, (C)
THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THIS WEB SITE, THE CONTENT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF,
(D) YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE OR THE CONTENT, OR (E) YOUR USE OF ANY
EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEB SITE OR THE CONTENT.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. PROVIDER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM YOUR
USE OF THIS WEB SITE, OR THE CONTENT. PROVIDER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF
ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS' FEES) IN ANY
WAY DUE TO, RESULTING FROM, OR ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR
INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE OR THE CONTENT.
13. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Provider, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers
and any third party information providers to the Web Site from and against
all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms of Use by you.
14. Third Party Rights. The provisions of paragraphs 11 (Disclaimer),
12 (Limitation of Liability), and 13 (Indemnification) are for the benefit
of Provider and its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors,
suppliers, and any third party information providers to the Web Site. Each
of these individuals or entities shall have the right to assert and enforce
those provisions directly against you on its own behalf.
15. Unlawful Activity. Provider reserves the right to investigate
complaints or reported violations of our Terms of Use and to take any action
we deem appropriate including but not limited to reporting any suspected
unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third
parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such
persons or entities relating to user profiles, e-mail addresses, usage
history, posted materials, IP addresses and traffic information.
16. Remedies for Violations. Provider reserves the right to seek all
remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these Terms of
Use, including but not limited to the right to block access from a
particular Internet address to this Web Site and any other Provider Web
sites and their features.
17. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. The Terms of Use are governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin and any
action arising out of or relating to these terms shall be filed only in
state or federal courts located in Wisconsin and you hereby consent and
submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of
litigating any such action.
18. Additional Terms.
19. Privacy. Your use of this Web Site is subject to
Provider’s Privacy Policy.
20. Severability of Provisions. These Terms of Use incorporate by
reference any notices contained on this Web Site and the Privacy Policy
constitute the entire agreement with respect to access to and use of this
Web Site and the Content. If any provision of these Terms of Use is
unlawful, void or unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed
severable from the remaining provisions and shall not affect their validity
and enforceability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms
of Use, if you have a separate signed written agreement with a Provider that
applies to your use of any of that Provider's Content, that agreement
constitutes the entire agreement between you and that Provider with respect
to the affected Content subject thereto (the "Otherwise Covered Content"),
and these Terms of Use shall be treated as having no force or effect with
respect to the Otherwise Covered Content.
21. Modifications to Terms of Use. Provider reserves the right to
change these Terms of Use at any time. Updated versions of the Terms of Use
will appear on this Web Site and are effective immediately. You are
responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms of Use. Continued use of this
Web Site after any such changes constitutes your consent to such changes. |