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1.
ACCEPTANCE
Oddbark provides a collection of online
resources which include
classified ads, forums, and
various email services,
(referred to as "the Service")
subject to the Terms of Use
("Terms"). By using the website
in any way, you agree to comply
with these Terms. Additionally,
when using particular Oddbark
services, you agree to conform
to any applicable posted
guidelines for all Oddbark
services, which may change
periodically. Should you object
to any term or condition of
these Terms, any guideline, or
any subsequent changes thereto
or become unhappy with Oddbark
in any way, your only choice is
to immediately discontinue use
of Oddbark. These Terms may be
updated by Oddbark at any time.
You understand and agree that
you are solely responsible for
reviewing these Terms from time
to time. Oddbark will provide
notice of significant changes to
the Terms by posting this notice
on the Oddbark website.
2. CONTENT
POLICY
You understand that all
listings, messages, comments,
files, images, photos, video,
sounds, or any other material
("Content") posted on,
transmitted through, or linked
from the Service, are the sole
responsibility of the person who
originated such Content. More
specifically, you are entirely
responsible for all Content that
you upload, email or otherwise
make available via the Service.
You understand that Oddbark
does not control, and is not
responsible for Content made
available through the website,
and that by using the website,
you may be exposed to Content
that is offensive, indecent,
inaccurate, misleading, or
otherwise objectionable.
Furthermore, the Oddbark site
and Content available through
the website may contain links to
other websites, which are
completely unrelated to
Oddbark. Oddbark makes no
representation or guarantee as
to the accuracy or authenticity
of the information contained in
any such site. Your linking to
any other websites is at your
completely 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
Oddbark be liable in any way
for Content or for any loss or
damage of any kind incurred as a
result of
the use of any Content listed,
emailed or otherwise made
available via the Service. You
acknowledge that Oddbark does
not pre-screen or approve
Content, but that Oddbark will
have the right (but not the
obligation) in its sole
discretion to refuse, delete or
move any Content that is
available via the Service, for
violating the spirit of the site
or the Terms or for any other
reason.
3. CONDUCT
You agree not to post, email,
or otherwise make available
Content:
*
that
violates any law,
*that is harmful, unlawful,
threatening, abusive, harassing,
defamatory, pornographic,
libelous, invasive of another's
privacy, or harms minors in any
way;
* that harasses, degrades,
intimidates or is hateful toward
an individual or group of
individuals on the basis of
religion, gender, sexual
orientation, race, ethnicity,
age, or disability;
* that impersonates any person
or entity, including, but not
limited to, a Oddbark employee,
or falsely states or otherwise
misrepresents your
affiliation with a person or
entity;
* that includes personal or
identifying information about
another person without that
person's explicit consent.
* that is false, deceptive,
misleading, deceitful,
misinformative, or
constitutes "bait and switch";
* that infringes any patent,
trademark, trade secret,
copyright or other proprietary
rights of any party, or Content
that you do not have a right to
make available under any law or
under contractual or fiduciary
relationships.
* that constitutes or contains
"affiliate marketing," "link
referral code," "junk mail,"
"spam," "chain letters,"
"pyramid schemes," or
unsolicited commercial
advertisement.
* that constitutes or contains
any form of advertising or
solicitation if (1) posted in
areas or categories of the
Oddbark sites which are not
designated for such purposes; or
(2) emailed to Oddbark users
who have requested not to be
contacted about other services,
products or commercial
interests.
* that includes links to
commercial services or web
sites, except as specifically
allowed by Oddbark
* that advertises any illegal
services or the sale of any
items the sale of which is
prohibited or restricted by
applicable law, including
without limitation items the
sale of which is prohibited or
regulated by New York law * 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;
* that disrupts the normal flow
of dialogue with an excessive
number of messages (flooding
attack) to the Service, or that
otherwise negatively affects
other users' ability to use the
Service; or
* that employs misleading email
addresses, or forged headers or
otherwise manipulated
identifiers in order to disguise
the origin of Content
transmitted through the Service.
Additionally, you agree not
to:
* contact anyone who has
asked not to be contacted;
* "stalk" or otherwise harass
anyone;
* collect personal data about
other users for commercial or
unlawful purposes;
* use automated means, including
spiders, robots, crawlers, data
mining tools, or the like to
download data from the Service -
exception is made for internet
search engines (e.g. Google) and
non-commercial public archives
(e.g. archive.org) that comply
with our robots.txt file;
* post non-local or otherwise
irrelevant Content, repeatedly
post the same or similar
Content, or otherwise impose an
unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on
our infrastructure;
* post the same item or service
in more than one classified
category or forum, or in more
than one metropolitan area; or
* attempt to gain unauthorized
access to
Oddbark's computer
systems or engage in any
activity that disrupts,
diminishes the quality of,
interferes with the performance
of, or impairs the functionality
of, the Service or the Oddbark
website.
4. PRIVACY
POLICYAND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
By using this
website acknowledge and agree
that Oddbark may, in its sole
discretion, preserve or disclose
your Content, as well as your
information, such as email
addresses, IP addresses,
timestamps, and other user
information, if required to do
so by law or in the good faith
belief that such preservation or
disclosure is reasonably
necessary to: comply with legal
process; enforce these Terms;
respond to claims that any
Content violates the rights of
third-parties; respond to claims
that contact information (for
example phone number, street
address) of a third-party has
been posted or transmitted
without their consent or as a
form of harassment; protect the
rights, property, or personal
safety of Oddbark, its users or
the general public.
5.
NOTIFICATION OF CLAIMS OF
INFRINGEMENTS
If you believe
that your work has been copied
in a way that infringes
copyright, or your intellectual
property rights have been
otherwise violated, please
notify a Oddbark agent for
notice of claims of copyright or
other intellectual property
infringement ("Agent"), at
legal@Oddbark.com.
To do so,
please provide our
representatives with the
following Notice:
2. Identify the content on the Oddbark site that you
claim is infringing your rights,
with enough detail so that we
may locate it on the website;
3. A statement
by you that you have good reason
that the disputed use is not
authorised
by the copyright owner, its
agent, or the law;
4. A statement
by you declaring (a) the above
information in your Notice is
accurate, and (b) that you are
the owner of the copyright
interest involved or that you
are
authorised to act on
behalf of that owner;
5. Your
address, telephone number, and
email address; and
6. Your
physical or internet/electronic
signature.
We reserve the
right to remove content where we
have grounds for suspecting the
violation of these terms or of
any party’s rights.
6. NO SPAM
POLICY
You understand and agree that
sending unsolicited email
advertisements to Oddbark email
addresses or through Oddbark
computer systems,
is
expressly prohibited by these
Terms. Any unauthorized use of
Oddbark computer systems is a
violation of these Terms and
certain federal and state laws.
Such violations may subject the
sender and his or her agents to
civil and criminal penalties.
7. DEALINGS
WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND
INDIVIDUALS
Oddbark shall not be liable for
your interactions with any
organizations and/or individuals
found on the Site or through the
Service. This includes, but is
not limited to, payment and
delivery of goods and services,
and any other terms, conditions,
warranties or representations
associated with such dealings.
These dealings are solely
between you and such
organizations and/or
individuals.
You agree that
Oddbark 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
this site, or between users and
any third party, you understand
and agree that Oddbark is under
no obligation to become
involved. In the event that you
have a dispute with one or more
other users, you hereby release
Oddbark, its officers,
employees, agents and successors
in rights from 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.
8.
LIMITATION AND TERMINATION OF
SERVICE
You
acknowledge that Oddbark may
establish limits concerning use
of the Service, including among
others, the maximum number of
days that Content will be
retained by the Service, the
maximum number and size of
postings, email messages, or
other Content that may be
transmitted or stored by the
Service, and the frequency with
which you may access the
Service. You agree that Oddbark
has no responsibility or
liability for the deletion or
failure to store any Content
maintained or transmitted by the
Service. You acknowledge that
Oddbark reserves the right at
any time to modify or
discontinue the Service (or any
part thereof) with or without
notice, and that Oddbark shall
not be liable to you or to any
third party for any
modification, suspension or
discontinuance of the Service.
You agree that
Oddbark, 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 the
Service (or any part thereof),
immediately and without notice,
and remove and discard any
Content within the Service, for
any reason, including, without
limitation, if Oddbark believes
that you have acted
inconsistently with the letter
or spirit of the Terms. Further,
you agree that Oddbark shall
not be liable to you or any
third-party for any termination
of your access to the Service.
Further, you agree not to
attempt to use the Service after
said termination
9.
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
The Service is
protected to the maximum extent
permitted by copyright laws and
international treaties. Content
displayed on or through the
Service is protected by
copyright as a collective work
and/or compilation, pursuant to
copyrights laws, and
international conventions. Any
reproduction, modification,
creation of derivative works
from or redistribution of the
Sites or the collective work is
prohibited. Copying or
reproducing the sites or any
portion thereof to any other
server or location for further
reproduction or redistribution
is prohibited. You further agree
not to reproduce, duplicate or
copy Content from the Service,
and agree to abide by any and
all copyright notices displayed
on the Service. You may not
decompile or disassemble,
reverse engineer or otherwise
attempt to discover any source
code contained in the Service.
Without limiting the foregoing,
you agree not to reproduce,
duplicate,
copy, sell, resell or exploit
for any commercial purposes, any
aspect of the Service. Oddbark
is a mark registered in the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Although Oddbark does not claim
ownership of content that its
users post, by posting Content
to any public area of the
Service, you automatically
grant, and you represent and
warrant that you have the right
to grant, to Oddbark an
irrevocable, perpetual,
non-exclusive, fully paid,
worldwide license to use, copy,
perform, display, and distribute
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. We need these rights
in order to host and display
your content
10.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF
THE ODDBARK SITE AND THE
SERVICE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN
RISK.
THE ODDBARK SITE AND THE
SERVICE ARE 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. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, ODDBARK
DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR THE
SECURITY, RELIABILITY,
TIMELINESS, ACCURACY, AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE ODDBARK SITE
AND THE SERVICE. TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
ODDBARK DISCLAIMS ANY
WARRANTIES FOR OTHER SERVICES OR
GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR
ADVERTISED ON THE Oddbark SITE
OR THE SITES OR SERVICE, OR
ACCESSED THROUGH ANY LINKS ON
THE ODDBARKSITE. TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
ODDBARK DISCLAIMS ANY
WARRANTIES FOR VIRUSES OR OTHER
HARMFUL COMPONENTS IN CONNECTION
WITH THE ODDBARK SITE OR THE
SERVICE. 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.
11. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL ODDBARK BE
LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES (EVEN IF Oddbark HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM
ANY ASPECT OF YOUR USE OF THE
ODDBARK SITE OR THE SERVICE,
WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM
USE OR MISUSE OF THE ODDBARK
SITE OR THE SERVICE, FROM
INABILITY TO USE THE ODDBARK
SITE OR THE SERVICE, OR THE
INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION,
MODIFICATION, ALTERATION, OR
TERMINATION OF THE Oddbark SITE
OR THE SERVICE. SUCH LIMITATION
SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO
DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF
OTHER SERVICES OR PRODUCTS
RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED
IN CONNECTION WITH THE Oddbark
SITE OR THE SERVICE OR ANY LINKS
ON THE ODDBARK SITE, AS WELL AS
BY REASON OF ANY INFORMATION OR
ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH OR
ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH
THE ODDBARK SITE OR THE SERVICE
OR ANY LINKS ON THE Oddbark
SITE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL
APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW. In some
jurisdiction, limitations of
liability are not permitted. In
such jurisdictions, some of the
foregoing limitation may not
apply to you.
12. INDEMNITY
You hereby agree, at your
expense, to indemnify and hold
Oddbark, 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 Terms, your
breach of any of the
representations and warranties
herein, or your violation of any
rights of another.
13. GENERAL INFORMATION
These Terms and the other
policies posted on Oddbark
constitute the complete and
exclusive understanding and
agreement between you and
Oddbark and govern your use of
the Service superceding all
prior understandings, proposals,
agreements, negotiations, and
discussions between the parties,
whether written or oral.
The Terms and the relationship
between you and Oddbark shall
be governed by the laws of the
State of New York without regard
to its conflict of law
provisions. You and Oddbark
agree to submit to the personal
and exclusive jurisdiction of
the courts located within the
State of New York. The failure of
Oddbark to exercise or enforce
any right or provision of the
Terms shall not constitute a
waiver of such right or
provision. If any provision of
the Terms 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 Terms 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 Terms must
be filed within one (1) year
after such claim or cause of
action arose or be forever
barred.
14. VIOLATION OF TERMS AND
LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
Please report any violations of
the Terms, by flagging the
posting(s) or by
emailing to
legal@Oddbark.com.
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.
You understand and agree that,
because damages are often
difficult to quantify,
if actual damages cannot be
reasonably calculated then you
will be liable to pay Oddbark
liquidated damages as follows:
a. 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 that Oddbark
in its sole discretion may
disclose identifying information
about you to the victim, and
that should Oddbark bring a
claim against you in court, that
you will pay Oddbark one
thousand dollars ($1,000) for
each such message.
b. If Oddbark
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
Oddbark two hundred dollars
($200) for each message posted
in excess of such limits or for
each day on which you access Oddbark in excess of such
limits, whichever is higher.
c. If you send
unsolicited email advertisements
to Oddbark email addresses or
through Oddbark computer
systems, you agree to pay
Oddbark fifty dollars
($50) for each such email.
d. If you post messages
in violation of these Terms of
Use, other than as described
above, you agree to pay Oddbark
two hundred dollars ($200) for
each such message. In its sole
discretion, Oddbark may elect
to issue a warning before
assessing damages.
Otherwise, you agree to pay
Oddbark's
actual damages, to the extent
such actual damages can be
reasonably calculated.
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