WEBSITE TERMS OF USE Included herein;
INTRODUCTION
AUTHORITY
CHANGES TO THE TERMS OR SITE
REGISTRATION, PASSWORD AND SECURITY
PRIVACY POLICY
COPYRIGHT AND AUTHORIZATION
COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS
TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS
THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
PRODUCT AND SERVICE INFORMATION
ONLINE ORDERS
USER SUBMITTED CONTENT
SUBMISSIONS TO RCN
ACCEPTABLE USE
SITE SECURITY
GEOGRAPHICAL RESTRICTIONS
GENERAL PRACTICE REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
ENFORCEMENT
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
INDEMNIFICATION
TERMINATION/SUSPENSION
MISCELLANEOUS
1. INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Internet sites operated by subsidiaries and affiliates of RCN
Inc. ("RCN", "we", "our" and "us"). These Internet sites offer a wide variety of
resources, products and services, which include shopping services, branded and
personalized content and entertainment services, communication tools, online
directories, administrative services, download areas, advertising, games and
information, some or all of which may be accessed through a variety of means
(all of which are collectively called our "Site" or "Sites"). The term "you" or
"your" includes any of your subsidiaries, affiliates, employees and parent or
legal guardian.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. By accessing or using our Site in any
way you are agreeing to comply with these Terms of Use, including any documents,
policies and guidelines incorporated by reference (referred to collectively as
the "Terms"). Certain services available through our Site, especially services
for which you are asked to subscribe or pay money, may have their own terms and
conditions that apply to your purchase or use of that particular service. The
Terms do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any of these other
written or online terms and conditions or agreements you may have or will have
with RCN, including any other website terms of use with an RCN affiliate. To the
extent that there is any conflict between these Terms and any terms and
conditions or agreements relating to services you have purchased or online tools
you use or to which you subscribe, those other terms and conditions or
agreements will govern.
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2. AUTHORITY
By using our Site, you represent that you are at least 13 years old. Persons who
are at least 13 years of age but under the age of 18 may only use our Sites with
legal parental or guardian consent. Accordingly, you agree that you are at least
18 years of age or older or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are
fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, representations
and warranties set forth in the Terms; otherwise, please exit the Site. RCN
suggests that you take advantage of any access controls offered through the Site
or third-party sites, which are designed to assist you in limiting or blocking
access to certain types of web content you may feel are harmful to or
inappropriate for minors.
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3. CHANGES TO THE TERMS OR SITE
RCN may change or modify the Terms from time-to-time without notice other than
posting the amended Terms on the Site. The amended Terms will automatically be
effective when posted on our Site. Your continued use of our Site after any
changes in these Terms shall constitute your consent to such changes. RCN
reserves the right to change, modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently,
the Site (or any portion thereof), including any and all content contained on
the Site, at any time without notice. You agree that RCN shall not be liable to
you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of
the Site (or any portion thereof).
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4. REGISTRATION, PASSWORD AND SECURITY
Whenever you provide us information on our Site, you agree to: (a) provide true,
accurate, current and complete information and (b) maintain and promptly update
such information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide
any information that is, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that the
information is, untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, RCN may without
notice suspend or terminate your access to our Site and refuse any and all
current or future use of our Site (or any portion thereof).
If any portion of our Site requires you to register or open an account you may
also be asked to choose a password and a user name. Please select a password
that would not be obvious to someone trying to guess your password, and change
it regularly as an added precaution. You are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of the password and account, and you are fully responsible for
all activities that occur under your password or account identification. You
agree to immediately notify RCN of any unauthorized use of your password or
account or any other breach of security. Without limiting any rights which RCN
may otherwise have, RCN reserves the right to take any and all action, as it
deems necessary or reasonable, to ensure the security of the Sites and your
account, including without limitation terminating your account, changing your
password, or requesting additional information to authorize transactions on your
account. Notwithstanding the above, RCN may rely on the authority of anyone
accessing your account or using your password and in no event and under no
circumstances shall RCN be held liable to you for any liabilities or damages
resulting from or arising out of (i) any action or inaction of RCN under this
provision, (ii) any compromise of the confidentiality of your account or
password and (iii) any unauthorized access to your account or use of your
password. You may not use anyone else's account at any time, without the
permission of the account holder.
The security of your personally identifying information is important to us.
While there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet, we will take
reasonable steps to help ensure the safety of your personally identifying
information. However, you understand and agree that such steps do not guarantee
that use of the Site is invulnerable to all security breaches, and that RCN
makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation that use of any of our Site is
protected from viruses, security threats or other vulnerabilities.
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5. PRIVACY POLICY
Please view our Privacy Policy, which explains RCN´s practices relating to the
collection and use of your information through or in connection with our Site.
RCN´s use of your information is governed at all times by our Privacy Policy,
which is incorporated into these Terms. You understand that through your use of
the Site you consent to the collection and use of this information (as set forth
in the Privacy Policy).
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6. COPYRIGHT AND AUTHORIZATION
The Sites provide you access to a wide variety of information, shopping,
communications, entertainment, games, advertising and other services, products,
data and materials ("Content"). Some of the Content is owned by RCN Intellectual
Property II., L.P. d/b/a RCN Intellectual Property and/or its affiliates. Other
portions are owned by non-RCN companies or third parties such as suppliers,
vendors, and licensors (including Content that is generated by users as further
described in Section 11).
Some portions of the site may require you to download software ("Software") in
order that you may access the Site, the services provided through the Site
and/or the Content. The Software may be the property of RCN or a supplier,
vendor, or licensor to RCN. The Content and Software are protected by a variety
of laws governing the use of copyrights, trademarks, patents, or trade secrets.
Subject to the rules and limitations set forth in the Terms, you are granted a
limited, non-sublicensable right to access the Sites, the Content and the
Software for your personal non-commercial use only, except as otherwise
permitted. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Software or
underlying information or technology may be downloaded or otherwise exported or
re-exported (a) into Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, Syria or any other country
for which the U.S. maintains an embargo on such exports, or (b) to a person or
entity identified on lists of the U.S. Treasury Department (e.g., Specially
Designated Nationals, Denied Persons or Entities) or the U.S. Commerce
Department (e.g., Entity List, Table of Deny Orders), which control such
exports. By downloading or using the Software or underlying information or
technology, you agree to the foregoing and represent and warrant that you are
not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such
country or on any such list.
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7. COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS
RCN respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that
your work has been copied and has been posted, stored or transmitted to the
Sites in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit a
notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by
providing RCN´s Copyright Agent the following written information:
An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of
the owner of the copyright interest;
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
A specific description of where the material that you claim is infringing is
located on the Sites;
Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
A 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;
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in
your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to
act on the copyright owner's behalf.
RCN´s Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on the
Sites can be reached as follows:
For more information about RCN´s copyright protection practices under the DMCA
and for information on how to contact RCN´s DMCA agent, please refer to
info@RadioChapel.net
8. TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS
Trademarks (including but not limited to RCN logo) that are used or displayed on
the Sites are owned by RCN Intellectual Property or by third parties other than
RCN that offer and provide products and services on or through the Sites. The
trademarks of RCN Intellectual Property may not be copied or used, in whole,
partial or modified form, without the prior written permission of RCN
Intellectual Property or, if applicable, its licensor. In addition, RCN custom
graphics, logos, button icons, scripts, and page headers are covered by
trademark, trade dress, copyright or other proprietary right law, and may not be
copied, imitated, or used, in whole, partial or modified form, without the prior
written permission of RCN Intellectual Property. Other trademarks, service
marks, registered trademarks, product and service names, and company names or
logos that appear on the Sites are the property of their respective owners, who
may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by RCN. You may
not use any metatags or any other "hidden text" utilizing an RCN name,
trademark, or product name without RCN´s express written consent.
Trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.
9. THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Parties other than RCN may offer and provide products and services on or through
the Sites. Except for RCN branded information, products or services that are
identified as being supplied by RCN, RCN does not operate, control, or endorse
any information, products, or services on the Sites or accessible through the
Sites in any way. RCN is not responsible for examining or evaluating, and RCN
does not warrant the offerings of, any of these businesses or individuals or the
content of their websites. RCN does not assume any responsibility or liability
for the actions, product, and content of all these and any other third parties.
You should carefully review their privacy statements and other conditions of
use.
The Sites may contain links to other websites not operated by RCN. The links are
provided for your convenience. The inclusion of any links to other websites does
not imply affiliation, endorsement or adoption by RCN of those websites or the
contents therein. We are not responsible for the contents, links or privacy of
any linked website. Access to any other websites linked to the Sites is at your
own risk. When leaving the Site, you should carefully review the applicable
terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of that
third-party website.
10. PRODUCT AND SERVICE INFORMATION
RCN does not warrant that information, graphic depictions, product and service
descriptions or other content of the Sites is accurate, complete, reliable,
updated, current, or error-free. Despite our efforts, it is possible that a
price for a product or service offered on the Site may be inaccurate or the
product or service description may contain an inaccuracy. In the event RCN
determines that a product or service contains an inaccurate price or
description, RCN reserves the right to take any action it deems reasonable and
necessary, in its sole discretion, to rectify the error, including without
limitation canceling your order, unless prohibited by law. RCN may make
improvements or changes to any of its content, information products, services,
or programs described on the Sites at any time without notice. You agree to
notify RCN immediately if you become aware of any pricing or descriptive errors
or inconsistencies with any products or services you order through the Sites and
comply with any corrective action taken by RCN.
11. ONLINE ORDERS
In order to protect RCN and its customers from fraudulent activity, we may
implement reasonable procedures regarding any online orders including but not
limited to validating information provided or limiting the amount of equipment
(e.g. wireless phones) and/or services that may be ordered online by a single
individual or entity. RCN reserves the right to further limit quantities or to
cancel or reject orders in its sole discretion.
12. USER SUBMITTED CONTENT
Our Site may have "publicly accessible areas" such as message boards, forums,
member profiles, yellow pages, job folders or other features that allow users to
post Content that will be accessible by the public or the user population
generally. With respect to any message, data, image, text, photos, graphics,
audio, video or other material you elect to post to such publicly accessible
areas of our Site, while you retain any and all of your lawfully owned rights in
such Content, you grant RCN a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable,
non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce,
modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute,
perform and display such Content which you provide (in whole or part) worldwide
and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now
known or later developed and to exercise the same rights with respect to such
works. You also permit any user of our Site to access, display, view, store,
distribute, perform, reproduce and prepare derivative works of, such Content
that you have placed in publicly accessible areas of our Site. No compensation
will be paid to you or to any other person or entity with respect to the posting
or use of your Content. RCN is under no obligation to post or use any Content
you may provide and RCN may remove your Content at any time in its sole
discretion. You agree that RCN is not under any obligation of confidentiality,
express or implied, with respect to your Content. You represent and warrant that
you own or otherwise control all necessary rights to the Content that you post,
that such Content is accurate, that use of the Content you supply does not
violate these Terms, specifically including without limitation the requirements
of Section 14 (Acceptable Use), and will not cause injury to any person or
entity, and that you will indemnify RCN for all claims resulting from the
Content you supply.
RCN does not generally pre-screen or control Content posted by users of our
Site, and, therefore, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of
such Content. RCN shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole
discretion to monitor, refuse or remove any Content that is available via our
Site for any or no reason, including that any Content violates these Terms or is
otherwise objectionable. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for
any Content uploaded, transmitted, or downloaded by you or any third party, or
for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity,
pornography, or profanity you may encounter. As the provider of the Sites, we
are only a forum and are not liable for any statements, representations, or
Content provided by Site users. Any opinions, advice or recommendations
expressed therein are those of the users providing such Content and not those of
RCN. We do not endorse any Content or any opinion, recommendation or advice
expressed therein. It is not our intent to discourage you from taking
controversial positions or expressing vigorously what may be unpopular views;
however, we reserve the right to take such action as we deem appropriate in
cases where the Site is used to disseminate statements that are harmful or
inflammatory.
13. SUBMISSIONS TO RCN
You agree not to propose, post or submit to RCN ideas, concepts, copy,
proposals, inventions, methods or techniques for new or proposed services or
products (collectively referred to as "Submitted Material ") through the Site.
In the event you do so, you hereby grant to RCN a perpetual, worldwide,
irrevocable, unrestricted, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use all such
Submitted Material in any manner whatsoever without compensation or attribution
to you. You also grant to RCN the right, at its sole discretion, to use your
name in connection with the Submitted Materials and other information as well as
in connection with all advertising, marketing and promotional material related
to such material and information. Use of such Submitted Material shall not
require permission from or payment to you or to any other person or entity. You
agree that RCN is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or
implied, with respect to the Submitted Material. You agree that you shall have
no recourse against RCN for any alleged or actual infringement or
misappropriation of any proprietary right in Submitted Material and that the
submission of any Submitted Material to RCN, including the posting of materials
to any forum or interactive area on the Sites, irrevocably waives any and all
"moral rights" in such materials. You represent and warrant that you own or
otherwise control all of the rights to the Submitted Material that you post,
that the Submitted Material is accurate and, that use of the Submitted Material
you supply does not violate these Terms and will not cause injury to any person
or entity.
14. ACCEPTABLE USE
You agree to use our Site and the Content (whether provided by us or others), as
well as any Software provided in connection with the Site, in a manner
consistent with all applicable laws and regulations. Additionally, you will not
take any of the following actions with respect to our Site, related Software, or
Content, nor will you use our Site or related Software to upload, post, email,
distribute, transmit, link, solicit or otherwise make available any Content or
use our Site in any manner that:
is unlawful, harmful to minors, threatening, harassing, abusive, defamatory,
slanderous, vulgar, gratuitously violent, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd,
libelous, invasive of another's privacy, or racially, ethnically or otherwise
offensive, hateful or abusive;
infringes someone else's patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other
intellectual property or other rights;
removes any proprietary notices or labels on the Content;
advocates or solicits violence, criminal conduct or the violation of any local,
state, national or international law or the rights of any third party;
advocates or solicits violence, criminal conduct or the violation of any local,
state, national or international law or the rights of any third party;
is deceptive in any way, such as an offer to sell fraudulent goods or contains
an impersonation of any person or entity or misrepresents an affiliation with a
person or entity;
specifically advertises firearms or ammunition, tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs,
or other contraband;
constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, junk or bulk e-mail (SPAM),
chain letters, or any other unsolicited commercial or non-commercial
communication;
interferes with others using the Sites;
is off-topic according to the description of the group, forum or webpage;
contains software viruses, worms, time bombs, corrupted files, Trojan horses or
any other computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to
disrupt, damage, overburden, impair or limit the functioning of any software,
hardware, network, server or communications systems or equipment;
contains a charity request, petitions for signatures, chain letters or letters
relating to a pyramid scheme;
disrupts, interferes or inhibits any other user from enjoying the Sites or other
affiliated or linked websites, material, contents, products and/or services.
uses any robot, spider, or other such programmatic or automatic device, inducing
but not limited to automated dial-in or inquiry devices, to obtain information
from the Site or otherwise monitor or copy any portion of the Site, products
and/or services;
creates a false identity for the purpose of misleading others;
prepares, compiles, uses, downloads or otherwise copies any user information
and/or usage information for any portion thereof, or transmit, provide or
otherwise distribute (whether or not for a fee) such information to any third
party;
uses any RCN domain name as a pseudonymous return email address;
contains any offer for unsolicited goods or services or any advertising or
promotional materials, except in those areas specifically designated for such
purpose (e.g., classified bulletin board);
provides material support or resources (or conceals or disguises the nature,
location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any
organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign
terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act;
attempts to disable, bypass, modify, defeat or otherwise circumvent any of the
digital rights management or other security related tools incorporated into the
software or any Content or the Sites;
reproduces, duplicates, copies, sells, trades, resells or exploits for any
commercial purposes, any portion of the Sites or Content, use of the Sites, or
access to the Sites;
publishes, publicly performs or displays, or distributes to any third party any
Content, including reproduction on any computer network or broadcast or
publications media;
systematically collects and uses any Content including the use of any data
mining, or similar data gathering and extraction methods;
makes derivative uses of the Sites or the Content;
uses, frames, or utilizes framing techniques to enclose any portion of the Sites
(including the images found at the Sites or any text or the layout/design of any
page or form contained on a page); and/or
modifies, translates, decompiles, disassembles, uses reverse engineering or
otherwise attempts to derive the source code for the computer systems and other
technology that operate our Site. For purposes of these Terms, "reverse
engineering" shall include the examination or analysis of the Site to determine
the source code, structure, organization, internal design, algorithms or
encryption devices of our Site's underlying technology.
Unless you are participating in an area of the Site that requires or encourages
anonymity, we encourage you to use your real name.
15. SITE SECURITY
Violating the security of our Site is prohibited and may result in criminal and
civil liability. RCN may investigate incidents involving such violations and may
involve and will cooperate with law enforcement if a criminal violation is
suspected. Examples of security violations include, without limitation,
unauthorized access to or use of data or systems including any attempt to probe,
scan, or test the vulnerability of the Site or to breach security or
authentication measures, unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic,
interference with service to any user, host, or network including, without
limitation, mail bombing, news bombing, other flooding techniques, deliberate
attempts to overload a system, forging any TCP-IP packet header, e-mail header,
or any part of a message header, except for the authorized use of aliases or
anonymous remailers, and using manual or electronic means to avoid any use
limitations.
16. GEOGRAPHICAL RESTRICTIONS
Unless expressly and specifically stated otherwise on the Site, RCN provides
this Site for use only by persons located within the United States. Certain
subsidiaries or affiliates of RCN only provide certain regulated
telecommunications and other services in certain portions of the United States.
RCN makes no representation that all products, services and/or material
described on the Site are appropriate or available for use in locations outside
the United States or all territories within the United States. Those who choose
to access our Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are
responsible for compliance with local laws. Certain companies affiliated with
RCN provide services and operate websites in various other countries throughout
the world, some of which websites may be linked to from our Site. Any such
International websites will be governed by their own terms of use and privacy
policies and not by these Terms.
17. GENERAL PRACTICE REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
You acknowledge that RCN may establish general practices and limits concerning
use of the Site, including without limitation the maximum number of days that
email messages, message board postings or other uploaded Content will be
retained by the Site, the maximum number of email messages that may be sent from
or received by an account on the Site, the maximum size of any email message
that may be sent from or received by an account on the Site, the maximum disk
space that will be allotted on RCN´s servers on your behalf, and the maximum
number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Site in
a given period of time. Your use of this Site constitutes your consent to allow
RCN to store electronic communications on its servers. You agree that RCN has no
responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages
and other communications or other content maintained or transmitted by the Site.
You acknowledge that RCN reserves the right to terminate accounts that are
inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that RCN
reserves the right to modify these general practices and limits from time to
time.
18. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
YOUR USE OF OUR SITE, INCLUDING ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE
SITES, ANY SITE-RELATED SERVICE OR SOFTWARE THAT IS PROVIDED TO YOU, IS AT YOUR
SOLE RISK. OUR SITE, INCLUDING ANY CONTENT, SOFTWARE OR INFORMATION CONTAINED
WITH THE SITES AND ANY SITE-RELATED SERVICE, IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS
AVAILABLE" BASIS. RCN AND ITS CO-BRANDERS, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS, AND OTHER
RELATED PARTIES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, AND
EMPLOYEES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS,
STATUTORY OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY OF DATA AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT PERMIT THE EXCLUSION OF
CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SOME OF THESE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
RCN AND ITS CO-BRANDERS, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS, AND OTHER RELATED PARTIES, AND
THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, AND EMPLOYEES MAKE NO
WARRANTY THAT (i) OUR SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) MATERIALS, SOFTWARE
OR CONTENT AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE SITE ARE FREE OF INFECTION OR
VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, OR OTHER CODE THAT MANIFESTS CONTAMINATING OR
DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES; (iii) OUR SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE
(INCLUDING FREE FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS), PROVIDE CONTINUOUS STORAGE OR ACCESS,
OR ERROR-FREE, (iv) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF OUR SITE
WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR RELIABLE, (v) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS,
SERVICES, SOFTWARE, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU
THROUGH OUR SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (vi) ANY ERRORS IN OUR SITE OR
SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED, UPLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF OUR
SITE OR SOFTWARE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR BUSINESS OR LOSS OF DATA
THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR UPLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL OR THE USE OF OUR
SITE OR OUR SOFTWARE.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM RCN OR
THROUGH OR FROM OUR SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY. ADVICE OR INFORMATION
RECEIVED BY MEANS OF OUR SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR SIGNIFICANT
PERSONAL, BUSINESS, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT
AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR PARTICULAR
SITUATION.
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19. ENFORCEMENT
RCN reserves the right but does not assume the obligation to strictly enforce
these Terms, including without limitation by issuing warnings, suspension, or
termination of access to the Sites and/or services, and/or by removing,
screening, or editing of Content, or by engaging in self-help and active
investigation, litigation and prosecution in any court or other appropriate
venue.
RCN may access, use, and disclose transaction information and any Content
provided by you to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena) or based on
RCN´s reasonable judgment that disclosure is necessary, or to enforce or apply
our agreements (including these Terms), to initiate, render, bill, and collect
for services, to protect our rights or property, or to protect users of RCN´s
services, the Site and other persons or entities from fraudulent, abusive, or
unlawful use of the Site or any such services. INDIRECT, ATTEMPTED OR ACTUAL
VIOLATIONS OF THESE TERMS OR ANY RELATED POLICY BY YOU OR ANY THIRD- PARTY ON
YOUR BEHALF SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THESE TERMS BY YOU.
20. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL RCN, ITS EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, REPRESENTATIVES, SERVICE
PROVIDERS, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS, AND AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR
ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF USE, LOSS
OF PROFITS, OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY
CONNECTED WITH (i) THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITES OR THE CONTENT,
MATERIALS, SOFTWARE, INFORMATION OR TRANSACTIONS PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE
SITES, OR (ii) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER
INACCURACIES IN THE SITES OR THE CONTENT, MATERIALS, SOFTWARE, INFORMATION,
PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITES, (iii) THE COST OF
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY PRODUCTS, DATA,
INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR
TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM OUR SITE; (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO
OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (v) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY
THIRD PARTY ON OUR SITE; (vi) THE DELAY OR FAILURE IN PERFORMANCE RESULTING FROM
AN ACT OF FORCE MAJEURE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ACTS OF GOD, NATURAL
DISASTERS, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS, WARS, STRIKES, LABOR
DISPUTES, RIOTS, SHORTAGES OF LABOR OR MATERIALS, VANDALISM, TERRORISM,
NON-PERFORMANCE OF THIRD PARTIES OR ANY REASONS BEYOND THEIR REASONABLE CONTROL;
OR (vii) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO OUR SITE, EVEN IF RCN OR ITS AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOUR SOLE
REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE AND/OR SITE-RELATED SERVICES IS TO STOP
USING THE SITE AND/OR THOSE SERVICES.
APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE, SO THIS
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION ON
LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE
AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF RCN UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES FOR LIABILITIES THAT
OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).
21. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless RCN and its underlying content
and service providers, licensors and suppliers, and each of their respective
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and employees, from and against all
losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made
by any third-party due to or arising out of Submitted Material or any other
content you submit, post or upload to or transmit through our Site, your use of
our Site, your connection to our Site, your violation of these Terms, or your
violation of any law or the rights of another. These obligations will survive
any termination of your relationship with RCN or your use of our Site. RCN
reserves the right to assume the defense and control of any matter subject to
indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with RCN in asserting
any available defenses.
22. TERMINATION/SUSPENSION
You agree that RCN may immediately terminate or suspend your account, any
associated email address, and access to all or any part of the Sites or change
your password without notice. Cause for such termination, suspension or change
shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations of these Terms
or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests by law enforcement
or other government agencies, (c) a request by you (self-initiated account
deletions), (d) discontinuance or material modification to the Sites (or any
part thereof,) (e) unexpected technical or security issues or problems, (f)
extended periods of inactivity, and/or (g) engagement by you in fraudulent or
illegal activities. Termination of your account includes (or, if RCN elects
instead to suspend your account, may include any one or more of the following)
(a) removal of access to all offerings within the Sites, (b) deletion of your
password and all related information, files and other content associated with or
inside your account (or any part thereof) and (c) barring of further use of the
Sites. You agree that all terminations and suspensions for cause shall be made
in RCN´s sole discretion and that RCN shall not be liable to you or any third
party for any termination or suspension of your account, loss of storage, any
associated email address, or access to the Sites. Further, RCN reserves the
right, to immediately terminate or suspend your account, any associated email
address, and access to the Sites at any time for any reason and without notice
to you in its sole discretion.
23. MISCELLANEOUS
RCN´s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall
not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these
Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that
provision shall be deemed severable from the Terms and shall not affect the
validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. These Terms shall be
governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas
applicable to agreements made and to be performed in Texas. You agree that any
legal action or proceeding between RCN and you for any purpose concerning these
Terms or the parties' obligations hereunder shall be brought exclusively in a
federal or state court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Texas. Neither the
course of conduct and/or course of dealing between the parties nor trade
practice shall act to modify any provision of this Agreement. RCN may assign its
rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice
to you. Your rights and duties under these Terms are not assignable by you
without written consent of RCN. These Terms do not provide any third party with
a remedy, claim, or right of reimbursement. You must file any claim or suit
related to our Site within one year after it arises.