Terms of Service Agreement
- General
Welcome to lancasteronline.com, the web site of Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
As part of our service, Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. agrees to provide you with
information and other computer services subject to the terms of this Terms
of Service Agreement. Upon notice published through the service, Lancaster
Newspapers, Inc. may amend or modify these Terms of Service at any time. Use
of this site signifies your agreement to the Terms of Service.
- Rights
This site is owned and operated by Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. and contains
material which is derived in whole or in part from Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
and other sources and is protected by international copyright, trademark and
other intellectual property laws. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish,
upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any material from this site
including code and software. You may download material from this site for
your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright
and other proprietary notices.
- License
By posting messages, uploading files, inputting data, or engaging in any other
form of communication through this service, you are granting Lancaster Newspapers,
Inc. a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license
to:
Use, copy, sublicense, adapt, transmit, publicly perform or display any such
communication. Sublicense to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise
any of the foregoing rights granted with respect to the communication.
The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights
in such communication, including but not limited to rights under copyright,
trademark, servicemark or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction.
- Limitation of liability
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to negligence, shall Lancaster
Newspapers, Inc., its subsidiary and parent companies or affiliates be liable
for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that
result from the use of, or the inability to use Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
materials. You specifically acknowledge and agree that Lancaster Newspapers,
Inc. is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any
user. If you are dissatisfied with any material, or with, any of Lancaster
Newspapers, Inc. terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to
discontinue using the Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. web site. In addition, Lancaster
Newspapers, Inc. may allow you to purchase different types of products and
services online that are provided by third parties. Lancaster Newspapers,
Inc. is not responsible for the quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability
or any other aspect of these products and services. Your use of this site
also signifies your release of Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. and its affiliates
from any damages that you incur, and agree not to assert any claims against
them, arising from your use of these products or services.
- Bulletin Boards, Forums, Discussion Groups and Chat
Rooms
This service may include bulletin boards, forums, discussion groups and/or
chat rooms ("bulletin boards") which allow feedback and/or real-time interaction
between users, Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. and/or third parties. Lancaster
Newspapers, Inc. does not control the messages, information or files delivered
to any bulletin boards. It is a condition of your use of the bulletin boards
and this Web site that you do not:
- Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the bulletin
boards.
- Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, deceptive, libelous,
defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or inaccurate
information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions
constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense,
give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national
or international law.
- Post or transmit any information, software or other material which violates
or infringes upon the rights of others, including material which is an
invasion of privacy or publicity rights or which is protected by copyright,
trademark or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect
thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or right holder.
- Post or transmit any information, software or other material which contains
a virus or other harmful component.
- Post, transmit or in any way exploit any information, software or other
material for commercial purposes, or which contains advertising.
- HTML code is prohibited
- Posting of images is limited
- Users may be removed, banned, suspended or revoked at any time without
notice or warning.
You understand that Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. has no obligation to monitor
any bulletin boards. However, Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. reserves the right
at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law,
regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to remove any
information or materials, in whole or in part, that in Lancaster Newspapers,
Inc. sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of these terms and
conditions.
A fundamental purpose of these areas is to encourage freedom of speech
and frank dialogue on all issues. However, misstatements, distorted facts
and outright lies have no place in a constructive discussion either on Talk
Back or within web sites linked to Talk Back. A local website recently
posted an article regarding the Statewide Grand Jury's investigation into allegations
of unlawful computer use. The article contains gross inadequacies and
blatant untruths. Accordingly, we will not be publishing any links to
this article in our TalkBack forum.
- Privacy Policy
- Disclaimer
Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. has provided links and pointers to Internet sites
maintained by third parties. Neither Lancaster Newspapers, Inc., its parent
or subsidiary companies nor their affiliates operate or control in any respect
any information, products or services on these third-party sites. The materials
in this site and the third-party sites are provided "as is" and without warranties
of any kind either express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant
to applicable law, Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. disclaims all warranties, express
or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability
and fitness for a particular purpose. Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. does not
warrant that the functions contained in the materials will be uninterrupted
or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site, including
bulletin boards, or the server that makes it available, are free of viruses
or other harmful components. Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. does not warrant or
make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the
materials in this site or in third-party sites in terms of their correctness,
accuracy, timeliness, reliability or otherwise. You (and not Lancaster Newspapers,
Inc.) assume the entire cost of all necessary maintenance, repair or correction.
- Termination
This agreement is effective until terminated by Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
at any time without notice. In the event of termination, you are no longer
authorized to access any bulletin boards and the restrictions imposed on you
with respect to material downloaded from the bulletin boards, the disclaimers
and limitations of liabilities set forth in this agreement, shall survive.
- Other
This Terms of Service Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Lancaster
Newspapers, Inc. and you with respect to the subject matter contained herein
and supersedes all previous and contemporaneous agreements, proposals and
communications, written or oral. Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. may amend or modify
this Terms of Service Agreement or impose new conditions at any time without
prior notice. Such amendments and modifications shall be effective immediately
upon notice thereof which may be given by means including, but not limited
to, posting on Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. Any use of the service by you after
such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by you of such amendments,
modifications or new conditions. This agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania without giving effect
to any principles or conflicts of law. If any provision of this agreement
shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision
shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity
and enforceability of any remaining provisions
