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Copyright Issues

Copyright protects most original works--including your website and the websites of others. As a result, you can get protection under the law for your original work, but you need to respect the copyrighted works held by others.

Copyright law protects works even if the work lacks a copyright symbol or notice, and even if it is not registered with the U. S. Copyright Office. You do not even have to know about the copyright to have legal protection. Thus, when you find original pictures, text, music, art or other materials on the Web, you must assume that they are protected until you learn otherwise.

Before you load text, pictures, or other material on your home page, you generally need to obtain permission from the copyright owner. Materials that do not require permission are works that are in the public domain (usually means they were published more than 75 years earlier), or materials included as a matter of "fair use" (details below).

Linking from your home page to pages elsewhere is not likely to be an infringement. But you should not link to sites where you suspect that the materials are on the Web without the copyright owner's permission.

"Fair use" and other legal principles may allow limited uses of some materials, especially for nonprofit education purposes. Giving credit to the source is important for academic honesty, but citing the source does not necessarily make the use "fair". "Fair use" might apply to reproducing a portion of another work, but not a whole article. Seek permission from the authors before reproducing any material from this website or any other.

Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE OR ANY OF OUR LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE, OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS SITE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU BY US OR ANY OF OUR LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO US, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THIS SITE.

No Personal Advice

The information contained in or made available through this site (including but not limited to information contained on message boards, in text files, in chats, or in email) cannot replace or substitute for the services of trained professionals in any field, including, but not limited to medical, psychological, financial, or legal matters. In particular, you should regularly consult a doctor in all matters relating to physical or mental health, particularly concerning any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention. We make no representations or warranties concerning any treatment, action, or application of medication or preparation by any person following the information offered or provided within or through this site. Neither we nor our partners, or any of their affiliates, will be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, exemplary or other damages that may result, including but not limited to economic loss, injury, illness or death.

Parental Permission

Some of the information available on this site concerns the topic of sex and may not be appropriate for children. Further, this site is not directed to children under the age of 13. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT PARENTS PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EXPLORATION OF THE INTERNET AND ANY ONLINE SERVICES AND USE THEIR BROWSER'S PARENTAL CONTROLS TO LIMIT THE AREAS OF THE INTERNET TO WHICH THEIR CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS.

Personal Identification Information

We may request personal identification information from you in connection with your use of, or participation in, membership registration, our contests, sweepstakes, games, surveys, forums, subscription registrations, content submissions, chats, bulletin boards, discussion groups, requests for suggestions, visitors' requests for free products or services or additional information (including via email to us), and in connection with other activities, services or resources we make available on any of our sites. In all of these cases, we will collect personal identification information from you only if you voluntarily submit such information to us. We will never intentionally disclose any personal identification information about you as an individual user (such as, for example, your full name, street address, telephone number, credit card number or e-mail address) to any third party without having received your permission.

If you do provide us with personal information for any of these activities, we may use it to conduct the activity. We may also use cookie technology (discussed in detail below) to improve your experience of these activities, including to remember your preferences, customize the content and advertisements that you see or authenticate your access to your personal information. In addition, in the event your personally identifiable information is requested as part of our surveys or polls, such personally identifiable information may be added to your registration information). We may also contact you to confirm your registration and about your account status or regarding changes to this site's Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy.

We have the following exceptions to these policies: We will release specific information about you or your account to comply with any valid legal inquiry or process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order. We will also release specific information in special cases, such as if there is an attempted breach of the security of this site, or a physical or property threat to you or others.

Please note that if you give out personal information online -- for example, on one of our public forums such as a message board or chat room, folder, chat IM feature -- that information can be collected and used by third parties. Although we strive to protect our users' privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of information you post in these forums. You disclose such information at your own risk.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password. You shall be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your registration or password.

Non-Personal Identification Information

We may collect non-personal identification information through the use of:

• "Cookie" technology: A "cookie" is an element of data that a web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system.
• "IP address tracking": An IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer when you are on the Internet. When you request pages from our Sites, our servers log your IP address.
• "Web beacons": A Web beacon, or "clear gif", is a small graphic image on a webpage or web-based document that a web site can use to determine information about a user.

Non-personal identification information might include the browser you use, the type of computer, technical information about your means of connection to our site-such as the operating systems and the Internet service providers utilized, and other similar information. Our systems may also automatically gather information about the areas you visit and search terms you utilize on this site and about the links you may select from within this site to other areas of the World Wide Web or elsewhere online.

We use such information to administer the site and, in the aggregate, to understand how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on our sites. This way we know which areas of our sites are favorites of our users, which areas need improvement, and what technologies are being used so that we may continually improve this site.

We may share this aggregate statistical information with our partners, suppliers and other third parties, but we will not share any individual names, personal navigational or other personal information. For example, we may use a third-party advertising company to serve ads when you visit this site. We may share demographic and preference information with this company to allow them to display appropriate advertisements for you.

Some of our advertisers may display ads on our sites that solicit or contain technology to collect information about our users for the advertisers, but we will not permit such advertisers to collect any personal information from our users within this site.

Most browsers are set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, please note that some parts of the site, such as message boards, chats, shopping, contests and game areas, may not function properly.

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