Legal
We took the legalese the lawyers at Hall Dickler Kent Friedman & Wood, LLC wrote and translated it into readable English. So despite our tongue-in-cheek approach, this page covers the legal legal notices, diclaimers and privacy policy.
General Notice
Here's the deal: We run this site so that people like you (and people you like) can use it for personal entertainment, information, education and communication. So go ahead and browse around all you like. You can even download stuff from the site but only for non-commercial, personal use. If you do, though, don't fool around with the copyright and other notices all over the site. They're there for a really good reason. And don't even think about distributing, modifying, transmitting, reusing, re-posting, or anything else uncool with any of the stuff, including the text, images, audio and/or video, for public or commercial purposes unless we give you written permission. And it's not likely we will. If you visit our site, you're also legally obligated to [read: stuck with] the terms and conditions listed below and any other law or regulation that applies to the site, the Internet, the World Wide Web, or Mexico City. (There are laws here, too, believe it or not.) You shouldn't access or browse the site if you have any problem with that, because once you start, there's no turning back -- you are bound by [read: compelled to follow] the terms and conditions. So here's the scoop on our Top Ten Rules for users who use our site:
1. For everyone's sake, just assume that everything on the site is copyrighted unless we say it's not. So you can't use the stuff except how we say you can on this page or anywhere else on the site without our written permission.
2. While we try to include accurate stuff on the site, we're not promising you it's accurate or up-to-date. In fact, we're not promising you more than something to think about. So if you use stuff on the site, you're using it at your own risk. Don't call us if there's a problem because we assume no liability or responsibility for errors or omissions on the site.
3. We and anybody else who helped us create, produce, or deliver the site are not liable for any damages you suffer when you use it. In particular, the lawyers want you to know that our disclaimer includes "direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the site is provided to you 'AS IS' WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON INFRINGEMENT. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties." Ugh! What a mouthful from the mouthpieces. We put all of that in quotes because we couldn't figure out any other way to say it that the lawyers would accept. But here's the bottom line -- we're not responsible if you're browsing around and the site damages you or your computer or infects it with any nasty viruses. We sure hope that doesn't happen, but if it does, don't call us.
4. If you don't want the world to know something, don't post in on the site in any bulletin board or anyplace else. That's because anything you disclose to us is open for inspection, criticism and praise byt the entire world. That's right -- everyone, everywhere. From our site, we can reproduce it, disclose it, transmit it, publish it, broadcast it, and post it someplace else. We could even send it to your mother (as soon as we find her address). Not only that, we and anyone else can use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques you post any way we want to, including, developing, manufacturing and marketing products or other stuff using the information you post.
5. Pictures of people or places shown on the site are either our property or someone else's property. Publication of the name or photograph of any person or organization in any part of the website doesn't indicate their political or religious affiliation, nationality, socio-economic level or sexual orientation, unless it is explicity stated or proudly claimed. No matter what, it's definitely not your place to construe/miscontrue/use any property. You or any of your net-friends can't use it unless we said you can on this page or somewhere else on the site. And guess what -- we probably won't say yes. So be careful, because unauthorized use may violate all sorts of nasty laws. Be smart, keep the stuff you download to yourself.
6. There may be a lot of cool ads, trademarks, logos and service marks on the site, including ones from our allies that either we own or we're using with permission. So don't think you have any kind of license or right to use them, because you don't and we're not about to give you one - we can't. If you don't leave them alone and mess with our trademarks, logos and service marks on our site, we'll probably go ballistic and so will the companies that own the other trademarks, logos and service marks. That means that someone is likely to sue you or to ask a prosecutor to come after you for messing around with our property or the property of others.
7. You'll probably notice we've linked our site to lots of other. While that's helpful, it doesn't mean we've looked at all those sites, much less checked them out periodically to see what's going on. So don't blame us if some site you link to is bad or has stuff on it that offends you or your pets. Go ahead and link, but remember, you're doing it at your risk.
8. That brings us to what you do on our own site. We reserve the complete right to edit, delete, and prohibit access to you and anything you might post on our site; we hope that we don't have to use it, so be cool. While we occasionally listen in on chat groups, or look at the posting in our discussion groups or on our bulletin boards, we take no responsibility and assume no liability for the content of those locations or for any mistakes, defamation, libel, slander, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography, or profanity you might encounter when you visit such places on our site. And don't be stupid by posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic (you define it), nasty, mean, or profane material or any material that law enforcement types my consider a criminal offense, get someone in court on a civil lawsuit, or for that matter violate any law -- anywhere, anytime. While we certainly respect your privacy, we have no choice but to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court which might ask us who might have posted nasty stuff on our site.
9. Software that we use on this server is protected by all sorts of nationalistic U.S., Mexican, and international laws. Because of that, you can't download or send that software to anyone in the vacation travel spots of Cuba (we're still waiting), Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other country where United States has embargoed goods; or -- pay attention, please -- to anyone on the United States Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals, the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders, or the FBI's Most Wanted Internet Creeps List (just kidding on the last one). As if that were not tough enough, if you live in or are a national of any of those lovely places, you're not even supposed to be reading this page, so beat it!
10. We're also allowed to change this page and anything else on the site any time we want to. That's because it's ours and we have the programmers who can do it. If we do change the page, then you're bound by [read: must accept] those changes, too, whenever you visit our site.
If this all sounds kind of mean and undiplomatic, you should have seen what the lawyers gave to us in the first place. We had to remind them that human torture and sacrifice has been outlawed in most countries, and that we're promoting dialogue, human progress, education, tolerance, world understanding and peace. Boy, did they look disappointed!
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Copyright © 2002 Troeller Institute for Global Studies, A.C. All rights reserved. Legal information based on recommended website legal pages located at http://www.adlaw.com and developed by Hall Dickler Kent Friedman & Wood, LLC.
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