WELCOME! THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION (CRIME STOPPERS OF THE
LOWCOUNTRY, INC.) THAT IS PROVIDING THIS SITE (THE "WEB SITE")
PROVIDES A VARIETY OF ONLINE SERVICES, FROM FREE NEWS AND WEATHER
INFORMATION TO ENTERTAINMENT ON THE WEB SITE SUBJECT TO YOUR
ACCEPTANCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH
BELOW (THE "AGREEMENT"). PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
CAREFULLY:
As the web is an evolving medium, the terms of this Agreement
may change from time to time. Please periodically review and
become familiar with these terms. Your continued use of the Web
site after the posting of changes to these terms will signify your
acceptance of these changes. Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry,
Inc. may immediately terminate any individual's use of the Web
site and/or such user's password(s) or account(s) in the event
user violates the terms of this Agreement or engages in conduct
that Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc., in its sole
discretion, considers to be unacceptable. Such removal or
termination may occur without notice to the user.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
© Copyright Crime Stoppers of the
Lowcountry, Inc., All Rights
Reserved
Although the Web site is freely
accessible, Crime Stoppers of the
Lowcountry, Inc. does not intend
to give up our respective rights,
or anyone else's rights, to the
materials appearing on the Web
site. Unless otherwise noted,
Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry,
Inc. owns all materials, including
images, illustrations, designs,
icons, photographs, video clips,
and written and other materials
that are part of the Web site. To
encourage a free and continuous
flow of information, you are
permitted (which may be revoked at
any time) to download the material
in the Web site for private,
non-commercial use only, without
alterations, so long as the
copyright notices, appearing on
the material downloaded, "©
Copyright Crime Stoppers of the
Lowcountry, Inc. All Rights
Reserved" is included. By
downloading material from the Web
site, you agree that you do not
acquire any ownership rights.
If you consider any material
appearing on the Web site to be
infringing and would like to
report it, please contact Crime
Stoppers of the Lowcountry.
TRADEMARK NOTICE
The "Crime
Stopper"
logo is a trademark and service
mark of Crime
Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.
All other trademarks, service
marks and logos used in the Web
site are the trademarks, service
marks or logos of their respective
owners. You may not use any
trademark or service mark
appearing on the Web site without
the prior written consent of the
owner of the mark.
CODE OF CONDUCT
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You agree not to
engage in any of the following conduct. Such conduct is
unacceptable and may result in termination of your use of the Web
site:
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Restricting or inhibiting any other
user from using and enjoying the Web site and services;
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Posting or transmitting any unlawful,
fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene or
otherwise objectionable or harmful information of any kind;
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Without Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc. prior written
approval, posting or transmitting any advertisement, promotion
or solicitation of goods or services for commercial purposes;
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Posting or transmitting any information
or software that contains a virus, worm, time bomb, Trojan horse,
or other harmful or disruptive component;
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Posting or transmitting
materials in violation of another party's copyright or
intellectual property rights;
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Using the Web site for
any commercial or unlawful purposes; or
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Modifying, adapting,
sublicensing, translating, selling, reverse engineering,
decompiling or disassembling any portion of the Web site.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry,
Inc., and its sponsors,
harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs or
other expenses that arise directly or indirectly out of or from
(a) your breach of this Agreement, (b) your violation of the Code
of Conduct above, and/or (c) your activities in connection with
the Web site or site-related services.
By using the Web
site you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the terms of
this Agreement. If you do not agree to the terms of this
Agreement, please do not enter the Web site. If you are not yet 18
years old, a parent or guardian may agree to be bound by the terms
of this Agreement on your behalf.
SUBMISSIONS
You may submit any text, images, data,
or other materials ("Content") to the Web site. In so doing, you
acknowledge and agree that you grant to
Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.
a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide
right and license to:
Link to, use, reproduce,
transmit, modify, adapt, publish, display, perform, distribute,
and translate such Content.
Sublicense such Content
(in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in
any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for
the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material.
Further, by submitting Content to the
Web site, you acknowledge that you have the authority to grant
such rights to Crime Stoppers of
the Lowcountry, Inc., and
acknowledge that the burden of determining whether any Content
posted or transmitted to the Web site by you is protected by
copyright rests solely with you.
Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.,
its subsidiaries and third party content providers and licensors
have the right to assert and enforce these provisions relating to
the submission of Content directly or on its own behalf.
USE OF SECURE AREA AND PASSWORD
You are given access to any
password-protected area of the Web site when you are given
permission and a password to enter such area. You may not
distribute your password to others, but if you wish to authorize
another individual to use your password, you must request
permission from Crime Stoppers of
the Lowcountry, Inc.
in writing, with the understanding that Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.
is under no obligation to approve any such request. You are
responsible for all uses of your password and any and all damages
to Crime Stoppers of the
Lowcountry, Inc. resulting
from the distribution of your password, whether or not authorized
by you.
CONTENT MONITORING
You acknowledge and agree that Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.
have the right, but not the responsibility, to monitor the Web
site and site-related services, including without limitation chat
rooms and forums, and to disclose any information to any third
party in order to operate the Web site properly, to protect
itself, its sponsors and this Station's customers, and to comply
with legal obligations or governmental requests, or to respond to
any circumstance that Crime
Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.
deems to be an emergency. Crime
Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.
reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any information
or materials, in whole or in part, that are unacceptable,
offensive or in violation of this Agreement, in the sole
determination of Crime Stoppers of
the Lowcountry, Inc.
WARRANTY INFORMATION
THE WEB SITE,
INCLUDING ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN IT OR ANY
SITE-RELATED SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NO
INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE INCAPABLE OF
EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE
TO THIS AGREEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY WARRANTY THAT IS
PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
DESCRIBED HEREIN IS PROVIDED SOLELY BY THE OWNER, ADVERTISER OR
MANUFACTURER OF THAT PRODUCT AND/OR SERVICE, AND NOT BY CRIME
STOPPERS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY, INC. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR
ACCESS TO THE WEB SITE AND/OR SITE-RELATED SERVICES MAY NOT BE
UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE. YOU ASSUME TOTAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND
SITE-RELATED SERVICES.
NEITHER CRIME
STOPPERS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY, INC., NOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
SPONSORS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS ARE
RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES
UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE WEB SITE,
SITE-RELATED SERVICES AND/OR CONTENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED
WITHIN THE WEB SITE. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CRIME
STOPPERS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY, INC. IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE
DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR
THIRD-PARTIES, AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING
RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION
WITH THE WEB SITE, SITE-RELATED SERVICES AND/OR CONTENT OR
INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE WEB SITE IS TO STOP USING THE
SITE AND/OR THOSE SERVICES
SOME
JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Although Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.
attempts to ensure the integrity of the Web site, a possibility
exists that the Web site could include inaccuracies or errors,
or unauthorized additions, deletions and alterations made by
third parties to the Web site. Crime Stoppers of
the Lowcountry, Inc.
makes no guarantees whatsoever as to its completeness,
correctness, or accuracy. In the event that such an inaccuracy
arises, please inform
Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.
so that it can be corrected.
In many instances, the content
available through the Web site represents the opinions and
judgments of the respective information provider, Web site user
or member, or other user not under contract with Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.,
Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry,
Inc.
neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or
reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on the Web
site by anyone other than authorized Crime Stoppers of the
Lowcountry, Inc. employee spokespersons while acting in their
official capacities. Under no circumstances will Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.
be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on
information obtained through the Web site. It is your
responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or
usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content
available through the Web site.
LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES AND SERVICES
To the extent the Web site contains
links to outside services and resources ("Linked Sites"),
Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry,
Inc. neither endorses nor
are affiliated with the Linked Sites and are not responsible for
any content that appears on the Linked Sites. You are encouraged
to review any privacy policy or terms of service posted on the
Linked Sites. The respective owners of the Linked Sites neither
endorse nor are affiliated with
Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.,
its sponsors, and this Station.
PARENTAL CONTROL PROVISIONS
Pursuant to 47 U.S.C.
Section 230(d), as amended, we hereby notify you that parental
control protections (such as computer hardware, software or
filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you
in limiting access to material that is harmful to minors.
Information identifying current providers of such protections is
available at the Web sites of the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
http://www.eff.org
and America Links Up:
http://www.netparents.org.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED
Although the Web site is
accessible worldwide, not all products or services discussed or
referenced in or on the Web site are available to all persons or
in all geographic locations or jurisdictions.
Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.
reserves the right to limit the availability of the Web site
and/or the provision of any product or service to any person,
geographic area or jurisdiction it so desires, in our sole
discretion, and to limit the quantities of any such product or
service that it provides. Any offer for any product or service
made in the Web site is void where prohibited.
MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement is
entered into in the State of South Carolina and shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of South
Carolina, exclusive of its choice of law rules. Each party to this
Agreement hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
state and federal courts sitting in the County of Charleston in
the State of South Carolina, and waives any jurisdictional, venue
or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. In any action to
enforce this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to
costs and attorneys' fees. In the event that any of the provisions
of this Agreement shall be held by a court or other tribunal of
competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such provisions shall
be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that
this Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and
enforceable.
This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto
pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and any and all prior or
contemporaneous written or oral agreements existing between the
parties hereto are expressly canceled. No waiver by either party
of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver
of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. Any heading,
caption, or paragraph title contained in this Agreement is
inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way defines or
explains any paragraph or provision hereof.
Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.
may at any time change the Web site, including eliminating or
discontinuing any content or feature of the Web site, restricting
its availability or limiting the amount of use permitted. Such
changes, modifications, additions, or deletions shall be effective
immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by any means
including, but not limited to, posting on the Web site, or by
electronic mail, or by conventional mail. Your use of the Web site
after such notice shall be deemed to constitute your acceptance of
such changes, modifications, additions, or deletions.
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