Terms of use

 

Access to and use of this site ('danlepard.com') is provided by Dan Lepard subject to the following terms:

By using danlepard.com you agree to be legally bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of danlepard.com. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all the following terms please do not access and/or use danlepard.com.

Dan Lepard may change these terms at any time by posting changes online. Please review these terms regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes made by Dan Lepard. Your continued use of danlepard.com after changes are posted means you agree to be legally bound by these terms as updated and/or amended.

 

Use of danlepard.com

You may not copy, reproduce, republish, download, post, broadcast, transmit or otherwise use danlepard.com content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use. You also agree not to adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any danlepard.com content except for your own personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of danlepard.com content requires the prior written permission of Dan Lepard.

You agree to use danlepard.com only for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of danlepard.com. Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within danlepard.com.

 

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

danlepard.com content, including the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to Dan Lepard and/or danlepard.com, its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided "AS IS" and on an "IS AVAILABLE" basis without any representations or any kind of warranty made (whether express or implied by law), including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

Dan Lepard and/or danlepard.com will not be liable for any damages, including indirect or consequential damages, or any damages arising from use or loss of use, data or profits, whether in contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising from or in connection with the use of danlepard.com.

Dan Lepard does not warrant that functions contained in danlepard.com content will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that danlepard.com or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.

 

Intellectual Property

The names, images and logos identifying Dan Lepard, danlepard.com or third parties and their products and services are subject to copyright, design rights and trade marks of Dan Lepard, danlepard.com and/or third parties. Nothing contained in these terms shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any licence or right to use any trademark, patent, design right or copyright of Dan Lepard, danlepard.com, or any other third party.

 

Contributions to danlepard.com

Where you are invited to submit any contribution to danlepard.com (including any text, graphics, video or audio) you agree, by submitting your contribution, to grant Dan Lepard a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licenseable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to your contribution worldwide and/or to incorporate your contribution in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in your contribution, and in accordance with privacy restrictions set out in Dan Lepard's Privacy Policy. If you do not want to grant to Dan Lepard the rights set out above, please do not submit your contribution to danlepard.com.

Further to paragraph 9, by submitting your contribution to danlepard.com, you:

10.1 warrant that your contribution;

10.1.1 is your own original work and that you have the right to make it available to Dan Lepard for all the purposes specified above;

10.1.2 is not defamatory; and

10.1.3 does not infringe any law; and

10.2 indemnify Dan Lepard against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by Dan Lepard as a result of your breach of the above warranty; and

10.3 waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to and publication on danlepard.com and the purposes specified above.

 

House Rules for danlepard.com Forum

You agree to use danlepard.com Forum (including Message Boards) in accordance with the following House Rules:

About your posts:

Contributions must be civil and tasteful;
No rude or abusive behaviour (flaming or trolling)- postings must be constructive and polite, not mean-spirited or posted with the intention of causing trouble;
Unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or otherwise objectionable material is not acceptable;
Be patient - users of all ages and abilities may be taking part in the relevant danlepard.com community;
No spamming - don't cross post your messages to more than one discussion;
No advertising;
Posts containing languages other than English may be removed unless allowed in the local house rules;
No impersonation. Adopting an inappropriate user name (one that is vulgar, offensive, etc.) is also unacceptable;
You may not post your email address unless allowed under the local house rules;
You may not refer to specific URLs (web site addresses) unless allowed under the local house rules. If you know of a worthy web site relevant to the discussion topic, please go to the Web Guide and recommend it by email if it's not already listed.

 

About the law:

You may not post any defamatory or illegal material of any nature in danlepard.com Forum. This includes text, graphics, video, programs or audio. Posting a message with the intention of committing an illegal act is strictly prohibited.
You agree to only post materials to which you have the copyright or other permission to distribute electronically. You may not violate, plagiarise, or infringe on the rights of third parties including copyright, trade mark, trade secrets, privacy, publicity, personal or proprietary rights.

 

If you're under 16:

Please get your parents' permission before taking part in any danlepard.com discussion. Never reveal any personal information about yourself (for example, your telephone number, home address or email address).

 

If you breach these Terms of Use:

If you fail to abide by these terms (including the house rules at this paragraph 11 above), you will be formally warned by email. This warning may also include a temporary suspension of your ability to participate in any or all of danlepard.com's Community areas (unless the relevant local danlepard.com Community has a different transgression policy).

If after this warning you continue to breach these terms, you will be prohibited from using danlepard.com Forum for an extended period of time.

If you post or send offensive or inappropriate content anywhere on or to danlepard.com Forum and Dan Lepard considers such behaviour to be serious and/or repeated, Dan Lepard may use whatever information that is available to it about you to stop any further such infringements. This can include informing relevant third parties such as your employer, school or email provider about the infringement/s.

Dan Lepard reserves the right to delete any posting, at any time, for any reason.

 

General

If there is any conflict between these terms and specific terms appearing elsewhere on danlepard.com (including local house rules) then the latter shall prevail.

If any of these terms are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these terms are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which that term is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from these terms and the remaining terms shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

These terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

 

Dan Lepard,
9th June, 2003