WEB SITE TERMS OF USE
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Welcome to the Women Stand With Iraq Web Site, through which Peace X Peace Incorporated
provides a variety of services and resources to its visitors and Members. You are
authorized to use these services and resources only if you agree to these Terms
of Use. PLEASE NOTE: Your use of this Web Site constitutes your acceptance of these
Terms of Use.
We may modify these Terms of Use at any time, and will post the modified Terms on
this Web Site. We will have no obligation to notify you of any such modifications,
beyond positing the modified Terms on this Web Site. It is your responsibility to
review these Terms of Use from time to time, to see if modifications have been made.
Any modification is effective immediately upon posting on the Web Site. Your continued
use of the Web Site following modification of these Terms of Use shall be conclusively
deemed to signify your acceptance of such modification.
2. PROPRIETARY WEB SITE
The Women Stand With Iraq Web Site is protected by U.S. and international copyright
laws and treaties. The Web Site contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other
proprietary information of Peace X Peace and others which may include, but shall
not be limited to text, data, photos, audio, video, graphics, images, music, sound
and software (“Proprietary Material”). You are hereby granted a non-exclusive license
to access this Proprietary Material. You are also granted a limited license to make
copies of Proprietary Material available on this Web Site, but only for your personal
use. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, all other rights are reserved
to Peace X Peace.
Except as provided above, you may not reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, create
derivative works of, display or in any way exploit the Proprietary Material available
on this Web Site, in whole or in part, without the advance written consent of Peace
X Peace. Commercial use of any of the Proprietary Material is strictly prohibited.
Use of any of the trademarks on this Web Site as metatags on other web sites is
also strictly prohibited. You may not display this Web Site in frames, or any of
the Proprietary Material via links, without our express written permission, which
may be requested by contacting us.
3. YOUR COMMUNICATIONS
By uploading files of any kind, posting messages, inputting data or engaging in
any other form of communication to or through this Web Site (individually or collectively,
“Communications”), you represent and warrant that you are the owner of such Communications
or have all rights necessary to upload, post, transmit and otherwise use them for
your intended purpose. You grant Peace X Peace an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive,
royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide license to reproduce, distribute, sub-license,
modify, edit, adapt, translate, create derivative works of, include in a collective
work, publicly perform or display, transmit, broadcast or otherwise exploit all
or any portion of your Communications, in any and all media now known or later developed.
You waive all rights to any claim against the Peace X Peace for any actual or alleged
infringement of any proprietary rights, rights of privacy or publicity, moral rights
and rights of attribution in connection with the Communications.
If you submit an essay for inclusion in the Story X Story or Share Your Story archive,
you understand that we may (or may not) publish and sell a collection of such stories,
may or may not include your story in such a collection, and may or may not donate
the proceeds, if any, from the sale of such collection.
You agree in your Communications to show respect for religious and cultural differences
and sensitivity to familial and/or governmental pressures that may affect the communications
of another. You agree not to post on this Web Site any Communications that (a) violate
or infringe upon the intellectual property rights (including copyrights, trademarks,
trade secrets and patents), rights of privacy or publicity, moral rights or any
other proprietary right of any third party, (b) are unlawful, obscene, pornographic,
defamatory, sexually explicit, profane, threatening, promote racism, bigotry, hatred
or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual, or are otherwise offensive
or objectionable, (c) contain a virus or any other harmful component, (d) falsely
state or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity or contain false
or misleading statements of fact, (e) contain any advertising or material of a commercial
nature or (f) violate any applicable local, state, national or international law
or regulation (individually and collectively, “Prohibited Communications”). You
also agree not to engage in Prohibited Communications in the course of recorded
interviews, live conference calls or other oral, electronic or written communications
made possible through or using information obtained via this Web Site.
Peace X Peace reserves the right at all times to decline to post and to edit, remove,
or restrict access to Communications from you that we regard in our sole discretion
as objectionable or in violation of these Terms of Use.
4. MATERIAL POSTED BY THIRD-PARTIES
Peace X Peace does not represent, endorse or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy
or reliability of any opinion, statement or material displayed or distributed through
this Web Site by a third party. You understand that by using this Web Site you may
be exposed to material you find offensive or objectionable, and in this respect
your use of the Web Site and your reliance upon any third party opinion, statement
or material displayed or distributed through this Web Site is at your own risk.
Peace X Peace shall have no responsibility for the conduct, on-line or off-line,
of any visitor to or Member of the Women Stand With Iraq Web Site. Peace X Peace
reserves the right but has no obligation to monitor Communications from visitors
to or Members of this Web Site, or take any action to restrict access to material
displayed or distributed through this Web Site by a third party that violates these
Terms of Use.
5. DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT
Peace X Peace expects its users to respect the intellectual property rights of others.
We may remove material that appears in our sole discretion to infringe upon the
intellectual property rights of others and/or we may terminate the access rights
of users who infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe
a work protected by a U.S. copyright you own has been posted on this Web Site without
authorization, you may notify the Peace X Peace copyright agent, and provide the
following information:
- A physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of
the copyright owner
- Identification of the copyrighted work or works claimed to have been infringed
- A detailed description of the material you claim is infringing, together with information
sufficient to enable us to locate it, including the URL where the infringing material
appears
- Your address, telephone number and e-mail address
- A statement by you that you believe in good faith belief that the copyrighted material
identified is being used in a manner that is not authorized by the copyright owner,
its agent or the law
- A statement by you that the above information is accurate and, under penalty of
perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright
allegedly infringed.
The Peace X Peace copyright agent can be reached at:
Patricia Smith Melton, Founder and Board Chair
Peace X Peace, Incorporated
1601 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (703) 391-8932
Fax: (202) 745 0017
E-mail: patricia@peacexpeace.org
6. PRIVACY STATEMENT
For information about our data protection practices, please read the Peace X Peace
Privacy Policy at www.peacexpeace.org. You agree to the use of your data in accordance
with the Peace X Peace Privacy Policy.
7. E-MAIL
Peace X Peace has no responsibility or liability for the deletion of or failure
to post or store any Communications from you. You may not use our domain name as
a pseudonymous return e-mail address for any communications that you transmit from
another location or through another service. You may not pretend to be someone else
– or spoof their identity – when using this Web Site or any of the services or resources
available here. You may not transmit to this Web Site e-mail that includes false
or misleading information in the return address or in the subject line.
8. MEMBERSHIP
Certain features of the Peace X Peace and Women Stand With Iraq Web Sites are available
only to Members, and becoming a Member requires registration. You agree that the
registration information you provide is accurate, complete and current, and you
further agree to promptly update that information to keep it accurate, complete
and current.
When you have registered, you will receive a user id and password. You are responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of your user id and password, and are responsible
for all activities that occur using your user id and password, whether or not expressly
authorized by you. Peace X Peace will not be responsible for any damages resulting
from the unauthorized use of your user id or password. You agree to notify Peace
X Peace immediately of any unauthorized use of your user id or password.
You agree that Peace X Peace may suspend or terminate your access to this Web Site
if you provide any information that is inaccurate, incomplete or not current, or
Peace X Peace believes that such information is inaccurate, incomplete or not current,
or you violate any of these Terms of Use.
9. LINKS
This Web Site may contain links to web sites owned and operated by parties other
than Peace X Peace. Peace X Peace has no control over such third party web sites,
is not responsible for their contents and makes no representations about any material
available at such sites. Our inclusion of links to such web sites is for your information
only and does not imply sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement of the linked site
or any material found there. Once you link to another web site, you are subject
to the terms of use of that web site.
10. TERMINATION
Peace X Peace may terminate your right to access this Web Site at any time in its
sole discretion, with or without cause, and without notice to you.
11. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO (A) ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS,
CURRENCY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY MATERIAL PROVIDED BY OR THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, (B)
ANY WARRANTY THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE OR ERROR
FREE, AND (C) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS,
CURRENCY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY MATERIAL PROVIDED BY OR THROUGH THIS WEB SITE RESTS
WITH YOU, AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF PROPERTY
OR PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH THAT MAY RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF SUCH MATERIAL.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
PEACE X PEACE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR
LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF PEACE X PEACE
HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING OUT OF: (A) THE USE
OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE, (B) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT, WHETHER ON-LINE OR
OFF-LINE, OF ANY VISITOR TO OR MEMBER OF THIS WEB SITE, OR (C) ANY OTHER CONDUCT,
ACT OR OMISSION OCCURRING AT THIS WEB SITE.
13. INDEMNITY
You agree, at your expense, to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Peace X Peace,
its directors, officers, employees and agents from any claim, demand, cause of action,
debt or liability (including costs and reasonable attorneys' fees) that arises out
of material you access, download, submit, post, transmit or make available through
this Web Site, your use of this Web Site, your violation of these Terms of Use,
or your violation of any rights of another.
14. INTERACTIONS WITH OTHERS
You are solely responsible for your interactions, both on-line and off-line, with
other visitors to or Members of the Peace X Peace Web Site and the Women Stand With
Iraq Web Site, and with persons you meet through such visitors or Members. You understand
and acknowledge that Peace X Peace does not screen its Members, inquire into their
backgrounds or attempt to verify the information they provide. In all interactions,
whether on-line or off-line, with other visitors to or Members of the Peace X Peace
Web Site and Women Stand With Iraq Web Site and with persons you meet through such
visitors or Members, you agree to take all precautions necessary to protect yourself,
your property and your personal and financial information. IN NO EVENT SHALL PEACE
X PEACE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE
PEACE X PEACE WEB SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF PROPERTY,
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, BODILY INJURY OR DEATH RESULTING FROM YOUR COMMUNICATIONS OR
OTHER CONTACT, WHETHER ON-LINE OR OFF-LINE, WITH VISITORS TO OR MEMBERS OF THE PEACE
X PEACE WEB SITE OR WOMEN STAND WITH IRAQ WEB SITE, OR PERSONS YOU MEET THROUGH
SUCH VISITORS OR MEMBERS.
15. ELIGIBILITY
Use of the Women Stand With Iraq Site is void where prohibited. You represent that
you are of legal age to form a binding contract with Peace X Peace and are not barred
from using this Web Site by the laws of the United States or the country in which
you reside.
16. GENERAL
These Terms of Use, together with the Peace X Peace Privacy Policy, constitute the
entire agreement between you and Peace X Peace and govern your use of this Web Site,
superseding any prior or contemporaneous representations or agreements. All rights
not otherwise expressly granted to you by these Terms of Use are reserved to Peace
X Peace. All disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or our operation
of this Web Site shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and
of the United States without regard to conflict of law principles. You agree to
submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
located in Virginia, provided that Peace X Peace shall be entitled to apply for
injunctive relief in any jurisdiction. The failure of Peace X Peace to exercise
or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver
of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the parties agree that
the court should give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in such provision,
and the other provisions of the Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.
You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause
of action arising out of or related to use of this Web Site or the Terms of Use
must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be
forever barred. The section titles in these Terms of Use are for convenience only
and have no legal or contractual effect.