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BUILDERPEDIA DISCLAIMER
LAST REVISED: October 25, 2007 The purpose of this disclaimer is to communicate and explain to You, the User of this Site (i.e. "USER") that BUILDERPEDIA, its officers, directors, employees, representatives, shareholders and Affiliates (collectively, "BUILDERPEDIA"), owner and operator of BUILDERPEDIA.COM, makes no representation or warranty regarding any of the content (information) made available on the aforementioned Web site (the "Site" or "BUILDERPEDIA").
NO GUARANTEE OF ACCURACY
BUILDERPEDIA is a Web site shell with content created, updated and edited by the public, which process represents the only information source (i.e., BUILDERPEDIA is a forum to which many and any users can and do contribute content and references). Anyone with an Internet connection and browser can alter the content of this Site. BUILDERPEDIA staff does not review information available on the Site for accuracy. BUILDERPEDIA makes no warranties or representations regarding a) the availability of, or b) the specific content located on or through, this Site. Accordingly, you are hereby advised that anything you may read on BUILDERPEDIA has not necessarily been reviewed by experts to provide reliable, complete or accurate information.
While our lawyer wrote the preceding paragraph, please do not necessarily assume that you will not find thorough or reliable information here. However, BUILDERPEDIA cannot guarantee the accuracy, thoroughness or validity of any information contained on the Site. Given the nature of this Site, any article on the Site may not have been accurate in the first place or may have been altered or vandalized by someone whose opinion or knowledge of facts does not correspond with the general state of knowledge in a particular field.
NO ENDORSEMENT
BUILDERPEDIA does not endorse or warrant any particular content or information available via this Site. You, the USER, understand and accept that BUILDERPEDIA does not and cannot represent that any content or information available on or through this Site is suitable or applicable for any purpose, accurate to any extent, appropriate, decent, in compliance with any laws, sufficient to meet any of your needs or interests in reviewing it, or is what it purports to be. This Site contains hyperlinks and/or other references to other Web sites which BUILDERPEDIA does not own or operate. Such hyperlinks are provided by other users who add content to the Site and are for your reference only. BUILDERPEDIA makes no warranties or representations regarding the availability of, or the content located on or through, such third party sites. Moreover, BUILDERPEDIA does not endorse, sponsor, or review the content contained at the Internet sites to which hyperlinks are directed, nor does BUILDERPEDIA represent that such sites are appropriate for children, or in compliance with laws, including copyright and trademark laws, or are what they purport to be. BUILDERPEDIA does not accept any responsibility or liability for content contained at such other Internet sites. Likewise, the parties who own, control, or operate the sites at which such hyperlinks are directed do not necessarily have knowledge of, endorse, sponsor, or approve of the hyperlink or content contained at this Web site.
USER CONTENT
By placing material on BUILDERPEDIA, you represent that you either own the copyright in the material, have a license from the copyright holder to use the material and grant BUILDERPEDIA the right to use the material, or the material is in the public domain. To enable us to redistribute freely as much of BUILDERPEDIA material as possible, original images and sound files licensed hereunder or in the public domain are greatly preferred to copyrighted media files used under fair use. Under no circumstances should you ever use material that infringe the copyrights of others.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SITE AND ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREON IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SITE AND CONTENT IS FOR YOUR OWN CONVENIENCE AND AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE APPLICABLE LAW, BUILDERPEDIA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, BUILDERPEDIA MAKES NO WARRANTY (i) THAT THE SITE, OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN, WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, OR ERROR FREE; (ii) THAT THE SITE WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE OR WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ACCESSIBLE, TIMELY, OR SECURE; (iii) THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE SITE OR INFORMATION WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE WILL BE FREE FROM VIRUSES, "WORMS," "TROJAN HORSES" OR OTHER HARMFUL PROPERTIES; (iv) THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY MATERIAL PUBLISHED OR ACCESSIBLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE; (v) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM THE COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE; AND (vi) THAT THE SOFTWARE BEHIND THE SITE IS NONINFRINGING. BUILDERPEDIA, HEREBY DISCLAIMS, AND YOU HEREBY WAIVE AND RELEASE BUILDERPEDIA FROM ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITIES, RIGHTS, CLAIMS OR REMEDIES IN TORT ARISING OUT OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE (ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED) OF BUILDERPEDIA. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE SITE, OR CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE, IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, OR CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION LIMITATION OF BUILDERPEDIA' LIABILITY IN NO EVENT SHALL BUILDERPEDIA BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES (REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION) ARISING OUT OF (i) USE OF THE SITE OR CONTENT BY ANY PERSON, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY ANY RELIANCE ON, OR ANY DELAYS, INACCURACIES, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN, ANY INFORMATION AND CONTENT ACCESSED VIA THE SITE, (ii) ANY USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE FOR WHATEVER REASON, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE OR ANY OTHER FAILURE WITH TRANSMISSION OR DELIVERY OF ANY INFORMATION ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, OR (iii) ANY GOODS OR SERVICE DISCUSSED, PURCHASED OR OBTAINED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THROUGH THE SITE, IN EACH CASE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS, SO THEY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
SEEK PROFESSIONAL ADVICE
For specific advice on legal, financial or real estate matters, you should always seek the advice of a professional who is licensed and knowledgable in that area, such as an attorney, accountant or real estate agent or broker.
COPYRIGHT
It is the policy of BUILDERPEDIA to respond to all claims of intellectual property infringement. We will promptly investigate notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions required under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) ("DMCA") and other applicable intellectual property laws.
Pursuant to the DMCA, notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to a Service Provider's Designated Agent. Notification must be submitted to the following Designated Agent for these sites:
BUILDERPEDIA
contact@BUILDERPEDIA.com
To be effective, the notification must be a written communication that includes the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
- A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law;
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
