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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ACCESS AND USE OF MINNESOTA FIRE SERVICE NEWS WEBSITES

The MINNESOTA FIRE SERVICE NEWS (MFSN) (the "Website") is an online information, communication, advertising and publications service provided by MINNESOTA FIRE SERVICE NEWS. Your access and use of the Website is subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions set forth below, including all exhibits hereto. Please examine this document carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be legally bound by the terms and conditions set forth below. You may not access or use the Website should you not want to be bound by these terms and conditions. This Agreement may be modified at any time, and any such modification shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified agreement. By your access and use of the Website you agree to periodically review this Agreement and shall be conclusively bound by any such future modifications.

1. Copyright, Licenses and Idea Submissions.

The entire contents of the Website are copyrighted. Some portions and materials are in the public domain and can be freely used. You may print and download portions of the materials solely for your non-commercial use.

You agree not to change or delete any proprietary notices from any materials downloaded from the Website.

You further agree that any such communication you make to the Website (whether information, feedback, data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like) shall be deemed not to be confidential.

By your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions you also grant to MFSN the right to use your name in connection with the submitted materials and other information as well as in connection with any and all advertising, marketing and promotional material related thereto

You further agree and acknowledge that you shall have no recourse against MFSN for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your publications or communications to us.

Pursuant to your access and use of the Website you hereby agree to fully comply with the Policies of Operation set forth in Exhibit A herein. Said Policies are the rules that govern your use of, and your activity in connection with the Website.

MFSN has the right to amend Exhibit A from time to time as it deems appropriate. MFSN has the further right to prohibit or remove any materials or communications, which MFSN believes in its sole discretion to be in violation of the Policies of Operation.

You understand that, except for information, products or services clearly identified as being supplied by MFSN, MFSN does not operate, control or endorse any information, products or services on this Website in any way. Except for MFSN identified information, products or services, all information, products and services offered on the Website generally are offered by third parties that are not affiliated with MFSN.

You also understand that MFSN cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files or sofware of any kind, or from any source, available for downloading through the Website, will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan Horses or other code or defects that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.

You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the Website for the reconstruction of lost data.

YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND ANY SERVICES CONTAINED THERIN. THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN " AS IS "BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR TITLE. TN ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OTHER WEBSITE WHICH MAY BE REFERENCED OR LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE. REFERENCES TO TRADESHOWS, CORPORATIONS, THEIR SERVICES OR PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS " WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT SHALL TN BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, OR UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, COMMUNICATION OR TRANSMISSION OF THIS INFORMATION. THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS WEBSITE COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. AMENDMENTS ARE PERIODICALLY MADE TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN; THESE AMENDMENTS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE WEBSITE.TN MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR SAID AMENDMENTS TO THE WEBSITE AT ANY TIME. ANY AND ALL PORTIONS OF THIS DISCLAIMER SHALL AUTOMATICALLY APPLY TO ALL IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR AMENDMENTS AS THEY APPEAR ON THE WEBSITE. IT IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND USEFULLNESS OF ALL OPINIONS, ADVICE, SERVICES, MERCHANDISE AND OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE WEBSITE. TN DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE WEBSITE WILL BE CORRECTED.

If you are dissatisfied with the Website or with any terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines or practices of MFSN in operating the Website your sole remedy is to discontinue using the Website

The links in the Website will allow other sites to be accessed. These linked sites are not under the control of MFSN, and MFSN is not responsible for the contents of any linked site. MFSN provides links only as a convenience, and such inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by MFSN of the site.

Policies of Operation

The additional legal terms and conditions stated below, as well as the legal terms and conditions above, apply to forums, discussion groups, chat groups, bulletin boards and any other interactive area of the Website. Use of, access to, or participation in any of these or any other interactive areas of the Website constitutes acceptance of these legal terms and conditions. Your participation in on-line communications occurs in real time and is not edited, censored, or otherwise controlled by MFSN. MFSN cannot and does not screen all content provided by users of the Website. NoT withstanding the foregoing, MFSN reserves the right to monitor content on the Website and to remove content which MFSN in its sole discretion, determines to be harmful, offensive, or otherwise in violation of these policies of operation. In order to maintain an informative and valuable service that meets the needs of the users of the Website and avoids the harm that can result from the dissemination of statements that are false, malicious, violate of the rights of others, or otherwise harmful, it is necessary to establish the following rules to protect against abuse:

1. post or transmit any message anonymously or under a false name;
2. post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane or otherwise objectionable information of any kind, including without limitation any transmission constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law. It is not MFSN's intent to discourage you from taking controversial positions or expressing vigorously what may be unpopular views or opinions; MFSN does, however, reserve the right to take such action as it deems appropriate in instances where the Website is used to disseminate statements which are deeply and widely offensive and/or harmful in nature;

3. post or transmit any message which discloses private or personal matters concerning any person;

4. post or transmit any information, file or sofware that contains a virus, cancelbolt, worm, Trojan Horse or any other contaminating or destructive features;

5. post or transmit any message, data, image or program that would violate the property rights of others, including unauthorized copyrighted text, images or programs, trade secrets or other confidential proprietary information, and trademarks or service marks used in an infringing fashion;

6. interfere, in any way, with other users of the Website;

7. post or transmit charity requests, petitions for signatures, chain letters or letters relating to pyramid schemes.

8. post , list or transmit articles, which are off topic according to the description of the group affected.



Last Updated: August 20, 2004