TERMS OF USE
These "Terms of Use" set forth the terms and conditions that apply your use of Prototerra By using the Web site, you agree to comply with all the Terms of Use set forth herein. The right to use the Web Site is personal to you and is not transferable to any other person or entity.
Copyrights and Trademarks
1. All materials contained on www.prototerra.com are Copyright Prototerra,2000 to present. All Rights Reserved.
2. No person is authorized to use, copy or distribute any portion of the Prototerra including related graphics.
3.Prototerra trademark and/or services marks(including logos and designs) found on the Website are trademarks/service marks that identify Prototerra and the goods and services provided by us. Such marks may not be used under any circumstances without the prior written authorization of Robert Fletch.
Links to Third-Party Websites
Members may provide hyperlinks to third-party websites as a convenience to other users of the Website. Prototerra does not control third-party web sites and is not responsible for the contents of any linked-to, third-party web sites or any hyperlink in a linked-to web site. Prototerra does not endorse,recommend or approve any third-party web site hyperlinked from www.prototerra.com. Prototerra will have no liability to any entity for content or use of the content available through such hyperlink.
No Representations or Warranties; Limitations or Liability
The information and materials on the Website could include technical or typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to the information contained herein. PROTOTERRA MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY INFORMATION, MATERIALS OR GRAPHICS ON THE WEB SITE, ALL OF WHICH IS PROVIDED ON A STRICTLY "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO ANY INFORMATION,MATERIALS, OR GRAPHICS, ON THE WEB SITE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE SITE OWNER OR PUBLISHER BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF RECOVERY, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, FOR ANY DAMAGES,INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SPECIAL, DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE OR LOST PROFITS),ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY MANNER CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF INFORMATION OR SERVICES, OR THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION OR SERVICE, FROM THE WEB SITE
Warranties or Disclaimers
Considering the real-time nature of the Discussion Forums/Profiles, it is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please remember that Prototerra does not actively monitor the contents of and are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of Prototerra. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. Deleting Messages Although Prototerra does not and cannot review each and every message that is posted and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any reason whatsoever.
Messages are typically deleted as a result of the following:
Profanity in subject lines or signatures, or profanity within messages deemed to be blatant as opposed to incidental Spamming or commercial solicitation. Flaming other members with the apparent intent of inciting or perpetuating a conflict or argument..Bombing forums or individual threads with repetitive, pointless posts Posting personal e-mail or chat dialogues Posting pornographic or otherwise objectionable material ..Impersonating other individuals or false representation, Discussion of illegal activity, or posting links to other websites that deal with such activities.Discussion of ad blocking software. Prototerra relies on ads to keep the site free Posts made under secondary usernames or other aliases Posts which are completely unrelated to the forum in which they are posted Excessive cross-posting (this is considered spam) Posts which breach another member's privacy, i.e. containing phone numbers, addresses or other personal information Copyright violations
Forums Acceptable Use
You agree, through your use of the Discussion Forums, that you will not post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You agree, through your use of the Discussion Forums, not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or Prototerra. You agree, through your use of the Discussion Forums, not to post advertising of any kind in the Forums (with the exception of links to
Prototerra Classified advertisements) whether you are a private party or company. The only exceptions to this policy are granted for current Prototerra banner advertisers. Prototerra also reserves the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.
Registration and password
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, and you will be responsible for all usage of your user account and/or user name, whether authorized or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify the site editor of any unauthorized use of your user account, user name or password.
Your conduct
You agree that all information or data of any kind, whether text, software, code, music or sound, photographs or graphics, video or other materials ("content"), made available publicly or privately, will be under the sole responsibility of the person providing the said content, or of the person whose user account is used. You agree that this web site may expose you to content that may be objectionable or offensive. The site editor will not be responsible to you in any way for content displayed on this web site, nor for any error or omission.
By using this web site or any service provided, you explicitly agree that:
(a) you will not provide any content or conduct yourself in any way that may be construed as: unlawful; illegal; threatening; harmful; abusive; harassing; stalking; tortious; defamatory; libelous; vulgar; obscene; offensive; objectionable; pornographic; designed to interfere with or disrupt the operation of this web site or any service provided; infected with a virus or other destructive or deleterious programming routine; giving rise to civil or criminal liability; or in violation of an applicable local, national or international law;
(b) you will not impersonate or misrepresent your association with any person or entity; you will not forge or otherwise seek to conceal or misrepresent the origin of any content provided by you;
(c) you will not collect or harvest any information about other users;
(d) you will not provide, and you will not use this web site to provide, any content or service in any commercial manner, or in any manner that would involve junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of unauthorized advertising or commerce; you will not use this web site to promote or operate any service or content without the site editor's prior written consent;
(e) you will not provide any content that may give rise to the site editor being held civilly or criminally liable, or that may be considered a violation of any local, national or international law, including -- but not limited to -- laws relating to copyrights, trademarks, patents, or trade secrets.
Changes to These Terms of Use
Prototerra reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time by posting new Terms of use at this location. You can send email to Prototerra with any questions relating to these Terms of Use at Webmaster@prototerra.com.
