Terms and Conditions

DeafDC.com (“Company”) Website Terms and Conditions of Use Revised as of December 17, 2007 Welcome to (the “Website” or the “Company”). DeafDC.com provides access to the Website, and its services offered in the Website, to you subject to the following terms and conditions. In return for gaining access to the Website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions of use without limitation or qualification. If you do not intend to be legally bound by these terms and conditions of use, do not access or use the Website.

If you visit the Website, you accept these terms and conditions of use. Please read them carefully.

Commenting on Blog Entries

The blog is owned by DeafDC.com. We grant you a nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited right to access, use and display the blog and the materials provided hereon, provided that you comply fully with these Terms and Conditions of Use. The opinions expressed in the blog are the opinions of the individual bloggers and do not represent DeafDC.com’s opinion and we are not responsible for the content of those posts.

DeafDC.com visitors are prohibited from posting comments which are illegal, morbid or disturbing, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable, or which consists of or contains software viruses, political campaigning, or commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of your comment. DeafDC.com reserves the right (but has no obligation) to remove comments, but does not regularly review posted comments. You agree that DeafDC.com maintains the sole right to remove comments for these reasons, for any reason and at any time.

If you feel that our terms and conditions are being violated, promptly notify the DeafDC.com manager at info@deafdc.com.

Privacy

Please review our privacy policy, which also governs your visit to the Website, to understand our privacy practices.

Geographic Scope

The Website may be viewed internationally, and may contain references to products or services not available in all countries. References to a particular product or service do not imply that DeafDC.com supports, endorses or intends to make such products or services available in such countries.

Electronic Communications

When you visit the Website, post comments to blog entries or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on the Website. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically via e-mail or by posting notices on the Website satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Copyright

All content included on the Website, including, but not limited to, text, design, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio and video clips, digital downloads, interfaces, data compilations, software, and code, is the property of DeafDC.com its affiliates, or its content suppliers, and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of DeafDC.com, its parent, its affiliates, or its content suppliers, and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of Company, its affiliates, or its software suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. For purposes of these terms and conditions of use, the term “affiliates” means any entity or person, directly or indirectly, owning a controlling interest, or under common ownership control with, DeafDC.com, or any entity or person in which DeafDC.com, directly or indirectly, owns a controlling interest in. Nothing contained on the Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the copyrighted works displayed or contained in the Website without the express, written consent of DeafDC.com.

Trademarks

DeafDC.com or one of its affiliates is the owner of and makes the claim to the use of the following trademarks, service marks, trade names, graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, cartoon characters, trade dress, or other indicia of trade origin that appear on this Website, including, without limitation the following:

DeafDC.com
Deaf Professional Happy Hour
DPHH

The registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade names, graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, cartoon characters, trade dress, or other indicia of trade origin of Website or its affiliates may not be used on connection with any business, product, or service whose source is not Company or one of its affiliates, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, the trade, or the public, or in any manner that disparages or discredits DeafDC.com or any of its affiliates. All other trademarks, service marks, trade names, and logos not owned by DeafDC.com or its affiliates that appear on the Website are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by DeafDC.com or its affiliates. Nothing contained on the Website should be construed as granting by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, cartoon characters, trade dress, or other indicia of trade origin of DeafDC.com or its affiliates displayed or contained in the Website without the express, written consent of DeafDC.com or its affiliates.

License and Site Access

DeafDC.com grants you a nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited right and license to access and make personal use of the Website and the material provided hereon for your personal, noncommercial use, provided that you fully comply with the terms and conditions of use of the Website. You agree not to download (other than page caching) or modify the Website, or any portion of it, except with express, written consent of Company.

This license does not include any rights of resale or commercial use of the Website or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of the Website or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. The Website or any portion of the Website may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the express, written consent of Company. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo or other proprietary information (including, without limitation, images, text, page layout, or form) of Company or its affiliates without its or their respective express, written consent. You may not use any metatags or any other “hidden text” utilizing DeafDC.com or its affiliates’ name or trade names, trademarks, or service marks without the express, written consent of DeafDC.com. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by DeafDC.com.

You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of Website so long as the link does not portray DeafDC.com, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter in an offensive manner. You may not use any proprietary graphic, trade name, trademark, or service mark of Website or any of its affiliates as part of the link without the express, written consent of Website.

Reviews, Comments, Communications and Other Content

DeafDC.com and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion. Visitors are prohibited from posting reviews, comments and other content, send e-cards and other communications, or submitting suggestions, ideas, comments, questions or other information, any of which is illegal, morbid or disturbing, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable, or which consists of or contains software viruses, political campaigning, or commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of an e-card or other content. DeafDC.com reserves the right (but has no obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content.

If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant DeafDC.com and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media, including, without limitation, any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communications, content, or materials you send to the Website for any purpose whatsoever, including, without limitation, developing, manufacturing, providing, or promoting new products or services using such information and things. You grant DeafDC.com and its affiliates and sub-licensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate the Terms and Conditions of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify DeafDC.com, its related entities and its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply.

From time to time, DeafDC.com may monitor and edit or remove any activity or content, but it has no obligation to do so. DeafDC.com takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party. Harassment or defamation in any manner or form on the Website, including via e-mail or chat or by obscene or abusive language is strictly forbidden. Impersonation of others, including a DeafDC.com employee, host, or representative or other members or visitors to the Website is prohibited. You may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the Website any content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive illegal, or otherwise objectionable, or that constitutes or encourages a criminal offense, violates the rights of any party, or otherwise gives rise to liability or violates any law. You may not upload commercial content on the Website or use the Website to solicit others to join or become members of any commercial online service or solicit customers for any commercial enterprise or for other organization.

Links

The terms and conditions of use apply only to DeafDC.com, and not to the websites of any other person or entity. We may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other worldwide websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, and do not endorse (and are not responsible or liable for) any content, advertising, products, services, or other materials on or available from such other websites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that, under no circumstances, will we be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content, advertisements, products, services or other resources available from any other website (regardless of whether we directly or indirectly link to such content, advertisements, products, services, or other resources). You should direct any concerns with respect to any other websites to that website’s administrator or webmaster.

Copyright Complaints

DeafDC.com respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask our users to do the same. In appropriate circumstances and in our discretion, we may terminate the rights of any user to the use of the Website (or any part thereof) who infringes the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or if you are aware of someone so infringing on your rights, please provide the following information to the “Copyright Agent” specified below:

An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website;
Your address, telephone number and e-mail address;
A statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, and or the law; and
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

You may send any notices, including notices of copyright infringement under the digital Millennium Copyright Act, to DeafDC.com’s designated agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on the Website at the following address: Copyright Agent c/o Website Manager DeafDC.com 5320 Marinelli Road Rockville, MD 20852 Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying DeafDC.com and its affiliates that your copyrighted materials have been allegedly infringed.

THIS POLICY IS INTENDED TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ONLINE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LIABILITY LIMITATION ACT. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability The Website is provided on as “as is” and “as available” basis. DeafDC.com makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the Website or the information, content, materials, or products included on the Website. You expressly agree that your use of the Website is at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permissible by applicable law, DeafDC.com disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. DeafDC.com does not warrant that the Website, its servers, or e-mail sent from DeafDC.com are free of viruses or other harmful components. DeafDC.com will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of the Website, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages. Certain state laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations may not apply to you, and you might have additional rights.

Governing Law

This Website was developed in the United States of America in accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of the state of Maryland, United States of America. By visiting the Website, you agree that the laws of the state of Maryland of the United States, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these terms and conditions of use, and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and Company or its affiliates.

Disputes

Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to the Website shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in a city of DeafDC.com’s choosing in the United States of America, except that, to the extent that you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate DeafDC.com’s intellectual property rights, DeafDC.com may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of Maryland, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under these terms and conditions of use shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator’s award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under these terms and conditions of use shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to these terms and conditions of use, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

Site Policies, Modification and Severability

As noted above, you are encouraged and advised to review the terms and conditions of use and the privacy policy posted on the Website. These policies also govern your visit to the Website. By using the Website, you agree to be bound by and to abide by these policies, just as if you had signed an agreement. If you do not comply with these terms and conditions of use at any time, we reserve the right, if applicable, to terminate your password, user account, or your access to the Website (or any part thereof). You agree that any termination or cancellation of your access to, or use of, the Website, maybe effected without prior notice. Further, you agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any termination or cancellation of your access to, or use of, the Website.

We reserve the right, in our sole direction, to change, modify, add to, or remove portions of the Website, the terms and conditions of use and the privacy policy at any time. You should check these terms and conditions of use and privacy policy periodically for changes. By using the Website after we post any changes to the terms and conditions of use or the privacy policy, you agree to accept those changes, regardless of whether you have reviewed them. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions of use and the privacy policy, you should not use the Website and, if applicable, you should arrange to cancel your registered user account or subscription with us. If any of these terms or conditions is deemed invalid, void, or for any other reason unenforceable, that condition will be deemed severed and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

Our Address:

DeafDC.com
5320 Marinelli Road
Rockville, MD 20852