terms of service

TERMS OF SERVICE: www.freewebs.com/authorco-op. (site name) is a web site developed by author co-op (referred to herein as "aco"). by entering this site you are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS: due to the constant development of the site it may become necessary to amend these terms and conditions and "aco" reserves the right to do so by posting changes online. it is viewers responsibility to check these terms and conditions regularly and your continued use of the site after such changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions as amended.

USE OF CONTENT: the services and information provided by "aco" are for personal, non commercial use only; unless you have obtained the permission of the copyright holder.

SITE TRANSACTIONS: you may use the site to purchase products or services from our third party providers. such transactions are concluded under the terms of business of the third party provider; "aco" accepts no liability for such transactions.

ACCURACY OF INFORMATION: neither "aco" nor any of its data providers or affiliates make any warranties expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, adequacy, quality or fitness for any particular purpose of the information or the services for a particular purpose or use and all such warranties are expressly excluded to the fullest extent that such warranties may be excluded by law.

LIABILITY: due to the number of sources from which "aco" obtains content and the nature of electronic distribution via the world wide web neither "aco" nor any of its data providers nor affiliates shall have any liability (whether in contract or tort) for any losses, costs or damages resulting from or related to use of or inability to use any information contained in the site or the provision of the site to the fullest extent to which such liability may be excluded or avoided by law and in no event shall "aco" be liable to you for lost profits or for indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages arising out of or in relation to the provision of information on the site. "aco" makes no warranty that the site is free from infection by viruses or anything else that has contaminating or destructive properties.

INDEMNITY: you irrevocably indemnify "aco" and its data providers and affiliates from and against any and all losses, damages and costs suffered or incurred by "aco" or any data providers or affiliates of whatsoever nature arising out of or in connection with your use, provision or distribution of information or any part of the site or any part or otherwise howsoever arising in relation to any breach of these terms and conditions by you.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: all intellectual property rights (including copyright, patents, trade marks) whether registered or not on the site shall remain the property of "aco" and its contributors and no customer or other person shall, or shall attempt to obtain any title to such rights. Information appearing on "aco" is the copyright of "aco" and its contributors and must not be reproduced in any medium without permission from the copyright holder. users are permitted to copy some material for their personal use as private individuals only. users must not republish any part of the data either on another website, or in any other medium, print, electronic or otherwise, or as part of any commercial service without the prior written permission of "aco" unless this is from one of the advertised rss feeds. if you are in any doubt please do not use.

ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP: parts of the site may contain advertising and sponsorship. advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on the site complies with all legal and regulatory requirements and does not contain any material which is objectionable including, without limit, information which is defamatory, obscene, threatening or untrue. "aco" will not be responsible for any such material or any error or inaccuracy in advertising material.

HYPERTEXT LINKS: "aco" provides hypertext links to other sites on the internet which are operated by other people. using an external hypertext link means that you are leaving the site and "aco" therefore takes no responsibility for and gives no warranties, guarantees or representations in respect of linked sites.

PLAGIARISM & MATERIAL OWNERSHIP: any distribution to make renumeration from the materials on "aco" is a violation of the copyright laws. any individual, company, or entity found to have copied from "aco" or "aco" authors/members will be in direct contrast to the laws that protect copyrights. using, reading, or downloading materials in any way is at your own risk and you are solely accountable in the usage of site materials. any plagiarism will not be tolerated in "aco" or in the "aco" author forum. do not place any material on "aco" or the "aco" author forum that could be considered offensive, indecent, abusive, hateful, harassing, libelous, profane, vulgar or unlawful. our audience tends to be professional in nature, and we have the right, but not the obligation, to remove, edit, or relocate any content that we feel violates the standards of aco. because of the real-time nature of our forum, it is not always possible for us to remove offensive material immediately; but it will be done asap. all members, readers, viewers, or users in "aco" are to uphold to the terms of service & be accountable in the use of "aco" & the "aco" author forum.

"aco" thanks each one of you beforehand for your integrity, dedication to moral rights & judgements, & mature accountability.