Terms of Use

Effective July 31, 2005

Thanks for visiting The Digital Book Project.  Pursuant to the Site and Privacy Policy, when you use DBP.com, you agree to be bound by all of the policies, terms and conditions governing its uses.  These are contained in the Site and Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use and the Copyright and Intellectual Property section.

Content Linked to from DBP.com

 

Our site contains links to other web sites in a variety of forms, in context with other content, as search results and as advertiser or sponsor links.  The Digital Book Project exercises no control over these sites or the people or organizations that operate them.  We do not and cannot screen or review all of the information available on any of these sites.  You should not assume that a link from DBP.com to content on another site implies or indicates our approval, support or endorsement of that content or vice versa.  We cannot guarantee that content on another site which may be linked to from DBP.com will not be objectionable, inappropriate or offensive and we assume no responsibility for the content of any site linked to by The Digital Book Project.

Information on the Site

We are not responsible if information that we make available on this site is not accurate, complete or current.  Any reliance upon the material on this site will be at your own risk.  This site may contain certain historical information.  Historical information necessarily is not current and is provided for your reference only.  We reserve the right to modify the contents of the site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on this site.  You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to the site.

Use of the Information on this Site

This site (including all its contents) is the property of The Digital Book Project or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and other countries.  As a visitor or user of our website, the information contained on this site is available to you for your personal, non-commercial use only.  We authorize you to browse through the site and print and download copies of material on the site for your personal, non-commercial use only, unless it is expressly stated otherwise, so long as you do not remove any copyright or other notices that appear on the material you print or download. You agree that you will not otherwise copy, display or transmit any material on the site in any manner or medium. You may not use our site to sell a product or service or to increase traffic to your website for commercial reasons.  You may not use our site to post or publish your own creative work, such as a manuscript, with the intention of future sale.  If you want to make commercial use of our site in any way, you must enter into an agreement with The Digital Book Project in advance.  You also agree not to modify, sell, broadcast or distribute any material on the site, including by uploading the material or otherwise making the material available online.  Please review the Copyright and Intellectual Property section [insert link] for more information.

Use of Blogs, Discussion Boards and Related Feedback Mechanisms on the Site

You will not upload to, or distribute or otherwise publish on the discussion boards any libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or otherwise illegal material.

You agree not to threaten or verbally abuse other site users or visitors, use defamatory language, or deliberately disrupt discussions with repetitive or meaningless messages or "spam."  You agree not to use language that abuses or discriminates on the basis of race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual preference, age, region, disability, etc.  Hate speech of any kind is grounds for immediate and permanent suspension of access to all or part of our website.  The Digital Book Project encourages active discussions and debates, but personal attacks of any kind are not permitted and are grounds for immediate and permanent suspension of access to all or part of our website.   You are solely responsible for the content of your messages. However, while The Digital Book Project does not and cannot review every message posted by you on our site’s blogs and discussion boards and is not responsible for the content of these messages, The Digital Book Project reserves the right to delete, move, or edit messages that it, in its sole discretion, deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or otherwise unacceptable.

The blogs and discussion boards shall be used only in a noncommercial manner. You shall not, without the express approval of The Digital Book Project, distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation of funds, advertising or solicitation for goods or services.

You acknowledge that any submissions or postings you make to the blogs or discussion boards on The Digital Book Project website may be edited, removed, modified, published, transmitted, and displayed by and at the sole discretion of The Digital Book Project without your further consent.  By submitting any content to the blogs or discussion boards on the Digital Book Project website, you are consenting to its display on the site and for related online and offline promotional uses.

DBP.com and Your Conduct

You agree not to participate in a denial-of-service attack against this site or against any other web site or computer environment by using this site, not to provide any information on this site that is inaccurate or misleading, not to attempt to or actually disrupt or impair this site, not to collect or attempt to collect any information of others, including passwords and account or other information, not to provide to or transmit through this site any material that is unlawful or violates the rights of others, not to engage in any screen scraping or data acquisition and consolidation, not to access any account or information that does not belong to you, and not to otherwise engage in any unlawful or prohibited activity in regards to this site.  The Digital Book Project prohibits your use of any personally identifying information not belonging to you that appears anywhere on our website. 

Privacy Policy

Please review our Site and Privacy Policy for more detailed information.

Copyrights, Trademarks and Intellectual Property

Please see our Copyright and Intellectual Property section for more detailed information.

Miscellaneous Provisions

The laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States of America govern all of the terms of conditions associated with your use of this site.  You irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Virginia for any action to enforce the terms or conditions associated with your use of the site.  While you may obtain access to the site from any jurisdiction in the world, we have no ability to prevent such access and this site has been designed to comply with the laws of Virginia and the United States.  If any portion of the Site and Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use or the Copyright and Intellectual Property section is found to be unlawful, void or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, all remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.  The Site and Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Copyright and Intellectual Property section constitute the entire agreement between you and The Digital Book Project regarding all aspects of your use of this site and replaces all other understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding all aspects of your use of this site.  Any waiver of any provision of these terms and conditions will be effective only if in writing and signed by an authorized representative of The Digital Book Project.

Changes to the Terms of Use

We reserve the right, at our complete discretion, to change the Terms of Use of this website at any time without notice.  We will post those changes on this page.  Please review the Terms of Use from time to time.  Your continued use of this site following any posted changes to these terms or other policies means you accept the changes.

If you have any questions about the Terms of Use, please contact us.

DISCLAIMERS

YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RESTRICT OR TERMINATE YOUR ACCESS TO THE SITE OR ANY FEATURE OR PART THEREOF AT ANY TIME.

THE DIGITAL BOOK PROJECT AND ITS LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY WARRANTIES THAT MATERIAL ON THE SITE IS NONINFRINGING; THAT ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; THAT THE SITE WILL BE SECURE; THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE SITE AVAILABLE WILL BE VIRUS-FREE; OR THAT INFORMATION ON THE SITE WILL BE COMPLETE, ACCURATE, OR TIMELY. THE DIGITAL BOOK PROJECT AND ITS LICENSORS DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES FOR SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON OUR SITE OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED ON OUR SITE, AS WELL AS FOR ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED ON OUR SITE.

IF YOU DOWNLOAD ANY MATERIAL FROM THIS SITE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE DIGITAL BOOK PROJECT OR THROUGH OR FROM OUR WEBSITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NEITHER THE DIGITAL BOOK PROJECT NOR ITS LICENSORS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES RELATING TO OR RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE OR ANY OTHER SITE YOU ACCESS THROUGH A LINK FROM THIS SITE OR FROM ANY ACTIONS WE TAKE OR FAIL TO TAKE AS A RESULT OF ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES YOU SEND US. THESE INCLUDE DAMAGES FOR ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DEFECTS, DELAYS, COMPUTER VIRUSES, YOUR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO AND ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS AND DATA, AND OTHER TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE LOSSES.

THIS LIMITATION APPLIES REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARE CLAIMED UNDER THE TERMS OF A CONTRACT OR WARRANTY, AS THE RESULT OF NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE, AND EVEN IF WE OR OUR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN NEGLIGENT OR HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

YOUR LIABILITY

IF YOU CAUSE A TECHNICAL DISRUPTION OF THE SITE OR THE SYSTEMS TRANSMITTING THE SITE TO YOU OR OTHERS YOU AGREE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, COSTS AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY'S FEES) ARISING FROM THAT DISRUPTION.