Legal Notice / Terms of Use

This document was last updated March 30, 2001.

Ownership

Welcome to the Velocity7 web site. This site will be referred to in this legal notice/terms of use as VELOCITY7. This Site is operated by Seventh Velocity, Inc..

We created this Site for business clients, your personal enjoyment, entertainment and education. However, you are only authorized to access this Site or to use the materials contained in the Site (regardless of whether your access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws, and to these Terms of Use which constitute an Agreement between you and the owners of this website. Please read these Terms of Use carefully and save them. If you do not agree with them, you should leave this Site immediately. Any questions or comments regarding, or problems with, this Site should be sent to the Site Administrator at info@velocity7.

VELOCITY7 reserves the right to modify or amend this Agreement without notice at any time. It is therefore important that you read this page regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes. If you become aware of misuse of this Site by any person, please contact the Site Administrator with your concerns.

Access and Use

All materials contained in this Site are protected by international copyright laws and must only be used for personal, non-commercial purposes unless special written permission is granted by VELOCITY7 . This means that you may only view or download material from this Site for your own use and you must keep all copyright and other proprietary notices attached to the downloaded material.

The reproduction, duplication, distribution (including by way of email, facsimile or other electronic means), publication, modification, copying or transmission of material from this Site is strictly prohibited unless you have obtained the prior written consent of VELOCITY7 or unless it is expressly permitted by this Site. The material covered by this prohibition includes, without limitation, any text, graphics, logos, photographs, audio or video material or stills from audiovisual material available on this Site. The use of materials from this Site on any other Web site or networked computer environment is similarly prohibited.

Bulletin Boards and Chat Rooms

You are welcome to post, transmit or submit messages and other materials (which include uploading files, inputting data or any other materials or engaging in any form of communication in connection with this Site) (collectively Messages) to bulletin boards, chat rooms or other public areas within, or in connection with, this Site (collectively Forums). However, VELOCITY7 accepts no responsibility whatsoever in connection with or arising from such Messages.

VELOCITY7 does not endorse and has no control over the content of Messages submitted by others to Forums. Messages submitted to Forums are not necessarily reviewed by VELOCITY7 prior to posting and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of VELOCITY7. VELOCITY7 makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the content of the Messages in the Forums or the accuracy and reliability of any Messages and other materials in the Forums. Nonetheless, VELOCITY7 reserves the right to prevent you from submitting Materials to Forums and to edit, restrict or remove such Messages for any reason at any time.

VELOCITY7 assumes no responsibility for actively monitoring Forums for inappropriate Messages. If at any time VELOCITY7 chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Forums, VELOCITY7 nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the content of the Messages, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Messages, and no responsibility for the conduct of the user submitting any Message. In submitting Messages to Forums, you agree to strictly limit yourself to discussions about the subject matter for which the Forums are intended.

You agree that VELOCITY7 accepts no liability whatsoever if it determines to prevent your Messages from being submitted or if it edits, restricts or removes your Messages.

VELOCITY7 has made efforts to provide you with private and secure messaging and Forum areas, nonetheless VELOCITY7 assumes no responsibility for the security andÝ privacy of any material submitted by you to this site.Ý You also agree to permit any other user of this Site to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that other userís personal use and not to restrict or inhibit the use of the Site by any other person.

You agree that you will not submit Messages to Forums that:

…        are unlawful, threatening, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent including any communication that constitutes (or encourages conduct that would constitute) a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any local, state, national or international law;

…        violate the copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any other person. By submitting Messages to Forums, you represent that you are the rightful owner of such material or that you have first obtained permission to submit the material from the rightful owner;

…        improperly assume or claim the identity, characteristics or qualifications of another person;Ý

o       are for purposes of spamming;

o       contain any virus or other harmful component;

o       are libelous, or an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or any other third party rights; or

o       are for commercial purposes or contain advertising or are intended to solicit a person to buy or selling services or to make donations.

You agree that any Message whatsoever submitted by you becomes the property of VELOCITY7 and may be used, copied, adapted, transmitted, distributed, publicly performed, published, displayed or deleted as VELOCITY7 sees fit.

You agree to release VELOCITY7 , its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, officers, directors and shareholders, from any and all liability and obligations whatsoever in connection with or arising from your use of Forums. If at any time you are not happy with the Forums or object to any material within Forums, your sole remedy is to cease using them.

Linked Sites and Advertising

If VELOCITY7 has provided links or pointers to other Web sites, no inference or assumption should be made and no representation should be implied that VELOCITY7 is connected with, operates or controls these Web sites.

VELOCITY7 is not responsible for the content or practices of third party Web sites that may be linked to this Site. This Site may also be linked to other Web sites operated by companies affiliated or connected with VELOCITY7. When visiting other Web sites, however, you should refer to each such Web siteís individual Terms of Use and not rely on this Agreement.

VELOCITY7 takes no responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on this Site, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers.

Disclaimer of Liability and Warranties

While VELOCITY7 does its best to ensure the optimal performance of the Site, you agree that you use this Site and rely on material contained in this Site at your own risk.

The Site, and all materials in this Site, are provided ìas isî and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, are provided without warranties of any kind either express or implied. This means, without limitation, that VELOCITY7 DOES NOT WARRANT that the Site is fit for any particular purpose; that the functions contained in the materials in the Site will be uninterrupted; that defects will be corrected; that the Site is free of viruses and other harmful components or that the Site is accurate, error free or reliable.

You acknowledge that VELOCITY7, its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders, IS NOT LIABLE for any delays, inaccuracies, failures, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, viruses, communication line failures or for the theft, destruction, damage or unauthorized access to your computer system or network.

You acknowledge that VELOCITY7 is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct or material found in connection with this Site, including such conduct or material transmitted by any means by any other person.

You acknowledge that VELOCITY7 is not liable for any damages, including, without limitation, direct, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, in connection with or arising from your use or from your inability to use the Site.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless VELOCITY7, its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders, from and against all the liabilities, claims,damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneyís fees and costs) arising out of your use of this Site; your failure to use the Site; your breach or alleged breach of this Agreement or your breach or alleged breach of the copyright, trademark, proprietary or other rights of third parties.

Termination

VELOCITY7 reserves the right to immediately terminate your use of, or access to, this Site at any time if VELOCITY7 decides at its sole discretion that you have breached this Agreement or any relevant law, rule or regulation or you have engaged in conduct that VELOCITY7 considers to be inappropriate or unacceptable.

Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any material contained in this Site infringes your copyright, you should notify VELOCITY7 of your copyright infringement by sending an email to info@velocity7. Please note that this is only for material that is contained on the same webserver as this Web site. VELOCITY7 takes no reponsibility for any material contained on Web sites or webservers that are linked to by this Web site.

Copyright Status

VELOCITY7 retains a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce these documents, or allow others to do so, for reference purposes. These documents may not be freely distributed and used for non-commercial, scientific and educational purposes. Commercial use of the documents available from this server is protected under the U.S. and Foreign Copyright Laws. Individual documents on this server may have different copyright conditions, and that will be noted in those documents.

Disclaimer of Endorsement

Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by VELOCITY7. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of VELOCITY7, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

Notice

Information from this server resides on a computer system funded by VELOCITY7. The use of this system may be, and is, monitored for computer security purposes. Any unauthorized access to this system is prohibited and is subject to criminal and civil penalties under the Federal Laws of The United States.

Important Notice

For controversial reasons, if you are affiliated with any of the groups or organizations which are mentioned below, or were formally affiliated with one, you can NOT enter this web site and you can not access or view any of its files, including HTML files. Groups and organizations that are prohibited from entering this website are:

Silly Wacky Foo Foo Bunny Eaters Association of Flint Michigan

The Desert Whale Watchers Union

People for the Ethical Treatment of Used Coffee Grounds