Terms of Use - Biz New Orleans

Terms Of Use Agreement

By choosing to use the BizNewOrleans.com website, you agree to abide by all terms of this agreement between you and BizNewOrleans.com, an Internet service of Renaissance Publishing, LLC. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN AND READ THE AGREEMENT BELOW. If you agree to be bound by its terms, you are permitted to register for and use the website. If you do not agree, then you should not proceed with the registration process. Your registration for and use of this site will indicate your agreement to all the terms posted here.

BizNewOrleans.com may change, add or remove portions of this agreement at any time; if it does so, the changes will be noted on the Web site and will appear in this section. Your use of BizNewOrleans.com after changes are made means that you agree to be bound by the changes.

If any of these rules or any future changes are unacceptable to you, you may cancel your registration by sending e-mail to: cancel@myneworleans.com.

Privacy

Registration data and other information about you that is collected via this Web site is subject to our Privacy Policy.

BizNewOrleans.com Content

The contents of this Web site are intended for your personal, noncommercial use. All materials published on BizNewOrleans.com (including, but not limited to news articles, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips and video clips) are protected by copyright, and owned or controlled by Renaissance Publishing, LLC, or other parties credited as providers of the content. You shall abide by all copyright notices, information, or restrictions that apply to or are noted in any content accessed through the site.

The Web site and its contents are protected by copyright pursuant to U.S. copyright laws. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create new works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit, any of the content or the Web site (including software) in whole or in part.

You may download or copy certain content and other downloadable items displayed on the site for personal use only, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained therein. Copying or storing of any content for other than personal use is expressly prohibited without prior written permission from BizNewOrleans.com and Renaissance Publishing, LLC or the copyright holder identified in the relevant copyright notice.

Certain content may be furnished by the other providers. You will abide by the copyright restrictions of all such providers, as noted within their respective content, and those providers will not be liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions in any such content, or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof, or for any damages arising there from.

You agree not to create abstracts from, or display headlines from our content for use on another website. You agree not to post any content from BizNewOrleans.com to newsgroups, mail lists or electronic bulletin boards without our written permission. To request permission for this and other uses, please contact the BizNewOrleans.com editorial staff.

You may occasionally send an article to a few individuals via our “Share This Article” or other sharing mechanisms, without charge. You are not permitted to use this service to provide BizNewOrleans.com content to others on a regular basis.

Forums and Discussions

You shall not upload to, or distribute or otherwise publish on the message boards or any other such “discussion” area of the Web site any libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or otherwise illegal material.

You agree that you will not threaten or verbally abuse other site users or anyone else, use defamatory language, or deliberately disrupt discussions with repetitive messages, 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 suspension of access to the website.

BizNewOrleans.com encourages discussions and debate; however, using the Web site to attack personally any individual is a violation of this agreement and grounds for suspension of access to the site.

The discussion areas shall be used only in a noncommercial manner. You shall not, without the express approval of BizNewOrleans.com, distribute or otherwise publish on the site any material containing any solicitation of funds, advertising or solicitation for goods or services.

You are solely responsible for the content of your messages. BizNewOrleans.com is not responsible for the content of these messages, but BizNewOrleans.com reserves the right to delete, move, or edit messages that it deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or otherwise unacceptable.

You acknowledge that any submissions you make to the site (e.g. letter to the editor, opinions, commentary, discussions) may be edited, removed, modified, published, transmitted, and displayed by BizNewOrleans.com.

Access and Links

BizNewOrleans.com contains links to other related Internet sites and resources. Since BizNewOrleans.com is not responsible for the contents of these sites, you should direct any concerns regarding them to the site administrator or webmaster of such site. You agree that BizNewOrleans.com is not responsible for, and does not control, those websites and their software.

Representations and Warranties

You warrant that no materials of any kind submitted through BizNewOrleans.com will violate, plagiarize, or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights; or contain libelous or otherwise unlawful material; and that you are at least thirteen (13) years old. You hereby indemnify, defend and hold harmless BizNewOrleans.com, Renaissance Publishing, LLC and all of its properties and subsidiaries, and all officers, directors, owners, agents, information providers, affiliates, licensors and licensees from and against any and all liability and costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by any of those parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you or any user of your account of this agreement.

BizNewOrleans.com does not endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement, or other information displayed, uploaded, or distributed through the site by any user, information provider or any other person or entity. You acknowledge that any reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement, memorandum, or information shall be at your sole risk. The services of this site and all downloadable software are distributed on an “as is” basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. You hereby acknowledge that use of the service is at your sole risk. BizNewOrleans.com does not give tax or investment advice or advocate the purchase or sale of any security or investment. You should always seek the assistance of a professional for tax and investment advice.

Registration and Security

You must be 13 years or older to register with this website.

You are responsible for all usage or activity on your BizNewOrleans.com account, including use of the account by any third party authorized by you to use your subscriber ID. Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination of your account, and BizNewOrleans.com may refer you to appropriate law enforcement agencies.

Fees and Payments

BizNewOrleans.com reserves the right at any time to charge fees for access to portions of the Web site or its news and information products. However, in no event will you be charged for access unless we obtain your prior agreement to pay such charges. Thus, if at any time BizNewOrleans.com requires a fee for portions of the service that are now free, BizNewOrleans.com will give you advance notice of such fees and the opportunity to cancel the account before such charges are imposed.

Communications with Subscribers

If you indicate on your registration form that you want to receive such information, BizNewOrleans.com, its owners and assigns, will allow certain third party vendors to provide you with information about products and services.

BizNewOrleans.com reserves the right to send electronic mail to you for the purpose of informing you of changes or additions to its services.
BizNewOrleans.com reserves the right to disclose information about your usage and demographics, provided that it will not reveal your personal identity in connection with the disclosure of such information. Advertisers and/or licensees on our Web site may collect and share information about you only if you indicate your acceptance. For more information please read the Privacy Policy of BizNewOrleans.com.

BizNewOrleans.com may contact you via e-mail regarding your participation in user surveys, asking for feedback on the Web site and existing or prospective products and services. This information will be used to improve our Web site and better understand our users, and it may be shared with other media affiliates or properties of Renaissance Publishing, LLC. However, such information will not be shared with any other parties, except in aggregate form.

Software Licenses

You shall have no rights to the proprietary software or modifications thereto provided to you in order to access the site’s services. You may make one copy of such software for archival purposes only. You may not otherwise copy, distribute, modify, reverse engineer, or create derivative works from such access software.

Termination

You may terminate any services of the site to which you have subscribed at any time by sending e-mail to: cancel@myneworleans.com. Upon termination, you will receive an automated confirmation via e-mail that the request was received, and your access will be suspended. If you agreed to any charges in connection with the service, you are responsible for all charges incurred up to the time the account is deactivated.

Miscellaneous

This agreement has been made in and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with Louisiana law.

You agree to report any copyright violations of this agreement to BizNewOrleans.com as soon as you become aware of them.