This page states the "Terms and Conditions" under which you may use WeddingSiteMaker.com (Web Site). Please read this page carefully. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions stated here, you will not be able to use this site. By using this web site, you are indicating your acceptance of the terms and conditions stated on this page and you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions. WeddingSiteMaker.com (WSM) may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions, because they are binding on you. The terms "You" and "User" as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this web site for any reason. You also understand and agree that the service may include certain communications from WSM, such as service announcements and administrative messages, and that these communications are considered part of WSM membership and you will not be able to opt out of receiving them.

USE OF MATERIALS

The Wedding Site Maker provides a web-based tool for you to make your Wedding Web Site by choosing one of our wedding site layout designs, choosing page topics from a fixed topic list and populating the page topic pages with information you provide using web based forms. Certain pages allow photo jpg and gif files to be uploaded to our servers for display in your pages. Upon payment of fees and activation, your pages can be viewed by your friends and family at the following url: http://www.weddingsitemaker.com/sites/bride's last name_and_groom's last name. At this time, we do not offer unique domain names or hosting.

The contents of this Web Site, such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software and other "Material", are protected under both United States and foreign copyright, trademark and other laws. All Material is the property of WSM or its content suppliers or clients. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on this Web Site is the exclusive property of the Company and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Unauthorized use of the Material may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. You must retain all copyright, trademark, service mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Material on any copy you make of the Material. You may not sell or modify the Material or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the Material on any other web site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.

You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that WSM creates to generate its pages or Wedding Web Site. It is also protected by WSM's copyright.

ACCEPTABLE SITE USE.

General Rules: Users may not use the Web Site or your Wedding Web Site in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, or (c) that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.

Web Site and Wedding Web Site Security Rules. Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Web Site or Wedding Web Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access, (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Web Site, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing" or "crashing", (d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services, or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. WSM will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

SPECIFIC PROHIBITED USES

The Web Site may be used for the sole purpose of creating a personal wedding web site using the web based tools we provide and is for the enjoyment and pleasure of friends and family of the user. WSM specifically prohibits any use of the Web Site, and all users agree not to use the Web Site or Wedding Web Site, for any of the following:

Posting false, inaccurate, or incomplete information about yourself when completing the "Basic Information" section of the Web Site or any other form on the Web Site

Deleting or revising any material posted by any other person or entity.

Using any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Web Site or any activity being conducted on this site.

Taking any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Web Site's infrastructure.

Using your password for any unauthorized purpose.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, using or attempting to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Web Site other than the search engine and search agents available from WSM on this Web Site and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).

Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Web Site or Wedding Web Site.

Aggregating, copying or duplicating in any manner any of the materials or information available from the Web Site or Wedding Web Site.

Framing of or linking to any of the materials or information available from the Web Site or Wedding Web Site.

upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;

collect or store personal data about other users;

use the site you make using our service for remote loading or as a door or signpost to another home page, whether inside or beyond WSM;

USER INFORMATION

When you register for the Web Site, you will be asked to provide WSM with certain information including, without limitation, a valid email address (your "Information"). WSM will not disclose to any third party your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number without your prior consent, except to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws or in legal proceedings where such information is relevant.

Please see WSM's Privacy Policy for further details regarding Privacy.

USER SUBMISSIONS

As a user, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of your own communications being posted. You must not, and by using this Web Site or creating a Wedding Web Siteusing this Web Site you agree not to, do the following things: post material that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; post material that reveals trade secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of the owner; post material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; post material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; post a sexually-explicit image or statement; post advertisements or solicitations of business, post chain letters or pyramid schemes; impersonate another person; or post material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information.

WSM does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of communications posted by users or endorse any opinions expressed by users. You acknowledge that any reliance on material posted by other users will be at your own risk.

WSM acts as a passive conduit for the online distribution and publication of user-submitted information and has no obligation to screen communications or information in advance and is not responsible for screening or monitoring material posted by users. If notified by a user of communications which allegedly do not conform to these Terms and Conditions, WSM may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of the communication. WSM has no liability or responsibility to users for performance or nonperformance of such activities. WSM reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further access to the Web Site or Wedding Web Site for violating the Terms and Conditions or the law and the right to remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive. WSM may take any action with respect to user-submitted information that it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion, if it believes it may create liability for WSM or may cause WSM to lose (in whole or in part) the services of its ISPs or other suppliers.

WSM does not claim ownership of the Content you place on your Wedding Web Site.

WSM does not pre-screen Content. WSM shall have the right (but not the obligation) to remove any Content that is available via the Service that violates the terms of service or is objectionable.

REGISTRATION AND PASSWORDS

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password. You shall be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify WSM of any unauthorized use of your registration or password.

Identification Of Agent To Receive Notification And Elements Of Notification Of Claimed Copyright Infringement.

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been uploaded, posted or copied to this Web Site and is accessible on this Web Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please notify us by providing our designated copyright agent with the following information:

The physical or electronic signature of either the copyright owner or of a person authorized to act on the owner's behalf;
A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed, and a description of the activity that you claim to be infringing;
Identification of the URL or other specific location on this web site where the material or activity you claim to be infringing is located or is occurring; you must include enough information to allow us to locate the material or the activity;
Your name, address, telephone number and, if you have one, your e-mail address;
A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use on the web site of the copyrighted work in the manner you are complaining of is not authorized by the copyright owner, any agent of the copyright owner, or the law; and
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information you have provided in your notice is accurate and that you are either the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

TERMINATION

WSM respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users, account holders and content partners to do the same. The unauthorized reproduction, copying, distribution, modification, public display or public performance of copyrighted works constitutes infringement of the copyright owners' rights. As a condition to your use of this Web Site, you agree not to use the Web Site to infringe the intellectual property rights of others in any way. We will terminate the accounts of any account holders, and block access to our Web Site of any users, who are repeat infringers of the copyrights, or other intellectual property rights, of others. We reserve the right to take these actions at any time, in our sole discretion, with or without notice, and without any liability to the account holder who is terminated or to the user whose access is blocked.

WSM reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies, including but not limited to deletion of your postings from this Web Site and immediate termination of your registration with or ability to access the Web Site and/or any other service provided to you by WSM, upon any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or if WSM is unable to verify or authenticate any information you submit to the Web Site registration with or ability to access the Web Site.

NO RESALE OF SERVICE
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service.

MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
WSM reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that WSM shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

WSM'S LIABILITY

We are under no legal obligation to, and generally do not, control the information provided by other users which is made available through the Web Site or Wedding Web Sites. By its very nature, other people's information may be offensive, harmful or inaccurate, and in some cases will be mislabeled or deceptively labeled. We expect that you will use caution and common sense when using this Web Site and that each person submitting a posting to the Web Site will be mindful and in full compliance with the associated pertinent legal obligations and restrictions.

The Material may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. WSM makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Web Site or the Material or of the Wedding Web Sites created by the Web Site. The use of the Web Site and the Material is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to the Web Site and may be made at any time.

You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for content and accuracy of any material submitted to the Web Site for the purpose of creating a Wedding Web Site.

The aggregate liability for WSM to you for all claims arising from the use of the Materials is limited to $100.


WSM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEB SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE WEB SITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, WSM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.
THE WEB SITE AND MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. WSM, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WSM MAKES NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS.

DISCLAIMER OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES

IN NO EVENT SHALL WSM, ITS SUPPLIERS, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON THE WEB SITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEB SITE AND THE MATERIAL, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WSM IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

The Web Site contains links to third party web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by WSM of the contents on such third-party Web sites. WSM is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third party Web sites. If you decide to access linked third party Web sites, you do so at your own risk.

INDEMNITY

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the Material or your breach of the terms of these Terms and Conditions. WSM shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.

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