Web Site Terms of Use and Conditions
Date of Last Revision: February 1, 2007
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING
OR USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND ALL TERMS, POLICIES AND GUIDELINES
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS,
DO NOT USE THIS WEB SITE.
These terms and conditions of use ("Site Terms") apply exclusively to
your access to, and use of, the Web site of spacedebate.org, located
at www.spacedebate.org (the "Site").
Spacedebate.org reserves the right to change or modify any of the
terms and conditions contained in the Site Terms or any policy or
guideline of the Site, at any time and in its sole discretion. Any
changes or modification will be posted on project blog, and will be effective immediately
upon posting. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of
its changes or modifications will constitute your acceptance of such
changes or modifications. Therefore, you should frequently review the
Site Terms and applicable policies from time-to-time to understand the
terms and conditions that apply to your use of the Site. If you do not
agree to the amended terms, you must stop using the Site.
1. Privacy Policy
Spacedebate.org believes strongly in protecting user privacy. Please
refer to our Privacy Policy for information on how Spacedebate.org
collects, uses and discloses personally identifiable information from
its users.
2. Copyright
There are two types of content on Spacedebate.org: User submitted content and content derived from external sources (governed by "Fair-Use" doctrine).
1. User-submitted content: With the exception
of content derived from external sources, all other content on
Spacedebate.org is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license.
Spacedebate.org content can be copied, modified, and redistributed so
long as the new version grants the same freedoms to others and
acknowledges the authors of the Spacedebate.org article used (a direct
link back to the article satisfies our author credit requirement).
Spacedebate.org content therefore will remain free forever and can be
used by anybody subject to certain restrictions, most of which serve to
ensure that freedom. With the exception of personal information (submitted to the 'profiles' section), users agree that any content they submit will be goverened by this license.
2. Fair-Use Content: Some of the content on Spacedebate.org is derived from external sources (ex. the quotations in the evidence section, and the summaries in the news section). This content is used without permission under the U.S. Copyright law "fair use" doctrine for educational materials of a non-commercial nature. All contributions of this nature will be clearly cited to indicate the originating source.
3. Site Submission Rules
By using features of this site that allow you to post or otherwise
transmit information to or through this site, or which may be seen by
other users, you agree that you shall not upload, post, or otherwise
distribute or facilitate distribution of any content -- including
text, communications, video, software, images, sounds, data, or other
information -- that:
- is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous,
deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, tortious,
obscene, sexually explicit or graphic, or otherwise in violation of
this site's rules or policies;
- victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group
of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation,
race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
- infringes any patent, trade mark, service mark, trade secret,
copyright, moral right, right of publicity, privacy or other
proprietary right of any party;
- constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk
e-mail (also known as "spamming"), chain letters, any other form of
unauthorized solicitation, or any form of lottery or gambling;
- impersonates any person or entity, including any employee or
representative of this site, its licensors or advertisers.
You also agree that you shall not harvest or collect information about
the users of this site or use such information for the purpose of
transmitting or facilitating transmission of unsolicited bulk
electronic e-mail or communications for any other commercial purpose
of your own or a third party.
4. Site Jursidiction
This site (excluding third party linked sites) is controlled by the
Company from its offices within the District of Columbia, U.S. of
America. It can be accessed from all 50 states as well as from other
countries around the world to the extent permitted by site. As each of
these places has laws that may differ from the District of Columbia,
by accessing this site, both you and the Company agree that the
statues and laws of the District of Columbia shall apply to any
actions or claims arising out of or in relation to this Agreement or
your use of this site, without regard to conflicts of laws principles
thereof. You and the Company also agree and hereby submit to the
filing of any claim only in the exclusive personal jurisdiction and
venue of the District of Columbia and any legal proceedings shall be
conducted in English. The Company makes no representation that
materials on this site are appropriate or available for use in other
locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents
are illegal is prohibited. This Agreement shall not be governed by the
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the Sale of Goods.