ROCKUM GROUP is defined as the following websites and services:
ROCKUMweb.com, (the “Site”)
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It is important to us that you are fully aware of our respective
legal rights and obligations. For that reason, we have created these
Terms of Use as the legally binding terms to govern your use of our
Sites. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using the
Site, because they affect your legal rights and obligations.
Your Acceptance of Terms
If you do not agree with any of these Terms of Use please do not use
this Site, because by using this Site you will be deemed to have
irrevocably agreed to these terms.
Please note that these Terms of Use may be revised and reissued
without notice at any time by updating this posting. You should
visit this page regularly to review the current Terms of Use, since
your continued use of the Site will be deemed as irrevocable
acceptance of any revisions. These Terms of Use were last updated on
August 2, 2004.
Your Use of Material
You may access and display Material and all other content displayed
on this Site for non-commercial, personal, entertainment use on a
single computer only. Using any Material on any other web site or
networked computer environment is prohibited.
Disclaimer of Warranties
YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. ROCKUM GROUP SITE CONTENT
AND ALL THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES, SERVICES
AND OTHER CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, ROCKUM GROUP
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. ROCKUM GROUP DOES NOT
WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SITES WILL BE AVAILABLE,
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT
ROCKUM GROUP'S WEB SITES OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ARE
FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. ROCKUM GROUP DOES NOT
WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS
OF THE USE OF THE MATERIAL, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES,
SERVICES OR OTHER CONTENT IN ROCKUMNEWS OR ANY SITES LINKED TO
ROCKUM GROUP IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY,
OR OTHERWISE. ROCKUM GROUP MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT YOUR USE OF THE
MATERIALS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES, SERVICE OR OTHER
CONTENT IN THESE WEB SITES WILL NOT INFINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND
ROCKUM GROUP ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR
OMMISSIONS IN SUCH MATERIALS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES,
SERVICE OR OTHER CONTENT OF ANY OF OUR SITES. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES
NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES TO APPLY TO YOU, THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS WILL APPLY TO YOU
ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Limitation of Liability
ROCKUM GROUP DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE (DIRECT,
INDIRECT, PUNATIVE, ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE) RESULTING FROM ANY USE OF, OR INABILITY TO
USE, ROCKUMweb.com AND OTHER ROCKUM GROUP WEBSITES OR THE MATERIAL,
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES, SERVICES OR OTHER CONTENT ON SUCH
SITES, REGARDLESS OF THE BASIS UPON WHICH LIABILITY IS CLAIMED AND
EVEN IF ROCKUM GROUP HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
LOSS OR DAMAGE. WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOU (AND NOT ROCKUM GROUP)
ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
CORRECTION IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING. IF
APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW ALL OR ANY PART OF THE ABOVE
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO APPLY TO YOU, THE LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY
TO YOU ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Forums
THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND OPINIONS INCLUDED AND/OR EXPRESSED IN
OR ON BULLETIN BOARDS, CHAT ROOMS, COMMUNITY PAGES OR OTHER FORUMS
ON ROCKUM GROUP SITES ("FORUMS") ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF ROCKUM
GROUP OR ITS AFFILIATED OR RELATED ENTITIES OR CONTENT PROVIDERS.
ROCKUM GROUP DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO MONITOR OR REVIEW FORUMS, AND THE
CONTENT OF FORUMS IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ROCKUM GROUP. ROCKUM
GROUP MAY REMOVE OR MODIFY ANY CONTENT WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY
AT ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION. ANY USE OF THE FORUMS WILL BE AT
YOUR OWN RISK AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS
ON LIABILITY SET OUT ABOVE.
Submissions, Postings and E-mails
Any material you send to us will not be treated as confidential.
Please act responsibly when using this Site. You may only use this
Site and its contents for lawful purposes and in accordance with
applicable law and you are prohibited from storing, distributing or
transmitting any unlawful material through this Site. You may not
collect or store personal information regarding other users. You
recognize that storing, distributing or transmitting unlawful
material could expose you to criminal and/or civil liability. You
agree that if a third party claims that material you have
contributed to the Site is unlawful, you will bear the burden of
establishing that it is lawful. You understand and agree that all
materials publicly posted (other than by ROCKUM GROUP) or privately
transmitted on or through this Site are the sole responsibility of
the sender, not ROCKUM GROUP, and that you are responsible for all
material you upload, post or otherwise transmit to or through this
Site.
We at ROCKUM GROUP require that you do not post e-mails or submit to
or publish through Forums or otherwise make available on this Site
any content, or act in a way, which in our opinion:
(a) libels, defames, invades privacy, stalks, is obscene,
pornographic, racist, abusive, harassing, threatening or offensive;
(b) seeks to exploit or harm children by exposing them to
inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable details or
otherwise;
(c) infringes any intellectual property or other right of any entity
or person, including violating anyone's copyrights or trademarks or
their rights of publicity;
(d) violates any law or may be considered to violate any law;
(e) you do not have the right to transmit under any contractual or
other relationship (e.g., inside information, proprietary or
confidential information received in the context of an employment or
a non-disclosure agreement);
(f) advocates or promotes illegal activity;
(g) impersonates or misrepresents your connection to any other
entity or person or otherwise manipulates headers or identifiers to
disguise the origin of the content;
(h) advertises any commercial endeavor (e.g., offering for sale
products or services) or otherwise engages in any commercial
activity (e.g., conducting raffles or contests, displaying
sponsorship banners, and/or soliciting goods or services) except as
specifically authorized on this Site;
(i) solicits funds, advertisers or sponsors;
(j) includes programs which contain viruses, worms and/or ‘Trojan
horses' or any other computer code, files or programs designed to
interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer
software or hardware or telecommunications;
(k) disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, causes a screen to scroll
faster than other users are able to type, or otherwise act in a way
which affects the ability of other people to engage in real time
activities via the Site;
(l) copies any other pages or images on this Site except with
appropriate authority;
(m) includes MP3 format files;
(n) amounts to a ‘pyramid' or similar scheme;
(o) amounts to ‘data warehousing' (i.e., using any web space made
available to you as storage for large files which are only linked
from other sites). You must provide a reasonable amount of content
to accompany such material in order that at least some of the
traffic to your site comes directly via us;
(p) disobeys any policy or regulations established from time to time
regarding use of this Site or any networks connected to this Site;
or
(q) contains links to other sites that contain the kind of content,
which falls within the descriptions set out at (a) to (p) above.
In addition, you are prohibited from removing any sponsorship
banners or other material inserted by ROCKUM GROUP anywhere on this
Site (e.g., on any web space made available for your use).
System Abuse
Without limitation, you agree not to send, create or reply to so
called "mailbombs" (i.e., emailing copies of a single message to
many users, or sending large or multiple files or messages to a
single user with malicious intent) or engage in "spamming"(i.e.,
unsolicited emailing for business or other purposes) or undertake
any other activity which may adversely effect the operation or
enjoyment of this Site by any other person.
You may not reproduce, sell, resell or otherwise exploit any
resource, or access to any resource, contained on this Site.
Service
In order to use this Site, you must obtain access to the World Wide
Web and pay any service fee associated with that access. You will
need to provide all equipment necessary to connect to the Site on
the World Wide Web (including a computer, modem and/or other access
devices).
ROCKUM GROUP reserves the right to modify or discontinue,
temporarily or permanently, all or any part of this Site and/or any
software, facilities and services on this Site, with or without
notice, and/or to establish general guidelines and limitations on
their use.
Local Regulations
ROCKUM GROUP makes no representation that Materials or other content
in the Site are appropriate or available for use outside the United
States, its territories, possessions and protectorates. If you
choose to access the Site from other locations you do so on your own
initiative and at your own risk. You are responsible for complying
with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. You
specifically agree to comply with all applicable laws concerning the
transmission of technical data exported from the United States or
the country you reside in.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless ROCKUM GROUP and its
officers, directors, employees, agents, distributors and affiliates
from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, costs or
expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, resulting from your
breach of any of the foregoing provisions, representations or
warranties, and/or from your placement or transmission of any
content onto ROCKUM GROUP’s servers, and/or from any and all use of
your account.
In summary: The accuracy of the information contained herein is
neither confirmed nor guaranteed by the ROCKUM GROUP, and the views
and opinions of authors expressed on these pages do not necessarily
state or reflect those of ROCKUM GROUP or its staff. We are not
responsible for the content, safety and privacy practices at any
sites linked to our site.
Third-Party Sites
This Site may link you to other sites on the Internet. These sites
may contain information or material that some people may find
inappropriate or offensive. These other sites are not under the
control of ROCKUM GROUP, and you acknowledge that (whether or not
such sites are affiliated in any way with ROCKUM GROUP) ROCKUM GROUP
is not responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality,
decency, or any other aspect of the content of such sites. The
inclusion of such a link does not imply endorsement of any site by
ROCKUM GROUP or any association with its operators.