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(reading, writing, or merely browsing) on ICanGarden.com, you're agreeing to
abide by the Terms of Use below. These rules and guidelines are here to protect
you (and others) and to ensure that ICanGarden.com is safe and fun for
everybody. By agreeing to these terms, you're taking responsibility for your
own actions.
ICanGarden.com is
provided free of charge to you by ICanGarden.com (619691 Alberta Ltd.) under
these Terms of Use. Many portions of ICanGarden.com are open for anyone to
view, read, or download. There are, however, some areas where a free membership
is required for entrance. You are responsible for your own actions, words, and
statements while you are connected to ICanGarden.com.
By logging in to
ICanGarden.com as a member, completing the registration process, or selecting
the "login" option, you are indicating your agreement to be bound by
the terms of use and these terms may be modified periodically.
ICanGarden.com is not
the publisher or author for any of the works posted by the Contributing Editors
or members. ICanGarden.com does not screen any work for content; however, there
is an editorial staff that reads the articles and edits them for grammatical
and typographical errors. Questionable content may be brought up with the
Contributing Editor and he/she may be asked to change the content so that it
may not offend any of the readers.
You are legally and
ethically responsible for your work -- writings, files, pictures, or any other
work -- that you post or transmit using any of ICanGarden.com's services
including, but not limited to: email, conferencing, the World Wide Web, USENET,
or any other service that allows interaction or dissemination of information.
In posting works on ICanGarden.com, you are responsible for honoring the rights
of others, including intellectual-property rights (copyright, patent, and
trademark), the right to privacy, the right not to be libeled or slandered. For
example, if you wish to post a copyrighted work on ICanGarden.com, you are responsible
for obtaining the copyright holder's permission first.
In posting a work via
any service offered by ICanGarden.com, you authorize other members (who have
access to that service) to make personal and customary use of the work,
including creating links to your work or reposting it among conference areas to
which the author has access, but not otherwise to reproduce or disseminate it
unless permission has been given. You also give permission to ICanGarden.com to
copy your works as part of the normal backup process, and to conference hosts
to archive topics containing your works. ICanGarden.com becomes the owner of
all electronic data via posted articles, discussions, etc. and does not allow
reproduction of this work unless specifically granted to an individual or
organization for a one time use, and ICanGarden.com is cited as the owner.
You alone are
responsible for the content of your messages, and the consequences of any such
messages. ICanGarden.com reserves the right to terminate your registration if
you are violating any of the following guidelines.
Any use by you of any
other subscriber's information, personal or otherwise, for any commercial
purpose or to obtain direct financial gain (e.g. mass marketing) is prohibited.
Any such use shall be deemed to be a violation of these Terms of Use.
ICanGarden.com is to be used by you for your personal use only. Commercial uses
of ICanGarden.com are strictly prohibited unless prior written consent from
ICanGarden.com or i5ive communications, Inc. has been granted. You agree that
you will not use any service of ICanGarden.com for chain letters, junk mail,
"spamming", solicitations (commercial or non-commercial) or bulk
communications of any kind including but not limited to distribution lists to
any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such a list.
The only exception to this is the ICanGarden.com Classifieds section (if
available).
You further agree not
to use ICanGarden.com to send or post on message boards, any message(s) or material
that is unlawful, harassing, libelous, defamatory, abusive, threatening,
harmful, vulgar, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, racially
offensive, inaccurate, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or
nature or that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense,
give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state,
national or international law or regulation, or encourage the use of controlled
substances. ICanGarden.com reserves the right to delete any such material from
ICanGarden.com.
You agree not to
impersonate any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, including
impersonating an employee of ICanGarden.com or i5ive communications, Inc. You
further agree not to use an inappropriate user name of any kind. If you do
happen to choose an alias that a person, group, or organization deems
inappropriate, you will be asked to consider changing it. If you feel that it
has no inappropriate connotations, then a ICanGarden.com staff member will
review both parties' cases and make a judgement.
You agree not to post
or use ICanGarden.com to distribute or send any illegal material of any kind,
including but not limited to, illegal material in the form of text, graphics,
video, programs or audio. Posting content or participating in any form of
discussion with the intention to commit any illegal activity is strictly
prohibited.
By submitting content
to any "public area" of ICanGarden.com, including, but not limited
to: message boards, forums, contests and chat rooms, you grant ICanGarden.com,
619691 Alberta Ltd., and its affiliates the royalty-free, perpetual,
irrevocable, and non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license
to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works
from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the content
(in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any
form, media, or technology now known or later developed. You also warrant that
the holder of any Rights, including moral rights in such content, has
completely and effectively waived all such rights and validly and irrevocably
granted to you the right to grant the license stated above. You also permit any
subscriber to access, display, view, store and reproduce such content for
personal use. Subject to the foregoing, the owner of such content placed on
ICanGarden.com retains any and all rights that may exist in such content.
ICanGarden.com is not
responsible for any material and/or data obtained through downloading or other
means, which may be responsible for any damage to your computer system, data,
or any personal objects.
ICanGarden.com cannot
and does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information provided
on the site by ICanGarden.com staff, Contributing Editors, or members. No
individual staff member, Contributing Editor, or member can be held responsible
for information provided which may be the direct or indirect cause of loss or
damage to any personal property, data, or results in mental or physical harm.
ICanGarden.com is not
responsible for the content or links to the content of the Internet, World Wide
Web, FTP sites, USENET, or any other service that is outside of the
ICanGarden.com web site. ICanGarden.com takes no responsibility for the
quality, suitability, functionality, or legality of any site which may be
linked to or from ICanGarden.com.
ICanGarden.com
permits members to post classified ads and take no responsibility in the
accuracy of the content or suitability of these.
ICanGarden.com
encourages members to engage one another in debates, but does not condone
personal attacks on members. Ideas can be disputed or challenged, but attacks
on a personal level are unacceptable and if they are brought to the attention
of the staff, will be dealt with accordingly. Ideas can be attacked, but
individuals cannot.
In the event that
ICanGarden.com determines that you have breached any portion of these Terms of
Use, or have otherwise demonstrated conduct inappropriate for the community of
ICanGarden.com, ICanGarden.com reserves the right to: (i) warn you via email
that you have violated these Terms of Use; (ii) delete any content provided by
you or your agent(s); (iii) delete all content provided by you to
ICanGarden.com; (iv) revoke your membership to ICanGarden.com and/or any other
future ICanGarden.com online community; (v) take any other action which
ICanGarden.com or i5ive communications, inc. deems necessary and appropriate