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Terms Of Use

Welcome to the Tiny World News (sm) website (the "Website"). The Website is an Internet property of TWN Partners, LLC ("Tiny World News," "we" or "us"). By using, viewing and/or accessing the Website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following Terms and Conditions (the "Agreement"). This Agreement is inclusive of any operating rules, policies, price schedules and/or other supplemental terms and conditions or documents expressly incorporated herein by reference and/or published from time to time. Please review the following terms of this Agreement carefully.If you do not consent to this Agreement in its entirety, you are not authorized to use this Website in any manner or form.

ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT

You agree to the terms and conditions outlined in this Agreement with respect to your use of the Website. You understand that the Website is a news service designed to allow you to post a press release of relevant and truthful information about yourself, your organization and your activities (“Press Release”), and to view such Press Release. This Agreement constitutes the entire and only agreement between you and Tiny World News with respect to your use of the Website, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, warranties and/or understandings with respect to the Website. We may amend this Agreement from time to time in our sole discretion, without specific notice to you. The latest Agreement will be posted on the Website, and you should review this Agreement prior to using the Website. By your continued use of the Website, you hereby agree to all the terms and conditions contained within the Agreement effective at that time. Therefore, you should regularly check this page for updates and/or changes.

CONTENT AND SUBMISSIONS

You are solely responsible for the content of any Press Release you submit to the Website. The content should consist of relevant and truthful information about yourself, your organization and your activities (“Content”). The Content is protected by US and international copyright laws and is owned either by us or by you. You may not modify, copy, distribute, download for storage on a hard drive or any other storage media, display, use, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any Press Release, Content or information contained in the Website, except that you may store, print and/or email personal or company summaries from the Website database as are necessary for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not use the Content or any Press Release in a commercial service bureau environment including, but not limited to, providing or exporting any information derived from a Press Release to third parties in any form whatsoever. By submitting a Press Release, you have acknowledged that you have granted us an unrestricted, irrevocable, perpetual license to use, reproduce, display, transmit and distribute that Press Release, and you also agree that we are free to use for any purpose any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you submit.

USER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

By using the Website, you represent and warrant to us that:

  1. You are authorized to submit a Press Release to us for distribution;
  2. The content of the Press Release you have submitted is true and accurate in all material respects;
  3. The Press Release you have submitted does not contain any information that is defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, threatening, unlawful or otherwise objectionable in our sole judgment;
  4. The Press Release you have submitted does not infringe any intellectual property right, including but not limited to, patent, trademark, service mark, trade secret, copyright or other confidentiality, privacy or proprietary rights of any third party.
  5. You will not hold Tiny World News liable for any representations made in a Press Release.
  6. You understand that the Content of a Press Release does not represent the views of Tiny World News.
  7. You hereby indemnify, defend and hold harmless Tiny World News, and all officers, directors, owners, agents, information providers, affiliates, licensors and licensees (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties" ) from and against any and all liability and costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you or any user of your account of this Agreement or the foregoing representations and warranties. You agree to cooperate as fully as is reasonably required in the defense of any such claim, and we reserve the right, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you.
USER RESPONSIBILITIES

By using this Website, you agree that you will not knowingly:

  1. Impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself in any way;
  2. Violate or attempt to violate the security of the Website, including, without limitation, log in to a server or account that you are not authorized to access; attempt to test, scan, probe or hack the vulnerability of the Site or any network used by the Site or to breach security, encryption or other authentication measures; or attempt to interfere with the Website by overloading, flooding, pinging, mail bombing or crashing it.
  3. Reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Website.
  4. Use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism to navigate or search any portion of the Website, other than the search engine and search agents available from us on the Website and highly-recognized third-party web browsers (such as Microsoft Explorer and Netscape Navigator).
  5. Use the Website or any of the information obtained from the Website, particularly email addresses, to send email to any individual or entity unless such email communication fully complies with all federal and state laws and regulations regarding unsolicited email.
EDITING, DELETION AND MODIFICATION

We reserve the right in our sole discretion to remove your Press Release or other material from the Website at any time, without notice to you, if we determine that your Press Release (or the Content thereof) is inappropriate or unsuitable for publication or distribution. We will use reasonable efforts to correct any error of fact, timing or accuracy in a Press Release that is promptly brought to our attention by you; however, you expressly assume all risk arising from the placement of such inaccurate Press Release on a third-party search engine database or other website. No inappropriate or indecent Content may be submitted to the Website for display. Tiny World News reserves the right to prohibit any conduct by registered users or to remove any materials submitted by registered users to the Website that Tiny World News deems, in its sole and absolute discretion, to be in violation of the Agreement or which Tiny World News believes to be illegal, potentially harmful to others, otherwise objectionable or that same may expose Tiny World News to harm, damage to reputation or liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, please be advised that Tiny World News is not a publisher of the Press Releases or Content submitted by registered users and does not review Press Releases or Content and assumes no liability for Press Releases, Content or any statement made therein by you or for links provided by you; it is merely providing a forum for the display of the Press Releases and Content and, therefore, expressly disclaims any and all liability associated with the display of any content submitted by registered users of the Website.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

The Website may provide, third parties may provide and/or refer you to, links to other Internet websites and/or resources. Because Tiny World News has no control over such third party websites and/or resources, you hereby acknowledge and agree that Tiny World News is not responsible for the availability of such third party websites and/or resources. Furthermore, Tiny World News does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any terms and conditions, privacy policies, content, advertising, services, products and/or other materials at or available from such third party websites or resources, or for any damages and/or losses arising therefrom..

FEES

We reserve the right at any time to charge a fee to you for accessing the Website or any portion of the Website. You will not be charged such fee unless you have agreed with us in advance to pay such fee. You agree that any fees paid by you to us are non-refundable.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to release, indemnify and hold Tiny World News, its affiliates, and each of their respective members, officers, directors, employees, agents, co-branders and/or other partners, harmless from and against any and all claims, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and settlement costs), damages, suits, costs, demands and/or judgments whatsoever, made by any third party due to or arising out of: (a) your use of the Website; (b) your breach of this Agreement; and/or (c) your violation of any rights of another individual and/or entity. The provisions of this paragraph are for the benefit of Tiny World News, its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, shareholders, licensors, suppliers and/or attorneys. Each of these individuals and entities shall have the right to assert and enforce these provisions directly against you on its own behalf.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.

THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, ARE DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE DISCLAIMER OF ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE). IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT AS A LIMITATION THEREOF, TINY WORLD NEWS MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT: (A) THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS: (B) THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (C) THE CONTENT OF ANY PRESS RELEASE OR ANY PRESS RELEASE WILL BE ACCURATE; (D) YOUR PRESS RELEASE WILL REACH OR BE PLACED ON A THIRD-PARTY SEARCH ENGINE DATABASE OR OTHER WEBSITE WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME STATED IN THE WEBSITE; OR (E) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. THE WEBSITE MAY CONTAIN BUGS, ERRORS, PROBLEMS OR OTHER LIMITATIONS. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF THE UNDERLYING INTERNET CONNECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEBSITE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM GREAT AMERICAN OR THROUGH OR FROM THE WEBSITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT TINY WORLD NEWS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL AND/OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF TINY WORLD NEWS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW FOR: (A) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE ANY TINY WORLD NEWS PRODUCT AND/OR SERVICE THAT MAY BE OFFERED VIA THE WEBSITE; (B) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY PROBLEM(S) WITH THE GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION AND/OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED FROM THE WEBSITE, OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO, THROUGH OR FROM THE WEBSITE; (C) THE UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR ALTERATION OF, YOUR REGISTRATION DATA; OR (D) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE OTHER PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES THAT MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE WEBSITE ITSELF. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION, IN THE AGGREGATE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, MISREPRESENTATIONS, AND ANY AND ALL OTHER TORTS. YOU HEREBY RELEASE TINY WORLD NEWS, AND ITS SUPPLIERS, FROM ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITIES, AND CLAIMS IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATIONS STATED HEREUNDER. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT PERMIT SUCH LIMITATIONS, THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF TINY WORLD NEWS TO YOU UNDER ANY AND ALL CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID, IF ANY, FOR ANY TINY WORLD NEWS PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES. YOU HEREBY RELEASE TINY WORLD NEWS FROM ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITIES AND CLAIMS IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION. THE NEGATION OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE IS A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND TINY WORLD NEWS. THE WEBSITE WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED TO YOU WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the User and Tiny World News regarding the Website and supersedes any prior written and oral understandings or statements.

MODIFICATION, ASSIGNMENT AND WAIVER

We may modify or change this Agreement or any portion thereof at any time by posting such modification on the Website and providing notice on the Website of such modification. Such modifications will be binding on you on the date they are posted on the Website (or as otherwise stated in any notice to you of such changes). We will provide a link to the then-current terms of service, and recommends that you review the details of any such changes as they are binding on you regarding your subsequent use of the Website. Your use of the Website will be considered acceptance by you of the then-current terms of service. If at any time you find the then-current terms of service unacceptable and do not agree to such terms of service, you must immediately terminate your use of the Website.

JURISDICTION

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to its conflict of laws rules, and you hereby give your consent to have any action or dispute between yourself and Tiny World News resolved exclusively by courts located in Trenton, New Jersey.

LEGAL WARNING

Any attempt by any individual, whether or not a Tiny World News registered user, to damage, destroy, tamper with, vandalize and/or otherwise interfere with the operation of this Website, is a violation of criminal and civil law and Tiny World News will diligently pursue any and all remedies in this regard against any offending individual or entity to the fullest extent permissible by law and in equity.

NOTICES AND COMMUNICATONS

We may give notices to you by means of posting on the Website or via email at your most recent email address on file with us. If you believe a Press Release is inaccurate, libelous, inappropriate or otherwise unsuitable for publication or distribution you should contact Robert L. Lerner at notices@tinyworldnews.com or in writing at TWN Partners, LLC, 4 Benedek Road, Princeton, NJ 08540.