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Scope of Service PELHAMHISTORY.ORG, PELHAMHS.ORG, all subdomains ("Websites"), aliases, and related hosts (collectivly refered to as the "Services") are provided by the Pelham Historical Society (the "Society") of Pelham Massachusetts as a service to the user community that accesses these Services subject to these Terms of Use(Terms of Service.) Users of this website ("you") are responsible for obtaining any equipment and Internet service necessary to access our services and for paying any fees for the equipment and service you select. We may alter, suspend, or discontinue this website or any Service in whole or in part, at any time and for any reason, without notice. The Services and website may also periodically become unavailable due to maintenance or malfunction of computer equipment or for other reasons.
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2. Liability. We are not responsible or liable for the conduct of users or for views, opinions and statements expressed in Content submitted for public display through our website, such as through an online discussion forum, bulletin board or interactive program. We do not prescreen information posted by users for such public display. With respect to any such online venues for public display of Content, we act as a passive conduit for such display and distribution and are not responsible for any Content posted to such online venues. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information in Content expressed or made available by users of this website are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of the Pelham Historical Society. We neither endorse nor guarantee the legality, accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any such Content. You are responsible for ensuring that Content submitted to this website is not provided in violation of any copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of another person or entity. You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyrights, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights of another person or entity, or any other harm resulting from your uploading, posting or submission of Content to this website.
3. Monitoring. We have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor Content submitted to our website, to determine compliance with these Terms of Service and any other applicable laws or rules. We have the right in our sole discretion to edit or remove any Content uploaded, submitted or posted to this website. Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to remove any Content that the Pelham Historical Society, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of these Terms of Service or otherwise objectionable, and/or to terminate your access to this website. You are solely responsible for the Content that you post to this website and for the manner of your use of this website and any Content on this website.
4. [Lobbying. Federal law restricts lobbying activities by tax-exempt organizations. "Lobbying" includes certain activities intended to influence legislation. Content posted by users does not constitute lobbying by the Pelham Historical Society, but may constitute lobbying by you or an organization that you represent. You are responsible for complying with any applicable lobbying restrictions.]
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1. Post Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, offensive, obscene, pornographic, lewd, lascivious, or otherwise objectionable, as determined by the Pelham Historical Society in its sole discretion.
2. Use a name or language that the Pelham Historical Society, in its sole discretion, deems offensive.
3. Post hateful or racially or ethnically objectionable Content, as determined by the Pelham Historical Society in its sole discretion.
4. Post Content or otherwise infringe in any way or violate any copyright, patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, trade secret or other intellectual property right of another person or entity.
5. Unlawfully sell or promote products or services.
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7. Harass, threaten or intentionally embarrass or cause distress to another person or entity.
8. Impersonate another person, including, but not limited to, a Pelham Historical Society official, expert or bulletin board leader, guide or host.
9. Promote, solicit, or participate in any multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes.
10. Engage in disruptive activity such as sending multiple messages in an effort to monopolize the forum.
11. Introduce viruses, worms, Trojan horses and/or harmful code to the website.
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14. Solicit personal information from children under 13 years of age.
15. Violate any federal, state, local, or international law or regulation.
16. Engage in or otherwise encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal or civil offense.
These are some, though not all, of the activities that may result in removal of Content which you post to this website and/or the termination of your access to this website.
Children [This website is intended to serve a general audience and does not provide specific features or services targeted at children under age 13. We do not knowingly solicit personal information regarding children under age 13.]
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Copyright Infringement; Notice and Take Down Procedures. If you believe that any materials on this website infringe your copyright, you may request that they be removed under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 by contacting the Pelham Historical Society (see Contacts). This request must bear a signature (or electronic equivalent) of the copyright holder or an authorized representative and must include the following information (see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3) for further details): (1) identification of the copyrighted work that you believe to be infringed, including a description of the work and, where possible, a copy or the location (e.g., URL) of an authorized version of the work; (2) identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and its location, including a description of the material, its website location or other pertinent information that will help us to locate the material; (3) your name, address, telephone number, and (if available) email address; (4) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the complained of use of the materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (5) a statement that the information in your claim is accurate; and (6) a statement that "under penalty of perjury," you declare that you are the lawful copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
In an effort to protect the rights of copyright owners, we maintain a policy for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users of this website who are repeat infringers.
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No Implied Endorsements In no event shall any reference in this website to any third party or third party product or service be construed as an approval or endorsement by the Pelham Historical Society of that third party or of any product or service provided by a third party. Likewise, a link to any non-Pelham Historical Society website does not imply that we endorse or accept any responsibility for the content or use of such a website. The Pelham Historical Society does not endorse, warrant or guarantee any product or service offered by any third party through an online discussion forum or chat room accessible through this website and will not be a party to or in any way monitor any transaction involving any third party providers of products or services. As with the purchase of a product or service through any medium or in any environment, you are responsible for exercising appropriate judgment and caution.
Jurisdictional Issues The Pelham Historical Society makes no representation that information on this website or its services is appropriate or available for use outside the United States. Those who choose to access this website from outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
Termination We may terminate any user's access to our website ans services, including, but not limited to, access to any online discussion forum, bulletin board or interactive program, in our sole discretion, for any reason and at any time, with or without prior notice. It is our policy to terminate users who violate these terms and conditions, as deemed appropriate in our sole discretion. You agree that we are not liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to our website.
Enforcement These Terms of Use (Terms of Service) are governed and interpreted pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law. All disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use (Terms of Service) shall be finally resolved, at the discression of the Pelham Historical Society, either by state or federal court in Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.A., or by arbitration conducted in the English language in Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.A. under the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. The parties shall appoint as sole arbitrator a retired judge who presided in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The parties shall bear equally the cost of the arbitration (except that the prevailing party shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in connection with the arbitration in such an amount as may be determined by the arbitrator). All decisions of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on both parties and enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding this, application may be made to any court for a judicial acceptance of the award or order of enforcement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Pelham Historical Society shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief, security, or other equitable remedies from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts or any other court of competent jurisdiction.
If any part of these terms is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. The Pelham Historical Society may, at its sole discretion and without notice, revise these terms at any time by updating this posting.
Entire Agreement These Terms of Use (Terms of Service) constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter herein. We may, at our sole discretion and without notice, revise these terms at any time by updating this posting.
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Who can see User Content: Any User Content that you voluntarily disclose for posting to our Services becomes available to the public and cannot be removed, except by Pelhamhistory.org or Pelhamhs.org in its sole discretion. Once posted on our Services, User Content may not be removable from public view, as copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of our Services, on other sites that have republished us, or if other Users have copied or saved that information. If you do not wish your User Content to be available to the public, please don't post it on our Services. Your username and if you choose to disclose it, your real name, will be published publicly. Once published your username and / or real name may not be able to be removed.
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Who can see your email address: If you enter an email address, you will enable communication from our Services and other Users. If you reply to users or participate in group activities such as meetups, your email address will be shared with these users. In addition, some email addresses such as blocked@pelhamhistory.org forward to a group of Trusted Users, who will use your email address to reply to the email.
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Compromise of information: In the event that any information under our control is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and where appropriate, notify those individuals whose information may have been compromised and take other steps, in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations.
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