Portland Yard Sharing - Portland Yard Sharing or yardsharing.org in conjunction with Sharing Backyards Terms of Use

Portland Yard Sharing or yardsharing.org in conjunction with Sharing Backyards Terms of Use

1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Portland Yard Sharing or yardsharing.org in conjunction with LifeCycles Project Society - Sharing Backyards Program (referred to hereafter as "Sharing Backyards") provides a collection of online resources, including mapped listings, forums, and various email services, (referred to hereafter as "the Service") subject to the following Terms of Use ("TOU"). By using the Service in any way, you are agreeing to comply with the TOU. In addition, when using particular Sharing Backyards services, you agree to abide by any applicable posted guidelines for all Sharing Backyards services, which may change from time to time. Should you object to any term or condition of the TOU, any guidelines, or any subsequent modifications thereto or become dissatisfied with Sharing Backyards in any way, your only recourse is to immediately discontinue use of Sharing Backyards.

2. MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter these terms and conditions at any time. Such modifications shall become effective immediately upon the posting thereof. You must review this agreement on a regular basis to keep yourself apprised of any changes. You can find the most recent version of the TOU at:
http://www.sharingbackyards.com/termsofuse

3. CONTENT
You understand that all postings, messages, text, files, images, photos, or other materials ("Content") posted on, transmitted through, or linked from the Service, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. More specifically, you are entirely responsible for each individual item ("Item") of Content that you post, email or otherwise make available via the Service. You understand that Sharing Backyards does not control, and is not responsible for Content made available through the Service, and that by using the Service, you may be exposed to Content that is inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, that you may not rely on said Content, and that under no circumstances will Sharing Backyards be liable in any way for any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed or otherwise made available via the Service. You acknowledge that Sharing Backyards does not pre-screen or approve Content, but that Sharing Backyards shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse, delete or move any Content that is available via the Service, for violating the letter or spirit of the TOU or for any other reason.

4. THIRD PARTY CONTENT, SITES, AND SERVICES
Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties.
You agree that Portland Yard Sharing or yardsharing.org in conjunction with or separate from Sharing Backyards shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings. If there is a dispute between participants on this site, or between users and any third party, you understand and agree that Sharing Backyards is under no obligation to become involved. In the event that you have a dispute with one or more other users, you hereby release You agree that Portland Yard Sharing or yardsharing.org in conjunction with or separate from Sharing Backyards, its officers, employees, agents and successors in rights from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and / or our service. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."

5. CONDUCT
You agree not to post, email, or otherwise make available Content:
a) that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, or is harmful to minors in any way;
b) that harasses, degrades, intimidates or is hateful toward an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
c) that impersonates any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Sharing Backyards employee, or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;
d) that includes personal or identifying information about another person without that person's explicit consent;
e) that is false, deceptive, misleading, deceitful, misinformative, or constitutes "bait and switch";
f) that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party, or Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;
g) that constitutes or contains "affiliate marketing," "link referral code," "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or unsolicited commercial advertisement;
h) that advertises any illegal service or the sale of any items the sale of which is prohibited or restricted by any applicable law, including without limitation items the sale of which is prohibited or regulated by California law.
i) that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
j) that disrupts the normal flow of dialogue with an excessive amount of Content (flooding attack) to the Service, or that otherwise negatively affects other users' ability to use the Service; or
k) that employs misleading email addresses, or forged headers or otherwise manipulated identifiers in order to disguise the origin of Content transmitted through the Service.
Additionally, you agree not to:
l) contact anyone who has asked not to be contacted;
m) "stalk" or otherwise harass anyone;
n) collect personal data about other users for commercial or unlawful purposes;
o) use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools, or the like to download data from the Service - unless expressly permitted by Sharing Backyards;
p) post non-local or otherwise irrelevant Content, repeatedly post the same or similar Content or otherwise impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
q) attempt to gain unauthorized access to Sharing Backyards's computer systems or engage in any activity that disrupts, diminishes the quality of, interferes with the performance of, or impairs the functionality of, the Service or the Sharing Backyards website; or
r) use any form of automated device or computer program that enables the submission of postings on Sharing Backyards without each posting being manually entered by the author thereof (an "automated posting device"), including without limitation, the use of any such automated posting device to submit postings in bulk, or for automatic submission of postings at regular intervals.

6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
` YOU AGREE THAT USE OF THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE AND THE SERVICE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE AND THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" OR "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SHARING BACKYARDS DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, ACCURACY, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE AND THE SERVICE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SHARING BACKYARDS DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR OTHER SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE OR THE SITES OR SERVICE, OR ACCESSED THROUGH ANY LINKS ON THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SHARING BACKYARDS DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE OR THE SERVICE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties. In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing disclaimers may not apply to you insofar as they relate to implied warranties.

7. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SHARING BACKYARDS BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF SHARING BACKYARDS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM ANY ASPECT OF YOUR USE OF THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE OR THE SERVICE, WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE OR THE SERVICE, FROM INABILITY TO USE THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE OR THE SERVICE, OR THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, MODIFICATION, ALTERATION, OR TERMINATION OF THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE OR THE SERVICE. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF OTHER SERVICES OR PRODUCTS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE OR THE SERVICE OR ANY LINKS ON THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE, AS WELL AS BY REASON OF ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE OR THE SERVICE OR ANY LINKS ON THE SHARING BACKYARDS SITE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. In some jurisdictions, limitations of liability are not permitted. In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing limitation may not apply to you.

8. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Sharing Backyards, its officers, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, directors, officers, agents, service providers, suppliers and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees and court costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post or make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your violation of the TOU, your breach of any of the representations and warranties herein, or your violation of any rights of another.

9. GENERAL INFORMATION
The TOU constitute the entire agreement between you and Sharing Backyards and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and Sharing Backyards. The failure of Sharing Backyards to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOU shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOU is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOU remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or the TOU must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

10. VIOLATION OF TERMS AND LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
Please report any violations of the TOU by emailing to:
abuse@sharingbackyards.com
Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.
You understand and agree that, because damages are often difficult to quantify, if it becomes necessary for Sharing Backyards to pursue legal action to enforce the TOU, you will be liable to pay Sharing Backyards the following amounts as liquidated damages, which you accept as reasonable estimates of Sharing Backyardss' damages for the specified breaches of the TOU:
a. If you post a message that (1) impersonates any person or entity; (2) falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity; or (3) that includes personal or identifying information about another person without that person's explicit consent, you agree to pay Sharing Backyards one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each such message. This provision does not apply to messages that are lawful non-deceptive parodies of public figures.
b. If Sharing Backyards establishes limits on the frequency with which you may access the Service, or terminates your access to or use of the Service, you agree to pay Sharing Backyards one hundred dollars ($100) for each message posted in excess of such limits or for each day on which you access Sharing Backyards in excess of such limits, whichever is higher.
c. If you send unsolicited email advertisements to Sharing Backyards email addresses or through Sharing Backyards computer systems, you agree to pay Sharing Backyards twenty five dollars ($25) for each such email.
d. If you post Content in violation of the TOU, other than as described above, you agree to pay Sharing Backyards one hundred dollars ($100) for each Item of Content posted. In its sole discretion, Sharing Backyards may elect to issue a warning before assessing damages.
f. If you aggregate, display, copy, duplicate, reproduce, or otherwise exploit for any purpose any Content (except for your own Content) in violation of the TOU without Sharing Backyards's express written permission, you agree to pay Sharing Backyards three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each day on which you engage in such conduct.
Otherwise, you agree to pay You agree that Portland Yard Sharing or yardsharing.org in conjunction with or separate from Sharing Backyards's actual damages, to the extent such actual damages can be reasonably calculated. Notwithstanding any other provision of the TOU, Sharing Backyards retains the right to seek the remedy of specific performance of any term contained in the TOU, or a preliminary or permanent injunction against the breach of any such term or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in the TOU, or any combination thereof.

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