Terms of Service for EXMSS Bloggers
The gist:
We (the bods at Massey University Extramural Students’ Society) run a service called exmss.org and would love for you to use it. Our service is free, and is designed to give you as much control and ownership over what goes on your blog as possible and encourage you to express yourself freely. However, be responsible in what you blog. In particular, make sure that none of the prohibited items listed below appear on your blog or get linked to from your blog (things like spam, viruses, or hate content).
You can check the wordpress link on types of blogs to get a sense of the types of sites that are welcome on our service (or not!). If you find a that you believe violates our terms of service, please email Murray Kirk at Murray@exmss.org.nz.
Terms of Service:
The following terms and conditions govern all use of the Exmss.org website and all content, services and products available at or through the website, including, but not limited to, the Exmss.org. The Website is owned and operated by The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society, Inc. (“The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society”). The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies.
Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 17 years old.
- Your Exmss.org Account and Site. If you create a blog on the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and blog, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the blog. You must not describe or assign keywords to your blog in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society liability. You must immediately notify The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society of any unauthorized uses of your blog, your account or any other breaches of security. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.
- Responsibility of Contributors. If you operate a blog, comment on a blog, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:
- the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;
- if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;
- you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;
- the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;
- the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);
- the Content is not pornographic, libellous or defamatory (more info on what that means), does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
- your blog is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods;
- your blog is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your blog’s URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and
- you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society or otherwise.
By submitting Content to The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society for inclusion on your Website, you grant The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your blog. If you delete Content, The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.
Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society has the right (though not the obligation) to, in The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society’s reasonable opinion, violates any The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society’s sole discretion.
- Responsibility of Website Visitors. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the Website, The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.
- Content Posted on Other Websites. We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which Exmss.org links, and that link to Exmss.org. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society does not have any control over those non-WordPress websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-WordPress website or webpage, The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-WordPress websites and webpages.
- Copyright Infringement. As The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by Exmss.org violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. In the case of a visitor who may infringe or repeatedly infringes the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society or others, The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society may, in its discretion, terminate or deny access to and use of the Website.
- Intellectual Property. This Agreement does not transfer from The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society to you any The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society, the Exmss.org logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with Exmss.org, or the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society or The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society’s licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society or third-party trademarks.
- Changes. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
- Termination. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your Exmss.org account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society can terminate the Website immediately as part of a general shut down of our service. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
- Disclaimer of Warranties. The Website is provided “as is”. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk.
- Limitation of Liability. In no event will The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement or substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data. The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
- General Representation and Warranty. You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from New Zealand or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
- Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.
- Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society, or by the posting by The Massey University Extramural Students’ Society of a revised version.
