Terms of Service

1. TERMS

All information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, or any other materials whatsoever (collectively, "Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that the user, and not roines.net, is entirely responsible for all Content that he or she uploads, posts, emails or otherwise transmits via the roines.net Site. No user shall transmit Content or otherwise conduct or participate in any activities on roines.net Site that, in the judgment of roines.net, is likely to be prohibited by law in any applicable jurisdiction, including laws governing the encryption of software, the export of technology, the transmission of obscenity, or the permissible uses of intellectual property.

roines.net reserves the right to refuse or delete any Content. In addition, roines.net shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse or delete any Content that it reasonably considers to violate the Terms or be otherwise illegal. roines.net, in its sole and absolute discretion, may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or judicial or governmental mandate or as reasonably determined useful by roines.net to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of roines.net Site users and the public. roines.net does not control the Content posted to the roines.net Site and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. Under no circumstances will roines.net be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, liability for any errors or omissions in 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 transmitted via roines.net Site.

Each user, by using roines.net Site, may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Each user must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content.

2. LICENSING

Use, reproduction, modification, and other intellectual property rights to data stored on the roines.net Site will be subject to licensing arrangements that may be approved by roines.net as applicable to such Content.

With respect to text or data entered into and stored by publicly-accessible site features such as forums and comments ("roines.net Public Content"), the submitting user retains ownership of such roines.net Public Content; with respect to publicly-available statistical content which is generated by the site to monitor and display content activity, such content is owned by roines.net. In each such case, the submitting user grants roines.net the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display such Content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, all subject to the terms of any applicable license.

Content located on any roines.net-hosted subdomain which is subject to the sole editorial control of the owner or licensee of such subdomain, shall be subject to the appropriate license applicable to such Content, or to such other licensing arrangements as may be approved by roines.net as applicable to such Content.

3. NO RESALE OF SERVICE

You agree not to sell, resell, or offer for any commercial purposes, any portion of the roines.net Site, use of the roines.net Site, or access to the roines.net Site.

4. GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE

roines.net may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the roines.net Site. While roines.net will use reasonable efforts to back up site data and make such data available in the event of loss or deletion, roines.net has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by any roines.net Site. roines.net reserves the right to mark as "inactive" and archive accounts and/or Content that are inactive for an extended period of time. roines.net reserves the right to change these general practices at any time, in its sole discretion.

5. SPAM

roines.net takes a zero tolerance towards Unsolicited Commercial Email ("UCE"), otherwise known as Spam ("SPAM"). You may not use any portion of the roines.net Service to distribute or cause distribution of UCE. You agree to pay a service fee of USD$500 for each and every UCE message you distribute to, from or with the roines.net Service or any of its owners, partners, resellers, users or pets.

6. TERMINATION

roines.net may terminate a user's account in roines.net's absolute discretion and for any reason. roines.net is especially likely to terminate for reasons that include, but are not limited to, the following:

  1. violation of these Terms;
  2. abuse of site resources or attempt to gain unauthorized entry to the site or site resources;
  3. use of an roines.net Site in a manner inconsistent with normal Internet activity;
  4. a user's request for such termination; or
  5. as required by law, regulation, court or governing agency order.

roines.net's termination of any user's access to any or all roines.net Site may be effected without notice and, on such termination, roines.net may immediately deactivate or delete user's account and/or bar any further access to such files. roines.net shall not be liable to any user or other third party for any termination of that user's access or account hereunder. In addition, a user's request for termination will result in deactivation but not necessarily deletion of the account. roines.net reserves the right to delete, or not delete, a user's account at roines.net's sole discretion, as well as to delete, or not delete, content at roines.net's sole discretion.

7. LINKS

roines.net Site may provide links to other websites. roines.net exercises no control whatsoever over such other websites and web-based resources and is not responsible or liable for the availability thereof or the Content, advertising, products or other materials thereon. roines.net shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss incurred or suffered by any user in connection therewith. Your access and use of linked websites, including information, material, products and services therein, is solely at your own risk.

The roines.net Site Privacy Statement is applicable only when you are on an roines.net Site. Once you choose to link to another website, you should read that website's privacy statement before disclosing any personal information.

8. INDEMNITY; DISCLAIMER; LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

Each user shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless roines.net, and its parent corporation and affiliates and their respective officers, employees and agents, and each of roines.net's website partners, from any and all claims, demands, damages, costs, and liabilities including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of that user's acts or omissions, including claims arising out of that user's use of the roines.net Site; his or her submission, posting or transmission of Content or his or her violation of the Terms.

EACH USER'S USE OF THE ROINES.NET SITE IS AT HIS OR HER SOLE RISK. THE ROINES.NET SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND ROINES.NET ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TIMELINESS, DELETION, MIS-DELIVERY OR FAILURE TO STORE ANY USER COMMUNICATIONS OR PERSONALIZATION SETTINGS. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO HIS OR HER COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. ROINES.NET EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. SPECIFICALLY, ROINES.NET MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE ROINES.NET SITE OR ANY SERVICE THEREON WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) ANY USER ACCESS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE QUALITY OF ANY CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL OBTAINED BY ANY USER WILL MEET HIS OR HER EXPECTATIONS, AND (iv) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED. EXCLUDING ONLY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ROINES.NET'S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, ROINES.NET SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF ROINES.NET HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM ANY USER'S USE OR INABILITY TO USE ANY ROINES.NET SITE OR SERVICES THEREON; THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES; UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE ROINES.NET SITE; OR ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE ROINES.NET SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ROINES.NET'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO ANY USER OR OTHER PARTY UNDER THESE TERMS OF SERVICE OR OTHERWISE EXCEED $20.00. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO CREATE AN AGENCY, PARTNERSHIP, JOINT VENTURE, EMPLOYEE-EMPLOYER OR FRANCHISOR-FRANCHISEE RELATIONSHIP OF ANY KIND BETWEEN ROINES.NET AND ANY USER OR OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY NOR DO THESE TERMS OF SERVICE EXTEND RIGHTS TO ANY THIRD PARTY. AS NOTED ABOVE, ROINES.NET DOES NOT AND CANNOT CONTROL THE ACTIONS OF ROINES.NET SITE USERS, VISITORS OR LINKED THIRD PARTIES. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REPORT ANY MALFEASANCE THAT COMES TO OUR ATTENTION TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE ACCESS TO ROINES.NET SITE. OPERATION OF ROINES.NET SITE MAY BE SUBJECT TO INTERFERENCE FROM NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL. FURTHER, SCHEDULED AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS REQUIRED AND EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE WORK MAY TEMPORARILY INTERRUPT SERVICES OR ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE. THE DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTY AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY APPLY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF OR USE OF ANY ASSET, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOUR, NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER COURSE OF ACTION BY ROINES.NET.

9. TRADEMARK INFORMATION

roines.net, the roines.net logo and other roines.net trademarks, service marks, and product and service names are roines.net trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and in other countries (the "roines.net Marks"). All other names and designs may be trademarks of their respective owners. Users may display or use the roines.net Marks only in accordance with roines.net's Trademark Use Guidelines.

10. COPYRIGHTS

roines.net respects the intellectual property rights of others, and requires that the people who use the roines.net Site do the same. It is our policy to respond promptly to claims of intellectual property misuse.

If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on this site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify us by providing our copyright agent with the following information in writing:

  1. the electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or the person authorized to act on the owner's behalf;
  2. identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
  3. identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit roines.net to locate the material, including the full URL.
  4. your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
  5. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  6. a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

If roines.net receives such a claim, roines.net reserves the right to refuse or delete Content, or to terminate a user's account in accordance with Section 6.

Our designated agent to receive notification of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act OF 1998 ("DMCA") is:
Roine Gustafsson
Editor-for-Life, roines.net
dmca@roines.net

After receiving a claim of infringement, roines.net will process and investigate notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions under the DMCA and other applicable intellectual property laws. Upon receipt of notices complying or substantially complying with the DMCA, roines.net will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any material claimed to be infringing or claimed to be the subject of infringing activity, and will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any reference or link to material or activity that is claimed to be infringing. roines.net will take reasonable steps to expeditiously notify the subscriber that it has removed or disabled access to such material.

Upon receipt of a proper counter notification under the DMCA, roines.net will promptly provide the person who provided the initial notification of claimed infringement with a copy of the counter notification and inform that person that it will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it in ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days. Additionally, roines.net will replace the removed material and cease disabling access to it ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days following receipt of the counter notice, unless roines.net's designated agent first receives notice from the person who submitted the initial notification that such person has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the subscriber from engaging in infringing activity relating to the material on the roines.net system or network.

You may provide us with a counter notification by providing our copyright agent the following information in writing:

  1. your physical or electronic signature;
  2. identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled, including the full URL;
  3. a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled;
  4. your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which roines.net may be found and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the initial notification of infringement.

11. GENERAL INFORMATION

The Terms constitute the entire agreement between each user and roines.net and govern each user's use of roines.net Site, superseding any prior agreements. Each user may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when that user uses affiliate services, third party content or third party software. If any provision of the Terms 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 Terms remain in full force and effect.

12. VIOLATIONS

Please report any violations of the Terms (except for claims of intellectual property infringement) to the roines.net Site Director at admin@roines.net.