Last Updated: February 25, 2011
Terms & Conditions
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Mobile Content are under constant development. New services are added
frequently and this agreement may therefore be modified and updated on an
ongoing basis. It is important to check back to this page regularly.
General Rules
National Journal Group, Inc. ("National Journal") owns and
operates several public-facing websites, including nationaljournal.com as well
as makes the same or similar content available to mobile users, including via
WAP and apps available to users of Apple’s iPhone and iPad, (collectively, the
“Sites” or “Sites and Mobile Content”).
(App purchases are typically also subject to the terms and conditions of
the entity that operates the app store, which are accessible on that entity’s
website.)
Your use of the Sites and Mobile Content and associated products and services,
regardless of media, is subject to the terms, conditions, and disclaimers set
forth below; to our Online Privacy Policy;
and to all applicable laws and regulations. In addition, National Journal
reserves the right to terminate access to the Sites and Mobile Content for any
reason, and to take any other actions that National Journal, in its sole
discretion, believes to be in the interest of the company and some or all of
its users and customers. National Journal reserves the right to modify these
disclaimers, terms, and conditions of access, without advance notice.
This is a binding contract between National Journal and you. By accessing our
Sites and/or Mobile Content, you hereby accept this agreement. As a material condition of such use, you
warrant that you are over the age of eighteen and that you have provided
accurate and complete information in any communication with National Journal.
Access
Access to the Sites and to some Mobile Content is provided free of charge
and does not create a professional services relationship or any other
relationship with National Journal.
These Sites and Mobile Content are provided
solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You may
not develop or derive for commercial sale any data in machine-readable or other
form that incorporates or uses any substantial part of the Sites nor transfer
to or store any data residing or exchanged over the Sites in any electronic
network for use by more than one user unless you obtain prior written
permission from National Journal. Specifically,
unless explicitly authorized in these Terms and Conditions or by the owner of
the materials, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post,
transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works, exploit, or distribute in
any manner or medium any material from the Sites. Information about requesting permission to
reproduce or distribute materials from the Sites can be found here.
For any images, text, data or other information (referred to here as
"Content") you submit to National Journal (including profile
information, blog posts, chat room or forum pages, and any e-mail) you affirm,
represent and warrant that you own the right to utilize, to license and to
sublicense the Content and you grant to National Journal, and anyone authorized
by National Journal, a non-exclusive, worldwide, paid-up, royalty-free, irrevocable,
perpetual license, including right of sublicense, to use, copy, assign, display, distribute, perform,
reproduce in whole or in part, and modify the Content in any medium or any
manner, in whole or part (whether now known or hereafter developed), without any restrictions
to you, for the sole intended purpose of the Sites and/or services provided.
You also grant to each user of the Sites a non-exclusive license to access the
Content through the Sites and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and
perform such Content as permitted through the functionality of the Sites and
under this Agreement.
For any Content you post that you do
not own, you guarantee to us that you have the legal right to post such Content
and that it will not violate any law or the rights of any person or entity. IN
OTHER WORDS, AND AMONG OTHER THINGS, YOU WILL NOT POST CONTENT ON THE SITES YOU
DO NOT OWN WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE OWNER OF THE CONTENT, INCLUDING WRITTEN,
PHOTOGRAPHIC, MUSIC AND VIDEO CONTENT.
Intellectual Property
National Journal and the Sites, and
all other text and images contained on the Sites and in National Journal's
products are protected by United States trademark and copyright law and other
applicable law and are the property of National Journal, except as otherwise identified.
All copyrights and trademarks not the property of National Journal that are
used or referred to in the Sites and National Journal's products are the
property of their respective owners. Nothing contained in the site or other
products shall be construed as granting any license or other rights to any
copyright, trademark, patent or other property of National Journal or any third
party, whether by implication, laches, estoppel or explicit grant. Because the
content is proprietary, any unauthorized use of materials on the site or other
products may violate the law. If you are
a copyright owner and believe infringing material is present on any of the
Sites, please refer to the procedures outlined below in the section titled
"National Journal Sites DMCA Copyright Infringement Claim Policy."
National Journal's products,
including third party and licensed materials on the site, may not be modified,
reproduced, republished, retransmitted, or displayed except for personal use.
Any use for a commercial or public purpose requires specific written permission
from National Journal.
Acceptable Use Policy
You are solely responsible for any and all acts and omissions that occur
during or relating to your use of the Sites, and you agree not to engage in
unacceptable use of the Sites, which includes, without limitation, use of the
Sites to:
·
Harm or threaten to harm users or
members of the general public in any way, or “stalk” or otherwise harass any
other person or entity;
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Post or transmit any Content that is
unlawful, false or misleading, grossly offensive, threatening, abusive,
harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous,
invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise
objectionable;
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Disseminate or transmit
"spam," unsolicited messages, chain letters, any advertisements,
solicitations, pyramid schemes, investment opportunities or other unsolicited
commercial communication;
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Purchase, sell, or offer to purchase
or sell any equity or security or market instrument; provide information
designed to manipulate any equity or security or market; or disseminate or
transmit any material, non-public information about companies without
authorization to do so;
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Collect, use, or store any personally
identifiable information about other users, or otherwise violate the personal
privacy rights of others;
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Impersonate any person or entity
(including a Mobile Content or Sites agent, user, or moderator), or falsely
state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
·
Post any unsolicited or unauthorized
advertising, promotional materials, or any other form of solicitation except in
areas that are expressly designated by the Sites for such purpose;
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Disseminate or transmit any Content that
infringes or violates any party's copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent or
other proprietary right; or use or distribute third-party information (whether
or not protected as a trade secret) in violation of a duty of confidentiality,
fiduciary duty, or similar duty;
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Violate any law (whether local,
state, national, or international), whether or not intentionally;
·
Forge headers or otherwise intentionally
disguise the origin of any content or communication; interfere with or disrupt
the Sites, or servers or networks connected to the Sites; or disobey any
requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the
Sites;
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Post any Content related to partisan
political campaigning or fundraising.
·
Express or imply that any statements
you make are endorsed by us;
·
Modify, adapt, sub-license,
translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the
Sites;
·
Obtain, copy, monitor, index or data
mine through the use of a robot, spider, any automated device, or any manual
process, the Sites or the contents (except as expressly permitted by National Journal);
·
Remove any copyright, trademark or
other proprietary rights notices contained in the Sites;
·
"Frame" or "mirror"
any part of the Sites; or
·
Engage in any other activity deemed
by National Journal to be in conflict with the spirit or intent of this
agreement or that might violate the rights of others or give rise to liability.
You understand that by using the
Sites, you may be exposed to Content that may offend you or challenge your
beliefs. Your remedy is to avoid such Content by discontinuing your access.
Content and Non-Endorsement
Opinions and other statements expressed by users and third parties are
theirs alone, not opinions of National Journal. Content created by third
parties is the sole responsibility of the third parties and its accuracy and
completeness are not endorsed or guaranteed. The Sites and third parties may
provide links to web pages, web sites, and various resources or locations on
the web. National Journal has no control over the information you access via
such links, does not endorse that information, and shall not be responsible for
it or for the consequences of your use of that information.
Forums and Comment Areas
The Forums and Comment Areas are designed to permit you to share your ideas
and opinions. Information on the Forums and Comment Areas is provided by our
staff and other contributors, some of whom use anonymous screen names and are
people not otherwise connected with us. You acknowledge that a large volume of
information is available in our Forums and Comment Areas and that people
participating in such Forums and Comment Areas occasionally post messages or
make statements, whether intentionally or unintentionally, that are inaccurate,
misleading or deceptive. National Journal neither endorses nor is responsible
for such messages or statements, or for any opinion, advice, information or
other utterance made or displayed on the Sites or Forums and Comment Areas by
third parties. The opinions expressed in the Forums and Comment Areas reflect
solely the opinion(s) of the participants and may not reflect the opinion(s) of
National Journal. National Journal is not responsible for any errors or
omissions in postings in the Forums and Comment Areas, for hyperlinks embedded
in messages or for any results obtained from the use of such information. Under
no circumstances will National Journal or its
affiliates, be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on such
information obtained through the Sites or the Forums and Comment Areas.
National Journal does not initiate, edit, modify, select, or designate specific
recipients for any messages or other data entered into the Forum and Comment
Areas or any other part of the Sites, except that (i)
National Journal may consolidate and edit for clarity any Content posted to
chat rooms or online forums, (ii) National Journal may inform registered users
or third parties of particular content, ask for their response, or ask them to
host discussions, and (iii) National Journal reserves the right to monitor the
Sites and to remove any information that National Journal, in its sole
discretion, considers to be inappropriate or unlawful.
You acknowledge and agree that National
Journal has the right (but not the obligation) to monitor the Forums and
Comment Areas and the materials you transmit or post; to alter or remove any
such materials (including, without limitation, any posting to a Forum or
Comment Area); to disclose such materials and the circumstances surrounding
their transmission to any third party in order to operate the Sites properly;
to protect ourselves, our visitors, and the public; and to comply with legal
obligations or reasonable governmental requests.
You acknowledge and agree that
unless otherwise stated, all materials and information you provided will be
deemed to be provided to us on a non-confidential and non-proprietary basis.
Use of RSS Feeds
Individuals may
use the nationaljournal.com RSS feeds free of charge for their personal,
non-commercial use only. When using the nationaljournal.com feeds, we ask that
you provide attribution to nationaljournal.com. Nationaljournal.com also
reserves the right to disable, to change, or to cease distribution of these
nationaljournal.com RSS feeds at any time, and reserves the right to require
individuals to cease any and all use of these feeds at any time for any reason.
To request permission to make commercial use of nationaljournal.com RSS feeds,
please contact us at service@nationaljournal.com. Nationaljournal.com will consider such
submitted requests, but is not obligated to grant any specific permission request.
Use of Associated Press Materials
Some
of the material available on this Site is provided by the Associated Press. By
using this Site you agree and acknowledge that (1) you will not publish,
broadcast, or rewrite for broadcast or publication, or redistribute directly or
indirectly in any medium any Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio,
and/or video material, and (2) no Associated Press materials nor any portion
thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use.
The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies,
errors or omissions in its materials or in the transmission or delivery of all
or any part of its materials, or for any damages arising from any of the
foregoing. In addition to those set forth in this paragraph, the Associated
Press may impose other terms and conditions on the use of its materials. Please
click here for more
information.
Employment Opportunities
National Journal may post employment
opportunities on the Sites and/or invite users to submit resumes to it. If you
choose to submit your name, contact information, resume and/or other personal
information to National Journal in response to employment listings, you are
authorizing National Journal and its service providers to utilize this
information for all lawful and legitimate hiring and employment purposes. National
Journal also reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to forward the
information you submit to its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, vendors and
service providers for legitimate business purposes. Nothing in this Agreement
or contained in the Sites shall constitute a promise by National Journal to
interview, hire or employ any individual who submits information to it, nor
shall anything in this Agreement or contained in the Sites constitute a promise
that National Journal will review any or all of the information submitted to it
by users.
National Journal Sites DMCA
Copyright Infringement Claim Policy
National Journal respects the
intellectual property of others, and requires that our users do the same. You
may not upload, embed, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any
material that infringes any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other
proprietary rights of any person or entity. National Journal has the right to prohibit
infringers from using our Sites.
If you believe your work has been
copied and posted on or through the Sites in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, please send National Journal’s Copyright Agent a notification of
claimed infringement with all of the following information:
(a)
identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if
multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a
representative list of such works;
(b)
identification of the claimed infringing material and information reasonably
sufficient to permit us to locate the material on the Sites (providing the
URL(s) of the claimed infringing material satisfies this requirement);
(c)
information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an
address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address;
(d) 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;
(e) a
statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in
your notification is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or
authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf; and
(f) your
physical or electronic signature.
National Journal’s Copyright Agent
for notification of claimed infringement can be reached as follows: Copyright
Agent, Bruce Gottlieb, National Journal Group, Inc., 600 New Hampshire Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 266-7000, fax: (202) 266-7157, bgottlieb(at)theatlantic(dot)com.
Upon receipt of a Notification of
Copyright Infringement from a copyright owner that contains the required
information described in (a) through (f) above, National Journal will notify
the user, if known, of the alleged infringement and remove or disable access to
the material that is alleged to be infringing if hosted on National Journal’s
Site or Mobile Content. No personal user
information is shared with the copyright owner unless required by law.
If National Journal receives more
than one Notice of Copyright Infringement concerning a user, the user may be
deemed a "repeat copyright infringer." National Journal reserves the
right to terminate the accounts of "repeat copyright infringers."
Procedure to File a DMCA Counter-Claim
If you have received a notice of
copyright infringement and you believe that a copyright holder has accused you
in error, you may file a DMCA Counter-Claim with National Journal’s designated
agent.
To
be effective, a Counter-Claim must be a written communication provided to National
Journal’s designated agent and must include the following information:
(a) A physical or electronic signature of the user;
(b) 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;
(c) A statement under penalty of perjury that the user has 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;
(d) The user's name, address and telephone number, and a
statement that the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District
Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the
user's address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in
which the service provider may be found, and that the user will accept service
of process from the person who provided notification or an agent of such
person;
Upon
receipt of a DMCA Counter-Claim, National Journal will provide the complaining
party with a copy of the DMCA Counter-Claim. When National Journal receives a
Counter-Claim that meets the requirements of the DMCA, National Journal will
process the Counter-Claim in accordance with the requirements of the DMCA.
Limitation of Liability and Use
National Journal has worked to
ensure the accuracy of the information it provides through its products and
services, including through the Sites. This information frequently relies on
data obtained from many sources, however, and National Journal cannot guarantee
the accuracy of the information provided or any analysis based thereon.
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INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES,
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National Journal assumes no
responsibility or liability arising from the content of
the Sites nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood,
obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger or inaccuracy contained in any
information within the Sites or accessed through the Sites. National Journal also
does not warrant that the functions or informational materials contained in or
accessed or downloaded through our Sites are free of computer viruses or other
harmful components. In addition, although we make a good faith effort to update
the content of our Sites periodically, we do not have a duty to update
information contained in our Sites, and we will not be liable for any failure
to update such information.
The
Sites make no representation that information content provided on Sites is
applicable or appropriate for use in locations outside the United States. You
agree to comply with all applicable laws and local rules regarding the
transmission of technical data, acceptable contents and online conduct.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and
hold National Journal, its affiliates, licensors, suppliers, advertisers and
sponsors, and its and their directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents
and other representatives, harmless from and against any and all claims,
damages, losses, costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) and other
expenses that arise directly or indirectly out of or from (a) your breach of
this agreement, including any violation of the Terms of Service; (b) any
allegation that any Content or other materials you submit to us or transmit to
the Sites infringe or otherwise violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret
or other intellectual property or other rights of any third party; and/or (c)
your activities in connection with the Sites.
Special Agreement on Fee-Shifting and Choice of Law
If you attempt to bring any legal action against National Journal based in any
way on its products or services, including the Sites, you agree that, in the
event you do not prevail or National Journal does prevail, you will reimburse National
Journal for any costs and attorneys fees associated with their defense of the
action.
The use of the Sites and any claim or dispute relating to the Sites shall be
governed by the laws of the District of Columbia, without regard to its
conflicts of law principles. Exclusive venue for any claim shall be in the
state and federal courts located in the District of Columbia. Use of the Sites
is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not affect all provisions of
these Terms of Service, including without limitation this paragraph.
Severability
If any provision or portion of these Terms of Service is held in whole or
in part to be unenforceable for any reason, the remainder of that provision and
of the entire agreement will be severable and will remain in effect, to the
fullest degree consistent with the intent of this document.