About Top Bookmarks Online
Top Bookmarks Online is a space for where anyone can submit websites
and respond to them. Each user has the equal opportunity to post and
respond to each piece of information. This makes you, the users, the
editor of this site. How does it work? All of the content is provided by
you, the users of Top Bookmarks Online, submit articles, blogs, sites,
etc. Then, once others have seen the piece you've submitted and like it,
they will vote for it. People can also make comments about the each
submission. The more votes and views that a piece receives, the more it
will rise on the pages; the one with the most votes will be on the top of
the first page for all to view.
Terms and Conditions
TopBookmarksOnline.com is herein referred to as TopBookmarksOnline
and/or TBO.
The following Terms of Use outline your obligations when using the
TopBookmarksOnline website. You can also review our Privacy Policy, which
outlines our obligations and practices towards handling any personal
information that you may provide to us.
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
The web pages available at TBO, and all linked pages ("Site"),
are owned and operated by TopBookmarksOnline.com, and is accessed by you
under the Terms of Use described below ("Terms of Use").
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE
SERVICES. BY ACCESSING THIS SITE OR USING ANY PART OF THE SITE OR ANY
CONTENT OR SERVICES (AS EACH IS DEFINED BELOW) ON THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO
BECOME BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN YOU MAY NOT ACCESS THE SITE OR USE THE CONTENT
OR ANY SERVICES IN THE SITE. TBO'S ACCEPTANCE IS EXPRESSLY CONDITIONED
UPON YOUR ASSENT TO ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO THE EXCLUSION OF
ALL OTHER TERMS; IF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE CONSIDERED AN OFFER BY
TBO, ACCEPTANCE IS EXPRESSLY LIMITED TO THESE TERMS.
2. MODIFICATIONS OF TERMS OF USE
TBO reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or
replace the Terms of Use at any time. If the alterations constitute a
material change to the Terms of Use, TBO will notify you by posting an
announcement on the Site. What constitutes a "material change" will be
determined at TBO's sole discretion, in good faith and using common sense
and reasonable judgment. You shall be responsible for reviewing and
becoming familiar with any such modifications. Use of the Services by you
following such notification constitutes your acceptance of the terms and
conditions of the Terms of Use as modified.
3. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
Subject to full compliance with the Terms of Use, TBO may offer
to provide certain services and content, as described more fully on the
Site, ("Services"). Services shall include, but not be limited to, any
service and content TBO performs for you, as well as the offering of any
materials displayed, transmitted or performed on the Site or through the
Services (including, but not limited to text, user comments, messages,
information, data, graphics, news articles, photographs, images,
illustrations, software, audio clips and video clips, also known as the
"Content"). TBO may change, suspend or discontinue the Services including
any Content for any reason, at any time, including the availability of any
feature or content. TBO may also impose limits on certain features and
services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Services without
notice or liability.
4. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
As a condition to using Services, you are required to register
with TBO and select a password and screen name ("TBO User ID"). You shall
provide TBO with accurate, complete, and updated registration information.
Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of the Terms of Use, which may
result in immediate termination of your TBO account. You may not (i)
select or use as a TBO User ID a name of another person with the intent to
impersonate that person; (ii) use as a TBO User ID a name subject to any
rights of a person other than you without appropriate authorization; or
(iii) use as a TBO User ID a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or
obscene. TBO reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel a TBO
User ID in its discretion. You shall be responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of your TBO password.
Services are available only to individuals who are at least 13
years old, whether acting on their own behalf or as an authorized employee
or representative of a corporation or other business entity. If you do not
so qualify, do not attempt to register for or use the Services.
5. USER CONDUCT
As a condition of use, you promise not to use the Services for
any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or any
other purpose not reasonably intended by TBO.
By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree not
to use the Services:
1. to abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate
other TBO users;
2. to post or transmit, or cause to be posted or
transmitted, any Content that is infringing, libelous, defamatory,
obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive or otherwise violates any law or
right of any third party;
3. for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. If you are an
international user, you agree to comply with all local laws regarding
online conduct and acceptable content;
4. to post or transmit, or cause to be posted or
transmitted, any communication or solicitation designed or intended to
obtain password, account, or private information from any TBO user;
5. to create or submit unwanted email ("Spam") to any other
TBO users or any URL;
6. to violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but
not limited to copyright laws);
7. to submit stories or comments linking to affiliate
programs, multi-level marketing schemes, sites/blogs repurposing existing
stories (source hops), or off-topic content;
8. with the exception of accessing RSS feeds, you will not
use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Site
for any purpose without our express written permission. Additionally, you
agree that you will not: (i) take any action that imposes, or may impose
in our sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load
on our infrastructure; (ii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the
proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the Site; or
(iii) bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the
Site;
9. with the intention of artificially inflating or altering
the 'TBO count', blog count, comments, or any other TBO service, including
by way of creating separate user accounts for the purpose of artificially
altering TBO's services; giving or receiving money or other remuneration
in exchange for votes; or participating in any other organized effort that
in any way artificially alters the results of TBO's services;
10. to advertise to, or solicit, any user to buy or sell any
products or services. It is also a violation of these rules to use any
information obtained from the Services in order to contact, advertise to,
solicit, or sell to any user without their prior explicit consent;
11. attempt to impersonate another user or person;
12. sell or otherwise transfer your profile.
TBO may remove any Content and TBO accounts at any time
for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or
allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such Content),
or for no reason at all. To report Terms of Use abuse, please email: abuse
at TopBookmarksOnline.com
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other
users of the Site. TBO reserves the right, but has no obligation, to
monitor disputes between you and other users.
6. CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE SERVICE
By uploading, submitting or otherwise disclosing or distributing
Content for display or inclusion on the Site, you represent and warrant
that you own all rights in the Content and you agree that the Content will
be subject to the Creative Commons Public Domain License, available at
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/. For clarity, the
foregoing does not apply to the Content on any external sites to which the
Services link.
7. COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS
TBO respects the intellectual property of others. It is TBO's
policy to respond expeditiously to claims of copyright and other
intellectual property infringement. TBO will promptly process and
investigate notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate
actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and other
applicable intellectual property laws. Upon receipt of notices complying
or substantially complying with the DMCA, TBO may act expeditiously to
remove or disable access to any material claimed to be infringing or
claimed to be the subject of infringing activity and may act expeditiously
to remove or disable access to any reference or link to material or
activity that is claimed to be infringing. TBO will terminate access for
subscribers and account holders who are repeat infringers.
Notifying TBO of Copyright Infringement: To provide TBO notice
of an infringement, you must provide a written communication to the
attention of "DMCA Infringement Notification Dept." care of abuse at
TopBookmarksOnline.com that sets forth the information specified by the
DMCA (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#512). Please note that
we may post your notification, with personally identifiable information
redacted, to a clearinghouse such as chillingeffects.org. Please also note
that you may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees)
if you materially misrepresent that an activity is infringing your
copyright.
Providing TBO with Counter-Notification: If we remove or
disable access to content in response to an infringement notice, we will
make reasonable attempts to contact the owner or administrator of the
affected site or content. If you feel that your material does not
constitute infringement, you may provide TBO with a counter notification
by written communication to the attention of "DMCA Counter Notification
Dept." at abuse at TopBookmarksOnline.com that sets forth all of the
necessary information required by the DMCA
(http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#512). Please note that you
may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) if you
materially misrepresent that an activity is not infringing the copyrights
of others. If you are uncertain whether an activity constitutes
infringement, we recommended seeking advice of an attorney.
8. TBO PRIVACY POLICY
TBO's current privacy policy is that will not release IP,
username, login, email or other personal information freely. This
includes, but is not limited to, selling user email addresses or renting
them for solicitation TopBookmarksOnline.com/privacy??? (the "Privacy
Policy"), which is incorporated by this reference.
9. INDEMNITY
You will indemnify and hold harmless TBO, its parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates, customers, vendors, officers and employees from
any liability, damage or cost (including reasonable attorneys. fees and
cost) from (i) any claim or demand made by any third party due to or
arising out of your access to the Site, use of the Services, violation of
the Terms of Use by you, or the infringement by you, or any third party
using your account or TBO User ID, of any intellectual property or other
right of any person or entity.
10. WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS
You acknowledge that TBO has no control over, and no duty to
take any action regarding: which users gain access to the Site or use the
Services; what effects the Content may have on you; how you may interpret
or use the Content; or what actions you may take as a result of having
been exposed to the Content. You release TBO from all liability for you
having acquired or not acquired Content through the Site or the Services.
The Site or Services may contain, or direct you to sites containing,
information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. TBO
makes no representations concerning any content contained in or accessed
through the Site or Services, and TBO will not be responsible or liable
for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality or decency of material
contained in or accessed through the Site or the Services. THE SERVICE,
CONTENT, AND SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN
IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
11. LINKS
The Services may provide, or third parties may provide, links to
other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because TBO has no control over
such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that TBO is not
responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and
does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content,
advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites
or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that TBO shall not be
responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss
caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance
on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such
site or resource.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL TBO OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE UNDER CONTRACT,
TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY (I) WITH RESPECT
TO THE SITE, THE SERVICE OR ANY CONTENT FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR SPECIAL,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND
WHATSOEVER, SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES (HOWEVER ARISING), OR (II) FOR
ANY DIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF (IN THE AGGREGATE) $100. SOME STATES DO
NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
13. TERMINATION
TBO may terminate or suspend any and all Services and your TBO
account immediately, without prior notice or liability, if you breach any
of the terms or conditions of the Terms of Use. Upon termination of your
account, your right to use the Services will immediately cease. If you
wish to terminate your TBO account, you may simply discontinue using the
Services. All provisions of the Terms of Use which by their nature should
survive termination shall survive termination, including, without
limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and
limitations of liability.
14. MISCELLANEOUS
No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is
created as a result of the Terms of Use and you do not have any authority
of any kind to bind TBO in any respect whatsoever. The failure of either
party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not
be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder. TBO shall not be
liable for any failure to perform its obligations hereunder where such
failure results from any cause beyond TBO's reasonable control, including,
without limitation, mechanical, electronic or communications failure or
degradation (including "line-noise" interference). If any provision of the
Terms of Use is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision shall
be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that the Terms
of Use shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
The Terms of Use is not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by you
except with TBO's prior written consent. TBO may transfer, assign or
delegate the Terms of Use and its rights and obligations without consent.
The Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the state of California, as if made within California between two
residents thereof, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the Superior Court of San Francisco County and the United States District
Court for the Northern District of California. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, (but without limiting TBO's right to seek injunctive
or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction), any
disputes arising with respect to this Agreement shall be referred to an
arbitrator affiliated with JAMS, The Resolution Experts. The arbitrator
shall be selected by joint agreement of the parties. In the event the
parties cannot agree on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days of the
initiating party providing the other party with written notice that it
plans to seek arbitration, the parties shall each select an arbitrator
affiliated with JAMS, which arbitrators shall jointly select a third such
arbitrator to resolve the dispute. The written decision of the arbitrator
shall be final and binding on the parties. The arbitration proceeding
shall be carried on and heard in San Francisco, California using the
English language and pursuant to the rules of JAMS. In any action or
proceeding to enforce rights under the Terms of Use, the prevailing party
will be entitled to recover costs and attorneys' fees. Both parties agree
that the Terms of Use is the complete and exclusive statement of the
mutual understanding of the parties and supersedes and cancels all
previous written and oral agreements, communications and other
understandings relating to the subject matter of the Terms of Use, and
that all modifications must be in a writing signed by both parties, except
as otherwise provided herein.
15. TRADEMARKS
TBO and other TBO graphics, logos, designs, page headers,
button icons, scripts, and service names are registered trademarks,
trademarks or trade dress of TBO in the U.S. and/or other countries. TBO's
trademarks and trade dress may not be used, including as part of
trademarks and/or as part of domain names, in connection with any product
or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion. The images and
icons available in the TBO icon pack may used by partner and third party
sites in connection with providing appropriate "TBO This" and "Submit to
TBO" links to the TBO site.