freechildrenstories.com

User Agreement

Last Modified: April 1st, 2021

1. Your Acceptance

By accessing www.freechildrenstories.com (this “Site”), you agree to be legally bound by (a) this User Agreement between Daniel Errico dba freechildrenstories.com and its affiliates, including Soaring Ship, LLC, a Pennsylvania corporation (collectively, “freechildrenstories.com,” “we,” or “us”) and you (this “User Agreement”) and (b) the Privacy Policy (our “Privacy Policy”), which is incorporated here by reference.  If you do not agree to this User Agreement or to our Privacy Policy, do not access this Site or provide us with any of your information.

Although we may attempt to notify you when major changes are made to this User Agreement, you should periodically review the most up-to-date version at https://www.freechildrenstories.com/terms-of-use/.  We may, in our sole discretion, modify this User Agreement at any time, and you agree to be bound by our modifications.

2. Access

This User Agreement applies to all who access any feature of this Site.  We grant you permission to use this Site in the manner provided in this User Agreement.  Your permission to use this Site is conditioned on you accepting and abiding by each provision in this User Agreement and all applicable law.  We may discontinue any part of this Site at any time.

3. Restrictions on Use of this Site

  • You shall not distribute any part of this Site, in any medium, without our written authorization.

  • You shall not alter any part of this Site.

  • You shall not access this Site by any means other than the pages of this Site itself or by other means that we expressly authorize.

  • You shall not use this Site for any commercial purpose without our express written authorization.  Prohibited commercial uses do not include linking to any page of this Site. Prohibited commercial uses include any of the following actions taken without our express written authorization:

  • selling access to this Site on another website;

  • using this Site for the primary purpose of gaining advertising or subscription revenue;

  • selling advertising, on this Site or any other website, targeted to specific content of this Site; and

  • any use of this Site that we, in our sole discretion, find uses this Site’s resources with the effect of competing with or displacing the market for this Site.

  • You shall not use or launch any automated system (sometimes called “robots,” “spiders,” or “offline readers”) that accesses this Site in a manner that sends more request messages to our servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional web browser; except we grant the operators of public search engines permission to use automated systems to copy materials from this Site solely as necessary to create publicly available searchable indices of the content of this Site, but not caches or archives of this content.

  • You shall not interfere with security-related features of this Site or features that restrict use or copying of any content.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

This content displayed on this Site is owned by, distributed with permission by, or licensed to us, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under the law.  Subject to the terms of this User Agreement, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Site, including any graphics, text, instructions, images, audio files or other sounds, videos, and other materials you may view on or access through the Site (collectively, the “Content”), for your personal use only.  If you save or print Content from this Site for personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein.  You shall not download, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit the content displayed on this Site for any other purpose without the content owner’s written consent.  We reserve all rights to this Site and the content displayed on this Site that are not expressly granted by this User Agreement.

We do not permit infringement of intellectual property rights on this Site, and we will remove any content, if properly notified that the content infringes on another’s intellectual property rights.

If you submit any content to us through the Contact page on this Site (“User Submissions”), you grant us, our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors, and assigns a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such User Submissions throughout the world in any media for any purpose whatsoever (commercial or otherwise) without compensation to you.

5. Warranty Disclaimer

You use this Site at your risk.

We provide this Site to you as is.

We disclaim all express and implied warranties regarding this Site and your use of this Site, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

We make no representations regarding about the accuracy or completeness of this Site’s content or the content of any sites linked to this Site.

We assume no liability or responsibility for any (a) error or omission in the content accessible through this Site, (b) personal injury or property damage resulting from your access to and use of this Site, (c) unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers or the personal or financial information stored on our secure servers, (d) interruption or cessation of access to this Site, or (iv) bug, virus, Trojan horse, or other malicious software that is transmitted to or through this Site by a third party.

We do not endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for any product or service advertised or offered by a third party through this Site or any website linked or featured in any advertising featured on this Site.

This Site may contain links to third-party websites that we do not own or control.  We assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites.  In addition, we do not censor or edit the content of any third-party website.  By using this Site, you expressly relieve us from liability arising from your use of any third-party website.  Accordingly, we encourage you to be aware when you leave this Site and to read the terms of use and privacy policy of every website you visit.

We are not party to or responsible for monitoring transactions between you and third-party providers of products or services.  As with the purchase of a product or service through any medium or in any environment, you should use your best judgment and exercise caution where appropriate.

6. Limitation of Liability

We are not liable to you under any circumstances for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages related to this Site or your use of this Site.  This limitation on our liability applies (a) whether you bring an action against us based on contract, tort, strict liability, or any other legal theory, (b) whether or not we are advised of the possibility of such damages, and (c) to the fullest extent permitted by law.

You waive all claims against us related to User Submissions on this Site and to the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any third party.

This Site is controlled and offered by us from the United States of America.  We do not represent that this Site is appropriate or available for use in other locations.  If you access this Site from outside the United States of America, you do so at your risk and you are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

ANY CAUSE OF ACTION RELATED TO THIS SITE MUST BE COMMENCED NO LATER THAN 12 MONTHS AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES, OR THE CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

7. Indemnity

By accessing this Site, you agree to indemnify us against all claims related to your use of this Site, including without limitation tort claims and claims that relate to our negligence, and against all attorney’s fees related to these claims.  This indemnification obligation will survive this User Agreement and your use of this Site.

8. Ability to Accept User Agreement

You are at least 18 years old, an emancipated minor, or have your parent’s or legal guardian’s consent to parental or guardian consent to be bound by this User Agreement.  You are in all other ways competent to agree to and abide by this User Agreement.

9. Assignment

You shall not assign your rights or obligations under this User Agreement.  We may assign our rights and obligations under this User Agreement, including the licenses granted by you without restriction.

10. General

This Site is to be deemed based in Pennsylvania.  This Site is to be deemed a passive website that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over us, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than Pennsylvania.

This User Agreement is governed by laws of Pennsylvania, without respect to its conflict of laws principles.  You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in Pennsylvania for any legal action or proceeding related to this agreement.  You waive the right to object to any state or federal court in Pennsylvania as the proper and convenient venue for a legal action or proceeding related to this agreement.

This User Agreement, our Privacy Policy, and other legal notices published by us on this Site are the entire agreement between you and us concerning this Site.  If any provision of this User Agreement is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of the provision is not to affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this User Agreement.  No waiver of a provision of this User Agreement is to deemed a further or continuing waiver of the provision term or any other provision.  Our failure to assert a provision of this User Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.  Nothing in this Agreement is intended to benefit a third party.

We may revise our Privacy Policy and User Agreement at any time.  To help you stay current with any changes, we note the date our User Agreement or Privacy Policy was last updated.  Using this Site after we amend our User Agreement or Privacy Policy signifies that you accept the revised terms, so we strongly recommend that you periodically check our User Agreement and Privacy Policy.