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Ownership
Welcome to the Fox Network Web site at fox.com (Site) which is owned by News Digital Media, Inc. (NDM).
This Site is operated by NDM and materials on the Site are owned, for the most part, by NDM. The Site may
also include materials owned by third parties and posted on the Site by virtue of a license, grant or some
other form of agreement between the third party and NDM.
NDM has created this Site for your personal enjoyment, entertainment and education. However, you are
only authorized to access this Site or to use the materials contained in the Site (regardless of whether
your access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws, and to these Terms of Use
which constitute an Agreement between you and NDM. Please read these Terms of Use carefully and save them.
If you do not agree with them, you should leave this Site immediately. Any questions or comments regarding,
or problems with, this Site should be sent to the Site Administrator at
NDM reserves the right to modify or amend this Agreement without notice at any time. It is therefore
important that you read this page regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.
If you become aware of misuse of this Site by any person, please contact the Site Administrator with your concerns.
Access and Use
All materials contained in this Site are protected by international trademark and copyright laws and must
only be used for personal, non-commercial purposes. This means that you may only view or download material
from this Site for your own use and you must keep all copyright and other proprietary notices attached to the
downloaded material.
The reproduction, duplication, distribution (including by way of email, facsimile or other electronic means),
publication, modification, copying or transmission of material from this Site is strictly prohibited unless
you have obtained the prior written consent of NDM or unless it is expressly permitted by this Site. The material
covered by this prohibition includes, without limitation, any text, graphics, logos, photographs, audio or video
material or stills from audiovisual material available on this Site. The use of materials from this Site on any
other Web site or networked computer environment is similarly prohibited. Requests for permission to reproduce
or distribute materials found on this Site can be made by contacting NDM in writing at:
Business Affairs
News Digital Media
620 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10011
or
You are also strictly prohibited from creating works or materials that derive from or are based on the
materials contained in this Site including, without limitation, fonts, icons, link buttons, wallpaper,
desktop themes, online postcards and greeting cards and unlicensed merchandise. This prohibition applies
regardless of whether the derivative materials are sold, bartered or given away.
Bulletin Boards and Chat Rooms
You are welcome to post, transmit or submit messages and other materials (which include uploading files,
inputting data or any other materials or engaging in any form of communication in connection with this Site)
(collectively Messages) to bulletin boards, chat rooms or other public areas within, or in connection with,
this Site (collectively Forums). However, NDM accepts no responsibility whatsoever in connection with or
arising from such Messages.
NDM does not endorse and has no control over the content of Messages submitted by others to Forums.
Messages submitted to Forums are not necessarily reviewed by NDM prior to posting and do not necessarily
reflect the opinions or policies of NDM. NDM makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the content
of the Messages in the Forums or the accuracy and reliability of any Messages and other materials in the
Forums. Nonetheless, NDM reserves the right to prevent you from submitting Materials to Forums and to edit,
restrict or remove such Messages for any reason at any time.
NDM assumes no responsibility for actively monitoring Forums for inappropriate Messages. If at any time
NDM chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Forums, NDM nonetheless assumes no responsibility for
the content of the Messages, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Messages, and no
responsibility for the conduct of the user submitting any Message. In submitting Messages to Forums,
you agree to strictly limit yourself to discussions about the subject matter for which the Forums are
intended. You agree that NDM accepts no liability whatsoever if it determines to prevent your Messages from
being submitted or if it edits, restricts or removes your Messages. You also agree to permit any other user
of this Site to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that other user's personal use and not
to restrict or inhibit the use of the Site by any other person.
In addition, children under the age of 13 are not authorized to post messages or participate in Forums on this Site.
You agree that you will not submit Messages to Forums that:
- are unlawful, threatening, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent including any communication
that constitutes (or encourages conduct that would constitute) a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or
otherwise violates any local, state, national or international law;
- violate the copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any other person. By submitting
Messages to Forums, you represent to NDM that you are the rightful owner of such material or that you have first
obtained permission to submit the material from the rightful owner;
- improperly assume or claim the identity, characteristics or qualifications of another person;
- are for purposes of spamming;
- contain any virus or other harmful component;
- are libelous, or an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or any other third party rights; or
- are for commercial purposes or contain advertising or are intended to solicit a person to buy or sell services
or to make donations.
You agree that any Message whatsoever submitted by you becomes the property of NDM and may be used, copied,
sublicensed, adapted, transmitted, distributed, publicly performed, published, displayed or deleted as NDM sees fit.
You agree to release NDM, its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, officers,
directors and shareholders, from any and all liability and obligations whatsoever in connection with or arising from
your use of Forums. If at any time you are not happy with the Forums or object to any material within Forums, your
sole remedy is to cease using them.
Unsolicited Submissions
NDM does not knowingly accept unsolicited submissions including, without limitation, submissions of scripts,
story lines, articles, fan fiction, characters, drawings, information, suggestions, ideas or concepts. NDM's
policy is to simply delete any such submission without reading it or forwarding it to other NDM staff. Therefore,
any similarity between an unsolicited submission and any elements in any NDM creative work including, without
limitation, a film, series, story, title or concept would be purely coincidental.
If unsolicited submissions are sent to NDM via this Site, however, these submissions become the property
of NDM and may be used, copied, sublicensed, adapted, transmitted, distributed, publicly performed, published,
displayed or deleted as NDM sees fit. You agree that you are not entitled to any compensation, credit or notice
whatsoever and that by sending an unsolicited submission you waive the right to make any claim against NDM,
its parents or affiliates relating to unsolicited submissions, including, without limitation, unfair competition,
breach of implied contract or breach of confidentiality.
Employment Opportunities
NDM may, from time to time, post NDM employment opportunities on the Site 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 NDM in response to employment listings, you are authorizing NDM to utilize this information for all
lawful and legitimate hiring and employment purposes. NDM also reserves the right, at its sole discretion,
to forward the information you submit to its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates for legitimate business
purposes. Nothing in these Terms of Use or contained in the Site shall constitute a promise by NDM to interview,
hire or employ any individual who submits information to it, nor shall anything in these Terms of Use or
contained in the Site constitute a promise that NDM will review any or all of the information submitted to
it by users.
Linked Sites and Advertising
If you are interested in creating hypertext links to this Site, you must contact Business Affairs
of NDM at 620 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10011 or terms@newsdigital.com before doing so. In
establishing hypertext links, you must not represent in any way, expressly or by implication, that you have
received the endorsement, sponsorship or support of this Site or NDM, including its respective employees,
agents, directors, officers and shareholders.
If NDM has provided links or pointers to other Web sites, no inference or assumption should be made
and no representation should be implied that NDM is connected with, operates or controls these Web sites.
NDM is not responsible for the content or practices of third party Web sites that may be linked to this
Site. This Site may also be linked to other Web sites operated by companies affiliated or connected with NDM.
When visiting other Web sites, however, you should refer to each such Web site's individual Terms of Use
and not rely on this Agreement.
NDM takes no responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on this Site, nor does
it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers.
Disclaimer of Liability and Warranties
While NDM does its best to ensure the optimal performance of the Site, you agree that you use this
Site and rely on material contained in this Site at your own risk.
The Site, and all materials in this Site, are provided "as is" and, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, are provided without warranties of any kind either express or implied. This means, without
limitation, that NDM DOES NOT WARRANT that the Site is fit for any particular purpose; that the functions
contained in the materials in the Site will be uninterrupted; that defects will be corrected; that the Site
is free of viruses and other harmful components or that the Site is accurate, error free or reliable.
You acknowledge that NDM, its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents,
directors, officers and shareholders, IS NOT LIABLE for any delays, inaccuracies, failures, errors,
omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, viruses, communication line failures or for the theft,
destruction, damage or unauthorized access to your computer system or network.
You acknowledge that NDM is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct or material
found in connection with this Site, including such conduct or material transmitted by any means by any
other person.
You acknowledge that NDM is not liable for any damages, including, without limitation, direct,
incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, in connection with or arising from your use or
from your inability to use the Site.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless NDM, its parents and affiliates together with their
respective employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders, from and against all the liabilities,
claims, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and costs) arising out of your use of
this Site; your failure to use the Site; your breach or alleged breach of this Agreement or your breach
or alleged breach of the copyright, trademark, proprietary or other rights of third parties.
Termination
NDM reserves the right to immediately terminate your use of, or access to, this Site at any time if
NDM decides at its sole discretion that you have breached this Agreement or any relevant law, rule or
regulation or you have engaged in conduct that NDM considers to be inappropriate or unacceptable.
Copyright Infringement
If you believe that any material contained in this Site infringes your copyright, you should notify
NDM of your copyright infringement claim in accordance with the following procedure.
NDM will process notices of alleged infringement which it receives and will take appropriate action
as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable intellectual property
laws. The DMCA requires that notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to this
Site's Designated Agent who is:
Amanda Goodstadt
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Telephone: (212) 852-7166
Fax: (212) 852-7217
Email:
To be effective, the notification must be in writing and contain the following information
(DMCA, 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3)):
- Physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive
right that is allegedly infringed;
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted
works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such
works at that site;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing
activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably
sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party,
such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining
party may be contacted;
- A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner
complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that
the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed.
Other
This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement
is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not
affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
This Agreement is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York
without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of the State of New York or, if appropriate, the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York for resolution of any dispute, action or proceeding arising in connection
with this Agreement or your use or non-use of the Site, and you further irrevocably waive any right you
may have to trial by jury in any such dispute, action or proceeding.
Fox (r) is a registered trademark of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, used under license from
News Digital Media, Inc.
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