Thank you for visiting the DemocracyFest Incorporated Web site. By accessing or using any areas of our Web site (*.democracyfest.net, *.democracyfest.com, *.democracyfest.us, *.democracyfest.org, and all other related servers operated by DemocracyFest Incorporated), you are bound by the terms and conditions set forth below, as well as the terms of our Acceptable Use Policy and our Web Site Privacy Statement. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, you may not access or use this Web site. We retain the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time by posting new terms and conditions on this page.
Permission to Use this Web Site
Many portions of this Web site are available for public viewing and use. You must register or enter into a separate agreement with DemocracyFest Incorporated to access other portions of this Web site. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth on this page, our Acceptable Use Policy and our Privacy Statement, and the terms and conditions of any license or other agreement pursuant to which you use our products or services, DemocracyFest Incorporated grants you permission to do the following: (i) view and use for intended purposes those portions of this Web site to which we have granted you access; (ii) make one complete, unaltered electronic copy and/or one complete, unaltered paper copy of any page on this Web site to which we have granted you access, provided you retain all copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights notices and that you use it solely for personal or internal business purposes and do not distribute or republish it; (iii) obtain our products and sign up for our services, subject to payment of all applicable charges and agreement to the terms and conditions of any license agreement or other agreement associated with those products and services; and (iv) use the contact lists and e-mail links to which you have been granted access to interact with DemocracyFest Incorporated and other users of our products and services in ways that do not violate our Acceptable Use Policy. Any other use of this Web site or its contents is prohibited without first obtaining written permission from DemocracyFest Incorporated.
Copyright, Trademarks and Other Proprietary Rights
This Web site contains text, data, software, photographs, graphics, videos, music, sounds and other information and material that is protected by state, national and international law pertaining to copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other proprietary rights. Unless indicated otherwise, all of this content is the property of DemocracyFest Incorporated and/or its licensors or affiliates, and DemocracyFest Incorporated and its licensors and affiliates reserve all rights with respect to this Web site's content, including, without limitation, all rights to copy, display, distribute, transmit, modify, remove, and create derivative works of it.
DemocracyFest, 3rd Annual DemocracyFest, 4th Annual DemocracyFest, 5th Annual DemocracyFest, 6th Annual DemocracyFest, the DemocracyFest Sun/Moon logo, DEMOCRACYFEST.US, DEMOCRACYFEST.NET, DEMOCRACYFEST.COM, and "Education by Day, Celebration by Night" are trademarks of DemocracyFest Incorporated. Use of DemocracyFest Incorporated's trademarks is subject to the terms and conditions of our Trademark Usage Policy. Other trademarks, product names, company names and logos appearing on this Web site are the property of their respective owners. You must obtain permission from those owners before copying or using their trademarks, product names, company names or logos.
Linking, Framing, and Metatags
You may make referential links to any of the publicly accessible pages on this Web site that are not password protected, subject to review and termination by us at any time and for any reason. Please be aware that we continually update and revise our Web site. We cannot guaranty that each page to which you may provide a link will remain available or that its content will remain the same.
You may not link to our Web site in any way that might lead others to believe that our Web site or any of its contents were created or are operated or offered by you or any party other than DemocracyFest Incorporated. Unless you have entered into a separate written agreement with us permitting you to do so, you may not frame or otherwise display any portion of our Web site or any of its contents, nor may you place any text or other content on your Web site that states or implies that there is any association between you and DemocracyFest Incorporated.
You may not use any of DemocracyFest Incorporated's trade names, trademarks or any of the textual content of our Web site as metatags in your own Web site, unless we have granted you a license explicitly permitting you to do so.
Communication and Submissions via this Web Site
Whenever you communicate with DemocracyFest Incorporated or others using this Web site, including any forums or e-mail links which may be provided, your communications are NOT confidential. DemocracyFest Incorporated is free to use all submissions, ideas and feedback contained in your communications in any manner that is consistent with our Privacy Statement, including, but not limited to, incorporating your suggestions into our product and service offerings without any financial or other obligation to you.
Member Account, Security and Password
If any of the products or services available to you on this Web site requires you to open an account, you must complete the registration process by providing us with current, complete and accurate information as prompted by the applicable registration form. You may be asked to choose a user name and/or password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify DemocracyFest Incorporated immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. DemocracyFest Incorporated will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by DemocracyFest Incorporated or another party due to someone else using your account or password. You may not use anyone else's account at any time, without the permission of the account holder.
Third Party Statements and Opinions
DemocracyFest Incorporated is not responsible for any opinions, advice or statements made by third parties. Except as required by law, we have no obligation to monitor users' postings to any forums, chat, or other user-editable pages or to remove or retain content on such pages, although we reserve the right to do so at our own discretion.
Third Party Products, Services and Web Sites
Third parties may develop or provide materials, data, content or other products or services for use by our customers, some of which may be accessible on or via this Web site. DemocracyFest Incorporated makes no representation or warranty with respect to the quality, reliability or non-infringement of any third party product, service or material accessible on or via this Web site. Your rights with respect to third party products, services or data may be subject to the terms and conditions of separate agreements with the third parties providing them.
This Web site may contain links to third party Web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, they are not intended as a certification or endorsement of the owner of the Web site, the Web site's content, or any products or services available on or via the Web site. DemocracyFest Incorporated does not control and is not responsible for linked Web sites, or any Web sites (other than our own) that are linked to them.
No Warranties
THIS WEB SITE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. DEMOCRACYFEST INCORPORATED, AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTROLLED OR CONTROLLING ENTITIES, EVENT HOST ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS PARTNERS AGENTS, SPONSORS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS (COLLECTIVELY, "AFFILIATES"), MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ABOUT THIS WEB SITE OR ITS CONTENT, AND THEY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES REGARDING THIS WEB SITE AND ITS CONTENTS, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE AND NOT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF CONTENT, OR THE AVAILABILITY OR QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE VIA THIS WEB SITE (EXCEPT AS MAY BE SET FORTH IN ANY LICENSE OR OTHER AGREEMENT RELATED TO THOSE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES).
Limitation of Liability
EXCEPT AS MAY BE PROVIDED IN A SEPARATE WRITTEN LICENSE OR OTHER AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND DEMOCRACYFEST INCORPORATED PERTAINING TO DEMOCRACYFEST INCORPORATED'S PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, NEITHER DEMOCRACYFEST INCORPORATED NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO USE OF THIS WEB SITE OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES DISTRIBUTED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF ERRORS, OMISSIONS, LOSS OF DATA, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, INTERRUPTIONS OR DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY OTHER CAUSE. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY WILL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORIES UNDER WHICH RELIEF IS SOUGHT AND EVEN IF DEMOCRACYFEST INCORPORATED AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE LOSSES OR DAMAGES ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED.
IN NO EVENT WILL DEMOCRACYFEST INCORPORATED'S AND ITS AFFILIATES' TOTAL LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE EXCEED THE LOWER OF DIRECT DAMAGES ACTUALLY INCURRED BY YOU OR US$1O.
SOME JURISDICTIONS LIMIT THE EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY PART OF THE EXCLUSIONS OF DAMAGES OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH ABOVE IS UNENFORCEABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, DEMOCRACYFEST INCORPORATED'S AND ITS AFFILIATES' AGGREGATE LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
527 Corporation and Right of Refusal
This Web site is controlled and operated by DemocracyFest Incorporated, a 527 Political Action Committee from its offices within the United States. DemocracyFest Incorporated reserves the right to refuse any contributions that could jeopardize the legal status of either DemocracyFest Incorporated or the Host Organization for that year's DemocracyFest Event. Additionally, DemocracyFest Incorporated reserves the right to refuse any contributions that, in the sole discretion of DemocracyFest Incorporated, conflict or appear to conflict with DemocracyFest Incorporated's organizational purpose or the purpose of the Host Organization for that year's DemocracyFest event.
Miscellaneous Terms and Conditions
The terms and conditions contained on this page apply generally to your access to and use of this Web site and our products and services. Some of these terms and conditions may be modified or superseded by expressly designated legal notices located on other pages of this Web site or by the terms and conditions of the licenses or other agreements pursuant to which you obtain our products or services. A specific provision in any of those notices, licenses or agreements that addresses the same subject matter as a provision on this page overrides the provision on this page.
No delay or failure to take any action or exercise any right that DemocracyFest Incorporated may take or exercise pursuant to these terms and conditions or applicable law will constitute a waiver of that action or right by DemocracyFest Incorporated.
Any litigation arising out of or related to your access to or use of this Web site will be brought only in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, or, if federal subject matter jurisdiction is lacking, then in the Vermont state trial court for the division and county in which DemocracyFest Incorporated's or its successor's or assign's principal office in Vermont is then located. By accessing or using this Web site, you submit to the personal jurisdiction of these courts and waive all objections to placing venue exclusively before them. The prevailing party in any litigation will be entitled, in addition to any other relief granted to it, to recover reasonable attorney's fees, expenses and costs incurred in connection with the litigation.
The terms and conditions contained on this page will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Vermont, USA, without regard to any of its choice of law rules that might lead to application of the law of another jurisdiction. If any of the terms or conditions contained on this page are determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the remaining terms and conditions will remain in full force and effect, and the invalid or unenforceable term or condition will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable term or condition that matches the practical effect of the original provision as closely as possible. These terms and conditions set forth our entire agreement with you related to your use of this Web site, and they prevail over any other communications we may have regarding its use, with the exception of an agreement signed by an authorized representative of DemocracyFest Incorporated that explicitly authorizes a use which is inconsistent with these terms and conditions.
