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By submitting any material (text, photos, videos or other content) to GateHouse either through the Website or physical delivery, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, and to the terms of the Website’s Creative Commons license as to other users of the Website. The Creative Commons license terms may be updated at any time. It is your responsibility to review and understand these terms at the time of your submission. Under this Creative Commons license, you retain copyright ownership, but agree to free, non-commercial redistribution and use of your content by other users, and to the license to GateHouse and its affiliates as described below.
Through your submission of any materials of any kind (whether text, photos, video or other content), you grant to GateHouse and its affiliates the irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, transferable and sub licensable right and license to host, index, cache, tag, encode, use, copy, modify, adapt, transmit, excerpt, remove, publish, distribute, publicly display and perform, and create derivative works of, in each case in any media now or hereafter known and in any manner for any non-commercial or commercial purpose (collectively “Use”) the content submitted by you with no monetary compensation at any time. By making any submission, you waive any moral rights you may have if the materials are changed in a manner not agreeable to you. GateHouse has no obligation to provide attribution for any content you post. If you do not agree to these terms, do not submit any content.
Nothing in these Terms of Use prohibits you from redistributing or selling your original content to other parties.
You are solely responsible for all content that you post, email or otherwise make available through the Website. For all content provided by you, you agree to indemnify GateHouse Media and its affiliates as provided in Legal Terms below.
Content Submission Rules and Restrictions
By submitting any content, you represent and warrant that: (i) you either own the content or have all necessary rights to use and submit it; (ii) all information you provide is true, accurate and complete, and does not violate these Terms of Use or the terms of any third party license; and, (iii) the content will not cause injury, embarrassment or harm to any person or entity.
You agree not to submit any content in any forums, chats, emails or otherwise that:
• is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or otherwise illegal;
• is threatening, abusive or disruptive to other users (including without limitation repetitive, meaningless messages, personal attacks, attempts to expose a persons real identity or contact info, content constituting spam, etc.)
• abuses or discriminates on the basis of race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, region, disability, etc.
• infringes any party’s intellectual property rights, including without limitation copyrights and trademarks;
• impersonates another person or misquotes another person
• violates any applicable law, or violates any party’s rights; or
• offers or advertises any goods, or services or solicits any funds or consideration.
In addition, you agree not to contact any users of the Website (including through off-line communication) for the purpose of threatening, harassing or abusing them due to their content submissions on the Website.
You are solely responsible for the content you submit. GateHouse does not and cannot review every submission made and is not responsible for the content of any submissions. However, content that is deemed inappropriate or in violation of these Terms of Use, in GateHouse’s sole discretion, will be removed from public view. You may contact us if you disagree with any removal (see Contact Us below); however, all decisions regarding content and compliance with these Terms of Use will be determined by GateHouse in its sole discretion. If you disagree with these conditions, do not submit any content.
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