Welcome to War of the Ring, we hope you enjoy the various articles and
services we provide. Please be sure to read over the details in this User
Agreement. This is an agreement between you (referred to hereinafter as "You",
"Your," "Member,","Subscriber" or "User") and WOTR Ltd. You should be aware of
the benefits we provide and also of the limitations of the service.
This Agreement applies to the War of the Ring.com site and its associated
sites.(referred to hereinafter "War of the Ring"). This agreement also applies
to the various services offered, including but not limited to subscription,
membership, tracking, media client, newsletters and other services that may be
added.
Acceptance of Agreement
When you complete the member registration process, you agree to this
Agreement. This Agreement may be updated from time to time. You can view these
terms, conditions and notices (these "Terms) at any time here. Your continued
use of our services signifies your binding acceptance of the changes. This
Agreement will always be available on this page for you to read. If any part of
these Terms or any future changes to these Terms are not acceptable to you, you
may cancel your Service by visiting your preferences page and canceling your
account.
Our Sites and Services provide you with opportunities to link to, or
otherwise use, sites and services offered through our third-party service
providers, including email. Your use of these third-party services is subject to
terms posted by these third-party service providers. We have no control over any
third-party site or service and we are not responsible for any changes to any
third-party service or for the contents thereof, including, without limitation,
any links that may be contained in or accessible through such third-party
service. These links are provided solely as a convenience to our visitors. Such
third-party linked sites are not under War of the Ring control and War of the
Ring is not responsible for and does not endorse their content. You will need to
make your own independent judgment regarding your interaction with these
third-party sites or services. Our inclusion of advertisements for, or links to,
a third-party site or service does not constitute an endorsement. By opting into
third-party offers, you will be subject to terms posted by these third-parties.
Opting into these offers signifies your agreement to those additional terms of
the respective third parties.
Children Under 13
War of the Ring Sites and services are not directed to children under the age
of 13. War of the Ring Sites and Services will not knowingly collect personally
identifiable information from anyone under 13. Where we do allow children under
13 to register on our forums they must submit a COPPA form completed by their
parents.
Note to Parents. If you have any concerns about War of the Ring Sites or
Services, please contact us via our online form available here.
Data Protection Act
As a Limited company registered in the United Kindom, War of the Ring (WOTR
LTD) takes all means to ensure we comply with the Data Protection act. The
principals of the act are below. Not withstanding any permissions given by
yourself by agreeing to or Terms of Service.
Data must be:
Obtained and processed fairly and lawfully.
Processed only for one or
more specified and lawful purposes.
Adequate, relevant and not excessive for those purposes.
Accurate and kept up to date - data subjects have the right to have
inaccurate personal data corrected or destroyed and it is your responsibility to
correct errors and make changes to the information you keep.
Kept for no longer than is necessary for the purposes it is being processed -
you will need a method of removing data after it is not required.
Processed in line with the rights of the individual (the data subject) - this
includes the right to be informed of all the information held about them, to
prevent processing of their personal data for marketing purposes, and to
compensation if they can prove they have been damaged by a data controller's
non-compliance with the Act.
Secure and protected against loss, damage and inappropriate processing - this
applies to you even if your business uses a third party to process your data for
you, as you will remain responsible.
Not transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (the EU plus
Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) that do not have adequate protection for the
particular data being transferred, unless certain conditions are met, for
example you have the consent of the data subject.
Services
War of the Ring Site and Services
As a commitment to our users, we currently provide you with access to a rich
collection of online resources. These include various communication tools,
online forums, personalized content and branded programming through War of the
Ring Sites and Services. Some Services offered on War of the Ring are presently
provided free of charge. It is possible that this could change in the future.
Service Limitations
We will do our best to make your experience with the War of the Ring Sites
and Services a pleasurable one. However, we cannot always foresee or anticipate
technical or other difficulties. These difficulties may result in loss of data,
personalization settings or other service interruptions. For this reason, you
agree that War of the Ring Sites and Services, including the services of our
third-party service providers, are provided "AS IS." War of the Ring Sites and
Services and our third-party service providers cannot assume responsibility for
the timeliness, deletion, miss-delivery or failure to store any user data,
communications or personalization settings.
Service Changes and Discontinuation
War of the Ring reserves the right to change or discontinue, temporarily or
permanently, the Sites and Services at any time without notice. You agree that
War of the Ring will not be liable to you or any third party for any
modification or discontinuance of these Sites and Services.
Privacy Policy
War of the Ring respects your privacy and has developed a detailed Privacy
Policy that is available for perusal here.
Conditions of Use
For the benefit of the entire War of the Ring community, and to comply with
applicable laws, we have a set of rules that we ask that you follow. We feel
these are not unreasonable and make sense both to benfit the site and yourself.
Breach of these rules is grounds for termination of your account. Please read
them carefully.
Provide Accurate Information
You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about
yourself as requested in War of the Ring Sites and Services registration forms.
Accurate records help us create better sites and provide us with opportunities
to identify new services or products that may interest you. Please update the
Registration Data to keep it current and accurate.
Protect Your Password
Upon completing the registration process, you will receive an account and
select a password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
your password and account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that
occur under your password or account. Notify War of the Ring immediately of any
unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security.
You must promptly change your password and notify War of the Ring of the problem
by giving notice via the contact section here, use Members Support as the
contact option.
Subscribers should contact us using the Subscribers Support Desk, located here.
Stay within the Law
You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes or for the transmission
of material that is unlawful, harassing, libelous (untrue and damaging to
others), invasive of another's privacy, abusive, rascist, threatening, or
obscene, or that infringes the copyrights (rights of an owner of written
material) or other intellectual property rights of others.
E-mail
Some War of the Ring Services presently provide members with access to free
or paid email accounts. In return for this free access, you agree not to use the
service to broadcast "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass
distribution of files or images. In order to ensure that these communication
services are not abused, War of the Ring may establish general practices and
limits concerning their use. These may include but are not necessarily limited
to a maximum number of days that messages will be retained by the service, a
maximum number of messages that may be sent from or received by an account on
the service, a maximum size or length of any message that may be sent from or
received by an account on the service, a maximum amount of disk space that will
be allotted for your stored messages, and a maximum time period and number of
times you may have access to the service in a given time frame. If you receive
email that you find harassing, please use our online form, available at
abuselink to forward the email to us. Be sure to include a description of the
situation surrounding receipt of the email in question.
Content Restrictions
War of the Ring Sites and Services attempt to provide some of the very best
content available on the web and make it available to you on the Web for your
personal, non-commercial use. All Web site design, text, graphics, the selection
and arrangement thereof, and all software that are part of War of the Ring Sites
and Services are protected by international copyright and Trademark laws. The
publication, sale, or redistribution in any form or medium of text, photos,
graphics, audio and/or video materials or any other form of proprietary content
found on War of the Ring Sites and Services is strictly prohibited without the
prior written permission of War of the Ring. Content that is publicly available
on War of the Ring Sites and Service may not be stored in a computer, except for
personal and non-commercial use. You can see further details on copyright
page.
Limits on Uses of User Information
By using any War of the Ring Site or Service, you agree not to data scrape,
robot, copy, aggregate, redistribute, alter, reproduce or re-use for any purpose
any user's (whether specific to any particular user or as an aggregation)
information accessible through any web sites owned by War of the Ring, including
but not limited to any Commercial Purpose. "Commercial purposes" can include but
is not limited to selling information to third parties; using the data collected
to customize users' experiences; using the data for targeted marketing
campaigns; or using the data to offer services to War of the Ring users. War of
the Ring reserves the right to take immediate action against any individual or
entity participating in any of the prohibited actions mentioned above. You may
not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Sites or Services, nor breach
the security or authentication measures on the Site or Services. You may not
reverse look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other user of or
visitor to the Site or Services, including any War of the Ring account not owned
by you, to its source, or exploit the Sites or Services in any way where the
purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to personal
identification or information, other than your own information as provided for
by the Sites or Services. You agree that you will not take any action that
imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure
of the Sites or Services. You agree not to use any device, software or routine
to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Sites or
Services or with any other person's use of the Sites or Services. You may not
forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the
origin of any message transmittal you send to War of the Ring on or through the
Sites and Services. You may not pretend that you are, or that you represent,
someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity.
Permissions You Grant to the War of the Ring
Distributing Content You Produce
Subject to War of the Ring Privacy Policy, you are licensing to the War of
the Ring Sites and Services any "content" you provide through or to War of the
Ring Sites and Services. User submitted content includes but is not limited to:
letters or emails; cheat codes; board posts; reader reviews; game ratings, data,
notes and testimonials; and poll votes. War of the Ring Sites and Services may
modify, display, distribute and create new material using such content on War of
the Ring Sites and Services for the promotion and marketing of our services and
the operation of our system. By submitting content, you automatically agree, or
promise that the owner of such content has expressly agreed that, without any
particular time limit, and without the payment of any fees, War of the Ring
Sites and Services and anyone they permit may reproduce, display, distribute and
create new works of authorship based on and including the content. You may not
submit materials that have been trademarked or copyrighted by anyone other than
yourself. When you submit a Game Cheat, Game Walkthrough, DVD Easter Egg,
Review, Editorial, News Item, or any other content submission it is considered
your original and copyrighted work and you are licensing the content to War of
the Ring for publication. We may modify the format and display of the work, or
edit but not alter the content. It may be distributed across War of the Ring
Sites and Services for promotion and marketing of our services and operation of
our system.
Advertising
The War of the Ring Sites and Services rely on advertisers to help fund the
services that we offer to our members. In order to continue our service, you
agree that the War of the Ring Sites and Services may display advertisements and
promotions of all kinds in the services.
Account Access
In order to ensure that the War of the Ring Sites and Services are able to
provide high-quality services that are responsive to our members' needs, you
agree that War of the Ring employees have access to your account and records as
reasonably needed to investigate complaints.
Merger or Acquisition
In order to ensure a smooth transition of services relative to your
subscription, in the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of all
or substantially all of its assets, or the sale of an individual website owned
by War of the Ring, War of the Ring may transfer your Personally Identifiable
Information and transition your existing accounts to a similar subscription
product to a third party as a part of such merger, acquisition, reorganization,
or sale.
Disclaimer of Warranties
You expressly understand and agree that:
Your use of the service is at your sole risk. The service is provided on an
"AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. War of the Ring and its third party service
providers expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or
implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
War of the Ring makes no warranty that (i) the Services will meet your
requirements, (ii) the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or
error-free, (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the service
will be accurate or reliable, (iv) the quality of any products, services,
information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the service
will meet your expectations, (v) that your email or voicemail messages will not
be lost, and (vi) any errors in the software will be corrected.
Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Services
is done at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for
any potential damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from
the download of any such material. No advice or information, whether oral or
written, obtained by you from War of the Ring Site and Services, our third party
service providers, or through or from the Service will create any warranty not
expressly stated in the Agreement.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the
limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages.
Accordingly, some of the above limitations may not apply to you.
To the extent that any part of this section is not consistent with any other
part of this Agreement, then this Disclaimer of Warranties will override it.
User Content
You acknowledge and agree that War of the Ring Sites and Services do not
endorse the content of any user and are not responsible or liable for any
content, even though it may be unlawful, harassing, libelous, privacy invading,
abusive, threatening, rascist, harmful, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise
objectionable, or that it infringes or may infringe the intellectual property or
other rights of another. You acknowledge that War of the Ring Sites and Services
do not pre-screen any user posted content, but that War of the Ring and their
designees will have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion
to refuse, edit, move or remove any content that is publicly available via the
Sites and Service. User is defined as any person who visits War of the Ring
Sites and receives information or uses War of the Ring Services.
Limitation of Liability
You agree that the War of the Ring will not be liable to you for any harms,
which lawyers and courts often call direct, indirect, incidental, special,
consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for
loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if the War
of the Ring Sites have been advised of the possibility of such damages),
resulting from: (i) The use or the inability to use the service; (ii) The cost
of getting substitute goods and services resulting from any products, data,
information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or
transactions entered into through or from the service; (iii) Unauthorized access
to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (iv) Statements or conduct of
anyone on the service; or (v) Any other matter relating to the service. If,
notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, War of the Ring is found
to be liable to you for any damage or loss which arises out of our is any way
connected to your use of the Sites or Services, War of the Ring liability shall
in no event exceed the greater of (i) the total of any subscription or similar
fees with respect to any Service or feature of or on the Sites paid in the six
months prior to the date of the initial claim made against War of the Ring, or
(ii) US$100.00.
Indemnification
You agree to protect and fully compensate War of the Ring Sites and Services
and their service providers from any and all third-party claims, liability,
damages, expenses and costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys
fees) arising from your use of the Site or Services, your violation of the
Agreement or your infringement, or infringement by any other user of your
account, of any intellectual property or other right of anyone.
Further Information
The War of the Ring Site and Services provide information of a general nature
and are designed for informational and entertainment purposes only and are not
meant to be a substitute for medical, health, legal, or financial advice from a
professional. Consult with your professional for any specific medical, health,
legal, or financial concern. The War of the Ring Sites and Services do not
endorse any of the treatments, medications, or products discussed herein.
War of the Ring rights under this Agreement may not be waived unless War of
the Ring agrees to such change in writing. This Agreement is personal to you and
you may assign this agreement only with War of the Ring prior written approval.
Any other attempt to assign, transfer or delegate this Agreement shall be null
and void.
All matters relating to your access to, or use of, the Service shall be
governed by United Kingdom Law. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or
unenforceable under applicable law, it is, to that extent, deemed omitted and
the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. Any notices
related to this agreement need to be given in writing to one another at our
address below, or any new address that is given in such a notice. This agreement
is the entire understanding between you and War of the Ring Sites and Services.
Subscription Terms of Service
THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") IS A LEGAL AND BINDING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN YOU ("SUBSCRIBER", "YOU," "YOUR" OR "YOURSELF"), AS THE END USER, AND
WOTR Ltd ("OUR," "US," "WE" OR "War of the Ring"). PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT
CAREFULLY PRIOR TO USING War of the Ring Subscription SERVICE (THE "SERVICE").
BY REGISTERING FOR THE SERVICE, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BECOME A PARTY TO THIS
AGREEMENT AND AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREIN. IF YOU DO
NOT ACCEPT AND AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MUST
DISCONTINUE THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
Payment and Credit Card Authorization
You are responsible for paying periodic subscription fees. All listed fees
are in U.S. dollars.
As a subscriber to War of the Ring Sites and Services, you agree that we are
permitted to charge your credit card (or other approved facility) to pay for the
initial Service subscription, any automatic renewals and any other charges you
may incur in connection with your use of War of the Ring Sites and Services. The
subscription fee will be billed at the beginning of your subscription and on
each annual or monthly renewal thereafter, dependant on the original
subscription term selected at registration, unless you cancel at least 10 days
prior to the renewal date pursuant to the process set forth below. You give
permission for us to automatically renew your subscription and charge your
account up to five (5) days prior to the day on which your subscription is
scheduled to end. However, you may "opt out" of this automatic renewal by
visiting your subscriber preferences page and indicating your preference. We
will cancel your account upon receipt of such notification from you. If you
terminate your subscription before the expiration of the current term but within
this 5 day window, we will reverse the charge for the renewal term. All fees,
charges and sales are final. Once charged to your credit card, the payments are
nonrefundable. Only in cases of demonstrated fraud will these payments be
refunded. Our services are subscription based. Your payment is to reserve your
account in an "open" status for the time period paid. You acknowledge and agree
that the authorization to charge your credit card for Services shall
automatically transfer to any successors or assigns of Service for substantially
similar services at the same website. You may not assign or transfer your
subscription to any other person or entity. You must be at least 18 years old
(or have the permission of a credit card holder who is) to order Services
online.
Payment must be made by a major credit card accepted by War of the Ring or
via Paypal or one of other payment processors. If we do not receive payment from
the credit card issuer or its agent, you agree to pay all amounts due upon our
demand. Your card issuer agreement governs your use of your designated card in
connection with the Service, and you must refer to that agreement and not this
Agreement to determine your rights and liabilities as a cardholder. YOU, AND NOT
War of the Ring, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING ANY AMOUNTS BILLED TO YOUR CREDIT
CARD BY A THIRD PARTY, WHICH WERE NOT AUTHORIZED BY YOU.
War of the Ring RESERVES THE RIGHT, AT ANY TIME, TO CHANGE ITS FEES AND
BILLING METHODS, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF SUPPLEMENTAL FEES OR SEPARATE CHARGES
FOR CONTENT, OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY War of the Ring, EFFECTIVE THIRTY (30) DAYS
AFTER AN ONLINE POSTING AT War of the Ring. War of the Ring MAY ADDITIONALLY
PROVIDE NOTICE OF BILLING CHANGES VIA EMAIL. If any such change is unacceptable
to you, you may terminate your subscription by visiting your subscriber
preferences page ("Edit My Account") and indicating your preference. YOUR
CONTINUED USE OF THE SERVICE FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF A CHANGE TO SUCH
FEES AND BILLING METHODS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGE.
Cancellation of Your Subscription
You may terminate your subscription at any time. When you terminate your
account, it will not be automatically renewed and access will be terminated on
the expiration date. You acknowledge that War of the Ring, in its sole
discretion, may terminate your ID, password, account (or any part thereof) or
use of the Service for any reason, including, without limitation, if War of the
Ring believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or
spirit of this Agreement or any War of the Ring User Agreements. War of the Ring
may also, in its sole discretion, at any time discontinue providing the Service,
or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of
your access to the Service under any provision of this Agreement may be effected
without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that War of the Ring may
immediately deactivate or delete your account and/or bar any further access to
the Service. Further, you agree that War of the Ring shall not be liable to you
or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Service.
Trial Memberships
War of the Ring occasionally offers promotional trial memberships to its
premium services at special discounted prices. If you sign up for a trial
membership, you will be automatically renewed at the normal subscription rate
for the Service at the end of the trial period, unless you cancel at least 24
hours before the end of the trial. You must cancel prior to the end of your
trial to avoid charges to your credit card. We will continue to bill your credit
card for the Service at the standard Service rate and renewal term thereafter,
dependant on the original subscription term selected at registration, until you
cancel. Your subscription is cancelable at anytime by visiting your subscriber
preferences page and indicating your preference.
Subscriber Information
You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about
yourself as prompted by the Service registration process. Once you subscribe to
the Service, you will have an account and enter a password. You are solely and
entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password.
Furthermore, you are solely and entirely responsible for any and all activities
that occur under your account. You must promptly inform War of the Ring of any
of the following: changes in the expiration date of any credit card used in
connection with the service; changes in home or billing address; and apparent
breaches of security, such as loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure or use of
an ID or password. Until War of the Ring is notified by e-mail of a breach in
security, you will remain liable for any unauthorized use.
Access
You are responsible for providing all personal computer and communications
equipment necessary to gain access to the Service. Access to and use of premium
services is through a combination of an ID and a password. You must keep your
password strictly confidential. War of the Ring will not release passwords for
any reason, except as may be specifically required by law or court order.
Unauthorized access to the Service is a breach of this Agreement and a violation
of law.
Warranty
No warranty is made by War of the Ring regarding any information, services,
or products provided through or in connection with premium services, and War of
the Ring hereby expressly disclaims any and all warranties, including without
limitation: any warranties as to the availability, accuracy, or content of
information, products, or services; any warranties of merchantability or fitness
for a particular purpose. Some states/provinces do not allow the exclusion of
implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.
You hereby warrant and represent that you are in all respects qualified and
competent to enter into this agreement.
Limitations of Liability
YOU HEREBY AGREE THAT WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY LOSS OF REVENUE, PROFITS OR DATA ARISING IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. FURTHER, OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID BY
YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
Use Restriction
The material on War of the Ring Sites and Services is for the private,
non-commercial enjoyment of Subscribers only. Any other use is strictly
prohibited. War of the Ring spends a great deal of time and money to obtain the
information appearing on our sites. You agree that you will not copy, publish,
or in any way make available publicly any news, pictures, interviews, features,
or any other information from War of the Ring Sites or Services, without express
written permission from War of the Ring. You agree that if you do so, War of the
Ring reserves the right to cancel your subscription immediately without refund.
Additionally, reuse of copyrighted information (pictures, interviews, features,
videos, audio, etc.) will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Changes to the Agreement
This Agreement may be modified from time to time without notice to you and
changes are effective immediately upon posting on the Sites or Services. Your
continued use of the Service constitutes your binding acceptance of this
Agreement, including any changes or modifications we may make. If any part of
this Agreement or any future changes to this Agreement are not acceptable to
you, your only recourse is to terminate this Agreement. We may change, suspend
or discontinue all or any aspect of the Service at any time, including
availability of any Service feature, database or content, without prior notice
or liability.
Notices
Notices by War of the Ring to subscribers may be given by means of electronic
messages or by a general posting on the Sites or Services.
The Agreement
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the United Kingdom without regard
to its conflicts of law provisions; and you hereby consent to the jurisdiction
of and venue in the United Kingdom legal system in all disputes arising out of
or relating to the Service. In addition, you hereby consent to the exclusive
jurisdiction of and venue in such courts for any action commenced by you against
us (or our affiliates). Use of the Service is unauthorized in any jurisdiction
that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions,
including without limitation this Section. You shall not use the Service in any
manner contrary to local, state or federal law or. War of the Ring expressly
disclaims any and all responsibility or liability for any action by you that is
contrary to such law(s) and reserves the right to terminate your Service
immediately upon notice for your failure to comply with any such local, state or
federal law. Our performance of this Agreement is subject to existing laws and
legal process, and nothing contained in this Agreement is in derogation of our
right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or
requirements relating to your use of the Service or information provided to or
gathered by us with respect to such use. If any part of this Agreement is
determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including,
but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth
above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by
a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the
original provision and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in effect.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and War of the Ring
with respect to the Service and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you
and War of the Ring with respect to the Service. A printed version of this
Agreement and any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in
judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement
to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business
documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
Forums
When you register for the Community Forums, you agree to use the message
boards and member pages only to post information and send and receive messages
and material that are proper and related to the particular forum. By way of
example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a forum, you will
not:
Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal
rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
Publish, post,
upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory,
infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
Upload files that contain software or other material protected by
intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own
or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
Upload files, post or publish content that contain viruses, corrupted files,
or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of
another's computer.
Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services for any
commercial purpose.
Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or
chain letters.
Download any file posted by another user of a forum that you
know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the message
boards.
Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper
notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of
software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
Incite any
rascist or religious hatred.
Forums/User Page Account Termination
War of the Ring and its affiliates reserve the right to terminate your access
without refund to any or all of the Boards or your User Page at any time without
notice for any reason whatsoever.
Monitoring Posted Information
War of the Ring and its affiliates have no obligation to monitor the Boards
or the content posted on any User Page. However, War of the Ring and its
affiliates reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as
necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or
governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or
materials, in whole or in part, in War of the Ring 's or any of its affiliates'
sole discretion.
We do take measures to monitor the information presented as much as possible
but are not under obligation to do so.
Usage
The Boards are a public forum and not private communications and others may
read your communications without your knowledge. You should not have any
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