Terms of Use

Our Trademarks

RESOURCE MEDIA, the RESOURCEMEDIA Globe Design logo, and other Resource Media marks are proprietary trademarks of Resource Media.  Resource Media’s trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not provided by Resource Media, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Resource Media.

All other trademarks displayed on Resource Media’s website are the trademarks of their respective owners, and constitute neither an endorsement nor a recommendation of those organizations.  In addition, such use of trademarks or links to the web sites of third-party organizations is not intended to imply, directly or indirectly, that those organizations endorse or have any affiliation with Resource Media.

Your Content

Any and all information (other than personal information and/or location information which are expressly covered and governed by the Resource Media Privacy Policy), including data, text, files, geo-mapped routes, graphics and any and all other material that You transmit to or supply to Academy is referred to as “Your Content.” By transmitting Your Content on or through the website(s) and/or Services,You expressly warrants:

• You are solely responsible for the transmission, accuracy, completeness, and publication of that Your Content;
• You control all of the rights to Your Content and it neither does nor will infringe or violate the rights of any third party; and
• Resource Media bears no responsibility, legal or otherwise, for Your Content.

When You transmit or otherwise supply Your Content to Resource Media, or otherwise make Your Content available on or through the website(s) and/or Services, you expressly grant, and agrees to grant at the time of the creation of Your Content, Resource Media a fully paid up, royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, display, translate, otherwise create derivative works of, and/or distribute such Your Content in any form and any media, whether now known or hereafter devised, for any purpose whatsoever on or in connection with the website(s) and/or Services and/or the promotion of Resource Media. You agree that you hereby waive, and agree to waive at the time of the creation of Your Content, any “moral rights” therein.

You are responsible for all Your Content posted on the website(s) and/or Services.  You may not post content on the website(s) and/or Services that:

• is patently offensive and/or promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
• harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
• exploits people in a sexual or violent manner;
• contains nudity, violence, or offensive subject matter;
• provides any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names or email addresses of anyone except said User;
• promotes information that a User knows is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
• violates any intellectual property or other proprietary right of any third party, including User Content that promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person’s copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
• involves the transmission of “junk mail,” “chain letters,” or unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging, “spimming,” or “spamming”;
• furthers or promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional information about illegal activities including, but not limited to making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone’s privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
• solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other members;
• involves commercial activities and/or sales without Academy‘s prior written consent, such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes;
• includes a photograph of another person posted without that person’s consent or, in the case of children under the age of eighteen (18), parental consent, or otherwise constitutes an invasion of an individual‘s privacy or infringement of publicity rights; or
• contains a virus or other harmful component.

Resource Media does not review Your Content prior to your posting it on the website(s) and/or Services.  We reserve the right in our sole discretion, however, to refuse to publish, edit, and/or remove any of Your Content, in whole or part that we determine does not comply with these Terms of Use, is illegal, and/or is otherwise undesirable, objectionable, inappropriate or inaccurate. Moreover, we are not responsible for any decision, absence of any decision, or delay in the revision or removal of any Your Content that we determine is unsuitable.

5. Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement

Pursuant to Section 512(c) of the Copyright Revision Act, as enacted through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), Resource Media designates the following individual as its agent for receipt of notifications of claimed copyright infringement.

By mail:
Resource Media
Attn: Nicole Lampe

2009 NE Alberta
Suite 205
Portland, OR, 97211

By email:
Nicole@resource-media.org

Copyright owners who believe that any content on the website(s) and/or Services infringes upon their copyrights are encouraged to submit a notification pursuant to the DMCA. Said notification should be sent to Resource Media at the address(es) above and include the following in writing:

• A 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 on the applicable Academy Service are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works on the applicable Academy Service;
• 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 Academy to locate the material;
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit Academy 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 (for example, “I am under the good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted content that is identified herein is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.”); and
• 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 (for example, “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner, of the copyright(s) that is allegedly infringed by the aforementioned content.”).

A copyright owner acknowledges that if he or she fails to comply with all of the requirements of this section, his or her DMCA notice may not be valid. Please note that under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.

6. Governing Jurisdiction of the Courts of California

Our website and the Services are operated and provided in the State of California.  As such, we are subject to the laws of the State of California and such laws will govern this Terms of Use, without giving effect to any choice of law rules.  We make no representation that our website or other Services are appropriate, legal or available for use in other locations.  Accordingly, if you choose to access our site you agree to do so subject to the internal laws of the State of California.

7. Compliance with Laws

You assume all knowledge of applicable laws and are responsible for compliance with any such laws.  You may not use the Services in any way that violates applicable state, federal, or international laws, regulations or other government requirements. You further agrees not to transmit any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation.

8. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Resource Media, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection therewith, made by any third party due to or arising out of Your use of the Services, the violation of this Agreement, and/or infringement by You or anyone else using Your computer, of any intellectual property or any other right of any person or entity.

9. Limitation of Liability

RESOURCE MEDIA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, AND IN PARTICULAR RESOURCE MEDIA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, OR LOSS OF USE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS WEBSITE OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT, WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARISE IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, UNDER STATUTE, IN EQUITY, AT LAW, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF RESOURCE MEDIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, THEREFORE SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS IS INAPPLICABLE.

10. Other Terms

If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable for any reason, the other provisions (and any partially-enforceable provision) shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable to the maximum possible extent.  You agree that these Terms of Use and any other agreements referenced herein may be assigned by Resource Media, in our sole discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger or acquisition or otherwise.  These Terms of Use shall apply in addition to, and shall not be superseded by, any other written agreement between us in relation to Your use of the Services.  You agree that by accepting this Terms of Use Agreement, You consent to the use and disclosure of Your personally identifiable information and other practices described in our Privacy Policy.