Web Site Visitor
Agreement and Terms of Use
Cox Communications,
Inc
Welcome to Cox-Internet.com,
a service of Cox Communications, Inc. Please read this Visitor Agreement
and Terms of Use (the "Agreement"). By using this service,
you agree to abide by its terms. The Web is an evolving medium.
We may change the terms of this Agreement from time to time to address
new issues or situations. By continuing to use the service after
we post notice of any such changes, you agree to accept the new
terms. The cox-internet.com Copyright Policy is incorporated by
reference herein.
Cox-internet.com
is provided to you free of charge, "as is." By registering
with cox-internet.com or using the site, you agree that, to the
extent set forth in the cox-internet.com Privacy Policy and subject
to the limitations set forth therein, we may disclose any information
you provide or that we obtain concerning your use of the Cox-internet.com
site and any services it offers.
You may only
use cox-internet.com for legal purposes. You may not use cox-internet.com
or its services to publish, post, distribute or disseminate any
defamatory, obscene or other unlawful material or information, including
another's proprietary information, without express authorization
from the rights holder. You may not use cox-internet.com to collect
or harvest personal information, including Internet addresses, about
other cox-internet.com users.
Cox-internet.com
uses its best efforts to maintain the site, but is not responsible
for any defects that exist in cox-internet.com or any resulting
lost profits or other consequential damages. Cox-internet.com does
not purport to be error free and does not warrant that it is suitable
for the particular purpose that you have in mind when using it.
Cox may in its sole discretion and at any time modify or discontinue
cox-internet.com; and limit, terminate or suspend your use of or
access to cox-internet.com.
If you find
any material on the site that you believe to be inaccurate, we encourage
you to bring it to our attention. You may email a copy of the material
along with an explanation of your objection to the material by clicking
here.
By posting messages,
uploading files, inputting data, or engaging in any other form of
communications through this service, you are granting Cox and its
affiliated entities a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted,
worldwide license to:
1. Use, copy,
sublicense, adapt, transmit, retransmit, distribute and/or publicly
perform or display any such communication;
2. Sublicense
to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any of the
foregoing rights granted with respect to the communication.
The foregoing
grants shall include the right to exploit any proprietary rights
in such communication, including but not limited to rights under
copyright, trademark, service mark, patent laws or the law of ideas
under any relevant jurisdiction.
By submitting
material to cox-internet.com, you are representing that you are
the owner of the material or are making your submission with the
express consent of the owner. Submitting material that is the property
of another without the express consent of its owner, is not only
a violation of this Agreement, but may also subject you to legal
liability for infringement of copyright, trademark or other intellectual
property rights.
Cox encourages
an open exchange of information and ideas; however, it does not
and cannot review every posting made in the chat rooms, forums and
other public areas. Accordingly, Cox does not endorse or guarantee
the accuracy of any posting, regardless of the source.
Responsibility
for content posted in the chat rooms, forums and other public areas
on the cox.com site lies with each user. By using cox-internet.com,
you agree not to post or transmit any defamatory, abusive, obscene,
threatening or illegal material or any material that infringes on
the intellectual property rights, privacy rights or other protected
rights of others - including, but not limited to transmissions constituting
or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense,
give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state,
national or international law. You agree not to use the site in
a manner that restricts or inhibit any other user from using and
enjoying the site. You agree not to post or transmit any information,
software or other material that contains a virus or harmful component.
Cox retains the right to deny access to anyone who Cox believes
has violated these terms or any other terms of this Agreement.
Although Cox
does not have the responsibility or obligation to monitor all postings
in chat rooms, forums and public areas, it does retain the right
to delete, move or edit any postings that come to its attention
that it deems unacceptable or inappropriate for any reason. Cox
will not, in the ordinary course of business, review private electronic
messages that are not addressed to Cox; however, Cox will comply
with the requirements of the law governing the disclosure of such
messages to others, including law enforcement agencies.
No Soliciting.
You agree not to use the cox.com site to advertise or solicit anyone
to buy or sell products or services or to make donations of any
kind without Cox's express written consent.
Disclaimer
of Warranties and Liability
Please read this disclaimer carefully before using cox.com.
In the event
that Cox or its affiliated entities have provided links and pointers
to Internet sites maintained by third parties, unless expressly
stated otherwise, no inference or assumption should be made and
no representation may be implied that either Cox or its affiliated
entities operates or controls in any way any information, products
or services on these third party sites.
YOU AGREE THAT
YOUR USE OF THIS SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER
OF POSSIBLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE,
AND THE INHERENT HAZARDS AND UNCERTAINTIES OF ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION,
THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS, INACCURACIES OR OTHER PROBLEMS WITH
SUCH INFORMATION. IF YOU RELY ON THIS SERVICE OR ANY MATERIAL AVAILABLE
THROUGH THIS SERVICE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.
THE MATERIALS
ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. SPECIFICALLY,
COX AND ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT
THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. NOR DO THEY GUARANTEE THAT THE SITE WILL
BE ERROR-FREE OR CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE OR THAT THE SITE, INCLUDING
BULLETIN BOARDS OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE WILL BE FREE
OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. COX DOES NOT WARRANT OR
MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE
USE OF THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE OR IN THIRD-PARTY SITES OR YOUR
RELIANCE THEREUPON IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS,
RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. YOU, AND NOT COX, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST
OF ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
SHALL COX OR ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU
OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN DIRECT DAMAGES. THIS PROVISION
INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF WE ARE
ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU AGREE
THAT THE LIABILITY OF COX AND ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS,
IF ANY, ARISING OUT OF ANY KIND OF LEGAL CLAIM IN ANY WAY CONNECTED
TO THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO THE SERVICE
OR THE USE OF THE SERVICE.
Termination
This Agreement is effective until terminated by Cox, at any time
without notice. In the event of termination, you are no longer authorized
to access the chat rooms, bulletin boards or other public areas
of the site, and the restrictions imposed on you with respect to
material downloaded from the site, the disclaimers and limitations
of liability set forth in this Agreement shall survive.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Cox, its parents, affiliates,
licensees and their respective directors, officers, employees and
agents from and against all liabilities, claims damages and expenses,
including attorneys' fees, arising out of your use of the Site,
or your violation or alleged violation of the terms of this Agreement.
Other
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Georgia without giving effect to any
principles of conflicts of law. If any provision of this Agreement
is deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that
provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall
not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Please take
the time to read our Copyright
and Trademark Agreement.
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