1) The materials on this Web site (the "Site") are provided by Portland Storytellers’ Guild("Portland Storytellers’ Guild") as a service to its customers, members, and other interested persons and may be used for informational, non-commercial purposes only. You should assume that everything you see or read on the Site is copyrighted and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the text on the Site without the express written permission of Portland Storytellers’ Guild. Portland Storytellers’ Guild neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the Site will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with Portland Storytellers’ Guild.
  2) While Portland Storytellers’ Guild uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information in the Site, Portland Storytellers’ Guild makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. Portland Storytellers’ Guild assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors oromissions in the content of the Site.

3) Your use of and browsing in the Site are entirely at your risk. Neither Portland Storytellers’ Guild, any of its affiliates, agencies, nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITIED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

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Some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Portland Storytellers’ Guild also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site. In addition, you expressly acknowledge and agree that Portland  Storytellers’ Guild is not liable or responsible for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of third parties.

4) Any communication or material you transmit to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and nonproprietary. Anything you transmit or post becomes the property of Portland Storytellers’ Guild or its affiliates and may be used for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, Portland Storytellers’ Guild is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, creating and delivering stories using such information.

5) Images of people or places displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, Portland Storytellers’ Guild. The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy policy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

6) The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site are registered and common law Trademarks of Portland Storytellers’ Guild and others. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of Portland Storytellers’ Guild or such third party that may own the Trademarks displayed on the Site. Your use of the Trademarks displayed on the Site, or any other content on the Site, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that Portland Storytellers’ Guild will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of criminal prosecution.

7) Portland Storytellers’ Guild has not reviewed any or all of the sites linked to the Site and is not responsible for the content of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to the Site. Your linking to the Site, off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk and without the permission of Portland Storytellers’ Guild.

8) Although Portland Storytellers’ Guild may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Site, Portland Storytellers’ Guild is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation,libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the Site.

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. Portland Storytellers’ Guild will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Portland Storytellers’ Guild to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

9) The software and technical data on this web site is subject to the laws, regulations, orders or other restrictions regarding import to, and export and re-export from, various countries, including export and re-export restrictions that may be imposed by applicable laws of the United States.

In the event that software or technical data is made available on the this, by downloading or accessing this software or technical data,you are agreeing not to import, export or re-export, either directly or indirectly (including transmission and shipment) except in accordance with all applicable laws, and you are accepting responsibility to determine what is necessary to assure such compliance. In particular, but without limitation, you agree not to export, re-export or provide the software or technical data:

(i) to, or to a national or resident of Cuba, Iraq , Iran, Sudan, Libya, Syria, North Korea, or to any other country embargoed or restricted by the U.S. (This list of countries is current as of July 2002 but is subject to change);
(ii) to anyone on the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders or the U.S. Department of Treasury's Specially Designated Nationals Lists; or
(iii) to any person or entity who has been prohibited from participating in U.S. export transactions by any agency of the U.S. Government.

You are also agreeing not to download, transfer, export or re-export Portland Storytellers’ Guild products, technology or software to your customers or any intermediate entity in the chain of supply if our products will be used in the design, development, production, stockpiling or use of missiles, chemical or biological weapons or for nuclear end uses, without obtaining prior authorization from the U.S. Government.

10) Portland Storytellers’ Guild may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound. Portland Storytellers’ Guild and the Portland Storytellers’ Guild logo are registered trademarks of Portland Storytellers’ Guild. Portland Storytellers’ Guild is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of its people.