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Terms of Service

By registering for or continuing to use this website, you agree that you are legally and socially obligated to comply with the terms of service. If you do not accept this agreement you may not access or use StarArmy.com or its services. We reserve the right to update this policy at any time without notice.

General

  1. You will not use the website for any purpose that is unlawful, fraudulent or contrary to the policies of StarArmy.com, and you will cooperate fully with StarArmy.com to investigate any suspected unlawful, fraudulent or improper activity.
  2. You will not use the website in any manner that harasses another member or could interfere with any other party's use or enjoyment of the website. You will respect the privacy of others and not use the website for unwelcome, rude or abusive communications, including the creation obscene, offensive, tasteless, defamatory or hateful member names or content.
  3. You will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any member account information, computer systems or networks associated with the website, or attempt to obtain any information or materials relating to the website through any means not intentionally made available through the website.
    1. Your accounts are yours alone; Do not share your account password with anyone.
    2. No one is allowed to ask for the password of another user.
  4. You will not encourage others to violate the StarArmy.com policies.

Intellectual Property

StarArmy.com prohibits the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials!

You will not use StarArmy.com or its services to transmit, store, or provide links to any material that infringes copyrighted works or violates the intellectual property rights. StarArmy.com will terminate members who infringe or are believed to be infringing the rights of copyright holders.

Infringement Remedy

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide StarArmy.com listed below with the following information required under 17 U.S.C. Β§ 512.

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the owner or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed, 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.
  2. Identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online website are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at the website.
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed, and information reasonably sufficient to permit StarArmy.com to locate the material (a URL).
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit StarArmy.com to contact the complaining party, including a name, email address, telephone number and a mailing address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
  5. 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.

Notice of claims of copyright infringement on or regarding this website can be sent to The Admin

Members' Intellectual Property

Your original creations here are your own and will remain your own property, but once you add them to Star Army, they're also the community's to use; by participating in the Star Army community, you agree to assign Star Army an irrevocable, non-exclusive, and royalty-free license to utilize the content you submit (such as wiki edits, forum posts, image uploads, and characters) giving Star Army the ability to use the material you contribute in the same way its owner would (including but not limited to public display, making derivative works, and using it in commercial works to raise funds for the Star Army community). This allows the other site members to build upon each others' ideas and also protects the site continuity by preventing anything from being suddenly removed.

If you wish to use Star Army's content, or content derived from Star Army's intellectual property (such as a Nekovalkyrja character), you need to first obtain Star Army's permission.

Notice of Limited Liability

Use of StarArmy.com is at your own risk and we are not liable for damages.

StarArmy.com is not responsible for the content that is presented through member-controlled portions of the website or the forums. While the administration takes reasonable efforts to moderate user-posted content to appropriate topics, we cannot control what members post. StarArmy.com does not make any claims nor guarantee the truth, accuracy, completeness, safety, timeliness, quality, appropriateness, legality or applicability of anything said or written by members. Any information you choose to reveal about yourself to other members is done at your own risk, and we are not liable for any interruptions or errors in the service we provide to you. StarArmy.com is provided β€œas is” and disclaims any warranties, expressed or implied.

If you have a legal dispute with another member, or suffer any harm arising out of or connected with any StarArmy.com, you waive all claims against and release StarArmy.com from any and all liability for claims, demands, damages (actual and consequential), costs and expenses (including litigation costs and attorneys' fees) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with StarArmy.com. California residents, you waive your rights under California Civil Code Β§1542. Residents of other states waive their rights under their own state's corresponding laws. Under no circumstances will StarArmy.com be liable to you for any damages, whether they be exemplary, consequential, indirect, incidental, or special, arising out of in connection to the use of the StarArmy.com website, products, or services (whether or not StarArmy.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages).

Notice of Severability

If any provision of this policy is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. StarArmy.com's failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive StarArmy.com's right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. The failure of StarArmy.com to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these terms and conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.


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