Terms of service / user agreement / disclaimer

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Acceptance of terms

This site is a service of Netlink Technologies Limited, having its office at 6th Floor, ′ACROPLOIS′ 148, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore Chennai 600 004 ("the company"). The company provides its service to you subject to the following terms of service ("tos"), which may be updated by the company from time to time without notice to you. You can review the most current version of the tos at any time on this website. Please check the tos periodically for changes. By your use of the service you signify your agreement to the tos. If you do not agree to the tos, please do not use the service.

Description of service

The company currently provides users with a resource centre and a platform for schools and colleges to showcase their creative talents using on-line publishing provided by the portal PapyrusClubs.com. The portal would provide rich, easy-to-use functionality and would contain templates and tools for newspaper creation and publishing. The portal would contain sophisticated features like collaborative reporting, blogs and discussion forums, RSS feeds, webcasts and podcasts, opinion polls ans surveys, archiving and a smart search facility. In order to use the service, you must have access to the world wide web, either directly or through devices that access web-based content. In addition, you must provide all equipment necessary to make such connection to the world wide web, including a computer and modem or other access device.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold the company, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, co-branders or other partners, harmless from any claim or demand, including attorneys′ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content you submit, post to or transmit through the service, your use of the service, your connection to the service, your violation of the tos, or your violation of any rights of another. You further agree that in the event of any action or claim brought against the company due to or arising out of any content you submit, post to or transmit through the service, your use of the service, your connection to the service, your violation of the tos, or your violation of any rights of another, you will reimburse the company for its reasonable attorneys′ fees and costs incurred in the defense of such action or claim.

No resale of service

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the service, use of the service, or access to the service.

Modifications to service

You agree that the company may at any time, on its sole discretion, modify, suspend or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that the company shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the service.

Termination

Not withstanding the fact that company provides you with the service as stated supra, you acknowledge and agree that the company, in its sole discretion, may at any time remove and discard any content within the service, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if the company believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the tos or of any terms and conditions or rules posted on the site. You agree that any termination of your access to the service under any provision of these tos may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that the company may immediately deactivate or suspend your membership and deactivate or delete all your personal information and files contained in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the service. Further, you agree that the company shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to, or removal of your information from, the service.

Dealings with advertisers

Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that the company shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the service.

Dealings with marketing partners

Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, marketing partners or educational institutions found on or through the service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such marketing partners. You agree that the company shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such marketing partners on the service.

Links

The service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other world wide web sites or resources. Because the company has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that the company is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, services, information, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that the company shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by, or in connection with, use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

Proprietary rights

You acknowledge and agree that the service and any necessary software used in connection with the service ("software") contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that content contained in sponsor advertisements or information presented to you through the service or advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by the company or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based, in whole or in part, on the service, the software, the content or sponsor advertisements, or information presented to you through the service or advertisers. The company grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of any software on this site. You hereby agree that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in such software. You agree not to modify the software in any manner or form, or to use modified versions of the software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the service. You also agree that the pictures, videos and other personal information of the other members are their proprietary material and hence you would not misuse the same.

Important policies of the company

i) as an important policy of the company, any acts of the member, which either directly or indirectly affect the sentiments of the people of any country, community, religion, sect, caste, race or a creed shall not be encouraged and in view of the said policy of the company, you hereby agree that you shall not indulge in either directly or indirectly by posting pictures or sharing the videos or creating a gang or creating a blog or in aiding to create a gang or a blog which encourages or enhances either directly or indirectly any such vicious campaign. ii) as another important policy of the company, any acts of the member, which either directly or indirectly affect the members of the service or the community, by either posting obscene material or exchanging the pictures or videos or creating a blog or aiding to create a blog is strictly not encouraged. You therefore agree that you shall not indulge in such offensive acts. You agree that if you are found to be indulged or have been indulging in any of the above acts, the company reserves rights to share the information relating to any of the above acts including your personal information if any, with any of the authorities of the concerned country for prosecution according to the prevailing law of that country. You further agree that you would indemnify the company for any damages or consequential damages arising out of the said acts, if any, committed by you.

Disclaimer of warranties

You expressly understand and agree that:

A. Your use of the service is at your sole risk. The service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. The company expressly disclaims 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.

B. The company makes no warranty that (i) the service will meet your requirements, (ii) the service 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, and (v) any errors in the software will be corrected.

C. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the service is done at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material. D. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from this site or through or from the service shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the tos.

Limitation of liability

You expressly understand and agree that the company shall not be liable for any 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 company has been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the service; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or pictures and videos downloaded, transactions entered into through or from the service; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (iv) statements or conduct or behaviour of any third party on the service; or (v) any other matter relating to the service.

Copyrights

The company respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe that a copyright work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the company the following information: an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest

A) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed

B) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site

C) your name, address, telephone number, and email address

D) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law

E) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Trademark information

PapyrusClubs.com and "PapyrusClubs" are trademarks of Netlink Technologies limited.

Miscellaneous information

You may from time to time receive emails from the company′s staff to enhance your experience with this service, you may also receive emails to alert you to an incomplete or possibly inaccurate profile. You release company from any liability arising from or related to such email transmissions to you

Policy matter

As a policy matter of the company, we do not encourage any act which shall have adverse impact

Violations

Please report any violations of the tos at webmaster@papyrusclubs.com