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The terms
'BPIA.COM' and 'BPMAG’
are used in this
document (or Agreement)
to refer to the Web site
itself and to 'BPIA.COM,
the company which owns
and operates the BPMAG
ONLINE website.
'BPIA.COM’, or BPMAG
ONLINE, is an online
networking community
that connects its
members through networks
of friends and through a
variety of services it
provides to its members.
This document covers the
terms and conditions
under which these
services are provided on
the site.
• Your
registration as a member
of 'BPIA.COM or the use
of any of the features
and services on
'BPIA.COM either as a
registered member or as
an unregistered visitor
constitutes acceptance
of these terms and
conditions and the
privacy policy defined
herein. These terms and
conditions apply
automatically to any new
services or features
introduced on 'BPIA.COM.
• If you do not
agree with any of the
terms and conditions,
you are NOT granted
rights to use 'BPIA.COM
services and must not
register as a member.
• 'BPIA.COM reserves
the right to update the
terms, conditions and
notices of this
agreement without notice
to you. It is your
responsibility to
periodically review the
most current version of
this Agreement as your
continued use of
'BPIA.COM signifies your
acceptance of any
changed terms.
•
This Agreement
constitutes the entire
agreement between you
and 'BPIA.COM and
governs your use of the
'BPIA.COM Service,
superseding any prior
agreements between you
and 'BPIA.COM.
Terms of Service
Beautiful
People In Action, Inc. /
BPIA.COM is a service
provider as defined in
the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act of 1998.
BPIA.COM is an
interactive computer
service as defined by 47
U.S.C. § 230. We do
not control the truth or
accuracy of content
posted or the safety, or
legality of the items
advertised or sold. You
may find other users'
information or
advertisements posted to
be offensive, harmful,
inaccurate or deceptive.
The views expressed on
the website are not
those of BPIA.COM, and
any errors or omissions
in them belong to the
respective contributors
/ copyright holders.
Through the use of this
site, you agree to hold
harmless BPIA.COM and
its sponsors, owners,
shareholders or
employees against any
and all claims related
to opinions expressed by
others.
The
remainder of this
document covers the
specific terms and
conditions under which,
each major service
category of BPIA is
provided for use. It is
your responsibility to
make sure you read and
understand this document
before using any BPIA
service. Please do not
contribute to BPIA.COM
in any manner unless you
have carefully read and
agree with all of these
terms.
Accessing and
Transmitting BPIA.COM
Content
All the content
available for public
access on BPIA.COM is
protected by copyright.
Your use of this
material must adhere to
the following terms,
unless you are the
original contributor of
the content to
BPIA.COM’, in which case
your use is governed by
the terms governing
BPIA.COM’ relationship
with its contributors as
covered below.
•
You may download and
print a single copy of
any content item for
your personal,
non-commercial use.
Content items include,
but are not restricted
to, articles, columns,
photographs, complete
Coffeehouse posts and
reader comments on
articles.
• You
may not modify any
content you download or
print from BPIA.COM’.
You must retain all
copyright notices and
logos on any content
item you download or
print.
• You may
not make any content
item originating from
BPIA.COM’ available for
public access by any
means whatsoever without
obtaining prior written
permission from
BPIA.COM’.
• You
may forward Internet
URLs (Uniform Resource
Locators) to third
parties for private,
non-commercial use,
along with brief
extracts that do not
violate Fair Use
guidelines.
• You
may post, or otherwise
make publicly available,
excerpts from BPIA.COM’
content items, in any
publicly accessible
forum, so long as they
follow standard Fair Use
guidelines and BPIA.COM’
is cited alongside the
excerpt as the original
source with a link back
to BPIA.COM’.
Contributing Content to
BPIA.COM
In addition to being a
social and professional
networking site that
connects people,
BPIA.COM’ also provides
a variety of forums for
its members to express
themselves in the form
of articles, columns,
opinions, comments,
reviews, art and
photographs. BPIA.COM
provides value to its
contributors by making
available to them its
vast global audience
reach.
The terms
in this section apply to
all the content
contributed to BPIA.COM’
in any of its various
services and forums.
• You truthfully
assert that the content
being contributed is
your creation and that
you own the copyright to
the content. Unless you
have deliberately
assigned the copyright
to someone else, you
automatically own the
copyright to all of your
original creations.
• You truthfully
assert you have not
infringed on anybody
else's copyright in the
creation of this
article.
• We are
not responsible or
liable for loss if
visitors to the site
violate your copyright
and distribute your
copyrighted content
without your permission.
• You grant us
exclusive unlimited
Internet distribution
rights and electronic
distribution rights, and
non-exclusive, unlimited
print publication and
distribution rights
either through BPIA.COM'
or through other media.
This includes Web
publishing, syndication
on other web sites,
syndication with print
publishers, publishing
as part of a collection
of articles, publishing
as a book, email, ftp,
telnet and other
Internet-based
information transfer
protocols.
• You
may, however, publish
the content you
contribute to BPIA.COM,
on your personal,
non-commercial Web site
if you possess one.
• In case the
contributions are
digital images of
artwork in traditional
media such as canvas,
that is available for
sale, you may also
publish digital images
of your artwork on
commercial Web sites
that sell art online,
only for the purpose of
sale.
• Once
granted and your content
is published, the
distribution rights
cannot be revoked. In
other words, once your
contribution is
published on BPIA.COM’
it automatically becomes
a permanent part of the
publicly-accessible
BPIA.COM’ archives. You
may, however, subject to
our approval, update or
revise your
contributions on
BPIA.COM’.
• You
will not receive any
monetary compensation
for your submissions.
The only in-kind
compensation we promise
is exposure on the World
Wide Web and a home for
your expression on the
web.
• You grant
us the right to
organize, categorize,
collate your contributed
content and present it
on the website in any
manner we see fit. We
may remove or edit your
contribution at our
discretion without
having to secure your
permission. We will
however make reasonable
efforts to inform you of
the changes.
• We
generally do not object
to our contributors
posting their BPIA.COM’
contributions on other,
freely accessible
non-commercial Internet
locations, so long as
BPIA.COM’ is clearly
cited as the original
publisher, and a link to
WWW.BPIA.COM’ is
provided. You, however,
agree to secure our
permission first before
such re-publication on
other Internet sites
happens.
• You
agree to state BPIA.COM’
as the previous
publisher prominently in
case you print your
article in an offline
magazine.
Using BPIA.COM Services
This Section covers
the terms under which
various BPIA.COM’
services, including, but
not limited to, link
forwarding services,
event information, and
any information
available on BPIA.COM’,
are made available to
you.
You agree
that:
• BPIA.COM
may electronically block
or otherwise deny access
to the BPIA.COM’ Web
site, to any user deemed
to be in violation of
any of the terms in this
document.
•
BPIA.COM is not obliged
to ensure that the Web
site is available to all
users at all times.
While we make all
attempts to deny access
only to those
individuals who violate
BPIA.COM’ regulations,
we are occasionally
forced to use access
denial methods that
cause a disruption in
access for other users.
• BPIA.COM is not
responsible for a loss
of access to BPIA.COM’
services due to failure
of networks connected to
the Internet, or any
other temporary hardware
or software failure.
• BPIA.COM reserves
the right at any time
and from time to time to
modify or discontinue,
temporarily or
permanently, the Service
(or any part thereof)
with or without notice.
• Possibility exists
that the Site could
include inaccuracies or
errors. Possibility also
exists that unauthorized
additions, deletions and
alteration might be made
by third parties.
Although BPIA.COM
attempts to ensure the
integrity and the
accuracy of the Site, it
makes no guarantees
whatsoever as to the
correctness or accuracy
of the Site. In the
event that such an
inaccuracy arises,
please inform BPIA.COM
by emailing editor@
bpmagonline.com’ so that
it can be corrected.
• This Site may
contain links to other
Web sites operated by
third parties ("Linked
Sites"). You acknowledge
that, when you click on
a link to visit a Linked
Site, a frame may appear
that contains the
BPIA.COM’ logo,
advertisements and/or
other content selected
by BPIA.COM’. You
acknowledge that
BPIA.COM’ and its
sponsors neither endorse
nor are affiliated with
the Linked Site and are
not responsible for any
content that appears on
the Linked Site. You
also acknowledge that
the owner of the Linked
Site neither endorses
nor is affiliated with
BPIA.COM and its
sponsors.
Member Registration
BPIA.COM’
requires registration
for those who
participate in a variety
of its services.
BPIA.COM also offers
social networking
services to its members
through which they can
get to know each other
and establish shared
contexts and
relationships. When you
register as a BPIA.COM’
member, you accept the
following terms and
conditions:
• You
agree to provide true,
accurate, current and
complete information as
required in the
registration form.
• You agree maintain
and promptly update the
Registration Data as
necessary to keep it
true, accurate, current
and complete.
•
If, after investigation,
BPIA.COM has reasonable
grounds to suspect that
any user's information
is untrue, inaccurate,
not current or
incomplete, BPIA.COM may
suspend or terminate
that user's account and
prohibit any and all
current or future use of
the BPIA.COM Sites (or
any portion thereof) by
that user other than as
expressly provided
herein.
• Each
user is wholly
responsible for
maintaining the
confidentiality of
account login and
password information and
for all activities
occurring there under.
BPIA.COM cannot and will
not be liable for any
loss or damage arising
from a user's failure to
comply with this Section
4, including any loss or
damage arising from any
user's failure to: (1)
immediately notify
BPIA.COM of any
unauthorized use of his
or her password or
account or any other
breach of security; and
(2) ensure that he or
she exits from his or
her account at the end
of each session.
• You agree that
BPIA.COM reserves the
right to publish any and
all information provided
as part of BPIA.COM
registration, except
email address and
password to authenticate
the user, to facilitate
social networking among
its members.
Disclaimer of Warranties
and Indemnity
YOUR USE OF BPIA.COM
IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED
BY BPIA.COM, ON AN "AS
IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE"
BASIS. TO THE FULL
EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY
APPLICABLE LAW WEBSITE
DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF
MERCHATABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
ANY WARRANTY THAT IS
PROVIDED IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY OF THE PRODUCTS
OR SERVICES MADE
AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH
BPIA.COM IS PROVIDED
SOLELY BY THE OWNER,
ADVERTISER OR
MANUFACTURER OF THAT
PRODUCT AND/OR SERVICE
AND NOT BY BPIA.COM.
BPIA.COM, MAKES NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS
TO THE OPERATION OF THE
WEBSITE OR THE
INFORMATION, CONTENT,
MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS
ON THE WEBSITE,
INCLUDING THAT
•
BPIA.COM AND ITS
SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENTS,
•
BPIA.COM WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY,
SECURE OR ERROR FREE,
• THE QUALITY OF ANY
PRODUCTS, SERVICES,
INFORMATION OR OTHER
MATERIAL PURCHASED OR
OBTAINED BY YOU THOUGH
BPIA.COM WILL MEET YOUR
EXPECTATIONS, BE
RELIABLE OR ACCURATE,
AND
•
ERRORS IN THE
SOFTWARE WILL BE
CORRECTED.
YOUR
SOLE REMEDY FOR
DISSATISFACTION WITH
BPIA.COM SITE-RELATED
SERVICES AND/OR CONTENT
OR INFORMATION CONTAINED
WITHIN THE SITE IS TO
STOP USING THE SITE
AND/OR ITS SERVICES.
ANY MATERIAL
DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE
OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE
OF BPIA.COM IS DONE AT
YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND
RISK AND YOU WILL BE
SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR
COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS
OF DATA THAT RESULTS.
You agree to
indemnify, defend and
hold BPIA.COM, harmless
from all claims, damages
and expenses (including
attorney's fees) made by
any third party arising
out of your content,
your use of BPIA.COM,
your connection to
BPIA.COM, your violation
of this Agreement, our
Terms of Use or our
Privacy Policy, and the
development, operation,
maintenance, use and
contents of your
website.
Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT
SHALL BPIA.COM, BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, PUNITIVE,
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE,
DATA, OR OTHER
INTANGIBLE LOSSES
RESULTING FROM [A] THE
USE OR THE INABILITY TO
USE OUR SERVICES OR
ACCESS CONTENT, [B] THE
COST OF PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND
SERVICES RESULTING FROM
TRANSACTIONS ENTERED
INTO THROUGH OR FROM
BPIA.COM, [C] THE
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO
OR ALTERATIONS OF YOUR
TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA,
[D] STATEMENTS OR
CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD
PARTY ON THE SERVICE, OR
[E] ANY OTHER MATTER
RELATING TO THE SERVICE,
EVEN IF BPIA.COM, HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.
Void Where Prohibited
Although
BPIA.COM is accessible
worldwide, not all
products or services
discussed or referenced
on BPIA.COM are
available to all persons
or in all geographic
locations or
jurisdictions. BPIA.COM
reserves the right to
limit the provision of
any product or service
to any person,
geographic area or
jurisdiction it so
desires, in its sole
discretion and to limit
the quantities of any
such product or service
that it provides. Any
offer for any product or
service made on BPIA.COM
is void where
prohibited.
In
addition, BPIA.COM makes
no representation that
materials on BPIA.COM
are appropriate or
available for use in
locations outside the
United States;
therefore, accessing
those materials from
territories where they
are illegal is
prohibited. Those who
choose to access
BPIA.COM from locations
outside the United
States do so on their
own initiative and are
responsible for
compliance with local
laws.
Financial Transactions
and Taxes
If you make any
financial transactions
on BPIA.COM, including
paying for network
services fees,
advertising banners,
product placements,
products or services,
you may be asked for
credit card or other
payment information. You
agree that all
information you provide
is accurate, complete
and current and that you
will pay all charges
owed, including any
applicable taxes. You
agree that you are
solely responsible for
any personal income
reporting and tax
payments required of you
by applicable government
authorities.
Termination
BPIA.COM, reserves
the right to discontinue
in whole or in part any
portion of ITS services
or programs with or
without notice.
Additional Notices
• All pages
within this Internet
site are the property of
BPIA.COM, Permission
(which may be revoked at
any time) is granted to
download the material in
this Site without
alterations and for
private and
non-commercial use only
so long as the following
copyright notice is
included: BPIA.COM is a
trademarks and service
mark of Beautiful People
In Action, Inc.
BPIA.COM, All other
trademark, service mark
and logo used in this
Site the trademarks,
service marks or logos
of their respective
owners.
• Any
offer for any product or
service made in the Site
is void where
prohibited.
•
Third party trademarks,
service marks, logos,
trade names and
copyrights found on
bpia.com belong to their
respective owners.
• All rights to the
bpia.com Material not
expressly granted herein
are reserved.
•
Third Party Merchants
and Advertisers: You
acknowledge that
bpia.com, does not
control the performance
of merchants or
advertisers that appear
on bpia.com. Therefore,
if you choose to
purchase a product or
service, you release us
from any and all claims
you may have regarding
the third party's
failure to deliver or
perform.
Independent
Investigation
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU HAVE READ THIS
AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO
ALL ITS TERMS AND
CONDITIONS. YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY
AT ANY TIME (DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY) SOLICIT
MEMBER REFERRALS ON
TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER
FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN
THIS USER AGREEMENT. YOU
HAVE INDEPENDENTLY
EVALUATED THE
DESIRABILITY OF
PARTICIPATING IN
BPIA.COM OR ITS PROGRAMS
AND ARE NOT RELYING ON
ANY REPRESENTATION,
GUARANTEE OR STATEMENTS
OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH
IN THIS AGREEMENT.
INTERNET
COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
INFORMATION: The
communication standards
of the Internet industry
transmit the URL of the
site from which you
visit BPIA.COM, the IP
address of your
computer, the IP address
of your ISP, various
attributes of your
computer such as
operating system,
resolution and browser
software, and the date
and time of your various
requests for pages on
BPIA.COM. BPIA.COM file
logging system
automatically logs all
of this information in
its log files for its
analysis.
Use of
Information by BPIA.COM
BPIA.COM is an
online website that
offers a variety of
services designed to
connect people from
around the world. The
information, whether
personal information of
any form of
self-expression is used
to help you describe
yourself to other users.
BPIA.COM also collects
additional information
in order to operate and
improve our service.
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN
ACTION, INC is the sole
owner of the information
collected on the
BPIA.COM site.
Conduct and use of
language:
• Member contributions
must be civil and
tasteful and must not be
malicious or designed to
offend. Use of profanity
is strictly prohibited.
• Do not refer to
the personality of other
participants or attack
an individual’s
character or personally
insult another member.
Do not use the Network
to harass, threaten or
verbally abuse or
intimidate anyone, or
behave in any manner
that would cause
annoyance or distress to
other members.
•
Members of BPIA.COM may
not insult or defame the
site, including any of
its employees,
moderators or
freelancers. You may not
post the contents (in
part or whole) of any
email that you may
receive from any
BPIA.COM employee(s)
and/or moderator.
• Do not to post any
material that is
obscene, defamatory,
profane, libelous,
threatening, harassing,
abusive, hateful or
embarrassing towards
other person(s) or an
entity. We encourage a
healthy exchange of
opinions and
disagreements. By all
means challenge an
opinion but please do it
respectfully.
Name-calling, insults
and use of foul or
abusive language will
not be tolerated. This
includes the use of
offensive member Display
Names and URLs (your
personal website address
on BPIA.COM).
•
Please be sure before
you divulge the details
of your identity or
personal information in
your post(s), including
photos of yourself or
your family and friends.
Anything posted online
is accessible to the
entire web community and
BPIA.COM is not liable
in cases where such
information is misused.
Please be aware of the
general dangers of
online information
sharing like identity
theft and other
fraudulent activities.
• Members of
BPIA.COM are not
permitted to collect or
distribute personal data
concerning other members
at any time.
• Do
not post messages more
than once. Bpia.com
reserves the right to
delete such posts and
may terminate the
accounts of such
members.
• A
member of BPIA.COM must
not impersonate another
member.
Advertising and
Spamming:
• Commercial messages or
promotional messages
from businesses or
organizations are not
permitted on the
Network. BPIA.COM
provides a platform for
its members to express
themselves in the form
of articles, columns,
opinions, comments,
reviews, art and photos
but the website must not
be used as a medium for
marketing or selling to
our members.
• No
advertising or promotion
is allowed except where
it is for an event,
publication or similar
item that has direct
relevance to the subject
of discussion and is
non-commercial in
nature.
Please bear in mind that
the space on the Network
is for creative
contributions by members
and not for personal
advertising or
promotion(s).
Information about
locating and sharing
knowledge and expertise
is welcomed, but must
have relevance to the
topic on which an
opinion is expressed or
a discussion is
initiated.
• Do
not post chain letters,
promote pyramid schemes
or recruit members for
any “network marketing
OR “multi-level
marketing businesses.
• Do not recruit
members to join another
website forum or chat
group, whether personal
or otherwise. If you
have a suggestion for a
new forum, please
contact us or send your
queries to member
relations.
•
BPIA.COM encourages
healthy discussion on
the topics that members
contribute to in forums
and when relevant,
members are allowed to
post links to their
content. However, overt
promotion of, or
inappropriate links to
other known commercial
websites on any forum
are not permitted and
will be removed. If you
are unsure whether a
link or a posting is
allowed, please send
your queries to member
relations. Â site is
considered one that
promotes a product or
service for a price, or
for other consideration
that suggests it is a
for-profit business.
Copyrighted Material:
Uploading copies of
copyrighted material as
a whole or in part on
BPIA.COM without
explicit permission from
the copyright owner
shall be deemed to
infringe on the
copyright and this
applies to materials
such as text, images,
music, movies, games,
and other software in
digital and analog
format. BPIA.COM
reserves the right to
immediately delete such
material without prior
permission/consultation
from the member. If you
suspect that an image
submitted to BPIA.COM is
copyright protected and
has been used
fraudulently, please
contact us immediately
or send us an email to:
member relations
Safety Guidelines:
BPIA.COM is always
reaching out to a wider
audience by showcasing
the best of our member
contributions. However,
in doing so, we will not
allow to be uploaded
anything on the site
that we think could be
potentially endangering
or is inflammatory or
embarrassing to our
members. It also helps
members to be aware of
certain things in the
interest of their
safety.
• All
members are responsible
for the safety of their
personal information. We
recommend that members
do not disclose their
names, addresses, email
addresses, telephone
numbers or other
personal information
online.
• All
members need to be aware
that when they upload
their photos to the
site, the photos are not
only visible to the
entire internet
community but can also
be downloaded, since any
image that can be
displayed on a computer
screen can be saved by
the person viewing it.
It is technically not
possible to prevent this
and hence BPIA.COM
cannot be held liable in
such cases. If you are
worried about someone
else viewing, saving
your images then please
do not submit.
•
Do not post chain
letters, promote pyramid
schemes or recruit
members for any
businesses.
• Do
not recruit members to
join another website
forum or chat group,
whether personal or
otherwise. If you have a
suggestion for a new
forum, please contact us
or send your queries to
member relations.
• BPIA.COM
encourages healthy
discussion on the topics
that members contribute
to in forums and where
relevant, members are
allowed to post links to
their content. However,
overt promotion of, or
inappropriate links to
other known commercial
websites on any forum
are not permitted and
will be removed. If you
are unsure whether a
link or a posting is
allowed, please send
your queries to
member.relations@bpmagonline.com.
A commercial site is
considered as one that
promotes a product or
service for a price or
for other consideration
that suggests it is a
for-profit business.
Legalities:
• All members are
reminded that they may
be held legally
accountable for what
they say or do online.
In particular, members
may be held liable for
any defamatory comments,
threats and/or untrue
statements or other
illegal and fraudulent
claims made by them.
• BPIA.COM does not
endorse the opinions
expressed by its
members.
• If any
member fails to observe
the above rules of
conduct at any time,
BPIA.COM reserves the
right to terminate the
membership of the member
and/or delete all their
contributions (either
temporarily or
permanently) from the
site, depending on the
nature and severity of
the breach and without
prior warning or consent
of the member.
Registration as a
BPIA.COM member at any
time past or present and
use of the BPIA.COM
website and all its
product/service
offerings will be taken
as acceptance of the
above rules of conduct.
BPIA.COM’S decision on
all matters is final and
binding on its members.
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