REGISTER | SIGN IN DONATE MENU Terms of Service The following terms and conditions govern all use of the Center for Inquiry website and all content, services, and products available at or through the website. The Website is owned and operated by the Center for Inquiry (“CFI”). The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, CFI’s Privacy Policy (https://centerforinquiry.org/privacy/), and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by CFI (collectively, the “Agreement”). Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the Website, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by CFI, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is only available to individuals who are at least 13 years old. Responsibility of Contributors If you contribute to any of the blogs, comment on any of the blogs or other posts, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), you are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio or video file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that: The downloading, copying, and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including, but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secrets rights, or any other intellectual property of any third party; If your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content; You have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms; The Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses, or other harmful or destructive content; The Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing); The Content is not pornographic, does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party; Your blog is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and websites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods; Your blog is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your blog’s URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and You have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses, and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by CFI or otherwise. By submitting Content to CFI for inclusion on the Website, you grant CFI a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing, and promoting your Content. If you delete Content, CFU will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable. Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, CFI has the right (though not the obligation) to, in CFI’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in CFI’s reasonable opinion, violates any CFI policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in CFI’s sole discretion. CFI will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid. Responsibility of Website Visitors CFI has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be held responsible for that material’s content, use, or effects. By operating the Website, CFI does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful, or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer system from viruses, works, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that you or others consider offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying, or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. CFI disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the sue by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted. Restrictions on Use You are expressly and emphatically restricted from all of the following without first obtaining CFI’s explicit written consent: Publishing any Website material in any media; Selling, sublicensing, and/or otherwise commercializing any Website material; Publicly performing and/or showing any Website material; Using this Website in any way that is, or may be, damaging to this Website, or to CFI as a whole; Using this Website in any way that impacts user access to this Website; Using this Website contrary to applicable laws and regulations, or in a way that causes, or may cause, harm to the Website, or to any person or business entity; Engaging in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting, or any other similar activity in relation to this Website, or while using this Website; Using this Website to engage in any advertising or marketing; Certain areas of this Website may be restricted from access by you, and CFI may further restrict access by you to any areas of this Website, at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion. Any user ID and password you may have for this Website are confidential and you must maintain confidentiality of such information. Content Posted on Other Websites We have not reviewed and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which CFI links, and that link to centerforinquiry.net. CFI does not have any control over these websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-CFI website or webpage, CFI does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. CFI disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-CFI websites and webpages. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy As CFI asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by centerforinquiry.net violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify CFI in accordance with CFI’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Policy. CFI will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. CFI will terminate a visitor’s access to and use of the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of CFI or others. In the case of such termination, CFI will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to CFI. Intellectual Property This Agreement does not transfer from CFI to you any CFI or third party intellectual property, and all right, title, and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with CFI. CFI, centerforinquiry.net, and all CFI logos, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of CFI. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any CFI or third party trademarks. Changes CFI reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. CFI may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Termination CFI may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or any centerforinquiry.net account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. CFI can terminate the Website immediately as part of a general shut down of our service. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability. Disclaimer of Warranties The Website is provided “as is”. CFI and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Neither CFI nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk. Limitation of Liability In no event will CFI, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to CFI under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. CFI shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent provided by applicable law. General Representation and Warranty You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the CFI Privacy Policy (insert link), with this Agreement, and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party. Indemnification You agree to indemnify and hold harmless CFI, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement. Miscellaneous This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between CFI and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and it may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of CFI, or by the posting by CFI of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of the Website, will be governed by the laws of the state of New York, USA, excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in Erie County, New York (check). Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. (“JAMS”) by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in Amherst, New York, in the English language, and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. 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