Introduction
The Lawrence Register website may revise these Terms by updating this document. The most recent version of the Terms will be posted on the website under the link “Terms of Use.” Whenever you access the website, you agree to be bound by the current Terms of Use as posted.
LAST DATE MODIFIED: May 2, 2023
These Terms will be applied fully and affect your use of this Website. By using or accessing the site in any way (whether or not you register as a user, as defined below), you agree to be bound by the Terms and the Site’s Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”), which may be accessed on the Site and is incorporated herein by reference. You must not use this Website if you disagree with any of these Website’s Standard Terms and Conditions.
Use of this Site
The Lawrence Register grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use our site subject to your agreement not to:
Upload any User Content (as defined below) that is, in the sole determination of the Company, indecent, illegal, defamatory, harassing, violent, or otherwise objectionable or is considered commercial or “spam” in nature; upload any User Content (as defined below) that, in the sole determination of The Lawrence Register, violates the intellectual property or other rights of any other person or entity; misrepresent an affiliation or sponsorship with any person or entity; or interfere with the Site’s security, databases, or User Content, or data-mine, decompile, or index the Site in any way.
Notwithstanding anything contrary, the Lawrence Register may limit or terminate access to the site or portions thereof at any time and at its sole discretion. The Lawrence Register, and all information contained therein, are subject to change at any time and without notice.
Registration
Certain portions or features of The Lawrence Register may only be accessed by members who create an account by registering for the site (the “User”).
You must provide a unique username and password to create a user account. You agree to keep your username and password confidential at all times.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless The Lawrence Register, its owners, shareholders, directors, officers, and employees (collectively, “Affiliates”) for any use of your User account, including User Content uploaded by the User Account.
By creating an account, you agree to receive both administrative and promotional emails from the Site. You may unsubscribe from these e-mails by following the “unsubscribe” link in any email.
User Content
Users may post comments on the Site and be able to submit to the Site text-based genealogy, history, photos, and other content (collectively, “User Content”). By submitting user content to The Lawrence Register in any way (whether through email, a form submission, or otherwise), you automatically grant the Company a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, fully transferable, worldwide, nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the User Content in any format, whether now known or hereafter developed, including on the Site.
You further acknowledge that The Lawrence Register is not obligated to use or attribute the User Content in any way. User Content will not be treated as confidential, and you should not submit any Content you wish to remain confidential.
You will be solely responsible for all User Content you submit, including its legality, reliability, safety, appropriateness, originality, and copyright.
The Lawrence Register may edit, revise, or delete User Content at its sole discretion and is expressly licensed to do so. You may be unable to edit, revise or delete User Content from the Site.
The Lawrence Register shall in no way be responsible for screening or monitoring any User Content submissions to the Site. If you submit User Content, you represent and warrant that: you are the sole author and owner of the User Content and that no other person may make any claim of ownership; the User Content is accurate, truthful, and not intended to harm or deceive; the User Content is not illegal in any jurisdiction, and the User Content does not violate the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity.
Our Intellectual Property
Other than as expressly stated, The Lawrence Register owns the right to all content, including text, videos, graphics, audio, and software (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”), found throughout the Site. No license, sale, or assignment of Intellectual Property has been made to you. You further agree not to modify, reproduce, sell, sub-license, make derivates of, or otherwise use any Intellectual Property.
Indemnification
To the fullest extent allowable under law, you will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless The Lawrence Register and its officers, directors, employees, contractors, partners, successors, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and their related companies (collectively “Affiliates”), from and against any claims, obligations, liabilities, expenses, and damages, including attorneys’ fees, arising from or related to (i) your use of, or inability to use, the Site, (ii) your submission of User Content, or (ii) your breach or threatened breach of these Terms.
Additional Terms
The Terms shall be construed solely by laws of the State of West Virginia and the United States, without regard to conflicts of law. Any dispute arising under or related to the Terms shall be brought exclusively in the state and federal courts of West Virginia.
The Terms represent the complete and entire agreement between you and The Lawrence Register regarding the use of the Site and any services of the Company.
If any provision of the Terms is held invalid, the remainder shall continue in full force and effect to the maximum extent allowed by law. You may not assign the Terms under any circumstance. The Lawrence Register may freely assign the Terms in the case of a merger, sale, restructuring, or reorganization of the Company.
The Company’s failure or delay in exercising any right, power, or privilege under the Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such. Other than the content you own, under these Terms, The Lawrence Register and/or its licensors own all the intellectual property rights and materials on this Website.
You are granted a limited license only for viewing this website’s material.
Restrictions
You are specifically restricted from all of the following:
- Publishing any Website material in any other media;
- selling, sublicensing, and/or otherwise commercializing any Website material, including but not limited to pictures, genealogy, family material, and historical stories;
- publicly performing and/or showing any Website material;
- using this Website in any way that is or may be damaging to this Website;
- using this Website in any way that impacts user access to this Website;
- using this Website contrary to applicable laws and regulations or in any way may cause harm to the Website or any person or business entity;
- engaging in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting, or any other similar activity concerning this Website;
- Use this Website to engage in any advertising or marketing.
Certain areas of this Website are restricted from being accessed by you and www.lawrencecountyohio.com and may further restrict access to any areas of this Website, at any time, at absolute discretion. Any user ID and password you may have for this Website are confidential and must also maintain confidentiality.
Your Content
In these Website Standard Terms and Conditions, “Your Content” shall mean any audio, video text, images, or other material you choose to display on this Website. By displaying Your Content, you grant The Lawrence Register at www.lawrencecountyohio.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, sub-licensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate, and distribute it in all media.
Your Content must be your own and not invade any third-party’s rights. The Lawrence Register reserves the right to remove any of Your Content from this Website at any time without notice.
Your Privacy.
Please read our Privacy Policy.
Use of Cookies.
Please read Cookie Privacy
No Warranties
The Lawrence Register is provided “as is,” with all faults, and we express no representations or warranties of any kind related to this Website or the materials contained on this Website. Also, nothing contained on this Website shall be interpreted as advising you. This site also contains user content submitted by third parties. This website does not review, provide this user-submitted content or endorse it in any way. Use this information at your own risk.
Limitation of Liability
In no event shall The Lawrence Register, nor any of its officers, directors, and employees be held liable for anything arising out of or in any way connected with your use of this Website, whether such liability is under contract.
Indemnification
You indemnify to the fullest extent The Lawrence Register from and against any and/or all liabilities, costs, demands, causes of action, damages, and expenses arising in any way related to your breach of any of the provisions of these Terms.
Severability
If any provision of these Terms is invalid under applicable law, such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.
Variation of Terms
The Lawrence Register is permitted to revise these Terms at any time as it sees fit, and by using this Website, you are expected to review these Terms regularly.
Assignment
The Lawrence Register can assign, transfer, and subcontract its rights and/or obligations under these Terms without any notification. However, you cannot assign, transfer, or subcontract any of your rights and/or obligations under these Terms.
Entire Agreement
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between The Lawrence Register and you concerning your use of this Website and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.
Governing Law & Jurisdiction
These Terms will be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the States of WV and Ohio. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in WV and Ohio for resolving any disputes.