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Terms of Service |
Wikinvest Terms of Service
LAST MODIFIED: June 25, 2007
The effective date of this Agreement is June 25, 2007.
Welcome to Wikinvest. Wikinvest’s online services will, among other things, allow an open community of users to share information about investing (the “Services”). Wikinvest and its affiliates provide their Services to you subject to these terms of service, as well as any other guidelines, rules and additional terms referenced herein, and all such guidelines, terms and rules are hereby incorporated herein by this reference (collectively, the “Terms of Service”). By using Wikinvest, which is owned and operated by Nvest, Inc. (“Nvest”, “we” or “our”) and by accessing the Wikinvest website located at http://www.wikinvest.com, and all linked pages owned and operated by Nvest (the “Site” and, together with the Services, “Wikinvest”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. These Terms of Service set out the legally binding terms with respect to your use of, and our provision of, Wikinvest. Please read these Terms of Service carefully. Your access to or use of Wikinvest constitutes your acceptance of all the provisions of these Terms of Service. If you are unwilling to be bound by these Terms of Service, do not access or use Wikinvest.
You must be 18 or over, or the legal age to form a binding contract in your jurisdiction if that age is greater than 18 years of age, to register as a member of Wikinvest or use Wikinvest. If you are under the age of 18 or the applicable legal age in your jurisdiction, you can use Wikinvest only in conjunction with, and under the supervision of, your parent or guardian who has agreed to these Terms of Service. If you do not qualify, do not use Wikinvest. Registration for Wikinvest is void where prohibited by applicable law and the right to access the Site is revoked in such jurisdictions. You must be 13 or older to use the Site, in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). By using Wikinvest, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority and capacity to enter into these Terms of Service and to abide by all of the terms and conditions set forth herein. The Site is administered in the United States and intended for U.S. users; any use outside of the U.S. is at the user’s own risk and users are responsible for compliance with any local laws applicable to their use of Wikinvest.
You agree and understand that these Terms of Service, and Wikinvest itself, may be modified by Nvest at any time without prior notice, and such modifications will be effective upon Nvest’s posting of the new terms and/or upon implementation of the new changes on the Site. You agree to review the Terms of Service periodically so that you are aware of any modifications. Your continued use of Wikinvest after any modifications indicates your acceptance of the modified Terms of Service. Unless expressly stated otherwise by Nvest, any new features, new services, enhancements or modifications to Wikinvest implemented after your initial access to Wikinvest shall be subject to these Terms of Service.
In order to use and/or access certain Services, you may be required to register with the Site and to select a password and user name, which shall consist of an email address you own and use (“User ID”). You may also be asked to answer some questions about yourself. If you register, you agree to provide Nvest with true, accurate, current and complete information, and that you will promptly update such information with any changes. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of these Terms of Service, which may result in the immediate termination of your account. You may not: (i) enter, select or use a false name or an email address owned or controlled by another person with the intent to impersonate that person; or (ii) use as a User ID a name subject to any rights of a person other than yourself without appropriate authorization. Nvest reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel, a User ID in its sole discretion. You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your User ID and password. Any User ID and password provided to you for your access to Wikinvest shall be for your personal use only. You agree to (a) immediately notify Nvest of any unauthorized use of your User ID or password, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. If you violate any of these Terms of Service, Nvest may, at its sole discretion, terminate your registration, remove or modify the content that you have contributed, or take any other action that Nvest determines to be appropriate.
Subject to the restrictions on use and posting set forth in these Terms of Service, you may use Wikinvest to create, contribute, search, consume, and share information about investing, and encourage others to do the same; send content to people you know, whether or not they are existing Wikinvest users; invite people you know to join Wikinvest; and download or copy the portions of the information, data, text, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages and other materials available through Wikinvest (“Content”), and other items displayed on the Site, solely for your own personal, non-commercial use. Subject to Paragraph 15 below, you may not copy or distribute any portion of Wikinvest for any purpose not authorized above without the express written permission of Nvest. Nvest does not control the Content posted by third parties on Wikinvest (“Third Party Content”) and does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Third Party Content. You understand that by using Wikinvest you may be exposed to Third Party Content that is false, misleading, fraudulent, offensive, indecent and/or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Nvest be liable in any way for any Third Party Content, including any errors or omissions in any Third Party Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of your use of any Third Party Content. You are responsible for complying with all laws applicable to the Content you submit to Wikinvest. You should not, and you agree you will not, construe, treat or rely on Content as (i) advice from Nvest or Wikinvest as to the value of securities, the selection of an investment adviser or the advisability of investing in, purchasing or selling securities or (ii) analyses or reports from Nvest or Wikinvest concerning securities. Any Content posted by us on Wikinvest has been posted in order to generate community discussion of such Content. We make no representations, warranties or guarantees whatsoever as to the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content and under no circumstances will Nvest be liable in any way for any Content posted by us on Wikinvest, including any errors or omissions in any such Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of your use of any such Content. You agree that you must evaluate and bear all risks associated with the use of any Content, including any reliance on the content, integrity, and accuracy of such Content. You agree and acknowledge that we are neither your investment adviser nor you fiduciary. You should not rely on any Content in any way when making investment decisions. Your use of any and all Content on or through Wikinvest is subject to our Disclaimer, a copy of which is currently located at http://www.wikinvest.com/site/Disclaimer. We strongly urge you to review the terms of the Disclaimer.
Wikinvest is an organic website that grows because of the Content contributed by its community. Wikinvest users are encouraged to contribute Content to Wikinvest. When you contribute Content to Wikinvest, you agree to do so on the following terms:
You agree that, subject to Paragraph 15 below, without the express written consent of Nvest, you shall not (and you agree not to allow any third party to):
Unauthorized access to Wikinvest is a breach of these Terms of Service and a violation of law. You agree not to access the Site by any means other than through the interfaces that we provide to you for accessing the Site. Nvest may at any time, without prior notice and at our sole discretion, remove any post, terminate the membership of, or take any other appropriate action against any person who violates the above provisions. Illegal or unauthorized uses of Wikinvest will be investigated and subject to appropriate legal action, including, without limitation, civil, criminal and/or injunctive redress.
Nvest has adopted the following general policy toward copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act or DMCA (posted at www.lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf). The address of Nvest’s Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement (“Designated Agent”) is provided at the bottom of this section.
It is Nvest’s policy to (i) block access to or remove material that it believes in good faith to be copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any of our advertisers, affiliates, Content providers, members or users; and (ii) remove and discontinue service to repeat offenders.
If you believe that material or Content residing on or accessible through Wikinvest infringes your copyright, please send a notice of copyright infringement containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below (“Proper Bona Fide Infringement Notification”):
Please note that, should you choose to send a Proper Bona Fide Infringement Notification to the Designated Agent via email, all required information must be provided in the body of the email as Nvest will not accept or open attachments.
Once Proper Bona Fide Infringement Notification is received by the Designated Agent, it is Nvest’s policy:
If the Content provider, member or user believes that the material that was removed or to which access was disabled is either not infringing, or the Content provider, member or user believes that it has the right to post and use such material from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to the law, the Content provider, member or user must send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below:
If a counter-notice is received by the Designated Agent, Nvest may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed material or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the Content provider, member or user, the removed material may be replaced or access to it restored in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at Nvest’s discretion.
Please contact Nvest’s Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement at the following address:
General Counsel
Copyright Agent, Nvest, Inc.
3844 21st Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
copyright@wikinvest.com
The Site (including, but not limited to, text, photographs, graphics, video and audio Content, but excluding any Content that is subject to Paragraph 15 below) is protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. All individual articles, Content and other elements comprising Wikinvest are also copyrighted works. Except for the Content submitted by members or users, Wikinvest and all aspects thereof, including all copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights therein, is owned by Nvest or its licensors. You acknowledge that Wikinvest and any underlying technology or software used in connection with Wikinvest contain Nvest’s proprietary information. You may not modify, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly display or in any way exploit, any of the content, software, and/or materials available on Wikinvest, in whole or in part, except as expressly provided in Nvest’s policies and procedures made available via Wikinvest. Except as expressly and unambiguously provided herein, Nvest and its suppliers do not grant you any express or implied rights, and all rights in Wikinvest not expressly granted by Nvest to you are retained by Nvest.
Trade names, trademarks and service marks of Nvest include, without limitation, WIKINVEST™, WIKICHART™ and all associated logos. All trademarks and services marks on the Site that are not owned by Nvest are the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any Nvest trade names, trademarks or service marks without the express prior written consent of Nvest.
If you enter into correspondence or engage in commercial transactions with third parties in connection with your use of Wikinvest, such activity is solely between you and the applicable third party. Nvest shall have no liability, obligation or responsibility for any such activity. You hereby release Nvest from all claims arising from such activity.
Use of the Site and/or Wikinvest, and all information that you provide to Nvest in order to register for Wikinvest, is governed by our Privacy Policy, a copy of which is currently located at http://www.wikinvest.com/site/Privacy_Policy. We strongly urge you to review the terms of the Privacy Policy.
These Terms of Service will remain in full force and effect while you use Wikinvest or use any Content that you have obtained from Wikinvest. Wikinvest may terminate these Terms of Service for any reason, at any time. Any provisions in these Terms of Service that by their nature or as specified hereunder are intended to continue beyond termination or expiration of these Terms of Service, including, without limitation and for the avoidance of doubt, Sections 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, shall survive any termination or expiration of these Terms of Service.
WIKINVEST IS PROVIDED BY NVEST ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. NVEST AND ITS LICENSORS AND AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, STATUTORY OR IMPLIED AS TO THE OPERATION OF WIKINVEST OR SOFTWARE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON, OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH, WIKINVEST. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, NVEST AND ITS LICENSORS AND AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, STATUTORY, OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. NVEST AND ITS LICENSORS AND AFFILIATES FURTHER DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION, TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS OR OTHER ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN WIKINVEST. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NVEST IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF ANY USER OF WIKINVEST. NVEST DOES NOT WARRANT OR COVENANT THAT WIKINVEST WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME OR FROM ANY PARTICULAR LOCATION, WILL BE SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT WIKINVEST IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER POTENTIALLY HARMFUL COMPONENTS. ANY MATERIAL OR CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF WIKINVEST IS ACCESSED 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 FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY ANY USER FROM NVEST OR THROUGH OR FROM WIKINVEST SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN.
NVEST SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE TO PERFORM ITS OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER WHERE SUCH FAILURE RESULTS FROM ANY CAUSE BEYOND NVEST’S REASONABLE CONTROL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MECHANICAL, ELECTRONIC OR COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE OR DEGRADATION (INCLUDING “LINE-NOISE” INTERFERENCE). WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NVEST AND ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LAW, FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, AND/OR LOSS OF INFORMATION OR DATA. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, NVEST’S MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSES WHATSOEVER, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (i) THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO NVEST FOR WIKINVEST IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY OR (ii) $100. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH SAYS “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH, IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”
You agree to indemnify and hold Nvest, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless, including costs and attorneys’ fees, from any claim or demand made by any third party due to or arising out of (i) your access to the Site, (ii) your use of the Services, (iii) your submission of Contributed Content, (iv) the violation of these Terms of Service by you, (v) your violation of law in your use of Wikinvest or in your dealings with other users of Wikinvest, including the Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, each as amended, or (vi) the infringement by you, or any third party using your account or User ID or password, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.
Any Content on the Site that is subject to the GNU General Public License, the GNU Free Documentation License or any similar type of “open” licensing regime (“Open Content”) is expressly excluded from the ownership rights claimed by Nvest under these Terms of Service (including from Nvest’s ownership rights in the compilation copyright comprised by the Site). The use and distribution of any Open Content on the Site labeled by Nvest as subject to open license terms is subject to those terms, and not to the restrictions in these Terms of Service.
If there is any dispute about or involving Wikinvest, by using Wikinvest, you agree that the dispute will be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You further agree to exclusive personal jurisdiction by, and venue in, the state and federal courts of the State of California, City of San Francisco for any and all claims about or involving Wikinvest. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of these Terms of Service and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind Nvest in any respect whatsoever. Nvest may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms of Service by email, regular mail or postings on Wikinvest. These Terms of Service, accepted upon use of Wikinvest, and all terms, guidelines and rules referenced herein contain the entire agreement between you and Nvest regarding the use of Wikinvest. The failure of Nvest to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder. If any provision of these Terms of Service is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms of Service shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. These Terms of Service are not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by you except with Nvest’s prior written consent. The section titles in these Terms of Service are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. These Terms of Service include Wikinvest’s acceptable use policy for Contributed Content, Wikinvest’s Privacy Policy, Wikinvest’s Disclaimer and any notices regarding Wikinvest.
If you have questions regarding these Terms of Service or to report any violations of these Terms of Service, please contact us at legal@wikinvest.com.
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