Please read these Terms of Use. By using the Maximum PC Website and its services, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. We may update and modify these Terms of Use from time to time, and by continuing to use the site after the posting of a modification, you accept the modification. If you object to any terms and conditions of the Terms of Use at anytime, you should immediately discontinue use of the site.
1) Use of Site
Maximumpc's community boards provide users a forum to discuss consumer options and includes information, views, opinions, and recommendations provided by many individuals and organizations.
Imagine Media and its employees do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the information presented on our site. The site may include views, opinions and recommendations of numerous individuals and organizations. Imagine Media does not endorse the views, advocate the purchase or sale of any security, investment, or other good or service.
You are responsible for your own investment and purchasing decisions. The Website is designed to help you acquire the information you need to help you make your own decisions. You, however, must make those decisions. You are responsible for properly analyzing and verifying any information you intend to rely upon.
Maximum PC does not routinely screen, edit, or review messages posted on Maximumpc.com community boards or in other areas of the site. However, we do reserve the right to monitor or remove any post, at any time, from the site without notice.
Users should be aware that other users may not be who they say they are. Maximum PC does not perform a background check on any of the user's alias. Users should also be aware that other members may attempt to use Maximumpc.com's community boards and other services for personal gain. Therefore, investors and consumers should approach messages with appropriate skepticism. Messages posted on Maximumpc.com's community boards and in other areas of the site may be misleading, deceptive, or in error. If you disagree with a posting, you may want to post a response. Imagine Media has a policy of allowing Maximumpc.com members to discuss issues in a free and open manner, and we will not take sides in disagreements or disputes involving our members, so do not ask us to do so. If you believe a message has been intentionally posted in violation of securities laws you should contact the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Imagine Media, its employees, and others who provide content to the Maximumpc.com Website may have financial interests in some of the goods and services discussed through the service. We do not require our staff or other parties who supply content to Maximumpc.com to disclose such interests.
2) User Conduct and Responsibilities
Your conduct when using the Maximumpc.com community boards should reflect an appropriate respect and consideration for the other users.
By posting a message, you represent that to the best of your knowledge the information in the posting is truthful, accurate, and not misleading.
You agree to demonstrate appropriate respect for other members who have posted messages. If you disagree with a posting, feel free to challenge that opinion with a posting of your own. You must, however, refrain from personally attacking the person making the posting.
You agree not to:
- use Maximumpc.com for illegal purposes or for the transmission of material that is unlawful, harassing, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, tortious, or otherwise objectionable.
- Post material, non-public information about companies without authorization.
- Submit any information the posting of which would violate the intellectual property, contractual, or fiduciary rights of any other person or entity.
- Use the Maximumpc.com Website for the distribution of junk mail, spam, chain letters, unsolicited mass distribution of e-mail or other commercial solicitations.
- Post inappropriate or off-topic messages.
- Violate the letter or spirit of the Terms of Use.
- Imagine Media reserves the right to disclose any information, including registration data, in order to comply with any applicable laws and/or requests under legal process, to operate its systems properly, to protect the property or rights of Maximumpc, or to safeguard the interests of its audience.
3) Rights to Content on the Site
The contents of the site are protected by U.S. and international copyright and trademark laws. Visitors to and users of the Maximumpc.com site agree not to alter the presentation, reproduce, retransmit, disseminate, sell, distribute, publish, broadcast, circulate or commercially exploit the information contained on the site in any manner without the express written consent of Imagine Media, Inc.
You agree that by posting information on the Maximumpc.com, you grant and assign Maximum PC, Maximumpc.com, Future Network, Imaginemedia.com, and Imagine Media Inc., and their successors a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-revocable license to use, distribute, display, reproduce, and create derivative works from such material in any and all media, in any manner, whole or part, without any duty to account to you. You also grant MAXIMUM PC and Maximumpc.com the right to authorize the downloading and printing of such material, or any portion thereof, by end users for their personal use.
4) Linking to Maximumpc.com
To link to Maximumpc.com, please read and comply with the following. A site that links to Maximum PC's Website:
- May link to, but not replicate, Maximum PC's content.
- Should not create a browser or border environment around Maximum PC's content.
- Should not imply that Maximum PC is endorsing it or its products or services.
- Should not misrepresent its relationship with Maximum PC's.
- Should not present false information about Maximum PC's content, products, or services.
- Should not use the Maximum PC logo without permission from Imagine Media.
- Should contain only content that is appropriate for all age groups; should not contain content that could be construed as distasteful, offensive or controversial.
5) Termination of Access
You agree that we may terminate or suspend your access to the Maximumpc.com site for any reason. Any suspected fraudulent, abusive, or illegal activities are possible grounds for termination. Neither Imagine Media nor any its employees shall be liable to you or any third party for the termination of your membership or any claims related to the termination of your membership.
6) Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold Imagine Media, its officers, owners, agents, and any employee harmless from any claim or demand made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of Maximumpc.com. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you.
7) Disclaimer
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE MAXIMUMPC.COM WEBSITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. IMAGINE MEDIA PROVIDES THE SITE'S SERVICES ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. IMAGINE MEDIA EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING STATEMENTS, IMAGINE MEDIA MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT MAXIMUMPC.COM WILL MEET USER'S REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES IMAGINE MEDIA MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICE OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM NEXT GENERATION OR IN THE COURSE OF USING MAXIMUMPC.COM SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OD THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS IN THE DOWNLOADING OF ANY FILES ON THE SERVICE OR ANY EXTERNAL LINKS AVAILABLE ON THE SERVICE.
8) Limitation of Liability
IMAGINE MEDIA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR RESULTING FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF USER'S TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, EVEN IF IMAGINE MEDIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
