Terms & Conditions

Forums.  Songwriters   Hall of Fame (“SHOF,” “we”) and/or our third-party service provider(s) may   make available through the websites [url=http://www.songhall.org]http://www.songhall.org[/url] or www.songwritershalloffame.com   (“Site”) interactive services (including, as examples only, and without limitation,   message boards, comment functionality, and blogs) to which you are able to   post materials (each, a "Forum"). 
   
  Materials contained in the Forums on the Site are typically provided by third-party   visitors to the Site.  Without limitation, we are not responsible for   any materials made available through the Forums (including without limitation   errors or omissions in postings, or links or images embedded in posted messages)   or results obtained by using any such materials.  Please note that Site   visitors may post messages or make statements in connection with the Forums   or Profiles that are inaccurate, misleading or deceptive.   We do not   endorse, and are not responsible for, any opinions, reviews, advice, information   or statements made in the Forums by third parties, and cannot guarantee their   accuracy or veracity.  The opinions, advice and reviews provided in the   Forums reflect solely the opinions of the individuals who submitted such opinions,   advice and reviews and do not reflect the opinions of SHOF.  Under no   circumstances will SHOF, or its employees, officers, directors, shareholders,   agents, representatives or affiliates, be liable for any loss or damage caused   by your reliance on such information or materials. 
   
  In addition, SHOF has no control over, and shall have no liability for, any   damages resulting from the use (including without limitation, republication)   or misuse by any third party of materials or information voluntarily made public   through any the Forum or any other part of the Site.  If you choose to   make any of your personally identifiable INFORMATION or other MATERIALS AND/OR information publicly available in a Forum, you do so at your own risk.

Rules of Conduct.  While   using the Site you are required to comply with all applicable laws, rules   and regulations.  In addition, we expect users of the Site to respect the   rights and dignity of others.  Your use of the Site is conditioned on   your compliance with the rules of conduct set forth in this section; any   failure to comply may also result in your immediate termination without notice   of your access to the Site.
   
  You agree not to:
   

     
  • Post, transmit, or otherwise make available,   through or in connection with the Site:
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      -  Any material that would give rise to criminal or civil liability; that   encourages conduct that constitutes a criminal offense; or that encourages   or provides instructional information about illegal activities or activities   such as "hacking,"  "cracking," or "phreaking."
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      -  Any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional material, "junk   mail," "spam," "chain letter,"  "pyramid scheme" or   investment opportunity, or any other form of solicitation or commercial promotion.
      -  Any material, non-public information about a company without the   proper authorization to do so.
     
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  • Use the Site for any fraudulent or unlawful   purpose.
     
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  • Use the Site to defame abuse, harass, stalk,   threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others, including without   limitation others’ privacy rights or rights of publicity, or harvest or collect   personally identifiable information about other users of the Site.
     
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  • Impersonate any person or entity, including   without limitation any representative of SHOF; falsely state or otherwise   misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity in connection with   the Site; or express or imply that we endorse any statement you make.
     
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  • Interfere with or disrupt the operation of   the Site or the servers or networks used to make the Site available; or violate   any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of such networks.
     
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  • Restrict or inhibit any other person from using   the Site (including without limitation by hacking or defacing any portion   of the Site).
     
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  • Use the Site to advertise or offer to sell   or buy any goods or services, without SHOF’s express prior written consent.
     
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  • Modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer,   decompile or disassemble any portion of the Site.
     
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  • Circumvent (or attempt to circumvent) any technology   (including, without limitation, any digital rights management technology)   used by SHOF or its licensors to protect content accessible via the Site.
     
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  • Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary   rights notice from the Site or materials originating from the Site.
     
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  • Frame or mirror any part of the Site without   SHOF’s express prior written consent.
     
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  • Create a database by systematically downloading   and storing Site content.
     
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  • Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval   application or other manual or automatic device to retrieve, index, "scrape,"  "data   mine" or in any way gather Site content or reproduce or circumvent the   navigational structure or presentation of the Site without SHOF’s express   prior written consent.