WARNING: A VIOLATION OF THESE POSTING RULES MAY BE REFERRED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
Screening and Removal:
You acknowledge that Media Visions, the Web Sites and/or their designees may or may not pre-screen or screen User Submissions, and shall have the right (but not the obligation), in their sole discretion, to move, remove, delete, block, or refuse any User Submission for any reason, including without limitation that such User Submission violates these Terms of Use or is otherwise objectionable.
Representations and Warranties:
You represent and warrant that for each and every User Submission you make: (1) you own or otherwise have all necessary rights to the content or other material you include in such User Submission and the rights to include such content or material in your User Submission under these Terms of Use; (2) the content or other material will not cause injury to any person or entity. Using a name other than your own legal name in association with providing a User Submission is prohibited (except in those specific areas of the Web Sites that specifically ask for unique, fictitious names, although the registration information associated with that unique, fictitious name must be true and accurate).
License:
We welcome your User Submissions on our Web Sites. However, for any User Submissions you post, upload, or otherwise make available ("Provide") to the Web Sites, you grant Media Visions, Inc., its affiliates and related entities, including the Web Sites and their affiliated newsletters, web sites, and other media, a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive right to use, copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, publicly display, make minor modifications that do not substantively alter submissions, adapt, translate, archive, store such User Submissions, in any form, format, or medium, of any kind now known or later developed. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, you authorize Media Visions to share the User Submission across all Web Sites and other media affiliated with Media Visions, to include the User Submission in a searchable format accessible by users of the Web Sites, to place advertisements in close proximity to such User Submission, and to use your name, likeness and any other information in connection with its use of the User Submissions you provide. All rights in this paragraph are granted without the need for additional compensation of any sort to you.
Assumption of Risk:
Media Visions and the Web Sites cannot and do not monitor or manage all User Submissions, and do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of User Submissions All User Submissions provided to the Web Sites are the sole responsibility of the persons who provided them. This means that you are entirely responsible for all User Submissions that you provide.
To protect your safety, please use your best judgment when using the Web Site forums. We discourage divulging personal phone numbers and addresses or other information that can be used to identify or locate you. You acknowledge and agree that if you make such disclosures either through posting on any bulletin board, forum, blogspace, message or chat area, or uploading text, images, audio files or other audio-visual content, in classified advertising you place or in other interactive areas, or to third parties in any communication, you do so fully understanding that such information could be used to identify you.
Using the Web Sites
The Web Sites, which include the content, html, source and object code, trademarks, logos, and the like (collectively, "the Material"), with the exception of User Submissions as defined above, are protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. Media Visions, and/or its affiliated companies, licensors and suppliers, own the Material. By using our Web Sites, you acknowledge and agree that these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media, and technologies existing now or hereinafter developed. You may use the Material solely for your personal, non-commercial use, and you may download or print a single copy of any portion of the Material solely for your personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from such Material.
Trademarks
The trademarks Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians, the Hair Transplant Network, the Hair Restoration Discussion Forum, the Hair Restoration Social Network, hair-restoration-info.com, regrowhair.com, hairlosslearningcenter.org, hairtransplantnetwork.com, and hairrestorationnetwork.com are the trademarks of Media Visions. All other designs, graphics, logos, slogans, product names and service names are trademarks or service marks of Media Visions. All other trademarks not owned by Media Visions or its affiliates that appear on our Web Sites are the property of or are used under license from their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to or sponsored by Media Visions or its affiliates.
Linking to Our Sites
You may provide a hypertext link to our Web Sites on another web site, provided that: (a) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with the names and trademarks of Media Visions or its affiliates, (b) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not create the false appearance that any person or entity other than Media Visions is associated with or sponsored by Media Visions or its affiliates, (c) the link, when activated by a user, must display our Web Sites on a full screen and not within a "frame" on the linking Web Site, (d) you do not directly or indirectly cause any portion of the Web Sites to appear on a user's computer screen with any material (e.g., URL, text, graphics, pop-up window, audio, or other) supplied by or associated with you or any third party. Media Visions and its affiliates reserve the right to revoke consent to link at any time in their sole and absolute discretion by amending these Terms of Use or providing notice to the operator of a web site containing the link. You agree that all other hypertext links to our Web Sites must be expressly approved in advance, in writing, by Media Visions.
All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to Media Visions and/or its affiliated companies, licensors and suppliers. Any other use of our Web Sites or their contents – without our written permission – is strictly prohibited.
Conduct
Any conduct by you that, in our sole discretion, restricts, inhibits or interferes with the ability of any other person to use or enjoy our Web Sites will not be permitted. Our Web Site may only be used for lawful purposes. These Terms of Use also mandate that robots, spiders, Web crawlers, Webants, worms, wanderers, Web agents and other "bots" that visit our Web Sites are Standard for Robot Exclusion (SRE) -compliant robots ("robots"). You agree not to access our Web Sites by any means other than through the interface that is provided by us for use in accessing our Web Sites. You agree not to access or use these Sites in order to collect information about Site visitors or registered users of the Sites. You agree not to "troll" our Web Sites or to provide User Submissions under more than one user name. We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to and use of the Web Sites, without notice, if we believe, at our sole discretion, that they are in violation of these Terms of Use, they are in violation of any applicable law, or that they are harmful to our interests or the interests (including intellectual property or other rights) of another user or third party. You agree and understand that if your use of the Web Sites violates the Terms of Use, we may reprimand and/or warn you publicly or privately, at our discretion. You expressly acknowledge that a public reprimand may be made to inform users that your conduct violates the Terms of Use and to protect the integrity of the Web Sites and you expressly consent to the publication of any such reprimand and/or warning in accordance with these Terms of Use. Upon any termination of the Terms of Use by either you or Media Visions, you must promptly destroy all materials downloaded or otherwise obtained from the Web Sites, as well as all copies of such materials, whether made under the Terms of Use or otherwise. Media Visions' right to any User Submissions shall survive any termination of these Terms of Use.
Site Security
You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of our Web Sites, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for you or logging onto a server or an account that you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, by submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, "flooding," "spamming," "mail-bombing" or "crashing;" (d) sending unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Media Visions will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Web Sites or any activity being conducted on the Web Sites. You agree, further, not to use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the Web Sites other than the search engine and search agents available from Media Visions on the Web Sites and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, FireFox, Firebug).
Monitoring
Media Visions reserves the right, but not the obligation, to monitor areas of our Web Sites electronically. Media Visions further reserves the right to disclose any content, records, or electronic communication of any kind if we are required to do so by any law, regulation, or court order, or if such disclosure is necessary or appropriate to operate the Web Sites or to protect Media Visions' rights or property, or the rights of the other Web Site users, or our partners, affiliates, sponsors, providers, licensors, or merchants. In the event that Media Visions is advised of the existence of potentially defamatory, infringing or illegal content, Media Visions may investigate such claims and determine in our sole discretion whether to remove such content from our Web Sites.
External Links
During your visit to the Web Sites, you may link to, or view as part of a frame, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party. Because the Web Sites have no control over third party sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that the Web Sites are not responsible for the availability of external sites or resources, nor for the content, actions, or policies of those sites. Information you provide on such sites, including personal information and transactional information, is subject to the terms of service of those sites.
Notice of Intellectual Property Infringement
In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable law, it is the policy of the Web Sites, in appropriate circumstances, to terminate the Registration Account of a Member who is deemed to infringe third party intellectual property rights or to remove a User Submission(s) that is deemed to be infringing. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is displayed on the Web Sites, please provide substantially the following information to our Copyright Agent (please consult your legal counsel or see 17 U.S.C. Section 512(c)(3) to confirm these requirements):
The Web Sites' copyright agent can be reached as follows:
Copyright Agent:
Bill Seemiller
Media Visions, Inc.
53 Cartlane Circle
Chalfont, PA 18914
Email – copyright@HairTransplantNetwork.com Telephone – 954-558-0579 Fax – 352-327-7569
Please note that the above contact information is for intellectual property infringement notices only. DO NOT CONTACT THE SITES' COPYRIGHT AGENT FOR OTHER INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS. For other inquiries or questions, please use the information listed in the Contact Us section below. Please also note that, pursuant to Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.
Counter-Notification for Intellectual Property Infringement:
If you elect to send us a counter-notice in response to a notice of intellectual property infringement, to be effective it must be a written communication provided to the Web Sites' designated Copyright Agent (see above for contact information) that includes substantially the following (please consult your legal counsel or see 17 U.S.C. Section 512(g)(3) to confirm these requirements):
Please note that under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.
General Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
While the Web Sites use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information, we make no warranties or representations as to the accuracy of the content and assume no liability or responsibility for any error or omission in the content. The Web Sites do not represent or warrant that use of any content will not infringe rights of third parties. The Web Sites have no responsibility for actions of third parties or for content provided by others, including User Submissions.
USE OF THE WEB SITES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. ALL CONTENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." NEITHER MEDIA VISIONS, THE WEB SITES, NOR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATED OR RELATED COMPANIES, NOR ANY OF THE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SPONSORS, CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS OF ANY OF THEM, MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND REGARDING THE SITES, THE CONTENT, ANY ADVERTISING MATERIAL, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITES, AND/OR THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SITES OR SUCH CONTENT OR SERVICES. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WARRANTIES AGAINST INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES THE SITES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR FREE, ARE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED. THE SITES AND THEIR AFFILIATES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR CONTENT POSTED BY THIRD PARTIES, ACTIONS OF ANY THIRD PARTY, OR FOR ANY DAMAGE TO, OR VIRUS THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY.
THE WEB SITES CONTAIN FACTS, VIEWS, OPINIONS, STATEMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIRD PARTY INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS. THE SITES DO NOT REPRESENT OR ENDORSE THE ACCURACY, CURRENTNESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED, UPLOADED OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITES. ANY RELIANCE UPON ANY SUCH OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT OR INFORMATION IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SITES OR THEIR AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SPONSORS, CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES RELATED TO UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, THE CONTENT OR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SITES OR THEIR AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT FOR DIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF $100.
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH OUR WEB SITES OR ANY CONTENT ON THE SITES, OR WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING OUR WEB SITES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF OUR WEB SITES, THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Web Sites and Media Visions, each of their parent and affiliated companies, and each of their respective partners, suppliers, sponsors, licensors, officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives, contractors and agents, and sub-licensees from any and all claims (including but not limited to claims for defamation, trade disparagement, privacy and intellectual property infringement) and damages (including attorneys' fees and court costs) arising from or relating to any allegation regarding: (1) your use of the Web Sites; (2) the Web Sites’ and Media Visions’ use of any User Submission or information you provide, as long as such use is not inconsistent with these Terms of Use; (3) information or material provided through your Registration Account, even if not posted by you; and (4) any violation of these Terms of Use by you.
International Users
The Web Sites are controlled, operated and administered by Media Visions from its offices within the United States. The Web Sites make no representation that materials or content available through the Web Sites are appropriate or available for use outside the United States and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use the Web Sites or export their content in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations. If you access the Web Sites from a location outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws.
Discontinuation of Service
The Web Sites may modify, suspend, discontinue or restrict the use of any portion of the Web Sites, including the availability of any portion of the content at any time, without notice or liability. The Web Sites may deny access to any Registered Member or other user at any time for any reason. In addition, Media Visions or the Web Sites may at any time transfer all or some of their rights and/or obligations under these Terms of Use to any affiliate, subsidiary or business unit, or any of their affiliated companies or divisions, or any entity that acquires Media Visions, the Web Sites or any of their assets.
Choice of Law
These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. You hereby agree that any cause of action you may have with respect to the Sites must be filed in Broward County, Florida and you consent to the mandatory and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of competent jurisdiction located in Broward County, Florida.
Statute of Limitations
You agree to file any claim regarding any aspect of these Web Sites or these Terms of Use within six months of the time in which the events giving rise to such claim began, or you agree to waive such claim.
No Class Actions
You agree no claim subject to these Terms of Use may be brought as a class action.
Severability
If for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use is found unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the parties as reflected in that provision, and the remainder of the Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect.
No Waiver
Any failure of Media Visions or the Web Sites to enforce or exercise any provision of these Terms of Use or related right shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision.
Section Titles
The section titles used in these Terms of Use are purely for convenience and carry with them no legal or contractual effect.
Survival
In the event of termination of these Terms of Use for any reason, you agree the following provisions will survive: (a) the sections entitled "No Medical Advice," "No Warranties," "Trademarks," "Privacy Policy," "General Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability," "Choice of Law," Statute of Limitations, and "No Class Action," (b) the subsections entitled "User Representations and Warranties" and "License" (within the "User Submissions" section, (c) any other provisions in the Terms of Use regarding limitations on your use of content, the license(s) you have granted to the Web Sites, the provisions regarding indemnification by you, and (d) all other provisions for which survival is equitable or appropriate.
Conflicts
In the case of a conflict between these terms and the terms of any electronic or machine readable statement or policy, these Terms of Use shall control.
Contact Us
To contact the Sites, please use the following address:
Media Visions, Inc.
5722 South Flamingo Road#355
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33330
Email – help@HairTransplantNetwork.com
Telephone – 954-558-0579