Thank you for using TripMania.com (the "Site"), which is provided
by Smarter Travel Media LLC ("the Company"). This Site is offered to
you, the user, conditioned on your acceptance without modification of these
Terms of Use. Your use of this Site constitutes your agreement to the Terms of
Use. The Company may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms
at any time by updating its Terms of Use policy. You are bound by any such
modification or revision and should therefore visit our Terms of Use policy
frequently to review the Terms.
Section 1. Use of Material
a. This Site and the Company Newsletters and other publications
(collectively, "Publications") offered by the Site are for your
personal and non-commercial use.
b. As a condition of your use of this Site and the Publications, you warrant
to the Company that you will not use this Site or the Publications for any
purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use.
c. All contents of this Site and the Publications are: Copyright ©
2004-2008 Smarter Travel Media LLC and/or its suppliers. You may not
reproduce, copy or redistribute the design, content or layout of the Site or
the Publications, individual elements of the Web site design, the Company
logos or other logos appearing on this Site, photographs, and graphics, without
the express written permission of the Company. The Company and the names
of the Company products and/or services referenced herein are trademarks or
registered trademarks of the Company. All other company, product or service
names referenced in this Site are used for identification purposes only and
may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
If you would like information about obtaining the Company's permission to
use any of the Material on your Web site, email
editor@tripmania.com. If you violate
any of these Terms, your permission to use the Material automatically
terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the
material.
Section 2. Liability Disclaimer
THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PUBLISHED ON THIS SITE AND/OR THE
PUBLICATIONS MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE
PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. THE COMPANY AND/OR ITS
SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THIS SITE AT ANY TIME.
THE COMPANY AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE
SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CONTAINED ON OR OBTAINED
THROUGH THIS SITE AND/OR THE PUBLICATIONS FOR ANY PURPOSE, OR THE RESULTS THAT
MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USING THE SITE AND/OR THE PUBLICATIONS. ALL SUCH
INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE COMPANY AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL
WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
SHALL THE COMPANY AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY
WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE AND/OR THE PUBLICATIONS OR WITH THE
DELAY OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE AND/OR THE PUBLICATIONS, OR FOR ANY
INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THIS SITE AND/OR THE
PUBLICATIONS OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SITE OR THE
PUBLICATIONS, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE,
EVEN IF THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES,
THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Section 3. Links to Other Sites
This Site may contain hyperlinks to Web sites operated by parties other
than the Company. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only.
The Company does not control such Web sites and is not responsible for
their contents. The Company's inclusion of hyperlinks to such Web sites
does not imply any endorsement of the material on such Web sites or any
association with their operators. If you decide to access third-party Web
sites, you do so at your own risk.
Section 4: Copyright Infringement and Copyright Agent
The Company may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion,
remove, or disable access to, material on the Site that infringes on the
rights of others. If you believe that your work has been used on the Site in
a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide The
Company's Copyright Agent with a written notice (email is sufficient) that
includes the following information:
- An electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on
behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
- a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located
on the Site;
- your address, telephone number and email address;
- a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use
is not authorized by the copyright owner or authorized to act upon the
copyright owner's behalf
The Company's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright
infringement on the Site is Massimo De Nadai, Director of Finance, who can be
reached as following:
By postal mail: 465 Medford Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02129
By phone: 617-886-5555
By email: copyrightagent@TripMania.com
Section 5: Children Under 13 Years Old
TripMania.com and its affiliated sites do not
knowingly collect, maintain or use personal information from our
websites about children under age 13. Children under the age of 13
may not participate in any online activites on Smarter Travel Media LLC's
web sites. If a child whom we know to be under age 13 sends personal
information to us online, we will only use that information to respond
directly to that child, notify parents, or seek parental consent.
Section 6: Parental Control Software
Various parental control protections are available to help you ensure that
your children and other minors using your computer have not been exposed to
harmful material. We suggest that you look at the following Web sites, among
others, to learn more about current providers of this protection:
www.cybersitter.com
www.securitysoft.com
www.surfcontrol.com
Section 7: Forums
If this Site contains bulletin boards, chat rooms or other message or
communication facilities (collectively, "Forums"), you agree that
you are responsible for your own communications and for any consequences
thereof. You agree to use the Forums only to send and receive messages and
material that are legal, proper and related to the particular Forum. By way
of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Forum, you
will not:
a. Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal
rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
b. Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate or offer to do the same
(hereinafter "Post") any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent
or unlawful material or information.
c. Post any material that infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, trade
secret or other proprietary right of any party (the "Rights"), unless
you are the owner of the Rights or have the permission of the owner to post or
transmit such material.
d. Post any files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar
software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
e. Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services for any commercial
purpose, other than in Forums intended for such uses.
f. Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters,
other than in Forums intended for such uses.
g. Download any file Posted by another user of a Forum that you know, or
reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
h. Impersonate another person or entity, or falsify or delete any author
attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or
labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a
file that is Posted.
i. Restrict or inhibit any other user from enjoying the Forums.
The Company does not control the information delivered to the Forums,
and the Company has no obligation to monitor the Forums. However, The
Company reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as
necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or
governmental request.
The Company does not endorse, support, represent or guaranty the
truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any communications Posted in the
Forums or endorse any opinions expressed in the Forums. You acknowledge that
any reliance on material Posted in the Forums will be at your own risk.
If notified by a User of communications which allegedly do not confirm to
any term of this Agreement, the Company may investigate the allegation and
determine in good faith and in its sole discretion whether to remove or
request the removal of the communication. The Company will have no
liability or responsibility for performance or non-performance of such
activities. The Company reserves the right to terminate or restrict your
access to any or all of the Forums at any time without notice for any reason
whatsoever, including your violation of these terms. You acknowledge that some
Forums available through the Site are available only through the Site and
other are available both through the Site and other sources, such as Usenet,
over which the Company has no control.
The Company reserves the right to remove, abridge or redact contact
posted to any forum.
You acknowledge that all Forums are public and not private communications,
and that therefore others may read your communications without your knowledge.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information
about yourself or your children in any Forum. The Company does not control
or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Forum and,
therefore, the Company specifically disclaims any liability with regard to
the Forums and any actions resulting from your participation in the Forum.
Generally, any communication which you post to the Site (whether in chat rooms,
discussion groups, message boards or otherwise) is considered to be
non-confidential. If particular Web pages permit the submission of
communications that will be treated by the Company as confidential, that
fact will be stated on those pages. For more information see the Company's
Privacy Policy.
By posting communications on or through the Site, you automatically grant
the Company a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license
to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and
display the communication alone or as part of the other works in any form,
media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed, and to
sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees.
Section 8. General
a. The Company is concerned with protecting your privacy. You may read
the most recent published privacy policy statement at
http://www.TripMania.com/privacy.php. This policy
may be changed at any time, with or without written notice. All changes to the
privacy policy will be posted on this Site.
b. The Company reserves the right to change the terms, conditions and
notices under which this Site is offered. The Company provides information
on, accepts advertising from, and provides links to third-party vendors.
Offers from these vendors that may be mentioned on the Site or in the
Publications are often subject to change at any time, and may have many
additional restrictions and limitations. Users of the Company's content
agree to confirm all aspects of third-party offers with the offering party,
and to hold the Company harmless for any circumstances that may arise from
interactions with a third party.
c. This agreement is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, U.S.A., without regard to the conflicts of laws principles
thereof. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the
Superior Court of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and the United States
District Court of the District Court of Massachusetts, in all disputes
arising out of or relating to the use of this Site and/or the Publications.
Use of this Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give
effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without
limitation this paragraph.
d. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency
relationship exists between you and the Company as a result of this
agreement or use of this Site or the Publications.
e. The Company's performance of this agreement is subject to existing
laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in
derogation of the Company's right to comply with law enforcement requests
or requirements relating to your use of this Site or information provided to
or gathered by the Company with respect to such use.
f. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or
unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the
warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the
invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid,
enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original
provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.
g. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and
the Company with respect to this Site and it supersedes all prior or
contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or
written, between the user and the Company with respect to this Site. A
printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form
shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or
relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same
conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and
maintained in printed form.
h. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.