Limited License and Site Access
YAF Atlanta grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this Site, including all information, documents, products, software and services trademarks, logos, graphics and images provided on the Site (the “Materials”). You may not download (other than page caching), modify, edit, alter, change or enhance the Materials on the Site or any portion of it, except with our express written consent. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of the Materials on the Site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, editorial content, message boards or prices; any derivative use of this Site or its Materials; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data-gathering and extraction tools. This Site and its Materials or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without our express written consent. You may not use any YAF Atlanta logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout or form) of YAF Atlanta and our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing YAF Atlanta’s name or trademarks without our express written consent. You are granted a limited, revocable and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of YAF Atlanta so long as the link does not portray us, our affiliates or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise offensive matter.
This limited license terminates automatically, without notice to you, if you breach any of these Terms Upon termination of this limited license, you agree to immediately destroy any downloaded and printed Materials.
Except as stated herein, you acknowledge that you have no right, title or interest in or to the Materials on any legal basis, without the advance written authorization of YAF Atlanta.
Copyright
All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, etc. is the property of YAF Atlanta and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of YAF Atlanta and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of YAF Atlanta or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, any reproduction, distribution, modification, retransmission or publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of the copyright owner.
Notices and Procedure for Claims of Copyright Infringement
YAF Atlanta respects the intellectual property rights of others. We will investigate notices of copyright infringement and take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) (“DMCA”).
To be effective, the notification must include the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
- A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Trademarks
YAF Atlanta and other YAF Atlanta graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts and service names are trademarks, registered trademarks or trade dress of YAF Atlanta, Inc. or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. YAF Atlanta’s trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not YAF Atlanta’s, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits YAF Atlanta. All other trademarks not owned by YAF Atlanta or its affiliates that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to or sponsored by YAF Atlanta or its affiliates.
Third Party Content
Certain information and content may be provided by third parties to YAF Atlanta (“Third Party Content”). The Third Party Content is, in each case, the copyrighted work of the creator/licensor, and may be subject to terms of use and/or privacy policies of such third parties. Please contact the appropriate third party for further information regarding such terms.
YAF Atlanta DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO CONTENT PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
Third Party Interaction and Links to Third Party Sites
In your use of the Site, you may enter into correspondence with, purchase goods and/or services or participate in promotions of advertisers or members or sponsors showing their goods and/or services on or advertised through the Site. Unless otherwise stated, any such correspondence, purchase or promotion, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and/or services, and any other term, condition, warranty or representation associated with such correspondence, purchase or promotion, is solely between you and the applicable third party. You agree that YAF Atlanta has no liability, obligation or responsibility for any such correspondence, purchase or promotion between you and any such third party
This Site may be linked to other sites on the World Wide Web or Internet which are not under the control of or maintained by YAF Atlanta. Such links do not constitute an endorsement by YAF Atlanta of those sites. You acknowledge that YAF Atlanta is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and further agree that YAF Atlanta is not responsible for the content of such sites. Your use of other sites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies located on the linked sites.
Restricted Areas of the Site
Certain functions of the Site are restricted to authorized users or require you to provide personal information (“Restricted Areas”). If you are an authorized user of the Restricted Areas, you agree that you are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password or your employees’ passwords and account information, if any, and agree to notify YAF Atlanta if the password is lost, stolen, disclosed to an unauthorized third party or otherwise may have been compromised. You agree that you are entirely responsible for any and all activities which occur under your account, including any fees which may be incurred under your password-protected account, whether or not you are the individual who undertakes such activities. You agree to immediately notify YAF Atlanta of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security in relation to the Site known to you.
Submissions
You acknowledge that you are responsible for the information and material that you submit via the message boards or otherwise (each a “Submission”), and that you, and not YAF Atlanta, will have full responsibility for each such Submission, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright. Unless otherwise explicitly stated herein or in the Privacy Policy, you agree that any Submission provided by you in connection with this Site outside the Restricted Areas is provided on a nonproprietary and nonconfidential basis. You agree that YAF Atlanta shall be free to use or disseminate a Submission which is posted outside the Restricted Areas on an unrestricted basis for any purpose. If you submit information to the Site, you grant YAF Atlanta a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to (in any media now known or not currently known or invented) link to, utilize, use, copy, exploit and prepare derivative works of the Submission. No information you submit shall be deemed confidential. However, YAF Atlanta agrees to use your information in accordance with YAF Atlanta’s Privacy Policy applicable to personally identifiable user data.
YOU RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF ANY COPYRIGHTS OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS APPLICABLE TO ANY INFORMATION YOU SUBMIT TO YAF Atlanta.
Message Board Rules and Etiquette
YAF Atlanta asks that you respect the YAF Atlanta online community as well as other individuals participating within the YAF Atlanta online community. In addition, you agree not to:
- Participate in off-topic discussions;
- Offer for sale products or services;
- Disparage the products or services of any company or individual;
- Impersonate or represent YAF Atlanta, YAF Atlanta staff or other industry professionals;
- Solicit a YAF Atlanta member’s password or other account information;
- Harvest screen names for any purpose;
- Use racially or ethnically offensive language;
- Discuss, solicit or incite illegal activity;
- Disrupt the flow of discussions on the message boards or chat in chat rooms in any manner, including, without limitation, vulgar language, abusiveness, repeatedly hitting the return key or inputting large images to make review of the material on the screen difficult for other participants;
- Use explicit/obscene language or solicit/post sexually explicit images (actual or simulated); or
- Harass, threaten, embarrass or do anything else to a board or chat participant that is unwanted.
Please remember that posted messages and other Material provided by users may represent opinion or judgment. Please be aware that in message boards, people may sometimes post messages or make statements, intentionally or unintentionally, that are misleading, deceptive and wrong. YAF Atlanta will not be responsible for any errors or omissions in postings, for hyperlinks embedded in messages or for any results obtained from the information you get from our site, including any loss or damage caused by a member’s reliance on information obtained through the YAF Atlanta site. For your own safety and security, please take independent steps to verify any information on which you intend to rely.
Unauthorized Activities
You acknowledge that your Submissions, participation in message boards and unauthorized use of any Materials or Third Party Content contained on this Site may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, certain communications statutes and regulations and other applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are wholly responsible for your actions or the actions of any person using your screen name and/or password. As such, you agree to hold YAF Atlanta entirely harmless from and against any and all costs, damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by YAF Atlanta in relation to, arising from or for the purpose of avoiding any claim or demand from a third party that your use of the Site or the use of the Site by any person using your screen name and/or password (including, without limitation, your participation in the chat rooms or your Submissions) violates any applicable law or regulation or the rights of any third party.
Disclaimer of Warranty
You acknowledge and agree that this Site may include certain errors, omissions and outdated information which may affect the quality of the Materials and the Third Party Content. You acknowledge that neither the Materials nor the Third Party Content have been independently verified or authenticated in whole or in part by YAF Atlanta, and agree that YAF Atlanta does not warrant the accuracy or timeliness of the Materials or the Third Party Content, and further agree that YAF Atlanta has no liability for any errors or omissions in the Materials and the Third Party Content, whether provided by YAF Atlanta or its licensors.
YAF Atlanta, FOR ITSELF AND EACH OF ITS LICENSORS, MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR GUARANTEES AS TO THE QUALITY, SUITABILITY, TRUTH, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE MATERIALS, THE THIRD PARTY CONTENT AND THE SUBMISSIONS OF OTHER VISITORS TO THE SITE. UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY STATED, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SITE AND ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS-IS” AND “WHERE-IS” BASIS, AND IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. ALL CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.
Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YAF Atlanta SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR A THIRD PARTY CLAIMING THROUGH YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF YOUR DISPLAYING, COPYING OR DOWNLOADING ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THE SITE OR IN RELATION TO YOUR SUBMISSIONS. IN NO EVENT SHALL YAF Atlanta BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXTRAORDINARY, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE) HOWEVER ARISING, WHETHER FOR BREACH OR IN TORT, EVEN IF YAF Atlanta HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Certain jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the exclusions set forth above may not apply to you.
Local Laws
YAF Atlanta controls and operates this Site from its headquarters in the United States of America and makes no representation that the Materials are appropriate or will be available for use in other locations. If you use this Site from outside the United States of America, you are entirely responsible for compliance with applicable local laws, including but not limited to the export and import regulations of other countries in relation to the Materials and the Third Party Content.
Unless otherwise explicitly stated, all marketing or promotional materials found on this Site are solely directed to individuals, companies or other entities located in the United States.
General
YAF Atlanta does not monitor your data or transmissions. However, YAF Atlanta does actively monitor accounts for system utilization. If YAF Atlanta becomes aware of inappropriate use of the Site or any YAF Atlanta service, YAF Atlanta may respond. You acknowledge that YAF Atlanta will report to law-enforcement authorities any actions which may be considered illegal, as well as any reports it receives of such conduct. When requested, YAF Atlanta will cooperate fully with law-enforcement agencies in any investigation of alleged illegal activity on the Internet.
If you violate these Terms, YAF Atlanta reserves the right to terminate your ability to post submissions without notice. In addition, you agree to terminate your use of the Site upon request. YAF Atlanta’s preferred course of action is to advise you of your inappropriate behavior and recommend any necessary corrective action.
You agree that YAF Atlanta can revise these Terms at any time without notice by updating this posting. You agree that your continued use of the Site after such modifications have been made constitutes your acceptance of such revised Terms.
Any action related to these Terms will be governed by the law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and controlling U.S. federal law, without regard to the choice or conflicts of law provisions of any jurisdiction. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts located in the the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the resolution of all disputes arising from or related to these Terms and/or your use of the Site.
If any provision of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties, with all other provisions remaining in full force and effect. The failure of YAF Atlanta to enforce any right or provision in these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by YAF Atlanta in writing. The Terms comprise the entire agreement between you and YAF Atlanta and supersede all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions or agreements, if any, between the parties regarding the subject matter contained herein.
Editorial Policy
At YAF Atlanta, it’s our mission to provide you with the most current, accurate and reliable information on the YAF Atlanta industry online. The core of this mission is our editorial integrity. When you receive information from YAF Atlanta, you must be able to trust that our news, market research and coverage of events are unbiased and based on fact and careful analysis.
As a digital media company, YAF Atlanta accepts advertising on our site. We have established an advertising policy so you can easily differentiate between advertising and the independent editorial content on our site (please see YAF Atlanta’s advertising policy on the YAF Atlanta website). This editorial policy explains our approach to ensure the quality, accuracy or selection of editorial content and services that we provide to you.
No Financial Dealings
YAF Atlanta prohibits its editors, writers and reporters (collectively, the “editorial employees” or “editors”) from having any financial position in any private or public company in the cleantech industry that is or could be the subject of any editorial content published on the site. This prohibition covers the direct ownership of any interest in any such company, but excludes mutual funds, 401K plans and other types of ownership in which the editors do not have direct control over such investments. Please note that this prohibition in financial dealings does not apply to any guest columnists, opinion or perspective authors or research analysts who are not employees of YAF Atlanta. YAF Atlanta will clearly identify editorial content that is not written by its editorial employees.
No Influence on Editorial Content
YAF Atlanta’s investors are prohibited from influencing or providing input of any kind on the editorial content of our site.
Avoidance of Any Appearance of Impropriety
All YAF Atlanta editorial employees are required to avoid any appearance of impropriety in their dealings with the stories, issues and events that they cover. This is especially true in regard to any financial transactions or inside information about any company that we cover.
No Gifts of Value
YAF Atlanta employees are prohibited from accepting gifts or other benefits of any material value (e.g. approximately $5.00 or more) that could cause the giver or others to perceive that YAF Atlanta is or may be influenced by another company or person. In the event that an employee receives such gifts, the employee shall be required to return the gift or, if that option is not practicable, donate the gift to a nonprofit charity of YAF Atlanta’s choosing.
Disclosure of Business Relationships
YAF Atlanta, or its investors, may have a business relationship with one or more of the companies whose products or services are discussed on our site. We will disclose such business relationships whenever material. We will also disclose such business relationships in any editorial content where a YAF Atlanta partner or investor is a primary subject. In no case shall any editorial content be influenced by such business relationships.
Clear Labels of Third Party Sources
In some limited circumstances, our site may contain information not generated by YAF Atlanta. In those cases, we will label the content to indicate the sources of such information.
Corrections of Errors
YAF Atlanta is committed to quickly correcting any errors of fact. Any error brought to our attention will be promptly corrected, so that only accurate information is displayed on our site. If content does not contain a clear error, but may be subject to reasonable misinterpretation, we will provide a clarification along with the content.