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Terms & Conditions

1. Definitions

"The Hotel Yearbook" is operated by Hospitality Net on the World Wide Web of the Internet, consisting of information services and content provided by HOSPITALITY NET, affiliates of HOSPITALITY NET and other third parties. "Subscriber" means each person who establishes or accesses a connection ("Account") for access to and use of The Hotel Yearbook.

2. General

(A) This Agreement, which incorporates by reference other provisions applicable to use of The Hotel Yearbook, governing the use of certain specific material contained in The Hotel Yearbook, sets forth the terms and conditions that apply to use of The Hotel Yearbook by Subscriber. By using The Hotel Yearbook (other than to read this Agreement for the first time), Subscriber agrees to comply with all of the terms and conditions hereof. The right to use The Hotel Yearbook is personal to Subscriber and is not transferable to any other person or entity. Subscriber is responsible for all use of Subscriber's Account (under any screen name or password) and for ensuring that all use of Subscriber's Account complies fully with the provisions of this Agreement. Subscriber shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of Subscriber's password(s), if any.

(B) HOSPITALITY NET shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of The Hotel Yearbook, including, but not limited to, content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use.

3. Changed Terms

HOSPITALITY NET shall have the right at any time to change or modify the terms and conditions applicable to Subscriber's use of The Hotel Yearbook, or any part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including, but not limited to, adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including, but not limited to, posting on The Hotel Yearbook, or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means by which Subscriber obtains notice thereof. Any use of The Hotel Yearbook by Subscriber after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by Subscriber of such changes, modifications or additions.

4. Equipment

Subscriber shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of The Hotel Yearbook and all charges related thereto.

5. Subscriber Conduct

(A) Subscriber shall use The Hotel Yearbook for lawful purposes only. Subscriber shall not post or transmit through The Hotel Yearbook any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law, or which, without HOSPITALITY NET's express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by a Subscriber that in HOSPITALITY NET's discretion restricts or inhibits any other Subscriber from using or enjoying The Hotel Yearbook will not be permitted. Subscriber shall not use The Hotel Yearbook to advertise or perform the solicitation of users to become subscribers of other on-line information services competitive with The Hotel Yearbook.

(B) Subscriber may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part. Subscriber may download copyrighted material for Subscriber's personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express permission of HOSPITALITY NET and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. Subscriber acknowledges that it does not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.

(C) Subscriber shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on The Hotel Yearbook any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with Subscriber. Subscriber shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission. By submitting material to any public area of The Hotel Yearbook, Subscriber automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of such material has expressly granted HOSPITALITY NET the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material. Subscriber also permits any other Subscriber to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that Subscriber's personal use. Subscriber hereby grants HOSPITALITY NET the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material made available on The Hotel Yearbook by Subscriber.

(D) The foregoing provisions of Section 5 are for the benefit of HOSPITALITY NET, its subsidiaries, affiliates and its third party content providers and licensors and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf.

6. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability

(A) SUBSCRIBER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF THE HOTEL YEARBOOK IS AT SUBSCRIBER'S SOLE RISK. NEITHER HOSPITALITY NET, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT HOSPITALITY NET INTERACTIVE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE HOTEL YEARBOOK, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH THE HOTEL YEARBOOK.

(B) THE HOTEL YEARBOOK IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.

(C) THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. SUBSCRIBER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HOSPITALITY NET IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER SUBSCRIBERS OR THIRD-PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH SUBSCRIBER.

(D) IN NO EVENT WILL HOSPITALITY NET, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING THE HOTEL YEARBOOK OR THE HOTEL YEARBOOK SOFTWARE, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE HOSPITALITY NET INTERACTIVE. SUBSCRIBER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON HOSPITALITY NET INTERACTIVE.

(E) IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS SET FORTH ABOVE NEITHER, HOSPITALITY NET, NOR ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS SHALL BE LIABLE REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OR DURATION, FOR ANY ERRORS, INACCURACIES, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER DEFECTS IN, OR UNTIMELINESS OR UNAUTHENTICITY OF, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN HOSPITALITY NET INTERACTIVE, OR FOR ANY DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN THE TRANSMISSION THEREOF TO THE USER, OR FOR ANY CLAIMS OR LOSSES ARISING THEREFROM OR OCCASIONED THEREBY. NONE OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS OR LOSSES OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. NEITHER, HOSPITALITY NET, NOR ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE TIMELINESS, SEQUENCE, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THIS INFORMATION. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION.

7. Monitoring

HOSPITALITY NET shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of The Hotel Yearbook, including mailings lists, ListServs and other intercative forums, to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established by HOSPITALITY NET and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. HOSPITALITY NET shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on The Hotel Yearbook. Without limiting the foregoing, HOSPITALITY NET shall have the right to remove any material that HOSPITALITY NET, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.

8. Indemnification

Subscriber agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless HOSPITALITY NET, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use of The Hotel Yearbook by Subscriber or Subscriber's Account.

9. Termination

Either HOSPITALITY NET or Subscriber may terminate this Agreement at any time. Without limiting the foregoing, HOSPITALITY NET shall have the right to immediately terminate Subscriber's Account in the event of any conduct by Subscriber which HOSPITALITY NET, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by Subscriber of this Agreement. The provisions of Sections 5(B), 5(C), 5(D), 6, 8, 10 and this Section 9 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

10. Trademarks

HOSPITALITY NET and The Hotel Yearbook and each of their logos are trademarks of HOSPITALITY NET. All rights reserved. All other trademarks appearing on The Hotel Yearbook are the property of their respective owners.

11. Third Party Content

Apart from proprietary contents, HOSPITALITY NET distributes contents supplied by third parties and Subscribers. Accordingly, HOSPITALITY NET has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, Subscribers or any other user of The Hotel Yearbook, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of HOSPITALITY NET. Neither HOSPITALITY NET nor any third-party provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. (Refer to Section 6 above for the complete provisions governing limitation of liabilities and disclaimers of warranty.)

In many instances, the content available through The Hotel Yearbook represents the opinions and judgments of the respective information provider, Subscriber, or other user not under contract with HOSPITALITY NET. HOSPITALITY NET neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on The Hotel Yearbook by anyone other than authorized HOSPITALITY NET employee spokespersons while acting in their official capacities. Under no circumstances will HOSPITALITY NET be liable for any loss or damage caused by a Subscriber's reliance on information obtained through The Hotel Yearbook. It is the responsibility of Subscriber to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content available through The Hotel Yearbook. Please seek the advice of professionals, as appropriate, regarding the evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice or other content.

12. Miscellaneous

This Agreement and any operating rules for The Hotel Yearbook established by HOSPITALITY NET constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import.

13. Copyrights and Copyright Agent

HOSPITALITY NET respects the rights of all copyright holders and in this regard, HOSPITALITY NET has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of subscribers and account holders who infringe the rights of copyright holders. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide HOSPITALITY NET's the following information required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 512:

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 copyright 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;
Notification 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 us to locate the material; information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party;
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.

For copyright inquiries under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act please contact:
The Hotel Yearbook
Boschcour 54
6221 JR Maastricht
The Netherlands
Email: info@hospitalitynet.org