Terms of Service and Legal Information

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Copyright and Reprint Permission

The contents of this site are: © 2004 The Employers Association of the North East and/or its affiliates or suppliers. All rights reserved.

The material on this Web site, such as text, photographs, images, graphics, logos, button icons, audio, video, and software, and the compilation of such material, is the property of The Employers Association of the North East and its affiliates or its content suppliers and protected by U.S. copyright law. The Employers Association of the North East grants you the right to view and download this copyrighted material for personal, noncommercial use only. You may not sell, republish, redistribute or reproduce in quantity any material contained on this Web site without the express written permission of The Employers Association of the North East.

Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement

If you believe this site is infringing your copyright, the Employers Association of the North East will take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) ("DMCA"). Pursuant to DMCA, written notification of claimed copyright infringement may or should be submitted to the following Designated Agent for this site:

Service provider(s): The Employers Association of the North East

Name of agent designated to receive notification of claimed infringement: Mark Adams.

Full address of designated agent to which notification should be sent:
67 Hunt Street
Agawam MA,
01001-6070

Telephone number of designated agent: 413-789-6400.

Email address of designated agent: Mark Adams.

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.
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

All trademarks, logos, and images of this Web site's goods and services are property of The Employers Association of the North East or its affiliates, and may not be used in any manner without obtaining written permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Macromedia and Flash are trademarks or registered trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. in the United States, and/or other countries. Macromedia does not sponsor, affiliate, or endorse this site or its related products and services.

RealPlayer is a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

Apple is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

Netscape is a registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.

Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Disclaimer of Warranties

THIS SITE, ITS OPERATION, AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED BY THE Employers Association of the North East ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE Employers Association of the North East WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN DISCLAIMERS OR LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

THE Employers Association of the North East IS NOT RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR THE CONDUCT OF USERS OF THIS SITE OR INFORMATION EXCHANGED OR POSTED ON THIS SITE, INCLUDING A CLAIM OF DEFAMATION.

THE Employers Association of the North East IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOST CONTENT OR DATA.

Postings and Other Submissions of Content

If you submit statements, questions or comments to the site, such as testimonials, Reader Responses, postings to Dear spirituality.com or the Contact Us page, you grant The Employers Association of the North East and its affiliates a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, edit, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such statements, questions or comments, in whole or in part, in any media, now known or later developed, with or without name attribution. You also warrant that the submission does not violate the rights of any third party.

If you submit an article to the site, please submit along with it the appropriate license or permission form to The Employers Association of the North East, in accordance with the downloadable forms and instructions.

You may not post any of the following material on the site:

Material which defames, abuses, or threatens others, or which contains vulgar, obscene, or indecent language or images.
Statements that are bigoted, hateful, or racially offensive.
Material that advocates illegal activity or discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them.
Unauthorized copyrighted material.
Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation.
Statements or postings that violate these terms will be deleted upon discovery.

Termination of Service

Either you or The Employers Association of the North East may terminate your account or access rights to this site at any time, without notice. The provisions of this site's terms and conditions and privacy policy shall survive termination.

Applicable Law

All disclaimers, policies, terms, and conditions, and disputes thereunder will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.