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Welcome to the Delta Dunklin Democrat! Before you begin blogging, you must read and agree to these Terms of Agreement and the Rust Communications Content Policy (http://www.rustcom.net/legal/content), including any future amendments (collectively, the "Agreement"):
Although we may attempt to notify you when major changes are made to the Terms of Agreement, you should periodically review the most up-to-date version (http://www.rustcom.net/bloggerterms). Rust Communications may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms of Agreement and policies at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. If you do not accept and abide by this Agreement, you may not use the Southeast Missourian service as an assigned blogger.
1. Description of Service. dddnews.com is a community publishing service on the web made available to you as an assigned community blogger. The Daily Dunklin Democrat reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue this Agreement without notice at any time and without any liability to you.
2. Proper Use. You agree that you are responsible for your own use of the Service, for any posts you make, and for any consequences thereof. You agree that you will use the Service in compliance with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations.
You agree to abide by the Daily Dunklin Democrat Content Policy (http://www.rustcom.net/content) and the rules and restrictions therein. Although we may attempt to notify you when major changes are made to the Daily Dunklin Democrat Content Policy, you should periodically review the most up-to-date version. The Daily Dunklin Democrat may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise the Daily Dunklin Democrat Content Policy at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions.
Much of the content of dddnews.com and -- including the contents of specific postings -- is provided by and is the responsibility of the person or people who made such postings.
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Your Intellectual Property Rights. The Daily Dunklin Democrat claims no ownership or control over any Content submitted, posted or displayed by you on or through your blog. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through dddnews.com, which are intended to be available to the members of the public, you grant the Daily Dunklin Democrat a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, publish and distribute such Content on the Daily Dunklin Democrat and affiliated media. The Daily Dunklin Democrat furthermore reserves the right to refuse to accept, post, display or transmit any Content in its sole discretion.
You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein to any Content submitted.
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5. Termination; Suspension. The Daily Dunklin Democrat may, in its sole discretion, at any time and for any reason, terminate the Service, terminate this Agreement, or suspend or terminate your blog. In the event of termination, your account will be disabled and you may not be granted access to your account or any files or other content contained in your account although residual copies of information may remain in our system for some time for back-up purposes.
6. Indemnification. You agree to hold harmless and indemnify the Daily Dunklin Democrat, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and employees from and against any third-party claim arising from or in any way related to your use of the Service, including any liability or expense arising from all claims, losses, damages (actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys' fees, of every kind and nature. In such a case, the Daily Dunklin Democrat will provide you with written notice of such claim, suit or action.
7. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Daily Dunklin Democrat and governs your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and the Daily Dunklin Democrat.
8. Waiver and Severability of Terms. The failure of the Daily Dunklin Democrat to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms of Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Agreement remain in full force and effect.
9. Statute of Limitations. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising of or related to use of the Daily Dunklin Democrat services or the Terms of Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.