Minnesota Association of Songwriters (MAS) Website Terms of Use
Acceptance of the Terms and Conditions
This Terms of Use Agreement (this "agreement") states the terms and conditions under which you may use this web site (the "site").
Please read this agreement carefully. This site contains various information relating to the Minnesota Association of Songwriters (“MAS”) in the form of text, graphics, news, photos, and other materials ("content").
By accessing, browsing and/or using this site you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be legally bound by this agreement. If you do not accept this agreement (and therefore do not agree to be bound by this agreement), do not use this site.
MAS reserves the right to amend this agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on our site.
Restrictions on Use of Materials
You acknowledge that this site contains content that is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, or other proprietary rights, and that these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media, and technologies existing now and hereinafter developed.
You also acknowledge that the content is and shall remain the property of the Minnesota Association of Songwriters or any other party (each a "contributor") who has been involved in the preparation or publication of the content.
You shall at no time assert any claims of ownership over any content by reason of your use of or any right to use this site except for personal content added to your personal member profile gallery page that is password protected.
You agree to comply with all copyright and trademark laws, and you shall not encumber any interest in, or assert any rights to, the content except personal content added to your personal profile on the member profile gallery page.
You may not modify, transmit, participate in the sale, or transfer of, or create derivative works based on any content, in whole or in part.
You may print copies of the content, provided that these copies are made only for personal, non-commercial use and that you maintain any notices contained in the content, or maintained by the contributor, such as all copyright notices, trademark legends, or other proprietary rights notices. You shall not store electronically any significant portion of any content.
The Minnesota Association of Songwriters authorizes you to view and use the content on this site solely for your personal, noncommercial use except for content you add to your personal member profile page.
The use of the content on any other site, including by linking or framing, or in any networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited except with the consent and written approval by the Minnesota Association of Songwriters Board of Directors.
For permission to use content from this website or from a newsletter authored and distributed by the Minnesota Association of Songwriters, you must request written permission and provide full attribution.
Attribution for website content should be given as follows: "reprinted with permission from the Minnesota Association of Songwriters."
attribution for newsletter content should be given as follows: "this article reprinted with permission from the Minnesota Association of Songwriters newsletter.
Disclaimer of Warranty
The content provided on this website is provided as a service to members of the public. Information presented on this website is provided for informational purposes only.
You acknowledge and agree that this site and the content therein are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.
The Minnesota Association of Songwriters does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any of the content.
The Minnesota Association of Songwriters does not warrant that this site will be uninterrupted or error free or that this site, its server or any files available for downloading through this sites are free of computer viruses or other harmful elements.
You expressly agree that the entire risk as to the quality and performance of this site and the accuracy or completeness of the content is assumed solely by you.
Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances will any party of the Minnesota Association of Songwriters be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information obtained through the content on the web site.
It is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information or any content available through the web site.
In no event shall any of the parties of the Minnesota Association of Songwriters be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of or relating to the content, service, or this agreement.
Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for negligence, consequential or incidental damages, in such jurisdictions the Minnesota Association of Songwriters parties’ liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
Your sole and exclusive remedy for dissatisfaction with this site is to stop using this site.
Links to Other Sites
As a convenience to you, this site may periodically provide links to third party websites through links available on this site including websites of entities that are affiliated with the Minnesota Association of Songwriters where we feel it is appropriate. Lists of links are not complete lists of relevant and/or useful internet resources.
Our decision to link to a third-party site is not an endorsement of the content in that linked third party site. We are not responsible for the content of any third-party web site, nor do we make any warranties or representations, express or implied, regarding the content (or the accuracy, currentness, or completeness of such content) on any third party web sites, and the Minnesota Association of Songwriters shall have no liability of any nature whatsoever in relation to any of the foregoing.
You should take precautions when downloading files from all sites to protect your computer from viruses and other destructive programs.
If you decide to access linked third-party sites, you do so at your own risk. You should direct any concerns to the third-party sites' administrator or webmaster.
Elements of this site are protected by trade dress, trademark, unfair competition, and other state and federal laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part by any means. None of the content for our site may be retransmitted without the express written consent of the Minnesota Association of Songwriters.
Termination
The Minnesota Association of Songwriters reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend, or terminate this agreement and your access to all or any part of our site or the content, at any time and for any reason without prior notice or liability.
The Minnesota Association of Songwriters reserves the right to change, suspend, or discontinue all or any part of this site or the content at any time without prior notice or liability.