Copyright Notice & Terms of Service

Copyright Notice

The information and other material on the e-Strategy Web Site and other publications and services is copyrighted by e-Strategy, or by other information providers who have agreed to provide their content for electronic publication by e-Strategy

This world wide web site nor any other e-Strategy, sites, publications, or services, may not be reproduced, republished or redistributed in any form without the express written consent of e-Strategy, or of the copyright holder, if the copyright holder is not e-Strategy, except where explicitly stated otherwise. You may for your personal and one-time noncommercial use, store the contents of the e-Strategy Web Site by making a single electronic copy on your computer's hard drive, a single copy on a diskette or a single copy in printed form. You may also quote small portions of the e-Strategy Web Site, if proper attribution is given, including the URL http://e-strategy.com.

Neither e-Strategy, nor any of its information providers shall be liable in any way to you or other parties for delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions in the material published on the e-Strategy Web Site and/or other e-Strategy, sites, publications, or services.

TERMS UNDER WHICH E-Strategy.com OFFERS ITS SERVICES

Introduction

"E-Strategy.com" is an World Wide Web site owned and operated by e-Strategy (E-Strategy), consisting of content provided by E-Strategy and third parties. "Subscriber" or "Subscribers" mean each person or persons who establish a connection to or access the Service. By using the Service (other than to read this Agreement for the first time), Subscriber agrees to comply with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

General

E-Strategy reserve the right at any time to change the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Any such changes shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including posting on the Service or by any other means by which Subscribers obtain notice thereof. Subscribers' use of the Service after any such notice shall be deemed to constitute Subscribers' acceptance of any such changes.

E-Strategy reserve the right to discontinue or to change any aspect or feature of the Service, including, without limitation, content, hours of availability, and hardware or software needed for access or use.

"Aggregate and Statistical Information" is information that describes the habits, usage patterns or demographics of Subscribers as a group but does not indicate the identity of particular Subscribers. "Locator information" is information that enables one to personally identify a Subscriber such as a Subscriber's name, e-mail address, or physical address. Subscribers agree E-Strategy may maintain and use any information provided by Subscribers as part of their use of the Service and provide "Aggregate and Statistical Information" about the Service's Subscribers to potential and actual advertisers or sponsors of the Service and other services of E-Strategy. Subscribers agree E-Strategy may maintain and use Locator Information for, among other things, to notify Subscribers about E-Strategy' various services. Please read our Privacy Policy for further details.

Subscriber Conduct

Subscribers shall use the Service for lawful purposes only. Subscribers shall comply with E-Strategy' Code of Conduct set forth below. Subscribers shall not post or transmit through the Service any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others. Subscribers shall use the Service for lawful purposes only. Subscribers shall not post or transmit through the Service 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 E-Strategy's express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by a Subscriber that in E-Strategy's discretion restricts or inhibits any other Subscriber from using or enjoying the Service will not be permitted. Subscribers shall not use the Service to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including, but not limited to, the solicitation of users to become subscribers of other online information services competitive with the Service.

The Service contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of the Service are copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright laws. E-Strategy own a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. 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. Subscribers may download copyrighted material for Subscribers' 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 E-Strategy 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. Subscribers acknowledge that they do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.

Subscribers shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on the Service 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 Subscribers. Subscribers 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 area of the Service, Subscribers automatically grant, or warrant that the owner of such material has expressly granted E-Strategy 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. Subscribers also permit any other Subscriber to access, view, store or reproduce the material for a Subscriber's personal use. Subscribers hereby grant E-Strategy the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material made available on the Service by Subscribers.

The foregoing provisions are for the benefit of E-Strategy, 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.

Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability

SUBSCRIBERS EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT SUBSCRIBERS' SOLE RISK. NEITHER THE PUBLISHERS, IT'S AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICE, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE.

THE SERVICE 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.

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, TORTUOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. SUBSCRIBERS SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PUBLISHERS 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 SUBSCRIBERS.

IN NO EVENT WILL THE PUBLISHERS, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING THE SERVICE OR THE SERVICE 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 THE SERVICE. SUBSCRIBERS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON THE SERVICE.

IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS SET FORTH ABOVE NEITHER THE PUBLISHERS, NOR IT'S 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 THE SERVICE, 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. PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF A STOCK TRADE, SUBSCRIBERS ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH THEIR BROKER OR OTHER FINANCIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO VERIFY PRICING OR OTHER INFORMATION. THE PUBLISHERS, IT'S AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS BASED ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION PROVIDED. NEITHER THE PUBLISHERS, NOR IT'S AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE TIMELINESS, SEQUENCE, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION.

Monitoring

E-Strategy shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of the Service, including chat rooms, forums (bulletin boards), and interactive e-mail discussions, to determine compliance with this Agreement and any Service rules of conduct ("Code of Conduct") established by E-Strategy and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. E-Strategy shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, E-Strategy shall have the right to remove any material that E-Strategy, in their sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.

Indemnification

Subscribers agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless E-Strategy, its affiliates and its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, licensors and third party content providers from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use of the Service by Subscribers.

Termination

Either E-Strategy or Subscriber may terminate this Agreement at any time. If Subscriber terminates this Agreement Subscriber shall do so by e-mailing E-Strategy and by immediately thereafter ceasing to access the Service in any respect. Without limiting the foregoing, E-Strategy shall have the right immediately to terminate Subscriber's use of the Service in the event of any conduct by Subscriber which E-Strategy, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by Subscriber of this Agreement. The disclaimer of warranties, indemnification, intellectual property, limitation of warranties, and warranty provisions of this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement.

Trademarks

"e-Strategy", "MN-Politics.com", "MN-Business.com" and each of their logos have trademark applications pending. All rights are reserved. All other trademarks appearing on the Service are the property of their respective owners.

Third Party Content

e-Strategy is a distributor (and not publisher) of content supplied by third parties and Subscribers. Accordingly, e-Strategy have 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 Service, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of e-Strategy. Neither e-Strategy 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 the Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability section above for the complete provisions governing limitation of liabilities and disclaimers of warranty.)

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

Miscellaneous

This Agreement and the Code of Conduct for the Service established by e-Strategy 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 Minnesota, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Jurisdiction and venue of any legal action shall be in courts within the geographic boundary of Ramsey County, Minnesota, and Subscribers agree to submit to personal jurisdiction in said courts. 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.

Code of Conduct

e-Strategy is an ardent supporter of free expression. e-Strategy is also committed to a superb online policy community. While e-Strategy has not yet introduced certain interactive functions such as chat rooms, bulletin boards, or e-mail discussion lists to the Service, if said interactive functions are introduced in the future, e-Strategy will then require that all of its Subscribers comply with the following aspects of its Code of Conduct, in addition to those previously listed:

• Recognize and acknowledge that Subscribers are from diverse cultures and backgrounds and hold diverse policy and political views, and that the Service enjoys a substantial student subscriber base
• Do not unnecessarily antagonize or harass other Subscribers
• Do not post any content that is defamatory, infringing, obscene, pornographic, abusive, harasses or that is otherwise unlawful or which violates the legal rights of other Subscribers
• Do not use the Service to advertise, solicit, promote the purchase of goods or services, operate or engage in surveys or contests (other than those of the Service), chain letters, or commercial enterprises, or for any other commercial purpose
• Represent yourself only as yourself and not as another, actual individual
• Be a responsible member of the community; you are legally liable for the content you post

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

THE VARIOUS LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES ON THIS PUBLICATION WILL ALLOW YOU TO LEAVE THE e-Strategy.COM SITE.

THE THIRD PARTY LINKED SITES ARE NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF e-Strategy AND e-Strategy IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENTS OF ANY LINKED SITE OR ANY LINK CONTAINED IN A LINKED SITE, OR ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES TO SUCH SITES. e-Strategy IS PROVIDING THESE LINKS TO YOU ONLY AS A CONVENIENCE, AND THE INCLUSION OF ANY LINK DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT BY e-Strategy OR THE SITE.