TERMS & CONDITIONS

Your use of Bright Side of News ("Publication") is subject to these Terms of Use ("Terms"). We may modify these Terms at any time without notice to you by posting revised Terms on our sites. Your use of Publication constitutes your binding acceptance of these Terms, including any modifications that we make.

Content
This Publication includes a combination of content that we create and that our users create. You are solely responsible for all materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available on our sites ("Your Content"). You certify that you own all intellectual property rights in Your Content. You hereby grant us, our affiliates and our partners a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable license to use, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, transfer, transmit, distribute and publish Your Content and subsequent versions of Your Content for the purposes of (i) displaying Your Content on our Publication, (ii) distributing Your Content, either electronically or via other media, to users seeking to download or otherwise acquire it, and/or (iii) storing Your Content in a remote database accessible by end users. This license shall apply to the distribution and the storage of Your Content in any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed.

Your Conduct on Our Publication
You agree not to post or transmit material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, misleading, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening or invasive of a person's privacy; that otherwise violates any law; or that encourages conduct constituting a criminal offense.

User acknowledges and agrees that use of the Publication is a privilege, not a right, and that TCDN has the right, at its sole discretion, to revoke this privilege at any time without notice or reason. User agrees that this Agreement in its entirety applies to both public and private messages.

User agrees not to post material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, misleading, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, that otherwise violates any law, or that encourages conduct constituting a criminal offense.

User agrees not to post any material that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner(s) of said copyright, trademark or other proprietary right.

User agrees not to use nicknames that might be deemed abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise inappropriate. User agrees not to use nicknames that might mislead other Users. This includes but is not limited to using nicknames that impersonate developers, staff, or other Users, or other individuals outside of TCDN. Posing as another person without expressive permission may or may not be constituted as "identity theft" in country from respective User comes from. We reserve the right to provide User information if warranted by law-enforcing institutions, domestic and international.

The goal of the Forums is to foster communication and the interchange of ideas within the User community. User agrees and acknowledges that any posts, nicknames or other material deemed offensive, harassing, baiting or otherwise inappropriate may be removed at the sole discretion of TCDN.

User authorizes TCDN to make use of any original stories, concepts, ideas, drawings, photographs, opinions and other creative materials posted on the Forums without compensation or other recourse.

TCDN is not responsible for messages posted on the Article Comments and Forums or the content therein. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message. Each message expresses the views of its originating User, not necessarily those of TCDN. Unless expressly stated otherwise by a senior TCDN representative such as the Editor in Chief, this includes messages posted by TCDN personnel, agents, delegates, representatives et al.

Any User who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us. We have the ability to remove messages and we will make every effort to do so within a reasonable time if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to act immediately. Removal of messages is at the sole discretion of TCDN.

The appropriate individual to contact is usually the editor of the site associated with the board where the message in question is to be found. As a standard operating procedure, TCDN does not enter into discussions, either public or private, about Forum policies, individual moderators, bans or other sanctions, etc.

Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes and other commercial solicitations are not allowed.

Terms of Service
TCDN does not permit children under the age of 13 to become members, post home pages or web sites on our service unless there is an explicit permission by the responsible parents. This provision may or may not be applicable if local laws dictate otherwise. TCDN is governed by the common law in the United States of America. Subsidiaries of TCDN are located world-wide and adhere to local laws as well.

You are solely and fully responsible for any content that you post any area of our site. We do not regularly review the contents of materials posted by our members or other visitors to our site. We strictly prohibit the posting of the following types of content on all areas of our sites:

• nudity, pornography, and sexual material of a lewd, lecherous or obscene nature and intent or that violates local, state and national laws.
• any material that violates or infringes in any way upon the proprietary rights of others, including, without limitation, copyright or trademark rights; this includes "WAREZ" (copyrighted software that is distributed illegally), "mp3" files of copyrighted music, copyrighted photographs, text, video or artwork. If you don't own the copyright or have express authorization and documented permission to use it, don't put it on your site at TCDN (if you do have express permission you must say so clearly on your TCDN homepage). TCDN will terminate the memberships of, and remove the pages of, repeat infringers.
• any material that is threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, indecent, or otherwise objectionable; including posting other peoples' private information.
• content that promotes, encourages, or provides instructional information about illegal activities - specifically hacking, cracking, or phreaking.
• any software, information, or other material that contains a virus, "Trojan Horse", "worm" corrupted data, or any other harmful or damaging component;
• hate propaganda or hate mongering, swearing, or fraudulent material or activity;

TCDN is not responsible for the content posted by TCDN members or visitors on any area of our Publication including without limitation. The opinions and views expressed by TCDN's members or visitors. do not necessarily represent those of TCDN and TCDN does not verify, endorse, or vouch for the content of such page(s). Further, TCDN is not responsible for the delivery or quality of any goods or services sold or advertised through or on TCDN members' page(s). If you believe that any of the content posted by our members or visitors violates your proprietary rights, including copyrights, please contact our Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement identified on our site.

By submitting your data to TCDN, you represent that the data comply with TCDN's Terms of Service. If any third party brings a claim, lawsuit or other proceeding against TCDN based on your conduct or use of TCDN services, you agree to compensate TCDN (including its officers, directors, employees and agents) for any and all losses, liabilities, damages or expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by TCDN in connection with any such claim, lawsuit or proceeding.

TCDN is the final arbiter of what IS and IS NOT allowed on our site. Further, TCDN reserves the right to modify or remove anything submitted to TCDN, and to cancel any membership, at any time for any reason without prior notice. TCDN is not obliged to maintain back-ups copies of any material submitted or posted on our site. Actions or activities that may cause termination of your membership and/or removal of your page(s) include, but are not limited to:

• posting or providing links to any content which violates our Terms of Service:
• conducting or providing links to any raffle, contest, or game which violates any local, state, national and international laws;
• if the registration of your TCDN membership was conducted using an email account that is not your own or that is or becomes/became inactive.
• violating the TCDN Terms of Service. Please read and familiarize yourself with the TCDN Terms of Service.
• sending unsolicited email using a TCDN address
• Distributing, republishing or retransmitting material posted by other TCDN members without the prior permission of such members.

We reserve the right to monitor, and to investigate any complaints regarding any content of TCDN members' pages, message-board postings, and to take appropriate action if TCDN finds violations of these Terms of Service. In the case of any such complaint, TCDN reserves the right to remove the content complained of while the TCDN member and the complaining party attempt to resolve their dispute. This could result in your comment(s) being removed from TCDN for as long as it takes to resolve the dispute.

You grant to TCDN and its affiliates a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide, unrestricted license to use, copy, modify, transmit, distribute, and publicly perform or display the submitted pages or other content for the purposes of displaying such information on TCDN's sites and for the promotion and marketing of TCDN's services. TCDN disclaims ownership of member sites and will not resell or otherwise convey these.

Legal Disclaimer

TCDN makes no guarantee of availability of service and reserves the right to change, withdraw, suspend, or discontinue any functionality or feature of the TCDN service. TCDN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEB SITE, ITS CONTENTS OR THE MANUSCRIPT, WHICH ARE PROVIDED FOR USE "AS IS" AND IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TCDN ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY INACCURACIES, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS THAT MAY APPEAR ON THIS WEB SITE. IN NO EVENT WILL TCDN OR ITS MEMBERS BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSON OR ORGANIZATION FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, EVEN IF TCDN IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS DISCLAIMER APPLIES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, CAUSED; ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE; ERROR; OMISSION; INTERRUPTION; DELETION; DEFECT; DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION; COMPUTER VIRUS; FILE CORRUPTION; COMMUNICATION-LINE FAILURE; NETWORK OR SYSTEM OUTAGE; OR THEFT, DESTRUCTION, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF ANY RECORD.

TCDN reserves the right to change or amend these Terms of Service at any time without prior notice. By registering and/or submitting any content, including without limitation, message-board postings, you signify your agreement to these Terms of Service.