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Welcome to the World Wide Web site of UCP, one of America’s largest health related charities. This site is owned and operated by United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc. By using this site, you signify your acceptance of these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these Terms of Service, please do not use the site. If at any time you determine that you will not accept the Terms of Service, you must immediately discontinue use of the site and destroy all materials and copies of materials obtained from the site. UCP reserves the right to change the Terms of Service at any time without notice to you, so please check back periodically to learn about such changes. By continuing to use the site after a change is made, you accept and are bound by the modified Terms of Service.
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Use of the Bulletin Board/Discussion Group This site includes a bulletin board/discussion group which allows you to post information and messages on the site and respond to information posted by others. UCP does not control and is not responsible for messages, information or files delivered to the bulletin board/discussion group. It is not obligated to and does not systematically monitor or delete user messages, however, UCP reserves the right to do so at any time in its sole discretion, for any reason. The bulletin board/discussion group is for non-commercial use only. You may not deliver any commercial solicitation or advertisement to the bulletin board unless the site expressly states that such messages are permitted in a particular instance.
You agree and warrant that you will not: (1) deliver any unlawful (according to local, state, federal, or foreign law), defamatory, obscene, indecent, threatening or abusive user message to or through the site; (2) deliver any user message that infringes or violates any right of a third party, including, without limitation, copyright, patent, trademark, or privacy rights, to or through the site; (3) introduce any program that will collect or relay information of any type from other users, interfere with the use of the site or other users’ computer equipment, or cause damage of any type to or through the site; or (4) otherwise cause damage or exploit information for commercial purposes on or through the site. In addition, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless UCP from and against any and all claims, actions, liabilities, and costs, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, arising out of your breach of any provision of the Terms of Service.
Intellectual Property Rights Transferred to UCP Any viewpoints, ideas, proposals, information and other intellectual property posted on UCP’s bulletin board automatically and immediately becomes the property of UCP, without any obligation of confidentiality. If any court determines that UCP does not retain exclusive ownership of any such postings, then UCP retains a non-exclusive license in them. UCP may, to promote any goal or objective of the organization, excerpt, use, distribute, publish, or display these postings in any way, without notice and with no liability to you.
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Amendment UCP reserves the sole right to amend or alter the Terms of Service at any time without notice by posting such change to this site.