Hot Annals Terms and Conditions

Last modified: Jan 6, 2010

HotAnnals.com is a Software V2 Corporation website.

This website is bound by this "Terms of Service" and it’s Privacy Policy (collectively, the "agreement"). Your use of this service means that you agree to the terms and policies specified in the agreement, including any future amendments.

Although we may attempt to notify you when major changes are made to the agreement, you should periodically review the most up-to-date versions. Software V2 Corporation may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms of Service 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 this service.

1. Description of Service. Hot Annals is an article publishing service (the "Service"). You will be responsible for all activities occurring under your userid and for keeping your password secure. You understand and agree that the Service is provided to you on an AS IS and AS AVAILABLE basis. Software V2 Corporation disclaims all responsibility and liability for the availability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Service. We also reserve the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Service with or without notice at any time and without any liability to you. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone at any time without notice for any reason.
2. Privacy. As a condition of using the Service, you agree to the terms our Privacy Policy, which may be updated from time to time, as expressed in the most recent version that exists at the time of your use.

3. 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, including any laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from your country of residence and all United States export control laws.

   Violation of any of the foregoing may result in immediate termination of this Agreement, and may subject you to state and federal penalties and other legal consequences. We reserve the right, but shall have no obligation, to investigate your use of the Service in order to (a) determine whether a violation of the Agreement has occurred or (b) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.

   Much of the content on HotAnnals.com -- including the contents of specific postings -- is provided by and is the responsibility of the person or people who made such postings. We do not monitor the content and take no responsibility for such content. Instead, we merely provide access to such content as a service to you.

   By their very nature, articles may carry offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate material, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. We expect that you will use caution and common sense and exercise proper judgment when using the Service.

   We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any communications posted via the Service or any opinions expressed via the Service. You acknowledge that any reliance on material posted via the Service will be at your own risk.

4. Content of the Service. We take no responsibility for third-party content (including, without limitation, any viruses or other disabling features), nor do we have any obligation to monitor such third-party content. We reserve the right at all times to remove or refuse to distribute any content on the Service, such as content which violates the terms of this Agreement. We also reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as it is reasonably believed necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (b) enforce this Agreement, including investigation of potential violations hereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (d) respond to user support requests, or (e) protect the rights, property or safety of Software V2 Corporation, its users and the public. Software V2 Corporation will not be responsible or liable for the exercise or non-exercise of its rights under this Agreement.
5. General Practices Regarding Use and Storage. You agree that we have no responsibility or liability for the deletion of, or the failure to store or to transmit, any Content and other communications maintained by the Service. Software V2 Corporation retains the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time with or without notice.

6. Intellectual Property Rights. Software V2 Corporation claims no ownership or control over any Content submitted, posted or displayed by you on or through the Service. You or a third party licensor, as appropriate, retain all patent, trademark and copyright to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Service and you are responsible for protecting those rights, as appropriate. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Service which are intended to be available to the members of the public, you grant Software V2 Corporation a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, publish and distribute such Content on our services for the purpose of displaying and distributing Software V2 Corporation services.

   You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein to any Content submitted.

7. Termination; Suspension. Software V2 Corporation may, in its sole discretion, at any time and for any reason, terminate the Service, terminate this Agreement, or suspend or terminate your account. 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.
8. No Resale of the Service. Unless expressly authorized in writing by Software V2 Corporation, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes (a) any portion of the Service, (b) use of the Service, or (c) access to the Service.
9. Representations and Warranties. You represent and warrant that (a) all of the information provided by you to Software V2 Corporation to participate in the Service is correct and current; and (b) you have all necessary right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the acts required of you hereunder.
10. Indemnification. You agree to hold harmless and indemnify Software V2 Corporation, 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, Software V2 Corporation will provide you with written notice of such claim, suit or action.
11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Software V2 Corporation and governs your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and Software V2 Corporation.
12. Waiver and Severability of Terms. The failure of Software V2 Corporation to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms of Service 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 Service remain in full force and effect.
13. 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 Service or the Terms of Service must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.