Back to APNA Main Page

USER AGREEMENT 

Please read user agreement (amended as of February 01, 2005)
before using this service. By continuing to use apnaorg.com, you agree to
abide by the conditions of this agreement.

apnaorg.com  SERVICE USER AGREEMENT

©  2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Academy of the Punjab in
North America  (“APNA”) All Rights Reserved.

1. Welcome to apnaorg.com (“Service”). By using this Service,
you agree to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement. The Service is
currently free to all users.  APNA reserves the right to charge for
this Service in the future. In such event, we will notify you in advance,
and give you an opportunity to subscribe to this Service. APNA  reserve
the right to change the terms of this Agreement or to modify any features of
this Service at any time. 

2. You represent that you have read and agree to abide by the apnaorg.com 
User Agreement.

3. This Service (including, but not limited to, text, photographs,
graphics, video and audio content) is protected by copyright as a collective
work or compilation under the copyright laws of the United States and other
countries. All individual articles, content and other elements comprising
this Service are also copyrighted works. You must abide by all additional
copyright notices or restrictions contained in this Service. 

4. (a) Except for content you have posted on the Service, or unless
expressly permitted, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, enter
into a database, display, perform, modify, create derivative works,
transmit, or in any way exploit any part of this Service,
except that
you may download material from this Service for your own personal use as
follows: you may make one machine readable copy and/or one print copy that
is limited to occasional articles of personal interest only. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, you may not distribute any part of
this Service over any network, including a local area network, nor sell or
offer it for sale. In addition, these files may not be used to construct any
kind of database.

(b) apnaorg.com has been specially designed for presentation of content
in a unique format and appearance to our users. We are concerned about the
integrity of our Service when it is viewed in a setting created by a third
party that includes advertising or other materials that we have not
authorized to be displayed with our Service. Without limiting the provisions
of (5a), neither you nor any third party shall make use of the contents of
the Service in any manner that constitutes an infringement of our rights,
including copyright or that has not been authorized by us.

(c) Just as apnaorg.com requires users to respect our copyrights, and
those of our affiliates and partners, we respect the copyrights of others. If
you believe in good faith that your copyrighted work has been reproduced on
our site without authorization in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, you may notify our designated copyright agent
either by
mail to APNA, 13349 Jasper Court, Fairfax, Va. 22033 or by e-mail to
legal@apnaorg.com. This contact information is only for suspected copyright
infringement. Contact information for other matters is provided elsewhere on
this site. Any personal information you provide in your email will be used
only for purposes related to your email.

5. This Service is available “as is.” We do not warrant that
this Service will be uninterrupted or error-free. There may be delays,
omissions, interruptions and inaccuracies in the news, information or other
materials available through this Service. We are not responsible for the
availability or content of other services that may be linked to this
Service. We do not make any warranties, express or implied, including
without limitation, those of merchantability and fitness for a particular
purpose, with respect to this Service or any information or goods that are
available or advertised or sold through this Service. We do not make any
representations, nor do we endorse the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or
reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other material or database
displayed, uploaded or distributed in this Service or available though links
in this Service. We reserve the right to correct any errors or omissions in
this Service. Although we intend to take reasonable steps to prevent the
introduction of viruses, worms, “Trojan horses” or other
destructive materials to this Service, we do not guarantee or warrant that
this Service or materials that may be downloaded from this Service do not
contain such destructive features. We are not liable for any damages or harm
attributable to such features. If you rely on this Service and any materials
available through this Service, you do so solely at your own risk.

8. APNA, and its parent and afilliates, and their directors, officers,
managers, employees, shareholders, agents and licensors are not liable for
incidental, indirect, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages
of any kind, including lost revenues or profits, loss of business or loss of
data, in any way related to this Service or for any claim, loss or injury
based on errors, omissions, interruptions or other inaccuracies in this
Service (including without limitation as a result of breach of any warranty
or other term of this Agreement). Any claim against us shall be limited to
the amount you paid, if any, for use of this Service.

9. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the United States and
the Commonwealth of Virginia. BY CONTINUING TO USE apnaorg.com, YOU AGREE TO
ABIDE BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

© Copyright  2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Academy of the Punjab in
North America

Back to APNA Web Page