Term of Service

These Terms of Service govern your use of the Block.News website and its contents (collectively – the “Site”).

BY USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE Terms of Service, OUR DISCLAIMER STATEMENT AND PRIVACY POLICY, AND YOU AGREE TO TRANSACT WITH US ELECTRONICALLY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SITE.

1. Non-Commercial Use

This Site is for your own personal non-commercial use only.

2. Disclaimer and Privacy Statement

Your use of this Site signifies your continuing consent to our Disclaimer Statement and Privacy Policy, including our cookie policy, which you can examine any time by clicking on the “Disclaimer” and “Privacy” link on the Site.

Personal information that you supply to us, and any information about your use of the Site that we obtain will be subject to our Privacy Policy.

3. Changes to this Site

We may discontinue or change any content, service, function or feature of the Site at any time with or without notice.

4. Proper Use of This Site

You may use the Site for lawful purposes only and may use the Site only in ways consistent with the law.

You agree that you will not:

  • Use the Site in any way that breaches any applicable local, national, federal or international law or regulation;
  • Copy, use, disclose or distribute any information obtained from the Site, whether directly or through third parties, without our consent;
  • Use, disclose or distribute any data obtained in violation of these Terms;
  • Violate the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights;
  • Violate our intellectual property or other rights, including, without limitation, (i) copying or distributing our materials or (ii) copying or distributing our technology, unless it is released under open source licenses; (iii) using the word “Block.News” or our logos in any business name, email, or URL, without our consent;
  • Imply or state that you are affiliated with or endorsed by Block.News without our express consent;
  • Rent, lease, loan, trade, sell/resell access to the Site or related data;
  • Act in an unlawful or unprofessional manner in connection with our Services, including being dishonest, abusive or discriminatory;
  • Post inaccurate, defamatory obscene, shocking, hateful, threatening or otherwise inappropriate content or airing personal grievances or disputes;
    Harass, abuse or harm another person;
  • Send or post any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any form of solicitation unauthorized by us;
  • Disclose information that you do not have the consent to disclose (such as confidential information of others;
  • Post anything that contains software viruses, worms, or any other harmful code;
  • Develop, support or use software, devices, scripts, robots, or any other means or processes (including crawlers, browser plugins and add-ons, or any other technology or manual work) to scrape the Site or otherwise copy data from the Site;
  • Bypass or circumvent any access controls or Site use limits;
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Site or any related technology that is not open source;
  • Monitor the Site’s availability, performance or functionality for any competitive purpose;
  • Engage in “framing,” “mirroring,” or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of the Site;
  • Access the Site except through the interfaces expressly provided by us, such as mobile applications (if any) and block.news;
  • Override any security feature of the Site; and/or
  • Interfere with the operation of, or place an unreasonable load on, the Site (e.g., spam, denial of service attack, viruses).

5. Proprietary Rights

We and our suppliers reserve all rights under intellectual property law in the Site.

Information, data, white papers and other materials concerning a particular token sale, including trademarks, logos, brand names are intellectual property of their respective owners (of the organizers of the token sale).

You may not reproduce, reprint, publish, or otherwise exploit our or our supplirs’ content or technology on the Site without our express prior written consent.

6. Changes to the Terms of Service

We may change the Terms of Service at any time. You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service by clicking on the Site’s “Terms of Service” link. If you continue to use this Site after we make changes to the Terms of Service, you are signifying your acceptance of the new terms. You are responsible for checking these terms periodically for any changes.

7. Electronic Delivery Statement and Your Consent

You agree that we may provide to you notices and other information concerning token sales or this Site electronically, including notice to any email address that you may provide.

8. Content That You Supply

We may allow you to supply content for the Site or its functions that can be accessed and viewed by others (e.g. comments). You agree not to post any content that violates these Terms of Service or the applicable law. Content that violates applicable rules may be removed.

If you post any content on the public area of the Site, you grant us the perpetual sublicensable right and license to use, copy, display, perform, distribute, modify, adapt, abridge, exploit, and promote this content in any way and in any commercial or non-commercial medium or form without charge.

9. No Duty to Monitor

You agree that we are not liable for content that is provided by others. We have no duty to screen content that you may supply or post, but we have the right to refuse to post or to edit submitted content. We reserve the right to remove any content for any reason at any time.

10. Third Party Sites and Advertisers

We may include on the Site links to third party websites and third party content and information. You agree that we are not responsible or liable for any content or other materials of third parties or on third party sites. You also agree that we are not responsible for content supplied by our advertisers. We are also not responsible for any transactions or dealings between you and any third party or any advertiser. You agree that we are not responsible for any claim or loss due to a third party site or any advertiser.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

We provide this Site and its contents “AS IS.” We and our suppliers make no express warranties or guarantees about this Site. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE AND OUR SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SITE, ITS CONTENT AND INFORMATION ARE OR WILL BE MERCHANTABLE, OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, ACCURATE, TIMELY, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NEED, OR NON-INFRINGING. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS SITE, ITS CONTENT AND INFORMATION WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, IS ERROR-FREE, RELIABLE, OR WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.

12. Limitation of Liability

You may not assert claims for money damages arising from this Site or its contents. We and our suppliers shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or exemplary damages, even if we knew or should have known of the possibility of such damages.

13. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our respective owners, employees, contractors, officers, directors, and agents from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including attorney’s fees, that arise from your use or misuse of this Site. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses.

14. Choice of Law and Location for Resolving Disputes

You agree that the laws of Panama govern these Terms of Service, its subject matter, your use of the Site, and any claim or dispute that you may have against us, without regard to its conflict of laws rules.

You further agree that any disputes or claims that you may have against us will be resolved by a court located Panama, and you agree and submit to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim or action. BY AGREEING TO THESE Terms of Service, YOU ARE: (1) WAIVING CLAIMS THAT YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE AGAINST US BASED ON THE LAWS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING YOUR OWN; (2) IRREVOCABLY CONSENTING TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF, AND VENUE IN, THE COURTS IN PANAMA OVER ANY DISPUTES OR CLAIMS YOU HAVE WITH US; AND (3) SUBMITTING YOURSELF TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESOLVING ANY SUCH DISPUTES OR CLAIMS.

15. Severability and Integration

These Terms of Service and any supplemental terms, the Privacy Policy and the Disclaimer Statement posted on this Site constitute the entire agreement between you and us and supersede all previous written or oral agreements. If any part of the Terms of Service or the Disclaimer Statement is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.

16. Assignment

We may transfer, assign, sublicense or pledge this agreement and the Site, in whole or in part, to any person (but without your consent).

You may not assign, sublicense or otherwise transfer in any manner any of your rights or obligations under this agreement.

17. Termination

We reserve the right to terminate your use of this Site if you violate the Terms of Service or for any other reason in our discretion.

18. Claims of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on this Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please send us a notification of claimed copyright infringement, which must include the following:

  • a physical or electronic signature of the owner (or person authorized to act on behalf of the owner) of the copyright that is allegedly infringed;
    specific identification of each copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
  • a description of where the material believed to be infringed is located (please be as detailed as possible and provide a URL to help us locate the material you are reporting);
  • contact information for the complaining party, such as a complete name, address, telephone number, and email address;
  • a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the work(s) in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

A notice of alleged copyright infringement should be sent to info@block.news

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