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The SpeakOut.com Web Site (the "Service") is an online information and communications service provided by SpeakOut.com, Inc., ("SpeakOut.com") subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions set forth below.

"SpeakOut" is a service mark of SpeakOut.com in the United States and other countries. Other marks which appear on this Web site may be marks of third parties that are not affiliated with SpeakOut.com. SpeakOut.com does not control or endorse the content of third party Web sites.

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Service. By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth below. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not access or use the Service. SpeakOut.com may modify this Agreement at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified Agreement. You agree to review the Agreement periodically to be aware of such modifications and your continued access or use of the Service shall be deemed your conclusive acceptance of the modified Agreement.

1. Copyright Policy

SpeakOut.com respects the intellectual property of others, and asks the users of this site to do the same. SpeakOut.com may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, restrict access of users who infringe the intellectual property rights of others. It is the policy of SpeakOut.com to respond to claims on intellectual property infringement. SpeakOut.com will promptly process and investigate notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) ("DMCA") and other applicable intellectual property laws.

If you believe your work has been copied and is accessible on the SpeakOut.com site in a way that constitutes Copyright Infringement, you may notify SpeakOut.com by providing SpeakOut.com's Designated Copyright Agent the following information:

a physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest that is allegedly infringed;
a description of each copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, including a copy of the copyrighted work;
identification of the URL or other specific location on the SpeakOut.com site where the material that you claim is infringing is located;
your address, telephone number, and email address where you can be contacted;
a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

SpeakOut.com's Designated Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on this Web site can be reached as follows:

By Mail:
Dave Mangan
Director of Marketing Communications
SpeakOut.com, Inc.
1225 Eye Street, NW Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005

By Phone:
(202) 777-3100

By Facsimile:
(202) 842-5822

By Email:
DaveM@speakoutfoundation.com

The entire contents of the Service are copyrighted under the United States copyright laws. The owner of the copyright is SpeakOut.com. You may print and download portions of material from different areas of the Service solely for your own non-commercial use. You may make: (a) one machine readable copy, (b) one backup copy, and (c) one print copy of any portions of material downloaded from the different areas of the Service solely for your non-commercial use. Any other copying, redistribution, retransmission or publication of any downloaded material, is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of SpeakOut.com or any third party information provider to the Service. You agree not to change or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from the Service.

You agree to grant to SpeakOut.com a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license, with the right to sublicense, to reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, publicly display and publicly perform any materials or other information (including, without limitations, ideas contained therein for new or improved products and services) you submit to public areas of the Service by all means and in any media now known or hereafter developed. You also grant to SpeakOut.com the right to use your name in connection with the submitted materials and other information as well as in connection with all advertising, marketing and promotional material related thereto. You agree that you shall have no recourse against SpeakOut.com for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your communications to us.