1. EC-SBC provides the material
on these websites for information purposes only, and retains the
copyright on all text and graphic images, except those that are
used by the permission of other copyright holders. United States
and International Copyright laws protect all intellectual property
on these websites. All copyright, trademark, and other proprietary
rights in the text, graphics, design elements, services, audio,
video, and all other materials originated or used by the EC-SBC
in any of its site(s) are reserved to the exclusive use of the
Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. Many requested
uses are permitted by this policy, but if your intended use of
the contents of this site are NOT expressly permitted herein,
you may not: reproduce, upload, post, transmit, download or distribute
any content, "mirror" or include this information on
your own server or in your own documents; or modify or reuse the
text or graphics on any of these websites without the written
permission of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist
Convention.
2. You may not modify in any way
any material you retrieved from any EC-SBC owned or operated website,
nor may you use any EC-SBC owned or operated website in any manner
that infringes upon the rights of any person or entity, whether
related to the SBC or not.
3. Domain names and trademarks
used on the SBC website are the sole property of the Executive
Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, or its entities
and related organizations, or the entity to which such names and
marks are attributed. No affiliation with, endorsement of, or
sponsorship by the Southern Baptist Convention, the Executive
Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, or any entity of
the Southern Baptist Convention shall be inferred or implied in
any manner.
4. You may: print copies of the
material for your own personal use; or store the files on your
own computer for personal use. No material may be sold or used
for any commercial purpose. Any printed copy must include SBC
copyright information found at the bottom of the page from which
the language is taken in language similar to the following: Copyright
© 1999-2005, Southern Baptist Convention.
5. You may: link to an EC-SBC owned
and operated site, provided you abide by our Linking
Policy.
6. Use of any material found on
any EC-SBC owned or operated website on any other website or network
computer environment is prohibited, except through a link directly
to the EC-SBC owned and operated website.
7. Literary or graphic works contained
in the materials may be subject to trademark or intellectual property
rights by third party persons or companies, and their use is not
licensed under these terms of use.
8. EC-SBC does
not warrant that these sites are error-free, that any defects
will be corrected, or that these sites or server(s) will be free
of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or anything else manifesting
contaminating or destructive properties.
9. EC-SBC
disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy, content, or availability
of information found on third party Internet sites that link to
or from any EC-SBC owned or operated website. Links to third party
Internet sites found on any EC-SBC owned or operated website are
provided for your information and convenience only, and you access
them at your own risk. Any organizations seeking to link to any
EC-SBC owned or operated website should first read our Linking
Policy, and then submit any questions
or requests to
webmaster@sbc.net.
10. Under no circumstances shall
EC-SBC be liable for any direct, indirect, special, consequential,
or punitive damages that result from, or in any way arise out
of, the availability, use, reliance on, or inability to use the
materials on any EC-SBC owned or operated website, even if EC-SBC
has been advised of the possibility of such damages, and regardless
of the form of action, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise.
11. Use of these materials and
terms of use shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance
with the laws of the State of Tennessee, USA, excluding its conflicts
of law principles.
12. Users are prohibited from violating
or attempting to violate the security of any EC-SBC owned or operated
website, any service offered by these websites, the server(s)
on which these websites reside, or any data or software located
on such server(s), including, without limitation, (a) accessing
data not intended for such User or logging into a server or account
which the User is not authorized to access; (b) attempting to
probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or
to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization;
(c) attempting to interfere with service(s) to any user, host,
or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting
a virus to any EC-SBC owned or operated website or Network, overloading,
"flooding," "spamming," "mail-bombing,"
or "crashing;" (d) sending unsolicited email, including
promotions and/or advertising of products or services; (e) forging
any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information
in any email or newsgroup posting; (f) harvesting, in whole or
in part, either manually or through the use of an automated program,
of any database connected to this or any EC-SBC operated website;
or (g) using any information gleaned from any EC-SBC website for
commercial purposes. Violations of system or network security
may result in civil or criminal liability.
The EC-SBC will investigate occurrences
that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate
with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are
involved in such violations. The EC-SBC reserves the right to
cooperate with any and all law enforcement agencies, including
complying with warrants, court orders and subpoenas.
13. Any questions regarding website
operations, functionality, or linking code should be directed
to webmaster@sbc.net.
Any questions regarding SBC policy issues, including the use policies
set out in this document, should be directed to info@sbc.net.