WEBSITE POLICIES & TERMS OF USE

These website policies and terms of use are a legal agreement (the “Agreement”) between you and JoLu Productions Inc. (“we”), the owner of the LandofOpportunity website. Please read them carefully. By using the LandofOpportunity website, you accept these policies, which form a binding agreement between you and JoLu Productions Inc. By commenting and posting content to this website, you promise to follow these policies and grant the licenses set forth below. If you do not wish to be bound by LandofOpportunity’s website policies, do not use this website.

Last Updated: 10/28/13

ABOUT

LandofOpportunity is a website where users can experience curated multimedia content and contribute their personal experiences and perspectives by commenting in an open forum. We ask all contributors to help us make LandofOpportunity a welcoming space for thoughtful discussion. Please direct any questions to [email protected]

AGE REQUIREMENTS

To comply with the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, if you are under 13 years old, you may not use this website. By using this website, you promise that you are 13 years of age or older. If you are under the age of 18, you promise that you are either an emancipated minor, or have obtained your parent’s or legal guardian’s consent to use this website.

CONTENT POLICIES

Generally

Users may contribute comments, (including text, links to images, photos, videos, sounds, or any other materials (collectively, “Content”) to LandofOpportunity. If you post any Content or use this website in any other way, you promise to:

• Post only respectful Content that is relevant to LandofOpportunity’s issue areas and themes;
• Not post any Content that violates or infringes in any rights of others, including any statements which may violate the privacy of others, and/or defame, abuse, harass, stalk, or threaten others;
• Not post any Content that is offensive to the community, including expressions of bigotry, racism, abusiveness, vulgarity, or profanity;
• Not post any Content protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity, or other proprietary rights of others without the express permission of the owner of such rights; and
• Not post any unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” or any other form of solicitation.

We may remove any comments or content that we believe violates these guidelines at our sole discretion.

Posting Content

By posting your Content on LandofOpportunity, you grant to JoLu Productions Inc. and its affiliates a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, and sublicensable license to use, copy, edit, display, publish, perform, distribute, adapt, modify, and promote your Content. After posting your Content, you will continue to own your Content, and you may use your Content in any way you choose.

Copyright Guidelines of Posted Content

You promise that you own your Content, and/or that you own the intellectual property rights to your Content, and that neither the Content nor the exercise of the rights granted by your license infringe upon or violate the rights of others, including their rights in intellectual property, privacy, and publicity, and that the Content does not defame others or constitute libel or slander. You promise that you will not post on this website any material protected by copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights of others and that the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright or other proprietary rights rests with you. You are solely liable for anything contained in your Content, and any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from posting your Content. Bridge the Gulf does not verify, endorse, or otherwise vouch for the contents of any posting.

Indemnification

You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless JoLu Productions Inc and its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, funders, contractors, sublicensees, and agents, for all damages, losses, and costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) related to all third-party claims, charges, and investigations that: (i) arise from your activities on this website; (ii) assert a violation by you of any term of this Agreement, including any representations and warranties; (iii) arise from your failure to comply with this Agreement or any representations or warranties herein; or (iv) assert that any Content you posted violates any law or infringes any third-party right, including any intellectual property or privacy right. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive the termination of this Agreement, regardless of when you cease using this website or remove Content from this website.

Restrictions

Except as otherwise expressly permitted by JoLu Productions Inc., you promise that you will not reproduce, publish, broadcast, sell, commercially exploit, create derivate works from, decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble this website or any content posted to it, other than your own Content, nor use any content posted on this website for any unlawful purpose. Nor will you take any measures to interfere with or damage this website. JoLu Productions Inc. reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in this Agreement.

DMCA POLICIES

Compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

LandofOpportunity is committed to full compliance with U.S. copyright law, and expects its users to do the same. In addition to the obligations set forth above in this Agreement, each user is responsible for ensuring the materials they post to the website do not infringe any third-party rights. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”) provides recourse for owners of copyrighted material who believe that their rights under U.S. copyright laws have been infringed online. A copy of DMCA is located at http://www.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf. You should be aware that U.S. copyright law provides substantial penalties for false claims of copyright infringement.

Procedure for Making or Responding to Claims of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, provide JoLu Productions Inc. with a written notice containing the following: i) the electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or the person authorized to act on the owner's behalf; ii) identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; iii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit JoLu Productions Inc. to locate the material (e.g., by providing a URL to the material); iv) the person’s name, address, telephone number, and email address; v) 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; and vi) a statement that the information in your notification is accurate and a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

If you believe that your material has been removed by mistake or misidentification, please provide JoLu Productions Inc with a written notice containing the following: i) the electronic or physical signature of the person submitting the notice; ii) a description of the material that was removed and the location on the website (e.g., the URL) where it previously appeared; iii) the person’s name, address, telephone number, and email address; iv) a signed statement by the person under penalty of perjury that the person has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification; and v) a statement that the person consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the person’s address is located, and that the person will accept service of process from the person or its lawful agent who filed the original DMCA notice.

You may submit the above notices via email: [email protected]

If you have questions about the DMCA notice and/or notice of mistake/misidentification, please contact an attorney or see Section 512 of the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512.

PRIVACY POLICY

We are serious about protecting your privacy. When you use LandofOpportunity, you are consenting to the collection, transfer, manipulation, storage, disclosure and other uses of your information as described below, so please read the following carefully. Any other users of this website, and/or JoLu Productions Inc. and its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, funders, contractors, sublicensees, and agents, will be able to view any content you post. You should only provide content that you are comfortable sharing with others under this Privacy Policy.

What Information We Collect and Store

You agree that we may collect and store information about you when you post Content, participate on the website, or communicate with JoLu Productions Inc. Such information may include your name, address, phone number, and email address. Our server logs automatically collect certain technical information (e.g., IP address, email address, browser type, and the date and time of your visit), which helps LandofOpportunity differentiate between users and spam. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

Facebook

LandofOpportunity allows you to sign up and log in using your Facebook account. If you sign up using Facebook, Facebook will ask your permission to share certain information from your Facebook account with LandofOpportunity. This includes your first name, last name, gender, general location, a link to your Facebook profile, your timezone, birthday, profile picture, your "likes" and your list of friends. This information is collected by Facebook and is provided to us under the terms of Facebook’s privacy policy. You can control the information that we receive from Facebook using the privacy settings in your Facebook account.

Cookies

Like most websites, LandofOpportunity may assign your computer one or more cookies which may collect information to facilitate access to our website and to personalize your online experience. If you choose to use the site without blocking or disabling cookies or opting out of other technologies, you will indicate your consent to our use of these cookies and other technologies and to our use (in accordance with this policy) of any personal information that we collect using these technologies. If you do not consent to the use of these technologies, please be sure to block or disable them using your browser settings.

What Information We May Use and Share

You agree that we may use information to: customize content on this website; facilitate use of this website; analyze use of and improve this website; identify and protect against misuses; enforce LandofOpportunity’s Policies; protect the rights of JoLu Productions Inc, LandofOpportunity and its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, funders, contractors, sublicensees, and agents; and as otherwise required by law. You agree that we may share your information with third parties only as reasonably required for the above purposes. Your email address will also be used for (if you have elected to receive them) newsletters, updates and certain email notifications.

We may transfer your information if this website migrates to another website under JoLu Productions Inc.’s ownership, or under the ownership of another non-profit entity that takes over the LandofOpportunity website. We will not share your information for any commercial purposes.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

You expressly agree that use of LandofOpportunity is at your sole risk. LANDOFOPPORTUNITY IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, including, but not limited to, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and any other warranty that might arise under any law. This disclaimer applies to any damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of record, whether for breach of contract, tortious behavior, negligence, or under any other cause of action.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, JOLU PRODUCTIONS INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, FUNDERS, CONTRACTORS, SUBLICENSEES, AND AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR: any defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of users or visitors of this website or any other third party; damages relating to your access to, use of, or inability to access or use this website; damages relating to inaccuracies, omissions, or other defects in, or untimeliness or inauthenticity of any Content; any indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever; and damages in any manner relating to any Content. This limitation applies to all claims, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory. The risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with you, and you assume all risk for any damages, claims, or injuries.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

This Agreement shall be government by the laws of the State of Louisiana, United States of America, without regard to principles of conflict of law.

Any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or your use of this website must be court proceedings located in Louisiana, United States of America.

No failure or delays byJoLu Productions Inc. in exercising any right hereunder will waive any further exercise of that right.

We reserve the right to modify, supplement, or replace the terms of the Agreement, effective upon posting at the website or notifying you otherwise.