GoRAPIDS.com WEB SITE LEGAL NOTICE

Effective Date: July 24, 2009

© Copyright GoRAPIDS.com, 2009. All rights reserved. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without permission is prohibited except as allowed under the International copyright laws. All text, graphics, design, content, and other works are the copyrighted works of GoRAPIDS.com or its customers, suppliers or vendors, as applicable.
Terms and Conditions of UseWelcome to GoRAPIDS.com (http://www.GoRAPIDS.com) (“Website”). Use of this Website is governed by the terms and conditions set forth below, together with the PRIVACY POLICY (collectively, the “Legal Notice”).  If you use this Website on behalf of your employer, organization or company, they are also be bound by the terms of this Legal Notice.

PLEASE READ THIS LEGAL NOTICE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. 

By becoming a member of GoRAPIDS.com or otherwise using, accessing or downloading materials from this Website you agree to terms and provisions as outlined in this Legal Notice, which apply to all visits to the GoRAPIDS.com Website, both now and in the future. If you do not agree to these Terms and Condition of Use, please do not use GoRAPIDS.com.

Modifications
We may modify this Legal Notice at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting the modified Legal Notice.  Material modifications will be conspicuously posted on the Website.  You agree to review the Legal Notice periodically to be aware of such modifications.  Your access or use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of the Legal Notice as it appears at the time of your access or use.  You are encouraged to periodically visit this page to review the most current Legal Notice to which you are bound.

Free Service & Cancellation
There is no fee or charge to access GoRAPIDS.com, but to access certain portions of this GoRAPIDS.com, you must register with us.  All information we collect from you during the registration process is subject to our PRIVACY POLICY. You can cancel your account at any time by sending an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  We reserve the right to modify, suspend or terminate access to the service on our system at any time for any reason without notice and may require you to change your login identification code or password if we deem it reasonably necessary to do so.

Restrictions
You may view, download and copy information and materials available on this Website solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You may also use such material within your organization in connection with the support of GoRAPIDS.com products. As a condition of use, you agree not to modify or revise any of the material in any manner, and to retain all copyright and other proprietary notices as contained in the original materials on any copies of the materials. No other use of the materials or information is authorized. Any violation of the foregoing may result in civil and/or criminal liabilities.

You may not use this Website or the content of this Website for the purpose of unfairly competing with GoRAPIDS.com or to develop a website that would unfairly compete with GoRAPIDS.com or any of the GoWISCONSIN Network sites.  You also agree to not use any information from this Website to create a competitor site or to unfairly compete with or cause harm to GoRAPIDS.com or to the parent company, The Goodness Company, in any manner or form. Owners, officers, directors, employees or agents of competitors of GoRAPIDS.com, as well as family members of owners, officers, employees or agents of competitors of GoRAPIDS.com are ineligible for use of GoRAPIDS.com.

By agreeing to the terms and conditions of GoRAPIDS.com, you agree to cease and desist all competitive or harmful activity and to terminate all websites or businesses that are in direct or indirect competition with GoRAPIDS.com or any of the future GoWISCONSIN Network sites. You further agree not to solicit or sell competitive services to GoRAPIDS.com sponsors or advertisers and to terminate all activities that may be construed to compete directly or indirectly with GoRAPIDS.com and The Goodness Company. Any violation of the foregoing may result in civil and/or criminal liabilities.

Ownership of Information and Materials
All textual, graphical and other content appearing on this Website is the property of GoRAPIDS.com or its affiliates, suppliers or vendors, unless otherwise noted, and is protected under applicable United States and international copyright and other intellectual property laws.

In addition, unless otherwise noted, we are the owner of the trademarks and service marks used on the Website, including without limitation GO and GoRAPIDS.com.  Other graphics, logos, button icons, trade names, organization, design, and formatting appearing on this Website are also distinctive and protected copyrights, trademarks, service marks or trade dress of GoRAPIDS.com or its suppliers or vendors. Except as expressly specified in this Legal Notice, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right under any intellectual property or any other proprietary rights of GoRAPIDS.com or any third party.
GoRAPIDS.com or its suppliers or vendors own the intellectual property rights to all other protectable components of our Website, including but not limited to the computer software, the related documentation, the end-user interfaces, many of the individual features, and the collective works consisting of the compilation of material on our system. In addition; you may not copy, modify, adapt, reproduce, translate, distribute, reverse engineer, decompile or dissemble any aspect of the Website without express written permission.

Any unauthorized use of our other intellectual property, is strictly prohibited and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent that the law provides.

Links to Other Websites
As a convenience and to help make the GoRAPIDS.com Website truly service oriented we have included links to third party sites on the Internet. These sites are owned and operated by third parties. GoRAPIDS.com makes no representation and is not responsible for the availability of, or content located on or through, these third party sites. A third party link from the GoRAPIDS.com Website is not an indication that GoRAPIDS.com endorses the third party or its site, or has any affiliation with or between GoRAPIDS.com and the third party site. 

Feedback
If you send us any Website postings, feedback or data, such as ideas, comments, and suggestions or questions regarding a product or service or this Website or postings for the Blog (defined below), such information will not be given confidential treatment.  We will have no obligation of any kind to you with respect to any postings, feedback or data that you submit to us and your submission of such postings, feedback and data constitutes a royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide, non-exclusive right and license to use of such material (along with any underlying or related ideas, concepts, techniques and know-how).  As the result of such license postings, feedback and data, GoRAPIDS.com will be free to reproduce, copy, use, disclose and distribute the information to others, including without limitation, incorporating your postings, feedback or data (and any underlying or related ideas, concepts, techniques and know-how) into any product or service or this Website without compensation to you of any kind.

Disclaimer – NO WARRANTY
The GoRAPIDS.com Internet team strives to provide you with useful, accurate, and timely information on this Website. Accordingly, GoRAPIDS.com has attempted to provide accurate information and materials on this Website but assumes no responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of that information or materials. GoRAPIDS.com may change the content of any information or materials available at this Website at any time without notice. However, GoRAPIDS.com makes no commitment to update the information or materials on this Website.

ALL INFORMATION AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE AT THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND GORAPIDS.COM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON- INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE. IN NO EVENT SHALL GORAPIDS.COM BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR THOSE RESULTING FROM LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THIS WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE, OR THE MATERIALS OR INFORMATION CONTAINED AT ANY OR ALL SUCH WEBSITES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

WE CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE (1) THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, TIMELINESS, OR USEFULNESS OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY MATERIAL, INFORMATION OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR (2) THAT USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, BE ACCURATE, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE.  NEITHER GORAPIDS.COM NOR ITS AFFILIATES SHALL HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TIMELINESS, DELETION, MISDELIVERY OR FAILURE TO STORE ANY USER COMMUNICATION.  NEITHER GORAPIDS.COM NOR ITS AFFILIATES REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THIS WEBSITE OR THE MATERIAL, INFORMATION OR DATA ON THIS WEBSITE COMPLIES WITH ANY FOREIGN OR INTERNATIONAL LAWS.

IF YOUR USE OF THE MATERIALS OR INFORMATION ON THIS WEBSITE RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION OF EQUIPMENT OR DATA, YOU ASSUME ALL COSTS THEREOF.  YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE (1) THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, (2) THAT USE OF ANY MATERIAL, INFORMATION OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND (3) THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL, INFORMATION OR DATA, AND FOR ANY OTHER FORM OF DAMAGE THAT MAY BE INCURRED.  GORAPIDS.COM DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT FILES OR OTHER MATERIALS AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE WILL BE FREE OF INFECTIONS, VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER CODE THAT COULD BE HARMFUL TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM.

In addition, GoRAPIDS.COM does not guarantee that the Website will be accessible at all times or during any down time (i) caused by outages to any public Internet backbones, networks or servers, (ii) caused by any failures of your equipment, systems or local access services, (iii) for previously scheduled maintenance or (iv) relating to events beyond GoRAPIDS.com’s control such as strikes, riots, fires, floods, explosions, war, terrorism, governmental action, labor conditions, natural and/or man-made disasters, or interruptions in Internet services.

Bulletin Boards, Forums, Chat Rooms and Other Interactive Areas
We may provide bulletin boards, forums, chat rooms and other interactive areas for our visitors to participate in (collectively, the “Blog”).  By accessing or using this Website, in addition to abiding by the Legal Notice, you agree to abide by the following guidelines for use of the Blog:

1. You must maintain a polite, pleasant environment. Comments that menace, harass, abuse or threaten others are prohibited. You may not criticize other individual users or GoRAPIDS.com or any of its affiliates.
   
2. You must ensure that all comments are appropriate to all people.  Any content that is defamatory, pornographic, obscene, or otherwise objectionable is prohibited.
   
3. You must keep your comments relevant to the stated topic.
   
4. You may not send any chain letters, junk mail, unauthorized e-mail, advertisements or commercial solicitations, or engage in, facilitate or encourage any illegal activities.
   
5. Any and all postings you may submit to this Website must be your original work.
   
6. All comments and posting should be written in English.
   
7. You may not impede the normal functioning of the Blog, attempt to restrict access to the Blog by third parties or otherwise attack the Blog for data mining or other purposes.

All users of this Website must also follow any other guidelines or rules provided or posted on this Blog for such postings or submissions.  A failure to comply with any of these guidelines or rules, or any of the other provisions of this Legal Notice, will result in, among other possible action, the immediate termination of all access and privileges to post content to the Blog and access the Website.  Please report any violations of these guidelines to us, as provided for in the “Contact Us” section of this Legal Notice below.
Users of the Blog grant to GoRAPIDS.com a nonexclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up right and license to reproduce, copy, display and provide access to your postings and submissions to third parties as part of this feature.  In addition, by posting messages, uploading files, inputting data, or engaging in any form of communication on the Blog, you are hereby granting to the public an unrestricted license to use, copy, modify, adapt or document in any form any communications, information or any underlying work in your posting, submissions or communication in which you may possess proprietary rights, including but not limited to copyright rights. You shall have absolutely no recourse against GoRAPIDS.com for any alleged or actual infringement of any proprietary rights to which you may claim ownership by a third party. Use of material from this Blog according to fair dealing practices requires proper acknowledgment. Simply linking back to the Blog is not considered proper acknowledgment; please provide a link including the author’s name, the name of the page you are linking (GoRAPIDS.com), and a permanent link (”Permalink“) to that page.

You and other users of any Blog are solely responsible for the content and consequences of any messages you communicate or post on this Website.  GoRAPIDS.com will have no liability for any content and consequences of any such messages.

You should not provide any personal information to third parties via any Blog.

Although GoRAPIDS.com is not obligated to monitor content or the accuracy of information, you acknowledge and agree that we, in our sole discretion, have the right to monitor, without notice, any such content or information posted on the Blog.  We also reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to prohibit any conduct or remove any content, without notice, for any reason, and to revoke any user’s access, for any reason.  We also reserve the right to review any submission you may send to the Website and may decide, in our sole discretion, whether or not your submission is appropriate for the Blog.  [Patrick:  You need to determine how much risk you want to take.  If you monitor third party postings, you can have liability if something unlawful gets through the cracks.] 
GoRAPIDS.com makes no guarantee that any comments will be posted or displayed promptly, or that they will be displayed at all.

Third-Party Intellectual Property Rights
If you believe that your copyright in any material has been infringed by the on this Website, please provide our Copyright Agent with all of the following information in the form prescribed by Section 512 of Title 17, United States Code:

1. a description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed,
   
2. a description of the material that you claim is infringing, identified with sufficient detail for us to locate it on the Website,
   
3. your address, telephone number and e-mail address,
   
4. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized,
   
5. a statement by you declaring under penalty of perjury that the above information is true and that you are the owner of the copyrighted interest or authorized to act on the copyright owner ’s behalf, and
   
6. a physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner’s interest.

GoRAPIDS.com’s Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its Website can be reached as follows:
Copyright Agent: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

You understand and agree that: (1) GoRAPIDS.com assumes no liability or responsibility for any third party content or material of any kind that is submitted for or posted on the Website by you or by any other users or third parties and (2) GoRAPIDS.com is a publisher of any such content, and is acting solely as an Internet Service Provider as such term is defined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Limitation of Liability 
IN NO EVENT SHALL GORAPIDS.COM OR ITS RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, REPRESENTATIVES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA, INFORMATION, PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED WEBSITE OR TO ANY MATERIAL, INFORMATION, DATA, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE, YOUR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE OR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY YOU IN RELIANCE OF ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIALS PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE BASED IN TORT, CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF GORAPIDS.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IN THE EVENT OF SUCH DAMAGE IS TO DISCONTINUE YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL GORAPIDS.COM’S AND ITS AFFILIATES’ LIABILITY TO YOU IN ANY EVENT EXCEED $1,000.00.  THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY APPLY EVEN IF SUCH REMEDIES SHOULD FAIL OF THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

YOUR USE OF ANY INFORMATION, ADVICE OR MATERIALS PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING ANY THIRD PARTY POSTINGS, IS AT YOUR SOLE DISCRETION AND RISK.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so some of the above exclusions or limitations may not apply to you.

Termination of Use
GoRAPIDS.com may, in its sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the GoRAPIDS.com Website (including, but not limited to My GoRAPIDS, Personal Account Information, Forums or Blogs, etc.) for any reason, including without limitation, breach of this agreement.  Of course, you may change or discontinue your account or otherwise cease accessing this Website at any time.

In the event your access is terminated, the restrictions regarding materials appearing on the site and the representations and warranties, indemnities, and limitation of liabilities set forth in this agreement shall survive any such termination.

Indemnity
You agree to defend and indemnify us and hold GoRAPIDS.com and its respective officers, directors, representatives, employees, and agents harmless from and against any and all claims, proceedings, allegations, damages, injuries, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), relating to your use or misuse of the Website, or the violation of this Legal Notice, including without limitation, your infringement of any intellectual property or other right or policy of any person, regardless of the type of claim or the nature of the cause of action.

Linking
If you operate another website and are interested in linking to our Website, you agree to be bound by the following rules:  (1) the link must be a text-only link clearly marked; (2) the link must "point" to the URL http://www.gorapids.com/ and not to any other pages; (3) the link, and use thereof, must be in connection with a website of appropriate subject matter; (4) the link, and use thereof, may not be such that may damage or dilute the goodwill associated with GoRAPIDS.com’s name, trademarks or services or those of its affiliates; (5) the link, and use thereof, may not create the false appearance that another entity is associated with or sponsored by GoRAPIDS.com; and (6) the link, when activated by a user, must display this Website full-screen and not with a "frame" on the linked website.  We reserve the right to revoke consent to the link at any time in our sole discretion, either by amending this legal Notice or through other notice.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue
This Legal Notice shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin exclusive of its choice of law principles. The Wisconsin state courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction and venue over any dispute arising out of or relating to this Legal Notice, and each party hereby consents to the jurisdiction and venue of such courts.

General Provisions
If any provision of this agreement is deemed void, unlawful, or otherwise unenforceable for any reason, that provision shall be severed from this agreement and the remaining provisions of this agreement shall remain in force. This contains the entire agreement between you and GoRAPIDS.com concerning your use of the site, and the agreement shall not be modified, except in writing, signed by both parties. If you have questions regarding GoRAPIDS.com Terms and Conditions, please email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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