PageOneX Website User Agreement

TABLE OF CONTENTS

USE OF SITE CONTENT AND SOFTWARE
USE OF THIRD-PARTY CONTENT
USER-GENERATED CONTENT
PROHIBITED USES OF THE SITE
USE OF NAMES
REGISTRATION, PRIVACY, AND TERMINATION OF ACCESS
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY/ LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
INDEMNIFICATION
CONTACTING THIS WEBSITE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF AGREEMENT

PageOneX is a project of the Center for Civic Media (the “Center”), a research center in the Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”), which hosts the PageOneX website.

PageOneX is a tool to visualize the evolution of stories on newspaper front pages. It is an open source software tool designed to aid the coding, analysis, and visualization of frontzz page newspaper coverage of major stories and media events.

By accessing content on the PageOneX website (the “Site,” which includes all pages within the pageonex.com web domain), you accept and agree to be bound by all of the terms of this User Agreement. PageOneX reserves the right to change the terms of the User Agreement or to modify its features at any time. The Site will post changes to the terms of this User Agreement at pageonex.com/terms-of-service, and by accessing the Site after modifications to this User Agreement have been posted, you agree to be bound by all the modified terms.

USE OF SITE CONTENT AND SOFTWARE

For the purposes of this User Agreement, the term “Site Content” shall include all content posted to the Site by Center authors and freelancers as well as User-Generated Content.

PageOneX makes all Site Content available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

PageOneX makes the PageOneX software available under an GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v3. The PageOneX source code is available here.

To obtain further permissions, please write to Pablo Rey Mazón at pablo [at] basurama [dot] org

USE OF THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

To the extent the Site incorporates the copyrighted material of third parties (“Third-Party Content”), you agree to make only such uses of said Third Party Content as are consistent with applicable copyright law. MIT does not warrant that any use of Third Party Content will not infringe the rights of the content owners.

If you believe that any content on the Site infringes your copyrights, please click here.

USER-GENERATED CONTENT

The Site may include features that support and publish User-Generated Content, in the form of comments, discussions, Visualization Threads, and other content submitted by registered users. By accessing the Site, you agree that you will not make use of these features:

  1. To make comments that are threatening, knowingly false, or unlawful; to use foul language; or to engage in personal attacks;
  2. To impersonate any person or entity or create a false identity (other than a pseudonym) on the Site;
  3. To disseminate or transmit “spam,” unsolicited messages, chain letters, advertisements, solicitations, or other unsolicited commercial communications, including (but not limited to) communications describing investment opportunities;
  4. To post material that infringes a copyright, trademark or patent right, trade secret or other legal right of any person, corporation or institution, including MIT;
  5. To collect, print out, reproduce, distribute, or otherwise make available or use any personally-identifiable information about other users;
  6. To disseminate or transmit viruses, Trojan horses, worms, defects, date bombs, time bombs, malware, spyware, or other items of a destructive nature or any other malicious code or program.

By submitting User-Generated Content for publication on the Site, you grant MIT an irrevocable, [b]worldwide, transferable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable license to reproduce, publicly perform, publicly display, create derivative works of, and distribute said content.

By submitting User-Generated Content, you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your content, including without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the content and for MIT to post, upload, cross-post, or cross-upload the content.

You may edit or remove content you have posted on the Site at any time. When you delete content from the Site, such deleted content, while not available to the viewing public and other Site users, will remain on the Site server until such time as you make a specific request to PageOneX for permanent deletion of such content from the Site server. Such requests must be made in writing, via email, to the Site’s Editor at the following address: pablo [at] basurama [dot] org. When you do remove your content, the license described above will automatically expire.

You further understand and agree that User-Generated Content posted to the Site will be made available for the public to access, view, and use under the CC-BY-SA License described above (“Use of Site Content”). Specifically, you understand that if you submit a Visualization Thread for publication on the Site, it will be visible to anyone in the public.

You understand and agree that PageOneX monitors User-Generated Content on the Site, and that PageOneX reserves the right to modify, edit, or remove any of said content at its discretion, without notice, and for any reason. You further understand and agree that PageOneX may prescreen User-Generated Content and may decide, in its discretion, without notice, and for any reason, not to publish it. PageOneX assumes no responsibility for monitoring, modifying, removing, or declining to publish User-Generated Content on this Service.

You further understand and agree that the views and opinions expressed by other users on the Site are theirs alone and should not be ascribed to PageOneX, the Center or to MIT. User-Generated Content and Third-Party Content are the sole responsibility of the users and third parties, and their accuracy and completeness are not endorsed or guaranteed by MIT.

PROHIBITED USES OF THE SITE

You agree not to access or use the Site in any manner that could damage or overburden the PageOneX host server or any network connected to any host server. You further agree that you will not use the Site in any manner that would interfere with any other party’s use of the Site.

USE OF NAMES

You agree that you will not use PageOneX’s or MIT’s names (including the Center for Civic Media, or Media Laboratory names), trademarks, logos, or insignia, or any version, abbreviation or representation of them, in any advertising, publicity, promotional materials or other public announcement without the prior written consent of MIT’s Technology Licensing Office, which consent MIT may withhold in its sole discretion.

REGISTRATION, PRIVACY, AND TERMINATION OF ACCESS

Certain areas of the Site may require registration or may otherwise ask you to provide information in order to participate. The decision to provide this information is optional; however if you elect not to provide such information, you may not be able to access certain content or features. When you register, you agree to provide information to PageOneX that is accurate, current and complete. The Site’s Privacy Policy governs the use of the information you report. PageOneX reserves the right to terminate the registrations and otherwise deny Site access to any person for any reason. The Site will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your password or account information.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY/ LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

You agree that your use of the Site shall be at your own sole risk. To the fullest extent permitted by the law, MIT disclaims all warranties, express or implied, in connection with the Site and your use thereof. MIT makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of the Site’s content (including Third-Party Content) or the content of any websites linked to this Site and assumes no liability or responsibility for any (1) errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies in content; (2) personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to and use of the Site; (3) any unauthorized access to or use of MIT’s secure servers and/or any and all personal information and/or financial information stored therein; (4) any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Site; (5) any bugs, viruses, Trojan horses, or the like that may be transmitted to or through the Site by any third party; and/ or (6) any errors or omissions in any content or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the Site. You assume all risk as to the quality, function, and performance of the Site, and to all transactions you undertake on the Site, including but not limited to your submission of any User Information.

You agree that MIT will not be liable to you for any loss or damages, either actual or consequential, arising out of or relating to these terms, or your (or any third party’s) use or inability to use the Site, or your submission of User Information to the Site, or your reliance upon information obtained from or through the Site. In particular, MIT will have no liability for any consequential, indirect, punitive, special or incidental damages, whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, (including but not limited to claims for defamation, errors, loss of data, or interruption in availability of data), arising out of or relating to these terms, your use or inability to use a site, your placement of content on the Site, or your reliance upon information obtained from or through a Site, whether based in contract, tort, statutory or other law, except only in the case of death or personal injury where and only to the extent that applicable law requires such liability.

INDEMNIFICATION

You hereby indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and all its trustees, officers, employees, faculty, students, and fellows (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all liability and costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you or any user of your account of this User Agreement or the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any such claim. MIT reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you.

CONTACTING THIS WEBSITE

If you have any questions about this User Agreement, the Site’s Privacy Policy, the practices of the Site, or your dealings with the Site, you can contact Pablo at pablo [at] basurama [dot] org.

If you would like to participating in PageOneX coding and development, please join the developers listserve.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF AGREEMENT

The effective date of this policy is May 7th, 2013.