Legalese
No baseball specific content today, but a recent post at BaseballMusings made me consider this issue for myself. Mainly because of some references to the content here that I haven't particularly appreciated (i.e. people making it seem like this is their site or that they wrote content I wrote), I felt it was appropriate to post these terms and conditions. The content below is mainly courtesy of Instapundit, which is where BaseballMusings got its similar inspiration.
By reading, linking to, quoting, printing out, or in any way making use of my weblog's content in any means, place, or forum, you agree to the following:
1. All original content of The Book of Mike is copyrighted by The Book of Mike's owner, presently Michael Hunssinger, and is not to be used without permission except as provided herein. The Book of Mike and TheBookofMike.com are trademarks belonging to Michael Hunssinger. In using The Book of Mike you recognize that The Book of Mike is primarily a guide to content on the Web, that all content is provided on an as-is basis, and that no factual statement on this site should be relied upon without further investigation on your part sufficient to satisfy you in your independent judgment that it is true. These terms of use are subject to change, and should be reviewed regularly.
2. Permission is granted to read, quote, cite, link to, print out or otherwise use BaseballMusings content, so long as you comply with the terms below.
A. All quotations from The Book of Mike will include credit to BaseballMusings or to David Pinto and, wherever practicable, a hyperlink of the form www.thebookofmike.blogspot.com ... to the site.
B. In exchange for the access to The Book of Mike content described above, you agree not to sue The Book of Mike for its content, whether original or linked or quoted from another source, in any court, on any grounds whatsoever in law or equity. Should you violate this agreement by filing such a lawsuit, you agree to pay BaseballMusings' owner or owners the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) as liquidated damages, in addition to all attorney's fees, court costs, and other expenses associated with this litigation, and to indemnify and save harmless BaseballMusings and its owners from any damage award made against them in such an action. Should this agreement not to sue be held unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, you agree to binding arbitration, with all arbitration expenses to be paid by you. The arbitration panel shalll be composed of three (3) weblog operators selected by The Book of Mike's owners or operators from those in the links list on the The Book of Mike site. The award in such arbitration shall be limited to (1) a monetary sum not to exceed $10; and (2) the publication of a retraction on the The Book of Mike site. Should this arbitration provision be held uneforceable in a court of competent jurisdiction, you agree to accept as liquidated damages in any lawsuit against The Book of Mike the sum of ten dollars ($10), and you agree that you will be entitled to no other relief of any kind in law or equity. You agree that all disputes concerning these terms of use or the content of The Book of Mike are to be resolved in the courts of Dade County, Florida, under the laws of Florida and the United States of America.
C. You agree that efforts to obtain The Book of Mike content in violation or circumvention of these terms of use constitute a violation of The Book of Mike's copyright and you understand and agree that (1) by virtue of this agreement you are estopped from arguing otherwise: and (2) such violations may lead to civil or criminal penalties.
D. If you are a corporation, you agree to provide, upon the filing of any lawsuit or the mailing of any letter threatening legal action, a bond in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) as security against the liquidated damages provided for in paragraph 2.B. above. If you are an attorney or law firm representing a party filing such lawsuit or causing such a letter to be sent, you agree to provide a bond in the same amount as security against the liquidated damages provided for in paragraph 2.B. above unless you have never accessed, viewed, read, or otherwise made use of The Book of Mike content in any form.
3. If you do not agree to these terms of use, exit the site immediately, destroy all copies of The Book of Mike content remaining in any form on your computer, any other computer or network device under your control, in print form, or on any information storage or retrieval device that you possess or control. Then execute the following affidavit and send it by certified mail to TheBookofMike.com, Legal Department, 50 Menores Avenue, Suite 605, Coral Gables, FL 33134:
Affidavit
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that I possess no copies of the The Book of Mike website in any form whatsoever; that neither I nor any employee or associate will access that site in the future in any form whatsoever; that I will immediately destroy any copies of The Book of Mike content that happen to come into my possession. I understand that action contrary to these statements constitutes both perjury and a violation of the The Book of Mike Terms of Use, subjecting me to possible civil and criminal liability.
_________Signed (include date)
_________Witnessed (notary)
Notary Seal:
My commission expires: ______________
By reading, linking to, quoting, printing out, or in any way making use of my weblog's content in any means, place, or forum, you agree to the following:
1. All original content of The Book of Mike is copyrighted by The Book of Mike's owner, presently Michael Hunssinger, and is not to be used without permission except as provided herein. The Book of Mike and TheBookofMike.com are trademarks belonging to Michael Hunssinger. In using The Book of Mike you recognize that The Book of Mike is primarily a guide to content on the Web, that all content is provided on an as-is basis, and that no factual statement on this site should be relied upon without further investigation on your part sufficient to satisfy you in your independent judgment that it is true. These terms of use are subject to change, and should be reviewed regularly.
2. Permission is granted to read, quote, cite, link to, print out or otherwise use BaseballMusings content, so long as you comply with the terms below.
A. All quotations from The Book of Mike will include credit to BaseballMusings or to David Pinto and, wherever practicable, a hyperlink of the form www.thebookofmike.blogspot.com ... to the site.
B. In exchange for the access to The Book of Mike content described above, you agree not to sue The Book of Mike for its content, whether original or linked or quoted from another source, in any court, on any grounds whatsoever in law or equity. Should you violate this agreement by filing such a lawsuit, you agree to pay BaseballMusings' owner or owners the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) as liquidated damages, in addition to all attorney's fees, court costs, and other expenses associated with this litigation, and to indemnify and save harmless BaseballMusings and its owners from any damage award made against them in such an action. Should this agreement not to sue be held unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, you agree to binding arbitration, with all arbitration expenses to be paid by you. The arbitration panel shalll be composed of three (3) weblog operators selected by The Book of Mike's owners or operators from those in the links list on the The Book of Mike site. The award in such arbitration shall be limited to (1) a monetary sum not to exceed $10; and (2) the publication of a retraction on the The Book of Mike site. Should this arbitration provision be held uneforceable in a court of competent jurisdiction, you agree to accept as liquidated damages in any lawsuit against The Book of Mike the sum of ten dollars ($10), and you agree that you will be entitled to no other relief of any kind in law or equity. You agree that all disputes concerning these terms of use or the content of The Book of Mike are to be resolved in the courts of Dade County, Florida, under the laws of Florida and the United States of America.
C. You agree that efforts to obtain The Book of Mike content in violation or circumvention of these terms of use constitute a violation of The Book of Mike's copyright and you understand and agree that (1) by virtue of this agreement you are estopped from arguing otherwise: and (2) such violations may lead to civil or criminal penalties.
D. If you are a corporation, you agree to provide, upon the filing of any lawsuit or the mailing of any letter threatening legal action, a bond in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) as security against the liquidated damages provided for in paragraph 2.B. above. If you are an attorney or law firm representing a party filing such lawsuit or causing such a letter to be sent, you agree to provide a bond in the same amount as security against the liquidated damages provided for in paragraph 2.B. above unless you have never accessed, viewed, read, or otherwise made use of The Book of Mike content in any form.
3. If you do not agree to these terms of use, exit the site immediately, destroy all copies of The Book of Mike content remaining in any form on your computer, any other computer or network device under your control, in print form, or on any information storage or retrieval device that you possess or control. Then execute the following affidavit and send it by certified mail to TheBookofMike.com, Legal Department, 50 Menores Avenue, Suite 605, Coral Gables, FL 33134:
Affidavit
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that I possess no copies of the The Book of Mike website in any form whatsoever; that neither I nor any employee or associate will access that site in the future in any form whatsoever; that I will immediately destroy any copies of The Book of Mike content that happen to come into my possession. I understand that action contrary to these statements constitutes both perjury and a violation of the The Book of Mike Terms of Use, subjecting me to possible civil and criminal liability.
_________Signed (include date)
_________Witnessed (notary)
Notary Seal:
My commission expires: ______________
posted by Mike @ Monday, December 20, 2004
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