Black Card Media Terms of Use

 This statement covers all of the Black Card Media websites, including  theblacksheeponline.com and any associated content including email and  RSS. Please read this statement carefully before proceeding to access  any of the Black Card Media websites. Your use of the Black Card Media  websites indicates your agreement to abide by the Terms in effect.

Trademarks and Copyrights

Black Card Media websites and all materials incorporated by Black  Card Media on Black Card Media websites ("Material") are protected by  copyrights, patents, trade secrets or other proprietary rights  ("Copyrights"). Some of the characters, logos or other images  incorporated by Black Card Media on Black Card Media websites are also  protected as registered or unregistered trademarks, trade names and/or  service marks owned by or others ("Trademarks"). Black Card Media  respects the intellectual property rights of others and asks users of  Black Card Media websites to do the same.

Your Use of Material

Your right to make use of Black Card Media websites and any Material  or other content appearing on it is subject to your compliance with  these Terms of Use. Modification or use of the Material or any other  content on Black Card Media websites for any purpose not permitted by  these Terms of Use may be a violation of the Copyrights and/or  Trademarks and is prohibited.

You may access and display Material and all other content displayed  on Black Card Media websites for non-commercial, personal, entertainment  use on a single computer only. The Material and all other content on  Black Card Media websites may not otherwise be copied, reproduced,  republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, distributed or used in any  way unless specifically authorized by Black Card Media. Any  authorization to copy Material granted by Black Card Media in any part  of Black Card Media websites for any reason is restricted to making a  single copy for non-commercial, personal, entertainment use on a single  computer only, and is subject to your keeping intact all copyright and  other proprietary notices. Using any Material on any other web site or  networked computer environment is prohibited. Also, decompiling, reverse  engineering, disassembling, or otherwise reducing the code used in any  software on Black Card Media websites into a readable form in order to  examine the construction of such software and/or to copy or create other  products based (in whole or in part) on such software, is prohibited.

External Link Disclaimer

Black Card Media websites contain links to external, third party web  sites along with relevant commentary to provide our visitors with an up  to date digest of current news stories and original thoughts. By  providing links to other sites, Black Card Media does not guarantee,  approve or endorse the information or products available at these sites,  nor does a link indicate any association with or endorsement by the  linked site to the Black Card Media website in question.

Black Card Media does not operate or control and has no  responsibility for the information, products and/or services found on  any external sites. Nor does it represent or endorse the accuracy or  reliability of any information, products and/or services provided on or  through any external sites, including, without limitation, warranties of  any kind, either express or implied, warranties of title or  non-infringement or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for  a particular purpose.

Visitors to Black Card Media websites assume complete responsibility and  risk in their use of any external sites. Visitors should direct any  concerns regarding any external link to its site administrator or  webmaster.

Original Content Disclaimer

Black Card Media websites contain original content written  exclusively by our trusted pool or writers from around the world. This  content is the property of Black Card Media and it’s affiliated  companies (websites, newspapers, etc.). The use of these articles in  other mediums without property notification and accreditation goes  against our terms of use. Posting said articles to external sites such  as Facebook and Digg is allowed.

Comments and Discussion Groups Terms of Use

In order to make our Comments interesting and informative for our  users, the following guidelines must be adhered to by all users posting  and/or viewing comments:

* If a comment is made using your identity it will be deemed to have been posted by you. * Do not post abusive, obscene, threatening, harassing, defamatory, libelous, offensive or sexually explicit material. * Do not intentionally make false or misleading statements. * Do not offer to sell or buy any product or service. * Do not post material that infringes copyright. * Do not post information that you know to be confidential or sensitive or otherwise in breach of the law. * Do not question why a previous comment was removed.  * Keep all comments relevant and 'on topic' to the particular Black Card Media website posting open for comments. * Black Card Media will not accept responsibility for information posted in the Comments.

If Black Card Media receives notice that any posting is not in  keeping with these terms and conditions or the intended use of the  Comments, Black Card Media may remove that posting and/or any other  related postings.

Notification of Changes

Whenever Black Card Media changes its Terms of Use, it will post  those changes to this Statement, and other places we deem appropriate to  make users aware of such changes.

Submission Terms of Use

Black Card Media has the right to edit and/or alter any submission.  Black Card Media reserves the right not to use the submission at all  and/or to use as much or as little of the submission as it chooses.

By submitting your videos/photos/ideas/shoutouts, for good and  valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which you hereby  acknowledge, you hereby grant to Black Card Media a non-exclusive,  perpetual, worldwide license to edit, telecast, rerun, reproduce, use,  syndicate, license, print, distribute and otherwise exploit the  materials you submit, or any portion thereof, as incorporated in any of  Black Card Media's programming or the promotion thereof, in any manner  and in any medium or forum, whether now known or hereafter devised,  without making payment to you or any third party. You represent and  warrant to Black Card Media that you have the full legal right, power  and authority to grant to Black Card Media the license provided for  herein, that you own or control the complete exhibition and other rights  to the materials you submitted for the purposes contemplated in this  license and that neither the materials nor the exercise of the rights  granted herein shall infringe upon or violate the right of privacy or  right of publicity of, or constitute a libel or slander against, or  violate any common law or any other right of, any person or entity. You  agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Black Card Media, its  affiliated companies, its and their licensees, successors and assigns,  and each of its and their officers, agents and employees from all  liabilities or losses, including, without limitation, reasonable  attorneys' fees, arising out of or related to Black Card Media's  exercise of the rights granted herein. This license shall be governed by  the laws of the State of California.

Disclaimer of Warranties

YOUR USE OF BLACK CARD MEDIA WEBSITES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. BLACK CARD  MEDIA AND ALL THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES,  SERVICES AND OTHER CONTENT IN BLACK CARD MEDIA ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND  "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR  IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW,  BLACK CARD MEDIA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. BLACK CARD MEDIA  DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN BLACK CARD MEDIA  WEBSITES WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS  WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT BLACK CARD MEDIA'S WEB SITES OR THE SERVERS  THAT MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL  COMPONENTS. BLACK CARD MEDIA DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY  REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE  MATERIAL, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES, SERVICES OR OTHER CONTENT  IN BLACK CARD MEDIA OR ANY SITES LINKED TO BLACK CARD MEDIA IN TERMS OF  THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. BLACK CARD MEDIA  MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT YOUR USE OF THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION,  SOFTWARE, FACILITIES, SERVICE OR OTHER CONTENT IN BLACK CARD MEDIA WILL  NOT INFINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND BLACK CARD MEDIA ASSUMES NO  LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMMISSIONS IN SUCH MATERIALS,  INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, FACILITIES, SERVICE OR OTHER CONTENT OF BLACK  CARD MEDIA. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF SOME OR  ALL OF THE ABOVE IMPLIED WARRANTIES TO APPLY TO YOU, THE ABOVE  EXCLUSIONS WILL APPLY TO YOU ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE  LAW.

Limitation of Liability

BLACK CARD MEDIA DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE  (DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNATIVE, ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL,  SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE) RESULTING FROM ANY USE OF, OR INABILITY  TO USE, BLACK CARD MEDIA OR THE MATERIAL, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE,  FACILITIES, SERVICES OR OTHER CONTENT ON BLACK CARD MEDIA, REGARDLESS OF  THE BASIS UPON WHICH LIABILITY IS CLAIMED AND EVEN IF BLACK CARD MEDIA  HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE. WITHOUT  LIMITATION, YOU (AND NOT BLACK CARD MEDIA) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL  NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH LOSS  OR DAMAGE ARISING. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW ALL OR ANY PART OF  THE ABOVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO APPLY TO YOU, THE LIMITATIONS WILL  APPLY TO YOU ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Forums

THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND OPINIONS INCLUDED AND/OR EXPRESSED IN  OR ON BULLETIN BOARDS, CHAT ROOMS, COMMUNITY PAGES OR OTHER FORUMS ON  BLACK CARD MEDIA WEBSITES ("FORUMS") ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF BLACK  CARD MEDIA OR ITS AFFILIATED OR RELATED ENTITIES OR CONTENT PROVIDERS.  BLACK CARD MEDIA DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO MONITOR OR REVIEW FORUMS, AND THE  CONTENT OF FORUMS IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BLACK CARD MEDIA. BLACK  CARD MEDIA MAY REMOVE OR MODIFY ANY CONTENT WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY  AT ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION. ANY USE OF THE FORUMS WILL BE AT  YOUR OWN RISK AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS ON  LIABILITY SET OUT ABOVE.

Our Use of Content

Black Card Media will consider anything you provide to Black Card  Media and/or contribute to Black Card Media websites as available for  our use free of any obligations to you, except where we have expressly  solicited Invited Submissions and those submissions are expressly  governed by Additional Terms appearing elsewhere on Black Card Media  websites, in which event those Additional Terms will determine how we  will treat your Invited Submissions.

Subject to the provisions of any Additional Terms, by posting or  uploading any content to Black Card Media websites and/or providing any  communication or material to Black Card Media ("User Content"), you  automatically and irrevocably: (a) grant and assign to Black Card Media  any and all rights in the User Content throughout the world including  without limitation all copyright, together with all consents (if any)  necessary to enable its reproduction, distribution, modification,  publishing and/or other exploitation by Black Card Media and/or by any  person authorized by Black Card Media, by any means and in all media now  known or hereafter devised without payment or other reference to you or  any other person, and to advertise and promote such exploitation, for  the full period of all such rights (together with any extensions and  renewals) and insofar as possible in perpetuity; (b) waive all moral  rights in the User Content which may be available to you in any part of  the world and confirm that no such rights have been asserted; (c)  appoint Black Card Media as your agent with full power to enter into any  document and/or do any act Black Card Media may consider appropriate to  confirm the grant and assignment, consent and waiver set out above; (d)  warrant that you are the owner of the User Content and entitled to  enter into these Terms of Use; (e) confirm that no such User Content  will be subject to any obligation, of confidence or otherwise, to you or  any other person and that Black Card Media shall not be liable for any  use or disclosure of such User Content.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or notices of violations to these terms and conditions, please email is at questions@theblacksheeponline.com