Terms of Use

Welcome to the KVAL-TV web site (the "Site"). Our site contains news, information and services that we, along with our affiliates, partners, advertisers, agents and related companies, provide to you and other Site visitors, and areas on the Site that allow contributions, communications and interactions by Site visitors (collectively, the "Services").

This User Agreement sets forth the general terms and conditions that govern these activities and your use of the Site, and is a binding contract between you and us regarding your use of this Site. By visiting the Site, you agree to be bound by this User Agreement, including all modifications and additions thereto. This is the User Agreement for the web sites of the stations owned by our corporate parent, Fisher Communications, Inc. However, we, our related stations or corporate parent may from time to time operate, either individually or jointly with third parties, other types of web sites that may adopt different user agreements. We therefore encourage you to review the applicable policies and agreements when you visit any web site, including this Site.

A. GENERAL USE OF THIS SITE

1. Personal Use Only. This Site and the Services offered through this Site are made available to you only for your personal, non-commercial use. No portion of the Site, including any interactive, discussion, or user-submitted areas, may be used for commercial reasons, including to sell a product, service, or increase traffic to another web site.

2. Links to Other Sites. Throughout our Site you may find links to web sites owned and operated by third parties. The links are provided to enhance your experience on our Site and are for convenience only. We do not review all of these linked sites (or other sites linked by these sites), nor do we endorse or sponsor the content contained on these sites. When you access other sites by clicking on a link, the terms and policies that relate to those sites govern your rights and obligations related to those sites, and we encourage you to review the terms and policies of those sites when visiting them. We do not assume any responsibility for any aspect of any other site.

3. Links to the Site. If you operate a web site and wish to link to our Site, you may do so, but may not suggest or imply that we endorse or otherwise sponsor your site. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques that involve any content of our Site or otherwise suggest any relationship between our Site and you without our express written consent.

4. Other activities; compliance with laws. You agree to comply with all laws that apply to your use of the Site, the Services and any other elements of the user experience on the Site. You agree not to decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble any software or other products or processes accessible through our Site, not to insert any code or product or manipulate the content of the Site in any way that affects any visitor's experience, not to attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the Site, not to transmit unsolicited bulk email or spam, and we may restrict the use of any data mining, robots, cancelbots, spiders, Trojan horse, or any data gathering or extraction method in connection with your use of this Site at any time. We reserve the right to deny access to, and take appropriate further action with respect to, any activities that violate laws, or that harm, or otherwise damage, the Site or any visitor's experience with the Site, or are otherwise inconsistent with this User Agreement.

5. Use of Associated Press Material. The following applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or ditital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing our website, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any paret thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.

6. Information, registration and privacy policy. Certain portions of the Site may request or require that you provide information or register for a Service. This activity is voluntary on your part and is subject to this User Agreement and our Privacy Policy. You should review our Privacy Policy in connection with your use of this Site.

7. Other terms and conditions. From time to time we may provide Services that include other terms and conditions or requirements. We will post those terms and conditions when that is the case, and those terms and conditions will be considered a part of this User Agreement. We encourage you to review those terms and conditions prior to accepting such Services.

B. INTERACTIVE, DISCUSSION AND USER-SUBMITTED AREAS OF THE SITE

Some of the Services on our Site may provide an opportunity for you and other visitors to discuss and debate issues, provide information and content, engage in interactive services or otherwise participate directly with the Site or others using the Site. Examples of these Services include discussion forums, chat rooms, discussions by e-mail or other service, blogs and other moderated discussions, and areas in which you may submit your own information and materials. We refer to these collectively here as "User Forums." Specific User Forums may have their own terms and conditions (see "Other Terms and Conditions" in Section A9 above). In addition, the following general terms and conditions apply to all User Forums.

1. Rights Reserved. We cannot and do not review every posting on all of our User Forums, and you should keep this in mind when using these portions of our Site. We reserve the right to delete, move or edit messages that we deem inappropriate in our sole and absolute discretion, and to deny or restrict access to visitors for any reason, in our sole discretion, including use of inappropriate content or otherwise abusing our Site.

2. Public Information. The User Forums available on this Site are publicly available, and as such, others may view your communications and any information or content you provide to the Site. Always use caution when providing content or information, including any personally identifying information, about yourself or others. We do not represent that the information, content, advice or other statements made by any user of the Site are reliable or accurate, or endorsed in any way by us or any of our affiliates.

3. Disclosure of Information. We reserve the right to disclose whatever personal information we may have about you as we deem necessary or appropriate to satisfy any law, regulation, legal process or government request.

4. Conduct and content in the User Forums. By visiting any of our User Forums, you acknowledge and agree to the following:

  • You may not post messages or other content, or otherwise distribute through our Site any illegal or harmful content, including but not limited to content that (a) is defamatory or libelous, (b) is abusive or threatening, (c) is obscene, vulgar or profane, racially, ethnically or religiously offensive, illegal or encourages criminal acts, (d) is known to be inaccurate or containing a false attribution, (e) is of a nature that could expose us to liability, (f) infringes copyrights, trademarks, publicity or any other rights of others, (g) violates someone's privacy, (h) impersonates anyone (actual or fictitious), or (i) deliberately disrupts the User Forum.
  • In using the Site, you might obtain information about other users. You may not use that information in any way that you know or should know would cause direct or indirect harm or inconvenience to those people or anyone else.
  • You may not upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content or material that contains software viruses, worms or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications or other equipment, or to cause a security breach of such software, hardware, or telecommunications or other equipment.
  • You may not to interfere with or disrupt any servers or networks used to provide any of our Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of the networks we use to provide the User Forums. You may not gain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to our Site, or any account, computer system, or network connected to this Site, by means such as hacking, password mining or other illicit means.
  • You may not violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to (a) all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside, (b) regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and (c) any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ.
  • You may not instigate or encourage others to commit illegal activities or cause injury or property damage to any other person. You may not stalk or otherwise harass anyone through our Site.
  • You may not solicit or collect personally identifiable information of any minor (anyone under 18 years old), including, but not limited to, their name, email address, home address, phone number or the name of their school.
  • JavaScript files are not allowed on any User Forums we may offer.

D. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

1. Content on the Site. The news, information, content and services that you read, hear or see on this Site, including but not limited to, text, photos, graphics, software, code, audio and/or video is protected by United States and international copyright, trademark and other laws, and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, performed, published, broadcast, altered, forwarded, re-posted, stored for subsequent use, or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner without our prior written permission or except as otherwise permitted by law. Use of the materials for any other purpose or modifying any materials from our Site is a violation of our rights. Using anything from our Site on any other web site or networked computer environment without our express written consent is prohibited. Requests for permission to reproduce anything from this Site can be sent to Nancy Bruner, Vice President, Fisher Interactive Network, 140 Fourth Avenue N., Suite 370, Seattle, WA 98109; nbruner@fsci.com.

2. User Submission. Any communication or material you send to a User Forum or otherwise to us, including, without limitation, any data, questions, comments, suggestions, opinions or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. By submitting such material you grant to us the right to use and sublicense such material, in whole or in part without any compensation to you. By submitting such material, you also represent and warrant that it is original to you and that it, and its posting on the Site, does not and will not infringe upon or violate any rights of any person or entity.

3. Notices of Infringement. We respect the intellectual property rights of others and require that visitors to our Site do the same. We have registered as an agent with the United States Copyright Office in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and avail ourselves of the protections thereunder. We reserve the right to remove any content from any part of this Site, including from any User Forums, which allegedly infringes another person's intellectual property rights.
If you believe that you are the owner of any intellectual property that has been improperly posted or distributed via our Site, please notify us by sending the following: (a)an electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the protected interest, (b)identification of the protected work claimed to have been infringed, (c)identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to allow us to locate the material, (d)the address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address at which the complaining party may be contacted, (e)a representation that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law, (f)a representation that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. We reserve the right to make the determination upon these requests in our sole discretion.

Copyright infringement claims and notices should be sent to the attention of Judy Endejan, General Counsel, either by mail to 100 Fourth Avenue N., Ste. 510, Seattle, WA 98109, by fax to 206-404-6013 or by email to jendejan@fsci.com. If you have questions, please call (206) 404-4000.

E. DISCLAIMERS

1. We do not represent, warrant or guarantee the information or Services posted on this Site, and assume no liability or responsibility for any inaccuracies, infringements, delays, damages, errors or omissions related to the content of this Site. The use of this Site is at your own risk, including but not limited to information in linked sites and information posted in User Forums.

2. In no event shall we be liable for any indirect, consequential, special, incidental or punitive damages related to unauthorized access to or alterations to the Site, or any amount in excess of the amount paid by you with respect to the Services on this Site.

3. We do not and cannot guarantee the performance of goods and services provided by our advertisers or others to whose sites we link. A link to another site does not constitute an endorsement of that site or of any product or service offered on that site.

F. MISCELLANEOUS

1. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold each of KVAL-TV, our officers, directors, employees and agents harmless from and against any liability, loss, claim or demand of any nature, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by you or any third party due to, arising out of or in any way relating to (a) your use of the Site, (b) the content or our use of any material submitted by you, or (c) your violation, or alleged violation, of any of the terms of this User Agreement. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you.

2. Contact Information. Questions or comments about the Site (other than notices of claims or copyright infringement, which should be sent in accordance with the procedures set forth in sections D1 and D3 above) should be directed in writing to the following address:

Fisher Interactive Network
Attn: Vice President
140 Fourth Avenue N., Suite 370
Seattle, WA 98109

3. Jurisdiction and Venue. This User Agreement and your use of this Site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions. You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts in King County, Washington, U.S.A., in all disputes arising out of or relating to the Site, except that you agree that we may obtain injunctive relief in other jurisdictions. You agree that a printed or electronic version of this User Agreement (as changed from time to time) will be admissible in any judicial or administrative proceedings to the same extent as paper records.

4. Enforcement. If for any reason any provision of this User Agreement is found to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to affect the intent of the parties as reflected in that provision, and the remainder of the User Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. Any failure of ours to enforce or exercise any provision of this User Agreement or related right shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision.

5. Changes to User Agreement. We reserve the right at our discretion to change this User Agreement at any time. Your continued use of the Site after the posting of any amended terms shall constitute your agreement to be bound by any such changes. We may modify, suspend, discontinue or restrict the use of any portion of any of our services in general or to any visitor without notice or liability.

This User Agreement is effective as of August 1, 2006.

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