General

These Terms of Use govern your use of the website “indianobserverpost.com” (“IOP Website”) and all such online services, any IOP applications for mobile devices you download, any other IOP online service you access, including any updates, new versions or new releases thereof (any and all of the foregoing are referred to collectively and individually as the “Service”), provided by INDIAN OBSERVER POST (“IOP”) through its website and unless other terms and conditions expressly govern, any other electronic/online services provided by IOP that may be available from time to time (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Services"). The term “you” or “your”, being used interchangeably, refers to the user or viewer of the Website / Services.

Agreement

By using the Website you agree to comply and be bound by these Terms of Use as well as by the applicable laws and regulations, in force or as maybe notified from time to time. By accessing the Service, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old or, if younger than 18, are at least 13 or older and have a parent’s or guardian’s permission to access or use the Service. In case you do not accept these Terms of Use, you are directed to discontinue with the use of the service. IOP reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of the Terms of Use at any time. You are advised to check this page periodically for any changes or modifications to the Terms of Use. Your use of any of the Services, following any changes or modifications made by IOP, shall constitute your acceptance to such changes or modification. You consent to such automatic updating or upgrading on your mobile device, and agree that the Terms of Use will apply to all such updates or upgrades. You acknowledge that we may automatically update or upgrade the version of the Service you may be using on your mobile device.

Ownership of Conduct

The content includes articles, other text, photographs, images, illustrations, graphics, video material, audio material, including musical compositions and sound recordings, logos, works of authorship, proprietary software, data, reports, information, images, sound, orgIOPzation, graphics, design, compilation (meIOPng the collection, arrangement and assembly of all Content) and other matters related to the website or in relation to the Services and other material owned by IOP and/or its third party content providers ("Third Party Content Providers"), so applicable. Unless otherwise indicated, any new Content or Products and Services added to the Website will also be subject to the Terms of Use Agreement effective upon the date of any such addition.

Trade Marks / Service Marks

The Website / Services may contain trademarks or service marks of IOP or that of their respective owners (the "Marks"). The domain name for the Website, including, without limitation, IOP, INDIANOBSERVERPOST.COM, RURBANVOICE.COM INDIANTHOUGHTLEADERS.COM, etc are service marks, trademarks, logos, and/or trade dress of IOP. All other trademarks, service marks, trade dress, product names, company names or logos, whether registered or not, on the Website are the property of IOP or their respective owners.

Rights

The Content is protected by international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. Unauthorized use of the Content shall amount to violation of the copyright, trademark, and other laws, which shall compel IOP to take legal recourse against such unathorised use. You do not acquire ownership rights to any content, document or other materials viewed through the Site. The posting of information or materials on the Site does not constitute a waiver of any right in such information and materials. Some of the Content on the site is the copyrighted work of third party content Providers.

Third Party Content

IOP does not knowingly or unknowingly accept unsolicited submissions including, without limitation, submissions of scripts, story lines, articles, fan fiction, characters, drawings, information, suggestions, ideas or concepts. IOP’s policy is to simply delete any such submission, without reading it or even forwarding it to other IOP staff. Therefore, any similarity between an unsolicited submission and any elements in any IOP creative work including, without limitation, a film, series, story, title or concept would be purely coincidental. Third party content may appear on the website or may be accessible via links from the website. IOP is not responsible for and assumes no liability for any mistakes, misstatements, defamation, omissions, falsehood, obscenity, or profIOPty in the statements, opinions, representations or any other form of Content on the Website. You understand that the information and opinions in third party content represent solely the thoughts of the author / third party content provider and is neither endorsed by IOP nor does it reflect IOP’s belief.

Errors, Corrections and Changes

IOP does not represent or warrant that the Site will be error-free, free of viruses or other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected. IOP does not represent or warrant that the information available on or through the website will be correct, accurate, timely or otherwise reliable. IOP does not guarantee the accuracy of or endorse the views or opinions given by any third party content provider, advertiser, sponsor or other user. We may link to, reference, or promote websites, applications and/or services from third parties. You agree that we are not responsible for, and do not control other websites, applications or services. We run paid advertisements and sponsorships from third parties on the Service. Any dealings you have with any third party advertisers or sponsors are solely between you and such advertiser or sponsor. IOP may make changes to the features, functionality or content of the Website at any time. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to edit or delete any documents, information or other content appearing on the website. We have no obligation to store and may remove or delete any User Material for any reason, at any time and without notice to you.

Permissible Use

You may use the Website or the Services only for your internal, personal and non-commercial purposes. Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, you shall not, for compensation of otherwise, alter, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, reuse, post, publish, license, frame, download, store for subsequent use, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information or Content obtained from the Website, in whole or in part, including any text, images, audio, and video in any manner, without the prior written authorization of IOP or any applicable third party suppliers. Your use of the Content, including any images, or use by anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by IOP. Any unauthorized use of text or images shall amount to violation of copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and applicable regulations and statutes. The use of the Content on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited except as specified in these Terms of Use. Each Third Party Content P rovider is a beneficiary hereunder to the extent necessary to enforce its proprietary rights in their Content. Requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials found on this Site can be made by contacting IOP in writing at:IOP Media Pvt. Ltd. E-Mail: editorindianobserverpost@gmail.com If you violate any provisions of the Terms of Use Agreement, your permission to use the website and the services shall automatically stand terminated and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the Content, and IOP reserve the right to institute legal proceedings against any violation of the Terms of Use.

Restrictions and Prohibitions on Use

Your access and use of the Website / Services and any content therein are subject to, inter alia, the following restrictions and prohibitions on use: You may not (a) copy, print (except for the express limited purpose permitted by aforementioned clause), republish, display, distribute, transmit, sell, rent, lease, loan or otherwise make available in any form or by any means all or any portion of the website or any content and materials retrieved from it; (b) use the Site or any materials obtained from the Website to develop, of as a component of, any information, storage and retrieval system, database, information base, or similar resource (in any media now existing or hereafter developed), that is offered for commercial distribution of any kind, including through sale, license, lease, rental, subscription, or any other commercial distribution mechanism; (c) Create compilations or derivative works of any Content and Materials from the website; (d) use any Content from the Site in any manner that may infringe any copyright, intellectual property right, proprietary right, or property right of us or any third parties; (e) Remove, change or obscure any copyright notice or other proprietary notice or Terms of Use contained in the Website; (f) Make any portion of the Website available through any timesharing system, service bureau, the Internet or any other technology now existing or developed in the future; (g) Remove, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any software or use any network monitoring or discovery software to determine the website architecture; (h) Use any automatic or manual process to harvest information from the website; and (i) Use the Site in a manner that violates any law and Third-Party Services /Links to other Web Sites.

Third-Party Services / Links to other Web Sites

The Website contains links to other sites. IOP is not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed on such sites, and such sites are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness or any compliance with law by IOP. Inclusion of any linked site on IOP’s website does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked site by IOP. If you decide to leave the Website and access such third-party sites, you do so at your own risk.

Advertisements / Third Party Service Providers

The Website may contain advertisements and / or sponsorships. You understand that Advertisers and sponsors are solely responsible for ensuring that any content or material submitted for inclusion on the Website is accurate and complies with applicable laws. IOP is not responsible for the illegality or any error, inaccuracy or problem in the advertiser's or sponsor's materials. IOP may allow access to or advertise certain third-party product or service providers (“Third Party Service Providers”) to provide certain services (“links”) on the website. You understand that IOP does not operate or control the products or services offered by such service providers. These Third Party Service Providers / links are responsible for all aspects of order processing, fulfillment, billing and customer service. IOP is not a party to the transactions entered into between you and such Third Party Service Providers / links. You agree that use of or purchase from such Third Party Service Provider’s / Links is at your sole risk and is without warranties of any kind by IOP, expressed, implied or otherwise including warranties of title, fitness for purpose, or non-infringement. Under no circumstances will IOP be held liable for any damages arising from the transactions between you and such Third Party Service Providers / links or for any information appearing on Third Party Service Providers’ websites or any other site linked to IOP’s website. All rules, policies (including privacy policies) and operating procedures of such Third Party Service Providers will apply to you while accessing any such Links. IOP is not responsible for information provided by you to such Third Party Service Providers / Links. You understand that IOP and such Third Party Service Providers are independent contractors and neither party has authority to make any representations or commitments on behalf of the other.

Identification:

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold IOP, its partners, agents, officers, directors, employees, subcontractors, successors, assigns, third party suppliers of information and documents, advertisers, product and service providers, and affiliates (collectively, “Affiliated Parties”) harmless from any liability, loss, claim and expense related to your violation/breach of this Agreement or use of the Website including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of (i) the information or material you submit or comment, including, but not limited to, liability for violations of copyrights, trademark rights, trade secret rights, or any other intellectual property rights, or the privacy or publicity rights of others, or liability for information or material you provide that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful or embarrassing to any other person or entity, or is fraudulent or deceptive, (ii) your use or unauthorized copying or use of the Services or any of their content, (iii) your sharing of any of the Content through any medium or (iv) your violation of the Terms of Use or any applicable laws or regulations.

Limitation of Liability:

For information obtained from Third Party Content Providers, you are solely responsible for compliance with copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights and restrictions and are referred to publication data appearing in bibliographic citations, as well as to the copyright notices appearing in the original publications. Your use and browsing of the Website is at your own risk. If you are dissatisfied with any of the Materials contained in the Website, or with any of these Terms of Service, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and using the Website. While IOP does its best to ensure the optimal performance of the Website, you agree that you use this Website and rely on material contained in this Website at your own risk. IN NO EVENT SHALL IOP, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS, OR CONTENT PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, PERFORMANCE OR NONPERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF IOP WAS PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARISE IN CONTRACT, TORT, UNDER STATUTE, IN EQUITY, AT LAW, OR OTHERWISE. IOP and any Affiliated Party shall not be liable for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting in any way from (1) any errors in or omissions from the website or any services or products obtainable there from, (2) the unavailability or interruption of the website or any features thereof, (3) your use of the Site, (4) the content contained on the Site, or (5) any delay or failure in performance beyond the control of IOP or any Affiliated Party.

Monitoring

IOP shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of IOP, to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established by IOP and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. IOP shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on IOP. Without limiting the foregoing, IOP shall have the right to remove any material that IOP, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.

Copyrights

IOP respects the rights of all copyright holders and in this regard, IOP has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of subscribers and account holders who infringe the rights of copyright holders. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, Filing a notice to remove copyrighted content? To file a copyright infringement notification with IOP regarding the content contained on this site please send a letter or other written communication that includes at least the following information (please consult your counsel to confirm these requirements): i. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. ii. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site. iii. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material. iv. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted. v. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. vi. A statement 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. Such written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:
By mail: IOP Media -------------------------- --------------------------
By E-mail: editorindianobserverpost@gmail.com _________
Under Section 512(f) of Title 17, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.

Termination

You agree that IOP, in its sole discretion, may terminate your access to the Website / Services, and remove and discard any content that you have posted on the website, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if IOP, in its sole opinion, believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the Terms of Use of this Agreement or that you are a repeat infringer of intellectual property rights. You agree that any termination of your access to the Website under any provision of this Agreement may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that IOP may immediately bar any further access the website. Further, you agree that IOP shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Website.

Governing Law:

The Terms of Use are governed by the laws of India and the Courts at Delhi-Ghaziabad shall have the exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of the Terms of use, without giving recourse to any principles of conflicts of laws.