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REGISTRATION

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NYP may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Site at any time, including the availability of any Site feature, database, or content. NYP may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Site without notice or liability.

As part of the registration process, you will select a password. Your email address with be your Username. You also have to give us certain registration information, all of which must be accurate and updated. You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, which you will not have to reveal to any representative or agent of the Site.

You shall notify the website moderators (click here) of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of your account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password or credit card information.

You must be 13 years or older to subscribe to the Service.

You are responsible for all usage or activity on your registration account, including use of the account by any third party authorized by you to use your username and password. Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination of your account, at the Site's sole discretion, and the Site may refer you to appropriate law enforcement agencies.

FEES AND PAYMENTS

NYP reserves the right at any time to charge fees for access to portions of the Site or the Site as a whole. However, in no event will you be charged for access to the Site unless we obtain your prior agreement to pay such charges. Thus, if at any time the Site requires a fee for portions of the Site that are now free, the Site will give you advance notice of such fees and the opportunity to cancel the account before such charges are imposed.

All new fees, if any, will be posted on the Site in the FAQ section.

COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

For information about NYP's collection and use of your personal information, including our policies and practices regarding the sharing of such information with third parties, please read the Privacy Policy of The New York Post on the Web.

USE

All materials contained in this Site are protected by international trademark and copyright laws and must only be used for personal, non-commercial purposes. This means that you may only view or download material from this Site for your own use and you must keep all copyright and other proprietary notices attached to the downloaded material.

The reproduction, duplication, distribution (including by way of email, facsimile or other electronic means), publication, modification, copying or transmission of material from this Site is STRICTLY PROHIBITED unless you have obtained the prior written consent of NYP or unless it is expressly permitted by this Site. The material covered by this prohibition includes, without limitation, any text, graphics, logos, photographs, audio or video material or stills from audiovisual material available on this Site. The use of materials from this Site on any other web site or networked computer environment is similarly prohibited.

Requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials found on this Site can be made by contacting NYP in writing at:

New York Post
Attn: Online Department: Reprint request
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
contact us here

You are also strictly prohibited from creating works or materials that derive from or are based on the materials contained in this Site including, without limitation, fonts, icons, link buttons, wallpaper, desktop themes, on-line postcards and greeting cards and unlicensed merchandise. This prohibition applies regardless of whether the derivative materials are sold, bartered or given away.

BULLETIN BOARDS, CHAT ROOMS, AND BLOGS

You are welcome to post, transmit or submit messages and other materials (which include uploading files, inputting data or any other materials or engaging in any form of communication in connection with this Site) (collectively "Messages") to bulletin boards, chat rooms, blogs or other public areas within, or in connection with, this Site (collectively "Forums"). However, NYP accepts no responsibility whatsoever in connection with or arising from such Messages.

NYP does not endorse and has no control over the content of Messages submitted by others to Forums. Messages submitted to Forums are not necessarily reviewed by NYP prior to posting and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of NYP. NYP makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the content of the Messages in the Forums or the accuracy and reliability of any Messages and other materials in the Forums. Nonetheless, NYP reserves the right to prevent you from submitting Materials to Forums and to edit, restrict or remove such Messages for any reason at any time.

NYP assumes no responsibility for actively monitoring Forums for inappropriate Messages. If at any time NYP chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Forums, NYP nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the content of the Messages, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Messages, and no responsibility for the conduct of the user submitting any Message. In submitting Messages to Forums, you agree to strictly limit yourself to discussions about the subject matter for which the Forums are intended. You agree that NYP accepts no liability whatsoever if it determines to prevent your Messages from being submitted or if it edits, restricts or removes your Messages. You also agree to permit any other user of this Site to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that other user's personal use and not to restrict or inhibit the use of the Site by any other person.

You agree that you will not submit Messages to Forums that:

• are unlawful, threatening, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent including any communication that constitutes (or encourages conduct that would constitute) a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any local, state, national or international law;
• violate the copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any other person. By submitting Messages to Forums, you represent to NYP that you are the rightful owner of such material or that you have first obtained permission to submit the material from the rightful owner;
• improperly assume or claim the identity, characteristics or qualifications of another person;
• are for purposes of spamming;
• contain any virus or other harmful component;
• are libelous, or an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or any other third party rights; or
• are for commercial purposes or contain advertising or are intended to solicit a person to buy or sell services or to make donations.

You agree to release NYP, its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, officers, directors and shareholders, from any and all liability and obligations whatsoever in connection with or arising from your use of Forums. If at any time you are not happy with the Forums or object to any material within Forums, your sole remedy is to cease using them.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

NYP may, from time to time, post NYP employment opportunities on the Site and/or invite users to submit resumes to it. If you choose to submit your name, contact information, resume and/or other personal information to NYP in response to employment listings, you are authorizing NYP to utilize this information for all lawful and legitimate hiring and employment purposes. Nothing in these Terms of Use or contained in the Site shall constitute a promise by NYP to interview, hire or employ any individual who submits information to it, nor shall anything in these Terms of Use or contained in the Site constitute a promise that NYP will review any or all of the information submitted to it by users. If you choose to submit your name, contact information, resume and/or other personal information to the NYP@work section of the Site, you authorize NYP to forward some or all of the information you submit to prospective employers.

UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONS

NYP does not knowingly accept unsolicited submissions including, without limitation, submissions of scripts, story lines, articles, fan fiction, characters, drawings, information, suggestions, ideas or concepts. NYP's policy is to simply delete any such submission without reading it or forwarding it to other NYP staff. Therefore, any similarity between an unsolicited submission and any elements in any NYP creative work including, without limitation, a film, series, story, title or concept would be purely coincidental.

If unsolicited submissions are sent to NYP via this Site, however, these submissions become the property of NYP and may be used, copied, sublicensed, adapted, transmitted, distributed, publicly performed, published, displayed or deleted as NYP sees fit. You agree that you are not entitled to any compensation, credit or notice whatsoever and that by sending an unsolicited submission you waive the right to make any claim against NYP, its parents or affiliates relating to unsolicited submissions, including, without limitation, unfair competition, breach of implied contract or breach of confidentiality.

LINKED SITES AND ADVERTISING

If you are interested in creating hypertext links to this Site, please contact us at:

New York Post
Attn: Online Department
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Email: contact us here

However, before doing so, in establishing hypertext links, you must not represent in any way, expressly or by implication, that you have received the endorsement, sponsorship or support of this Site or NYP, including its respective employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders.

If NYP has provided links or pointers to other web sites, no inference or assumption should be made and no representation should be implied that NYP is connected with, operates or controls these web sites.

NYP is not responsible for the content or practices of third party web sites that may be linked to this Site. This Site may also be linked to other web sites operated by companies affiliated or connected with NYP. When visiting other web sites, however, you should refer to each such web site's individual "Terms of Use" and not rely on this Agreement.

NYP takes no responsibility for third party content or advertisements which are posted on this Site, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers.

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY AND WARRANTIES

While NYP does its best to ensure the optimal performance of the Site, you agree that you use this Site and rely on material contained in this Site at your own risk.

The Site, and all materials in this Site, are provided "as is" and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, are provided without warranties of any kind either express or implied. This means, without limitation, that NYP DOES NOT WARRANT that the Site is fit for any particular purpose; that the functions contained in the materials in the Site will be uninterrupted; that defects will be corrected; that the Site is free of viruses and other harmful components or that the Site is accurate, error free or reliable.

You acknowledge that NYP, its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders, IS NOT LIABLE for any delays, inaccuracies, failures, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, viruses, communication line failures or for the theft, destruction, damage or unauthorized access to your computer system or network.

You acknowledge that NYP is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct or material found in connection with this Site, including such conduct or material transmitted by any means by any other person.

You acknowledge that NYP is not liable for any damages, including, without limitation, direct, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, in connection with or arising from your use or from your inability to use the Site.

INDEMNITY

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless NYP, its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders, from and against all the liabilities, claims, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and costs) arising out of your use of this Site; your failure to use the Site; your breach or alleged breach of this Agreement or your breach or alleged breach of the copyright, trademark, proprietary or other rights of third parties.

TERMINATION

NYP reserves the right to immediately terminate your use of, or access to, this Site at any time if NYP decides at its sole discretion that you have breached this Agreement or any relevant law, rule or regulation or you have engaged in conduct that NYP considers to be inappropriate or unacceptable.

You may terminate your registration account at any time by: contacting us here. Upon termination, you will receive an automated confirmation via e-mail that the request was received, and your access will be suspended within 24 hours. You are responsible for any and all charges incurred (for products or services purchased) up to the time the account is deactivated.

OTHER

This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

This Agreement is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York or, if appropriate, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for resolution of any dispute, action or proceeding arising in connection with this Agreement or your use or non-use of the Site, and you further irrevocably waive any right you may have to trial by jury in any such dispute, action or proceeding.

NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

NYPOST.COM will process notices of alleged infringement which it receives and will take appropriate actions as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the "DMCA") and other applicable intellectual property laws. Pursuant to the DMCA, notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to NYPOST.COM's Designated Agent.

Service Provider(s): NYP Holdings, Inc.

Name/Contact Information of Designated Agent:

Jordan Lippner
VP/Asst General Counsel
News America Incorporated
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Telephone: (212) 852-7166
Fax: (212) 852-7217
E-mail: dmca-legal@newscorp.com

To be effective, the notification must be in writing and contain the following information (DMCA, 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3)):

1. Physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online side are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
3. 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;
4. 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;
5. 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;
6. 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.

By viewing and otherwise using content on our Site which is provided by Reuters, you are agreeing to the following restrictions with respect to that content (the "Reuters Content"):

You may not copy Reuters Content, unless you are downloading and/or printing it for your own personal use, except that you may never download Reuters photographs. If you have chosen to download Reuters Content (other than photographs) for you own personal use, you may not store it for more than seven (7) days. You may not distribute, disseminate or republish any Reuters Content. In addition, you may not alter or modify the Reuters Content in any way.

All Reuters Content (and the copyrights therein) is owned or sublicensed by Reuters. Reuters is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, currentness, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, of any Reuters Content and Reuters will not be liable to you for any damages (including special or consequential damages) of any kind resulting in any way from (i) your use of our website; (ii) the Reuters Content, including any errors, omissions or defamatory statements contained therein; (iii) failures, delays or interruptions in the delivery of our website or in the availability of all or any portion thereof (including any of the Reuters Content); or (iv) any decision made, or action taken in reliance upon, the Reuters Content, including any trading losses.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Associated Press news, photos, graphics, video, audio and other multimedia material accessed through this Site shall not be directly or indirectly reproduced, published, broadcast, sold, transferred, licensed, distributed in any manner or medium, used to prepare derivative works, or displayed publicly in any manner or medium now known or later developed. AP news material may not be stored in whole or in part in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use. The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions in the AP Service or in any AP Material including without limitation any third party content and any of the advertisements in the AP Service or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages whatsoever.