The gist:
We run a article directory service called Evoire and would love for you to use it. Our basic service is free, and we are planning to offer paid upgrades in the future. Our service is designed to give you as much control and ownership over what goes on this site as possible and encourage you to express yourself freely. However, be responsible in what you publish. In particular, make sure that none of the prohibited items appear on your site or get linked to from your site (things like spam, viruses, or hate content).
You can check our content policy to get a sense of the types of contents that are welcome on our service (or not!). If you find a content from Evoire that you believe violates our terms of service, please check our contact page.
General Terms of Service:
The following terms and conditions govern all use of the Evoire website and all content, services and products available at or through the website, including, but not limited to, the Evoire VIP hosting service (“VIP Service”), (taken together, the Website). The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by the administrator of Evoire (collectively, the “Agreement”).
Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.
- Your Evoire Account and Site. If you create an account on the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the blog. You must not describe or assign keywords to your accont in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and Evoire administrator may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause Evoire liability. You must immediately notify Evoire of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches of security. Evoire will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.
- Responsibility of Contributors. If you comment on a blog, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:
* the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;
* if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;
* you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;
* the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;
* the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);
* the Content is not pornographic, libelous or defamatory (more info on what that means), does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
* your content is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods;
* your account is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your profile URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and
* you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by Evoire or otherwise. - By submitting Content to Evoire for inclusion on Evoire, you grant Evoire a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your Content or your account. If you delete Content, Evoire will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.
- Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Evoire has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Evoire’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in Evoire’s reasonable opinion, violates any Evoire policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in Evoire’s sole discretion. Evoire will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.
- Fees and Payment. Optional premium paid services will be made available on the Website in the future. By selecting a premium service you agree to pay Evoire the monthly or annual subscription fees indicated for that service. Payments will be charged on the day you sign up for a premium service and will cover the use of that service for a monthly or annual period as indicated. Premium service fees are not refundable.
- Responsibility of Website Visitors. Evoire reviews some materials posted to the website. However, we cannot be held responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the Website, Evoire does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. Evoire disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.
- Content Posted on Other Websites. We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which Evoire links, and that link to Evoire. Evoire does not have any control over those non-Evoire websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-Evoire website or webpage, Evoire does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. Evoire disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-Evoire websites and webpages.
- Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy. As Evoire asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by Evoire violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Evoire in accordance with Evoire’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Policy. Evoire will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. In the case of a visitor who may infringe or repeatedly infringes the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Evoire or others, Evoire may, in its discretion, terminate or deny access to and use of the Website. In the case of such termination, Evoire will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to Evoire.
- Intellectual Property. This Agreement does not transfer from Evoire to you any Evoire or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with Evoire. Evoire, the Evoire logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with Evoire, or the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of Evoire or Evoire’s licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Evoire or third-party trademarks.
- You agree not to sell, license, distribute, copy, modify, publicly perform or display, transmit, publish, edit, adapt, create derivative works from, or otherwise make unauthorized use of any materials from this site.
- Changes. Evoire reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. Evoire may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
- Termination. Evoire may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your Evoire account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
- Disclaimer of Warranties. The Website is provided “as is”. Evoire and its suppliers and partners hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither Evoire nor its suppliers and partners, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. If you’re actually reading this, here’s a treat. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk.
- Limitation of Liability. In no event will Evoire, or its suppliers or partners, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement or substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to Evoire under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. Evoire shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
- General Representation and Warranty. You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the Evoire Privacy Policy, Evoire Content Guidelines, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
- Disclaimer. You agree to not hold Evoire liable for the accuracy of any article on the site or on any partner sites. Evoire is simply a hub for authors and publishers to meet. Evoire does not endorse any author, website, or product mentioned in any articles in the Website. All articles published in the Website are not meant to be used for legal, medical, financial or any other type of advice. All articles are for informational purposes only.
- Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Evoire, its contractors, and its partners, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.
- Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Evoire and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of Evoire, or by the posting by Evoire of a revised version. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; Evoire may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.
Author Terms of Service
- You agree that you are the original author of each article you submit. If you have hired a ghost writer, you agree that you have exclusive rights to each article you submit.
- You agree to comply with Evoire content guidelines.
- You agree to comply with Google AdSense Program Policies.
- There are no guarantees that your articles will be accepted for publication in our directory. It is at our sole discretion whether or not to include your articles. If published, we reserve the right to remove any articles at any time.
- We reserve the right to edit any article you submit as we see fit, including but not limited to choosing a more suitable category for your articles if we find them to be classified wrong.
- By submitting your articles to Evoire, you grant Evoire the right to:
* Publish your article on Evoire and any of its article directory partners.
* Publish your article in RSS format for other websites to syndicate.
* Publish your article in our real time, daily, or weekly newsletters. - You agree that Evoire is a free service for authors and publishers. You will not be paid for submitting your articles to our sites and you will not be paid if and when your articles are published. You will receive all credit for your work and your resource box will be left in place.
- You agree to not include any affiliate links in the body of your article. If you are trying to promote an affiliate program, please set up your own domain and link to it in your resource box.
- We reserve the right to include advertising on pages with your articles. If you submit your Adsense publisher code, your Adsense ads will be displayed 80% of the time the article is viewed.
- We reserve the right to change these terms of service at any time.
- The General Terms of Service above applies.
Edit 19 July 2010: Removed Publisher Term of Service. Removed ability for visitors to republish/duplicate/copy articles from this site. Remove the corresponding clause from Authors Term of Service.
