| The following are the terms of a legal agreement (the "Agreement") between you and FindBCWood.com, (the "Company," or "we,"
as used herein).
The contents of FindBCWood.com (the "Site") are protected under both Canadian and foreign copyright, trademark and other laws.
The terms "you" and "your" as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this Site for any reason. By
accessing or using the Site, you agree to be bound by this agreement. If You Do Not Agree To These Terms, Please Refrain From Using This Site.
We reserve the right to remove any material from this Site at any time without liability. We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Agreement
at any time. Please check these terms periodically for changes. You agree that each time you visit our Site, you shall be subject to and bound by the current terms of this Agreement. In
addition, certain areas of this Site are subject to additional terms of use. By using such areas, or any part thereof, you agree to be bound by the additional terms of use applicable to and contained
in such areas.
This Site is operated by the Company from its offices located within the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Company makes no representations that materials in this
Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable
local and national laws.
Ownership
This Site is owned and operated by the Company, and, unless otherwise noted, the Company owns the Copyright in all materials provided here. No material from this Site may be copied, modified, reproduced,
republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any manner or form except as explicitly provided below. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any purpose other
than those purposes explicitly permitted below is a violation of the Company's copyright and/or other proprietary rights. You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that is used to generate this
Site. The use of any materials from this Site on any other website or networked computer environment is prohibited unless permission is obtained in writing from the Company. The Site itself, including
all textual and graphic content, is Copyrighted ©2001 by the Company, with all rights reserved.
User Submissions
As a user, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. You must not, and by using this Site you agree not
to, do the following things: post material that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; post material that reveals trade secrets,
unless you own them or have the permission of the owner; post material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; post material
that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; post a sexually-explicit image or statement; post advertisements
or solicitations of business, post chain letters or pyramid schemes; impersonate another person; or post material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer
programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information.
The Company does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of communications posted by users or endorse any opinions expressed by users. You
acknowledge that any reliance on material posted by other users will be at your own risk.
The Company acts as a passive conduit for the online distribution and publication of user-submitted information and has no obligation to screen communications or information
in advance and is not responsible for screening or monitoring material posted by users. If notified by a user of communications which allegedly do not conform to these Terms and Conditions, the
Company may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of the communication. The Company has no liability or responsibility
to users for performance or nonperformance of such activities. The Company reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further access to the Site for violating the Terms and Conditions
or the law and the right to remove communications which are abusive, illegal, or disruptive. The Company may take any action with respect to user-submitted information that it deems necessary or
appropriate in its sole discretion if it believes it may create liability for the Company or may cause the Company to lose (in whole or in part) the services of its ISPs or other suppliers.
By submitting content to any public or non-public area of the Site, including message boards and directories, you grant the Company and its affiliates the loyalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, sublicenseable (through multiple tiers), non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative
works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the content (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now
known or later developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content. You also warrant that the holder of any rights, including moral rights in such content, has completely
and effectively waived all such rights and validly and irrevocably granted to you the right to grant the license stated above. You also permit any subscriber to access, display, view, store and
reproduce such content for personal use. Subject to the foregoing, the owner of such content placed on the Site retains any and all rights that may exist in such content.
Acceptable Site Use
General Rules: You may not use this Site in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material (i) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (ii) in a manner that will infringe the
copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, or (iii) in a manner that is defamatory,
obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.
Specific Prohibited Uses
This Site may be used only for lawful purposes by buyers and sellers of forest products. As one of the conditions of your use of this Site, you represent, warrant,
and agree that you will not use (or plan, encourage, or help others to use) this Site for any purpose or in any manner that is prohibited by these terms, conditions and notices or by applicable
law (including but not limited to any applicable export controls). It is your responsibility to ensure that your use of this Site complies with these terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions")
and to seek prior written consent from the Company for any uses not permitted or not expressly specified herein. The Company specifically prohibits any use of this Site, and you hereby agree not
to use this Site, for any of the following:(i) posting any incomplete, false or inaccurate information about yourself, your organization, and/or your postings. (ii)
posting any material that is not entirely your own or for which you do not have full rights to use;(iii) posting, advertising, or otherwise promoting any franchise,
"pyramid" scheme, "club membership," distributorship or sales representative agency arrangement or other business opportunity that requires an up front or periodic payment,
pays commissions only (no significant salary), requires recruitment of other members, sub-distributors or sub-agents;(iv) deleting or otherwise revising any material
posted by any other person;(v) using any device, software, or routine to interfere (or attempt to interfere) with the proper working of this Site or any activity being
conducted on this Site;(vi) taking any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Site's infrastructure (including without limitation
"flooding," "spamming," "mailbombing," or "crashing" the Site);(vii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
using (or attempting to use) any engine, software tool, agent, or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars, or intelligent agents) to navigate
or search this Site other than the search engine and search agents available from the Company on this Site and other than generally available third party Web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator,
Microsoft Explorer, etc.);(viii) accessing data not intended for you or logging into a server or account that you are not authorized to access;(ix)
probing, scanning, or testing the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization;(x) forging any
TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any eMail or newsgroup posting;(xi) attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer
any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of this Site.
Disclaimer
This Site contains information posted by third parties and links to sites that are not maintained by the Company. While we try to include links and information that are appropriate, safe,
and in good taste for our visitors, we are not responsible for the content or accuracy of those sites and information posted on this Site and cannot guarantee that that sites and information will
not change without our knowledge. The inclusion of a link or posted information on this Site does not imply our endorsement of this posted information or linked site. If you decide to access
linked third-party Web sites or act on information posted on this Site, you do so at your own risk.
This Site is only a venue- it acts as a venue for sellers of forest products to post product advertisements and for buyers of forest products and does not screen or censor the listings offered,
including but not limited to the identity of any user. We are not involved in any actual transactions between buyers and sellers. As a result, we have no control over the quality, safety,
or legality of the information posted on this Site. In addition, you acknowledge and agree that the Company does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of communications
posted by users or endorse any opinions expressed by users. You also acknowledge and agree that any reliance by you on the Material will be at your own risk, and you assume all risks associated
with dealing with other users with Whom you come in contact through the Site.
THIS SITE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THE MATERIALS AND INFORMATION FOUND ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY FOR INFORMATION, SERVICES, OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SITE AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, EXPECTATIONS OF PRIVACY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT
DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING
THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU (AND NOT THE COMPANY) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY
SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
This disclaimer of liability applies to any damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or
transmission, computer virus, act of God/act of nature, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of record, whether for breach of contract,
tortious behavior, negligence, or under any other cause of action.
You specifically acknowledge and agree that the Company is not liable for your defamatory, offensive, infringing or illegal materials or conduct or that of third parties,
and we reserve the right to remove such materials from this Site without liability.
Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL FINDBCWOOD.COM BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE,
THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE, EVEN IF FINDBCWOOD.COM OR ITS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION
OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL FINDBCWOOD.COM TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES,
AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THIS SITE.
Termination
We may terminate this license at any time if, in our sole discretion and judgment, you fail to comply with any term or provision of this Agreement, Upon termination, you shall destroy any materials
obtained from this Site and all copies thereof, whether made under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise.
Contract Interpretation
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of British Columbia, irrespective of any applicable conflicts of law principles. If any provision of
this Agreement is ruled to be unlawful, void, or otherwise unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of
any remaining provisions. This is the entire Agreement between you and the Company relating to the subject of this Site. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship
exists between you and the Company as a result of this Agreement or use of this Site.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, actions, or demands, including without limitation reasonable
legal and accounting fees, arising from your use of the materials or your breach of the terms of this Agreement. The Company shall provide notice to you of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and
shall assist you, at your expense and in our discretion, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.
Dispute Resolution
Any dispute arising with respect to this Agreement shall be resolved by negotiation between the parties or, if necessary, by resort to an appropriate federal or provincial court located in the
province of British Columbia. You expressly waive and are estopped from asserting any right to pursue any claim against the Company relating to this Agreement in any forum or venue located outside
of province of British Columbia. In the event of the filing of any such claim, you stipulate to the transfer of the filing to any appropriate or available forum or court in the province of British
Columbia, at our sole discretion. Use of this Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including, without limitation, this
paragraph.
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