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TERMS OF USE

Use of this website, and information distributed in conjunction with this website is offered to you on your acceptance of these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and other notices posted on this website (the "Notices"). Your use of this website or of any content presented in any and all areas of the website indicates your acknowledgment and acceptance to these Notices. If you do not agree to be bound by and comply with all of the foregoing, you may not access or use any information and services on this website.

Black Lantern Studios, Inc. shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, add or remove any terms or conditions of these Notices without notice or liability to you. Any changes to these Notices shall be effectively immediately following the posting of such changes on this website. The most recent version of these Notices may always be found at http://www.blacklanternstudios.com/. You agree to review these Notices from time to time and agree that any subsequent use by you of this website following changes to these Notices shall constitute your acceptance of all such changes.

This website is for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide specific advice of any kind. The performance of this website and all information contained on, downloaded or accessed from this website are provided to you on an "as is" basis, without warranties of any kind whatsoever, including any implied warranties, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of the rights of third parties.

Black Lantern Studios, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, disable access to or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, any part or all of this website or any information contained thereon without liability or notice to you.

You agree to follow all applicable laws and regulations when using this website. Furthermore, you agree that you shall not:

  1. Upload, post or otherwise transmit through or to this website any content that (i) is unlawful, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, lewd, offensive, defamatory or otherwise objectionable, (ii) might infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, rights of publicity, or other proprietary rights of others, or (iii) contains any viruses, trojan horses, time bombs, or any other harmful programs or elements;
  2. disrupt, place unreasonable burdens or excessive loads on, interfere with or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of our website, its computer systems, servers or networks;
  3. provide false information about yourself to us, impersonate any other person, or otherwise attempt to mislead others about your identity or the origin of any content, message or other communication;
  4. transmit junk mail, chain letters, or other unsolicited bulk e-mail or duplicative messages;
  5. collect information about other visitors to our website without their consent or otherwise systematically extract data or data fields;
  6. redistribute any content provided by us in any manner whatsoever including by means of printed publication, fax broadcast, web pages, e-mail, web newsgroups or forums, or any other electronic or paper-based service or method, except as specifically permitted in writing by Black Lantern Studios, Inc.;
  7. intentionally alter the format in which financial data is provided by us or otherwise circumvent our regular interfaces to such data; and

By uploading, posting or otherwise transmitting through or to our website any content, you grant to us, our successors and assigns, a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty free, perpetual, non-revocable license to use or distribute such content in any manner otherwise than as stated in our Privacy Policy.

Links or pointers to other websites and references to products and services offered by third parties are provided to you for convenience only and do not constitute an endorsement or approval by us of (i) the organizations that operate such websites; (ii) the content, privacy policies or other terms of use on such websites; or (iii) such third party products and services. As we have no control or responsibility over websites or content maintained by other organizations, or for products and services offered by third parties, we do not assume any liability for your use of any of the foregoing, which use you acknowledge and agree shall be at your own risk.

Black Lantern Studios, BLS and the Black Lantern Studios Logo and other identifying marks of Black Lantern Studios, Inc. are and shall remain the trade-marks and trade names and exclusive property of Black Lantern Studios, Inc., and any unauthorized use of these marks is unlawful. Other trade-marks on this website are the property of their respective owners. All content on this website, including without limitation all programs, complied binaries, interface layout, interface text, documentation and graphics, is the copyrighted property of Black Lantern Studios, Inc. and is protected by international copyright law. The content on this website may be used by you only for your personal, non-commercial use as provided for in these Terms of Use, but may not be taken out of context or presented in a misleading or discriminatory manner. Any rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by us.

Our policy is to comply with all intellectual property laws and to act expeditiously upon receiving any notice of claimed infringement. If you believe that your work has been reproduced on this website in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide a notice of copyright infringement containing all of the following information:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner for the purposes of the complaint.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
  3. Identification of the material on our website that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity.
  4. The address, telephone number or e-mail address of the complaining party.
  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, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice of copyright infringement is accurate, and that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the right that is allegedly infringed.

All notices of copyright infringement should be sent to:
Black Lantern Studios, Inc.
318 Park Central East Suite 500
Springfield, MO
65807

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable in any respect by any court having competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect. No waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such provision or any other provision of these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri and the laws of the United States of America applicable therein, without regard to conflict of laws provisions thereto. The parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of, and venue and situs in, Springfield, Missouri.