Terms & Conditions

2. Use of the Website – Permissions and Restrictions

• Use the Site exclusively for lawful purposes. The content is protected by copyright under United States and foreign laws and contains trademarks and other proprietary information owned by Rivertel or its licensors. Any use of the content not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a violation and may infringe upon copyright, trademark, and other laws. Content and features may change or terminate without notice. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to Rivertel and its licensors. You do not acquire ownership rights by accessing or using the Site or the content. Unless expressly stated in these Terms of Use, you may not modify, publish, transmit, display, create derivative works, or exploit the content in any way.
• Do not alter or modify any part of the Site.
• Special rules for using certain software and other items provided on the Site may be found elsewhere within the Site and are incorporated into these Terms of Use.
• Do not use the Site for commercial purposes without prior written authorization from Rivertel.
• Do not use or deploy automated systems (e.g., “robots,” “spiders,” or “offline readers”) to access, monitor, or copy any content or information on the Site. Do not upload, post, email, or transmit any material containing software viruses or other computer code intended to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment associated with the Site. Do not interfere with the servers or networks connected to the Site or violate any procedures, policies, or regulations of connected networks. Do not collect or harvest any personally identifiable information from the Site or use the Site’s communication systems for commercial solicitation. Do not solicit users of the Site for commercial purposes. Conduct that restricts or inhibits another user’s enjoyment of the Site is not permitted.
• Comply with these Terms of Use, as well as applicable local, national, and international laws and regulations. Do not post or transmit unlawful, threatening, abusive, fraudulent, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, or otherwise objectionable material that encourages criminal conduct or civil liability.
• Do not upload, post, or make available any material protected by copyright, trademark, or other third-party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, without the express permission of the owner of such rights. You are solely liable for any harm resulting from any copyright or proprietary rights infringement.
• Do not impersonate any other person or engage in offensive behavior while using the Site. Rivertel may reject any User Submissions (defined below) at its sole discretion, including content with vulgarity or other offensive material, or content protected by third-party proprietary rights such as copyright, trademark, or publicity rights.
• Understand that Rivertel, if it accepts a User Submission, may feature that User Submission on the Site for a duration determined by Rivertel’s sole discretion. Rivertel also reserves the right to edit User Submissions.
• Acknowledge that Rivertel has the right, though not the obligation, to monitor the Site’s content and remove any material that Rivertel, in its sole discretion, deems in violation of these Terms of Use or otherwise objectionable.
• Rivertel reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of the Site at any time.