ADMIN
Comments & Suggestions
TGR welcomes thoughtful, intelligent, and relevant comments and suggestions. Suggestions for improvements are also welcome, but only insofar as they pertain to content, interface, site organization, or features. Stupid, venal, vulgar, or vapid comments will be ignored and the sender’s e-mail address will be permanently added to a twit-filter.
Complaints
TGR is a private press, by means of which its owner is exercising the God-given, U.S. Constitution-guaranteed right to express opinions and views about any topic, without regard to the feelings, concerns, opinions, race, gender, ethnicity, or interests of any other person. Simply put, if anyone is offended by anything posted or published here, he or she should just stop reading and go away. There is no alternative except in the case of a factual error, which will be corrected as soon as the error is pointed out and validated.
Postings of Articles Written by Non-Affiliated Authors
TGR occasionally will publish or post articles, essays, and commentaries written and offered by the lawful copyright holder for publication or posting on TGR. As a private press, TGR is not required to provide “equal time” or “equal access” to any person, organization, or agency for any reason whatsoever. Writers and artists may ask to have their work published on TGR, but the owner of this site is the sole arbiter of all decisions regarding the publication or posting of any item.
LEGAL
Definitions
The following terms and definitions apply to The Grand Retort website:
Website or Site. The electronic files, document, images, and other materials that make up a discrete publication available or accessible via the Internet.
Content. Any document, image, or multi-media item that is available on this website, including all program code, images, and text related to the design and display of this website.
The Grand Retort. This website and all of its content.
Visitor. Any person who navigates to this website using an internet client (e.g., a browser like Internet Explorer), or who obtains content from this website using “foraging” or “harvesting” tools (e.g., an RSS reader like FeedDemon).
Original Content. Content created or owned by the person who publishes that content on this website.
Non-Original Content. Content not created or owned by the person who publishes that content on this website.
Publish. To make original content available on this website.
Post (re-publish). To make non-original content available on this website.
Terms of Use. The rules all visitors to this site agree to.
Terms Of Use
The Grand Retort website (sometimes referred to as TGR) is intended for use only by natural or legal persons or legal entities. Access to and use of this website is without exception subject to the conditions described in this and the following paragraphs. BY VIEWING TGR CONTENT, VISITORS TO THIS WEBSITE TACITY AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE TERMS OF USE, NOW AND AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.
Limits of Liability & Exclusive Defense
Visitors agree not to use this website or its content for any unlawful purpose. TGR shall not in any way be liable to any visitor nor to any third party for any damages resulting from or arising from the use of material presented on TGR. Visitors agree to indemnify and hold harmless TGR and its owner and assigns against all losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees resulting from a violation of any term of this Agreement. TGR reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense of any claim for which it may be entitled to indemnification under this paragraph, in which case, visitors agree to provide such cooperation as is reasonably requested.
Hyperlinks
TGR contains hypertext links or references to other websites. Insofar as possible, every effort is made to ensure that web links are labeled in a way that adequately alerts the visitor to the nature of the content of that site; however, links are included on TGR solely for the convenience of TGR visitors, on an as-is basis without express or implied warranties. TGR does not accept any responsibility whatsoever for inaccurate link labeling, nor for the suitability, content, or availability of websites found at those links.
Copyright, Trademark, and Other Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise noted, copyright for every item on The Grand Retort website belongs to the owner of TGR and ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED. NO RIGHTS ARE WAIVED OR ABROGATED AND NO ONE EXCEPT THE OWNER OF THIS WEBSITE MAY CONVEY ANY RIGHTS TO ANY ITEM ON THIS SITE. Further, the names The Grand Retort, Sanger Magee, SangerM, and Natches Largo; and The Grand Retort logo, the ZAP button, and all other TGR-specific images, names, and logos are unregistered Trade- or Service-marks belonging to the owner of this website. Sanger Magee and Natches Largo are pseudonyms used entirely for legal purposes, and other pseudonyms may be used from time to time for similar purposes. All other product and service names mentioned on this website are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Unless otherwise noted, all original written content on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Images displayed on this website are NOT licensed under the creative commons license, and permission to use images found here in a way other than as described in applicable U.S. Fair Use Regulations and Laws is expressly forbidden. Where a conflict might arise between the Creative Commons License and this document, in all cases the document which retains the greatest control over copyrighted items takes precedence.
Regarding original written content: At all times, even under Creative Commons License, editorial integrity of materials must be preserved when reprinting or redistributing TGR content. In other words, if any TGR item or excerpt is used, it must not be edited in such a way as to alter the message or otherwise misrepresent the facts or opinions expressed in the original. Crediting the original creator is not always mandatory, but it is requested.
Copyright and Use of Materials Not Owned by TGR
TGR respects the copyright of others, and visitors to this site agree to do so as well. TGR cannot grant permission to copy, distribute, display or use any material appearing on this site, or any material to which TGR links that is owned or copyrighted by others, including video or audio clips, documents, articles, photographs or images. Only the person or agency that holds copyright can grant permission to use any item. In all cases, as much care as possible has been taken to ensure that all content used on this site is legally available for use. Mistakes do sometimes happen, however; therefore, if any person believes a copyrighted work has been reproduced on TGR without authorization and wants that work removed or properly credited, that person need only send to TGR an e-mail containing verifiable proof of copyright ownership. Please use the “E-Mail Me” link at the top of this page.
Unsolicited Items Sent to TGR
Without exception, any unsolicited item sent to TGR--regardless of its format or medium--is accepted by TGR with the understanding that unless otherwise stated, that item or any part of that item may be used on this website or anywhere else, in any context, for any legal purpose, without restriction and without the need for acknowledgement or any additional communication. Additionally, only the owner of TGR may assume liability or financial responsibility for anything sent to TGR and NO COMPENSATION OF ANY KIND WILL BE OFFERED OR GIVEN unless agreed to in writing by the owner of TGR before the item is sent to TGR.
Applicable Law & Jurisdiction
Any legal claim or lawsuit pertaining to this website, its content, or its use is subject to the interpretation of the laws of the United States of America, and more specifically, to the laws of the State of Texas.
Severability
If any part or provision of these Terms Of Use shall be deemed by a legitimate and competent authority to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that part or provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and conditions, and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining part or provision, which shall remain in full force and effect.
Changes
The owner of TGR reserves the right to change, suspend, or discontinue any part of this website, including these terms, without prior announcement, at any time, for any reason.
Page Last Updated: 11/03/06
