Terms of Use
TERMS OF USE
These Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, as each is amended from time to time, apply to you when you view, access or otherwise use any materials or pages hosted in the lsc.gov domain (our “Website”). By accessing or using this Website, you are acknowledging that you have read, understand, and agree without limitation or qualification to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, you do not have the right to access or otherwise use this Website and, accordingly, you should not do so.
1. Modifications of Terms of Use
Legal Services Corporation reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time, and you agree that each visit to this Website shall be subject to the current Terms of Use. Accordingly, you should check these Terms of Use periodically for changes prior to using this Website.
2. Intellectual Property Rights
This Website is owned and operated by Legal Services Corporation. Legal Services Corporation is the owner of the compilation of data, images, software, documentation, text, audio and audio-visual materials and other intellectual property hosted on this Website.
Legal Services Corporation does not necessarily own each component of the content on its Website. Legal Services Corporation may own some content. Other content may be owned by third-party rights owners (i.e., individuals or organizations not affiliated with Legal Services Corporation), and Legal Services Corporation has secured permission from the owner to use the content. In other instances, content may be in the public domain, or Legal Services Corporation relies on fair use of content. Legal Services Corporation does not warrant that use of any content displayed on its Website will not infringe the rights of third parties. Content under copyright held by a third party may be subject to additional intellectual property notices, information or restrictions. Users are responsible for reviewing the applicable content to identify third-party material.
3. User Licenses - Non-Data Content
This Website is managed by the Legal Services Corporation. Unless otherwise noted, the content on this Website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ).
Content licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license allows a user to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. Legal Services Corporation cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made when using content licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. If you remix, transform or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
4. User Licenses – Data
Unless otherwise noted, the data on LSC’s website is made available with a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication CC0 1.0 Universal, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal Services Corporation waives all rights to the data worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the data, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
While not required, we ask that you give proper credit when using data from LSC’s Website in your own work.
5. Disclaimer and Warranty
Neither Legal Services Corporation nor any person or entity involved in creating, producing or distributing any content or services contained on this Website, nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, makes any warranty whatsoever, including without limitation that the Website will be uninterrupted or error free; nor do they make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from use of the Website or as to the accuracy, reliability, quality or content of any information, service or product provided on or through the Website.
The site is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, security, accuracy and non-infringement, other than those warranties which are incapable of exclusion, restriction or modification under the laws applicable to these Terms of Use. Use of this Website is at your own risk. You assume full responsibility and risk of loss resulting from your downloading and/or use of files, data, information, other communications, content or services accessed through or obtained by means of this Website.
To the extent permitted by law, Legal Services Corporation, its affiliates, and any person or entity involved in creating, producing or distributing any content contained on this Website, and any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents, will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages of any kind arising out of or related to the use of or inability to use this Website, or the breach of any representation or warranty, whether as a breach of contract, tortious behavior, negligence or any other cause of action, even if Legal Services Corporation has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
6. Accuracy of Information and Links to Other Websites and/or Materials
Links may appear on this Website that may be used to link to third party website(s) (“Linked Websites”). These links are provided solely as a courtesy to our Website visitors. We have no control over the linked sites or the materials, information, goods or services available or contained on these Linked Sites. Legal Services Corporation is not responsible for and does not endorse or warrant in any way any materials, information, goods or services available through Linked Websites or any privacy or other practices of such Linked Websites. If you decide to access any of the Linked Websites, you do so entirely at your own risk. We reserve the right to add, change, decline or remove any link at any time.
7. User Content
Subject to our Privacy Policy, all content that you post on the Site will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary to you and may be viewed by you and/or other users of the Website. Although Legal Services Corporation may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Website, Legal Services Corporation is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the Website. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. Legal Services Corporation will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Legal Services Corporation to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.
You hereby grant to Legal Services Corporation a royalty-free, unrestricted, world-wide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, and fully transferable, assignable, sub-licensable right and license to reproduce, distribute, modify, copy, publish, display, transmit, adapt, upload, create derivative works of, or post any content posted by you on the Website (in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed for any purpose.
8. Trademarks
Legal Services Corporation, and associated trademarks, servicemarks, logos and design elements are owned by Legal Services Corporation. All rights reserved. Nothing contained herein should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademarks, service marks, logos or design elements displayed in this Website, except to provide attribution as specified herein, without the express written permission of Legal Services Corporation or any third party that may own such marks displayed.
9. Copyright Claims
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that materials posted on this Page infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send us a notice requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked. The notice must include the following information:
- a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or if multiple copyrighted works located on the Page are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works);
- identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow LSC to locate the material on the Page;
- the name, address, telephone number and email address (if available) of the complaining party;
- 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; and
- a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed by LSC against you, the DMCA permits you to send LSC a counter-notice. Notices and counter-notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA; see https://www.copyright.gov/ for details. Notices and counter-notices with respect to the Page should be sent to:
We suggest that you consult your legal advisor before filing a notice or counter-notice. Also, be aware that there can be penalties for false claims under the DMCA. Please note that the above name/address is for notifications of claimed copyright infringement only.
10. Governing Law
These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia and of the United States of America without regard to conflict of laws provisions. You and Legal Services Corporation agree that any legal or equitable claim or dispute relating to these Terms of Use shall be exclusively brought in the appropriate state or federal court in the District of Columbia and you agree to submit to personal jurisdiction in District of Columbia.
11. Complete Agreement
These Terms of Use, together with our Privacy Policy, form the complete and exclusive agreement between you and Legal Services Corporation, and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous proposals, oral or written, understandings, representations, conditions, warranties, and all other communications between you and Legal Services Corporation relating to the use of the Website. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Terms of Use. If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding about these Terms of Use and/or the Website, please contact us.
