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TERMS OF USE

1. Definitions
"PopularMechanics.co.za" is the interactive
on-line service operated by Ramsay, Son & Parker
(Pty) Ltd on the World Wide Web of the Internet, consisting
of information services and content provided by PopularMechanics.co.za,
affiliates of PopularMechanics.co.za and other third
parties. "Visitor" means each person who establishes
a connection for access to and use of PopularMechanics.co.za.
2. General
2.1 By using PopularMechanics.co.za Visitor agrees
to comply with all of the terms and conditions hereof.
The right to use PopularMechanics.co.za is personal
to the Visitor and is not transferable to any other
person or entity. The Visitor is responsible for all
use of the Visitor's Account and for ensuring that all
use of Visitor's Account complies fully with the provisions
of this Agreement. Visitor shall be responsible for
protecting the confidentiality of Visitor's password(s),
if any.
2.2 PopularMechanics.co.za shall have the right
at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature
of PopularMechanics.co.za, including, but not limited
to, content, hours of availability, and equipment needed
for access or use.
3. Equipment
Visitor shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining
all telephone, computer hardware and other equipment
needed for access to and use of PopularMechanics.co.za
and all charges related thereto.
4. Visitor Conduct
4.1 Visitor shall use PopularMechanics.co.za
for lawful purposes only. Visitor shall not post or
transmit through PopularMechanics.co.za any material
which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights
of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive,
defamatory, invasive of privacy, vulgar, obscene or
profane, which encourages conduct that would constitute
a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or
otherwise violate any law, or which, without PopularMechanics.co.za's
express prior approval, contains advertising or any
solicitation with respect to products or services. Any
conduct by a Visitor that in PopularMechanics.co.za's
discretion restricts or inhibits any other Visitor from
using or enjoying PopularMechanics.co.za will not be
permitted. Visitor shall not use PopularMechanics.co.za
to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation.
4.2 PopularMechanics.co.za contains copyrighted
material, trademarks and other proprietary information,
including, but not limited to, text, software, photos,
video and graphics; the entire contents of PopularMechanics.co.za
are copyrighted as a collective work under the South
African copyright laws. PopularMechanics.co.za owns
a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement
and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content
original to it. Visitor may not modify, publish, transmit,
participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative
works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in
whole or in part. Visitor may download copyrighted material
for Visitor's personal use only. Except as otherwise
expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying,
redistribution, publication or commercial exploitation
of downloaded material will be permitted without the
express permission of PopularMechanics.co.za (email
request to webmaster@PopularMechanics.co.za)
and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted
copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted
material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution
or copyright notice shall be made. Visitor acknowledges
that it does not acquire any ownership rights by downloading
copyrighted material.
4.3 Visitor shall not upload, post or otherwise
make available on PopularMechanics.co.za any material
protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary
right without the express permission of the owner of
the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right
and the burden of determining that any material is not
protected by copyright rests with Visitor. Visitor shall
be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement
of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm
resulting from such a submission. By submitting material
to any public area of PopularMechanics.co.za, Visitor
automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of
such material has expressly granted PopularMechanics.co.za
the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive
right and license to use, reproduce, modify, publish
and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide
and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form,
media or technology now known or hereafter developed
for the full term of any copyright that may exist in
such material. Visitor also permits any other Visitor
to access, view, store or reproduce the material for
that Visitor's personal use. Visitor hereby grants PopularMechanics.co.za
the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any
material made available on PopularMechanics.co.za by
Visitor.
4.4 The foregoing provisions of Section 5 are
for the benefit of PopularMechanics.co.za, its subsidiaries,
affiliates and its third party content providers and
licensors and each shall have the right to assert and
enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf.
5. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability
5.1 Visitor expressly agrees that use of PopularMechanics.co.za
is at visitor's sole risk. Neither PopularMechanics.co.za,
its affiliates nor any of their respective employees,
agents, third party content providers or licensors warrant
that PopularMechanics.co.za will be uninterrupted or
error free; nor do they make any warranty as to the
results that may be obtained from use of PopularMechanics.co.za,
or as to the accuracy, reliability or content of any
information, service, or merchandise provided through
PopularMechanics.co.za.
5.2 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, communication line failure,
theft or destruction or unauthorised access to, alteration
of, or use of record, whether for breach of contract,
negligence, or under any other cause of action. Visitor
specifically acknowledges that PopularMechanics.co.za
is not liable for the defamatory, offensive or illegal
conduct of other visitors or third-parties and that
the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely
with the visitor.
5.3 In addition to the terms set forth above
neither, PopularMechanics.co.za, nor its affiliates,
information providers or content partners shall be liable
regardless of the cause or duration, for any errors,
inaccuracies, omissions, or other defects in the information
contained within PopularMechanics.co.za, or for any
delay or interruption in the transmission thereof to
the user, or for any claims or losses arising there
from or occasioned thereby. None of the foregoing parties
shall be liable for any third-party claims or losses
of any nature, including, but not limited to, lost profits,
punitive or consequential damages
6. Monitoring
PopularMechanics.co.za shall have the right, but not
the obligation, to monitor the content of PopularMechanics.co.za,
including chat rooms and forums, to determine compliance
with this Agreement and any operating rules established
by PopularMechanics.co.za. PopularMechanics.co.za shall
have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse
to post or remove any material submitted to or posted
on PopularMechanics.co.za.
7. Indemnification
Visitor agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless
PopularMechanics.co.za, its affiliates and their respective
directors, officers, employees and agents from and against
all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees,
arising out of the use of PopularMechanics.co.za by
the Visitor.
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