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Terms of Use

Welcome to blogs, sites and services provided by Paternity Pains LLC  (PaternityPains.com). You may not use our Services unless you agree to abide by the terms set out below.

BY USING OR BY SIGNING UP TO USE ANY OF OUR SERVICES:

  • You signify that you agree to these Terms and Conditions ("Terms of Use");
  • You consent to the information practices of the Paternity Pains LLC Privacy Policy; and
  • You agree to receive notices and terms from us electronically.
If you do not agree, do not use our Services.
The purpose of Paternity Pains LLC is to inform, entertain and support fathers-to-be and existing fathers through our interactive forums on the Internet. These Terms of Use will be updated periodically without notice. Set out below are issues of which you should be aware before using the Paternity Pains LLC website, and any parts or sections thereof including but not limited to Paternity Pains LLC web content, message boards, vendor contact forms, member profile information, member-personalized databases and information, folders, posts,
messages, photos, blogs, and graphics. You understand and agree that our Site is provided "AS-IS" and that Paternity Pains LLC assumes no responsibility for your ability to (or any costs or fees associated with your ability to) obtain access to our Site. Nor does Paternity Pains LLC assume any liability for the failure to store or maintain any user communications or personal settings.

I  In consideration of your visiting and using our Site, you represent that you are able to form a binding contract. You also agree that any information you provide about yourself is accurate and complete at the time provided. You agree to update any information provided to Paternity Pains LLC in a timely fashion. Failure accurately and completely to so provide and update are reasonable grounds for Paternity Pains LLC to suspend or terminate your account and refuseservice in the future.
 
II. Paternity Pains LLC is concerned about the safety and privacy of all its fathers-to-be, existing fathers and other users including mothers-to-be, existing mothers and children. Remember that PaternityPains.com is designed to inform, entertain and support fathers-to-be, existing fathers and their families, and as a result, audience prone to vulnerability. Accordingly, it is the responsibility of legal guardians to determine whether any parts of our Site are appropriate for children.
 
III. Information and data provided by you are subject to our Privacy Policy. This policy, as updated periodically, may be found at www.paternitypains.com/privacypolicy.html
 
IV. Certain names, logos, and/or phrases in our Site may constitute trademarks an/or copyrights of Paternity Pains LLC or its clients. The mark "Paternity Pains" and the contents of this Site belong to Paternity Pains LLC. Reproduction in whole or in part is strictly prohibited without the expressly written permission of Paternity Pains LLC.

V. All the writing in our Site is the copyrighted property of Paternity Pains LLC and is protected as such. Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

  • You may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only
  • You may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material
VI. This copyright extends from original Paternity Pains material, to the raw compilations of posts in our folders to any edited and filtered compilations of posts that we may sell and distribute. The right to download and store or output the materials found on Paternity Pains LLC is granted for viewing use only. Materials may not be reproduced in any form. Any reproduction or editing by any means mechanical or electronic without the explicit written
permission of Paternity Pains LLC is expressly prohibited. Paternity Pains LLC reserves the right to republish any material contributed by our readers. By posting a message, the subscriber expressly grants the right to Paternity Pains LLC to republish or sell the message as part of any edited compilation. Material that is copyright protected may not be submitted without permission from the copyright owner. You are responsible for the material you
submit to Paternity Pains LLC, including taste, reliability, originality and copyright. Author(s) may be held legally responsible for copyright infringement, defamation or invasion of privacy, as well as any damages arising out of actions resulting from materials submitted by you and posted by Paternity Pains LLC. You are responsible for ensuring that your message or posting does not violate any extant copyrights. If you believe that your copyrighted
material has been posted to Paternity Pains LLC without permission, please contact us immediately regarding its removal. Paternity Pains LLC will have a nonexclusive global license to publish the content submitted by users and contributors within Paternity Pains LLC. Paternity Pains LLC will also have global nonexclusive adaptation and resale rights over any content and material submitted by users and contributors within Paternity Pains LLC's Sites. These nonexclusive publishing license and resale or adaptation rights extend to any materials submitted "for publication" within Paternity Pains LLC, including both message board postings and content submitted to Paternity Pains LLC for uploading and subsequent publishing within non-message board parts of the site. Paternity Pains LLC is not and will not be responsible for any misleading, false, or otherwise injurious information and advice communicated in our Site or for any results obtained from the use of such information or advice. Paternity Pains LLC will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by a user through the user's reliance on information and advice gained in this Site.

VII. Given the interactive nature of the forums, Paternity Pains LLC and our users will generate content in the forums. We can control our contributions; however, we are not able to edit and ensure the accuracy of the content generated by our users, many of whom use anonymous screen names and with whom we have no official relationship. Therefore, users of  PaternityPains.com should handle the information generated by fellow users with common sense caution. Advice on PaternityPains.com is not to be treated as anything higher, users should consider any information and advice given by other users as a starting point for their own research. Paternity Pains LLC cannot guarantee the accuracy, efficacy, or veracity of any information provided within PaternityPains.com?s galleries, blogs, and forums.

VIII. Paternity Pains LLC does not guarantee that all content and materials that appear on PaternityPains.com does not infringe on any registered or non-registered copyrights.

IX. The Information and services provided by Paternity Pains LLC are intended for informative purposes only. Such information and services are not intended to, and do not, constitute medical or healthcare advice/diagnosis and may not be relied upon for such purposes. ALWAYS CONSULT WITH A QUALIFIED PHYSICIAN ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES, BEFORE STARTING ANY TREATMENT, MEDICAL OR OTHERWISE. NO PARTY GIVING INFORMATION OR SERVICES ON PATERNITYPAINS.COM IS PROVIDING A PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OR SERVICE.

X. You may use our Services for lawful purposes only. You may not engage in any conduct that:

a) Violates or infringes the rights of others including, without limitation, patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, publicity or other proprietary rights;
b) Is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, obscene, pornographic, invasive of another?s privacy, tortious, or contains explicit or graphic descriptions, or accounts of, sexual acts;
c) Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on account of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
d) Impersonates any person, licensed professional, business or entity,including our employees and agents;
e) Contains viruses or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of a computer or computer network;
f) Online vandalism i.e. using abusive language and repeatedly hitting the return key in the chat room, or otherwise acting in a manner that negatively affects the ability to engage in real time exchanges;
g) Posting, providing, transmitting, or otherwise making available any information (such as inside, proprietary or confidential information) that you do not have a right to make available due to contract, fiduciary duty, or operation of law
h) Collecting, storing, or posting of personal data about or of other community members
i) Encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, or that creates civil liability;
j) Offers, promotes or encourages betting or wagering prohibited by law;
k) Violates these Terms of Use, guidelines or any policy posted on our services;
l) Interferes with the use of our Services by others;
m)Causes damage or impairs our servers or network;
n) Interferes with any other party?s use and enjoyment of our Services; or
o) Attempts to gain unauthorized access to our services, user accounts, computer systems or networks. We may take any legal, disciplinary and technical remedies to prevent the violation of these Terms of Use.

XI. Paternity Pains LLC reserves the right from time to time to make modifications and changes to the Site. These modifications and changes may include, but are not limited to, discontinuing, temporarily or permanently, any service offered by, or through PaternityPains.com (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Paternity Pains LLC shall not be liable to you or to any other party for any changes and modifications to our Site.

International Use
XII. We make no representation that content on the Site is appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States, and accessing it from territories where the Content is illegal is prohibited. If you choose to access a Service from a location outside the U.S., you do so on your own initiative and you are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Termination
XIII. Your right to use our Services automatically terminates if you violate these Terms of Use or any rules posted. We also reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or part of our Services, for any reason, with or without notice.
Paternity Pains LLC shall not be liable to you or any other party for the termination of your access to our Site or the purging of any material.

XIV. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT: PATERNITY PAINS LLC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND  NON-INFRINGEMENT.
XV. PATERNITY PAINS LLC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT:
(i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET ANY OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS;
(ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED, OR FREE FROM ERROR OR OMISSION;
(iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF ANY SERVICE IN OUR SITE WILL BE USEFUL, ACCURATE OR RELIABLE;
(iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICES OFFERED IN OUR SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE OPERATION OF THE SITE INCLUDING THE OPERATION OF ANY SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED;
XVI. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF ANY SERVICE IN OUR SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK AND YOU WILL BE  SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM (OR ANY COMPONENT CONNECTED TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM) OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD (INTENTIONAL OR OTHERWISE) OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL;
XVII. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM PATERNITY PAINS LLC OR FROM ANY SERVICE PROVIDED ON OUR SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF USE.
XVIII. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT PATERNITY PAINS LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL AND REPUTATION, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES. THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY APPLIES EVEN IF PATERNITY PAINS LLC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.