The North County News website (the "Site") is owned and operated by Northern Tier Publishing ("we" or "us"). In using this Site, you agree to be bound by our Terms of Service and to use the Site in accordance with these Terms of Service, as well as any additional terms and conditions that may apply to specific sections of the Site, or to products and services available through the Site.


Accessing the Site, in any manner, automated or otherwise, qualifies as use of the Site and constitutes your agreement to be bound by these Terms of Service. We reserve the right to change Terms of Service or impose new conditions for use of the Site at our discretion, at which time we will post modified Terms of Service on the Site. By continuing to use the Site after we post any changes, you implicitly agree to the new Terms of Service.

Intellectual Property Rights

Definition of Limited License:

This Site and all content that is part of the Site are exclusive property of Yorktown PennySaver Media Group, Northern Tier Publishing, North County News, NCNlocal.com and/or all of the above’s affiliates and/or licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. The Site is provided only for your personal, non-commercial use. You are prohibited from using the Site or the materials available on the Site in any way that infringes on our rights or in any way that has not been expressly authorized by us in writing.

Unless explicitly authorized in these Terms of Service or by the owner of the materials, you do not have permission to modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium (including by email or other electronic means) any material from the Site.

You are permitted, on occasion but not on a regular basis, to download and/or print only one copy of individual pages of the Site for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices and do not misrepresent said material as your own work or display your name above, within or below it..

Information on how to request permission to reproduce or distribute materials from the Site can be found here and must include your explicit, documented agreement that:  (i) credit must be given to North County News; (ii) North County News must receive notice directly from the user that a copy is being made; and (iii) the number of copies is limited to 1(one) per each person requesting and receiving permission.

Your License to Us:

By posting or submitting any material (including photos, videos and all other images and written words) to us via the Site, you are representing that: (i) you own the material, or are making your posting or submission with the express consent of the owner of the material; and (ii) you are 13 (thirteen) years of age or older.

When you submit or post any material, you are granting our Companies, and anyone authorized by our Companies, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, transmit, sell, exploit, create derivative works from, distribute, and/or publicly perform or display such material, in whole or in part, in any manner or medium, now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose.

The foregoing permission includes the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such posting or submission, including, but not limited to, rights under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction. In conjunction with exercise of such rights, you grant us, and anyone authorized by us, the right to identify you as the author of any of your postings or submissions by name, email address and/or screen name, as we deem appropriate.


Limitations on Linking and Framing.

You may establish a hypertext link to the Site provided the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by us or by the Site. You expressly are not allowed, without our prior written permission, to frame or link inline any content of the Site, or incorporate into another website or other service any of our material, content or intellectual property.
Notice of Copyright Infringement.

If you are a copyright owner who believes your copyrighted material has been reproduced, posted or distributed via the Site in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please inform our designated copyright agent by sending written notice by U.S. Mail to North County News, 1520 Front Street, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, Attn: Publisher, or by email to editor@NCNlocal.com. Please include the following information in your written notice: (1) a detailed description of the copyrighted work that is allegedly infringed upon; (2) a description of the location of the allegedly infringing material on the Site; (3) your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and, if available, email address; (4) a statement by you indicating that you have a good-faith belief that the allegedly infringing use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (5) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, affirming that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf; and (6) an electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or someone authorized on the owner’s behalf to assert infringement of copyright and to submit the statement. Please note the contact information provided in this paragraph is for suspected copyright infringement only. Contact information for other matters is provided elsewhere in this document or on the Site.

Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall we, our subsidiary and parent companies or affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the site, including its materials, products, or services, or third-party materials, products, or services made available through the site, even if we are advised beforehand of the possibility of such damages. (Certain states in the U.S. do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain categories of damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you. In those areas, our liability and the liability of our subsidiary and parent companies or affiliates is limited to the fullest extent permitted by state law.) You acknowledge and agree we are not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user. If you are dissatisfied with the Site, any materials, products, or services on the site, or with any of the site’s terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.

Interactive Features

This Site may include a variety of features, such as bulletin boards, web logs, chat rooms, and email services, which allow feedback to us and real-time interaction between users, and other features, such as personalized home pages and email services, which allow users to communicate with others. Responsibility for what is posted on bulletin boards, web logs, chat rooms, and other public posting areas on the Site, or sent via any email services on the Site, lies with each user – you alone are responsible for the material you post or send. We do not control the messages, information or files that you or others may provide through the Site. It is a condition of your use of the Site that you do not:

• Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site.
• Use the Site to impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
• Interfere with or disrupt any servers or networks used to provide the Site or its features, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of the networks we use to provide the Site.
• Use the Site to instigate or encourage others to commit illegal activities or cause injury or property damage to any person.
• Gain unauthorized access to the Site, or any account, computer system, or network connected to this Site, by means such as hacking, password mining or other illicit means.
• Obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through this Site.
• Use the Site to post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law.
• Use the Site to post or transmit any information, software or other material that violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including material that is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or rights holder.
• Use the Site to post or transmit any information, software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component.
• Use the Site to post, transmit or in any way exploit any information, software or other material for commercial purposes, or that contains advertising.
• Use the Site to advertise or solicit to anyone to buy or sell products or services, or to make donations of any kind, without our express written approval.
• Gather for marketing purposes any email addresses or other personal information that has been posted by other users of the Site.

You understand that we have no obligation to monitor any bulletin boards, chat rooms, web logs, or other areas of the Site through which users can supply information or material. However, we reserve the right at all times to disclose any information we believe necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in our sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of these Terms of Service. We also reserve the right to deny access to the Site or any features of the Site to anyone who violates these Terms of Service or who, in our sole judgment, interferes with the ability of others to enjoy our website or infringes the rights of others.

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