MediaBrains Business Chatter Guidelines

Business Chatter is a free service from MediaBrains that allows our users to share industry news, business trends and details about featured companies within our directory network. By submitting a Business Chatter post, you agree to the following guidelines:

• You may not write anything obscene, abusive, profane, threatening, hateful, racist, ethnically offensive, personally defamatory, libelous, or slanderous.
• Do not use any words, logos, or other marks that would infringe on any trademark, service mark, or other intellectual property rights of the owners of such marks without the permission of such owners.
• Do not post trade secret or confidential information of others, or any information that would infringe upon the proprietary, privacy, or personal rights of others.
• You may not impersonate others through Business Chatter that is intended to or misleads or confuses others.
• You may use Business Chatter to promote your lawful products or services that are not otherwise prohibited by our Terms of Use, however, we do not allow pages that have the primary purpose of redirecting visitors, acting as a bridge page, or driving traffic to another website.
• We do not allow spamming or the transmission of malware and viruses or anything that might disrupt Business Chatter or harm our users. Spam includes, but is not limited to, sites that fail to meet MediaBrains’ quality guidelines due to the use or promotion of such techniques as cloaking, keyword stuffing, search engine spamming, and doorway or bridge pages.
• MediaBrains reserves the right to edit and/or reject any post.
• MediaBrains reserves the right to remove any participant from Business Chatter at any time, for any reason, with or without prior notice to the participant.
• MediaBrains accepts no responsibility for the opinions and information posted on Business Chatter by others.
• MediaBrains disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on Business Chatter, whether posted by MediaBrains or others; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability, title, or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall MediaBrains be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages, or damages of any kind whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on Business Chatter. By posting material to Business Chatter, you agree to indemnify and hold MediaBrains and its affiliates, officers, agents, and employees harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any party due to or arising from your use of or posting on Business Chatter.
• By posting material to Business Chatter, you warrant and represent that you own the copyright with respect to the material posted, or that your use of the material constitutes fair use, or you have received permission from the copyright owner, or that the material is in the public domain. You further warrant and represent that you have the full and unencumbered right to post such material and that such posting will not infringe any rights or interests of others.
• By posting material to Business Chatter, you grant MediaBrains a non-exclusive, irrevocable license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and otherwise use such information or material in any manner, without payment to you.

If you believe that someone is violating our Business Chatter guidelines or Terms of Use, please contact us at [email protected].