Terms of use…

By reading, linking to, quoting, printing out, or in any way making use of my weblog’s content in any means, place, or forum, you agree to the following:

1. All original content of Basement51.com is copyrighted by Basement51′s owner, and is not to be used without permission except as provided herein. Basement51.com, Basement51, are trademarks belonging to the owner of this website. In using Basement51.com you recognize that Basement51.com is primarily a guide to content on the internet by the owner, that all content is provided on an as-is basis, and that no factual statement on this site should be relied upon without further investigation on your part sufficient to satisfy you in your independent judgment that it is true. These terms of use are subject to change, and should be reviewed regularly.

2. Permission is granted to read, quote, cite, link to, print out or otherwise use Basement51.com content, so long as you comply with the terms below.

A. All quotations from Basement51.com will include credit to Basement51.com or to the owner of this website, “Mr. Johnson”, and, wherever practicable, a hyperlink of the form http://www.Basement51.com … to the site.

B. In exchange for the access to Basement51 content described above, you agree not to sue Basement51 for its content, whether original or linked or quoted from another source, in any court, on any grounds whatsoever in law or equity. Should you violate this agreement by filing such a lawsuit, you agree to pay Basement51′s owner or owners the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) as liquidated damages, in addition to all attorney’s fees, court costs, and other expenses associated with this litigation, and to indemnify and save harmless Basement51 and its owners from any damage award made against them in such an action. Should this agreement not to sue be held unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, you agree to binding arbitration, with all arbitration expenses to be paid by you. The arbitration panel shall be composed of three (3) weblog operators selected by Basement51′s owners or operators from those in the links list on the Basement51 site. The award in such arbitration shall be limited to (1) a monetary sum not to exceed $10; and (2) the publication of a retraction on the Basement51 site. Should this arbitration provision be held uneforceable in a court of competent jurisdiction, you agree to accept as liquidated damages in any lawsuit against Basement51 the sum of ten dollars ($10), and you agree that you will be entitled to no other relief of any kind in law or equity. You agree that all disputes concerning these terms of use or the content of www.Basement51.com are to be resolved in the courts of Prince Georges County, Maryland, under the laws of Maryalnd and the United States of America.

C. You agree that efforts to obtain Basement51 content in violation or circumvention of these terms of use constitute a violation of Basement51′s copyright and you understand and agree that (1) by virtue of this agreement you are estopped from arguing otherwise: and (2) such violations may lead to civil or criminal penalties.

D. If you are a corporation, you agree to provide, upon the filing of any lawsuit or the mailing of any letter threatening legal action, a bond in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) as security against the liquidated damages provided for in paragraph 2.B. above. If you are an attorney or law firm representing a party filing such lawsuit or causing such a letter to be sent, you agree to provide a bond in the same amount as security against the liquidated damages provided for in paragraph 2.B. above unless you have never accessed, viewed, read, or otherwise made use of Basement51 content in any form.

3. If you do not agree to these terms of use, exit the site immediately, destroy all copies of Basement51 content remaining in any form on your computer, any other computer or network device under your control, in print form, or on any information storage or retrieval device that you possess or control. Then execute the following affidavit and send it by certified mail to Basement51.Com, Legal Department, P.O. 3262 Superior Ln #265, Bowie, MD 20715:

Affidavit
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that I possess no copies of the Basement51 website in any form whatsoever; that neither I nor any employee or associate will access that site in the future in any form whatsoever; that I will immediately destroy any copies of Basement51 content that happen to come into my possession. I understand that action contrary to these statements constitutes both perjury and a violation of the Basement51.com Terms of Use, subjecting me to possible civil and criminal liability.

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Signed (include date)

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Witnessed (notary)
Notary Seal:
My commission expires: ______________

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