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These terms and conditions govern your access to and use of the Website. By accessing and using the Website you agree that you have read and accept these terms and conditions and that they shall apply to your use. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, please leave the Website.

1. Contact details

1.1
If you have any queries relating to your registration with and use of the Website, please contact us.

2. Registration

2.1
In order to register with the Website you are required to submit your first and last names, preferred user name and password. You must also give your birthdate and email address. The email address will be used to send you the password you will need to access the site.

2.2
We may suspend and/or terminate (either in whole or in part) your use of any user name, password or this Website immediately for any reason.

3. Data protection and privacy

4. Intellectual Property

4.1
All intellectual property rights in the design and layout of the Website and the material and information published on the pages of the Website, including, but not limited to, copyright and rights in registered and unregistered trade marks, are owned by thestories.net.

4.2
Save as may be incidental to you obtaining authorised access to the content on the Website, you must not reproduce, download, transmit or retransmit, manipulate or store on paper, electronic (including, but not limited to any database or any part of the Internet), CD Rom or other offline product on any other format in whole or in part the design and layout of the Website or the information or material published on the pages of it, nor hypertext or otherwise link to it, without the prior written consent of thestories.net, such permission to be given or withheld at the thestories.net's absolute discretion.

5. Disclaimer

5.1
The material and information contained on the Website is for general information only and does not constitute any form of offer for sale, advice or recommendation by thestories.net. You should not rely on the material or information on the Website as a basis for making any business, legal or other decisions. You should seek appropriate independent advice before making any such decisions.

5.2
thestories.net does not warrant or represent and excludes all warranties or representations that the material and information, including advertising material, on the Website is accurate, true or complete or that it is free of viruses or that it does not contain any material which is defamatory, obscene or illegal in any way.

5.3
In no circumstances will thestories.net be liable to you or any other third parties for any loss or damage (whether direct or indirect, including loss of profits, loss of opportunity or any consequential loss) resulting from or in any way connected with your use of the Website or its content, whether caused by negligence, misrepresentation, breach of any statutory duty, or breach of contract or otherwise. The thestories.net does not limit or exclude its liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence.

5.4
You may access other websites via hypertext links from the Website. You use such links and other websites entirely at your own risk. Such websites are provided by independent third parties and thestories.net accepts no responsibility for the availability, content or use of such websites or information contained on them.

6. Indemnity

6.1
You agree to indemnify and to keep thestories.net indemnified from and against any costs, claims, demands, expenses and liabilities suffered or incurred by thestories.net arising from or which is directly or indirectly related to your access to and/or use of the Website and/or any other person or entity's use of the Website where such person or entity was able to access the Website using your password.

7. General

7.1
thestories.net reserves the right to assign or transfer all or any of its rights and obligations under these terms and conditions to any third party. In the event of assignment or transfer, notification will either be given to you by e-mail or posted on the Website.

7.2
Failure by thestories.net to exercise or enforce any right conferred upon it shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such right nor operate so as to bar the exercise or enforcement of that or any other right on any later occasion.

7.3
thestories.net reserves the right to vary these terms and conditions from time to time. Such changes will either be notified to you by e-mail or posted on the Website. Changes in this manner shall be deemed to have been accepted if you continue to use the Website after a period of 2 (two) weeks from the date of transmission of the e-mail or of posting on the Website, whichever occurs later.

7.4
These terms are governed by and will be interpreted in accordance with German law. The German courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any claim or dispute which may arise out of or in connection with these terms and conditions.

Appendix: A Community rules

The purpose of the site is to allow you to exchange thoughts, ideas, advice and resources with other users. Any content added or submitted by you to the Community remains your intellectual property. By adding or submitting content to the Community you grant thestories.net an unrestricted worldwide licence to publish the material on this website.

When using the Community please ensure that:

• when you post a message, you are concise, civil, tasteful and relevant
• your posts and responses are concerned with requesting and offering helpful advice, commenting on current practice issues, and sharing information and experience on relevant professional subjects
• you are careful when using ambiguous language or humour that may inadvertently offend
• you are patient and supportive of other users
• you do not make unwarranted criticism, abusive or libellous comments about other people or organisations, commercial or non-commercial
• you do not advertise your services, or the services of any company or organisation with which you are associated
• you do not include any personal contact information (e.g. telephone, email, company) within the body of your posting.
• you do not distribute text or graphics that are copyright protected unless you have clear permission to do so
• if you quote a book, journal, web site or other reference please clearly state your source
• when adding attachments to a post you state in your message which software application is needed to view the file. Note that the maximum size allowed by our systems is 2mb
• you are reminded that your use of this Community is subject to the site [Terms and Conditions]. Please read the Disclaimer below before participating in the Community.

If you feel that any behaviour in the Community is unacceptable for any reason, contact a moderator privately by writing on her/his guestbook to raise your concerns.

Disclaimer:

thestories.net endeavours to ensure that the information it provides through its website is accurate and accepts no liability for any errors and omissions, or misuse of copyright or personal information in breach of the above rules.

thestories.net does not accept any liability for views, opinions or advice expressed by users contributing to the Community on the website, which are those of the users and are not necessarily shared by thestories.net. It reserves the right to remove content and postings which in thestories.net's opinion do not observe the Community guidelines and/or to prevent persistent abusers from adding further contributions.

thestories.net Terms and Conditions of use
October 2005