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    This agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into by and between you and Local Republic, Inc. regarding your use of LocalRepublic.com. By using LocalRepublic.com, you are entering into this Agreement with Local Republic, Inc. and indicating that you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, please do not use the Service. Contact us if you have any questions or comments.

    1. Description of Service. LocalRepublic.com (the "Service") is a free service from Local Republic, Inc. (the "Company") that offers a set of tools designed to facilitate the discussion and resolution of real-world issues. You understand and agree that the Service is provided on an AS IS and AS AVAILABLE basis. The Company disclaims all responsibility and liability for the availability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Service. The Company also reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Service with or without notice at any time and without any liability to you.
    2. Proper Use. You agree that you will use the Service in compliance with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations. You shall not, shall not agree to, and shall not authorize or encourage any third party to: (a) use the service to harass other users; (b) prevent others from using the Service; (c) use the Service for any fraudulent or inappropriate purpose. Any violation of the above may result in immediate termination of this Agreement, and may subject you to state and federal penalties and other legal consequences. The Company reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to investigate your use of the Service in order to determine whether a violation of the Agreement has occurred or to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
    3. Personal Use. If you are a private citizen, and do not intend to represent or speak for any institution (your employer, an organization you are part of, etc.), the Service is made available to you for your personal use only. You must provide current, accurate identification, contact, and other information that may be required as part of the registration process and/or continued use of the Service. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Service password and account, and are responsible for all activities that occur thereunder. You may only display the content of the Service for your own personal use (i.e., non-commercial use) and may not otherwise copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, or publicly display any content, without the prior written permission of the Company.
    4. Institutional Use. If you are planning to use the Service to represent the views and/or speak for an institution (such as your employer, an organization you are part of, etc.), the Service is made available to you under the condition that the institution you represent on the Service has explicitly agreed to such representation. You are responsible for obtaining this consent from the appropriate authorities within your institution. Furthermore, the institution you represent is not granted the rights to copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works or publicly display any content, without the prior written permission of the Company.
    5. Rights and license for submitted content. To grow the commons of free knowledge and free culture, all users contributing to Local Republic are required to grant broad permissions to the general public to re-distribute and re-use their contributions freely, as long as the use is attributed and the same freedom to re-use and re-distribute applies to any derivative works. Therefore, for any text you hold the copyright to, by submitting it, you agree to license it under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 (Unported).
    6. Children's Online Privacy. Due to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, you must be at least thirteen (13) years of age to use this Service.
    7. User Representations and Warranties. You represent and warrant that (a) all of the information provided by you to participate in the Services is correct and current; (b) you have all necessary right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the acts required of you hereunder.
    8. Refusal of service; Termination; Suspension. The Company reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse, suspend, or terminate the Service to anyone at any time without notice for any reason.
    9. Privacy. As a condition to using the Service, you agree to the terms of the Local Republic privacy policy as it may be updated from time to time. We understand that privacy is important to you. You do, however, agree that the Company may monitor, edit or disclose your personal information, including the content of your emails, if required to do so in order to comply with any valid legal process or governmental request (such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order), or as otherwise provided in these Terms of Use and the Local Republic Privacy Policy. Personal information collected by the Company may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which the Company or its agents maintain facilities. By using the Service, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
    10. Warranty. The Company does not represent that the Service is reliable, accurate, complete, or otherwise valid. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND YOU USE THE SERVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK. LOCAL REPUBLIC, INC. EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
    11. Damages. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL LOCAL REPUBLIC, INC. BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF THE SERVICE WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL LOCAL REPUBLIC, INC. BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY AMOUNT FOR SERVICES RENDERED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.
    12. Indemnification. You agree to hold harmless and indemnify the Company, and its employees, agents and representatives, from and against any third party claim arising from or in any way related to your use of the Service, including any liability or expense arising from all claims, losses, damages (actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys' fees, of every kind and nature.
    13. Liability. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you hereby release, and waive all claims against the Company and its employees and agents from any and all liability for claims, damages (actual and consequential), costs and expenses (including litigation costs and attorneys' fees) of every kind and nature, arising out of or in any way connected with use of the Service.
    14. Modifications to the Agreement. The Company shall have the right to modify the terms of this Agreement at any time. The new agreement shall be effective immediately.
    15. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed superseded by a valid enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.
    16. Exercise. The failure of the Company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these terms and conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
    17. Choice of Law; Jurisdiction. This agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
    18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between The Company and you with respect to the subject matter hereof.