Copyright Information and Policies Regarding Infringement

In recent months, this Web site has been infringed by several individuals and companies who used our copyrighted materials without our permission. We are compelled, therefore, to state our policies regarding use of the materials on this site.

Unless otherwise stated, this Web site and all of its contents are © Geek On The Run, LLC (a New York Limited Liability Company), and are protected under the copyright laws of the United States and internationally under the provisions of the Berne Convention. All rights reserved.

By presenting information on this site, Geek On The Run, LLC does not grant you a license to any copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, or other intellectual property rights. If you wish to reprint sections of this Web site for use other than your own personal, private, non-commercial use, you must first contact us to obtain permission.

Please note that any re-distribution of the copyrighted materials on this site, even for non-commercial purposes, cannot be construed as "private" use; and therefore requires that you obtain permission in advance.

Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 501(a), "anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner as provided by sections 106 through 118, or of the author as provided in 106(a), is an infringer of the copyright or right of the author." Infringement of copyrighted material on this Web site will make you subject to injunction and/or criminal prosecution, and liable to Geek On The Run, LLC for damages, costs, and attorney's fees.

We actively search the Internet for infringements of our intellectual property, and we retain legal counsel to aggressively pursue any and all necessary civil and/or criminal remedies against parties found to be infringing on our intellectual property rights, including those aiding or abetting such infringement.

Linking to This Web Site

In general, you may link to portions of this Web site without advance permission, except as follows:

• Links to this site by sites providing "examples" or "samples" of Web sites for related businesses are strictly forbidden. Furthermore, if in the judgment of our legal counsel, such site(s) enable, aid, abet, or otherwise encourage or facilitate infringement of our intellectual property, we will initiate legal action against the owners, operators, and hosts of said site(s).

• Links to this site from sexually explicit sites or those encouraging or condoning racism, sexism, discrimination, terrorism, or other subjects which we, at our sole discretion, consider to be unwholesome or unsuitable, are forbidden.

• "Hotlinking" is forbidden and will result in clicks on such links being redirected to this page.

• Links to this site from "warez" sites, or sites facilitating "hacking," "spamming," or "cracking" are forbidden.

All such links will be disabled, and the servers upon which they are hosted will be blacklisted, upon such links coming to our attention.

Revised May 24, 2005