Terms & Conditions

Terms and Conditions: Joy of the Game, LLC ("Joy of the Game") offers and provides the web pages available at this Joy of the Game web site ("Joy of the Game Website") only on the terms and conditions set forth herein. Please read these terms and conditions of use carefully. By making use of the Joy of the Game Website, you signify your agreement to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use or access this Joy of the Game Website.

The Internet and this Joy of the Game Website are constantly evolving. Joy of the Game reserves the right to at any time change or modify these Terms and Conditions or to impose new conditions with respect to your use of this Joy of the Game Website. Joy of the Game shall also have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect of or feature of this Joy of the Game Website, including but not limited to content, functionality, and equipment needed for access or use. Such changes, modifications, or additions shall be effective immediately upon their implementation or posting. Your continuing use of this Joy of the Game Website constitutes your acceptance of any such changes or updates.

Copyrights and Trademarks: All of the information on this Joy of the Game Website, including but not limited to all text, graphics, software applications, programming, and photographs (collectively, "Content"), and all rights in the web pages and the screen displays are the sole property of Joy of the Game and its licensors, as applicable. You may view, print and use the Content solely for your personal or internal business purposes. Except with prior written authorization from Joy of the Game, no Content may be copied, reproduced, downloaded, uploaded, displayed, sold, posted, distributed, incorporated into another work, used to create a derivative work, or otherwise exploited in any way, except that limited reproduction is permitted for your personal or internal business use. In no event may you remove any copyright or other proprietary notices or legends appearing on this Joy of the Game Website.

"Joy of the Game" and "Rising Stars" (and design) and the other trademarks, service marks, logos and URLs (collectively, the "Trademarks") displayed on the Joy of the Game Website are the registered and unregistered trademarks of Joy of the Game and other third parties. Nothing contained on this Joy of the Game Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on this site without the written permission of Joy of the Game or such third party that owns the Trademark.

Hyperlinks: This Joy of the Game Website may be linked to other web sites which are not maintained by Joy of the Game. Joy of the Game is not responsible for the content of these sites. The inclusion of any link to such web sites does not imply approval of or endorsement by Joy of the Game of the sites or the content thereof. You may establish a hypertext link to this Joy of the Game Website, provided (a) you only link to the home page located at http://www.joyofthegame.com, (b) the link does not state or imply any endorsement or sponsorship of you, your company, or your site by Joy of the Game, (c) you do not remove or obscure, by framing or otherwise, the copyright notice, the reference to these Terms and Conditions of Use, or other notices on this Joy of the Game Website, (d) you provide Joy of the Game notice of such link by sending an e-mail to webmaster, and (e) you promptly discontinue providing links to this Joy of the Game Website upon notification by Joy of the Game.

DISCLAIMERS:
THE JOY OF THE GAME WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT PROVIDED HEREIN IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND ASFA EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, JOY OF THE GAME DOES NOT WARRANT THE QUALITY, CONDITION, ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT, AND JOY OF THE GAME EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN SUCH CONTENT. JOY OF THE GAME DOES NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE ACCESS TO THE JOY OF THE GAME WEBSITE, AND OPERATION OF THE JOY OF THE GAME WEBSITE MAY BE INTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL. JOY OF THE GAME DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, COST, EXPENSE, DEFICIENCY, LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF JOY OF THE GAME HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE SAME, RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO (A) ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE JOY OF THE GAME WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO OUTDATED INFORMATION AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, (B) THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THE JOY OF THE GAME WEBSITE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, (C) YOUR USE OF THE JOY OF THE GAME WEBSITE, OR (D) YOUR USE OF ANY EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOY OF THE GAME WEBSITE.

Security: For certain types of communications through this Joy of the Game Website, Joy of the Game may require the use of technologies provided for your protection and/or require you to use user identification information and passwords. You are responsible for protecting your user Ids and passwords from disclosure to third parties, and you are not permitted to avoid the use of required encryption technologies. While Joy of the Game may provide those technologies and use other reasonable precautions to protect confidential information and provide suitable security, Joy of the Game does not guarantee or warrant that information transmitted through the Internet is secure, or that such transmissions will be free from delay, interruption, interception, error, theft, or misappropriation.

Governing Law: These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the state courts of Illinois or U. S. federal courts located in Illinois.