Content Policy

Content Policy/General Information for The WOW! Signal News Service

Starting March 10, 2025:

CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE SERVICE

  1. You are solely responsible for the content of any submission you make to The WOW! Signal News Service. The WOW! Signal reserves the right to delete, move, or edit messages that it, in its sole discretion, deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or otherwise unacceptable.

  2. You acknowledge that any submissions you make to the Service may be edited, removed, modified, published, transmitted, and displayed by The WOW! Signal and you waive any moral rights you may have in having the material altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you.

  3. The WOW! Signal does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, you grant The WOW! Signal the following world-wide, royalty free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable:

  4. With respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purposes of providing and promoting the specific WOW! Signal group or forum to which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or The WOW! Signal removes such Content from the Service.

  5. By submitting information to the Service, you hereby grant to The WOW! Signal, its affiliates and related entities (collectively, Different Drum Media, Inc., and The WOW! Signal News Service) the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, copy, modify, display, distribute and reproduce all such materials in any form, media, software or technology of any kind now existing or developed in the future. You also agree to indemnify, defend and hold The WOW! Signal harmless for any liability arising due to the use or distribution of those materials. You further grant The WOW! Signal the right to use your name in connection with the reproduction or distribution of such material. The WOW! Signal, its owners, its affiliates, its Media Partners, and related entities do not accept unsolicited materials or ideas for use or publication in their publications, broadcast programming, books or their digital and electronic media except in connection with the forums, chat rooms, and bulletin boards on the Service. The Service, its affiliates and related entities shall not be responsible for the similarity of any of its content or programming in any media to materials or ideas transmitted to the Service.

  6. With respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or The WOW! Signal removes such Content from the Service.

“Publicly accessible” areas of the Service are those areas of The WOW! Signal that are intended by The WOW! Signal to be available to the general public (“anonymous users”). By way of example, publicly accessible areas of the Service would include the WOW! Signal classifieds, homepage, search page, publicity wire service, etc..

You must be at least seventenn (17) years old to register for the Service. In consideration of use of the Service, You agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself if prompted by the registration form; and (b) to maintain and update this information to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete. If any information provided by You (“Registration Data”) is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, The WOW! Signal has the right to terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  1. You represent, warrant and covenant (a) that no materials of any kind submitted through your account will (i) violate, plagiarize, or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights; or (ii) contain libelous or otherwise unlawful material; and (b) that you are at least seventeen years old. You hereby indemnify, defend and hold harmless The WOW! Signal, and all owners, officers, directors, owners, agents, information providers, affiliates, licensors and licensees (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all liability and costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you or any user of your account of this Agreement or the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any such claim. The WOW! Signal reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you.

  2. You expressly agree that use of the Service is at your own risk. Neither the Service, The WOW! Signal, nor any of their affiliates, employees, agents, content providers or licensors make any representations or warranties of any kind regarding the Service, the content or the results that may be obtained form use of the Service. The Service is provided on an “as is” basis and the Service and The WOW! Signal specifically disclaim any express or implied warranties, including without limitation, warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, warranties of merchantability or warranties against infringements.

  3. The WOW! Signal News Service, its owners, affiliates, employees, agents, content providers and licensors shall in no event be liable for any damages or losses, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, consequential, special, incidental or punitive damages, resulting from or caused by the Service or its content, including, without limitation, losses related to: your use or inability to use the Service; any errors, omissions or defects in the content; or any interruptions, delays in transmission or computer viruses. In any event, any liability of the Service, the WOW! Signal News Service, its owners, affiliates, employees, agents, content providers and licensors shall not exceed the amount paid by you to the service in the 12 months prior to the claimed injury or damage.

  4. The WOW! Signal News Service does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement, or other information displayed, uploaded, or distributed through the Service by any user, information provider or any other person or entity. You acknowledge that any reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement, memorandum, or information shall be at your sole risk.

THE SERVICE IS DISTRIBUTED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold Different Drum Media, Inc., The WOW! Signal News Service, and its owners, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.

NO RESALE OF SERVICE

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service.

GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE

You acknowledge that The WOW! Signal News Service may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Service, including without limitation the maximum number of days that any communications, comments postings or other uploaded Content will be retained by the Service, the maximum number of communications that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum size of any communication that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on The WOW! Signal’s servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Service in a given period of time. You agree that The WOW! Signal News Service has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge that The WOW! Signal News Service reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that The WOW! Signal News Service reserves the right to modify these general practices and limits from time to time.

MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE

The WOW! Signal News Service reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that The WOW! Signal News Service shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

TERMINATION

You agree that The WOW! Signal News Service may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your account, and access to the Service. Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations or assignment of the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) a request by you (self-initiated account deletions), (d) discontinuance or material modification to the Service (or any part thereof), (e) unexpected technical or security issues or problems, (f) extended periods of inactivity, (g) you have engaged in fraudulent or illegal activities, and/or (h) nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection with the Services or any of Different Drum Media, Inc.’s, other businesses and interests. Termination of your WOW! Signal account includes (a) removal of access to all offerings within the Service, including but not limited to any WOW! Signal News Services, (b) deletion of your password and all related information, files and content associated with or inside your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring further use of the Service. Further, you agree that all terminations for cause shall be made at The WOW! Signal News Service’s sole discretion and that The WOW! Signal News Service shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your account, any associated email address, or access to the Service.

DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS

Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that The WOW! Signal News Service shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Service.