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This page describes what the document states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability may vary by jurisdiction. Methodology
“Violations of the user guidelines may result in a warning notification or may result in termination of your account and deletion of all or any of your content at our sole discretion.”
“If we terminate your account, you are banned from ever signing up for another Web site account.”
“...you hereby grant GM a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the Web site and GM's...business...”
“TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GM, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SHAREHOLDERS, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEB SITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF.”
“IN NO EVENT SHALL GM, OR ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER...”
“GM reserves the right to amend these Terms of Service at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review these Terms of Service for any changes.”
These Terms govern how you can use GM's Web site and what happens to content you submit. When you post anything, you give GM broad, permanent, and irrevocable rights to use it however GM sees fit for its business. GM can change these rules at any time without telling you, can terminate your account and permanently ban you from re-registering at its sole discretion, and accepts no legal liability to you for any damages arising from your use of the site.
General Motors' Terms of Use establish the conditions under which users may access and interact with the Web site, including the rights users grant GM over submitted content and the obligations users assume. Users grant GM a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform User Submissions in connection with the Web site and GM's business, with licenses over User Comments held on a perpetual and irrevocable basis. GM disclaims all express and implied warranties and all categories of damages liability to users, requires users to indemnify GM and its associated entities against any and all claims arising from their use of the site, and contractually shortens the limitations period for any cause of action to one year from accrual. GM reserves the right to amend the Terms at any time without notice and may, at its sole discretion, warn or terminate a user's account and permanently bar re-registration upon a guideline violation.
Any content you submit to the Web site becomes subject to a permanent, irrevocable license that GM can sublicense and transfer to others without compensating you. If GM determines you have violated its user guidelines, it may warn you or permanently delete your account and all your content, and you will be permanently barred from creating a new account. You waive the right to pursue GM over objectionable content posted by other users, you agree to indemnify GM against any claims connected to your use of the site, and any legal claim you have against GM related to the Web site must be filed within one year or it is permanently barred. If you have any connection to GM or its agencies or representatives, you are required to disclose that connection in any content you submit.
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“Violations of the user guidelines may result in a warning notification or may result in termination of your account and deletion of all or any of your content at our sole discretion.”
“If we terminate your account, you are banned from ever signing up for another Web site account.”
“...you hereby grant GM a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the Web site and GM's...business...”
“TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GM, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SHAREHOLDERS, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEB SITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF.”
“IN NO EVENT SHALL GM, OR ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER...”
“GM reserves the right to amend these Terms of Service at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review these Terms of Service for any changes.”
“YOU AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE WEB SITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.”
“You agree not to use the Web site, for any commercial use. Prohibited commercial use includes any of the following actions taken without GM's express approval...”
“The above licenses granted by you in User Comments are perpetual and irrevocable.”
“You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless GM, and its parent corporation, subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses...”
“...you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against GM with respect thereto, and agree to indemnify and hold GM...harmless to the fullest extent allowed by law...”
“If you have any connection or relationship with GM or any of its agencies or representatives, you should disclose that relationship or connection in your User Submissions.”
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