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6. The official title is the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, whose
contents can be read online at www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/index.html.
Limitation of liability: This states that the company is not responsible if anything
bad happens to the visitor while the site is being viewed. This blanket statement
absolves them of everything from malicious software downloads to the user??™s
motherboard melting into a pool of silicon.
User-submitted content: This blurb removes the company from any responsibility
involving user-submitted content, such as in chat rooms, forums, and other public
arenas. It covers stuff such as misleading information and adult or otherwise inappropriate
content. It often claims anything submitted to the site immediately and
completely belongs to the company, and they can use the material however they
see fit, including self-promotion.
Indemnification: In essence, this protects the company from legal action from its
visitors if the visitors themselves are in a legal bind. For instance, if you get sued by
a right-wing watchdog group for quoting an article written from a left-wing perspective,
you cannot in turn sue the website from which the article was procured.
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