Terms of Use

  • Introduction

    The terms (“Terms”) on this page constitute a legally-binding agreement ("Agreement") governing your use of this website (the “Site”). Throughout this document, the words "quote.org," "us," "we," and "our," refer to us, quote.org and The Literary Alliance (“TLA”). Likewise, the words "you" and "your" refer to you, the person viewing this document for your agreement. BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS SITE, WITH OR WITHOUT REGISTERING AS A USER, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY, THE TERMS OF WHICH ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.

  • License to Access and Use

    You may access and use our Site only for your personal use. Any other access to or use of the Site or its content constitutes a violation of this Agreement and may violate applicable copyright, trademark, or other laws.

    We make no representation that the Site or its content is appropriate or available for use in locations other than the United States. Access to this site from territories where its contents are illegal or otherwise regulated is prohibited. You are responsible for complying with all applicable local laws. We reserve the right to limit, at our sole discretion, any feature or service to persons in other geographic areas.

    The Site may enable access or link to third-party services and websites. You are solely responsible for complying with the terms of service and use of any third-party website.

  • Copyright

    We do not own the rights to quotes that that people have said, but we do own the copyright to the organization, contextual information, topic tagging, metadata, and the arrangement and design of contents displayed on the Site. The Site is protected by law, including but not limited to United States copyright law and international treaties.

    You may not access, use, or copy any portion of the Site or its content through the use of spiders, bots, web crawlers, scrapers, indexing agents, or other automated devices or mechanisms. Except as expressly authorized by us in writing, in no event will you copy, modify, distribute, redistribute, duplicate, reproduce, transmit, create derivative works based upon, or exploit for any commercial purpose any portion of the Site or its Content.

  • Hyperlinks

    This Site may include hyperlinks to other websites which are not maintained by us. The inclusion of a hyperlink to external websites does not imply endorsement by us of those websites or any products or services therein. We are not responsible for the content of external websites, and we make no representations concerning the opinions, accuracy, or any other content provided by such websites. If you access any external website through a link within our Site, you do so entirely at your own risk, and we will have no liability for any loss or damage arising from your access or use of any external website. You agree that you will bring no suit or claim against us arising from or based upon any such use of external websites.

  • Site Registration and User Accounts

    You may create an account (“User Account”) on the Site by providing a username, email address and password to become a registered user (“Registered User”). Email addresses are verified before the account is activated. Attempting to register a User Account using an email address that isn’t yours is a violation of these Terms and may result in your being blocked from the Site.

    We do not publish or disclose email addresses on the Site. Full terms and disclosure of Registered User information can be found in our Privacy Policy.

  • User Submissions

    Registered Users have access to additional functionality (“Advanced Features”) on the Site. Advanced Features may involve you providing additional information to the Site. Information you provide to us or that we collect about you and your access to and use of “Advanced Features” on the Site, or other suggestions or information submitted to us thru email or other mechanisms, is subject to our Privacy Policy.

    By disclosing, submitting or offering any information to us thru your use of the Site, or through any other mechanism, including quotes, ideas, suggestions, or other information (a "Submission"), either through your use of the Site or otherwise, you authorize us to make such copies thereof as we deem necessary, including to facilitate the posting, storage and backup of the Submission. By making a Submission, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant to us an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fee and royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, adapt, publish, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such Submission for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, on or in connection with the Site or the promotion thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing.

    Submitting your own quote under a false name is a violation of these Terms and may result in your being blocked from the Site. If you submit your own quote, we make no representations as to whether it will be published on the Site.

    The Site does not enable Submissions to be posted directly to the Site for public view. Each submission is reviewed by a human for approval, editing, revision or additions prior to publishing. All submissions will be reviewed but we are unable to reply to every individual Submission or suggestion. We do not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any Submission even if it is not published on the Site.

    You represent and warrant that any and all Submissions you provide to us are true, accurate, and complete to the best of your knowledge and belief. You also agree that you will not submit any material that violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, including, but not limited to, any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property or proprietary right of any person or entity. Submitting unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, pornographic, or otherwise objectionable information is a violation of these Terms.

    Any conduct by a user that in our sole discretion violates the letter or intent of these Terms will not be permitted.

  • Child Protection

    Our Site is not intended for children less than 14 years of age. No one under age 14 may provide any personal data to us, become a Registered User Site, or provide Submissions of any type or kind including email. Parents or guardians of children under the age of 14 who believe their child has provided personal data on our Site without your consent that you would like us to delete, please email us.

  • Copyright Infringement Claims

    In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 512 ("DMCA"), we respond promptly to claims of copyright infringement.

    NOTE: Section 512(f) of the DMCA may impose liability for damages of any person who knowingly sends meritless notices of infringement. Please do not make false claims.

    Copyright owners (or those authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner) may submit notification that includes:

    • (a) contact information, including your name, address, telephone number, and email address;
    • (b) identification, description and justification (proof) of each copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
    • (c) the URL or location of the subject material;
    • (d) the following statements:
      • a. "I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
      • b. "I hereby state that the information in this notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right under the copyright that is allegedly infringed."
    • (e) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest.

    After verifying the infringement claim, it is our policy to remove or disable access to the infringing material, notify the submitting user that we have removed or disabled access to the material and, for repeat offenders, to terminate such user's access to the Site.

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  • Termination of Access

    We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate, restrict access to, or discontinue your access to the Site for any reason, at any time, including, but not limited to the breach of this agreement, without notice or liability.

  • Disclaimers

    THE USE OF THIS SITE BY YOU IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF THE SITE CONTENTS OR METADATA AND ASSUME NO RESPONIBILITY OR LIABITILY FOR INACCURACIES OR ERRORS. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES: (a) AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OF OUR SERVICE OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE; (b) THAT THE USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; (c) THAT THE USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY WEBSITE WILL ALLOW YOU TO OBTAIN ANY PARTICULAR RESULTS WHATSOEVER; (d) THAT THE QUOTES OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THIS SITE OR ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE ARE OR WILL BE ACCURATE, CURRENT, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, OR OF ANY PARTICULAR VALUE OR QUALITY; (e) THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE SITE OR ITS CONTENT WILL BE CORRECTED; OR (f) THAT THE SITE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER DISABLING DEVICES OR HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

    WE DO NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILTY FOR THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY AUTHORS IN QUOTES FOUND ON THIS SITE.

  • Limitation of Liability

    IN NO EVENT WILL QUOTE.ORG/TLA, ITS CONTRACTORS, SUPPLIERS, CONTENT-PROVIDERS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ENTITIES, AND THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AND AGENTS OF EACH OF THE FOREGOING (COLLECTIVELY, OUR "REPRESENTATIVES"), BE LIABLE TO YOU, OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, ALLEGED UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY IN RELATION TO OR ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR OUR SERVICE, FOR REASONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FAILURE OF OUR SERVICE, NEGLIGENCE, INACCURATE, MISLEADING OR INCOMPLETE DATA, OR ANY OTHER TORT. TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW RESTRICTS THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES, YOU AGREE THAT WE ARE ONLY LIABLE TO YOU FOR THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF DAMAGES THAT THE LAW RESTRICTS OUR LIABILITY TO, IF SUCH A MINIMUM EXISTS. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IF QUOTE.ORG/TLA OR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES IS FOUND LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY AS A RESULT OF ANY CLAIMS OR OTHER MATTERS ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE SITE, OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ITS CONTENTS, THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY FOR ALL SUCH CLAIMS AND OTHER MATTERS WILL NOT EXCEED $100 IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR.

  • Indemnity

    You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us and our Representatives harmless for any claims by you or any third party which may arise from or relate to this Agreement or the provision of our service to you, including any damages caused by your use of the Site, its content, and any services available on or through the Site. You also agree that you have a duty to defend us against such claims, and we may require you to pay for an attorney(s) of our choice in such cases. However, we reserve, and you grant to us, the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you hereunder. You agree that this indemnity extends to requiring you to pay for our reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs, and disbursements. In the event of a claim such as one described in this paragraph, we may elect to settle with the party/parties making the claim, and you shall be liable for the damages as though we had proceeded with a trial.

  • Jurisdiction

    This Agreement shall be governed by the laws in force in the State of Arizona, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. The offer and acceptance of this contract is deemed to have occurred in the State of Arizona. You agree that any dispute arising from or relating to this Agreement will be heard solely by a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Arizona.

  • Survival

    Any and all provisions of this Agreement that are reasonably inferable to have been intended to survive termination (including, but not limited to, any provisions regarding limitation of our liability or indemnification) will continue in effect beyond any termination of access to this Site.

  • Changes to the Site and Terms

    We reserve the right to update or amend these Terms from time to time. All such updates and amendments are effective immediately upon posting notice thereof, which we may give by any means, including, but not limited to, by posting a revised version of these Terms on the Site. Revisions to these terms will be indicated by the date appended hereto at the bottom of this page.

    YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULARLY REVIEWING THE SITE TO OBTAIN TIMELY NOTICE OF ANY SUCH UPDATES AND AMENDMENTS. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SITE SIGNIFIES YOUR CONTINUING CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. ANY SUCH CHANGES, UPDATES, OR AMENDMENTS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A DEFAULT, VIOLATION, OR TERMINATION OF THESE TERMS BY quote.org/TLA.

  • Contact

    If you have comments, questions or suggestions, please contact us.