PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.

Effective: September 2011

Backyard Barter offers this website, including its content, site functionality, and services (the “Website”) to you, the user, subject to and conditioned on your acceptance of the terms and conditions set forth below together with our privacy policy, found at http://www.backyardbarter.org/ (collectively, “Terms and Conditions”).

By using the Website, you agree that you have read, understand, and are bound by these Terms and Conditions. Backyard Barter may, in its sole discretion, revise these Terms and Conditions from time to time by updating the Terms and Conditions, with the new terms taking effect on the date of posting. You should review the Terms and Conditions every time you use this Website as they are binding on you. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

Eligibility

You must be 18 years of age or over to become a user. By using the Service or entering into this agreement, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age. If we discover or have any reason to suspect that you are not at least 18 years of age or that you have knowingly provided false information to us, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your use of the Service immediately and without notice.

Personal and Noncommercial Use

The Website is only for your personal and noncommercial use. As a condition to your continued use of the Website, you warrant to Backyard Barter that you will not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions.

Disclaimer of Warranties

THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED: (1) WITH ALL FAULTS AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE; AND (2) WITHOUT ANY ASSURANCE, OR WARRANTY, CONDITION OR DUTY OF OR REGARDING: FUNCTIONALITY; PRIVACY; SECURITY; ACCURACY; AVAILABILITY; LACK OF: NEGLIGENCE, INTERRUPTION, VIRUSES OR OF OTHER HARMFUL CODE, COMPONENTS OR TRANSMISSIONS; OR THE NATURE OR CONSEQUENCES OF AVAILABLE CONTENT SUCH AS (WITHOUT LIMITATION) WHETHER SOFTWARE OR OTHER CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO ANY PARTICULAR LICENSE, OR WHETHER IT IS SUBJECT TO ANY RESTRICTIONS OR CONSEQUENCES THAT MIGHT BE TRIGGERED BY ANY EXERCISE OF A RIGHT GRANTED UNDER THESE TERMS. ALSO, THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU. THERE IS NO WARRANTY BY US OR THIRD PARTIES OF TITLE OR AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OR INTERFERENCE WITH ENJOYMENT OF ANY ASPECT OF THE WEBSITE. YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL OBTAIN (INCLUDING THROUGH DOWNLOAD) ANY CONTENT ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RESULTING INFRINGEMENT, BREACH OF CONTRACT, CONSEQUENCE OR DAMAGE, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA.

Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL BACKYARD BARTER OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON THE WEBSITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY COSTS, DAMAGES AND EXPENSES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT BACKYARD BARTER IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BACKYARD BARTER SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU ONLY FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT OF ACTUAL DAMAGES INCURRED BY YOU, NOT TO EXCEED TEN U.S. DOLLARS ($10.00). Because some states and countries do not allow the exclusion of limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. Remedies under this agreement are exclusive and are limited to those expressly provided for in this agreement.

Assignment of Rights

BACKYARD BARTER retains the right to assign its rights, privileges, responsibilities, and obligations, as identified in these Terms and Conditions or in other documents, to a third party, in whole or in part, for administration, technical support, marketing, or any other purpose at any time without providing notice to you or other Users through the Website or by any other means.

Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Backyard Barter, its parents, officers, directors, employees and agents, sponsors and supporting artists, licensors and suppliers harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements, including, without limitation, legal and accounting fees, related to or arising out of: the content, use of the Website or related sites, any assistance or services provided by us, any alleged unauthorized use of the Website, or your use of the Website in a manner that violates or is alleged to violate these Terms and Conditions. Backyard Barter will provide you with prompt notice of any such claim, suit or proceeding and reasonably cooperate with you, at your expense, in your defense of any such claim, suit or proceeding.

Links
The Website may link to other sites operated by third parties. The inclusion of any link to such sites does not imply endorsement by Backyard Barter of the sites, but is for your reference and convenience only. Backyard Barter has no control over the sites to which its Website links or the content at those sites, and the data collection practices of linked sites will be governed by the respective privacy policies of those sites, not by that of Backyard Barter. Backyard Barter is not responsible for the content or accuracy of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to the Website, nor does Backyard Barter recommend or endorse any specific tests, products, services or procedures that may be mentioned on or represented on the Website. Linking to any other off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk and subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use of any linked site.

Among the links that the Website may provide are links to certain services offered by third party providers, not by Backyard Barter. Services offered to you by the third party providers are subject to the terms and conditions posted on those parties’ respective websites. Backyard Barter is not responsible for any of the activities of any third party provider in offering online or other services or for any conduct by any user in connection with third party services.

Unless otherwise prohibited under these Terms and Conditions, you are hereby licensed to create hyperlinks to the content on the Website, provided that the hyperlink accurately describes the content as it appears on the Website. Backyard Barter reserves the right to revoke this license generally, or your right to use specific links, at any time, and may normally break any hyperlink after 14 days. Under no circumstances may you “frame” the Website or any of its content or copy portions of the Website to a server, except as part of an Internet service provider’s incidental caching of pages. Each page of the Website displayed must appear in full (including all trademarks and branding), without any accompanying frame, border, margin, design, branding, trademark or promotional materials not originally displayed on the page within the Website.

Copyrights
Backyard Barter and its licensors retain full copyright ownership, rights and protection in all material contained on the Website (including all digital images, software, HTML code and other code, or business methods). Except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions, you may not copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, rewrite, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any material contained on the Website without the prior consent of Backyard Barter or the copyright owner.

All content of the Website is Copyright 2011 Backyard Barter, except __. All rights reserved.

Copyright infringement

Backyard Barter does not condone copyright infringement on its Website, and will remove allegedly infringing content if properly notified of the infringement. Backyard Barter reserves the right also to terminate a User’s account if the User is an infringer.

Prohibited Conduct

By using or accessing the Website, you represent, warrant and agree that you will not:

• do anything that could disable, overburden or impair the proper working of the Website;
• use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Website;
•  send spam or any other unauthorized advertisements or solicitations through or using the Website;
•  harvest, collect or use addresses, phone numbers or email addresses or other contact information of users of the Website;
• solicit private information (including social security numbers, credit card numbers and passwords) from users of the Website;
• solicit through the Website or offer on the Website any products containing alcohol or services pertaining to the consumption of alcohol;
• solicit through the Website or offer on the Website any services of a sexual nature;
• use an iFrame or offer web search functionality on the Website;
• intimidate or harass any user;
• do anything that is illegal, infringing, fraudulent, malicious or could expose Backyard Barter or users of the Website to harm or liability; or attempt, encourage or facilitate any of the above.

User content

By using or accessing the Website, you represent, warrant and agree that you will not Post:

• content that violates the law or anyone’s rights, including intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights (such as rights of publicity and privacy);
• any addresses, phone numbers or email addresses or other contact information or private information of any third party;
• false, misleading or fraudulent information;
• any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer or telecommunications equipment;
• alcohol-related or other mature content on the Website; or
• content that is threatening, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or that depicts nudity, pornography or graphic or gratuitous violence, or anything else that Backyard Barter may consider offensive.

Backyard Barter generally does not pre-screen, review, edit or approve any User Content.

“User Content” means any photos, text, link, audio, video, designs, ads and anything else that you Post on or through the Website. “Post” means to upload, post, transmit, share, store, link to or otherwise make available on or through the Website.

Right to Remove Content or Block Access
Backyard Barter may, at its discretion but without any obligation, disable access to, remove, or modify User Content that does not meet the prohibited conduct guidelines stated above or is otherwise inappropriate, to ensure that it complies with those conduct guidelines. Backyard Barter may remove other content by such user, disable a user’s account, and otherwise prevent that user from using Backyard Barter services. Backyard Barter may also, at its discretion, disable and suppress content from any account where the chosen screen name is deemed to be offensive or inappropriate, or is a violation of trademark or copyright. We may also block your access to our Website in the event that (a) you breach these Terms of Use; (b) we are unable to verify or authenticate information you provide to us; (c) we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us; or (d) we believe that blocking access is a reasonable business practice in the circumstances.

Third Party Content
Backyard Barter may provide content of third parties (“Third Party Content”) as a service to those interested in this information. Backyard Barter generally does not monitor, approve or have any control over any Third Party Content. Backyard Barter does not guarantee, endorse or adopt the accuracy, completeness, legality, or innocuousness of any Third Party Content. Backyard Barter is not responsible for updating or reviewing Third Party Content. You use Third Party Content at your own risk.

Corporate Identification and Trademarks
All trademarks, service marks and trade names of Backyard Barter and its partners and licensors (including without limitation: Backyard Barter, the Backyard Barter logo, and the associated designs and logos) (collectively “Marks”) are trademarks or registered trademarks of Backyard Barter or its affiliates, partners or licensors. You may not use, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, or modify the Marks in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of materials on this Website, without Backyard Barter’s prior written consent. The use of the Marks on any other website or networked computer environment is not allowed. You may not use the Marks as a “hot” link on or to any other website unless establishment of such a link is approved in advance.

Account Security
You are entirely responsible for the security and confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security of which you become aware. You are responsible for taking precautions and providing security measures best suited for your situation and intended use of the Services and Website. We have the right to provide user billing, account, content or use records, and related information under certain circumstances (such as in response to legal responsibility, lawful process, orders, subpoenas, or warrants, or to protect our rights, customers or business). Please note that anyone able to provide your personally identifiable information will be able access your account, so you should take reasonable steps to protect this information.

Notices
Backyard Barter may deliver notice to you under these Terms and Conditions by means of electronic mail, a general notice on the Website, or by written communication delivered by first class U.S. mail.

You may give notice to Backyard Barter at any time by letter delivered by first-class postage prepaid U.S. mail or overnight courier to the following address:

Backyard Barter
______
Seattle, WA ____
Attention: Legal Notice

Notice Regarding Independent Professional Advice

Certain information available through the Website may relate to various laws. Such information should not be considered legal or financial advice. Backyard Barter is not acting as your lawyer or financial advisor. To understand the legal and financial implications of your conduct, you should seek independent professional advice in light of your particular circumstances.

Notice Regarding Tax Consequences

Bartering may have tax consequences at the federal, state, and local levels. More information about the federal income tax consequences of bartering may be found in the “Bartering Tax Center” on the IRS website at http://www.irs.gov. More information about the state tax consequences of bartering (including business and occupation tax and sales and use taxes) may be found on the Washington State Department of Revenue website at http://dor.wa.gov.

We urge you to consult with your tax advisor before participating in bartering transactions. It is your responsibility to determine the tax consequences of transactions you enter through Backyard Barter and to comply with any governing laws.

Termination
You agree that Backyard Barter may terminate your use of the Website if Backyard Barter reasonably believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms and Conditions of Use, or violated the rights of Backyard Barter or any third party, or for any other reason with or without notice to you. You agree that Backyard Barter may modify or discontinue the Website, with or without notice to you. You agree that Backyard Barter will not be liable to you or any third party as a result of such modification or discontinuation.

General Provisions
You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with Backyard Barter or in any way relating to your use of the Website (“Legal Action”), resides in the courts of King County in the State of Washington. You further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of King County in the State of Washington in connection with any such dispute. Any Legal Action that is subject to the jurisdiction of federal courts shall be instituted in a federal court in the Western District of Washington.

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Washington, without regard to conflict of law principles.

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect.

No waiver of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.