Terms of Use

The LCC Blogs is part of Lane Community College. We are dedicated to the free expression of our users in a collaborative and sharing environment. We are a community that seeks to use the Blogs as a means of fulfilling our highest aspirations for integrating technology into our teaching, learning, and community.

We reserve only the rights necessary to facilitate the dissemination of content and material on this Site. We support the intellectual property rights of the authors of those materials. We also support the use of open source software and the widespread dissemination and use of online materials consistent with the rights of our users and applicable law.

Members of the faculty, administration, staff, and students of Lane Community College may register on the Site. We will take all reasonable measures to keep information and users safe.

We hope your experience with the LCC Blogs will be enjoyable and productive.

The LCC Blogs is located at https://blogs.lanecc.edu/

Terms that Govern the Use of the LCC Blogs.

1. General Use of the Site and Agreement to these Terms.

Please read these Terms of Use carefully as they govern our mutual rights and responsibilities when you use the resources and services provided by the LCC Blogs (also referred to as the “KN” or “Site” or collectively as “we” or “us” or “our”).  These Terms of Use, and our Privacy Policy (which is incorporated into these terms of use), apply to all activities and modalities on the Site, including but not limited to, Blogs, Forums, Groups, and Wikis.

If you are a registered user of the Site, you signify that you have read, understand, and agree to these terms and conditions.  If you are a non-registered “public” user, accessing the Site signifies that you have read, understand, and agree to these terms. If you do not agree to these terms, you are not authorized to use the Site.

Unless otherwise agreed to, you are subject to these terms of use, and any additional terms that may apply. These additional terms, if any, will be available through the Site. These terms create a legal agreement between you and the Site and supersede any prior agreements between you and the Site.

By accessing this Site, you agree to comply with Lane Community Colleges Policy on Acceptable Use of Computer Resources,which includes but is not limited to, requirements that you comply with applicable laws (including, but not limited to, libel, obscenity, and child pornography), assume responsibility for your activities, agree not to harass, disrupt, abuse, or invade the privacy rights of others.

We may revise or change these terms as necessary or appropriate; the most current version will always be available for users to view on the Site.

2. Rights and Obligations Related to Content and Material.

The Site and its Contents are protected by copyright pursuant to U.S. and international copyright laws.

By posting your material on this Site, you are granting the LCC KN a nonexclusive, royalty free, perpetual, and worldwide license to use your content on the Site until you remove or delete it, including but not limited to, the right to copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, edit, translate, reformat, and/or incorporate into a collective work. Whenever possible, we will credit you as an author, and you agree to give the LCC Blogs the right to use your name for attribution purposes.

Unless you specify otherwise, all materials you submit are subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Creative Commons License 3.0 Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike, or any successor or equivalent Creative Commons License. Click on the following hyperlink to view the Creative Commons License 3.0 (which includes a link to the full Creative Commons Legal Code).

Under the terms of this license, RSS aggregators are permitted to copy, distribute, display, and perform any content that you syndicate using RSS.

If you want to license your work under a different Creative Commons license, you must indicate the license that applies or include your name, the word “copyright” or symbol © and the year it was first published.

For all Creative Commons licenses, see http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/.

You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce or create new works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit, any of the Content on the Site (including software) in whole or in part in any manner unless it is consistent with, and authorized by, the Creative Commons License 3.0, any successor or equivalent license, or another Creative Commons license that is more restrictive.

You warrant and represent that you either own or control the rights to content you provide to the Site, or that your use of the content is a protected fair use. You agree to indemnify us and hold us harmless from any claims arising from content you provide.

3. Notification of Copyright Infringement.

The LCC Blogs complies with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. If you have reason to believe that any material, content, or activity on this Site is infringing on rights owned by you or another (provided you are authorized to act on behalf of the person), please contact us by email at atech@lanecc.edu.  If you do not include an electronic signature with your claim, we may ask you to submit a signed paper copy. Your notification of infringement must include:

1. The identity of the copyrighted work, or, if multiple works at the same location, a representative list of the works.
2. The identity of the material you claim is infringing or is the subject of infringing activity. Please include specific information, such as the URL, that will enable us to find the material.
3. Contact information for the claimant, such as email address, telephone number, or mailing address.
4. A statement that you believe that the use of the material has not been authorized by the copyright owner or an authorized agent.
5. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and that you are, or are authorized to act on behalf of, the copyright owner.

If you “materially misrepresent” that material is infringing on a copyright you own (or for which you are acting on behalf of the owner), for example the use of the material is protected by the fair use doctrine, you may be responsible for damages, including attorney’s fees and expenses. If you have any question about whether material on this Site is infringing on a copyright, we strongly recommend that you consult an attorney.

4. Termination.

These terms and conditions will continue to apply until terminated by either you or the LCC Blogs.

The LCC Blogs may at any time terminate its legal agreement with you if you have breached any provision of the terms, the LCC Blogs is required to do so by law, or the LCC Blogs no longer maintains the Site and is terminating the service.

5. Governing Law.

You agree that if the LCC Blogs does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy that is contained in these terms and conditions (or for which LCC Blogs is entitled under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of these rights and remedies.

These terms and conditions, and your relationship with the LCC Blogs, shall be governed by the rules, regulations, and policies of the Lane Community College, and the laws of the State of Oregon without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You and the LCC Blogs agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the state of Oregon to resolve any legal matter arising from these terms and conditions. However, you agree that the LCC Blogs shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or any equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.

6. Children Under 13.

You are not permitted to provide any information intended for children under the age of 13 without the express written permission of the LCC Blogs. You are also not permitted to collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

7. Trademark Rights.

The Lane Community College and LCC Blogs retain all applicable trademark rights. Except for attribution purposes under our Creative Commons license, you may not use any LCC names or logos without prior consent. You may not use any LCC names or logos for promotional or any other purposes in ways that suggest a connection to, or endorsement by, LCC.

8. No Warranties and Disclaimer of Liability.

The LCC Blogs disclaims and makes no warranties regarding the content, operation, or administration of the Site to the extent we are permitted by law. The LCC Blogs will not be liable for any damages arising from your use of the Site, and you expressly agree to assume all risks when using the Site.

9. Right to Remove Content and Discontinue Service.

The LCC Blogs reserves the right to remove content at any time that is found to be in violation of Lane Community College or LCC Blogs policy, or applicable federal or state statutes, or common laws.

The LCC Blogs also reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Site with or without notice at any time and without any liability to users.