Public Network Terms of Service
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Public Network Terms -
Contracts are Binding and Legally Enforcable – Please Read! -
Age Eligibility -
Access to the Public Network -
User Obligations -
Content Permissions, Restrictions, and Creative Commons Licensing -
Disclaimer of Warranties -
Indemnification -
Limitation of Liability -
General Provisions -
Copyright policy
1. Public Network Terms
2. Contracts are Binding and Legally Enforceable -- Please Read!
3. Age Eligibility
4. Access to the Public Network
5. User Obligations
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To access some of the public Network features you will need to register for an account as an individual and consent to these Public Network Terms. If you do not consent to these Public Network Terms, Stack Overflow reserves the right to refuse, suspend or terminate your access to the public Network. -
You are solely responsible for ensuring that your account registration is complete and remains up to date. You have the right to discontinue use of, or terminate, your account whenever you like, and subject to our Privacy Policy , control the use and sharing of your account information. Please note that any content or information you share publicly is governed by the terms described below in the section titled “Content Permissions, Restrictions, and Creative Commons Licensing,” and you should be aware that once you place content in the public sphere, you willingly give up some rights and control over such content. -
Stack Overflow strongly encourages you to review our Privacy Policy , which explains how we will handle, process, and use your personal data, and with whom, and how we will share this data. -
Stack Overflow is a community and we expect you to treat each member of the Stack Overflow community with respect. Whether a community member is asking their first question, or is a reputation superstar, we respect you and welcome you, but we also require you to be kind to one another. To prevent bad actors from creating a negative community experience, we have outlined what we believe to be common sense rules for community participation and reserve the right to pause or terminate your account if you engage in disruptive, abusive, or nefarious behavior outside of Stack Overflow’s Acceptable Use Policy , which is hereby incorporated into these Public Network Terms. -
You are solely responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment or ancillary services needed to connect to or access the Network or otherwise use the Services, including without limitation modems, hardware, software, and long distance or local telephone service. You are solely responsible for ensuring that such equipment or ancillary services are compatible with the Services and Network. -
Some premium or additional features of Stack Overflow (including without limitation Stack Overflow for Teams) may require a payment obligation for access and use. You are solely responsible for ensuring that your payment obligations, if any, remain current and not in arrears. In the event Stack Overflow charges for features you will be clearly notified of the terms of any payment obligations and provided the opportunity to refuse such obligations before you incur any charges. Please note, however, that your refusal to accept payment obligations may result in your inability to access or use certain premium or additional features of Stack Overflow.
6. Content Permissions, Restrictions, and Creative Commons Licensing
Stack Overflow Content
Subscriber Content
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Provide, maintain, and update the public Network -
Process lawful requests from law enforcement agencies and government agencies -
Prevent and address security incidents and data security features, support features, and to provide technical assistance as it may be required -
Aggregate data to provide product optimization
7. Disclaimer of Warranties
8. Indemnification
9. Limitation of Liability
10. General Provisions
a. Assignment and Jurisdiction
b. Mandatory Arbitration
c. Survival
d. Modifications
e. Merger and Severability
f. Notices
g. No Waiver
h. Headings
11. Copyright policy
Reporting Copyright Infringements
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Identification, including a description, of the copyrighted work or material You are claiming has been infringed. If You are claiming infringement of multiple works, you may provide a representative list. -
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, including its location and URL, with sufficient detail so that Stack Exchange is capable of finding and verifying its existence. -
Contact information about the notifying party (the Notifying Party), including company name, name of contact person, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address. -
A statement that the Notifying Party has a good faith belief that the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or law. -
A statement made under penalty of perjury that the information provided in the notice is accurate and that the Notifying Party is authorized to make the complaint on behalf of the copyright owner. -
The Notifying Party's physical or electronic signature.
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Disable access to or remove material that it has a reasonable, good faith belief is copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any subscriber to the Network. -
Stack Exchange will then immediately notify the subscriber responsible for the allegedly infringing material (the Offending Subscriber) that it has removed or disabled access to the material. -
Stack Exchange reserves the right, at its discretion, to immediately terminate the account of any subscriber who is the subject of repeated takedown notices.
Filing Copyright Counterclaims
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Identification, including the specific URLs, of material that Stack Exchange has removed or to which Stack Exchange has disabled access. -
User’s name, address, telephone number, and email address. -
A statement that User consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or New York County, New York if your address is outside of the United States), and that User will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person. -
The following statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled." -
User’s physical or electronic signature.
Designated Agent