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Updated 4 May 2011
 

The Silent Era Website — Website Terms, Conditions and Notices Agreement Between User and the Silent Era Website

Silent Era : The Silent Film Website (hereafter referred to as “Silent Era”) is offered to you, the user, conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions and notices contained herein. Your use of this website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions and notices.

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Embedded content streamed or dynamically embedded from third-party online services are administered and controlled by those third-parties. Silent Era makes no claim of ownership in such content nor of its current copyright status.

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Silent Era controls some but not all of the contemporary images contained in this website. Other contemporary images contained herein may be copyright controlled by their respective owners, and are supplied to Silent Era for promotional and reference purposes.

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Website Contact

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Liability Disclaimer

The information, software, products and services published on this website may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. Silent Era and/or its respective suppliers may make improvements and/or changes in this website at any time.

SILENT ERA AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. SILENT ERA AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL SILENT ERA AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SILENT ERA OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

General

This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Washington, U.S.A. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in King County, Washington, U.S.A., in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this website. Use of this website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Silent Era as a result of this agreement or use of this website.

Silent Era’s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Silent Era’s right to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of this website or information provided to or gathered by Silent Era with respect to such use.

If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Silent Era with respect to this website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Silent Era with respect to this website. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

Fictitious names of companies, products, people, characters and/or data that may be used herein are not intended to represent any real individual, company, product or event.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

 

Charles Chaplin photos Copyright © Roy Export Company Establishment. All Rights Reserved. The images of, and characters portrayed by Charles Chaplin are trademarks and service marks of Bubbles, Inc. S.A. used with permission.

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