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Terms of Use

Welcome to the Decoy Magazine website. Please review these Terms of Use which govern your use of, and any purchase of, products from this site. By accessing, browsing, or using this site, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not agree to these terms then please do not use this site.

Decoy Magazine controls and operates this website from its offices within the United States. Claims relating to, including the use of, this site and the materials contained herein are governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Delaware. If you do not agree, please do not use this site. If you choose to access this site from another location, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. The information contained in this website including proprietary writings and other materials and/or other intellectual property that appear herein are copyrights, owned and controlled (all of which, collectively are herein referred to as the "Contents") by Decoy Magazine. For further information regarding ownership and Copyright protections,please contact the Publisher at decoymag@aol.com or contact us using the Postal mail service.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
DECOY MAGAZINE IS PROVIDING THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENTS INCLUDING MATERIALS SOLD HEREIN, ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. ALTHOUGH DECOY MAGAZINE BELIEVES THE CONTENT TO BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, AND CURRENT, DECOY MAGAZINE DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE ON THIS WEBSITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT.

Price and availability information are subject to change without notice.

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL DECOY MAGAZINE BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE FORM OF ANY ACTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, OR OTHER TORTUOUS ACTIONS, ALL ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, COPYING, OR DISPLAY OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS WEBSITE.

Because Decoy Magazine has no control of how the application of information herein contained is applied, Decoy Magazine disclaims any liability for untold results by the readers.

In an effort to provide our readers with the most current information, Decoy Magazine will, from time to time, without notice, make changes in the contents and in the products or services described on this Website.

ABOUT OUR PRODUCTS and PRICES
Prices and the availability of items are subject to change without notice. We reserve the right to limit sales, including the right to prohibit sales to re-sellers. We are not responsible for typographical errors.

USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK, AND OTHER INFORMATION SUBMISSIONS PROVIDED BY YOU
You agree that any material, information, and ideas that you transmit to this website or otherwise provide to (“Transmissions”) Decoy Magazine shall be and remain the property of Decoy Magazine.

All Transmissions will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and Decoy Magazine shall be under no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute the Transmissions to others without limitation. Additionally, Decoy Magazine shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, or marketing products incorporating such information. You further agree that Decoy Magazine may use information about your demographics and use of this website in any manner that does not reveal your identity.

In addition, you agree, and are hereby put on notice, that you are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this website any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under law. You are solely responsible for the content of any comments you make.

TERMS OF USE REVISIONS
Decoy Magazine may revise these terms of use by updating this posting. You agree that in the event any portion of these website terms of use are found to be unenforceable, the remainder of these website terms and conditions shall remain in full force and effect. By using this website you agree to be bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to determine the then current terms of use to which you are bound.

COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSIONS
Copyright in all material on this site is owned by Decoy Magazine. No materials on this site may be reproduced, stored, altered, or further distributed without our prior written permission. Requests for permission should be directed to our Delaware office at the address below.
Decoy Magazine , P.O. Box 787, Lewes, DE 19958. Tel. (302) 644-9001; Fax (302) 644-9003. E-mail: decoymag@aol.com.

TRADEMARKS.
All trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, and trade styles on this site are owned by Decoy Magazine or its affiliates. Proper use is limited to use in connection with the products and services of the mark owner and no other use is permitted without the owner's prior written permission.

RESPONSIBILITY
Decoy Magazine does not monitor this site and its use at all times but reserves the right to do so.

To review our privacy policy, click here.

ACCEPTABLE SITE USE.
(a) Security. Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security measures on this site, including, without limitation:

  1. Using a false password or one belonging to another user, accessing data not intended for the user, or logging into a server or account which such user is not authorized to access;
  2. attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of a system or network, or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization;
  3. attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, via means of overloading, "flooding", "mailbombing," or "crashing";
  4. sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services;
  5. forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any E-mail, or newsgroup posting; or
  6. hijacking all or any part of the site content, scraping or otherwise collecting information from the site, deleting or changing any site content, or linking to the site without our specific written permission.
(b) General Rules. Users may not use this site in order to transmit, distribute, store, or destroy material (i.) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (ii.) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights of others, or violate the privacy or publicity or other personal rights of others, or (iii.) that is libelous, obscene, threatening, abusive, or hateful.

(c) Violations. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. A site sponsor will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who have a role in such violations.

SUBMISSIONS.
If you contact this site in order to submit your comments or any other types of ideas or materials of any kind, we reserve the right to consider all such materials voluntarily submitted by users as non-confidential and free of any claims of proprietary or personal rights. If we choose to use your comments, ideas, name, and/or E-mail address, we will contact you to obtain permission.

INTERNET AND LINKS .
Decoy Magazine assumes no responsibility for the security of this site or your communications with the site on the Internet. It is strictly prohibited to link other sites with this site without our prior written permission. We may permit some links for convenience, but we have no responsibility for the unaffiliated sites to which it is linked or for material posted to this site by anyone other than site sponsor. Please note that the site rules and privacy policies of linked sites may differ from our own and should be reviewed by you when you use the link to access the other site. Other than listing our Advertisers' links, we operate a friendly reciprocal link trading system. If you do not have a reciprocal link to Decoy Magazine on your website, we may remove the link to your site.

PROHIBITED USES.
It is strictly prohibited to use or contact this site to disrupt or damage the site, its contents, or its security measures, or to harass or disparage the site sponsor, its services, its personnel, and/or other users. No unsolicited E-mail (spam) may be directed to or through this site.

INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS
We respect the copyrights of others and refuse to do business with infringers. If you believe that any material on this site or on linked sites violates the copyrights of third parties, please contact us with complete details so that we can make an informed decision about possible deletion or unlinking.

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
This site is offered free of charge and AS IS without warranties of any kind. Decoy Magazine disclaims the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a specific purpose as well as title or non-infringement. We are not responsible for timeliness, accuracy, unavailability, or interruptions in availability; viruses; and/or other defects in the site or its contents. In no event shall we be responsible for any damages to users or their computer systems or otherwise, even if we have been informed of the possibility of such damages and without regard to negligence. Decoy Magazine takes no responsibility whatsoever for postings to the site by third parties, including users of bulletin boards and chat rooms.

LANGUAGES
This site is offered in the English language and is intended for use in the U.S.

ACCEPTANCE.
Use of this site is subject to these rules and all of the foregoing terms and conditions which you as user accept by contacting and using this site and which govern all use and all results thereof.

REVISION.
Decoy Magazine
reserves the right to revise and update these rules at any time, effective on the date of posting to the site of the new and amended rules. Warning: ANY USE OF THE WWW.DECOYMAG.COM SITE OR WWW.DECOYMAGAZINE.COM SITE IN VIOLATION OF THESE RULES CONSTITUTES TRESPASS AND/OR INFRINGEMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF THE SITE SPONSOR AND MAY RESULT IN LEGAL ACTION.