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General Information


Welcome to NEPAtoday.com (hereinafter the "Site"). The Site is owned and operated by Pegasus Broadcast Television (hereinafter "PBT") with offices located at 1181 Highway 315, Plains, PA 18702 USA. Your access to and use of the Site is subject to rules, guidelines, policies, terms and conditions contained in the within user agreement (hereinafter "User Agreement") and all applicable laws. Please read the User Agreement carefully before using the Site. BY USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THE USER AGREEMENT. If you do not agree with any of the terms of the User Agreement you must not use the Site. If you are not at least 18 years old you may not use the Site without adult supervision. By using the Site you warrant that you are at least 18 years old, are using the Site under the supervision of a parent or guardian, or have the permission of a parent or guardian to use the Site.

Your Acceptance of the User Agreement:

By entering the Site you accept and are bound by the User Agreement without limitation, qualification or change. You represent that you have read and agree to abide by all the terms and conditions of the User Agreement at all times while using the Site. You may not use the Site in any way that involves failure to abide by any of the terms or conditions of the User Agreement.

Termination of the User Agreement

This User Agreement is effective until PBT terminates it. If at any time you determine that you do not accept all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you must immediately discontinue use of the Site and destroy all materials and copies of materials obtained from the Site. If PBT determines that you have not complied with any part of this Agreement, it may terminate your access to the Site and any services provided by the Site. In the event of termination, you are no longer authorized to access and use the Site and you are required to destroy all electronic or other materials and copies of such materials obtained from the Site. Your obligations under the User Agreement, including the warranties made by you, and the disclaimers and limitations of liability set forth herein will survive the termination of the User Agreement.

Use of Intellectual Property

You may view and download materials displayed on this Site for personal, non-commercial home use as permitted by applicable copyright laws. This Site contains materials, including images, illustrations, audio clips, video clips, and software, which are derived in whole or in part from materials supplied by PBT and other sources that have licensed such materials to PBT, and which are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. You must retain intact all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. The materials may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, used or distributed in any way, or decompiled, reverse engineered, or disassembled for public or commercial purposes. Modification of the materials is a violation of the copyright and other proprietary rights. The use of any of the materials on any other World Wide Web Site or networked computer environment is prohibited.

The trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on this Site are owned by PBT and by other sources that have licensed their use to PBT. Nothing contained on this Site should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any such marks displayed on this Site without the written permission of PBT or such other source. Your use of the marks displayed on this Site, except as provided in this User Agreement, is strictly prohibited.

The images of people or places displayed on this Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, PBT. The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by this User Agreement or specific permission provided elsewhere on this Site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, or communications regulations and statutes.

Complaints

NEPAtoday.com respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. NEPAtoday.com may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, terminate the access of users, subscribers, and account holders who infringe the copyright rights of others.

If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on NEPAtoday.com in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that NEPAtoday.com contains links or other references to another online location that contains material or activity that infringes your copyright rights, you may notify NEPAtoday.com by providing its copyright agent the information required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. sec. 512.

NEPAtoday.com's agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on or regarding this Site can be reached as follows:

By mail:

NEPAtoday.com
WSWB, WOLF TV
1181 Highway 315
Plains, PA 18702
United States

By phone: (570) 970-5648
By fax: (601) (570) 970-5604


General Limitation of Liability; Disclaimer of Warranties

Your use of and browsing in this Site are at your own risk. PBT makes no warranties or representations as to the materials in this Site and assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in its content. PBT neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on this Site will not infringe, violate or misappropriate the rights of others. PBT assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in this Site or your downloading of any materials from this Site. PBT does not warrant that your use of this Site will be uninterrupted or error-free. Without limiting the foregoing, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WILL PBT OR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THIS SITE OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THIS SITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE.

Linked Third Party Sites

PBT has not reviewed all of the information contained in or on external Web sites linked to this Site and is not responsible for the availability of such Web sites, nor does it endorse or is it responsible for the contents, advertising, products, or other materials made available on or through such Web sites. Your linking to any other off-site pages or other Web sites is at your own risk.

License to PBT

By posting messages to Bulletin Board/Forums or otherwise, communicating in chat rooms, uploading files, inputting data, or engaging in any form of communication through this Site, you are granting PBT a royalty free, perpetual, nonexclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to: (1) Use, copy, sublicense, adapt, transmit, publicly perform or display any such communication: and (2) Sublicense to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any of the foregoing rights with respect to the communication. The foregoing grants will include the right to exploit any propriety rights in such communication, including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, servicemark, or patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction.

Bulletin Boards/Forums

This service may include Bulletin Board/Forums and chat room's ("Bulletin Board/Forums") which allow feedback to PBT and real time interaction between users. PBT does not control the messages, information or files delivered to Bulletin Board/Forums. It is a condition of your use of the Bulletin Board/Forums and the Site that you do not:

restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Bulletin Board/Forums;

post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law;

post or transmit any information, software or other material which violates or infringes in the rights of others, including material which is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or which is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or rightholder.

post or transmit any information, software or other material which contains a virus or other harmful component;

post or transmit or in any way exploit any information, software or other material for commercial purposes or which contains advertising.

You understand that PBT has no obligation to monitor the Bulletin Board/Forums. However, PBT reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or remove any information or materials in whole or in part, that in PBT's sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of these terms and conditions.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless PBT, its subsidiaries, parent companies and affiliates, from and against any and all claims, actions, liabilities, costs and expenses, including without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of your breach of any provision of this User Agreement or any warranty you provide herein, or otherwise arising in any way out of your use of or postings to the Site.

Financial Information

In addition to, and without diminishing any other provision of this Agreement, PBT assumes no responsibility for financial or securities information provided on the Site. You hereby acknowledge that your reliance on any financial or securities information received on or through the Site is done at your own risk. You warrant that you will not engage in stock manipulation, illegal proxy solicitation, or any other activity contrary to local, state, or federal law, regulation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any foreign law or regulation. PBT will not be liable to you or any third party for any consequential, incidental, special or indirect damages, including but not limited to lost profits, trading losses and damages that may result from inconvenience, delay, or loss of the use of information, even if PBT is advised of the possibility of such damages.

Fees

Access to and use of the Site is currently available without charge. PBT reserves the right to charge a fee for access to the Site or use of the Site, access to or use of parts of the Site or services available on the Site at any time in the future. Your access to or use of the Site during any time in which access is free does not entitle you to use the Site without charge in the future.

Other

The User Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Mississippi without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Mississippi for any cause of action arising out of this User Agreement. If a court deems any part of this User Agreement invalid, the remaining parts shall remain in full force and effect. You agree to file any cause of action with respect to this User Agreement and your rights and obligations in Hinds County, State of Mississippi within one year after the cause of action arises. You agree that a cause of action filed after this date is barred.

Changes to this Agreement

PBT reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, change, or alter the User Agreement at any time. You agree to be bound by such modifications or updates and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current User Agreement to which you are bound. PBT will attempt to post a notice of any such change on the Site. By continuing to use the Site after a change is made, regardless of whether PBT has posted a notice announcing that change, you accept and are bound by the User Agreement as modified. Only PBT or its affiliates may alter this Agreement.

Privacy Policy

PEGASUS BROADCAST TELEVISION PRIVACY AND ON-LINE SAFETY POLICY AND PARENT'S RESOURCE

Pegasus Broadcast Television ("PBT") strives to maintain an educational playground for children and adults. We have put this section together to provide information for our visitors about privacy and on-line safety.

As with any site on the Internet, any individual can observe the events taking place. However, in order to participate in the interactive portions of our NEPAtoday.com web site ("Web Site"), PBT requires users to register and join NEPAtoday.com. Our registration form requests users to include their name, e-mail address, home address and telephone number. This information is used by PBT (and our Web Site hosting agents) to authenticate, confirm, and communicate.

The interactive portions of our Web Site allow visitors to post information and write content. Children can not participate in these interactive forums without parental consent. As a protective measure, we request all individuals to provide some information about themselves. Thus, if questionable material is posted on our Web Site, we have the necessary information to track down the source of the message and take the appropriate corrective measures. PBT does not condition participation in an activity on the disclosure of more personal information than is reasonably necessary to provide a safe environment.

Personally identifiable information is collected via a registration form that requests users to identify their name, e-mail address, home address and telephone number. This information is kept by PBT (and our Web Site hosting agents). PBT does not disclose personal information collected from children or visitor/users to third parties (other than our web site agents for the limited purpose of authentication, confirmation, and communication, and who have agreed to maintain the confidentiality and security of the information). Information collected from any site user is not used for advertising, promotion or marketing purposes and is not released, sold, or in any way transferred outside the company without the prior permission of the site user. PBT firmly believes in safety and privacy on the Internet and does not collect information about or disclose the identity of children on the Internet without prior parental approval.

PBT is particularly dedicated to providing children with a safe and fun Internet environment. PBT has developed privacy policies that are focused on protecting children, and it is PBT' intention to adhere to the Children's Advertising Review Unit ("CARU") Guidelines for Advertising on the Internet and Online Services, as well as the Federal Trade Commission's Children Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). Before children age 17 or younger can interact with others at our site, we require that they obtain parental consent.

If your child is age 17 or younger, we must obtain your parental consent before your child can participate in NEPAtoday.com. PBT believes that parents should actively supervise and participate in their children's on-line activities. If you would like to review your child's personal information or have it deleted and no longer want your child to participate in NEPAtoday, please notify us at 570-970-5648 and we will make your requested change within 48 hours.

PBT monitors all segments of the Web Site for objectionable content. If you happen to see a posting anywhere on our Web Site that you feel is objectionable, please notify us immediately at 570-970-5648. Further, PBT recommends the use of parental control software tools that are readily available from on-line services and software manufacturers. Such parental software tools are designed to not only screen out objectionable content, but also to allow parents to prevent their children from disclosing names, e-mail addresses, home addresses, telephone numbers and other personal information without parental permission.

PBT believes in on-line safety and would welcome any suggestions that you may have. Please contact us at:

NEPAtoday.com
WSWB, WOLF TV
1181 Highway 315
Plains, PA 18702
(570) 970-5648
E-mail: lorsheski@pegtelevision.com

Thank you for reading our Privacy and On-Line Safety Policy and Parent's Resource.

Cookies

Our sites may use a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how our site is used. Cookies help a web site recognize a user's browser as a previous visitor and thus save and remember any preferences that may have been set while the user was browsing the site. They may collect information about which pages are visited and the domain name (e.g., funlink.com) of visitors. They can enhance your visit by keeping track of parts of a site that you have already visited and any selections you've made, such as those selected in a "shopping cart." With this information, we are able to customize delivery of information without compromising privacy. For example, cookies can be used to ensure that you don't see the same advertisement too many times in a single session. We only use cookies to gather the information indicated in this policy and do not use cookies to gather personal identifying information. A cookie itself does not contain any personal identifying information. We may use the information collected by cookies for internal review, for traffic audits, and for market research.

Future Developments

As technology on the Internet continues to develop at a rapid pace, we intend to maintain our flexibility in the online arena. Our intent is to let you know how your privacy will continue to be protected as developments arise. If we need to change our policy in the future, we will attempt to post these changes as soon as they go into effect. If you have further questions about NEPATODAY.COM's privacy policy, you can find out more by E-mailing us at lorsheski@pegtelevision.com, or by mailing your question or request to: Lee Ann Orsheski, NEPATODAY.COM, 1181 Highway 315, Plains, PA 18702 USA.

NEPAtoday.com
WSWB, WOLF TV
1181 Highway 315
Plains, PA 18702
USA
E-mail: lorsheski@pegtelevision.com
By phone: (570) 970-5648
By fax: (570) 970-5604

Guidelines For The NEPAtoday.com Forums

Our goal is to allow as many people access to our service as possible, and to promote communication between diverse groups of people. We want you to have fun, and we want it to be with comfort and safety. To meet our goal we have a few general guidelines. These guidelines were developed to ensure that your experience with NEPAtoday.com is a positive one, and that you'll keep coming back. Please remember these guidelines when you chat, send mail, post to a forum, or share information or files.

1. Everyone on NEPAtoday.com is protected from harassment. We welcome people of all ages, races, religions, genders. We won't tolerate expressions of bigotry, hatred, harassment, abuse, or threats of harm to anyone. We want to encourage discussion and exchange of ideas, not alienate people. Sexually explicit material and/or language is not allowed in any form. Foul language and swearing will not be allowed in the Forums in any form.

2. We only allow legal activities in the Forums. We won't let you use the Forums to advocate illegal conduct, or participate in illegal or fraudulent schemes. The Forums are not to be used to distribute unauthorized copies of copyrighted material, including photos, artwork, text, recordings, designs or computer programs. Anyone attempting malicious altering of any Forum should be aware that it is a crime and they will have full charges brought against them. Those charges are found in Title 17A, section 433 and are called Aggravated Criminal Invasion of Computer Privacy. It is a felony with mandatory jail time no matter who you are.

3. We do our best to encourage safety and comfort, and discourage disruptive communication. For your protection, computer programs that contain destructive features, such as viruses, trojan horses, etc., are not permitted anywhere. We discourage anything that disrupts communication. Chain letters and pyramid schemes are not allowed. You will lose mail privileges if you send or reply to chain mail.

4. Everyone on NEPAtoday.com is allowed one account. When you register on NEPAtoday.com, you will have unlimited time to look around and find areas that interest you. Our goal is to have you participate in the general community life of NEPAtoday.com by participating in forums. We reserve the right to restrict your account for any reason we see fit.

Just A Reminder...

When in doubt about appropriate behavior, remember that the Forums are an electronic world, but the people here are real. So, just like when you go to any gathering of people, we ask that you treat others with respect and with care. If you have questions about these standards, or need to report a violation, please send email to the lorsheski@pegtelevision.com.

Thanks for joining the NEPAtoday.com community! Please share your energy, knowledge and creativity with our other members and, above all, have FUN! :-)