Terms of Service

	

**1. Acceptance of Terms**

You must read and agree to these Terms of Use and the FreeNews (freenews.cc) Privacy Policy, including any future amendments (collectively, the "Agreement"). In addition, when using particular FreeNews services, you agree to abide by any applicable posted guidelines for all FreeNews services, which may change from time to time. FreeNews has the right, but is not obligated, to strictly enforce the Agreement through any or all means. Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the Website, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms.

**2. Press Release Submissions**

Press release submissions are subject to review and approval in accordance with our editorial and content quality guidelines. FreeNews reserves the right to reject any press release submission for any reason whatsoever, without explanation. FreeNews shall be the final judge of the acceptability of material to be submitted; this shall be without exception. Additionally, FreeNews has the right to reject any approved press release at a later time without explanation if it was approved in error. Press releases related to videos, movies, sports videos may be removed without notice once we receive a DMCA report or our editor considers it may have future DMCA COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the inclusion of your press release within our website or distribution network.

**3. Your FreeNews Account and Site**

If you create or have an account on the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the account. You must not describe or assign keywords to your content in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and FreeNews may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause FreeNews liability. You must immediately notify FreeNews of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches of security. FreeNews will not be liable for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions. FreeNews services should not be used for unlawful purposes or the promotion of dangerous or illegal activities. Your account may be terminated, and you may be reported to the appropriate authorities.

**4. Responsibility of Contributors**

If you post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, "Content"), you are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. This is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, computer software, or otherwise. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:

a. The downloading, copying, and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, or trade secret rights, of any third party.
b. If your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver of all rights in or to the Content.
c. You have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms.
d. The Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses, or other harmful or destructive content.
e. The Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third-party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third-party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing).
f. The Content is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company.
g. The Content is not obscene, libelous, or defamatory, hateful, or racially or ethnically objectionable, does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party.
h. The Content is not advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and websites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods.
i. You will hold FreeNews free of any charges regarding copyright infringements should the content you provide be copyright-protected by a third party.
j. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless FreeNews and its officers, directors, agents, employees, subsidiaries, and affiliates against all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, and expenses of any nature directly or indirectly arising out of the content you submit or that is submitted from your account.

If you delete Content, FreeNews will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that FreeNews can't and will not be responsible for removing Content from other websites.

Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, FreeNews has the right (though not the obligation) to, in FreeNews's sole discretion, (i) refuse or remove any content that, in FreeNews's reasonable opinion, violates any FreeNews policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in FreeNews's sole discretion. Content submitted to FreeNews may be distributed to third parties for added exposure; however, FreeNews is not under any obligation to do so.

The following types of content are not allowed, but are not limited to:

A. Pornographic, adult, or mature content.
B. Libelous, defamatory, threats, or hate-promoting content.
C. Copyright violations.
D. Private and confidential personal information.
E. Spamming, hacking, cracking, malware, or viruses or related content.
F. Content that is illegal, promotes illegal activity, or infringes on the legal rights of others.

**5. Responsibility of Website Visitors**

FreeNews has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website and cannot therefore be responsible for that material's content, use, or effects. By operating the Website, FreeNews does not represent or imply that it endorses the material posted there, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful, or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying, or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. FreeNews disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website or from any downloading by those visitors of content posted there.

**6. Content Posted on Other Websites**

We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which FreeNews links, and that link to FreeNews. FreeNews does not have any control over those non-FreeNews websites and webpages and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-FreeNews website or webpage, FreeNews does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. FreeNews disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-FreeNews websites and webpages.

**7. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy**

As FreeNews asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work is being infringed on this site, please notify our agent for claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement at: https://freenews.cc/contact.php. Your notice should: (a) identify with specific detail the material on the Website that you claim is infringing; (b) state that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (c) state under penalty of perjury that (i) the above information in your notice is accurate, and (ii) you are the owner of the copyright interest involved or are authorized to act on behalf of that owner; (d) provide your physical address, telephone number, and email address; and (e) include your physical or electronic signature. For faster response, we strongly recommend using the "Report Abuse" link towards the bottom of the content pages. FreeNews will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. In the case of a user who may infringe or repeatedly infringes the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of FreeNews or others, FreeNews may, in its discretion, terminate or deny access to and use of the Website. In the case of such termination, FreeNews will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to FreeNews, if any.

**8. Intellectual Property**

This Agreement does not transfer from FreeNews to you any FreeNews or third-party intellectual property, and all right, title, and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with FreeNews. FreeNews, the FreeNews logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos used in connection with FreeNews, or the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of FreeNews or FreeNews's licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any FreeNews or third-party trademarks.

**9. Privacy and Information Disclosure**

Your use of the FreeNews website or the Service signifies acknowledgment of and agreement to our Privacy Policy at https://freenews.cc/page/privacy.php. You further acknowledge and agree that FreeNews may, in its sole discretion, preserve or disclose your Content, as well as your information, such as email addresses, IP addresses, timestamps, and other user information, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: comply with legal process; enforce the Terms of Service; respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties; respond to claims that any Content is defamatory; protect the rights, property, or personal safety of FreeNews, its users, or the general public.

**10. Changes**

FreeNews reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. FreeNews may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

**11. Termination**

FreeNews may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your FreeNews account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have paid content, such content can only be removed by FreeNews if you materially breach this Agreement and fail to cure such breach within twenty-four (24) hours from FreeNews's notice to you thereof; provided that FreeNews can terminate the Website immediately as part of a general shutdown of our service. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

**12. Disclaimer of Warranties**

The website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. FreeNews and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, availability, timeliness, security, or reliability. Neither FreeNews nor its suppliers and licensors make any warranty that the website will be error-free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the website at your own discretion and risk.

**13. Limitation of Liability**

In no event will FreeNews, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this Agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability, or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental, or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to FreeNews under this Agreement during the one (1) month period prior to the cause of action. FreeNews shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

**14. General Representation and Warranty**

You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the FreeNews Privacy Policy, with this Agreement, and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside or any other laws, rules, and regulations) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.

**15. Indemnification**

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless FreeNews, its officers, directors, agents, employees, its subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, losses, damages (actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs, and attorneys' fees, of every kind and nature, arising out of your use of the Website or FreeNews Services, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.

**16. Promotion**

FreeNews reserves the right to promote partner information to website users through website ads or email advertisements.

**17. Account Deposits**

Account deposits via promotions are non-refundable. Deposits made by users are deducted first before deposits via promotions can be used.