Last Updated: 2/16/2025
Agreement to Terms
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you (“User,” “you,” or “your”) and The Cleveland Observer (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) concerning your access to and use of our website, mobile applications, newsletters, and any other online services we operate (collectively, the “Services”).
By accessing or using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, you must discontinue use of the Services immediately.
Changes to Terms
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. All changes are effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of the Services following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. It is your responsibility to review these Terms periodically for updates.
Use of Services
The Services are intended for users who are at least 13 years old. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you meet this age requirement.
You agree to use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You are prohibited from using the Services:
- In any way that violates applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation.
- To transmit or procure the sending of any unauthorized advertising or promotional material.
- To impersonate or attempt to impersonate The Cleveland Observer, a Company employee, another user, or any other person or entity.
- To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Services, or which may harm The Cleveland Observer or users of the Services.
User Contributions
The Services may contain interactive features that allow users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit content or materials (collectively, “User Contributions”) on or through the Services.
By providing any User Contribution, you grant us and our affiliates a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, and sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute, and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.
You represent and warrant that:
- You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above.
- All of your User Contributions comply with these Terms.
We are not responsible or liable to any third party for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Services.
Intellectual Property Rights
The Services and their entire contents, features, and functionality are owned by The Cleveland Observer, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Services, except as follows:
- Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
- You may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser