Terms of Use

User Agreement

This User Agreement (“Agreement”) governs the use of all online service (“Service”) provided by Refined Lines, LLC (“Refined Lines”). Your continued access of Service constitutes your acceptance and agreement to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If you do not so accept and agree, you should immediately discontinue your use of Service. Should Refined Lines modify this Agreement or its content, the date of the most recent revisions will appear at the bottom of this page. Your continued access to this Service indicates your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the Agreement.

Should you fail to follow the rules set forth in this Agreement, Refined Lines may terminate your access to Service and pursue any available remedies. Refined Lines reserves the right to deny access to Service and to prosecute any persons who violate the terms of this Agreement.

You assume full liability resulting from publication or distribution of, or related to, the material you submit to Refined Lines, including liability resulting from any virus, worm, or contaminating feature of the data you submit. You also agree to indemnify and hold harmless us, our directors, officers, shareholders, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, and licensers, from and against all losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees resulting from your violation of this Agreement or your failure to fulfill any account obligations. Should Refined Lines exercise its exclusive right to indemnification for any claim brought pursuant to this Agreement, you shall provide us with such reasonable cooperation as we so request.

Use of Content

All information, content, services, and software displayed on, transmitted through, or used in connection with Refinedlines.com, including but not limited to news articles, reviews, directories, guides, text, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips, video, html, source and object code, trademarks, logos, and the like (collectively referred to as “Content”), as well as its layout, is owned by Refined Lines. You may use the Content online only and solely for your personal, noncommercial use, and you may download or print a single copy of any portion of the Content solely for your personal, noncommercial use, provided you do not remove any trademark, copyright, or other notice from such Content. If you operate a web site and wish to link to Refinedlines.com, you must obtain prior written permission from Refined Lines for such use, and you must agree to cease such link upon request from Refined Lines. No other use of the Content is permitted without prior written permission from Refined Lines.

Refined Lines, its officers, directors, shareholders, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, or licensers are not liable for incidental, indirect, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages of any kind. A user’s remedy for a claim against us shall be limited to compensatory damages only. Refined Lines in no way makes any guarantees with regard to grades or marks received by its users. All editors provide the best possible service to the best of their ability and do not guarantee that edited papers are perfect or without error. Those who choose to access the Service do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws to the extent applicable. This Agreement does not grant you any rights in connection with any trademarks or service marks of licenser or its suppliers.

Right to Termination

Refined Lines may terminate this Agreement, your access to and use of Service, your access to and use of Content, or any portion thereof, immediately, in its sole discretion, at any time without cause.

Jurisdiction

The laws of the State of Indiana exclusively govern this Agreement. Venue for any mediation, litigation, special proceeding or other proceeding between the parties that may be brought or arise out of, in connection with, or by reason of this Agreement shall be in Porter County, Indiana.

Entire Agreement

This Agreement supersedes any prior agreements, oral or written, between you and Refined Lines. The failure of Refined Lines to exercise or enforce any right or term of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected by the terms of this Agreement. The remaining terms of this Agreement remain in full force and effect.

Prior to initiating any litigation, you must advise Refined Lines via certified mail of your alleged dispute and your intent to initiate litigation. Such notification must be sent within 30 days of the date you knew or should have known of the grounds for such alleged dispute. Refined Lines is entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees for enforcing, prosecuting, or defending any aspect of this Agreement and any legal dispute related to your use of Service.

Revised on March 14, 2005