Disclaimer

While Hawaiirama strives to publish accurate information, Information published on Hawaiirama.com may contain inaccuracies or errors. Hawaiirama’s proprietors do not make any warranty whatsoever as to the accuracy or dependability of Hawaiirama content. Hawaiirama does not make any warranty whatsoever as to the safety, reliability, or quality of services mentioned or reviewed by Hawaiirama or by third-party content that appears on Hawaiirama (either in the form of a hyperlink or a quotation). ALL READERS OF HAWAIIRAMA EXPRESSLY AGREE THEY ARE VISTING THE SITE AND READING THE CONTENT AT THEIR OWN RISK. ALL CONTENT PROVIDED BY HAWAIIARAMA IS PROVIDED “AS IS” TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW. Hawaiirama is in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Terms of Use

Use of Content

Hawaiirama.com provides two types of feeds for its content.

Full, ad-supported RSS feeds at http://feeds.hawaiiram.com/full.

Ad-free Excerpt feeds at http://feeds.hawaiirama.com/excerpts/.

Hawaiirama issues a general license to use these feeds, provided that they are not modified in any way, shape or form (including the stripping of ads) with the exception of the image stripping requirements as detailed below:

All commercial uses of feeds (e.g. websites generating revenue through advertisements including AdSense) must strip all images from the feed to ensure copyright compliance with third party photographic agency licenses.

Web Syndication Terms of Use

1. The Hawaiirama logo and URL must appear prominently at the top of every page displaying Hawaiirama content.
2. Links to internal pages in the Hawaiirama content must not be removed.
3. The branding and format of headlines, text and other information received from Hawaiirama.com RSS feeds may not be modified.
4. “More From” links back to original Site at the end of each post must be included on content pages and must not be removed.

Print Syndication Terms of Use

1. Content will appear unedited, except for replacement of hyperlinks with full URLs and use of product manufacturer’s site links where appropriate.
2. The Hawaiirama logo and URL must appear prominently at the top of each section displaying site content.
3. Images from Hawaiirama may not be used in print without requesting the appropriate copyright clearances either from Hawaiirama or from third parties providing images to Hawaiirama.

General Terms of Use

1. The RSS feeds may not be redistributed by third-party RSS providers.
2. No content shall be added to the RSS feeds. This includes any promotional content or advertisements,
3. Images must be removed from commercial feeds and open syndication feeds.
4. Hawaiirama reserves the right to require anyone to cease using the RSS feeds at any time.
5. Hawaiirama further reserves the right to terminate its distribution of the RSS feeds or change the content or formatting of the RSS feedS without notice.
6. Hawaiirama provides this content “as is” and Hawaiirama shall not be held liable for any third-party use of the information or the feeds.
7. Hawaiirama disclaims any responsibility for complaints regarding any images or content origininating from Hawaiirama but displayed on third-party sites or in print.
8. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, HAWAIIRAMA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING WARRANTIES FOR NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. By accessing the RSS feeds or the XML instructions provided above and receiving content provided from those feeds, you indicate that you agree to and understand the these conditions and terms.

Corresponding with Hawaiirama

Any correspondence with Hawaiirama, including images, electronic messages, and documentation, are considered the property of Hawaiirama. Hawaiirama reserves the right to reproduce, in whole or in part, such correspondence.

Comments Terms of Use

Comment users must follow these simple guidelines:

1. No offers to sell or buy services or products.
2. No posting of comments not relevant to Hawaiirama and its content themes.
3. No posting of material (images or words) that infringes copyright.
4. No posting of harassing, defamatory, threatening or libelous material.
5. No intentional false or misleading statements.
6. No posting of confidential information that the poster understands to be confidential, sensitive or otherwise in breach of contract or the law.
7. Hawaiirama will not accept responsibility for information posted in the Comments.

If Hawaiirama receives notice that a comment post is not in keeping with these terms and conditions or the intended use of the comments, we reserve the right to remove that comment posting. The removal of any comment shall be solely at the discretion of Hawaiirama Media.

Image Terms of Use

Hawaiirama sites typically display images as part of blog posts written by our editors. The types of images editors are authorized to use on Hawaiirama sites include:

• Images licensed from photographic archive vendors
• Images supplied to our editors or released into the public domain by public relations and marketing companies for press purposes
• Reader-submitted images, with the implied representation that the person submitting the image owns the copyright in the image and the right to give it to us for use on our site(s)
• Images published on Flickr or other public photo sites, with an implied license for use under the Creative Commons license associated with such sites
• Images commissioned by Hawaiirama
• Thumbnail images of 180×180 pixels or less
• Images used to illustrate a newsworthy story under the Fair Use doctrine
• Images where the use is transformative, such as for satire
• Images so widely distributed on the Internet that they are deemed to have become part of the public domain

If Hawaiirama Media receives notice that an image posted is not in keeping with these terms and conditions or the intended use of the Comments, we reserve to right to remove that image. Please send any concerns regarding images on GM Sites via email to legal AT Hawaiirama.com.

External Links Disclaimer

Hawaiirama routinely contain links to external, third party websites. By providing links to other sites, Hawaiirama does not guarantee, approve or endorse the information or products available at these sites. Hawaiirama does not operate or control any external site. Hawaiirama disclaims any responsibility for the information, products and/or services found on any external sites. Hawaiirama hyperlinks pointing to third-party sites do not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any information, products and/or services provided on or through any external sites. Visitors to Hawaiirama assume complete responsibility and risk in their use of any of external sites that Hawaiirama provides hyperlinks to. Visitors should direct any concerns regarding the content or any other aspect of any external links to the site’s administrator or webmaster.

Notification of Changes

Whenever Hawaiirama changes its Terms of Use, it will post those changes to this Statement, and other places we deem appropriate to make users aware of such changes.