Forum Rules

Although the administrators and moderators of Tri-State 4x4 will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of Tri-State 4x4, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.

Tri-State 4x4 Terms & Conditions

NOTE: New Forum Rules have been adopted in January 2007. These rules supersede any text or rules posted within this document.

Use of Information Found on this Forum:
Tri - State NJ - NY - PA 4x4 is not responsible for any information posted within this forum. This information may lead to trespass convictions / fines or injuries if misused. All posted information is speculative and not verified. If a reader chooses to use this information he / she uses it at his / her own risk. Tri - State NJ - NY - PA 4x4 does not verify this information.

Commercial Advertising:
COMMERCIAL LINKS AND ADVERTISEMENTS PLACED WITHIN POSTS WILL BE DELETED. WE WILL ALLOW COMMERCIAL LINKS AND ADVERTISEMENTS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE FORUM ADMINISTRATORS. YOU MUST ASK PERMISSION FIRST BEFORE POSTING. If you would like to advertise your commercial site on the Tri - State NJ - NY - PA 4 X 4 forums, please e-mail our Sponsorship Coordinator Administrator "xeon" . The RULES cover this topic as well. We have a “ VENDOR DISPLAY AREA” just for this purpose. ( To obtain renewal status as a vendor, you must contact the Administrator and request renewal status. Each Vendor will be reviewed by the Administrators. Forum Conduct and Customer Satisfaction rules must be met in order to continue as a vendor on Tri-State 4x4. )

DO NOT POST COMMERCIAL LINKS AND ADVERTISEMENTS IN OTHER AREAS OF THIS FORUM.

Forum Rules:
There is no censorship that will prevent ANYONE from stating a point of view, as long as a few simple rules are followed:

* If you become irritated a particular post, thread, or author, DON'T RESPOND!!

* NO PERSONAL ATTACKS! There is going to be ribbing and teasing among friends, but when posts turn into personal attacks THEY'RE DELETED AT THE ADMINISTRATORS DISCRETION.

* Out of courtesy, we will try to keep the boards "on subject". Occasionally posts will accidentally be made on the wrong board. When we CHOOSE to move an inadvertently posted message, a notice of this will be left.

* Posts containing profanity, for the sake of profanity will be DELETED! Everything will be considered within the context of the given situation. Again, judgment is at the discretion of the Administrators and the guidelines are also determined by Administrators. of the Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 .

Any questions or comments concerning the management of the forums should be directed to the Administrators.

Acceptable Conduct:
This Site includes photos as well as interactive forums, including chat functions and bulletin boards. These forums may be used only for non-commercial purposes. By using any forum or interactive areas, you agree not to do any of the following:

* Upload to, distribute or otherwise publish through this siite any photograph, image, graphic, message, data, information, text or other material ("Content") that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, harassing, threatening, harmful, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent, deceptive, misleading, contains nudity or is otherwise objectionable;
* Upload to, distribute or otherwise publish through this site any content that would convey expressions of bigotry, prejudice, racism, hatred or profanity;
* Upload to, distribute or otherwise publish through this site any content that would constitute, assist or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national, or international law;
* Upload to, distribute or otherwise publish through this site any content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party, or any content that you do not have the lawful right to distribute and reproduce;
* Upload to, distribute or otherwise publish through this site any content that may contain any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information;
* Impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; and
* Without Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 's written permission, distribute or publish unsolicited promotions, advertising or solicitations for funds, goods or services, including junk mail and spam.

Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter. As a provider of interactive services, Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 is not liable for any statements, representations or content provided by its users in any public forum or interactive area on the site.

Monitoring:
Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor any activity and content associated with any public forums and interactive areas, or any other areas on the site.
Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 may investigate any reported violation of its policies or complaints and take any appropriate action that it deems appropriate. Such action may include, but is not limited to, issuing warnings, suspension or termination of service, and/or removal of posted content.
Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 reserves the right and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any content that violates these provisions or is otherwise objectionable.
Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 also reserves the right to report any activity that it suspects violates any law or regulation to appropriate law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties.
In order to cooperate with governmental requests, to protect Tri - State NJ- NY- PA 4 X 4 systems or members, or to ensure the integrity and operation of Tri - State NJ- NY- PA 4 X 4's business and systems, Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4x4 may access and disclose any information it considers necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, user profile information (i.e. name, e-mail address, etc.), IP addressing and traffic information, usage history, and posted Content.
Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4's right to disclose any such non confidential or non privileged information shall govern over any terms of Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4's Privacy Policy.

This is only a Forum:
The public forums and interactive areas on the site act as the venue for users to post their own content, including photographs and hyperlinks. Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 does not and cannot review all content posted or uploaded to the site, and is therefore not responsible for this content. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to distribute your content on the site, Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 is merely acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any content.
You may find other user's content to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or deceptive. Please use caution and common sense when using our site.

Terms & Conditions:
These Terms and Conditions create an agreement applicable to your use of our services at Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 We may amend this agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on our site. Except as stated below, all amended terms shall automatically become effective.

Licenses & Site Access:
Subject to these Site Terms, Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 grants you a limited license to make personal use only of the Site. You may not, without limitation:

1. Make any resale or commercial use of the site or its content;
2. Make any derivative use of the site or its contents; or
3. Use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction methods within the site.

You may not use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 trademark, logo or other proprietary information (including the photographs and images found at this site, the content of any text and/or the layout or design of any page of the site) without express written consent. Further, you may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing the Tri - State NJ- NY- PA 4 X 4 name, trademark, or product name without Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4’s express written consent. Any unauthorized use of this site will terminate the permission or license granted by these site terms and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

License & Idea Submission:
You agree to grant to Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty free, perpetual license, with the right to sublicense, to reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, publicly display and publicly perform any content you submit to the site by all means and in any media now known or hereafter developed. You agree that you shall have no recourse against Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in any content you submit to us.

Your Indemnification & Release:
You shall remain solely liable for the content you upload or transmit to Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4, including photos and public forums and interactive areas on the site. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Tri -i State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 from any claim, action, demand, loss, expense or damages (including attorneys' fees) made or incurred by any third party arising out of or relating to your conduct, your violation of these terms and conditions, or your violation of any rights of a third party. In the event that you have a dispute with one or more users, you release Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.

Copyright:
All right title and interest in individual photographs and messages posted on the site will remain the exclusive property of the individual owner of the applicable photograph or post, and Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 claims no copyright or other proprietary right in these works. However, Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 does hold a copyright interest in the entire contents of the Site (in the aggregate) as a collective work under the United States and other copyright laws. The collective work includes works that are licensed to Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 The collective work may also include works that are the property of Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 licensers, which are also protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific material, download portions of the material from the different areas of the site solely for your own non-commercial use. Any redistribution, retransmission, or publication of any material or content on the site is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of the copyright owner. You further agree not to modify or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from the site.
However, Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 is not responsible or in any manner liable for any such potential or actual infringement.

Trademarks:
All trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names, and any other proprietary designations of Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 . Any other trademarks, service marks and trade names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective parties.

Links to 3rd Party Sites:
The links throughout the forum posts will let you leave Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 Site. These links are provided as a courtesy only, and the sites they link to are linked are not under the control of Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 in any manner whatsoever. Therefore, Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 is in no manner responsible for the contents of any such linked site or any link contained within a linked site, including any changes or updates to such sites. Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 is allowing these links merely as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not in any way imply or express affiliation, endorsement or sponsorship by Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 of the site and/or any of its content therein.

Disclaimer:
THIS SITE AND THE MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, Tri State NJ - NY- PA 4x4 DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEMENT.
Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4x4 DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE SITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4x4 DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF THE MATERIALS OR CONTENT IN THE SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, USEFULNESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.
Some states do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, so the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other legal rights that vary from state to state.

Limitation of Liability:
Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS, SERVICES OR CONTENT ON THE SITE, OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY PRODUCTS YOU MAY PURCHASE ON OR THROUGHOUT THE SITE, EVEN IF Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY INTERRUPTIONS, ERRORS, OR LOSS OF ANY DATA. Some states do not allow the limitation of liability, so the foregoing limitation may not apply to you.
Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PARTY
POSTING INFORMATION LEADING TO A TRESPASS FINE OR CONVICTION. ANY USER WHO
CHOOSES TO POST A PRIVATE RIDE DOES SO AT THEIR OWN RISK AND ASSUMES FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR POSTING AND PROMOTING SUCH AN EVENT..

Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 ONLY POSTS AND PROMOTES LEGAL RIDES ON PUBLIC
OR PRIVATE LANDS WHERE IT IS LEGAL TO DRIVE YOUR 4X4 VEHICLE.
Termination:
Notwithstanding any of these Site Terms, Tri - State NJ - NY- PA 4 X 4 reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your ability to access the Site, and to block or prevent future access to and use of the Site.

Terms of Agreement:
Any changes made to these terms and conditions must be voted on and approved by the forum administrators. There shall be no contractual agreements made without the express written consent of the administrators of this site. All changes shall be voted upon by administrators and approved or disapproved accordingly. The owner of this forum reserves the right to cancel any contract not properly approved by the forum administrators.

Severability:
If any provision of these Site Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.

The owners of Tri-State 4x4 reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.