These Terms of Use were last updated on 08/24/2010.

H.S. Gere and Sons, Inc., the publishers of Many Hands provide you access to their respective web sites under the following terms. By accessing and using the Many Hands Web Sites, you are agreeing to be legally bound by these terms of use.

General

We may change these terms of use from time to time. The changes will appear in these terms of use so be sure to check back periodically. Your use of the Many Hands Web Sites after any changes have been posted will constitute your agreement to the modified terms of use and all of the changes. You understand and agree that we may discontinue or change the Many Hands Web Sites at any time, without notice. You also understand and agree that we may discontinue or restrict your use of the Many Hands Web Sites for any reason without notice.

Copyright And Limitations On Use

The content displayed on the Many Hands Web Sites, including the selection, arrangement, and design of the content of the Many Hands Web Sites (“Content”) is our or our licensors’ property, and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any Content including code and software. You may download Content from the Many Hands Web Sites for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices and you include the phrase “Used with permission from Many Hands” where the words “Many Hands” act as a hyper link to http://www.manyhands.com when you display or otherwise use the Content. All rights not expressly granted herein are hereby reserved.

Lawful Purpose

You may not use the Many Hands Web Sites for any unlawful purpose. You shall not post or transmit through the Many Hands Web Sites any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, libelous, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any law. Any conduct by you that in our sole discretion restricts or inhibits any other user of the Many Hands Web Sites from using or enjoying the Many Hands Web Sites will not be permitted.

Privacy

We are committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information that you provided to us. Our Privacy Policy is set forth athttp://www.manyhands.com/node/70/ and by accessing and using the Many Hands Web Sites, you are agreeing to be legally bound by the Privacy Policy.

Disclaimer Of Warranties

THE CONTENT AND THE MANY HANDS WEB SITES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES. DUE TO THE NUMBER OF SOURCES FROM WHICH THE CONTENT IS OBTAINED, AND THE INHERENT HAZARDS OF ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS OR INACCURACIES IN SUCH CONTENT AND THE MANY HANDS WEB SITES. WE AND OUR AGENTS AND LICENSORS CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MANY HANDS WEB SITES, OR THE MANY HANDS WEB SITES THEMSELVES, AND WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY SUCH EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.

Limitation of Liability

NEITHER WE NOR OUR AGENTS OR LICENSORS WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY RESULTING DIRECTLY FROM USE OF THE MANY HANDS WEB SITES CAUSED IN WHOLE OR PART BY OUR NEGLIGENCE OR CONTINGENCIES BEYOND OUR CONTROL IN PROCURING, COMPILING, INTERPRETING, REPORTING OR DELIVERING THE MANY HANDS WEB SITES AND THE CONTENT. IN NO EVENT WILL WE, OUR AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY YOU IN RELIANCE ON SUCH CONTENT OR ON THE MANY HANDS WEB SITES. WE AND OUR AGENTS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES), OTHER THAN DIRECT DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES OR THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF WARRANTIES, PARTS OR ALL OF THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IF ANY REMEDY HEREUNDER IS DETERMINED TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, ALL LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, DISCLAIMERS AND EXCLUSIONS OF WARRANTIES AND DAMAGES SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT.

Links to Third Party Sites

The Many Hands Web Sites may contain links to web sites operated by persons other than us. Those links are provided for your reference and convenience only. A link from the Many Hands Web Sites to another web site does not imply or mean that we endorse the content on that web site or the operator or operations of that site. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you may use any content, make any purchases or provided any information at any other web site to which you might link from the Gazette Web Sites. You agree not to hold us responsible for the content or operation of such web sites.

Dealings With Advertisers

Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Many Hands Web Sites, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that we are not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Many Hands Web Sites.
Public Areas

By submitting any information to the public areas of the Many Hands Web Sites including but not limited to, chat services, bulletin boards, reviews, letters to the editor (collectively “Public Areas”) you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions. If you do not want to be bound by these terms, then do not use the Public Areas. The Public Areas are free services provided to users of the Many Hands Web Sites and may be terminated at any time without notice. Information submitted to the Public Areas and posted by us have been selected by us in our sole discretion from among the information submitted to such Public Areas. We have the right to refuse to post or remove, edit or abridge any message, letter or posting for any reason and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, all in our sole discretion. You agree to be fully responsible for your own postings and agree to access and use the Public Areas at your own risk on an as-is basis. By submitting any information to the Public Areas, you are granting us a perpetual, royalty-free and irrevocable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, create derivative works from, transfer, and sell such information and to use your name and other identifying information you provide in connection with information. You agree to indemnify and hold us and our affiliates and their respective, officers, directors and employees harmless from any claims, damages, losses or costs (including reasonable attorney’s fees) that arise out of any of your submissions and postings to the Public Areas and any material contained therein, including, without limitation, any material posted or otherwise provided by you that infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property right of any person or defames any person or violates any person’s rights of publicity or privacy.

Copyrights and Copyright Agents

We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent the following information:
an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site; your address, telephone number, and email address; a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
In the event that you have a claim of copyright infringement with respect to the Content, we encourage you to contact our Copyright Agent,
By mail at: Many Hands, 115 Conz St., Northampton, MA, 01060 By e-mail at: publisher@manyhands.com By phone at (413) 584-5000. We cannot guarantee that any action will be taken as a result of your correspondence.

Monitoring

We have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor your use of the Many Hands Web Sites to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established by us and to satisfy any law, regulation, authorized government request or trade association guideline.

Additional Legal Terms

The laws of the United States of America and the State of Massachusetts govern these terms of use, your rights and obligations, and all actions contemplated by these terms of use, as if these terms of use were a contract wholly entered into and wholly performed within the State of Massachusetts. Venue is an appropriate federal or state court located in the State of Massachusetts. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not govern these terms of use. If any provision in these terms of use is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect, and the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision. The failure by us to exercise or enforce any right or provision under the terms of use does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. You agree to comply with all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations concerning your use of the Gazette Web Sites. These terms of use are the entire and final agreement regarding the Many Hands Web Sites and its Content, and supersede any prior or contemporaneous communications between Many Hands and you regarding the Many Hands Web Sites and their Content. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to the use of the Many Hands Web Sites must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
Article Comment Terms of Use

Article Comments are posted to encourage the open discussion of public issues affecting the communities of the Pioneer Valley and surrounding areas. While we cannot actively monitor the contents of individual postings, we request that all visitors limit their remarks to areas of public interest and to refrain from using the names of private citizens not in the public eye.

While we do not regularly monitor the discussion areas, we encourage visitors to contact us about any posting they find objectionable. We reserve the right to remove any posting for any reason. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

To discourage abuse, we have enabled a system that allows us to track individual users submitting posts to the article comment feature. Many Hands reserves the right to ban access to any computer violating this terms-of-use policy. Many Hands will not release tracking information except under a court order.

Messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of Many Hands. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message.
Readers who find an objectionable posting are encouraged to report it to the ManyHands.com Publisher.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use the Article Comment feature to post any material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by Many Hands.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Gazette with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).

As a condition of access to this site, you also agree to hold Many Hands harmless for any posting made by others.

Please note that advertisements, political endorsements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are inappropriate article comments.