All contents copyright © The Nervous Breakdown and its contributors. All rights reserved. Below are our terms and conditions--but seriously, if you have a question, just ask. Otherwise, please forgive the maddening legalese below.

Terms and Conditions

Please read these terms and conditions (“terms”) carefully. By accessing this website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions below. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions below, do not use this website. If you have any questions about these terms, please contact The Nervous Breakdown at postmaster@thenervousbreakdown.com.

The Nervous Breakdown (“TNB”), or third parties granting rights to TNB, holds all right, title and interest in and to the information and content on this website (the “Website”). These materials (including, but not limited to, text, art prints, video and audio content) and the Website are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may use such information and content from this Website solely for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that any print-outs retain all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices. Except as expressly authorized herein, you have no right to modify, edit, alter or enhance any of the information or content on this Website in any manner. Unauthorized use of this Website or misuse of any information or content posted on this Website is strictly prohibited. The limited permission granted by this paragraph terminates automatically, without notice to you, if you breach any of these Terms. Without limiting the foregoing, the use of the information and content on this Website on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose, or any other re-publication or re-distribution of any such information and content, including, without limitation, framing this Website, or any of its pages, within another website, is prohibited without our express prior written permission.

In other words, don’t steal our stuff.

Copyright

The contents of this Website are protected by copyright, controlled either by our contributors or by TNB.  Just as we require users to respect our copyrights, we respect the copyrights of others. If you believe in good faith that your copyrighted work has been reproduced on our Website without authorization in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify us by e-mail at: brad@thenervousbreakdown.com.

Your Password and User Account

If you are a registered user of this Website, you are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and user account information. You must notify us immediately in the event of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your user account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your or anyone else's password. You are entirely responsible for any and all activities which occur under your user account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your user account or any other breach of security known to you.

E-mail

You may send us E-mails from time to time. If you send us an E-mail, please be advised that the Internet is not a secure method of transmitting information. We shall have no liability for any loss or damage that results from interception and/or unauthorized use by third parties of any information you send by E-mail. For information regarding our use of your E-mail address, please review our Privacy Policy, which is available here.

View From Your Phone

Readers who submit photos to TNB for use on the "View From Your Phone" page relinquish all rights to said photos.  If you wish to retain rights to your phone photos, please don't send them to us.

Third-Party Interaction and Links to Third-Party Websites

We think this is great. Link away!

Availability

Not all of the products described on this Website are available worldwide and we do not make any representation or warranty that you will be able to obtain the products described herein in your jurisdiction.

NO LIABILITY

In using this website, you specifically agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for any damages of any kind, including but not limited to, direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damage, losses or expenses arising from or connected with this website or any linked website or use thereof or inability to use by any party, or in connection with any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus or line or system failure, even if we, or representatives thereof, are advised of the possibility of such damages, losses or expenses.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, hold harmless and, at our option, defend TNB and our officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives from any and all third-party claims, liability, damages and/or costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) arising from your improper use of this Website or our products or offerings, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement, or the infringement or use by any other user of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.

Terms of Use Revisions

We may modify these Terms or the information or content on this Website without notice at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified Terms, information or content on this Website. You agree to review these Terms periodically to be aware of such modifications and your continued access or use of this Website shall be deemed your conclusive acceptance of the modified Terms.

Privacy

Our Privacy Policy lives here.

Governing Law and Choice of Forum

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of California, without giving effect to its principles or rules of conflicts of laws to the extent such principles or rules are not mandatorily applicable by statute and would require or permit the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to your use of this Website or these Terms shall be filed only in the federal court located in Southern California and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. Persons who use this Website do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Last modified as of November 09, 2009