Terms and Conditions

US Army/The Ad Council - Boostup.org web site

About this Site - We want to give high school students a voice, an outlet to show how they feel about high school. This site will be a place where students can express themselves freely and show who they are and what they go through.

Our manifesto:
There are thousands of brave students who struggle just to make it through the day. These are the kids who turn off their alarm and dread the very idea of math or English. But they go anyway…most of the time. They persevere despite crowded classrooms, work through learning disabilities and fight to realize their dreams. To do better than the people that came before them. You won't be able to spot them by looking at them but they know who they are. They're independent. They're gutsy. They're determined to prove the system wrong and get their diploma. But sometimes they need to feel like there's someone in their corner.

They're braver than you think.

Terms and conditions:

1. Submissions
You must be between the ages of 14 and 20 in order to be eligible to participate in this program. You will need to include your name, age, and high school name and address with your submission. All submissions to the US Army/Ad Council will be reviewed by the US Army/Ad Council and/or it agents prior to any posting on the Web site and/or in other media, and the US Army/Ad Council has the right to reject any submission for any reason whatsoever. In the event that your submission is selected to be posted to the Boostup Web site, you will be contacted by the US Army/Ad Council and required to complete a release agreement that authorizes the usage by the US Army/Ad Council of your story. If you are under the age of 18, you will need to have your parents or legal guardians sign the form to give their consent.

2. Details on Types of Submissions
Please review "How To" page for the file specifications we accept. In addition, the following represents a nonexclusive list of unacceptable submissions that will be immediately rejected by the US Army/Ad Council: 1. any use of copyrighted material without the express permission of the author or owner; 2. any material that encroaches the right of others, including expressions of bigotry, racism or hatred; 3. any materials that is perceived by the US Army/Ad Council community as abusive, deceptive, profane, slanderous, offensive or inappropriate, including pornography; 4. any use of material that contains viruses, corrupt files or other content which may compromise the US Army/Ad Council or any user thereof; 5. any material that violates any laws or regulations of any governing body with jurisdiction over US Army/Ad Council, its affiliates and users; 6. any materials inconsistent with the values of the spirit of the US Army/Ad Council community; and 7. any materials that have not been produced by an artist between the ages of 14 and 20.

3. Disclaimer of Warranty
Your use of the site is at your own risk. The US Army/Ad Council makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy and the US Army/Ad Council and its affiliates specifically disclaim any liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content on the site. Neither the US Army/Ad Council nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, or inability to use or access, the site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the site is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

4. Risk of Use
The US Army/Ad Council assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the site.

5. Use of Ideas and Submissions
Should you send any communications or materials to the site by electronic mail or otherwise, including but not limited to, submissions, any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like, all such communications are, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and nonproprietary. Provided that you sign the release allowing the US Army/Ad Council to use your submission, anything you transmit or post as part of your submission may be used in perpetuity, without any compensation to you, by the US Army/Ad Council for any purpose including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree that the US Army/Ad Council has the right to publish the work in a publication compiling the various submissions and/or otherwise display the work. You shall continue to own all right, title and interest in and to the work, including the entire copyright in the work in perpetuity.

6. Ownership of Materials on site
Materials displayed on the site (other than the materials sent by you) are either the property of, or used with permission by, the US Army/Ad Council and the use of these materials by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission is provided elsewhere on the site or in writing by the US Army/Ad Council. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and civil and criminal statues.

7. Links to/from other Sites
Ad Council is not responsible for the content of any site linked to or from the site. Your linking to any other site is entirely at your own risk. While Ad Council may provide links on this site to other sites, the inclusion of such links is for your convenience only and is not an endorsement of the owner/sponsor of the site or the content of the site. Ad Council disclaims all warranties, express and implied, as to the accuracy, validity, legality or otherwise of any materials or information contained on such sites.

8. Posting on the Site
Although the US Army/Ad Council may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards and the like on the site, the US Army/Ad Council is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the contents of any such communications nor for any error, defamation, libel, profanity or inaccuracy contained in any such communication. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, libelous, obscene, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage that would be considered a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. The US Army/Ad Council will cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Ad Council to disclose the identity of anyone posting such materials.

9. Copyrighted Materials
The US Army/Ad Council respects the intellectual property of others, and requires that its users do the same. Accordingly, you may not place any material protected by copyright anywhere on the site without the express permission of the author or owner of the copyright in that material. The US Army/Ad Council will promptly take down or block access to infringing or allegedly infringing material on its servers if the US Army/Ad Council becomes aware that such material infringes the copyright rights of a third party, whether the US Army/Ad Council identifies such infringement in the course of its ordinary reasonable business activities, or through notification by the third party. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, and appears on the site, please contact the US Army/Ad Council.

10. Privacy
Ad Council will never release your name or other personal information without your permission other than as required by law. You may read our complete privacy policy here.

11. Changes to Terms and Conditions
The US Army/Ad Council may at any time revise these terms and conditions by updating this posting.