GROWW, Inc., hereinafter referred to as GROWW exists to inform, educate, and support those who have lost loved ones through it's interactive forum on the Internet and its World Wide Web site. Given the interactive nature of the forums, both the salaried staff of GROWW and our users will generate content in the forums. Whereas we exert editorial control over our salaried staff members contributions, we are not able to edit and assure the accuracy of the content generated by our users and volunteers, many of whom use anonymous screen names and with whom we have no official relationship.

Therefore, users of GROWW should handle the information generated by fellow users with appropriate caution. Users should consider any information and advice given by other users, including medical advice, as a starting point or catalyst for their own research. GROWW cannot guarantee the accuracy, efficacy, or veracity of any information provided within the GROWW forums.

GROWW and the GROWW’s Online staff are not and will not be responsible for any misleading, false, or otherwise injurious information and advice communicated in the message board postings and chat room discussions or for any results obtained from the use of such information or advice. GROWW will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by a user through the user's reliance on information and advice gained through the message board posts and chat room discussions.

REPRODUCTION RIGHTS

GROWW will have a non-exclusive global license to publish the content submitted by users and contributors within GROWW. GROWW will also have global non-exclusive adaptation and resale rights over any content and material submitted by users and contributors within the GROWW World Wide Web sites. These non-exclusive publishing license and resale/adaptation rights extend to any materials submitted "for publication" within GROWW, including both message board postings and content submitted to GROWW for uploading and subsequent publishing within non-message board areas.

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

All of the writing within GROWW is the copyrighted property of GROWW, Inc. and is protected as such. This copyrighted property includes all writing by salaried staff and freelance writers and extends to message board posts, whether found in a raw state on the actual boards or in an edited compilation. The right to download and store or output the materials found in GROWW is granted for viewing use only. Materials may not be reproduced in any form. Any reproduction or editing by any means mechanical or electronic without the explicit written permission of GROWW is expressly prohibited.

Our copyright policy is very simple - All images available for download on GROWW are for the enjoyment and enlightenment of the Internet community. For all images bearing the copyright statements: ©1997 GROWW, we own the original negatives or slides, and we reserve all rights to those images. Images containing an embedded copyright statement may not be altered so as to remove that copyright statement. They are for personal, non-commercial use only. We often allow non-commercial Web sites to use the images. In many of those cases we will supply images in a suitable format. BUT - if you sell a product using our images in your ad, on your package, or included with your product, then that is commercial use, and you need to buy a license. Certain names, logos, and/or phrases on these pages may constitute trademarks of GROWW or its clients. The mark "GROWW" and the contents of this website area are the sole property of GROWW, Inc. Reproduction in whole or in part is strictly prohibited without the expressly written permission of GROWW, Inc.

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

GROWW cannot guarantee that all content and materials appearing in GROWW is not infringing on any registered or nonregistered copyrights. On any given day, potentially thousands of new postings may appear on the GROWW message boards, and it is humanly impossible to verify that each and everyone of these postings are free of copyright infringement. Visitors may not interfere with or infringe the copyrights, trademarks, logos, service marks, or confidential information of others. Printing and downloading material, including graphics, from the Service is permitted for your own, non-commercial purposes

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