These Terms of Use serve as the code of conduct and terms and conditions for this blog that is provided by Neustar, Inc. (“Neustar”). By using this blog you agree to abide by these Terms of Use. The Terms of Use incorporate by reference the Legal Notices set forth at http://www.neustar.biz/about-neustar/legal-notice.

Thank you for your interest in the .us Community Blog & Forum. The intent of .us Community Blog & Forum is to share information with the .us community. We invite you to submit comments or posts for consideration.

The .us Community Blog & Forum reserves the right to remove any comment or user from blog or forum that violates the terms and conditions of use listed below.

Be Respectful.

Do not use obscene, racist, or sexually explicit language. Personal attacks are not permitted. .us Community Blog & Forum administrators reserve the right to remove submissions that are abusive, hateful, or defame or insult anyone. .us Community Blog & Forum administrators also reserve the right to remove submissions that are off-topic or not in English.

You agree that you will not impersonate others or post content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, abusive, that violates a third party’s right to privacy, that otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, or that is otherwise inappropriate. You may not post content that is intended to intimidate or to incite violence against anyone or degrades others on the basis of gender, race, class, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual preference, disability or other classification.

Abuse.

Our policy is to delete any comment that merely vents or to which it is not possible to produce a useful response. We will do this without notification, or appeal, and we do so entirely without shame. If someone persists in sending abusive comments, we will block their IP address. The same holds true for threats – personal, organizational, legal or otherwise.
The reason why we have this zero tolerance policy is because we do not wish to impede any reasonable, questioning, critical, helpful or practical comments that the .us Internet community wishes to make in response to blog posts, and so will continue to maintain the bare minimum comment-approval process.

Solicitations or advertisements are not allowed.

Posts of a commercial nature designed to promote a service or product will be deleted. You may link to other informational Web sites when relevant to the discussion.

Honor all copyright and trademark laws.

You may not post copyrighted material to, or use a third party’s trademarks on, the .us Community Blog & Forum unless you have express permission to do so. This includes, but is not limited to, text, photos, images, logos, trade names, service marks and screen shots.

Links to articles or other blogs.

When relevant to the discussion, .us Community Blog & Forum encourages you to link to articles, Web sites, or blogs that help others see examples of how .us is used.

Visiting outside links.

You acknowledge and agree that .us Community Blog & Forum is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources.

Participation in the blog is at your own risk.

You take responsibility for comments under your user name and use the information provided here at your own risk.

Permission to reproduce.

We are truly devoted to keeping the .us Community Blog and Forum one that listens to the changing needs of our customers and our industry. We hope that you will share your suggestions about how we can improve our service, and we welcome and appreciate your ideas. By participating in the .us Community Blog & Forum, you expressly grant .us Community Blog & Forum administrators permission to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works on, and distribute any posted material or submissions. We reserve the right to use blog comments, ideas, suggestions, products or services that are posted on this blog without any obligation to compensate the individual or entity that provided the comment or suggestion.

Proprietary rights and privacy.

By posting content to the blog, you represent and warrant that you either own or control all of the rights to that content, and such content does not violate these Terms of Use. You agree that all opinions expressed by users of the blog are expressed in their individual capacities, and not as representatives of Neustar.
Information posted to .us Community Blog & Forum is subject to .us Community Blog & Forum’s Rights Acknowledgement and will be handled in accordance with .us Community Blog & Forum’s Privacy Policy (link to policy).

Other Terms.

You will indemnify Neustar, its employees, agents, and affiliates from any and all claims and/or damages (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from any claim brought by any third party relating to content you have posted.

You understand and agree that Neustar is not responsible for any content posted by third parties. You further understand that, Neustar may monitor any of the posted content as it chooses and reserves the right to remove, edit or otherwise alter content that it deems inappropriate for any reason whatever without consent.

Posting on this blog does not constitute notice to Neustar of any such matters or for any legal purposes. This .us Community Blog and Forum is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, and Neustar makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the blog’s operation or the information, content or materials included in the blog. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, hereby disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose. 

Neustar may modify these Terms of Use at any time, and your continued use of the .us Community Blog and Forum signifies your assent to such modified terms.