General
These Terms and Conditions govern your use of the website “www.bodhiwire.com” (website) and all such online services provided by VANMAN COMMUNICATIONS PVT LTD (Company, We, Us, Our) through its website and any other online services provided by us (collectively referred to as “services”). The term “you” or “your”, being used interchangeably, refers to the user or viewer of the website/ services.
Agreement
By using the website or services, you agree to comply and be bound by these Terms and Conditions and all applicable laws and regulations in force. In case you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, please discontinue using the services. We reserve the right to amend the Terms and Conditions at any time. Your use of the services, following any changes made by us, shall constitute your acceptance of the changes. You agree that you are above 18 years of age or the age of an adult in your jurisdiction, or if you are a minor, you are viewing the website with the permission and under the supervision of your parent or local guardian.
Content Ownership
The content includes articles, other text, images, photographs, illustrations, graphics, video material, audio material including music compositions and sound recordings, logos, works of authorship, proprietary software, reports, information, data, sound, organization, design, compilation (meaning collection and assembly of contents) and other matters related to the website or in relation to the services and other material owned by us and/or our third party content providers (“Third Party Content Providers”), if applicable. Unless otherwise indicated, any new content or products and services added to the website will also be subject to this Terms and Conditions agreement effective upon the date of any such addition.
Trademarks
The website/ services may contain trademarks or service marks of Vanman Communications Pvt Ltd or that of their respective owners (the “marks”). The domain name for the website, including, without limitation, BODHIWIRE.COM and Vanman Communications are service marks, trademarks, logos, and/ or trade dress of Vanman Communications. All other trademarks, service marks, trade dress, product names, company names or logos, whether registered or not, on the website are the property of Vanman Communications Pvt Ltd or their respective owners.
Rights
The content is protected by international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. Unauthorized use of the content is a violation of copyright, trademark, and other laws. You do not acquire ownership rights to any content viewed through the site. The posting of information or materials on the site does not constitute a waiver of any right in such information and materials. Some of the content on the site is the copyrighted work of third party content providers.
Third Party Content
Vanman Communications does not knowingly accept unsolicited submissions including, without limitation, submissions of scripts, story lines, articles, drawings, fan fiction, characters, information, suggestions, ideas or concepts. Our policy is to delete any such submission, without reading it or forwarding it to other staff. Therefore, any similarity between an unsolicited submission and any elements in our creative work, including, without limitation, a film, series, title, story or concept would be purely coincidental. Third party content may appear on the website or be accessible via links from the website. We are not responsible for and assume no liability for any mistakes, misstatements, omissions, falsehood, defamation, obscenity, or profanity in the statements, opinions, representations or any other form of content on the website. You understand that the information and opinions in third party content represent solely the thoughts of the author/ third party content provider and is neither endorsed by us nor does it reflect our belief.
Errors and Changes
Vanman Communications does not represent or warrant that the site will be error-free, free of viruses or other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected. We do not represent or warrant that the information available on or through the website will be correct, timely or otherwise reliable. We may change the features, functionality or content of the website at any time. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to edit or delete any content appearing on the website.
Permissible Use
You may use the website/ services only for your internal, personal and non-commercial purposes. Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, you shall not copy, modify, transmit, distribute (for compensation or otherwise), display, perform, reproduce, reuse, post, publish, license, frame, download, store for subsequent use, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information or content obtained from the website, in whole or in part, including any text, images, audio, and video in any manner, without the prior written authorization from us or any applicable third party suppliers. Your use of the content, including images, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by us. Any unauthorized use of text or images shall be a violation of copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and applicable regulations and statutes. The use of the content on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited except as specified in these Terms and Conditions. Each Third Party Content Provider is a beneficiary hereunder to the extent necessary to enforce its proprietary rights in their content. Requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials found on this site can be made by contacting us in writing at:
Vanman Communications Pvt Ltd D-202, Vaishnavi Hills, Waxpol Road, Booty More, Ranchi – 835217 Jharkhand, India Email: subscriptions@bodhiwire.com
If you violate any provisions of the Terms and Conditions agreement, your permission to use the website/ services shall automatically stand terminated and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the content.
Restrictions/ Prohibitions on Use
Your access and use of the website/ services and any content therein are subject to the following restrictions and prohibitions on use: You may not (a) copy, print (except for the express limited purpose permitted by aforementioned clause), display, republish, distribute, transmit, sell, lease, rent, loan or otherwise make available in any form or by any means all or any portion of the website or any content and materials retrieved from it; (b) use the site or any materials obtained from the website to develop, of as a component of, any information, storage and retrieval system, information base, database, or similar resource (in any media now existing or hereafter developed), that is offered for commercial distribution of any kind, including through sale, license, lease, rental, subscription, or any other commercial distribution mechanism; (c) create compilations or derivative works of any content and materials from the website; (d) use any content from the site in any manner that may infringe any copyright, intellectual property right, proprietary right, or property right of us or any third parties; (e) remove, change or obscure any copyright notice or other proprietary notice or Terms and Conditions contained in the website; (f) make any portion of the website available through any timesharing system, service bureau, the internet or any other technology now existing or developed in the future; (g) remove, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any software or use any network monitoring or discovery software to determine the website architecture; (h) use any automatic or manual process to harvest information from the website; and (i) use the site in a manner that violates any law.
Third Party Services
The website contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed in such sites. These sites are not monitored, checked or investigated for accuracy, completeness or compliance with law by us. Inclusion of any linked site on our website does not imply approval or endorsement by us. If you leave the website and access such third party sites, you do so at your own risk.
Advertisements/ Third Party Service Providers
The website may contain advertisements and/ or sponsorships. You understand that advertisers and sponsors are alone responsible for ensuring that any content or material submitted for inclusion on the website is accurate and complies with applicable laws. We are not responsible for the illegality or any error, inaccuracy or problem in the advertiser’s or sponsor’s materials. We may advertise certain third-party products or services, or allow access to third party service providers to provide certain services (“links”) on the website. You understand that we do not operate or control the products or services offered by these service providers. These third party service providers or links are responsible for all aspects of order processing, fulfillment, billing and customer service. We are not a party to the transactions entered into between you and these third party service providers or links. You agree that use of or purchase from such third party service providers or links is at your sole risk and is without warranties of any kind by us, expressed, implied or otherwise including warranties of title, fitness for purpose, or non-infringement. Under no circumstances will Vanman Communications be held liable for any damages arising from the transactions between you and such third party service providers/ links or for any information appearing on third party service providers’ websites or any other site linked to our website. All rules, policies (including privacy policies) and operating procedures of these third party service providers will apply to you while accessing any such links. We are not responsible for information provided by you to such third party service providers or links. You understand that Vanman Communications and such third party service providers are independent contractors and neither party has authority to make any representations or commitments on behalf of the other.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Vanman Communications, its partners, agents, directors, successors, officers, employees, subcontractors, assigns, third party suppliers of information and documents, advertisers, product and service providers, and affiliates (collectively “affiliated parties”) harmless from any liability, loss, claim and expense related to your violation of this agreement or use of the website including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of (i) the information or material you submit or comment, including, but not limited to, liability for violations of copyrights, trademark rights, trade secret rights, or any other intellectual property rights, or the privacy or publicity rights of others, or liability for information or material you provide that is obscene, threatening, harassing, abusive, defamatory, hateful or embarrassing to any other person or entity, or is fraudulent or deceptive, (ii) your use of the services or unauthorized copying and sharing any of their content through any medium, or (iii) your violation of these Terms and Conditions or any applicable laws or regulations.
Limitation of Liability
For information obtained from third party content providers, you are alone responsible for compliance with copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights and restrictions and are referred to publication data appearing in bibliographic citations, as well as to the copyright notices appearing in the original publications. You use and browse the website at your own risk. If you are dissatisfied with the website or with any of these Terms and Conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and using the website. While we do our best to ensure the optimal performance of the website, you agree that you use this website and rely on material contained in this website at your own risk. In no event shall Vanman Communications, its directors, shareholders, officers, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents and licensors, or content providers be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages arising out of or related to the use, inability to use, performance or nonperformance of the services, even if Vanman Communications was previously advised of the possibility of such damages and regardless of whether such damages arise in contract, tort, under statute, in equity, at law, or otherwise. Vanman Communications and any affiliated party shall not be liable for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting in any way from (1) any errors in or omissions from the website or any services or products obtainable therefrom, (2) the unavailability or interruption of the website or any features thereof, (3) your use of the site, (4) the content contained on the site, or (5) any delay or failure in performance beyond the control of Vanman Communications or any affiliated party.
Monitoring
Vanman Communications shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of our services, to determine compliance with this agreement and any operating rules established by us and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. We shall have the right in our sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on our website. Without limiting the foregoing, we shall have the right to remove any material that we, in our sole discretion, find to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.
Copyrights
Vanman Communications respects the rights of all copyright holders and in this regard, we have adopted a policy that provides for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of subscribers and account holders who infringe the rights of copyright holders. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the following information:
1) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; 2) Identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online website are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site; 3) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; 4) Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party; 5) A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and 6) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. Our agent for notice of claims of Copyright or other Intellectual Property infringement can be reached as follows:-
Vanman Communications Pvt Ltd D-202, Vaishnavi Hills, Waxpol Road, Booty More, Ranchi – 835217 Jharkhand, India Email: feedback@bodhiwire.com
Legal Compliance
You agree to comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations when using the website and its content.
Termination
You agree that we, in our sole discretion, may terminate your access to the website/ services, and remove any content that you have posted on the website, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if we, in our sole opinion, believe that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the Terms and Conditions of this agreement or that you are a repeat infringer of intellectual property rights. You agree that any termination of your access to the website under any provision of this agreement may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that we may immediately bar any further access to the website. Further, you agree that the Company shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the website.
Governing Law
The Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of India and the Courts at Ranchi shall have the exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of the Terms and Conditions, without giving recourse to any principles of conflicts of laws.
REFUND AND CANCELLATION POLICY
Money paid for individual news article
As the product is a news item and once clicked to read the full story, there is no way to unread it, and hence the money paid for reading it is understood to have been utilised and hence there is no provision for refund of money.
Money paid for subscription
There is no provision for refund of money in case the subscription is cancelled before the expiry of the term. The subscribers, if not interested to continue using the news website, may not renew the subscription at the time of next renewal.
Donation
Money once donated will not be refunded.