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RSS Terms of Use

RSS (really simple syndication) service is a means by which College Publisher offers feeds of story headlines in XML format ("RSS Content") to visitors to of its Network of College Newspapers (the "CP Network") who use RSS aggregators. These Terms of Use govern your use of the RSS service. The use of the RSS service also is subject to the terms and conditions of other Service Agreements, which govern the use of CP Network websites, information services and content. These Terms of Use and the Service Agreement may be changed by College Publisher at any time without notice.

Use of RSS Feeds

RSS is a free service offered by College Publisher for non-commercial use. Unless permission is expressly granted by College Publisher, any other uses, including, without limitation, the incorporation of advertising into or the placement of advertising associated with or targeted towards the RSS Content, are strictly prohibited. You must use the RSS feeds as provided by College Publisher, and you may not edit or modify the text, content or links supplied by College Publisher.

Ownership/Attribution

CP Network and College Publisher retain all ownership and other rights in the RSS Feeds, and any and all CP Network or College Publisher logos and trademarks used in connection with the RSS Service. You must provide attribution to the appropriate CP Network website in connection with your use of the RSS feeds. Sites using multiple feeds from the CP Network must provide attribution to College Publisher by posting "brought to you by the College Publisher Network" within the text display field.

Link to Content Pages

The RSS service may be used only with those platforms from which a functional link is made available that, when accessed, takes the viewer directly to the display of the full article on the CP Network's sites. You may not display the RSS Content in a manner that does not permit successful linking to, redirection to or delivery of the applicable CP Network's Sites web pages. You may not insert any intermediate page, splash page or other content between the RSS link and the applicable CP Network's Sites web pages.

Right to Discontinue Feeds

College Publisher reserves the right to discontinue providing any or all of the RSS feeds at any time and to require you to cease displaying, distributing or otherwise using any or all of the RSS feeds for any reason including, without limitation, your violation of any provision of these Terms of Use. College Publisher assumes no liability for any of your activities in connection with the RSS feeds or for your use of the RSS feeds in connection with your website.

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Comments and Forum Posting Policy

Thank you for your interest and participation in the Daily Trojan comments and online forum system. To safeguard USC's Principles of Community while fostering a healthy campus dialogue, we require users to follow these basic posting guidelines:

Right to Delete Posts
Any postings that the Daily Trojan deems incongruent with its policies - including messages that are defamatory, obscene, abusive or in violation of copyright or trademark laws - are subject to editing or deletion. Although the Daily Trojan cannot reasonably expect to review every forum posting and is not responsible for any posted content, it reserves the right to monitor forums and remove posting privileges of users who violate these terms. All messages must be written in English.

Posting Rules
Comments, interactive areas, discussion boards, and the Daily Trojan Forums are intended to encourage public debate. We expect participants to differ ? judgment and opinion are subjective, and we encourage freedom of speech and a marketplace of ideas. But by using these areas of our website, you are participating in a community that is intended for all our users. Therefore, we reserve the right to remove any content posted on our site at any time for any reason.

Decisions as to whether content violates any Posting Rule will be made by the Daily Trojan at its sole discretion, after having received actual notice of such posting. Without limiting our right to remove content, we have attempted to provide guidelines to those posting content on our site. When using our website, please do not post material that:

contains vulgar, profane, abusive or hateful language, epithets or slurs, text or illustrations in poor taste, inflammatory attacks of a personal, racial or religious nature, or expressions of bigotry, racism, discrimination or hate.
is defamatory, threatening, disparaging, grossly inflammatory, false, misleading, deceptive, fraudulent, inaccurate, unfair, contains gross exaggeration or unsubstantiated claims, violates the privacy rights of any third party, is unreasonably harmful or offensive to any individual or community, contains any actionable statement, or tends to mislead or reflect unfairly on any other person, business or entity.
violates any right of the Daily Trojan or any third party.
discriminates on the grounds of race, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation or disability, or refers to such matters in any manner prohibited by law.
violates any municipal, state or federal law, rule, regulation or ordinance, or attempts to encourage such an evasion or violation.
unfairly interferes with any third party?s uninterrupted use of the Daily Trojan.
advertises, promotes or offers to trade any goods or services, except in areas specifically designated for such purpose.
uploads copyrighted or other proprietary material of any kind on our website without the express permission of the owner of that material.
uses or attempts to use another?s account, password, service or system except as expressly permitted by the Terms of Service.
includes images, photos, or articles or other content that constitutes, promotes or encourages illegal acts, violation of any right of any individual or entity, violation of any local, state, national or international law, rule, guideline or regulation, or otherwise creates liability.
uploads or transmits viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files.
disrupts, interferes with, or otherwise harms or violates the security of our website, or any services, system resources, accounts, passwords, servers or networks connected to or accessible through our website or affiliated or linked sites.
"flames" any individual or entity (e.g., sends repeated messages related to another user and/or makes derogatory or offensive comments about another individual), or repeats prior posting of the same message under multiple threads or subjects.