Terms of Use

Tweetmeme General Terms of Use

So nice of you to come visit. Well you won't find a boring set of legal ease because we don't want to pay a lawyer.

By using the Tweetmeme site, you are agreeing to play by our rules, which will govern your use of Tweetmeme on this lovely internet.

Before we start, we must mention that we get to change these rules whenever we like (good huh?). But don't worry we'll let you know so you can decide if you want to keep playing.

General Use Restrictions

All of the content you find on Tweetmeme is user-generated, we take every link you post on Twitter and try and find those golden nuggets of stories. This includes blog posts, pictures, videos and pretty much anything else you find on the internet. Anything else that is does not come via twitter is owned by 'favorit Ltd' so please do not take it unless you ask us nicely first.

Third Party Content

We have partners and other suppliers who provide us with their content. You can use it, but again, only for personal use and with no changes, unless you get permission directly from that partner. And no, we can't just get permission for you. That would fall under "not our job." We also can't take any responsibility for the truthfulness of any claims, warranties or fitness for any particular purpose, whether stated outright or implied.

Links to Third Party Sites

Just because links shows up on Tweetmeme doesn't mean that we're endorsing them or any of the content or other links you may find when you get there.

Submitting

We cannot control the content you lot post on Twitter (and would not want to) but if you submit content via the Tweetmeme website we do have some rules.

To submit content, you must agree to the following:

• You will not submit spam. We realize that one person's spam is another's treasure, so we strongly encourage you to ask yourself the following question before you submit content:
• You will not post links to any site whose sole mission is to sell a good or service, unless, of course, it's done for humorous reasons and contains no affiliate benefits.
• You will not solicit or post any sexually explicit images (actual or simulated).
• You will not post anything that exploits children or minors or that depicts cruelty to animals.
• You will not post any copyrighted or trademarked materials without the express permission from the owner.
• You will not attempt to overload our system or clog our @TM_Incoming twitter account with multiple submissions from one source in a short period of time.

Lastly, self submitting - feel free to self promote but we are tracking who (and from where) and if we see abuse we will stop it. Remember the content you post must be 'retweeted' by those on Twitter for it to have any affect.

Retweeting

You agree:

• That you will not conspire with others (or yourself) to create retweeting rings, fake twitter accounts (for just the purpose of retweeting) or use any other method to manipulate the rating or ranking of a story/link. Those caught doing so will be shown the meaning of 'blocked', and that means no more retweet love from us. We do have ways to spot this - so please do not try it.
• You will not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access or manipulate Tweetmeme, except for accessing RSS feeds or through accepted use of our API.

We reserve the right to alter this list because we probably forgot something.

Unauthorized Activity

Misbehave and you're the one who will be in trouble, not us. When you agree to play by our rules, you agree that no one employed by or in any way related to Tweetmeme will be held accountable for your actions, legally or financially. And if we have to protect ourselves in court because of your actions, we will stick you with the bill.

Copyright and Trademark Infringement

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and we ask that our users do the same. If you are a copyright holder and believe that your work has been borrowed/stolen, altered, illegally copied or misused in any other way, please let us know. We'll need some supporting documentation, a list of which you'll find here.

Disclaimer of Warranties

As much as we'd love to, we just can't vet every single submission to the Tweetmeme. And even some of our stuff might have the occasional inaccuracy or typo. We are not responsible for any of these errors, either on Tweetmeme or a third-party site. We offer Tweetmeme to you on an "as-is" basis.

Limitation of Liability

If you misbehave while you're on Tweetmeme - download stuff you shouldn't, make illegal copies, that sort of thing-we are not responsible; we warned you, but you'll have to take your lumps.