Oregon REALTORS® Terms of Use

This Agreement describes the terms and conditions (“Terms”) under which you may access and use the services provided on OregonRealtors.org (“the Site”). Please read this Agreement carefully as your use of the Site constitutes your binding acceptance of these Terms, including any modifications we may make. Please review the  OregonRealtors.org Privacy Policy which also governs your use and interaction with the Site. In consideration of the Oregon REALTORS® granting you access to the Site, you hereby agree as follows:

1. Oregon REALTORS® reserves the right at its sole discretion to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms at any time without notice or liability, and such modification shall become effective upon posting on the Site. Your use of the Site following any such modification shall be conclusively deemed your acceptance of such modification.

2. REALTOR®, REALTORS®, REALTOR-ASSOCIATE®, the REALTOR® Block “R” logo, REALTOR.com, and REALTOR.org are trademarks, service marks, membership marks, and/or logos of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. All NAR trademarks, service marks, membership marks and logos appearing on OregonRealtors.org are the property of NAR and all rights in those trademarks, service marks, membership marks and logos are reserved. Members of NAR using any of the membership marks are bound by and should refer to the rules and regulations governing use of those marks to ensure proper usage.

3. The information on the Site is for educational and informational purposes only. The information should not be construed as a recommendation by Oregon REALTORS® for any course of action regarding financial, legal or accounting matters. It is not meant as a substitute for professional advice from a qualified legal, accounting or financial professional.

4. Oregon REALTORS® does not represent, warrant or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any information displayed, uploaded, downloaded or distributed through the Site by any user, or any other person or entity. Oregon REALTORS® disclaims liability for any damages or losses, direct or indirect, that may result from the use of or reliance on information contained on the Site.

5. Oregon REALTORS® may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the services provided at the Site at any time without notice or liability, including the availability of any feature, blog, database, or Content.

6. The Site contains a combination of Content that Oregon REALTORS® creates, its partners create, and its users create. All materials published on the Site including but not limited to text, images, video, graphics and multimedia files (“Content”) are protected by all applicable copyright and trademark laws and owned by Oregon REALTORS® or the party credited as the provider of the Content. The appropriate copyright and trademark owner expressly reserves all rights in the Content.

a. Reprinting Content from the Site shall be subject to the Reprint Policy.

b. You may not sublicense, transfer or otherwise make any Content available to any third party for commercial purposes or financial gain or use the Content in any other media or location other than as permitted in this section. You may not upload Content that contains advertising or promotion for a particular real estate listing or for real estate services, including brokerage, lending, title insurance, property or casualty insurance, property management, building development, or consulting.

c. All Content provided by any party other than Oregon REALTORS® must identify the party who provided that Content.

d. By posting material to the Site, you warrant and represent that you either own or otherwise control all of the rights to that material, including without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input, or submit the material, or that your use of the material is a fair use. You agree that you will not knowingly and with intent to defraud provide material and misleading false information. You also represent and warrant that the material you supply does not violate these Terms and that you will indemnify and hold Oregon REALTORS®, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, and agents, harmless for any and all claims resulting from material you supply.

e. By posting material to the Site, you grant Oregon REALTORS®, its subsidiaries, affiliates, partners and third-party licensees a nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, sub-licensable, royalty-free license to use, store, display, publish, transmit, transfer, distribute, reproduce, aggregate your material with other content, create derivative works of and publicly perform that content for any purpose on and through each of the services provided by the Site. This license shall apply to the distribution and storage of your content in any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed.

f. Oregon REALTORS® blogs are syndicated for RSS aggregation. You have permission to subscribe to the blog content via an RSS reader or e-mail, and you also have permission to post the RSS feed to a REALTOR® association or other real estate-related Web site.
7. The Site may contain links to other Internet sites operated by third parties. These links are provided as a convenience to access the information contained therein. Oregon REALTORS® does not endorse or approve, is not a sponsor, partner, promoter or publisher of such sites or their content, and expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for the content of any other site. You should direct any concerns regarding any external link to the site administrator or Webmaster of such other site.

8. Your dealings with advertisers and third-party vendors found on or through OregonRealtors.org, including your participation in promotions, the purchase of goods, and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such activities, are solely between you and the third party. Oregon REALTORS® does not make any representations or warranties with respect to any goods or services that may be obtained from such third parties. You agree that Oregon REALTORS® will have no liability for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of any activities you undertake in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods, services, information or other materials available, or through such third parties, on the Site. You acknowledge that such third-party sites usually have their own terms and conditions, including privacy policies, over which Oregon REALTORS® has no control and which will govern your rights and obligations with respect to the use of those sites.

9. THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY OREGON REALTORS® ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SITE WILL MEET ANY PARTICULAR CRITERIA OF PERFORMANCE OR QUALITY. OREGON REALTORS® MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE USABILITY, CONDITION OR OPERATION OF THIS SITE, OR THAT ACCESS TO OR USE OF OREGONREALTORS.ORG WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR AS TO THE INFORMATION, CONTENT OR MATERIALS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, OAR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, COMPARABILITY, SECURITY AND ACCURACY. YOU AGREE THAT OAR IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

10. You agree you are exclusively responsible for maintaining the security of your password. You agree to provide Oregon REALTORS® with accurate, complete, and updated registration information. Failure to do shall constitute a breach of this Agreement, which may result in immediate termination of your access to the Site.

11. Oregon REALTORS® reserves the right, but not the obligation, to send electronic mail to any and all users of the Site for the purpose of informing them of changes or additions to the Site or any related services or products. Your registration on the Site constitutes your consent to receive such electronic mail unless it is subject to any right you may have to opt out of receiving said messages and you have opted out as provided for in Oregon REALTORS® Privacy Policy.

12. Oregon REALTORS® may at any time, in its sole discretion, terminate, limit or suspend your access to OregonRealtors.org, without notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation your breach of this Agreement or the termination of your membership in Oregon REALTORS®.

13. Oregon REALTORS® encourages meaningful exchange on the Site on issues involving REALTORS® and real estate. Unless otherwise provided for regarding a specific section of the Site, user Content is reviewed by an Oregon REALTORS® representative and approved Content will be posted within approximately two business days. Oregon REALTORS® aims to publish all user-submitted Content unless it:
• Contains language that Oregon REALTORS®, in its sole discretion, considers offensive or inappropriate;
• Is not relevant to the post that is being responded to;
• Is a commercial endorsement, including spam; or
• Infringes the trademarks or copyrights of Oregon REALTORS® or any third parties.

a. Oregon REALTORS® disclaims responsibility and liability for the content and opinions expressed by others on the Site including, but not limited to, content or opinions regarding any products or service mentioned on the Site.

b. If you upload Content to the Site, you agree to indemnify and hold Oregon REALTORS® harmless from any and all liability, damages or expenses whatsoever due, directly or indirectly, to any cause of action arising from the Content you posted.

c. You agree to use the Site only for lawful purposes and not to upload any unlawful Content or in any other way use the Site so as to violate any local, state, or national law.

d. Oregon REALTORS® reserves the right but not the obligation to refuse, move, or remove any material submitted to the Site for any reason and to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the Site.
(i) You agree not to post any defamatory, libelous, threatening, vulgar, sexually explicit, abusive, profane, rude, obscene, or anonymous Content.
(ii) You agree not to take any action which would disrupt or interfere with the regular, normal use of the Site by other authorized users.
(iii) You agree not to post any advertising, promotional or other type of solicitation to other authorized users of the Site except in those areas of OregonRealtors.org where such postings may be specifically authorized.
(iv) You agree not to impersonate any other person in any registration or Content you upload to the Site.
(v) Individual sections of the Site may have additional rules and regulations specific to the subject matter covered in that section. These rules and regulations will be posted on the section’s homepage. You agree to abide by the rules and regulations of individual sections on the Site.

14. This Agreement, its Terms, and use of the Site are governed by and will be interpreted under the laws of the State of Oregon, United States of America, without reference to conflicts of laws and without regard to the location of execution or performance of this Agreement.

You hereby agree that any and all disputes which may arise and any litigation that may arise from such disputes will be litigated before a court located in the State of Oregon, County of Marion, U.S.A., to the exclusion of the courts of any other country, state, or county.

15. If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been violated by Oregon REALTORS® or by a third party who has uploaded Content on our Site, please provide the following information to the Oregon REALTORS®-designated copyright agent listed below:
a. A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
b. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
c. An address, a telephone number, and an e-mail address where Oregon REALTORS® can contact you and, if different, an e-mail address where the alleged infringing party, if not Oregon REALTORS®, can contact you;
d. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright or other intellectual property rights owner, by its agent, or by law;
e. A statement by you under penalty of perjury that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or are authorized to act on the owner’s behalf;
f. An electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Oregon REALTORS® may request additional information before removing any infringing material. Oregon REALTORS® may provide the alleged infringing party with your e-mail address so that that person can respond to your allegations.

Oregon REALTORS® has registered a designated agent with the Copyright Office pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 512(c). If you believe your copyright material is being used on this Site without permission, please notify the designated agent at:

Jenny Pakula, CEO
Oregon REALTORS®
2110 Mission ST, SE Suite 230
Salem, OR 97302
503.362.3645
jpakula@oregonrealtors.org