The rules are simple.
Do not post, request, or link to any content that is illegal in the United States of America and do not create any content with the purpose of posting or spreading such content.
Do not upload sexualized images of children. The Dost test is a six-factor guideline established in 1986 in the United States district court case United States v. Dost , 636 F. Supp. 828 (S.D.Cal. 1986). For more information about the Dost test, please click here.
If you find illegal content on QPRESS, please file a report and it will be dealt with promptly. Aside from that, please keep all submissions relevant to the original post. Please report irrelevant material or spam.
Terms and Conditions
The following terms and conditions govern all use of the qpress.org website and all content and services available at or through the website (taken together, the Website). The Website is owned and operated by United States World-Wide Network (“QPRESS”). The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, QPRESS’s Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by QPRESS (collectively, the “Agreement”).
Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by QPRESS, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.
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- Your qpress.org Account and Site. If you create content on the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your content, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the content. You must not describe or assign keywords to your content in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and QPRESS may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause QPRESS liability. You must immediately notify QPRESS of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches of security. QPRESS will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.
- Responsibility of Contributors. If you operate a blog, comment on a blog, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:
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- the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;
- if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;
- you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;
- the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;
- the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);
- the Content is not pornographic, does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
- your Content is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods;
- your Content is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your referral URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and
- you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by QPRESS or otherwise.
By submitting Content to QPRESS for inclusion, you grant QPRESS a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your Content. If you delete Content, QPRESS will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable and that your Content may still be accessible and redistributed via users’ local storage.
Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, QPRESS has the right (though not the obligation) to, in QPRESS’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in QPRESS’s reasonable opinion, violates any QPRESS policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in QPRESS’s sole discretion.
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- Responsibility of Website Visitors. QPRESS has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the Website, QPRESS does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. QPRESS disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.
- Content Posted on Other Websites. We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which qpress.org links, and that link to qpress.org. QPRESS does not have any control over those non-QPRESS websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-QPRESS website or webpage, QPRESS does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. QPRESS disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-QPRESS websites and webpages.
- Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy. If you believe that material located on or linked to by qpress.org violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify QPRESS in accordance with QPRESS’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Policy. QPRESS will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. QPRESS will terminate a visitor’s access to and use of the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of QPRESS or others.
- Intellectual Property. Trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any third-party trademarks or intellectual property.
- Changes. QPRESS reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. QPRESS may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
- Termination. QPRESS may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your qpress.org account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
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- Disclaimer of Warranties. The Website is provided “as is”. QPRESS and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither QPRESS nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error-free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk.
- Limitation of Liability. In no event will QPRESS, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; QPRESS shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
- General Representation and Warranty. You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the QPRESS Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
- Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless QPRESS, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.
- Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between QPRESS and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of QPRESS, or by the posting by QPRESS of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the laws of the U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in U.S.A.. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; QPRESS may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.
Privacy Policy
Who we are
Our website address is: https://qpress.org.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Content
When visitors submit content on the site, we collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
QPRESS only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that user IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the site where the content was submitted.
QPRESS collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with QPRESS. QPRESS does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated statistics
QPRESS may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. QPRESS may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, QPRESS does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Information disclosure
QPRESS will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than for purposes of administration, QPRESS discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request. QPRESS takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. If you post a screencap, be aware of local ads or any other info you don’t want to be displayed in the image. Crop this stuff out before upload.
Referral Links
We have provided an option for users to attach referral links to the content they post. We strongly suggest you do not share any personally identifying information. You may choose to add a referral link to your submissions (eg link to a crypto wallet or other work) but you will be sharing this info at your own risk.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. QPRESS uses cookies to help QPRESS identify and track visitors, their usage of QPRESS website, and their website access preferences. QPRESS visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using QPRESS’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of QPRESS’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.