Social Media Participation/Submission Terms

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You certify you are the author and need no one else's permission

You certify that you are the original author or creator of your Submission, unless you expressly indicate otherwise. You also certify that no other person's or entity's permission or consent is needed for Bloomberg to legally use your Submission under this license. So you are the one who must have the rights before you post.

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You certify that you are the original author or creator of your Submission (except as expressly indicated otherwise)
neither the permission nor consent of any other person or entity is required to enable Bloomberg to legally use your Submission in accordance with this license

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The authorship certification has an exception: "except as expressly indicated otherwise".
  • The text does not say how or where to indicate that a Submission is not your own.

Not stated here

  • The text does not say what happens if the certification turns out to be untrue.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You certify Bloomberg's use will not infringe anyone's rights

You certify that Bloomberg's use of your Submission in accordance with this license will not violate or infringe the rights of any person or entity. This puts on you, the person submitting, the assurance that the content can be used without infringing others' rights.

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will not violate or infringe upon the rights of any person or entity

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The certification covers Bloomberg's use only "in accordance with this license".

Not stated here

  • The text does not say what happens if the certification turns out to be untrue.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You release Bloomberg and its licensees from claims over its use

You agree to release and discharge Bloomberg and its licensees, forever, from any and all claims you may have in connection with Bloomberg's use of your Submission. This covers use in accordance with the license, so you give up claims against Bloomberg and those it licenses over that use.

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You agree to forever release and discharge Bloomberg and its licensees from any and all claims you may have in connection with Bloomberg’s use of your Submission in accordance with this license.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The release is limited to claims connected to use of the Submission "in accordance with this license".
  • Licensees are covered along with Bloomberg.

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  • The text does not say which kinds of claims are covered in practice, or whether the release could apply where use goes beyond the license.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Full understanding, changeable only by a signed document

You agree that this authorization is the full and complete understanding between you and Bloomberg about Bloomberg's use of your Submission. It cannot be modified except by a document signed by both Bloomberg and you, so a change would need your signature as well as Bloomberg's.

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this authorization contains the full and complete understanding between Bloomberg and you regarding Bloomberg’s use of your Submission and cannot be modified except by a document signed by Bloomberg and you

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The statement is about Bloomberg's use of your Submission, not about your use of Bloomberg sites generally.

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  • The final sentence also refers to the website terms of service; the text does not say how the full-understanding statement fits with those terms.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You confirm you read and agree to be bound by the website terms

You further certify that you have read and fully understand the relevant website terms of service, including any restrictions of use in the terms at www.bloomberg.com/tos, and intend to be legally bound by them. This confirmation is made in the same passage as the license terms.

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You further certify that you have read the foregoing and any relevant website terms of service, including any restrictions of use found in the terms of service located at www.bloomberg.com/tos, fully understand their meaning and effect, and intend to be legally bound by their terms.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Only "relevant" website terms of service are mentioned, with the terms at www.bloomberg.com/tos named as including restrictions of use.

Not stated here

  • The terms of service at www.bloomberg.com/tos are not part of this source, so their content is not analyzed here.
  • The text does not say which other terms of service count as relevant.