WBD Visitor Agreement referenced by Privacy Policy

CNN · agreement dated March 24, 2023 · Official agreement

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Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Do not alter proprietary-rights notices

Except as expressly permitted in the agreement, you may not remove, alter, cover or distort copyright, trademark or other proprietary-rights notices on the website or its content.

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Except as expressly permitted in this Visitor Agreement, you may not:
(i) remove, alter, cover, or distort any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices on the Website or Website Content;

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Scraping and framing require express written permission

Subject to express permissions in the agreement, automated or manual copying or scraping needs WBD’s express written permission; framing needs explicit written permission. The same restriction list prohibits using WBD trademarks as meta tags.

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(iii) use an automatic device (such as a robot or spider) or manual process to copy or “scrape” the Website or Website Content for any purpose without the express written permission of WBD, frame the Website or Website Content except to the extent we have given you explicit written permission to do so, or use any of our trademarks as meta tags.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

WBD may use submitted feedback for lawful purposes

If you submit feedback, comments or other information through portions of the website that invite it, you agree WBD is free to use it to improve the website or for any other purpose permitted by applicable law.

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Portions of the Website may invite you to provide us with feedback, comments or other information (“Feedback”). We welcome your Feedback, as it helps us to make the Website even better. By submitting Feedback, you agree that we are free to use the Feedback to improve the Website or for any other purpose permitted by applicable law.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Unsolicited creative submissions are not confidential

WBD says it does not accept unsolicited concepts, ideas, suggestions, stories or other potential content, to avoid misunderstandings about similar independently developed projects. It asks you not to send them and warns that material sent anyway will not be treated as confidential.

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WBD does not accept unsolicited submissions of concepts, creative ideas, suggestions, stories, or other potential content.
If you do, please be aware that no material you send to us will be treated as confidential.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

WBD may screen, edit or remove postings without a duty to do so

Where the website offers photo, rating, video or other posting features, WBD may screen and monitor submissions and edit or remove material it considers offensive or contrary to the agreement before it appears on the website or elsewhere. It owes you no monitoring obligation, says postings do not represent its views, and disclaims responsibility and liability for them.

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If the Website provides you or other users an opportunity to upload photos, ratings, videos or post and exchange information, content, ideas and opinions (collectively, “Postings”), be advised that WBD shall have the right, but not the obligation to you, to screen and monitor Postings and may decide to remove or edit any Postings, which we consider to be offensive or otherwise in breach of this Visitor Agreement, prior to their appearance on the Website or elsewhere. Postings do not reflect the views of WBD and WBD disclaims all responsibility and liability arising from the Postings.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Postings must respect rights and exclude prohibited material

You represent that you have necessary rights to everything in your postings and that they do not infringe others’ rights. You also promise not to post nudity, obscene material, hate speech or other objectionable, offensive, illegal or harmful material, or sensitive or confidential personal data.

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You represent that (a) you have all necessary rights in all Postings you provide and all material, content and information they contain and that your Postings shall not violate or infringe upon any proprietary right, intellectual property right or other rights of third parties; (b) you will not upload or post any nudity, obscene materials, hate speech, or other objectionable, offensive, illegal, or otherwise harmful materials to the Website, and (c) you will not upload or post any sensitive or confidential personal data as part of the Postings.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

WBD reserves content rights while allowing limited personal use

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, WBD and/or its licensors own or control Website Content, broadly including versions of the site, its design, text, media, software, interactive features, trademarks and related intellectual property. You may access and display content on one computer or device and print pages only for personal, noncommercial use. You acquire no ownership beyond the agreement’s limited use rights; ungranted rights are reserved.

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Unless otherwise explicitly specified, the Website (including past, present and future versions) and included content (and any derivative works or enhancements of the same),
are owned or controlled by WBD, our licensors, or both. You may access and display, on a single computer or device only, the Website Content, and you may print pages of this Website, for non-commercial, personal use only. Except for the limited use rights granted to you in this Visitor Agreement, you shall not acquire any right, title or interest in this Website or any Website Content therein. Any rights not expressly granted in this Visitor Agreement is expressly reserved by WBD.

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Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Links must show full pages without implying endorsement

You may link to a full website page if the link does not imply WBD sponsorship or endorsement or misrepresent your relationship. Direct inline links that display hosted content on another site are prohibited. Using site trademarks, service marks or copyrighted material on your site requires the rights owner’s express written consent. WBD may insist a link be discontinued and revoke linking permission at any time by written notice.

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WBD welcomes links to the Website. You may establish a hypertext link to the Website, provided that the link directs to the full version of a page of the Website and does not state or imply any sponsorship or endorsement of your website by WBD, or in any way misrepresents your relationship with WBD. You are not permitted to link directly to any Website Content hosted on this Website, such as using an “in-line” linking method to cause the Website Content hosted by us to be displayed on another website. You may not use on your website any trademarks, service marks or copyrighted materials appearing on the Website, including but not limited to any logos or characters, without the express written consent of the owner of the mark or right. We have the right to insist that any link to the Website be discontinued, and to revoke your right to link to the Website at any time upon written notice to you.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Use supplied social-sharing features only as provided

The website may provide features for linking to site content or sending emails or links. You may use these features only as supplied and must not handle the content inconsistently with the agreement. This permission does not remove the general content-use and linking restrictions.

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The Website may provide certain social media features that enable you to link from your own or third-party websites to content on this Website or send email or links to certain Website Content. You may use these features solely as they are provided, and you are not permitted to take any action with respect to the Website Content that is inconsistent with any provision of this Visitor Agreement.

Content & IP Rights · Procedure

Copyright-removal notices may be answered with a written counter-notice

WBD may notify users through a general website notice, email or first-class mail to recorded contact details. A recipient may send the designated agent a written counter-notification containing the required signature, material identification, sworn statement, contact details and jurisdiction/service consent. The designated agent is Warner Bros Discovery, Inc., 8403 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910, telephone 240.662.0000, or DMCA_notices@discovery.com.

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We may give notice to our users by means of a general notice on the Website, electronic mail to a user’s e-mail address in our records, or written communication sent by first-class mail to a user’s physical address in our records. If you receive such a notice, you may provide counter-notification in writing to the designated agent that includes the information below.
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc., 8403 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 240.662.0000 (telephone); or DMCA_notices@discovery.com (e-mail).
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Content & IP Rights · Procedure

A counter-notice identifies the removed material and explains the claimed mistake

Your written counter-notice must include your physical or electronic signature, identify the removed or disabled material and its previous location, and state under penalty of perjury your good-faith belief that removal or disabling resulted from mistake or misidentification. Contact and jurisdiction/service statements are additional requirements.

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Your physical or electronic signature;
Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
A statement from you, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and