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USE AGREEMENT BEFORE ACCESSING WEB SITE

The terms and conditions below include the policy of Compass Outdoors, LLC (the “Company”) for acceptable use of the Company Web site (the “Site”) and content posted on the Site, your rights, obligations and restrictions regarding your use of the Site.

By accessing the Site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the terms and conditions. You are only authorized to use the Site and its services if you agree to abide by all applicable laws and to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions, you should immediate cease all usage of the Site. The Company reserves the right at any time to modify, alter or update the terms and conditions without prior notice. Modifications shall become effective immediately upon being posted at the Site. Your continued use of the Site after amendments are posted constitutes an acknowledgement and acceptance of the terms and conditions, including all modifications. Except as provided in this paragraph, the terms and conditions may not be amended. The terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement regarding your use of the Site and the services it offers and supersede any such prior terms.

Without limiting any other provisions of this agreement, you may not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this agreement or any applicable additional terms. The Company reserves the right to modify or discontinue your use of the Site with or without notice to you. You expressly agree not to:

• Use this Site or its contents for any commercial purpose
• Use any robot, spider, scraper or other automatic device or manual process to access, monitor or copy the Company’s Web pages or the content contained therein without prior written permission of an authorized officer of the Company
• Take any action that, in the Company’s sole discretion, imposes an unreasonable burden upon the infrastructure used to support the efficient operation of the Site including, but not limited to, unsolicited e-mail (i.e.; “Spam”)
• “Frame,” “mirror” or otherwise copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create, derivative works or publicly display or otherwise incorporate any part of the Site into any other Web site without the Company’s prior written permission of an authorized officer of the Company

Content on the Site.

All content included or available on the Site, including Site design, text, graphics, interfaces and the selection and arrangements thereof, is protected by copyright, trademark and other applicable laws with all rights reserved and is the property of the Company and/or third parties. Any use of materials on the Site, including reproduction for purposes other than those noted herein, modification, distribution or replication, any form of data extraction or data mining or other commercial exploitation of any kind without prior written permission of an authorized officer of the Company is strictly prohibited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may download material displayed on the Site for non-commercial personal use only (provided that you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials). The Company neither warrants nor represents that your use of the materials displayed on the Site will not infringe on the rights of third parties not owned by us or affiliated with the Site.

The Site may provide you and other users an opportunity to submit, post, display, transmit or exchange information, ideas, opinions, photographs, images, video, creative works or other information, messages, transmissions or material to us, the Site or others (‘Post” or “Postings”). Postings do not reflect the Company’s views and the Company does not have any obligation to monitor, edit or review any Postings on the Site. The Company assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such Postings, nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger or inaccuracy contained in any information within such Postings on the Site.

You are strictly prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.

Without limiting the foregoing, the following behaviors are strictly prohibited:

• Strong, vulgar, obscene or otherwise harmful language
• Racially, ethnically or otherwise, objectionable language
• Harassing, intimidating, stalking or threatening other community members
• Libelous, defamatory or otherwise tortious language
• On-line vandalism
• Impersonation of another person
• Posting, distributing, transmitting or promoting illegal content
• Invasion of another’s privacy
• Actions that are hurtful to minors
• Posting, providing, transmitting or otherwise making available any information infringing on the rights of a third party
• Posting, providing, transmitting or otherwise making available any junk mail or spam
• Posting, uploading, e-mailing or otherwise transmitting any material that contains any malicious computer code or reverse engineering or hacking any materials on the Site

The Company will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing the Site to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

Intellectual Property.

You acknowledge that the Company owns all right, title and interest in any compilation, collective work or other derivative work created using or incorporating the Post, and you warrant and represent that you own the content posted by you on or through the Site or otherwise have the right to grant a non-exclusive license to the Company and the posting of your content does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, or any other rights of any person or entity. No compensation will be paid for the use of your Post, including, without limitation, any photograph you may provide.

You hereby grant the Company a non-exclusive global license to publish the contents submitted to you by the Site. You also grant the Company global non-exclusive adaptation and resale rights over any content and material submitted to the Site. These non-exclusive publishing, license and resale/adaptation rights extend to any material submitted for publication within the Site, including both message board postings and content submitted for uploading and subsequent publishing within non-message board portions of the Site. The Company is not responsible for any misleading, false or otherwise injurious information and advice communicated on the Site or for any results obtained from the use of such information or advice. The Company will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by a user through the user’s reliance on information and advice gained on the Site.

Third Party Sites.

The Company may provide links to Internet Web sites maintained by third parties (“Third Party Sites”) and may from time to time provide third party materials on the Site. The Company has no control over such sites and resources and therefore you acknowledge and agree that the Company is not responsible for the availability of such external sites and resources and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that the Company shall not be liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource. The Company recommends that you read the terms of use of each Web site you visit. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without notice, to terminate any and all links to the Site from any Third Party Site, terminate any and all links from the Site to any Third Party Site, and/or terminate any Third Party Sites made available or accessible via the Site and to remove any on-line posting thereof.

Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement.

Pursuant to Section 5 12(c) of the Copyright Revision Act, as enacted through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Company designates the following as its agent for receipt of notifications of claimed copyright infringement:

• By mail: 7900 International Drive, Suite 200
                 Bloomington, MN 55425
  
• By telephone: 952-876-4050
• By e-mail: info@thehuntingauthority.com

Indemnification.

You agree to indemnify and hold the Company, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees harmless from any claim or demand including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs made by any third party due to or arising out of any material or information posted provided, transmitted or otherwise made available by you on the Site or through the Site’s services or by your violation of these terms and conditions or by your violation of the rights of another.

Disclaimer of Warranties.

The Site is provided by the Company on an “as-is” and on an “as-available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, regarding the use or the results of the Site in terms of its correctness, accuracy, reliability or otherwise. The Company shall have no liability for any interruptions in the use of the Site. The Company disclaims all warranties with regard to the information provided including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE SITE OR THROUGH OR FROM ITS SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties; therefore in those jurisdictions the above-referenced exclusion is inapplicable.

Limitation of Liability.

THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER AND IN PARTICULAR, THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, OR LOSS OF USE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SITE OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT, WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARISE IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, UNDER STATUTE, IN EQUITY, AT LAW OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Some jurisdictions do not allow for the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages; therefore, some of the above limitations may be inapplicable.

Governing Jurisdiction of the Courts of Minnesota.

The Site is operated in the State of Minnesota. As such, the Company is subject to the laws of the State of Minnesota and such laws will govern these terms and conditions of use without giving effect to any choice of law rules. The Company makes no representations that the Site or other services are appropriate, legal or available for use in other locations. Accordingly, if you choose to access the Site, you agree to do so subject to the internal laws of the State of Minnesota. You also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the federal district and state courts of the State of Minnesota with respect to such matters.

Other Terms.

If any provision of this Terms and Conditions of Use agreement shall be unlawful, void or unenforceable for any reason, the other provisions (and any partially enforceable provision) shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable to the maximum possible extent. You agree that these terms and conditions of use and any other agreements referenced herein may be assigned by the Company, in the Company’s sole discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger or acquisition. You agree that by accepting the terms and conditions of use, you are consenting to the use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information and other practices described in the Company’s privacy policy statement.