This Agreement explains the terms and conditions which apply to the use by you of the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites (defined below) and any other subscription product or service offered for sale by Self-Reliance Publications LLC and/or its affiliates (collectively, “Self-Reliance Publications LLC”). The right to use any product or service offered by Self-Reliance Publications LLC is personal to you and is not transferable to any other person or entity.

1. Definitions

The “Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites” means all areas and any subscription or other paid products and services offered or available on the interactive online service operated by Self-Reliance Publications LLC on the World Wide Web. The Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites consist of information services and content provided by Self-Reliance Publications LLC, affiliates of Self-Reliance Publications LLC and third parties. The term “Community Areas” means the bulletin boards, chat rooms, forums, comments sections and other user participatory areas on the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites.

2. General

Self-Reliance Publications LLC has the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites including, but not limited to, the Community Areas, content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions may be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including but not limited to, posting on the Community Areas a revised version of this Agreement or notification by electronic mail. Any use by you of the Community Areas after such notice shall conclusively be deemed to be acceptance by you of such changes, modifications, additions or deletions. You agree to review the terms and conditions of this Agreement periodically to be aware of such revisions.

3. Use of the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites and the Community Areas

The Community Areas shall be used for lawful purposes only. No material shall be posted on or transmitted through the Community Areas which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any law. No conduct shall be undertaken that, in Self-Reliance Publications LLC’s judgment, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Community Areas. Advertising or commercial solicitation may be posted on or transmitted through the Community Areas but only with Self-Reliance Publications LLC’s express prior approval and only if the advertising or commercial solicitation complies with all conditions imposed by Self-Reliance Publications LLC

The Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites and the Community Areas contain copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information including text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites are copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright laws. Self-Reliance Publications LLC is the owner of the copyright in the entire Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites. Self-Reliance Publications LLC owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. Each third party content provider owns the copyright in content original to it. You may not modify, publish, transmit, display, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit the content of the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites or any portion of it. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, you may not copy, redistribute, publish, display or commercially exploit any material from the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites without the express permission of Self-Reliance Publications LLC and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of material from the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice shall be made. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.

You shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on the Community Areas any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. You are responsible for determining that such material is not protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or any other harm resulting from any uploading, posting or submission.

You hereby grant to Self-Reliance Publications LLC and its respective affiliates worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display any message posted in the Community Areas and/or any e-mail sent by you to Self-Reliance Publications LLC (in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or later developed.

You may not select or use a member name or e-mail address of another person with the intention of impersonating that person; use a member name or e-mail address of anyone else without authorization; use a member name in violation of the intellectual property rights of any person; or use a member name that Self-Reliance Publications LLC considers to be offensive.

You shall provide Self-Reliance Publications LLC with accurate, complete and updated information provided by you at the time of registration.

The Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites contain links to other Web sites, resources and advertisers. Self-Reliance Publications LLC is not responsible for the availability of these external sites nor does it endorse or is it responsible for the contents, advertising, products or other materials made available on or through such external sites. Under no circumstances shall Self-Reliance Publications LLC be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage caused or alleged to have been caused to a user in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available on such external site. You should direct any concerns to such external site’s administrator or webmaster.

You shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites and Community Areas and all charges related thereto.

The foregoing provisions of this section are for the benefit of Self-Reliance Publications LLC, its affiliates, third party content providers and licensors, and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly on its own behalf.

Self-Reliance Publications LLC has carefully designed the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites with the purpose of delivering certain content to users in a particular format and with a particular appearance. No third party shall have the right to utilize the content of the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites in any way that interferes with that purpose. In particular, Self-Reliance Publications LLC prohibits any party from displaying the content on the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites in any format where third party advertising or other materials that Self-Reliance Publications LLC did not authorize is viewed or viewable together with Self-Reliance Publications LLC’s proprietary content.

4. Monitoring

Self-Reliance Publications LLC has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of the Community Areas to determine compliance with this Agreement and any other operating rules that may be established by Self-Reliance Publications LLC from time to time. Self-Reliance Publications LLC shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on the Community Areas. Without limiting the foregoing, Self-Reliance Publications LLC shall have the right, but not the obligation, to remove any material that Self-Reliance Publications LLC, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof, otherwise objectionable or stale. Notwithstanding this right of Self-Reliance Publications LLC, users shall remain solely responsible for the content of their messages. You acknowledge and agree that neither Self-Reliance Publications LLC nor any of its affiliates shall assume or have any liability for any action or inaction by Self-Reliance Publications LLC with respect to any conduct within the Community Areas or any communication or posting on the Community Areas.

5. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE COMMUNITY AREAS AND THE SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC SITES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. NEITHER SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT THE SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC SITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC SITES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH THE SITES OR THE COMMUNITY AREAS.

THE SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC SITES AND THE COMMUNITY AREAS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.

THE DISCLAIMERS OF LIABILITY CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION APPLY TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.

IN NO EVENT WILL SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING THE SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC SITES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC SITES OR OUT OF THE BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON THE SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC SITES AND/OR THE COMMUNITY AREAS. SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC’S LIABILITY TO USERS, IF ANY, SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID TO SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC

SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC NEITHER ENDORSES NOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR STATEMENT ON THE SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC SITES, NOR FOR ANY OFFENSIVE, DEFAMATORY OR OBSCENE POSTING MADE ON THE COMMUNITY AREAS BY ANYONE OTHER THAN AUTHORIZED SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC EMPLOYEE SPOKESPERSONS WHILE ACTING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH EITHER THE CONTENT ON THE SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC SITES AND/OR ANY POSTINGS ON THE COMMUNITY AREAS. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC SITES AND/OR THE COMMUNITY AREAS. PLEASE SEEK THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE, REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FINANCIAL, HEALTH, OR LIFESTYLE INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT.

OTHER THAN ITS OWN PRODUCTS, SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC DOES NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH THE SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC SITES AND WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY MONITOR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN USERS AND THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE. SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC MAKES PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE SELF-RELIANCE PUBLICATIONS LLC SITES WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.

6. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Self-Reliance Publications LLC, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of the use by you of the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites and/or the Community Areas.

7. Termination

Self-Reliance Publications LLC shall have the right to immediately terminate this Agreement with respect to any user which Self-Reliance Publications LLC, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by you of this Agreement. The provisions of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

8. Trademarks

All trademarks appearing on the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites are the property of their respective owners.

9. Subscription Services; Products

(a) Subscription Services. Self-Reliance Publications LLC makes available to users certain online subscription services (both free and paid), and other paid services and products. The following terms and conditions shall apply in the event that you subscribe to any subscription service or services offered by Self-Reliance Publications LLC on the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites (the “Subscription”):

Subscription Terms. The Subscription will continue until Self-Reliance Publications LLC receives notification of termination from you as described below. You authorize Self-Reliance Publications LLC to charge to the credit card account designated during the registration process the current fees and charges for each term according to the subscription plan chosen by you. If you accepted an offer that included a free trial period, your credit card account will not be charged until after the end of the free trial period. If you ordered in response to a free trial period offer, you may cancel the subscription process and avoid a charge to your credit card account if cancellation is received before the free trial period expires. If you subscribed for a term of one (1) year or more, you will be notified by Self-Reliance Publications LLC before the account designated by you is charged after the first term. You are responsible for any charges associated to connecting to the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites, including but not limited to, any telephone line charges or any Internet access provider charges. You shall provide Self-Reliance Publications LLC with accurate, complete and updated information as to your name and e-mail address and credit card account information provided by you at registration. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of this Agreement.

Auto-Renewal Terms. By subscribing to Self-Reliance Publications LLC’s auto-renewal program, you agree that your subscription will automatically renew for successive one (1) year terms at the end of each subscription period until you cancel your subscription. You authorize Self-Reliance Publications LLC to charge the credit card account on file (or other payment method such as PayPal, etc) for the renewal term’s subscription fees.

Auto-Renewal Notification. Approximately fifteen (15) days prior to the auto-renewal of your subscription, you will receive an email notification reminding you of the impending charge and the then-current price of your subscription.

Cancellation and Refund Policy. You can cancel your auto-renewal at any time by visiting your account page at https://www.backwoodshome.com/shop/my-account/subscriptions/, or by contacting our customer service team via email at customer-service@backwoodshome.com or by phone at 541-250-5134. Please note that cancellations through email or phone may take some time to process.

If you cancel after your subscription has auto-renewed but before you have received all of your subscription issues, you will be refunded for the remaining issues that were not sent. The refund will be pro-rata based on the number of issues remaining in your subscription term, and will be processed either as a credit card refund, by check sent via mail, or by another payment method used to sign up, at our discretion.

Failure to cancel your auto-renewal prior to the renewal date will result in the charge of the then-current subscription price to your credit card. You agree that this constitutes authorization to charge your credit card for the auto-renewal. Your subscription will remain active and continue to deliver the subscribed products until the end of the paid term.

Please remember that it is your responsibility to maintain accurate, complete and up-to-date information for your account, including your email address and credit card details. Failure to maintain accurate information may result in an inability to notify you of your impending auto-renewal or process your refund, if applicable.

Changed Terms. Self-Reliance Publications LLC shall have the right at any time to impose, change or modify its fees and billing methods, or other terms and conditions applicable to your use of the Subscription or to impose new terms and conditions. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice, which may be given by means including, but not limited to, posting on the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites a revised version of this Agreement or notification by electronic or conventional mail. If any such change is unacceptable to you, you may terminate your Subscription as provided below. Any use of the Subscription by you after such notice shall conclusively be deemed to constitute acceptance by you of such changes, modifications, additions or deletions. You agree to review the terms and conditions periodically to be aware of such revisions. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions imposed by third party content providers in connection with third party content, software or services.

Termination. Either you or Self-Reliance Publications LLC may terminate this Agreement at any time. Your only right with respect to any dissatisfaction with any terms and conditions of this Agreement, or policy or practice of Self-Reliance Publications LLC in operating the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites and/or the Community Areas, content available through the Subscription or change therein, or amount or type of fees or billing methods, or change therein, is to terminate this Agreement by sending notice to Self-Reliance Publications; 1299 NW 29th St, Corvallis, Oregon 97330; by e-mail sent to customer-service@backwoodshome.com, or by calling 541-250-5134.

Notice of termination will be effective upon receipt by Self-Reliance Publications LLC Without limiting the foregoing, Self-Reliance Publications LLC shall have the right to immediately terminate this Agreement with respect to any user which Self-Reliance Publications LLC, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by you of this Agreement. In the event that your account is terminated or canceled, no refund of any fees, including monthly membership fee, will be granted. The provisions of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and this Section 10 shall survive termination of this Agreement. Fees paid for any Subscription are paid in advance and are not refundable in whole or in part, provided, however, that in the event of termination by Self-Reliance Publications LLC for any reason other than breach of this Agreement by you or termination by you in accordance with this subsection of this Agreement in which you identify the termination as resulting from changed terms, Self-Reliance Publications LLC shall make a pro rata refund to you.

(b) Products and Other Services. With respect to products and services offered for sale by Self-Reliance Publications LLC and third parties or through the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites: you shall be informed of all terms of the offer, including but not limited to pricing, methods of payment, shipping and handling, credit card information, sales tax, return and refund policies and applicable privacy policies on the screen where you make the purchase.

10. Copyright Agent

We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and require that the people who use the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites, or the services or features made available on or through the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites, do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please forward the following information to Self-Reliance Publications LLC’s Copyright Agent, designated as such pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. – 512(c)(2), named below:

• Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
• A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
• A description of where the alleged infringing material is located;
• A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; and
• A statement by you made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Copyright Agent: Sam Duffy, Publisher, Self-Reliance Publications LLC, 1299 NW 29th St, Corvallis, OR 97330.

For Customer Service do not contact the Copyright Agent, please contact: Customer Service, Self-Reliance Publications Publications, 1299 NW 29th St, Corvallis, OR 97330.; customer-service@backwoodshome.com.

11. Miscellaneous

This Agreement and any operating rules for the Self-Reliance Publications LLC Sites and the Community Areas established by Self-Reliance Publications LLC constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import.

Updated: 8-1-23