Pnosis grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials except so as to facilitate searching. (So Google, go ahead and do your cache thing, we really want you to list us! Prominently!) Pnosis reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.

You agree not to collect or harvest any personal information, including account names, from the Website, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Website for any commercial solicitation purposes except in the Directory as intended. You agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Website with respect to their User Submissions except as part of the Directory as intended.

Listings in the Directory do not imply approval by Pnosis of the quality or reliability of the provider's services and should be used with care after further inquiry.

Intellectual Property Rights

The content on the Pnosis Website, except all User Submissions (as defined below), including without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features and the like ("Content") and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein ("Marks"), are owned by, licensed to or granted to Pnosis. These (“these”) are subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under and foreign laws and international conventions.

Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners.

You agree not to engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any of the Content other than expressly permitted herein, including any use, copying, or distribution of User Submissions of third parties obtained through the Website for any commercial purposes.

If you download or print a copy of the Content for personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein.

You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security related features of the Pnosis Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the Pnosis Website or the Content therein.

Pnosis reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and the Content.

User Submissions

• The Pnosis Website may now or in the future permit the submission of videos or other communications submitted by you and other users ("User Submissions") and the hosting, sharing, and/or publishing of such User Submissions. You understand that whether or not such User Submissions are published, Pnosis does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any submissions.
• You shall be solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with User Submissions, you warrant that: (i) you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize Pnosis to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all User Submissions to enable inclusion and use of the User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Website and these Terms of Service; and (ii) you have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable person in the User Submission to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable person to enable inclusion and use of the User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Website and these Terms of Service.

1. steal. This means we forbid, absolutely forbid, got it? you to submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant Pnosis all of the license rights granted herein.

1. bear false witness. This means that we forbid you, seriously no-kidding around forbid you, to publish falsehoods or misrepresentations, defamatory statements, or any material that could damage Pnosis or anyone at all on Earth, in this Universe, or anywhere else. We also forbid you from impersonating anyone else;
2. commit adultery, and also we forbid, seriously forbid, you to submit material that is unlawful, obscene, pornographic or even sexually graphic. If you are here for any of that sort of thing, you are in the wrong place anyway. Try www.AdultFriendFinder.com, maybe you’ll have better luck there, maybe not, but definitely take the really racey stuff outside;
3. kill. This extends to our forbidding you from perpetrating any threatening, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive statements or materials that encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense anywhere they might be reading this, give rise to civil liability, violate any law, or is otherwise seriously inappropriate anywhere on Earth;
4. covet they neighbor’s house, which in this case means we forbid you to post advertisements or solicitations of business except in the Directory as was intended. Get your own darned website;
5. behave in an unpatriotic fashion. We’re red blooded Americans here at Pnosis. We do enjoy a rousing political debate but if we catch you aiding terrorists you are toast around here. And notwithstanding our shameless use of an adaptation of the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States as our logo (with a nice quote from Ovid, did you catch that?) we are not, and are in no way connected to The Illuminati. We have no interest whatsoever in ruling the world. Way too much work. We'll just leave that to Google.
6. AND, just to catch everything we may have forgotten, we also forbid you from violating any of the other Ten Commandments around here (unless you are a genuine Pagan. In that case we sort of guess that Numbers 1 and 2 don’t really apply to you and it would be churlish of us to harass you about it. But if you are Jewish or Christian or Moslem and if we catch you worshipping idols here – even awesome figures such as Gil Boyne and Jerry Kein – hasta la vista baby.)
7. We really are serious about the part about calling your mom more often. It’s all part of Commandment Numero 5. Since you are a Unique User here we really, really want your days to be long upon the land. And come back often.
   
8. As if that weren’t enough, you should know that Pnosis does not endorse any User Submission or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein. In fact Pnosis expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Submissions. Pnosis reserves the right to remove Content and User Submissions without prior notice, which we’re saying again because if we do it we don’t want any whining. But don't assume that if we haven't removed it we endorse it!

(i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

(ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;

(iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;

(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail;

(v) A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

(vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Pnosis's designated Copyright Agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement is: Pnosis.com, 10311 Yearling Drive, Rockville, Maryland, 20850; phone 202-365-0002; email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it . You agree that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this Section 5(D), your DMCA notice may not be valid.

We'd like to re-emphasize a few points:

1. When using the Pnosis Website you will be exposed to User Submissions from a variety of sources, including Directory listings. You haven’t already forgotten that Pnosis is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Submissions, have you? Good, we are sure we can count on you.
2. You may be exposed to User Submissions that are inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable. This is on the World Wide Web, after all, so c'mon. So you hereby waive any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against Pnosis with respect thereto. You furthermore agree to indemnify and hold Pnosis, its Owners/Operators, affiliates, and/or licensors, harmless regarding all matters related to your use of the site.
3. Pnosis permits you to link to materials on the Website for personal, non-commercial purposes only except for the purposes of posting to the Directory, if you choose to do so. I think we said this one a couple of times before, but it's more work to check than just to say it again. And we still mean it.

ALSO:

Notwithstanding your waiver of legal and equitable rights hereunder, you further agree that in any legal dispute between you, any user, Pnosis, its owner(s), proprietor(s), administrators or staff will be submitted to binding arbitration according to the rules of the American Arbitration Association, in Rockville, Maryland and shall be subject to the laws, and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts, of the State of Maryland and brought exclusively in the venue of Montgomery County, Maryland.

Congratulations for having read the whole Terms and Conditions! If you've read through this far, email us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it if you'd like our personal congratulations. If we're in the mood and feeling flush we might send you a free Pnosis coffee mug, clock or official teddy bear (go see our Shop to see what we're talking about here) to reward your diligence. But we might not. It all depends on how polite and interesting you are and how this whole thing is going. Also, if you've found punctuation errors or typos anywhere in the site we'd sort of prefer not to know. We'll get around to fixing them as soon as we notice them. We're not complete morons, you know. Just overworked.

We reserve the right to change in these Terms and Conditions in any way at any time so if it is matter of concern for you it's your responsibility to keep up with changes, or just to say the heck with it and go to some other website whose Terms and Conditions you like better.

Finally, we conclude with a moment of silence for our valiant developer's valiant cat Freddie who passed away on June 30, 2007. Our condolences, Knox, and may Freddie be up there fighting dragons with Captain Wow....

And to our dear departed Blotch, elegant housecat of modern dance virtuoso Merce Cunningham.
 
And for our friend Keith Hall's Siamese cat Sate who passed across the Great Divide in early January 2008:

July 7, 2007 (amended by eulogies for Blotch and Sate sometime thereafter.)