Terms of Service
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| 3 | 3 | We (the [folks](http://automattic.com/about/) at [Automattic](http://automattic.com/)) run a service called [WordPress.com](http://wordpress.com/) and would **love** for you to use it. Our basic service is free, and we plan to offer paid upgrades for advanced features such as domain hosting and extra storage. Our service is designed to give you as much control and ownership over what goes on your blog as possible and encourage you to express yourself freely. However, be responsible in what you blog. In particular, make sure that none of the prohibited items listed below appear on your blog or get linked to from your blog (things like spam, viruses, hate content, etc). Please make sure you read through the list and the rest of the terms and agree with them before you get started. |
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| 5 | (Note, we've decided to make the below Terms of Service available under a **Creative Commons Sharealike** license, which means you're more than welcome to steal it and repurpose it for your own use, just make sure to replace references to us with ones to you, and if you want we'd appreciate a link to WordPress.com somewhere on your site. We spent a lot of money and time on the below, and other people shouldn't need to do the same.) | |
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| 5 | 7 | ### Terms of Service: |
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| 7 | 9 | The WordPress.com website ("Website") is a hosted service operated by Automattic Inc. ("**Automattic**"). Any use of the Website is subject to the following Terms and Conditions of Use ("Terms and Conditions"), as well as to [Automattic's Privacy Policy](http://automattic.com/privacy/), all of which are incorporated by reference into these Terms and Conditions. Your use of the Website will constitute your acceptance of these terms and conditions. |
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| 9 | 11 | 1. **Your WordPress.com Account and Site.** If you create a blog on the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and blog, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the blog. You must not describe or assign keywords to your blog in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and Automattic may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause Automattic liability. You must immediately notify Automattic of any unauthorized uses of your blog, your account or any other breaches of security. Automattic will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.Automattic may from time to time set storage limits for your blog, or take any other measures Automattic considers appropriate to manage the Website. Automattic will advise you of any such change, and may do so in any reasonable manner, such as posting a change on the dashboard you see when you log in to your WordPress.com account or via the "Wordpress.com News" blog accessible at [wordpress.com](http://www.wordpress.com/). If you exceed the storage limits, Automattic may require you to reduce the storage you are using or pay additional fees. Automattic may also from time to time change its policies on offering commercial content or displaying advertising, and it may do this without notice. However, Automattic may post blog entries about its policy changes, and you may wish to check your dashboard for Automattic's announcements about any such changes. |
| 10 | 12 | 2. **Responsibility of Contributors.** If you operate a blog, comment on a blog, post material to the Website, post links on the Website to material on , or otherwise make material available by means of the Website (any such material, "Content"), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that: |