Write for Ten is a web site with one simple rule: write for 10 minutes about anything. You can post any writing to us. We will post it online in the most web-friendly format, which you can share with friends.
The use of Write for Ten is available to all persons age 13 and over who agree by these terms of service. It is available for non commercial use only. It may not be used for purposes not in accordance to local law.
Write for Ten is an easy way to share your personal thoughts, photos, and home videos. We want to keep it a safe, fun, friendly place, and that means a few rules. You may NOT:
Write for Ten reserves the right to filter any content posted and remove objectionable posts without notice. Write for Ten may also cancel accounts for users who violate the Terms of Service.
Write for Ten respects your copyright. You retain full copyright of any original content that you send us. By posting to Write for Ten, you're granting us a license to distribute your content on this site.
Write for Ten reserves the right to view privates sites and private posts for the purposes of fixing issues, and to look for copyrighted or other inappriate material. This will only be done as necessary and these posts will never be shared by anyone else.
To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. The main form of identity management is your e-mail address. Please always use a valid and up-to-date e-mail address.
Materials, including but not limited to text, software, data, images, graphics, photos, audio, audiovisual, videos, and content of any nature provided by Write for Ten ("Content") or by other users of Write for Ten ("User Submissions") to Write for Ten is owned by the party contributing such content. As a user of Write for Ten, you are solely responsible for your own User Submissions. By transmitting your User Submissions to the Website or otherwise through or using Write for Ten you represent that you have all rights and authorizations necessary to post, submit, display, produce, or otherwise transmit, such content. You agree that you will not submit material that is or contains the intellectual property of a third party that you do not have permission to use.
You shall retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions; however, by submitting material to Write for Ten you grant Write for Ten the irrevocable, fully transferable rights to use, reproduce, distribute, modify, transmit, prepare derivative works of, display and produce the material in connection with Write for Ten and Write for Ten's business, but solely in accordance with these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. To the extent you do not have ownership rights to any of your User Submissions, you shall indemnify Write for Ten for any claim regarding Write for Ten’s use of your User Submissions.
When using Write for Ten, you may be exposed to User Submissions from a variety of sources, and Write for Ten is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Submissions, which may be inaccurate, infringing, offensive, indecent, or objectionable. You understand that all information publicly posted or privately transmitted through Write for Ten is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated and that we are not and will not be liable for any errors or omissions in any content. You understand that we cannot guarantee the identity of any other users with whom you may interact in the course of using Write for Ten. Additionally, we cannot and do not guarantee the authenticity or accuracy of any data that users may provide about themselves or relationships they may describe.
We do not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Submissions and will not treat any User Submissions as confidential.
While we have the right to monitor activity and content associated with Write for Ten, we are not obligated to do so. We do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any content submitted by users to Write for Ten. Because community standards vary and individuals sometimes choose not to comply with our policies and practices, in the process of using Write for Ten, you may be exposed to content that you find offensive or objectionable. You can contact our Customer Service Department to let us know of content that you find objectionable. We may investigate the complaints and violations of our policies that come to our attention and may take any action that we believe is appropriate, including, but not limited to issuing warnings, removing the content or terminating accounts and/or subscriptions. We also, however, reserve the right not to take any action. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any content, including, but not limited to any errors or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of, access to, or denial of access to any content on the Website.
By accepting these Terms of Use, you agree to indemnify and otherwise hold harmless Write for Ten, its officers, employees, agents, subsidiaries, affiliates and other partners from any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages resulting from i) your use of Write for Ten; ii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your communications with or through Write for Ten, or iii) any other matter relating to Write for Ten. Any business transactions which may arise between users from their use of Write for Ten are the sole responsibility of the users involved, and we disclaim any and all responsibility for such transactions.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES). SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT WILL OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY EXCEED US $10.00.
Write for Ten, the Write for Ten logo, and other Write for Ten logos and names are trademarks of Write for Ten. You agree not to display or use these trademarks in any manner without our prior written permission. The section titles of these Terms of Use are displayed for convenience only and have no legal effect. Please send any questions or comments, or report violations of these Terms of Use, to [email protected].
It is our policy to respond to valid DMCA takedown notices of alleged copyright infringement. These notices must include all of the information below, as suggested by the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Our response to valid takedown notices may include removing the infringing material, and suspending subscriber accounts. We will also contact the owner of the affected site so that they may make a counter notification.
To file a notice of infringement with us, you must provide a formal communication (by regular mail or email) that includes the items specified below.
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Should you have other questions or concerns about these terms of service, please send us e-mail at [email protected].
Write for Ten is provided 'as-is' with no warranty of any kind. You use the service at your own risk. Write for Ten expressly disclaims any warranty, express or implied, regarding the site or its content, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.