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In the interests of protecting associations rights and minimizing their potential legal liability, we prepared the following. Like paper publications, COBRA has intellectual property interests in the written words and images posted on its Web site, and such interests need legal protection. Moreover, those same written words can potentially injure or violate the rights of others (e.g., copyright or trademark infringement, libel, or invasion of privacy). While COBRAwe can never eliminate the legal risks inherent in Internet activities, and while those risks significantly increase when your organization employs the works of its members or other volunteers, one of the steps it can take to minimize such risks is to post conspicuous legal notices and disclaimers.

Many organizations already make effective use of such notices and disclaimers in their paper publications; however, very few use disclaimers on their Web sites. Consider adapting and employing the following suggested notices and disclaimers on your Web site, displaying them prominently and conspicuously on the home page and other key pages (either in full text or through hypertext links). Allrights reserved.  The contents of all material available on this Internet site are copyrighted by COBRA unless otherwise indicated. Copyright is not claimed as to any part of an original work prepared by a U.S. or state government officer or employee as part of that person’s official duties. All rights are reserved by COBRA, and content may not be reproduced, downloaded, disseminated, published, or transferred in any form or by any means, except with the prior written permission of COBRA, or as indicated below. Members of COBRA may download pages or other content for their own use, consistent with the mission and purpose of COBRA as codified in its governing documents on a single computer. However, no part of such content may be otherwise or subsequently reproduced, downloaded, disseminated, published or transferred, in any form or by any means, except with the prior written permission of, and with express attribution to COBRA. Copyright infringement is a violation of federal law subject to criminal and civil penalties. Coalition of Bail Recovery Agents, COBRA are registered service marks of COBRA. Legal Notice and Disclaimer Use the following language for a legal notice and disclaimer regarding works prepared and information supplied by members: The technical information contained herein is provided to the Coalition of Bail Recovery Agents by COBRA’s members and nonmembers. While COBRA makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information on this Internet site, COBRA does not endorse, approve, or certify such information, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing of such information. Use of such information is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness, efficacy, and timeliness. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by COBRA. COBRA including its employees and agents assumes no responsibility for consequences resulting from the use of the information herein,or from use of the information obtained at linked Internet addresses, or in any respect for the content of such information, including but not limited to errors or omissions, the accuracy or reasonableness of factual or scientific assumptions, studies or conclusions, the defamatory nature of statements, ownership of copyright or other intellectual property rights, and the violation of property, privacy, or personal rights of others. COBRA is not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on such information. No guarantees or warranties, including (but not limited to) any express or implied warranties of merchantability of fitness for a particular use or purpose, are made by COBRA with respect to such information. Links to Other Internet Sites from COBRA website contains links to other Internet sites: At certain places on this COBRA Internet site, live links to other Internet addresses can be accessed. Such external Internet addresses contain information created, published, maintained, or otherwise posted by institutions or organizations independent of COBRA. COBRA does not endorse, approve, certify, or control these external Internet addresses and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing of information located at such addresses. Use of any information obtained from such addresses is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness, efficacy, and timeliness. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by COBRA.