Terms of Use
By visiting or using mlsli.com or any page of the mlsli.com website except
this page, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms of use and such agreement
constitutes a binding contract between you and the long island board of realtors,
inc., (LIBOR) and the multiple listing service of long island, inc., (MLSLI) the
owners of mlsli.com. if you do not wish to be bound by these terms of use,
please do not visit or use any page of the mlsli.com website.
Furthermore, by using any of the pages of the mlsli.com website, you acknowledge
that neither LIBOR or MLSLI are real estate brokers, mortgage brokers or mortgage
lenders and do not aid or assist borrowers in obtaining loans, solicit borrowers
or lenders for, negotiate or make loans secured by liens or real property
1. INTRODUCTION
The mlsli.com website is owned jointly by the Long Island Board of Realtors. Inc.
(LIBOR) and the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island, Inc. (MLSLI) both
of whom conduct their businesses at 300 Sunrise Highway, West Babylon, New York
11704. This site contains information which has been provided by REALTORS
who are participants in the MLSLI. These REALTORS have obtained this information
either from the owners of the properties displayed on the site, public records (sometimes
obtained through private, third party vendors), and observation. In addition,
this site contains information provided to mlsli.com from a variety of sources including
other public websites, quasi public websites, private not-for-profit websites and
business-for-profit websites.
LIBOR and MLSLI offers you access to the mlsli.com website in exchange for your
agreement to accept and comply with the terms, conditions, and notices stated here
and as may be modified by LIBOR and MLSLI from time-to-time. LIBOR, MLSLI and their
website, mlsli.com, refers to these terms, conditions, and notices, whether modified
or unmodified, as the “Agreement” or as the “Terms of Use”. LIBOR and MLSLI
reserves the right to modify in their sole discretion this Agreement and/or the
mlsli.com website without providing notification. You are responsible for
regularly reviewing this Agreement. BY VISITING OR USING ANY PART OF THE mlsli.com
WEBSITE, EXCEPT FOR THE mlsli.com HOME PAGE AND THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU ARE AGREEING
TO THESE TERMS OF USE, AND YOU ARE AGREEING THAT THIS IS A BINDING CONTRACT BETWEEN
LIBOR, MLSLI AND YOU. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE,
PLEASE DO NOT VISIT OR USE ANY PART OF THE mlsli.com WEBSITE.
ADDITIONAL TERMS MAY GOVERN USE OR CERTAIN WEBSITES OR WEB PAGES WITHIN THE mlsli.com
WEBSITE.
NOTICE FOR ALL FINANCIAL AND MORTGAGE TOOLS. These are calculation tools,
not an offer to lend. Interest rates shown are for demonstration purposes
only. Actual market interest rates may vary.
OUTLINE OF TERMS OF USE. For your convenience, mlsli.com here provides a section-by-section
outline of the Terms of Use. To go directly to a specific section contained
in these Terms of Use, click on the appropriate link below. Please note that
this functionality is provided solely for your convenience and in no way absolves
you of your duty to comply with each and every section of these Terms of Use.
2. GENERAL USE AND LIMITATIONS ON GENERAL USE OF THE mlsli.com WEBSITE
A. Except where we specify otherwise,
LIBOR and MLSLI offer you access to the mlsli.com Website solely for your personal
and non-commercial uses. You promise that you will not use the mlsli.com Website,
in whole or in part, for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms
of Use or for any purposes other than those that are personal and non-commercial.
You agree that you will not, except for your personal use, modify, copy, distribute,
transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works
from, frame in another Web page, use on any other website, transfer or sell any
information, software, lists of users, databases or other lists, products or services
provided through or obtained from the mlsli.com website. This means, among
other activities, that you agree not to engage in the practices of “screen scraping,”
“database scraping,” or any other activity with the purpose of obtaining lists of
users or other information. You agree that you will not use the mlsli.com
website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the mlsli.com
website or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the mlsli.com website.
You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any
means not intentionally made available or provided for through the mlsli.com website.
B. If and when requested by LIBOR
or MLSLI you agree to provide true, accurate, and complete user information and
to refrain from impersonating or falsely representing your affiliation with any
person or entity. Except with the written permission of LIBOR and MLSLI, you
agree that you will not access or attempt to access password protected, secure or
non-public areas of the mlsli.com website. Unauthorized individuals attempting to
access prohibited areas of the mlsli.com website maybe subject to prosecution.
C. The origin of any link to the
mlsli.com website home page must be accompanied by a clear and prominent attribution
indicating that the link is connected to the mlsli.com website home page.
For example, prominently positioning the mlsli.com name and mark such that there
is clear association between the name and mark and the destination of the link is
acceptable. However, you agree that you will not juxtapose the mlsli.com name
and mark and the link with your name or any other material(s) in a manner which
might give rise to any erroneous conclusion that there is any affiliation or association
between mlsli.com, on the one hand, and you or any other person or entity, on the
other hand. You agree that if LIBOR and MLSLI, in their sole and unfettered
discretion, requests in writing that you remove any link or links to the mlsli.com
website, you will promptly do so. You agree that if you create any link to
the mlsli.com website that you will not employ any technology that results in the
placement of content from the mlsli.com website in a frame and/or a reduced pop-up
window and/or any other display mechanism which changes the mlsli.com website from
how it would appear if a user typed in the mlsli.com URL to a typical browser
line.
3. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO YOU THROUGH THE mlsli.com WEBSITE
FROM LIBOR AND MLSLI.
A. The mlsli.com website contains
content and information originated by LIBOR and/or MLSLI (the “mlsli.com Content”).
mlsli.com presents and makes available such content and information through the
mlsli.com website as a public service, for the sole purpose of aiding you, the individual
consumer. mlsli.com, therefore, cannot guarantee the accuracy, sufficiency,
correctness, veracity, completeness, or timeliness of such information. You
are responsible for confirming the sufficiency and reliability of any such information.
B. LIBOR and MLSLI have made no
investigation as to the listing information set forth on the mlsli.com site.
With respect to such information, mlsli.com believes that the same is reasonable
accurate and truthful, but does not guarantee the accuracy and truthfulness thereof.
C. The mlsli.com website you are
about to enter also contains links to other websites maintained by other organizations
both public and private. LIBOR and MLSLI have not made an independent investigation
to ascertain whether or not the information contained in said sites is accurate.
INFORMATION PROVIDED TO YOU FROM mlsli.com LINKS TO OTHER SITES.
A. For your convenience, the mlsli.com
website contains content and information from links to affiliate websites (“Affiliate
Content”). Such content is not under the control of LIBOR or MLSLI and they
are not responsible for such content, including without limitation any link contained
in such content, or any changes or updates to such content. mlsli.com is providing
such content to you only as a convenience and the inclusion of such content does
not imply endorsement by LIBOR, MLSLI or mlsli.com of such content or the affiliate.
You may be subject to additional and/or different terms, conditions, and privacy
policies when you use affiliate services, content, software or sites.
B. Neither LIBOR, MLSLI nor mlsli.com
have any business relationship with any of the firms selling services or products
through links to their websites other than the fact that LIBOR or MLSLI may receive
a small commission if you purchase such products or services. It is incumbent
upon you to investigate fully the products, services, and the companies offering
the same as neither this site nor its owners has done so. Such websites may
have terms and conditions of use which vary from the terms of use for mlsli.com.
In the event that the terms of such website are in conflict with these terms then
in so far as the relationship between you and MLSLI, LIBOR and mlsli.com is concerned
the terms of use set forth herein shall prevail.
5. DISCLAIMER.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
YOUR USE OF AND RELIANCE UPON ANY AND ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO mlsli.com CONTENT AND AFFILIATE CONTENT, PROVIDED BY LIBOR AND MLSLI THROUGH
THE mlsli.com WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. SUCH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON
AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. LIBOR, MLSLI OR mlsli.com MAKE NO EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR GUARANTEES WITH REGARD TO THE APPROPRIATENESS,
ACCURACY, SUFFICIENCY, CORRECTNESS, VERACITY, VALUE, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS
OF SUCH INFORMATION. LIBOR, MLSLI AND mlsli.com EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
mlsli.com SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY OTHER USER OF SUCH INFORMATION OR
TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSS, EXPENSE, OR DAMAGE, INCLUDING CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR LOST REVENUE, CAUSED DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY BY THE USE OR RELIANCE UPON SUCH INFORMATION. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED
OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE mlsli.com WEBSITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN
DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER
SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
6. TO mlsli.com
In order for you to participate in certain services that LIBOR and/or MLSLI provide
through the mlsli.com website, LIBOR and MLSLI will require that you provide specific
information about yourself (the “mlsli.com Solicited Information”). If you
choose to participate in such services, you agree to provide true, accurate and
complete information and to refrain from impersonating or falsely representing your
affiliation with any person or entity. LIBOR and MLSLI is committed to maintaining
the privacy and security of any and all such information that you provide to them
through the mlsli.com website. To that end, LIBOR and MLSLI urges you to review
the mlsli.com Privacy Policy which may be accessed by clicking on the following
link:
mlsli.com Privacy Policy.
SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THE mlsli.com WEBSITE
7. Non-Commercial Services
mlsli.com provides through the mlsli.com website a number of venues in which interactive
services (“Interactive Services”), such as online calculators, planning tools, and
checklists, are offered to you. Such services are offered by mlsli.com for
the sole purpose of disseminating information for the public’s benefit. mlsli.com
cannot guarantee the accuracy, sufficiency, correctness, veracity, completeness,
or timeliness of such services. You are responsible for confirming the sufficiency
and reliability of any such service.
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN AND PROVIDED THROUGH mlsli.com INTERACTIVE SERVICES
ARE NOT INTENDED NOR IMPLIED TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. mlsli.com
MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE IN CONNECTION
WITH THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN AND PROVIDED THROUGH SUCH SERVICES, INCLUDING
THE APPROPRIATENESS, ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS, VERACITY, VALUE, SUFFICIENCY, TIMELINESS,
OR COMPLETENESS OR THE DATA, METHODS AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN AND PROVIDED
THROUGH SUCH SERVICES. mlsli.com EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY
KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OR MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT WITH REGARD
TO SUCH SERVICES. mlsli.com SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY OTHER USER
OF SUCH SERVICES OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSS, EXPENSE, OR DAMAGE, INCLUDING
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND INCLUDING LOST PROFITS
OR LOST REVENUE, CAUSED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY ANY ERROR OR OMISSION, OR ARISING
OUT IF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED THROUGH
SUCH SERVICES. IN NO EVENT WILL mlsli.com BE LIABLE TO ANY USER OF SUCH SERVICES
OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY ANY USER OR SUCH
SERVICES OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED
THROUGH SUCH SERVICES. A USER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION
WITH SUCH A SERVICE IS TO STOP USING THE SERVICE. 8. Third-Party
Services.
A number of commercial services, such as shopping and contractor services, are offered
by third parties through the mlsli.com websites. You acknowledge that by permitting
such services to be offered through the mlsli.com websites, mlsli.com is acting
as a passive conduit for the transmission to such third parties of any information
related to such services that you submit to mlsli.com. In order for mlsli.com
to distribute your information and facilitate contacts between you and such third
parties, you hereby grant mlsli.com permission to disclose any and all of the information
that you provide to mlsli.com to any such third party that mlsli.com, in its sole
discretion, deems relevant and appropriate.
Any information that you provide to mlsli.com must be true, complete, and accurate,
must not represent you as someone else or falsely identify you, and must not violate
any law, statute, ordinance or regulation. You are solely responsible for
such information and for all of the terms and conditions of transactions between
you and such third parties, including, without limitation, terms regarding warranties,
insurance, fees, taxes, titles and licenses. You must not submit a request
for a third party service through the mlsli.com websites unless you intend, in good
faith, to contract with such third party for the use of such service.
mlsli.com is not and will not be responsible for (i) the terms and conditions of
any transaction between you and any third party, (ii) any insufficiency of or problems
with any such third party’s background, insurance, credit or licensing, or (iii)
the quality of services performed by any such third party or any other legal liability
arising out of or related to the performance of such services. In the event
that you have a dispute with any such third party, you release LIBOR/MLS and mlsli.com
(and its affiliates, agents and employees) from any and all claims, demands and
damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown,
suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way
connected with such disputes.
GENERAL TERMS.
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A. You
hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts sitting in New
York, County of Suffolk and/or Eastern District of New York in all disputes arising
out of or relating to the use of the mlsli.com websites. Use of the mlsli.com
websites is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions
of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph.
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship
exists between you LIBOR, MLSLI and mlsli.com as a result of this Agreement, or
the use of the mlsli.com website. mlsli.com’s performance of this Agreement
is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this Agreement
is in derogation of mlsli.com’s right to comply with governmental, court and law
enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the mlsli.com website
or information provided to or gathered by mlsli.com with respect to such use.
If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant
to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability
limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be
deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the
intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue
in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this Agreement constitutes the
entire agreement between you and LIBOR, MLSLI and mlsli.com with respect to the
mlsli.com website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications
and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you LIBOR, MLSLI and
mlsli.com with respect to the mlsli.com website. A printed version of this
Agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial
or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same
extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records
originally generated and maintained in printed form.
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES PUBLISHED ON THIS SITE MAY INCLUDE
INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE
INFORMATION HEREIN. mlsli.com, ITS AFFILIATES AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS
MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THIS SITE AT ANY TIME.
IN NO EVENT SHALL LIBOR, MLSLI, OR mlsli.com AND/OR THEIR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY
DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA
OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF
THE mlsli.com WEBSITES, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE mlsli.com WEBSITES
OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH
THE mlsli.com WEBSITES, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE mlsli.com WEBSITES,
WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN
IF LIBOR, MLSLI AND/OR mlsli.com OR ANY OF THEIR SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE
ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION
OF THE mlsli.com WEBSITES, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE
REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE mlsli.com WEBSITES.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless LIBOR, MLSLI, mlsli.com, its partners,
affiliates, subsidiaries and suppliers from any liability, loss, claim and expense
(including attorney’s reasonable fees) related to your violation of this Agreement.
All materials on the mlsli.com websites (as well as the organization and layout
of the mlsli.com websites) are owned and copyrighted or licensed by mlsli.com, its
affiliates or its suppliers and licensors. (c) 1999, 2000 Copyright Multiple
Listing Service of Long Island, Inc. All rights reserved. No reproduction,
distribution, or transmission of the copyrighted materials at the mlsli.com websites
is permitted without the written permission of mlsli.com. Any rights not expressly
granted herein are reserved.
Pursuant to Title 17, United State code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications
of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to Service Provider’s Designated
Agent. ALL INQUIRES NOT RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL RECEIVE NO
RESPONSE.
GOLDSON / NOLAN ASSOCIATES, LLP
HOWARD W. GOLDSON
General Counsel
145 Marcus Blvd Suite# 4
Hauppauge, NY 11787
631-236-9877
Fax: 631-236-9871
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