User Agreement

Effective as of: December 5, 2023

Welcome to a website operated by Our Children’s Trust (OCT). Our Children’s Trust websites include Our Children’s Trust website at ourchildrenstrust.org, including all web pages whose domain name contains ourchildrenstrust.org or youthvgov.org, and any other OCT-operated Site that links to this User Agreement. In addition to the websites, this User Agreement may also apply and govern your use of any mobile application, online service, or platform operated by Our Children’s Trust (together with the Sites, OCT “Digital Services”) that link to this User Agreement. By using this website, you agree to follow the rules set forth on these web pages. 

From time to time, we may revise this User Agreement, including our Privacy Statement, so be sure to check these web pages occasionally. When you continue to use the website after we post a change, it means you agree to the new rules.

This User Agreement also does not apply to websites that Our Children’s Trust does not operate where Our Children’s Trust has a presence, such as Our Children’s Trust pages on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram.

Please read this User Agreement carefully, including the Privacy Statement.

Copyright

Except where otherwise indicated, Our Children’s Trust owns or licenses the copyright in all the materials on the website, including text, graphics, logos, button icons, audio clips, video clips, photographs, and software, and those rights are protected by United States and international copyright laws and other intellectual property laws ("OCT Content"). To the extent your use of material on our Site does not constitute "fair use" for which you do not need our permission, the following rules apply to use of the material:

Automatically Permitted Distribution

Unless the specific web page from which Our Children’s Trust text material is available indicates you may not do so, you may copy or distribute text materials that appear on the website, in print or digital format, subject to three limitations:

  1. You may not use the materials for any commercial purpose, including any purpose connected with the sale of goods or services;

  2. You may not make editorial changes to material you attribute to us; and

  3. You may not excerpt, juxtapose, or present attributed material in any way that is misleading as to our original editorial intent, or as to your relationship with us.

You may also copy or distribute OCT Content that is not Our Children’s Trust text materials if and only to the extent that the specific launching page from which that OCT Content is accessible, and/or the OCT Content itself, explicitly indicates that the OCT Content may be distributed in a specified manner, subject to the same three limitations stated above.

All distributed copies, whether of text or non-text materials, must display the following copyright notice:
Copyright [2023 or other year indicated] Our Children’s Trust. Originally posted by Our Children’s Trust at [complete address of source page].

Distribution Requiring Advance Written Permission

You must obtain written permission in advance if you wish to reproduce OCT Content in any manner not listed in the previous section. You can request this permission by sending us an email at info@ourchildrenstrust.org that contains the information listed below:

  • a complete description of the OCT Content requested, such as the URL of the web page that contains the OCT Content, a description of the sections or paragraphs that will be distributed, and, where applicable, the title and date of the OCT Content;

  • a description of the intended audience;

  • a description of the manner of distribution;

  • to any extent applicable, the length, retail price, and approximate size of first printing or circulation that will include the OCT Content;

  • a description of the geographic scope of the distribution and the length of time for which rights are being requested. (Please note that the OCT grants only nonexclusive rights);

  • a reply fax number or email address and a phone number.

Information You Post to the website

To the extent you voluntarily post material to the website for display on the website itself, you automatically grant to Our Children’s Trust an irrevocable, perpetual worldwide license for Our Children’s Trust to display such material on the website, except to the extent we have indicated otherwise on the portion of the website that permits you to post such information (e.g., if a particular blog or forum on the website posts any specific terms of use that applies to that particular blog or forum). Additionally, unless otherwise explicitly agreed upon in writing by you and Our Children’s Trust, by posting any material to the website for display on the website, you are representing, warranting, and covenanting to Our Children’s Trust that those materials are original to you or you have obtained permissions, releases, rights, or licenses, if any are required (including where use of that material does not constitute "fair use"), that you assume full responsibility for the posting of such material vis-à-vis third parties, including but not limited to making any payments to third parties with respect to displaying such third party material. By posting material for display on a portion of the website that contains specific terms of use applicable to that portion of the website, you agree you have read, understand, agree to, and accept such specific terms of use.

Trademarks (Including Logos)

Our Children’s Trust and Youth v. Gov logos, and any other trademarks on the website (collectively "OCT Trademarks") are trademarks of Our Children’s Trust in the United States and other countries unless it is explicitly stated on the website where a trademark appears that the trademark is the trademark of a third party (or it is obvious from the context that it is the trademark of a third party; e.g., where we include on the website the name or logo of a coalition partner) ("Third-Party Trademarks"). To the extent your use of OCT Trademarks does not constitute "fair use" for which you do not need our permission, the following rules apply to use of the material:

You may not use the OCT Trademarks for any product or service that does not belong to Our Children’s Trust, nor in any manner that is likely to cause confusion about whether we are the source, affiliated with, sponsor of, or endorser of any product, service, event or organization. Further, you will not use OCT Trademarks in connection with any content that makes direct or indirect reference to, features or otherwise depicts any candidate for elective office. In addition, you may not use OCT Trademarks in any manner that illegally disparages or discredits us.

Your ability to use a Third-Party Trademark that appears on the website is limited to the manner, if any, in which the website explicitly states on the page on which such Third-Party Trademark appears that such use in such manner is authorized by the third-party owner of that Third-Party Trademark (unless your use is permissible under the law [e.g., it is "fair use"] or the owner of such Third-Party Trademark has specifically granted you the right to such use in such manner).

Frames and Metatags

You may not frame the content of the website. You may not use metatags or any other "hidden text" that incorporates OCT Trademarks or our name without our express written consent.

Links to Other Websites

The website contains links to other websites that we think may be of interest to you, including the websites of other organizations, social media and media outlets. We are not responsible for and have no control over these other sites or their content. Remember that when you link to another site, that other site is governed by its own user agreement and privacy statement, which you should be sure to read.

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

ALTHOUGH WE TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, "TROJAN HORSES," OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO THE ACLU SITE, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT THE ACLU SITE OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE WEBSITE ARE FREE FROM SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES.

WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS, OR INJURY BASED ON ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS. OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE WEBSITE, NOR FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS. OR INJURY THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR YOUR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS USER AGREEMENT.

Termination

We reserve the right to terminate the website and this User Agreement at any time without notice for any reason, including, in the case of the User Agreement, for your violation of any of its provisions. The Limitation of Liability and Governing Law Sections of this User Agreement survive any such termination.

Governing Law

This User Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Oregon applicable to contracts made and performed there without regard to its conflicts of law principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in Lane County, Oregon, and waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.