READER COMMENT POSTING

The "Idaho Mountain Express" ("Express") welcomes your comments on its articles, editorials and blog discussions, and your participation in what we at the Express hope will be a constructive and lively community forum.

Your participation in this interactive forum on the "mtexpress.com" website (the "Website") is subject to the Terms of Service. Prior to making any comment or placing any material on the Website you must review the full text of the Terms of Service. By placing comments and other material on this Website, you are agreeing to each of the rules, terms and conditions of the Terms of Service.

Any comment which contains profanity, personal attacks, libelous statements or other inappropriate content will be removed. The Express does not moderate or monitor the Website, but reserves the right to remove or alter any text which does not comply with the Terms of Service. Anyone with a complaint about any content on the Website shall immediately contact the Express through the Website "complaints@mtexpress.com".

TERMS OF SERVICE

By submitting comments or otherwise posting material on the "mtexpress.com" website (the "Website") you understand and agree to each of the following terms and conditions:

1. You are fully and solely responsible for the content of what you post on the Website.

a. You will not post any material which violates any copyright, trademark or any other federal, state, local or international law regarding intellectual property rights, and if you unknowingly post any such material you will immediately remove same upon learning that it violates this rule.

b. You will not post any material which is libelous, obscene, abusive, defamatory, invades the privacy of another person, or violates any local, state, federal or international law.

c. You will not post any racial slurs, epithets, hate speech or any other material which humiliates, degrades or criticizes anyone based upon their race, creed, color, national origin, gender, disability, sexual preference or other inappropriate classification.

d. You will not post any personal attacks or material which threatens physical violence to others or which incites such violence.

e. You will indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Express, its shareholders, officers, employees, and agents from any and all claims, damages and/or causes of action, including without limitation, reasonable costs and attorney fees, arising out of or resulting from any claim brought by a third parties relating to the content of any material you have posted on the Website.

2. You will not post any unsigned comment or text.

3. You will not post any material which does not relate to the article or editorial or blog upon which you are commenting.

4. You will post only written text. No graphics, photographs or other non-text material will be posted by you.

5. The Idaho Mountain Express and/or Express Publishing Co., Inc., (jointly "Express") does not moderate or monitor the Website for content that violates the Terms of Service or that is otherwise inappropriate. The Express is not responsible for the content or material posted by anyone on the Website. However, the Express does reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to monitor, remove or alter any material posted on the Website which in the Express's sole discretion violates the Terms of Service or which it determines is otherwise inappropriate for any reason whatsoever. Also, the Express reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove a user's privilege to post content on the Website and to take steps to block such a user's access to the Website.

6. You will not post any advertisement, solicitation or other commercial content on the Website.

7. By permitting the posting of content on the Website, the Express is not sponsoring or endorsing the content or vouching for the veracity, accuracy, reliability or credibility thereof.

8. You acknowledge that any submission you make may be removed, edited, modified, published, transmitted, and displayed by the Express in any form and you waive any right you may have in having the material edited, altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you.

9. You hereby irrevocably grant to the Express the exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual license and right to use, publish, reproduce, alter, edit, transmit, create derivative work from, distribute, perform, and display such content, in whole or in part, in any form, media or technology current or later developed. Also, the Express shall have the right to fully sub-license the rights granted hereby.

10. You will indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Express, its shareholders, officers, employees, agents and licensees from any and all claims, damages and/or causes of action, including without limitation, reasonable costs and attorney fees, arising out of or resulting from any claim brought by a third parties relating to the content of any material you have posted on the Website.

11. The Express retains the right to change, add to or remove any of the Terms of Service at any time. It is your responsibility to review the Terms of Service prior to each time you use the Website and by continuing to use the Website you are agreeing to any such changes, additions or deletions.

12. Anyone with a complaint about any content on the Website shall immediately contact the Express through the email address complaints@mtexpress.com.