Macon Telegraph

Subscription Agreement

Last updated: July 15, 2026

• This Agreement relates to the provision of a paid service (the “Service”) to you by Macon Telegraph (the “Publisher”) in association with any third parties, as authorized by the Publisher in its sole discretion. This Agreement will be presented to you for acceptance in the course of the subscription process. Information provided by you to fulfill a subscription is subject to the Publisher’s Privacy Policy.
• By subscribing to the Service, you acknowledge that you are bound by the terms of this Subscription Agreement with the Publisher and/or any third party, as authorized by the Publisher in its sole discretion.
• Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, you acknowledge that the Publisher is at liberty to reject a request for a subscription or the continuation of a subscription at any time.

Payment of fees

• The fees for the Service (plus any applicable taxes), accepted methods of payment and frequency of billings will be specified by the Publisher and selected by you at the time of subscription. All fees, unless noted otherwise, are in [US dollars (US$)].
• You acknowledge that the collection of fees and your payment information is to be processed by a third-party payment processor engaged by the Publisher and also, you reaffirm your acknowledgement to the Publisher’s payment policy, as stated in the Publisher’s Website Terms of Use & Payment Policy.
• By subscribing to the Service, you agree to pay the subscription fees using the payment method chosen and billed/charged at the frequency provided.
• Your subscription will continue until canceled by you. In order to avoid charges for the next billing cycle, a request for cancellation must be sent to support@gtln.org such that it is received 10 business days before the commencement of the next billing cycle. Alternatively, you may cancel your subscription through the subscription management system by logging into the website online.
• You will be automatically billed for the Services at the beginning of each billing cycle on or around the date that you first subscribed and, thereafter, at the commencement of the relevant periodic anniversary date of your subscription to the Service in accordance with the billing cycle selected at the time of subscription.
• You are responsible for maintaining accurate billing and contact information.

Changes to service: made by you

• You may change the frequency of billing for the Services in accordance with the notice provisions of this Subscription Agreement. There are no refunds for cancellations requested to take effect prior to the completion of the paid-up billing cycle in which the request for cancellation is made.

Changes to service: made by the publisher

• The Publisher will give you advance notice of any changes to the fee structure for the Services by email and/or publication on the Publisher’s website. If you do not wish to accept the new fee structure, you may cancel your subscription in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement.
• This Subscription Agreement is to be read together with and to be consistent with the Publisher’s Website Terms of Use & Payment Policy as well as the Publisher’s Privacy Policy. This includes, but is not limited to, provisions relating to warranties, limitations of liability, indemnities, and the method/jurisdiction by which disputes are to be resolved.

Notifications

• Where a notice is to be provided under the Subscription Agreement:
• In the case of a communication to be given by the Publisher to you, the Publisher may satisfy its obligation by, in its sole discretion:
• sending you an email to the most up-to-date email address provided by you to the Publisher as indicated in your subscription information; and/or
• posting a notice of general application to all or a group of subscribers on the Publisher’s website.
• In either case, receipt of such notice shall take effect on the earlier of two business days of: (a) the email being sent by the Publisher, and/or (b) the posting of the notice on the Publisher’s website.
• Where the notification is provided by email, the Publisher’s only obligation is to provide the notice to the email address noted on file by you – even if there is a bounce back indicating that that email address is no longer valid, or that you are away.
• In the case of a communication to be given by you to the Publisher, you shall direct such communication to support@gtln.org. Receipt of such communication shall take effect within 10 business days of the receipt of the mail on the Publisher’s server.

Terms of Use and Payment Policy

Last updated: July 15, 2026

THIS IS A BINDING AGREEMENT

• These terms of use (the “terms of use”) govern your use of the website posted at macon.com and any mobile or digital applications offered by the Publisher (collectively, the 'website'), including any product or service offered by Macon Telegraph (the “Publisher”) arising from the use of the website. If you are paying a fee for any services arising from the website, you may also be bound by an additional subscription agreement of similar sort of arrangement (the “subscription agreement”).
• By accessing the website, you are agreeing to accept the terms of use and this forms a binding contract between you and the Publisher. If you do not accept the terms of use, any applicable subscription agreement and the Publisher’s Privacy Policy, then please do not access the website.
• You specifically acknowledge that Publisher is providing you with access to the website in reliance on the terms of use as well as any applicable subscription agreement and the Publisher’s privacy policy.

ACCESSING THE WEBSITE

• You acknowledge that there are risks with accessing any website and that accessing the website is no different. You acknowledge that it is your sole responsibility to protect yourself against computer viruses, malware, spyware and any other risk inherent in accessing information online. Moreover, you agree that it is also your sole responsibility to back-up your data in the event that these sorts of risks manifest themselves.
• You also acknowledge that the Publisher is not responsible for any charges that you incur for accessing the website, including (but not limited to) data plan charges from providers of telecommunication services.

CREATING AN ACCOUNT

• You may create an account to facilitate your use of the website by being prompted to do so by the website or by visiting macon.com. By creating such an account, you are agreeing to the collection and use of your personal information by the Publisher for this purpose.
• When creating this account, you are representing to the Publisher that all of the information provided in the registration process is accurate and that you will keep it up-to-date. You will not pretend to be someone else or engage in other deceptive tactics such as spoofing the identity of others.
• In the course of creating your account, you will be required to select a password. You agree and acknowledge that this password is to be held in strict confidence and not shared with anyone else.
• You agree that the Publisher is entitled to terminate or suspend your account without any notice to you at any time. Such action may be taken where the Publisher, in its sole discretion, determines that your user information is incorrect or not up-to-date or if you are in breach of any terms of this agreement, the privacy policy or any applicable subscription agreement. However, you also agree that Publisher can terminate or suspend your account for any other reason – in its sole discretion.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS

• You agree that all of the literary, musical, dramatic and artistic works, including but not limited to computer programs, software, databases, text, information, data, code, sounds, sound effects, sound recordings, audio, musical compositions, performances, video, cinematographic works, photographs, pictures, illustrations and graphics associated with the website are the exclusive property of the Publisher (or licensed by the Publisher from a third party) – all of which are protected by intellectual property laws in Canada and elsewhere.
• Similarly you agree that all trademarks (including, but not limited to trade names, logos, word and design marks) are the property of the Publisher (or licenced to the Publisher from a third party). The use of any of these trademarks without the express written consent of the owner is strictly prohibited.

USER GENERATED CONTENT

• As a user of the website, you may have the opportunity to submit text, photographs, video, sound recordings, comments or other contributions to the website (the “User Generated Content”).
• If you choose to provide the Publisher with User Generated Content, you are warranting that you are the sole copyright owner of the User Generated Content and that you have the right to grant the Publisher all intellectual property rights required to include the User Generated Content on the website.
• Moreover, by providing the User Generated Content, you also grant Publisher a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable worldwide, non-exclusive licence (but not obligation) to use the User Generated Content in any material form, in any media on any platform, including blogs, Twitter feeds, Facebook posts now and in the future and for all purposes (including advertising and promotions) and to unilaterally sublicense such User Generated Content to any licensee of the Publisher.
• By providing the User Generated Content, you are also waiving all moral rights in the content in favour of Publisher and acknowledge that Publisher may edit, remove, modify or alter the User Generated Content in its sole discretion and without attribution to you.
• In addition, you hereby grant the Publisher an irrevocable right to use your name, user name, persona, image, likeness and photograph that you provide in connection with any User Generated Content, without any obligation or remuneration to you.

YOUR AUTHORIZED USE OF THE WEBSITE

• You are permitted to use the website only for your personal, private and non-commercial use.
• You may not modify, sell, resell, make derivative works, create a database, create a media monitoring service, aggregate, deep link, republish, retransmit, distribute, transfer, communicate or broadcast the website by caching, scraping, harvesting, framing or otherwise without the prior written consent of the Publisher.
• You agree that:
• you will not use the website in an unlawful manner;
• the Publisher may reveal your identity and any of your user information in its possession to any law enforcement authority in the event of a violation or suspected violation arising from your use of the website;
• you will not use the website to engage in conduct that is defamatory, libellous, offensive, abusive, stalking, threatening, demeaning, obscene, promotes hatred, bigotry, discrimination, is pornographic, indecent, unlawful, profane, harmful to minors, false, misleading, would constitute spam, promotes, advocates or otherwise encourages illegal activities or give rise to civil liability;
• you will not infringe the intellectual property rights of the Publisher or third parties, including copyrights, trademarks, privacy rights;
• you will not introduce any software to the website that is designed to compromise the functionality of it, including Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, computer viruses, code or corrupted files;
• you will not access any aspect of the website or its underlying architecture that you are not explicitly authorized to access; and
• you will not impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the website.

DISCLAIMERS/ LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

• The content of the website is not necessarily reflective of the views of the Publisher, including the publisher, staff, contributors or advertisers.
• You agree that Publisher and its licensors are not liable to you, either directly or indirectly, for your reliance on any of the content of the website.
• If you download any material from the website, you acknowledge that the Publisher makes no warranties regarding the downloaded material and will not be responsible for any loss or damage arising from the download either directly or indirectly.
• You expressly agree that in no event shall the publisher be responsible to you or anyone else for any claim, loss or damage whatsoever, including without limitation any direct, indirect, incidental, exemplary, special, punitive or consequential damages or any damages for loss of profits, goodwill, business interruption, loss of information or data or other intangible losses arising from or in any way connected with the website.
• In any event, and notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Publisher’s aggregate liability to you exceed USD$20.

INDEMNITY

• You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Publisher and each of its respective officers, directors, affiliates, business partners, employees, agents licensors from any and all claims, actions, losses demands related to your breach of these terms of use; your access and use of the website; your reliance on the website; your publication, communication, distribution, or transmission of the website; or your violation of any law of legal right of a third party. The Publisher reserves the right to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you.

JURISDICTION

• Your use of the website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the USA and the state of Georgia. Any dispute arising with respect to this agreement including, but not limited to, non-payment of our account(s), shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of Georgia.

GENERAL

• These terms and conditions supersede any prior agreements between you and the Publisher in respect of the applicable subject matter and constitute the entire agreement between you and the Publisher.
• You may not assign or otherwise subcontract your rights or obligations to anyone.
• If any part(s) of these terms of use are determined to be void, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by a court, such determination shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.

PAYMENT POLICY – THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT PROCESSING

• To the extent that you make any payments arising from or relating to the website, you acknowledge that such payments are made by you to a third-party payment processor engaged by the Publisher (the “Payment Processor”).
• In making such payment, you irrevocably agree that you are contracting solely with Payment Processor and you acknowledge that any issues that may arise relating to the processing of such payment are strictly between you and Payment Processor and, explicitly, that these issues are in no way related to the Publisher and that the Publisher does not form any part of the agreement for payment processing.
• To the extent that Payment Processor receives any such payment, the processing of same is a contract solely between you and Payment Processor and governed by the terms of use of Payment Processor as they relate to the payment processing that is undertaken by Payment Processor.
• You acknowledge and accept that Publisher receives no information from Payment Processor with respect to your credit card details.
• Without limiting the generality of these terms of use, you specifically acknowledge that the disclaimers, limitations of liability and indemnity provided in these terms of service apply to your payment of any amounts relating to the use of the website.