Table of Contents
Users With Disabilities
Legal Information
Use of Links Policy
Advertising Links and Banners
Use of Material
Content Advisory
Awards and Media Exposure
Users
With Disabilities
Lots of Jokes attempts to be
accessible to anyone. Users who are visually impaired are no exception.
Lots of Jokes employs a number of features and design considerations to
assist users with disabilities and the technologies they depend on to
interpret visual information to speech. If you are a user with a
disability and would like to suggest ways Lots of Jokes could improve
its support for your disability, we welcome your comments. The features
we employ in our site design to assist disabled people include:
- Content pages use large, highly legible fonts
for easy reading.
- Dividers and large spaces are used to
separate segments of content.
- Images, buttons and icons use text alternative tags to improve graphics to speech
translation.
- Home page functions use large high contrast
buttons for easy viewing and selection.
- Backgrounds, wallpapers and watermarks are
not used, to improve clarity of foreground text.
- Forms are programmed for easy sequential
navigation between data entry fields and buttons.
- Elements such as back buttons, menu items,
content warnings and home page icons are placed in a consistent
location on all pages throughout Lots of Jokes to ease navigation.
Legal
Information
"Lots of Jokes" is a
term referring to the entire Lots of Jokes service web site as a whole.
This term covers all information in all forms including pictures, text
and diagrams transmitted from the service to the end user. This
includes, but is not limited to, all content under the domain name "http://www.lotsofjokes.com".
Lots of Jokes is not
responsible for incorrect information provided to the user on its
service. Information is provided on an "as is" basis. Lots of Jokes makes no warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy,
appropriateness, suitability or usability of the information presented
on Lots of Jokes. Use of information provided on Lots of Jokes is at
the users own risk. Lots of Jokes accepts no responsibility for any
results that may occur directly or indirectly from the use of
Information retrieved from Lots of Jokes.
Lots of Jokes will not under
any circumstance compensate for any losses suffered, whether
physically, financial or in any other form as a result to using the
Lots of Jokes service. Lots of Jokes reserves all rights. Users
outside North America are recommended to obtain information from their
local government as to the lawfulness of using Lots of Jokes prior to
accessing.
All information transmitted from
the Lots of Jokes service is material protected under international
copyright laws. Copying or use of this material without prior written
authorization form Lots of Jokes is strictly prohibited and
applicable laws will be enforced to the fullest extent of the law.
All joke material contained
within Lots of Jokes is i) produced by Lots of Jokes; ii) is
submitted by Lots of Jokes users or is iii) extracted from an external
source. Under cases ii) and iii) it is presumed by Lots of Jokes,
that the material is public domain. All efforts are made to confirm
they are not copyrighted material in any way. If you are the legal
copyright owner of such material and we have mistakenly published the
material on our Lots of Jokes network, please contact our headquarters
for further information. Be assured every effort is made
to be sure the information provided on the Lots of Jokes service is as
accurate and high of quality as possible.
Use
of Links Policy
Lots of Jokes can not be held
responsible for the content of external sites our service provides
links to. Links to Internet sites other then our own are provided on an
"as is" basis and the content provided in them is not
endorsed or controlled by Lots of Jokes.
Although every measure has been taken to assure the sites we link to
are of the highest content quality and reliability, your use of
provided links to external sites is at your own risk.
If you ever encounter any
problems in terms of content quality on a site we link to, we would
like to hear about it from you for future evaluation of sites we link
to. This does not mean that we provide any level of warranty or support
for these sites and any questions related to the site should be
directed to the external sites webmaster exclusively. We also do not depend on external
links for the information we provide. Lots of Jokes always provides
original rich content on all topics covered and only gives links as a
supplement for additional product information and support from the
vendor.
Advertising
Links and Banners
Lots of Jokes does not
endorse, support or recommend any product, service or views of the
companies advertised on Lots of Jokes. Using an advertised address is
at the users discretion and the user accepts full responsibility as to
the consequence of this action. Although every effort has been made to
assure all advertising is of a suitable quality, there is no guarantee
as to their suitability. If you have a complaint, problem or would like
to learn more about advertising on Lots of Jokes, feel free to contact
us.
In the event banners are not displayed
or link properly, or you have questions about the advertising being displayed,
we invite you to contact us by phone or email. Note that Lots of
Jokes is funded completely by revenue generated through the display of
these advertisements. Please help support our service by evaluating and
using the products and services advertised at your discretion.
Use
of Material
If you or your organization would
like to use content found in Lots of Jokes, prior written authorization
from Lots of Jokes is required in the process described below. The
following are steps required to obtain a permit to use specified
material from Lots of Jokes...
- Internet Site: Write
a proposal stating the exact material you wish to use; the address
of the site it will be included on; whether the site is personal or
corporate; whether revenue will be generated from it directly,
indirectly or not at all; the general topic of the web site.
Publication: Write a
proposal stating the exact material you wish to use; the name of
the publication; the type of publication (magazine, book,
research etc); circulation of the publication; whether the
publication is for personal or corporation (revenue generating)
and other information of relevance.
- Submit your proposal to the
email address in our Contact Us page
and wait for reply, please allow up to 1 week for processing and
a response. Further information may be requested of you during
this time.
- If your proposal has been
denied, it is legally required that you or your organization
refrains from use of the material. If your proposal has been
granted, you may use the material specifically as stated in the
outline sent to you.
If you are requesting to use the
material in a publication, you may be required to send a copy of the
publication to our company. Depending on the proposal and the material
requested, there may be a requirement for a credit note to accompany
the material such as "Courtesy of www.lotsofjokes.com". Lots of Jokes reserves the right to revoke permission at any time without
cause. Additionally, some material is licensed to Lots of Jokes for
use from a third party and permission from that owner will be required
as well. This policy is in place to
protect the branding and image of the Lots of Jokes name and is
necessary to protect the copyright ownership of the content.
Content
Advisory
This document
describes the content of Lots of Jokes. Parental guidance is
recommended for users of a young age such as below 16. Lots of Jokes
contains jokes and other humorous material that attempts to cater to a
spectrum of people, tastes and maturity. Due to the nature of such a
site, the content may be deemed offensive to some.
Users of Lots of
Jokes may be subjected to content containing such things as...
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Jokes based on
religion, geographical location, gender, sexual orientation.
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Jokes based on
midgets, mentally and physically challenged people.
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Jokes based on
people and celebrities in society.
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Extreme and or
excessive foul language.
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Highly erotic
sexual conduct and descriptions of acts.
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Slang and
insults to particular parts of the human anatomy.
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Recommendations
to carry out public acts that are in poor taste.
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Other topics
deemed offensive by the general public.
Users of Lots of
Jokes, will not be subjected to any material containing...
Areas with the most
offensive material are labelled "Dirty Jokes Part X" and
"Crude Sex Jokes X". These areas contain highly questionable
material that only people specifically seeking dirty jokes would find
of value. This does not however exclude other sections from content of
poor taste.
What If
Particular Content Highly Offends Me?
We want to hear from
you! Please feel free to send us feedback or write to us about what
offends you at Lots of Jokes. Keeping in mind however, what jokes and
humor is all about. Something you may find offensive, others may find
hilarious. We will always evaluate the comments we receive about
appropriateness of content, it usually requires a number of feedback's
from various people before material is removed. If we were to remove
all the sections single users request to have taken off
line, there would no longer be enough content for a site! We recommend
if a particular section highly offends you to, send us a feedback form
detailing your feelings, and not to use the area in question.
How Do I
Know The Area I'm Going To View Has Offensive Material?
In response to
feedback about wanting advanced warning of areas containing content of
poor taste, swearing and other offensive material, an icon system has
been implemented. Placed on the top middle above the category title of
all offending pages, the below icons warns users of mature areas.
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- Strong and highly offensive
material suitable only for older viewers.
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- Material that is generally
suitable for most people, but may offend.
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- Safe for all ages viewing
with no offensive content or foul language.
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If you feel this
does not adequately alert you to potentially offensive content or have
suggestions on ways we can improve notification, please do not hesitate
to let us know. Note: Even if a page does not have a warning icon, it
still may contain what particular people may find offensive content.
Although every effort has been made to make "Jokes for
Kids" an area of content which is suitable for viewing by all
ages, we recommend parents review the material to confirm it meets the
viewing criteria required for their children's use. If you find that
any of this material does not meet your standards please contact us via
feedback form.
The views and
subject matter expressed in the jokes and humor content of this site,
are not necessarily those of the site publisher. Lots of Jokes contents
does not reflect any of views Lots of Jokes or its employees have.
Lots of Jokes is intended as an entertainment only resource and does
not provide any factual or instructional information to its users.
Viewing and use of the content within the Lots of Jokes network is at
the users own risk and discretion.
Awards
and Media Exposure
Don't just depend on hit statistics
to gauge a web sites popularity and quality of content. An awards
showcase like this clearly proves Lots of Jokes is a quality web site
that will appeal to a large Internet audience. With ongoing efforts to
make Lots of Jokes the very best Jokes and Humor site on the Internet,
more awards are sure to make their way into our trophy case.
Yahoo! Pick of the Week
Cool.com Pick of the Day
Web This Week Pick of the Week
CGS Designs Pick of the Week
Jayde.com 1999 Gold Diamond Winner
Humor Search 5 Star Award
LaughMyAssOff.com Site Award
4Anything.com Editors Choice Award
WorldHOT.com Hot Web Site Award
GO.com 3 of 3 Star Award
Content Zone Member Spotlight Feature
Golden Web Awards 2000 - 2001 Golden Web Award
TheAdStop Hot Ad Buy Award
The Toronto Sun 4 Star Rating
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