Terms of Use

This website is provided by Great State Publishing, LLC operating as Maryland Life magazine. By using this website, you agree to be bound to the following Terms and Conditions. Great State Publishing, LLC may revise these terms and conditions at any time. Such revised terms and conditions will take effect as of the date of posting.


User Conduct
You agree to not use the site in a manner that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable. You agree that you will not impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity or attempt to disguise the origin of anything transmitted through the site. You will not use the site to transmit anything that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships.


You understand that information, data, messages, or other materials transmitted are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such material originated. This means that you—and not Great State Publishing, LLC—are entirely responsible for all uploads and/or emails transmitted via the site. Under no circumstances will Great State Publishing, LLC be liable in any way for your use of the site, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any information available from the site or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the site or any information obtained from the site.


The information and services offered on the site are provided with the understanding that neither Great State Publishing, LLC, nor its editors, contributors, suppliers, customers, or users, is engaged in rendering legal or other professional services or advice. Your use of the site is subject to the additional disclaimers and caveats that may appear throughout the site.


Use of Submissions
Postings to and communications with the site and Great State Publishing, LLC are not private. You grant Great State Publishing, LLC the unrestricted right to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, and display any material you supply or communicate to the site (including your identity and information about you) for any purpose, including commercial uses, and to authorize others to do so.


Indemnity/Limitation of Liability

You expressly understand and agree that Great State Publishing, LLC, any party involved in creating, producing, or delivering this website, and/or sponsors are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, Great State Publishing, LLC’s website or services. You specifically acknowledge and agree that Great State Publishing, LLC is not liable for any conduct of any user.


As a condition of use of this website, the user agrees to indemnify Great State Publishing, LLC and its suppliers from and against any and all liabilities, expenses (including attorney fees), and damages arising out of claims resulting from the user’s use of this website, including, without limitation, any claims alleging facts that, if true, would constitute a breach by the user of these terms and conditions.


If you are dissatisfied with any Great State Publishing, LLC material, or with any of Great State Publishing, LLC’s terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the MarylandLife.com website. Some jurisdictions may not allow the proactive release from liability or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages. As a result, some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.


Disclaimer of Warranties
You expressly understand and agree that the use of this site and the service offered at the site is at your sole risk. The site and its services are provided on an “as is,” “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Great State Publishing, LLC makes no warranty that information that may be obtained from the use of the site will be accurate or reliable.


Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall Great State Publishing, LLC or anyone else involved in creating, producing, or distributing the site and its services be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages that result from the use of, or inability to use, the site and its services; or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or email, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission, or any failure of performance, whether resulting from (but not limited to) acts of God, communication failure, or theft, destruction of, or unauthorized access to records, programs, or services. You hereby acknowledge that this paragraph shall apply to all content, merchandise, or services available through the site and its services.


No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Great State Publishing, LLC or through or from the site (or any service offered there) shall create any warranty not expressly stated in this agreement or in Great State Publishing, LLC’s Privacy Policy.


Links to Third-Party Sites

This site may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than Great State Publishing, LLC or its affiliates. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. Great State Publishing, LLC does not control such websites and is not responsible for their content. Inclusion of hyperlinks by Great State Publishing, LLC to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators, and you access and use such sites, including information, material, products, and services therein, solely at your own risk. Furthermore, because the Great State Publishing, LLC Privacy Policy is applicable only when you are on this site, once linked to another website, you should read that site’s privacy policy before disclosing any personal information.
Use of Materials on This Website

Great State Publishing, LLC maintains this website for your personal entertainment, information, education, and communication. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, publish, transfer, reproduce, license, create derivative works from, or sell any information or other content, products, or services obtained from this website except in connection with your access to and participation in the site. If you download any material, you must keep all copyright and other notices intact. In addition, the information may not be taken out of context or presented in an unfair, misleading, or discriminatory manner. However, you may electronically copy or print pages from this website for personal, non-commercial use, provided that you include the copyright notice on each page.