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Failure to abide by these rules can result in immediate termination of access to RestaurantOwner.com, without refund or recourse.

Terms of Use

1. Do not share your logon passwords and user names. Our system is designed to detect this immediately, and suspend any account where more than one person signs on using the same username and password.
    
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THE EDITORIAL CONTENT, GRAPHICS AND DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE IS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF RESTAURANTOWNER.COM AND IS REGISTERED UNDER THE COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION NUMBER TXu 1-344-214 WITH THE UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT OFFICE PURSUANT TO TITLE 17 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. UNAUTHORIZED USE, DISTRIBUTION AND/OR PUBLICATION OF THIS MATERIAL CONSTITUTES COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. THE COPYRIGHT ACT (17 U.S.C. SECTION 101, et seq.) PROVIDES FOR THE IMPOSITION OF SIGNIFICANT LEGAL AND EQUITABLE REMEDIES AGAINST ANY PERSON WHO INFRINGES OR OTHERWISE VIOLATES ANY OF THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS OF A COPYRIGHT OWNER.

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