| The User Terms below are
effective for all users after January 1, 1998.
User Terms:
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE TERMS ON WHICH Tough Media Group (TMG)
OFFERS YOU ACCESS TO OUR SERVICES.
Welcome to the User Terms for Tough Media Group (TMG) .
This Agreement describes the terms and conditions applicable
to your use of our services available under the domain and
sub-domains of ToughMediaGroup.com and ToughMediaGroup.net)
and the general principles for the websites of our subsidiaries
and international affiliates. If you do not agree to be
bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, do
not use or access our services.
You must read, agree with and accept all of the terms and
conditions contained in these User Terms and the Privacy
Policy, which include those terms and conditions expressly
set out below and those incorporated by reference, before
you may become a customer of Tough Media Group (TMG). We
strongly recommend that, as you read this User Agreement,
you also access and read the information contained in the
other pages and websites referred to in this document, as
they may contain further terms and conditions that apply
to you as an Tough Media Group (TMG) user. Please note:
underlined words and phrases are links to these pages and
websites. By accepting this User Agreement, you also agree
that your use of other Tough Media Group (TMG) websites
will be governed by the terms and conditions posted on those
websites.
We may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended
terms on our site.
Membership Eligibility.
Our services are available only to individuals who can form
legally binding contracts under applicable law. Without
limiting the foregoing, our services are not available to
minors. If you are a minor, you can use this service only
in conjunction with your parents or guardians. If you do
not qualify, please do not use our services.
Restricted Activities:
Your Information and your activities
on the site shall not: (a) be false, inaccurate or misleading;
(b) be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or
stolen items; (c) infringe any third party's copyright,
patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights
or rights of publicity or privacy; (d) violate any law,
statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited
to, those governing export control, consumer protection,
unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising);
(e) be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening
or unlawfully harassing; (f) be obscene or contain child
pornography; (g) contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms,
time bombs, cancelbots, easter eggs or other computer programming
routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with,
surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data
or personal information; (h) create liability for us or
cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our
ISPs or other suppliers; and (i) link directly or indirectly
to or include descriptions of goods or services that are
prohibited under this
Agreement:
Access and Interference.
Our web site contains robot exclusion headers and you agree
that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic
device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages
or the content contained herein without our prior expressed
written permission. You agree that you will not use any
device, software or routine to bypass our robot exclusion
headers, or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the
proper working of the Tough Media Group (TMG) site or any activities
conducted on our site. You agree that you will not take
any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately
large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information
on our site is updated on a real time basis and is proprietary
or is licensed to Tough Media Group (TMG) by our users or third
parties. You agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter,
modify, create derivative works, or publicly display any
content (except for Your Information) from our website without
the prior expressed written permission of Tough Media Group (TMG)
or the appropriate third party.
Privacy Policy:
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third
parties for marketing purposes without your consent and
we only use your information as described in the Privacy
Policy. We view protection of users' privacy as a very important
community principle. We understand clearly that you and
your information is one of our most important assets. We
store and process your information on computers located
in the United States that are protected by physical as well
as technological security devices.
No Warranty:
WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES AND OUR SUPPLIERS PROVIDE
OUR WEB SITE AND SERVICES "AS IS" AND WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY.
WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES AND OUR SUPPLIERS SPECIFICALLY
DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some
states do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties,
so the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you. This warranty
gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other
legal rights that vary from state to state.
Liability Limit:
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES OR OUR
SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH OUR SITE, OUR SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT (HOWEVER ARISING,
INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE).
OUR LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF OUR SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES,
AND SUPPLIERS, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE
IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU
PAY TO US IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING RISE
TO LIABILITY, AND (B) $100.
Some States do not allow the
exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages,
so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
Indemnity.
You agree to indemnify and hold us and (as applicable) our
parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents,
and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due
to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement or the
documents it incorporates by reference, or your violation
of any law or the rights of a third party.
Legal Compliance:
You shall comply with all applicable domestic and international
laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your
use of our service.
No Agency:
You and Tough Media Group (TMG) are independent contractors, and
no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer
or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created
by this Agreement.
Arbitration:
Any legal controversy or legal claim arising out of or relating
to this Agreement or our services, excluding legal action
taken by Tough Media Group (TMG) to collect our fees and/or recover
damages for, or obtain an injunction relating to, the Tough Media Group (TMG) site operations, intellectual property, and our
services, shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance
with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration
Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated
on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in
any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other
party. The arbitration shall be conducted in Las Vegas,
Nevada, and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered
into any court having jurisdiction thereof. Either you or
Tough Media Group (TMG) may seek any interim or preliminary relief
from a court of competent jurisdiction in Las Vegas, Nevada
necessary to protect the rights or property of you or Tough Media Group (TMG) pending the completion of arbitration. Should either
party file an action contrary to this provision, the other
party may recover attorney's fees and costs up to $1000.00.
Each of these policies may be changed from time to time
and are effective immediately after we post the changes
on our site, except for the Privacy Policy for which we
will provide you with thirty days prior notice. In addition,
when using particular services on our site, you agree that
you are subject to any posted policies or rules applicable
to services you use through our site, which may be posted
from time to time. All such posted policies or rules are
hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement.
General:
These terms shall be governed in all respects by the laws
of the State of Nevada as such laws are applied to agreements
entered into and to be performed entirely within Nevada
between Nevada residents. We do not guarantee continuous,
uninterrupted or secure access to our services, and operation
of our site may be interfered with by numerous factors outside
of our control. If any provision of these terms is held
to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be
struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. You
agree that these terms and all incorporated terms may be
automatically assigned by Tough Media Group (TMG), in our sole
discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger or
acquisition. Headings are for reference purposes only and
in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope
or extent of such section. Our failure to act with respect
to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to
act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.
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