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myHateSpace Terms of Use
MyHateSpace.com is a social surfing networking service that allows Members to create unique
personal and anonymous profiles online in order to find and communicate with
old and new friends and chat live with them on any webpage. The services
offered by MyHateSpace.com ("MyHatespace.com" or "The
Company") include the MyHateSpace.com website (the "MyHateSpace
Website"), the MyHateSpace.com Internet messaging service, and any other features,
content, or applications offered from time to time by MyHateSpace.com in
connection with the MyHateSpace Website (collectively, the "MyHateSpace
Services"). The MyHateSpace Services are hosted in the U.S.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE
CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS,
REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS. THESE INCLUDE VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, AND
A DISPUTE RESOLUTION CLAUSE THAT GOVERNS HOW DISPUTES WILL BE RESOLVED.
Eligibility
Membership in the Service is void where
prohibited. This Site is intended solely for users who are thirteen (13) years
of age or older. Anyone who is under 13 is unauthorized, unlicensed and in
violation of these Terms of Use. By using the Service or the Site, you
represent and warrant that you are 13 or older and that you agree to and to
abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Registration Data; Account Security
In consideration of your use of the
Site, you agree to (a) provide accurate, current and complete information about
you as may be prompted by any registration forms on the Site
("Registration Data"); (b) maintain the security of your password and
identification; (c) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any
other information you provide to Company, to keep it accurate, current and
complete; and (d) be fully responsible for all use of your account and for any
actions that take place using your account.
Proprietary Rights in Site Content; Limited License
All content on the Site and available
through the Service, including but not limited to designs, text, graphics,
pictures, video, information, applications, software, music, sound and other files, and their selection and arrangement (the
"Site Content"), are the proprietary property of the Company, its
users or its licensors with all rights reserved. No Site Content may be
modified, copied, distributed, framed, reproduced, republished, downloaded,
displayed, posted, transmitted, or sold in any form or by any means, in whole
or in part, without the Company's prior written permission, except that the
foregoing does not apply to your own User Content (as defined below) that you
legally post on the Site. Provided that you are eligible for use of the Site,
you are granted a limited license to access and use the Site and the Site
Content and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Site Content to
which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial
use, provided that you keep all copyright or other proprietary notices intact.
Except for your own User Content, you may not upload or republish Site Content
on any Internet, Intranet or Extranet site or incorporate the information in
any other database or compilation, and any other use of the Site Content is
strictly prohibited. Such license is subject to these Terms of Use and does not
include use of any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction
methods. Any use of the Site or the Site Content other than as specifically
authorized herein, without the prior written permission of Company, is strictly
prohibited and will terminate the license granted herein. Such unauthorized use
may also violate applicable laws including without limitation copyright and
trademark laws and applicable communications regulations and statutes. Unless explicitly
stated herein, nothing in these Terms of Use shall be construed as conferring
any license to intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel,
implication or otherwise. This license is revocable at any time without notice
and with or without cause.
Trademarks
MyHateSpace, and other Company
graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts and service names
are registered trademarks, trademarks or trade dress of Company in the U.S.
and/or other countries. Company's trademarks and trade dress may not be used,
including as part of trademarks and/or as part of domain names, in connection
with any product or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion and
may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior
written permission of the Company.
User Conduct
You understand that except for
advertising programs offered by us on the Site (e.g., MyHateSpace), the Service and the Site are available for your personal,
non-commercial use only. You represent, warrant and agree that no materials of
any kind submitted through your account or otherwise posted, transmitted, or
shared by you on or through the Service will violate or infringe upon the
rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity
or other personal or proprietary rights; or contain libelous, defamatory or
otherwise unlawful material.
In addition, you agree not to use the Service or the Site to:
- harvest or collect addresses, email
addresses or other contact information of other users from the Service or the
Site by electronic or other means for the purposes of sending unsolicited
emails or other unsolicited communications;
- use the Service or the Site in any
unlawful manner or in any other manner that could damage, disable, overburden
or impair the Site;
- use automated scripts to collect
information from or otherwise interact with the Service or the Site;
- upload, post, transmit, share, store or
otherwise make available any content that we deem to be harmful, threatening,
unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar,
obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or
racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
- upload, post, transmit, share, store or
otherwise make available any videos other than those of a personal nature that:
(i) are of you or your friends, (ii) are taken by you
or your friends, or (iii) are original art or animation created by you or your
friends;
- register for more than one User
account, register for a User account on behalf of an individual other than
yourself, or register for a User account on behalf of any group or entity;
- impersonate any person or entity, or
falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age or your affiliation
with any person or entity;
- upload, post, transmit, share or
otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising,
solicitations, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam,"
"chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of
solicitation;
- upload, post, transmit, share, store or
otherwise make publicly available on the Site any private information of any
third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email
addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers;
- solicit personal information from
anyone under 18 or solicit passwords or personally identifying information for
commercial or unlawful purposes;
- upload, post, transmit, share or
otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any
other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit
the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications
equipment;
- intimidate or harass another;
- upload, post, transmit, share, store or
otherwise make available content that would constitute, encourage or provide
instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that
would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or
international law;
- use or attempt to use another's account, service or system without authorization
from the Company, or create a false identity on the Service or the Site.
- upload, post, transmit, share, store or
otherwise make available content that, in the sole judgment of Company, is
objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or
enjoying the Site, or which may expose Company or its users to any harm or
liability of any type.
Without limiting any of the foregoing,
you also agree to abide by our MyHateSpace Code of Conduct that provides further
information regarding the authorized conduct of users on MyHateSpace.
User Content Posted on the Site
You are solely responsible for the
photos, profiles, messages, notes, text, information, music, video,
advertisements, listings, recommendations and other content that you upload,
publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on or through the Service or
the Site, or transmit to or share with other users (collectively the "User
Content"). You may not post, transmit, or share User Content on the Site
or Service that you did not create or that you do not have permission to post.
You understand and agree that the Company may, but is not obligated to, review
the Site and may delete or remove (without notice) any Site Content or User
Content in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason, including without
limitation User Content that in the sole judgment of the Company violates this
Agreement or the MyHateSpace Code of Conduct, or which might be offensive,
illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of
users or others. You are solely responsible at your sole cost and expense for
creating backup copies and replacing any User Content you post or store on the
Site or provide to the Company.
When you post User Content to the Site,
you authorize and direct us to make such copies thereof as we deem necessary in
order to facilitate the posting and storage of the User Content on the Site. By
posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant, and you
represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to the Company an
irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide
license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly
display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such
User Content for any purpose on or in connection with the Site or the promotion
thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such
User Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. You may
remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove
your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however
you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content.
Copyright Complaints
We respect the intellectual property
rights of others and we prohibit users from uploading, posting or otherwise
transmitting on the MyHateSpace website or service any materials that violate
another party's intellectual property rights. When we receive proper
Notification of Alleged Copyright Infringement as described in our MyHateSpace
Copyright Policy, we promptly remove or disable access to the allegedly
infringing material and terminate the accounts of repeat infringers as described
herein in accordance with the Digital Millenium
Copyright Act. If you believe that any material on the Site infringes upon any
copyright which you own or control, you may send a written notification of such
infringement to our Designated Agent. Please see our MyHateSpace Copyright
Policy for more information on how to report infringement of your copyright.
Repeat Infringer Policy
In accordance with the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable law, Company has adopted a
policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at Company's sole
discretion, members who are deemed to be repeat infringers. Company may also at
its sole discretion limit access to the Site and/or terminate the memberships
of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether
or not there is any repeat infringement.
Third Party Websites and Content
The Site contains (or you may be sent
through the Site or the Service) links to other web sites ("Third Party
Sites") as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures,
designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software and other
content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (the
"Third Party Applications, Software or Content"). Such Third Party
Sites and Third Party Applications, Software or Content are not investigated,
monitored or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and
we are not responsible for any Third Party Sites accessed through the Site or
any Third Party Applications, Software or Content posted on, available through
or installed from the Site, including without limitation the content, accuracy,
offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices or other policies of or
contained in the Third Party Sites or the Third Party Applications, Software or
Content. Inclusion of, linking to or permitting the use or installation of any
Third Party Site or any Third Party Applications, Software or Content does not
imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave the Site
and access the Third Party Sites or to use or install any Third Party
Applications, Software or Content, you do so at your own risk and you should be
aware that our terms and policies no longer govern. You should review the
applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices,
of any site to which you navigate from the Site or relating to any applications
you use or install from the site.
Share Service
MyHateSpace offers a feature whereby
users of the Site can share with others or post to their own member profile,
videos, articles and other Third Party Applications, Software or Content from,
and/or links to, Third Party Sites through the Service (the "Share
Service"). You acknowledge and agree that your use of the Share Services
and all links, User Content or Third Party Applications, Software or Content
shared through the Share Service is subject to, and will fully comply with the
user conduct rules set forth above and the other terms and conditions set forth
in these Terms of Use.
User Disputes
You are solely responsible for your
interactions with other MyHateSpace users. We reserve the right, but have no
obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users.
Disclaimers
The Company is not responsible or liable
in any manner for any User Content or Third Party Applications, Software or
Content posted on the Site or in connection with the Service, whether posted or
caused by users of the Site, by MyHateSpace, by third parties or by any of the
equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Site or the
Service. Although we provide rules for user conduct and postings, we do not
control and are not responsible for what users post, transmit or share on the
Site and are not responsible for any offensive, inappropriate, obscene,
unlawful or otherwise objectionable content you may encounter on the Site or in
connection with any User Content or Third Party Applications, Software or
Content. The Company is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline,
of any user of the Site or Service.
The Site and the Service may be
temporarily unavailable from time to time for maintenance or other reasons.
Company assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption,
deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line
failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, User
communications. The Company is not responsible for any technical malfunction or
other problems of any telephone network or service, computer systems, servers
or providers, computer or mobile phone equipment, software, failure of email or
players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet
or at any Site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to User's or
to any other person's computer, or other hardware or software, related to or
resulting from using or downloading materials in connection with the Web and/or
in connection with the Service. Under no circumstances will the Company be
responsible for any loss or damage, including any loss or damage to any User
Content or personal injury or death, resulting from anyone's use of the Site or
the Service, any User Content or Third Party Applications, Software or Content
posted on or through the Site or the Service or transmitted to Users, or any
interactions between users of the Site, whether online or offline.
THE SITE, THE SERVICE (INCLUDING THE
SHARE SERVICE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE MARKETPLACE SERVICE), ANY PLATFORM
APPLICATIONS AND THE SITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND THE
COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE,
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY
CANNOT GUARANTEE AND DOES NOT PROMISE ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM USE OF THE SITE
AND/OR THE SERVICE AND/OR ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS. COMPANY DOES NOT REPRESENT
OR WARRANT THAT SOFTWARE, CONTENT OR MATERIALS ON THE SITE, THE SERVICE OR ANY
PLATFORM APPLICATIONS ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT OR ERROR-FREE
OR THAT THE SITE OR SERVICE ITS SERVERS, OR ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS ARE FREE
OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
IN THE USE AND DOWNLOADING OF ANY SUCH SOFTWARE, CONTENT OR MATERIALS AND USE
INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO DETECT AND DISINFECT VIRUSES. WITHOUT LIMITING
THE FOREGOING, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN
CONTENT, MATERIAL, DATA OR SOFTWARE FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICE AND ANY
PLATFORM APPLICATIONS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE
SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE THEREOF AND ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER
SYSTEM, LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER HARM OF ANY KIND THAT MAY RESULT.
MyHateSpace reserves the right to
change any and all content, software and other items used or contained in the
Site and any Services and Platform Applications offered through the Site at any
time without notice. Reference to any products, services, processes or other
information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier
or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or
recommendation thereof, or any affiliation therewith, by Company.
Limitation on Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL MYHATESPACE OR ITS
DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY
INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES,
INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE
OR THE SERVICE, ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS OR ANY OF THE SITE CONTENT OR OTHER
MATERIALS ON, ACCESSED THROUGH OR DOWNLOADED FROM THE SITE, EVEN IF MYHATESPACE
IS AWARE OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, THE COMPANY'S
LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE
ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO
COMPANY FOR THE SERVICE DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP, BUT IN NO CASE WILL THE
COMPANY'S LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED $1000. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF NO FEES ARE
PAID TO COMPANY FOR THE SERVICE, YOU SHALL BE LIMITED TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
ONLY, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW, AND SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO DAMAGES
OF ANY KIND FROM COMPANY, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW
LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN
DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS,
EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL
RIGHTS.
Termination
MyHateSpace may terminate your
membership, delete your profile and any content or information that you have
posted on the Site or through any Platform Application and/or prohibit you from
using or accessing the Service or the Site or any Platform Application (or any
portion, aspect or feature of the Service or the Site or any Platform
Application) for any reason, or no reason, at any time in its sole discretion,
with or without notice, including without limitation if it believes that you
are under 13. When we are notified that a user has died, we will generally, but
are not obligated to, keep the user's account active under a special
memorialized status for a period of time determined by us to allow other users to
post and view comments.
Governing Law; Venue and Jurisdiction
By visiting or using the Site and/or
the Service, you agree that the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms of Use and any dispute
of any sort that might arise between you and the Company or any of our
affiliates. With respect to any disputes or claims not subject to arbitration
(as set forth below), you agree not to commence or prosecute any action in
connection therewith other than in the state and federal courts of New York,
and you hereby consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of personal
jurisdiction and forum non conveniens with respect
to, venue and jurisdiction in the state and federal courts of California.
Arbitration
YOU AND COMPANY AGREE THAT, EXCEPT AS
MAY OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED IN REGARD TO SPECIFIC SERVICES ON THE SITE IN ANY
SPECIFIC TERMS APPLICABLE TO THOSE SERVICES, THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE FORUM AND
REMEDY FOR ANY AND ALL DISPUTES AND CLAIMS RELATING IN ANY WAY TO OR ARISING
OUT OF THESE TERMS OF USE, THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICE (INCLUDING YOUR VISIT TO
OR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICE) SHALL BE FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION,
except that: (a) to the extent that either of us has in any manner infringed
upon or violated or threatened to infringe upon or violate the other party's
patent, copyright, trademark or trade secret rights, or you have otherwise
violated any of the user conduct rules set forth above or in the Code of
Conduct then the parties acknowledge that arbitration is not an adequate remedy
at law and that injunctive or other appropriate relief may be sought; and (b)
no disputes or claims relating to any transactions you enter into with a third
party through MyHateSpace may be arbitrated.
Arbitration under this Agreement shall
be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (the "AAA")
under its Commercial Arbitration Rules and, in the case of consumer disputes,
the AAA's Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes ( the
"AAA Consumer Rules") (collectively the "AAA Rules"). The
location of the arbitration and the allocation of costs and fees for such
arbitration shall be determined in accordance with such AAA Rules and shall be
subject to the limitations provided for in the AAA Consumer Rules (for consumer
disputes). If such costs are determined to be excessive in a consumer dispute,
MyHateSpace will be responsible for paying all arbitration fees and arbitrator
compensation in excess of what is deemed reasonable. The arbitrator's award
shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent
jurisdiction.
To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, NO ARBITRATION OR CLAIM UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE SHALL BE
JOINED TO ANY OTHER ARBITRATION OR CLAIM, INCLUDING ANY ARBITRATION OR CLAIM
INVOLVING ANY OTHER CURRENT OR FORMER USER OF THE SERVICE, AND NO CLASS
ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE PERMITTED. In no event shall any claim, action
or proceeding by you related in any way to the Site and/or the Service (including
your visit to or use of the Site and/or the Service) be instituted more than
three (3) years after the cause of action arose.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold
MyHateSpace, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of their directors,
officers, agents, contractors, partners and employees, harmless from and
against any loss, liability, claim, demand, damages, costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or in connection with any
User Content, any Third Party Applications, Software or Content you post or
share on or through the Site (including without limitation through the Share
Service), your use of the Service or the Site, your conduct in connection with
the Service or the Site or with other users of the Service or the Site, or any
violation of this Agreement or of any law or the rights of any third party.
Submissions
You acknowledge and agree that any
questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback or other information about
the Site or the Service ("Submissions"), provided by you to
MyHateSpace are non-confidential and shall become the sole property of
MyHateSpace. MyHateSpace shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual
property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and
dissemination of these Submissions for any purpose, commercial or otherwise,
without acknowledgment or compensation to you.
Other
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between
you and MyHateSpace regarding the use of the Site and/or the Service,
superseding any prior agreements between you and Company relating to your use
of the Site or the Service. The failure of Company to exercise or enforce any
right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such
right or provision in that or any other instance. If any provision of this
Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in
full force and effect. If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed
unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be
deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and
enforceability of any remaining provisions.
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