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EFFECTIVE JULY 17, 2006
LAST MODIFIED SEPTEMBER 13, 2006
This Site Terms of Service Agreement (the “Agreement”) constitutes
a legal agreement between You (“You”) and USA MULTIMEDIA, LLC (the
“Company”) and describes the terms and provisions applicable to
Your use of, access to or membership in the proprietary sites available within
the Internet domain and sub-domains owned or operated by the Company at www.Modelslikeus.com,
including without limitation, information, data, content or other materials
contained therein (the “Site”). You must read, agree with and accept
all of the terms and provisions contained in this Agreement, including the terms
and provisions expressly set forth below and those incorporated by reference,
before Your use of the Site is authorized. The above named parties are sometimes
herein referred to singularly as a “Party” and collectively as the
“Parties”.
This Agreement will be governed by the Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act (the “E-Sign Act”). You manifest Your agreement
to the terms and provisions contained herein by any act demonstrating Your assent,
including clicking any button containing the words “I Agree” or
similar terminology or by accessing, viewing or using the Site, whether You
have read this Agreement or not. If You do not agree, You must not access, view
or use the Site.
You have the right to withdraw Your consent to use the E-Sign Act by emailing
the Company. Your consent to use the E-Sign Act is limited to providing the
information on this form. Access to this electronic record requires a computer
and web browser program such as Internet Explorer™, Netscape™, Safari™,
Opera™, Mozilla™ or Firefox™.
A current version of this Agreement is maintained at www.Modelslikeus.com/tos.php.
1 Intellectual Property & Ownership
1.1 All information, data, content or other materials contained within the
Site, including without limitation, elements, services, functions, data, processes,
methods, text, images, audiovisual materials, software, design, apperance and
other information in any media, now known or later developed or the compilation,
collection, arrangement and assembly thereof, is the sole and exclusive property
of the Company or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, patent
or other intellectual and proprietary rights.
1.2 Except as expressly provided herein or as otherwise agreed to in writing
in advance, no portion or element of the Site, including without limitation,
information, data, content or other materials created by or resulting from use
of the Site, may be copied, reproduced, distributed, reposted, reused, displayed,
performed or retransmitted via any means for any purpose.
1.3 You may not resell, sublicense, alter, modify or create derivative works
or other products, software, sites or representations based on the Site or any
portion or element thereof.
1.4 “USA Multimedia LLC,” “Black Cuties,” “Modelslikeus.com”
and any accompanying logos, alone or in conjunction with any text, are trademarks
and service marks of the Company and are in use, registered or pending in certain
countries. The Company retains all right, title and interest in and to its trademarks
(registered or otherwise), service marks, domain names and trade names worldwide
(collectively the “Marks”). You agree to use the Marks only with
the prior written consent of the Company and then only in the manner authorized.
You may not alter, modify or change the Marks in any way under any circumstances.
1.5 Subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Company grants
a limited license to You to make personal use of the Site solely for purposes
of accessing and using the Site for its intended purpose. This license expressly
excludes the collection and use of any other user’s contact or other personal
information, email addresses or any data extraction or data mining whatsoever.
1.6 You may not use, export or re-export the Site or any copy or adaptation
thereof in violation of any applicable export laws or regulations.
1.7 You agree to take all action and cooperate, at the Company’s request,
to protect the Company’s right, title and interest in the Site and agree
to execute any documents necessary to perfect the Company’s ownership
therein.
1.8 Nothing in this Agreement grants either Party ownership or other rights
except in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
2 Site License & Use
2.1 Subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Company hereby
grants You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use
and operate the Site in conjunction with the operation and function of the Site
as originally conceptualized and programmed by the Company.
2.2 The license granted in this Section extends to the Site in executable code
form as its exists as an integral part of the Site only and not to source code.
The Company does not grant and You do not obtain under this Agreement, any right
to distribute, sell or sublicense the Site or Content in any form. Except as
provided herein, the Company grants no rights or licenses to You, by implication,
estoppel or otherwise, in or to the Site, Content or any intellectual property
rights therein. You understand that no right or license in or to any source
code or technical documentation is granted under this Agreement. The Company
reserves all rights not expressly granted to You hereunder.
2.3 You understand that use of the Site is limited to the scope of the license
granted under this Section and that this Agreement does not permit You to use
the Site other than as provided herein. You understand that the Site and its
structure organization and source code constitute valuable trade secrets of
the Company and agree that You will not knowingly or negligently permit other
individuals or entities to:
(A) use or copy the Site except in accordance with the terms and provisions
hereof;
(B) modify, translate, alter, adapt, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble,
reproduce, distribute or display or create derivative works, compilations or
collections based on the Site, except to the extent applicable laws prohibit
such restrictions;
(C) apply any process or procedure to ascertain or derive the source code to
the Site;
(D) merge the Site with any other software or publish or provide any results
of benchmark tests run on the Site;
(E) sublicense, rent, lease, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer
rights to the Site except as specifically permitted herein;
(F) use the Site as a time-sharing, outsourcing or service bureau environment;
or
(G) allow access to the Site to any third party whose access would violate the
terms and provisions of this Agreement.
2.4 The Site is available only to individuals who can form legally binding contracts
under applicable law and are eighteen (18) years of age or older.
2.5 In order to use the Site, You must accept the terms and provisions contained
in this Agreement on behalf of Yourself or the corporation, partnership or other
legal entity that will be using the Site. By accepting this Agreement, You represent
that You are:
(A) eighteen (18) years of age or older or twenty-one (21) years of age or
older in places where eighteen (18) years of age is not the age of majority;
and
(B) if applicable, You are authorized to sign for and bind the corporation,
partnership or other legal entity that will be using the Site.
2.6 If You are not at least eighteen (18) or twenty-one (21) years of age,
depending on the age of majority in Your jurisdiction, You must exit the Site
immediately and may not use or access the Site or print or download any Content
contained therein. You may be asked to verify Your birth date on the BirthDateVerifier™
form located at www.birthdateverifier.com as a condition of entry onto the Site,
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1746.
2.7 You agree not to bypass any age verification, security or access feature
of the Site. You understand that the Company does not assume any responsibility
or liability for any misrepresentations regarding Your or any other user’s
age.
2.8 You agree to comply with all applicable local, state, federal and international
laws and regulations related to use of the Site.
2.9 You agree that You will not use the Site or any information obtained therefrom
to:
(A) engage in fraud or other illegal activity;
(B) infringe the intellectual property rights of the Company or third parties;
(C) harass, annoy, assault, abuse, harm, “stalk” or otherwise violate
or threaten the privacy rights, safety, security, solitude, well-being or health
of any other user or member of the Site or any third party or otherwise contribute
to the occurrence of such actions;
(D) collect or store any information, data, content or materials regarding
any other user or member of the Site, except as specifically provided by the
normal operations of the Site and its programming;
(E) communicate, submit, transfer, post or by other means transmit any information
concerning any user, member, person or entity, whether relating to the Company,
the Site or any third party, including without limitation, photographs, images
or audiovisual recordings of others taken without their consent, contact or
other personal information, credit or debit account information or any other
personal, financial or physical information regarding such individuals or entities;
(F) use the Site in connection with the distribution of unsolicited communications;
(G) denigrate any ethnic, racial, sexual or religious group by stereotypical
depiction, representation or otherwise;
(H) exploit or otherwise cause the transmission of images or depictions containing
the likeness of individuals under eighteen (18) years of age;
(I) impersonate or attempt to impersonate another user, member or third party;
(J) assist or aid any third party in doing any of the foregoing.
2.10 You agree to comply with the terms and provisions of all agreements You
have with any third parties, as such terms and provisions relate to use of the
Site.
2.11 You agree to comply with and will be invoiced in accordance with, the
applicable Company price list for all products and services made available for
purchase within the Site.
2.12 Except as the Parties specifically agree in writing, You will be solely
responsible for the selection, implementation and performance of all third party
access and telecommunications equipment and services, including without limitation,
Internet email connectivity and Internet services used in connection with the
Site. You are responsible for ensuring that the computer and software with which
You choose to access the Site meets the Company’s minimum standards for
interoperability.
2.13 Your use of the Site may not be assigned, transferred or sold to a third
party.
2.14 THE COMPANY MAINTAINS A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, PEDOPHILES
OR ANY PEDOPHILIC ACTIVITY.
(A) You understand that all depictions of all persons on the Site are of individuals
eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of the production of the
depiction and contains no child pornography. The Company takes great measures
to ensure that no depictions of persons under eighteen (18) years of age appear
on the Site.
(B) If You seek any form of child pornography (including so-called “virtual”
child pornography), you must exit this Site immediately. The Company does not
provide this kind of material and does not tolerate providers or consumers of
such material.
(C) If You identify any images, real or simulated, depicting minors engaged
in sexual activity within the Site, You are required to report the images to
the Company by emailing us at abuse@Modelslikeus.com. Include with Your report
any appropriate evidence, including the date and time of identification. All
reports will be immediately investigated and appropriate action taken.
(D) We enthusiastically cooperate with law-enforcement agencies investigating
child pornography. If You suspect third parties are participating in unlawful
activities involving minors, please contact the Association of Sites Advocating
Child Protection at www.asacp.org.
2.15 You should implement parental control protections, such as access control
and filtering services, which may help You to limit minors’ access to
harmful material.
2.16 You agree to prevent any unauthorized copying of the Site. Your unauthorized
use of the Site immediately terminates any license granted to You by this Agreement.
In the event of such termination, You agree to immediately destroy all information
or materials You have downloaded, printed or otherwise copied from the Site.
2.17 The Company disclaims any and all liability arising from fraudulent entry
and use of the Site. In the event of unauthorized access to the Site, the Company
may terminate such access immediately and take all necessary and appropriate
actions under applicable federal, state and international laws.
2.18 Information, data, content or other materials that You submit, transfer,
post or otherwise provide to the Site (the “Submitted Materials”)
will 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 intellectual property, copyright, patent,
trademark, trade secret, publicity rights, privacy rights or other proprietary
rights;
(D) violate any local, state, federal or international law or regulation, including
without limitation, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair
competition, anti-discrimination, false advertising, deceptive trade practices,
intellectual property infringement, securities transactions or any other applicable
law or regulation;
(E) be defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing;
(F) be obscene, contain child pornography, harmful to minors or be distributed
to people not legally permitted to receive such content;
(G) create liability for the Company or cause it to lose, in whole or in part,
the Site, its Internet Service Provider, hosting server or other suppliers;
(H) violate the terms and provisions of any agreements You have with any third
parties as such relate to Your use of the Site;
(I) contain any virus, Trojan Horse, worm, time bomb, cancelbot, robot, spider,
monitor or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage,
detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, record or expropriate
any system or data; or
(J) be patently offensive or promote racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm
of any kind against any group or individual.
2.19 By entering into this Agreement You grant the Company a non-exclusive,
worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple
tiers) right, including a waiver of any applicable moral rights, to exercise
the copyright, likeness and publicity rights in the Submitted Materials. You
warrant that You have the authority to grant such license and that the holder
of any intellectual property or other proprietary rights in the Submitted Materials
has licensed, assigned or waived such holder’s rights to the extent necessary
to grant such license.
2.20 The Submitted Materials may be used by the Company for any purpose, commercial
or otherwise, including without limitation, reproduction, disclosure, display,
performance, transmission, publication or broadcast. The Company is free to
use any ideas, concepts, know-how, hypothesis, premise or technique contained
in the Submitted Materials or any other communication made by You to the Company
or the Site for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation, developing,
manufacturing and marketing new products or services unique and proprietary
to the Company.
2.21 You agree that You will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device
or manual process to monitor or copy any portion of the Site. You further agree
that You will not use any device, software or routine to bypass any operational
element or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the
Site, server or activities conducted therein, nor take any action that imposes
an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Site or network infrastructure.
2.22 You agree to cooperate with the Company in causing any unauthorized use
of the Site or the Services and functions contained therein to immediately cease.
2.23 You understand that the Site may offer content that may be deemed adult,
erotic or sexual in nature and may contain graphic visual depictions, audio
and descriptions of sexually oriented, explicit, offensive or disturbing activities.
You understand and agree that You are not offended by such materials and that
You access the Site freely, voluntarily and willingly.
2.24 You understand that You are aware of the community standards of Your community
and You will only access the Site if You believe, upon diligent investigation,
that the Site does not offend the community standards prevalent in Your community.
You agree not to use or access the Site if doing so would violate the laws of
Your state, province or country.
2.25 You understand and stipulate that you are aware of the nature of the Site
and that the Site contains and is intended to contain, only information, data,
content or other materials fully protected by the First Amendment to the United
States Constitution.
3 Membership
3.1 You may access the non-public portions of the Site only by completing an
online registration form and paying any applicable subscription fees, both of
which must be accepted by the Company. Upon submission of the online registration
form, the Company or its authorized agent will process the application. Registration
and membership is void where prohibited.
3.2 In connection with completing the online registration form You agree to:
(A) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about Yourself
as prompted by the registration form (the “Registration Data”):
and
(B) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate,
current and complete at all times while You are a member. You must promptly
inform the Company of all changes to the Registration Data, including, but not
limited to, changes in Your address and billing information.
3.3 If You provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, out of date
or incomplete or if the Company or any of its authorized agents have reasonable
grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, out of date
or incomplete, the Company has the right to suspend or terminate Your account
and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site, as well as subjecting
You to criminal and civil liability.
3.4 Subscription fees are non-refundable and You are responsible for any credit
card charge backs, dishonored checks and fees that we incur with respect to
Your use of the Site.
3.5 As part of the registration process, You may be issued a user name and
password which You may be required provide in order to gain access to the Site.
In such event, You agree that You will not choose a name which falsely represents
You as another person or a name which may otherwise be in violation of the rights
of a third party.
3.6 The Company reserves the right to disallow the use of user names that,
in the Company’s sole discretion, are deemed inappropriate. The Company
also reserves the right to cancel the membership of any user that uses a user
name in violation of this Agreement.
3.7 You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your
Registration Data, user name and password and are fully responsible for all
activities that occur as a result of any disclosure thereof. You agree to:
(A) immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of Your Registration
Data, user name and password or any other breach of security; and
(B) ensure that You exit from Your account at the end of each session.
3.8 You are liable and responsible for any unauthorized use of the Site until
You notify the Company by email regarding that unauthorized use. Unauthorized
access to the Site is illegal and a breach of this Agreement. The Company disclaims
any and all liability arising from fraudulent entry and use of the Site and
You agree to indemnify and hold the Company harmless against all activities
conducted through Your user name and password. You may obtain access to Your
billing records regarding charges of Your use of the Site upon request.
3.9 The Company reserves to right to prohibit, suspend or cancel any member’s
ability to participate in the Site or any functions related thereto at any time
and without notice.
4 Warranty Disclaimer
4.1 EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN THIS AGREEMENT, YOU Understand
AND AGREE THAT ACCESS, VIEWING OR USE OF THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE AT YOUR
OWN RISK AND THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS PROVIDE SUCH MATERIALS
“AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS, IMPLIED
OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, ENDORSEMENTS OR CONDITIONS. THE COMPANY,
ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION:
(A) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT;
(B) THAT THE SITE OR ANY MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN OR CONSTITUTING A PART
THEREOF WILL MEET ANY REQUIREMENTS OR WILL BE AVAILABLE, ACCURATE, RELIABLE,
CORRECT, USEFUL, TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE OR FREE FROM DEFECTS OR ERROR,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, TRANSMISSION OR RECEPTION OUTAGES, BLOCKAGES,
WEAKNESSES, STATIC, VIRII, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, MALICIOUS CODE OR OTHER HARMFUL
COMPONENTS OR EVENTS;
(C) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE;
AND
(D) ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY IN TORT, WHETHER OR NOT
ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES OR SUPPLIERS.
4.2 The Company may provide links to third party sites. The Company does not
review or control such sites and does not endorse, make any representations
regarding and is not responsible for any content, services, information, software,
products or materials found therein, nor any loss or results suffered in relation
to use thereof. Access of any third party site via the Company domain or sub-domain
is entirely at Your own risk and You hereby waive any and all claims against
the Company regarding such access.
4.3 Some states and foreign countries do not permit the exclusion or limitation
of implied warranties. Therefore, some or all of the above limitations may not
apply. There may also be other legal rights which vary from state to state.
4.4 No representative, agent, employee or other person is authorized to make
any modifications, extensions or additions to any warranty or disclaimer contained
herein.
5 Limitation of Liability
5.1 EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ITS AFFILIATES OR SUPPLIERS, NOR
ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR CONSULTANTS OR ANY
OTHER THIRD PARTY MENTIONED AT THE SITE WILL BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND
WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION:
(A) THOSE RESULTING FROM LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOST OPPORTUNITY or BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION;
(B) DIRECT, INDIRECT, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL
OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE RELIANCE ON OR USE, MISUSE, INABILITY
TO USE, RESULTS OF USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE AND ANY THIRD PARTY SITES
OR THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION, MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, ERRORS, DEFECTS,
DELAYS IN OPERATION, TRANSMISSION OR FAILURE THEREOF OR LINKS CONTAINED AT ANY
OR ALL SUCH SITES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL
THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; OR
(C) ANY LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, EXPENSES, LIABILITIES OR COSTS, INCLUDING
LEGAL OR ATTORNEYS’ FEES, RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF OR OTHERWISE
ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY ALLEGATION, CLAIM, SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING
BASED ON A CONTENTION THAT ACCESS, VIEWING OR USE OF THE SITE OR ITS CONTENT,
INCLUDING SUCH MATERIALS SUPPLIED BY YOU OR A THIRD PARTY, INFRINGES THE COPYRIGHT,
PATENT, TRADEMARK, TRADE SECRET, CONFIDENTIALITY, PUBLICITY, PRIVACY OR OTHER
INDUSTRIAL, CONTRACTUAL OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANY PARTY. THIS LIMITATION
APPLIES TO THE ACTS, OMISSIONS, NEGLIGENCE AND GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF THE COMPANY,
ITS AFFILIATES OR SUPPLIERS and ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
EMPLOYEES OR CONSULTANTS OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY MENTIONED AT THE SITE WHICH,
BUT FOR THIS PROVISION, WOULD GIVE RISE TO A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST THE COMPANY
BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY. YouR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE
REMEDY REGARDING ANY OF THE FOREGOING IS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SITE AND
ITS CONTENT.
5.2 If Your use of the Site results in the need for servicing, repair or correction
of equipment or data, You assume all costs thereof.
5.3 The aggregate liability of the Company, its suppliers or distributors to
You or any third parties in any circumstance is limited to the amount paid,
if any, by You to the Company for the use of the Site, but will not, in any
event, exceed one-hundred United States dollars ($100).
5.4 Under no circumstances will the Company be responsible for any loss or
damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from any use of the Site
or any information, data, content or materials posted on or through the Site
or from the conduct of any users or members of the Site or any third party,
whether occurring online or offline.
5.5 The Company assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption,
deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure,
theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of any user or member
communication.
5.6 The Company is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction
of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers,
computer equipment, software, failure of any email or players due to technical
problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or the Site or combination thereof,
including without limitation, any injury or damage to users or members of the
Site or any third party or to any person's computer related to or resulting
from accessing, downloading or participation in any information, data, content
or materials in connection with the Site.
5.7 Some states and foreign countries do not permit the exclusion or limitation
of incidental or consequential damages. Therefore, some or all of the limitations
above may not apply to You to the extent they are prohibited or superseded by
state or national provisions. You may also have other legal rights which vary
from state to state.
5.8 In jurisdictions not allowing the exclusion or limitation of incidental
or consequential damages, the liability of the Company, its successors, assigns,
affiliates, licensors and suppliers, together with all of their respective officers,
directors, employees and consultants will be limited to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law.
6 Indemnification
6.1 You hereby agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its
affiliates and suppliers, together with all of their respective officers, directors,
employees and consultants from and against any and all claims, civil and criminal
liability, judgments, penalties, debts, taxes, damages and all costs and expenses
arising out of or resulting from this Agreement, the use or operation of the
Site, the rights of any third party, any violation of this Agreement or any
violation of local, state or federal law, regulation or statute, including without
limitation:
(A) any claim, action or allegation that the Site or any of the Submitted Materials
infringes or violates any third party’s copyright, patent, trade secret,
trademark, right of publicity or right of privacy, contains any defamatory content
or violates any local, state or federal law, regulation or statute, including
without limitation, any claim of personal injury or product liability;
(B) any claim, action or allegation brought against the Company by You or any
third party arising out of or resulting from Your use, misuse or inability to
use the Site or any information, data, content or other materials contained
therein;
(C) any claim, action or allegation brought against the Company by You or any
third party arising out of or resulting from the conduct of any user or member
of the Site or any third party;
(D) any fraud, manipulation or other breach of this Agreement or other policies
and agreements by You;
(E) Your use of the Site, Your submission of Content to the Site or use of
Your user name by You or any third party; and
(F) any reasonable attorneys’ fees resulting from any breach of any warranty
or representation under this Agreement.
6.2 The Company reserves the right to exclusively defend and control any dispute
and You hereby agree that You will fully cooperate and assist in any such defense.
6.3 The Company will have the right to participate in its defense and hire
counsel of its choice, at Your expense. You will not settle any action or claims
on the Company’s behalf without the prior written consent of the Company.
7 Deactivation, Suspension & Termination
7.1 This Agreement will become effective upon Your manifestation of consent
to its terms occurs or by any access, viewing or use of the Site and will remain
in force at all times thereafter unless terminated by the Company pursuant to
this Agreement.
7.2 Without limiting other remedies, the Company, in its sole discretion, May
deactivate, suspend or terminate Your access to the Site immediately without
notice for any reason.
7.3 In the event the Company suspends or terminates Your access to the Site,
You understand that You may be denied any further access to any of Your Information
placed on any the Company site or network location.
7.4 You agree that neither the Company nor any third party acting on its behalf
will be liable to You for any termination of Your membership or access to the
Site. You agree that if Your account is terminated, You will not attempt to
re-register as a member without the prior written consent of the Company.
7.5 The Company reserves the right to revise, amend or modify the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and its other policies and agreements, at any time
and in any manner. You should periodically check this Agreement for any revisions,
amendments or modifications by visiting this web page and using the “refresh”
button on Your browser. You should note the date of last revision to this page,
which appears at the top of this page. If the “Last Modified” date
remains unchanged, after You have clicked the “refresh” button on
Your browser, You may presume that no changes have been made since the last
reading of the document. A change of the “Last Modified” dates indicates
that this document has been updated or edited and the updated or edited version
supersedes any prior versions immediately upon posting.
8 Privacy
8.1 The terms and provisions of the Company’s Privacy Policy located
at www.Modelslikeus.com/privacy.php are hereby incorporated by reference as if
fully set forth herein.
9 Confidentiality
9.1 Each Party will treat as strictly confidential all Confidential Information
of the other Party and will not disclose such Confidential Information to any
person or entity or use such Confidential Information except as contemplated
herein or as otherwise authorized in writing. Each Party will implement procedures
to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure or misuse of the other Party’s
Confidential Information by its agents, employees and representatives and will
not intentionally disclose such Confidential Information to any third party
except for the purposes of this Agreement and subject to confidentiality obligations
similar to those set forth herein.
9.2 Notwithstanding the above, neither Party will have liability to the other
with regard to any Confidential Information of the other which:
(A) was publicly available at the time it was disclosed or becomes publicly
available through no fault of the receiver;
(B) was known to the receiver without confidentiality restriction at the time
of disclosure;
(C) is disclosed with the prior written approval of the discloser;
(D) is independently developed by the receiver without any use of the Confidential
Information; or
(E) becomes known to the receiver, without similar confidentiality restriction,
from a source other than the discloser without breach of this Agreement by the
receiver.
9.3 In addition, each Party will be entitled to disclose the other’s Confidential
Information to the extent required by any order or requirement of a court, administrative
agency or other governmental body, provided that the receiver will provide prompt,
advance written notice thereof to the discloser and cooperate with the discloser
if the discloser elects to seek a protective order or otherwise prevent such
disclosure.
9.4 Nothing in this Agreement will restrict each Party’s rights to assign
or reassign its employees, including without limitation those who have had access
to the other Party’s Confidential Information, to any project in its discretion.
10 Governing Law & Dispute Resolution & Venue
10.1 This User Agreement and all matters arising out of or otherwise relating
to this Agreement will be governed by the laws of Florida, excluding its conflict
of law provisions. Any and all disputes must be, without exception, brought
to court and litigated in Orange County, Florida.
10.2 All parties to this Agreement agree that all actions or proceedings arising
in connection with this Agreement or any services or business interactions between
the parties that may be subject to this Agreement will be tried and/or litigated
exclusively in the state and federal courts located in Orange County, Florida.
10.3 The Parties agree to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in Orange County,
Florida.
10.4 The Parties agree that the foregoing choice of venue and forum is mandatory
and not permissive in nature, thereby precluding any possibility of litigation
between the Parties with respect to all matters arising out of or otherwise
relating to this Agreement in a jurisdiction other than that specified herein.
10.5 The Parties hereby waive any right to assert the doctrine of forum non-conveniens
or similar doctrines or to object to venue with respect to any proceeding brought
in accordance with this Agreement or with respect to any dispute under this
Agreement whatsoever.
10.6 The Parties stipulate that the state and federal courts located in Orange
County, Florida will have personal jurisdiction over each and any of them for
the purpose of litigating any dispute, controversy or proceeding arising out
of or otherwise relating to this Agreement or the relationship between the Parties
contemplated thereby.
10.7 The Parties hereby authorize and accept service of process sufficient
for personal jurisdiction in any action against it, as contemplated by registered
or certified mail, Federal Express, proof of delivery or return receipt requested,
to the parties address for the giving of notices as set forth in this Agreement.
10.8 Any final judgment rendered against a party in any action or proceeding
will be conclusive as to the subject of such final judgment and may be enforced
in other jurisdictions in any manner provided by law if such enforcement becomes
necessary.
10.9 You agree that any and all disputes, claims or controversies arising from
or relating to this Agreement or the breach, termination or validity thereof
which cannot be resolved informally will be resolved individually, without resort
to any form of class action or consolidation in any arbitration with any dispute,
claim or controversy of any other party and will be submitted to binding arbitration
in accordance with the commercial rules of the American Arbitration Association
then in effect.
10.10 The arbitration panel will consist of one (1) neutral arbitrator if the
amount in controversy is less than twenty-thousand United States Dollars ($20,000.00).
Otherwise the panel will consist of three (3) neutral arbitrators, each an active,
licensed attorney with at least five (5) years of experience in the primary
area of the law as to which the dispute relates.
10.11 The arbitration will be in the English language in Orange County, Florida.
10.12 The arbitration panel will determine issues of arbitrability but may
not limit, expand or otherwise modify the terms and provisions contained herein.
10.13 Any award made pursuant to this section:
(A) will be a bare award limited to a holding for or against a Party and affording
such remedy as is deemed equitable, just and within the scope of this Agreement;
(B) will be without findings as to issues, including without limitation, copyright,
trademark or patent validity or infringement or a statement of the reasoning
on which the award rests:
(C) may, in circumstances other than patent disputes, include injunctive relief;
(D) will be made within four (4) months of arbitration panel appointment; and
(E) may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
10.14 The requirement for arbitration will not be deemed a waiver of any right
of termination under this Agreement and the arbitration panel is not empowered
to act or make any award other than based solely on the rights and obligations
of the Parties prior to any such termination.
10.15 Each Party will bear its own expenses, but those related to the compensation
and expenses of the arbitration panel will be borne equally.
10.16 The arbitration panel will not have authority to award punitive or damages
in excess of compensatory damages and each Party irrevocably waives any claim
thereto.
10.17 The Parties, their representatives, participants and the arbitration
panel will hold the existence, content and result of the proceedings in confidence.
10.18 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company reserves the sole and exclusive
right to commence and prosecute any legal or equitable action or proceeding
before any court of competent jurisdiction, whether in the United States or
in a foreign country, to collect any fees, recover damages or obtain injunctive
or other relief relating to the Site or intellectual property if, in the sole
opinion of the Company, such action is necessary or desirable.
(A) You hereby consent and agree to irrevocably submit to the exclusive personal
jurisdiction of such courts, accept service of process by mail and irrevocably
waive any available jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to
such court.
(B) You hereby agree that such action will not be deemed a waiver of the obligation
to arbitrate.
10.19 In the event You file an action contrary to the foregoing provisions,
the Company may recover all reasonable attorney’s fees and costs from
You related to such action.
11 Notice of Claimed Infringement & Takedown Procedures
11.1 The Company respects the intellectual property of others and voluntarily
observes and complies with the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(the “DMCA”). If You believe that Your work has been copied in a
way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the agent designated
in Section 13.5, with:
(A) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on
behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
(B) a description of the copyrighted work that You claim has been infringed;
(C) a description of where the material that You claim is infringing is located
on a Site;
(D) Your address, telephone number and email address;
(E) a statement by You that You have a good faith belief that the disputed
use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or law; and
(F) a statement by You, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information
is accurate and that You are the copyright or intellectual property owner or
authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.
11.2 The Company reserves the right at any time to disable access to or remove
any material or activity accessible on or from the Site or any Materials claimed
to be infringing or based on facts or circumstances from which infringing activity
is apparent.
11.3 It is the firm policy of the Company to terminate the account of repeat
copyright infringers, when appropriate and the Company will act expeditiously
to remove access to all material that infringes on another’s copyright,
according to the procedure set forth in 17 U.S.C. §512 of the DMCA. If
the notice does not comply with Paragraph 19 and §512 of the DMCA, but
does comply with those requirements for identifying the materials that are infringing
according to §512 of the DMCA, the Company will attempt to contact or take
other reasonable steps to contact the complaining party to help that party comply
with the notice requirements.
11.4 The Company implements the following “notice and takedown”
procedure upon receipt of any notification of claimed copyright infringement:
(A) When the Designated Agent receives a valid notice, the Company will expeditiously
remove or disable access to the infringing material and will notify the affected
party.
(B) The affected party may then submit a counter-notification to the Designated
Agent containing a statement made under penalty of perjury that the party has
a good faith belief that the material was removed because of misidentification
of the material.
(C) After the Designated Agent receives the counter-notification, it will replace
the material at issue within ten (10) to fourteen (14) days after receipt of
the counter-notification unless the Designated Agent receives notice that a
court action has been filed by the complaining party seeking an injunction against
the infringing activity.
12 General Provisions
12.1 No action of the Company, other than an express written waiver or amendment,
may be construed as a waiver or amendment of any of this Agreement.
12.2 Should any clause of this Agreement be found unenforceable, wherever possible
this will not affect any other clause and each will remain in full force and
effect.
12.3 You agree that this Agreement may be automatically assigned by the Company,
in its sole discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger or acquisition.
12.4 Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit,
construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.
12.5 Any failure to act with respect to a breach of the terms and provisions
of this Agreement does not waive any right by the Company to act with respect
to subsequent or similar breaches.
12.6 All provisions of this Agreement that by their nature should survive termination
will survive termination, including without limitation, provisions related to
intellectual property, warranty disclaimers, general releases, limitations of
liability, indemnity, arbitration, governing law and the general provisions.
12.7 You also may be subject to additional terms and provisions that may apply
when You use affiliate or third party services, sites, content or software.
12.8 Should the Company prevail in any action or proceeding to enforce rights
under this Agreement, it will be entitled to recover its costs and attorneys’
fees from You.
12.9 You agree that You are subject to the terms and provisions contained in
this Agreement and any additional policies applicable to the Site, which may
be posted from time to time. All such posted policies or rules are effectively
immediately upon posting and are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Agreement.
12.10 The provisions of this Agreement will be binding upon and will inure
to the benefit of the Parties, their heirs, administrators, successors and assigns.
12.11 You may not assign this Agreement or the rights and obligations hereunder
to any third party under any circumstances.
12.12 You will be solely responsible for all costs and expenses incurred arising
out of or relating to this Agreement.
12.13 You understand and agree that if You are located in any United States
or international jurisdiction where any common, statutory, regulatory, codified
or other law, rule or regulation makes accessing the Site or any materials contained
therein inappropriate, illegal or subject to consents or permissions that You
have not obtained or voids this Agreement in whole or in part, then You are
not authorized to access the Site or any materials contained therein.
12.14 The Site contains features that may allow You to collect data from, control
or monitor computers running the Site. You hereby agree to hold the Company
harmless from and against any damages, claims, losses, settlements, attorney’s
fees and other expenses related to any such activities.
12.15 You understand and agree that the Site is not intended for use with any
high risk or strict liability activity and the Company makes no warranty and
will have no liability arising from any use of the Site in any high risk or
strict liability activities.
12.16 You understand that the laws and regulations of the United States restrict
certain export and re-export of commodities and technical data of United States
origin, including the Site. You agree not to export or re-export the Site in
any form.
12.17 The Section headings in this Agreement are solely for convenience and
will not be considered in its interpretation.
12.18 This Agreement has been reviewed and negotiated by the parties and each
party has had the opportunity to review this Agreement with counsel of its own
choosing. Accordingly, this Agreement will not be construed strictly for or
against either party.
12.19 Pronouns used in this Agreement will be construed to include the masculine,
feminine or neuter, as the identity of the antecedent may require.
12.20 You understand that Your material breach of this Agreement will cause
irreparable harm and significant injury to the Company which may be difficult
to ascertain and that a remedy at law would be inadequate. You agree that the
Company will be entitled to immediate injunctive relief to enforce this Agreement
in addition to any other rights and remedies it may have.
13 Revision, Amendment & Notice
13.1 We reserve the right to revise this Agreement from time to time and You
hereby agree to any such revision, which will be deemed in force and enforceable
immediately upon posting. The updated or edited version of this Agreement supersedes
any prior versions immediately upon posting and the prior version is of no continuing
legal effect unless the revised version specifically refers to the prior version
and keeps the prior version or portions thereof in effect.
13.2 If this Agreement is revised, the “Last Modified” date at
the top of this Agreement will reflect the date of such revision. You agree
to periodically visit the web page containing this Agreement and to refresh
the contents by using your web browser’s “Refresh” button
when doing so. You agree to note the date of the last revision to this Agreement.
If the “Last Modified” date remains unchanged from the last time
You reviewed the web page containing this Agreement, then You may presume that
nothing in this Agreement has been revised since the last time You read it.
If the “Last Modified” date has changed, the Agreement has been
revised.
13.3 If You fail to periodically review this Agreement to determine if any
of the terms and provisions have changed, You assume all responsibility for
such omission and agree that such failure constitutes Your affirmative waiver
of Your right to review the revised terms.
13.4 The designated agent for service of notices pursuant to the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act is as follows:
Lawrence G. Walters, Esq.
Weston, Garrou, DeWitt & Walters
781 Douglas Avenue
Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
(407) 389-4529 Phone
(407) 774-6151 Fax
notice@dmcanotice.com
14 General Release
14.1 In the event You have a dispute with other users of the Site or any third
party site, You release the Company, its successors, assigns, affiliates, licensors
and suppliers, together with all of their respective officers, directors, employees
and consultants from claims, demands and damages, both actual and consequential,
of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed
and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
14.2 If You are a California resident, You waive California Civil Code §1542,
which states: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor
does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the
release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement
with the debtor.”
15 No Agency
15.1 No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee
relationship is intended or created herein.
16 Force Majeure
16.1 Neither You nor the Company will be liable for or will be considered to
be in breach of or default under this Agreement on account of any delay or failure
to perform resulting from causes or conditions that are beyond the affected
Party’s reasonable control that it is unable to overcome through the exercise
of commercially reasonable diligence. If any such event occurs, the affected
Party will give written notice to the other Party and will use commercially
reasonable efforts to minimize the impact of the event.
17 Severability
17.1 If any court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction hereof holds
any term, clause or provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable, then
such term, clause or provision will be eliminated, severed or limited to minimum
extent necessary such that this Agreement will otherwise remain in full force
and effect.
18 California Resident Complaints
18.1 The Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of
the Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 1020 North
Street, #501, Sacramento, CA 95814 or by telephone at (916) 445-1254.
19 Export Control
19.1 You understand and understand that the software elements of the Content
contained in the Site may be subject to regulation by agencies of the United
States Government, including the United States Department of Commerce, which
prohibits export or diversion of software to certain countries and third parties.
Diversion of such Content contrary to United States or international law is
prohibited.
19.2 You agree that You will not assist or participate in any such diversion
or other violation of applicable laws and regulations.
19.3 You warrant that You will not license or otherwise permit anyone not approved
to receive controlled commodities under applicable laws and regulations and
that You will abide by such laws and regulations.
19.4 You agree that none of the Content is being or will be acquired for, shipped,
transferred or re-exported, directly or indirectly, to proscribed or embargoed
countries or their nationals or be used for proscribed activities.
20 Communications Not Private
20.1 The Company does not provide any facility for sending or receiving private
or confidential electronic communications. All messages transmitted to Site
will be deemed to be readily accessible to the general public.
20.2 The Site should not be used to transmit any communication for which the
sender intends only the sender and the intended recipient to read. Notice is
hereby given that all messages entered into the Site can and may be read by
the Company and its agents, regardless of whether they are the intended recipients
of such messages.
21 Entire Agreement
21.1 This Agreement and the terms, clauses and provisions hereof, as well as
those incorporated by reference, constitutes the entire understanding and agreement
of the Parties , revokes and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements
and is intended as a final expression of the Agreement between the Company and
You.
21.2 You agree that You are not entering into this Agreement in reliance on
any statements, representations or promises other than those contained herein.
21.3 This Agreement will take precedence over any other documents, incorporated
herein or otherwise, which may conflict with this Agreement.
21.4 This Agreement will not be modified or amended except in writing signed
by the Parties, specifically referring to this Agreement.
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