PRSafe Web
Services Agreement – Customer Agreement (last modified 04/31/2009)
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This PRSafe
Customer Agreement (“Agreement” or PRSafe Web Services
Agreement”) is a binding agreement between American Digital
Networks LLC (A.D.N.) and you and, if applicable, the company or other
legal entity you represent (collectively, “YOU”). This
agreement incorporates by reference (1) The Privacy Notice
“Privacy Notice” and (2) The conditions of use
(“conditions of use”) posted on www.prsafe.com or other A.D.N.
Properties, as they may be modified by us from time to time.
By clicking the “ACCEPT” button for this agreement or accepting any
modification to this agreement in accordance with section 2 below, you
agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you
are entering into this agreement on behalf of a company or other legal
entity, you represent that you “you” shall mean such entity.
If you do not have such authority, or if you do not agree with the terms
and conditions of this agreement, you must select the
“decline” button and you may not use the services.
Welcome
This Agreement
includes the following Sections:
1. The Services
2. Modifications to
this Agreement
3. Term, Termination
and Suspension
4. Authorization and
License to Use the Services
a. Permitted Uses
Generally
b. Restricted Uses
Generally
c. Accounts and Keys
d. Monitoring
5. Authorized Use
Policies for Specific Services
5.1 PRSafe Connection
Solutions (PRSafe CS)
5.2 PRSafe Media
Storage (PRSafe MS)
5.3 PRSafe News
Submission Service (Newswire) ( PNSS)
5.4 Featured Listing
Services including Featured Business Profiles (FLS)
5.5 Membership
Services (MS)
5.6 Event Listings
Service (ELS)
6. License to Use
A.D.N. Properties
7. Downtime and
Service Suspensions; Security
8. Fees
9. Confidentiality
10. Intellectual
Property
11. Representations
and Warranties; Disclaimers; Limitations of Liability
12. Indemnification
13. US Government
License Rights and Export Controls
14. Disputes
15. Notices
16. Miscellaneous
Provisions
1. The Services
The services covered
by this Agreement include both free services that A.D.N. and its
affiliates (referred to together as “we” or
“us”) make available for no fee, for the purpose of
promoting business with A.D.N. and its affiliated web properties and for
other purposes (the “Free Services”, and services that we
make available for a fee (the “Paid Services”). The Free
Services and the Paid Services are referred to collectively in this
agreement as the “Services.” Each Free Service and Paid
Service is referred to individually as a “Service.”
1.1 Free
Services. The Free Services include the basic PRSafe Business Profiles
and Site Widgets and all other web services that we make available to
you free of charge on the A.D.N. – branded or PRSafe® branded
Web Sites accessible from www.digital50.com, www adn1.com or
www.prsafe.com
(collectively, the “A.D.N. Websites”), except those web
services for which we specifically provide a separate customer
agreement.
1.2 Paid
Services. The Paid Services include all web services also known as
software as a service, we make available to you for a fee on the A.D.N
Websites, except those web services for which we specifically provide a
separate customer agreement. Our Paid Services include, but are not
limited to:
a. PRSafe Connection
Solutions
b. PRSafe Media
Storage
c. PRSafe News
Submission Service (Newswire)
d. Featured Listing
Service including Featured Business Profiles
e. Membership Services
f. Event Listings
Service
We may, in our sole
discretion, (i) begin charging fees for Free Services, in which case
such Service will thereafter be deemed a Paid Service, or (ii) cease
charging fees for a Paid Service, in which case such Service will
thereafter be deemed a Free Service.
2.
Modifications to this Agreement
You agree that we may
modify this agreement or any policy or other terms referenced in this
Agreement (collectively, “Additional Policies”) at any time
by posting a revised version of the Agreement or such Additional Policy
on the A.D.N. Web Sites or on external support pages linked from the
A.D.N. Web Sites. The revised terms shall be effective as follows:
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if the revised terms are (a) for any Paid Services which are adding at
the time of the revision, (b) for the Privacy Notice, (c) for the
Conditions of Use, (d) for any AUP (as
Defined in Section 4.1.2), (e) for any Free Service, then the revised
terms shall be effective upon posting (unless we expressly state
otherwise at the time of posting); and
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if the revised terms are otherwise for any then-existing Paid Services,
then the revised terms shall be effective upon the earlier to occur (a)
fifteen (15) days after posting and (b) if we provide mechanism for your
immediate acceptance of revised terms, such as click-through
confirmation or acceptance button, your acceptance.
By continuing to use
the Services after the effective date of any revisions to this
Agreement, you agree to be bound by the revised Agreement. It is your
responsibility to check the A.D.N. Web Sites and linked support pages
regularly for changes to this Agreement or the Additional Policies, as
applicable. We last modified this Agreement on the date set forth at the
top of this agreement.
3. Term,
Termination and Suspension
3.1. Term. The
term of this Agreement (“Term”) will commence, and you may
begin using the Services, once you agree to the terms and conditions of
this agreement by clicking the “Accept” button below and
complete the registration process for your ADN account. The Agreement
will remain in effect until terminated by you or us in accordance with
this Section 3.
3.2 Termination
by You for Convenience. You may terminate this Agreement for any reason
or no reason at all, at your convenience, by (i) providing us with
written notice of termination in accordance with Section 15 and (ii)
closing your account for any Service for which we provide an account
closing mechanism.
3.3.
Termination or Suspension by Us other Than for Cause.
3.3.1
Free Services. We may suspend your right and license to use any
or all Free Services and any associated A.D.N. Properties (as defined in
Section 6.1 below), or, if you are only using Free Services, terminate
this Agreement in its entirely (and, accordingly, cease providing all
Services to you), for any reason or for no reason, at our discretion at
any time, immediately upon our provision of notice to you in accordance
with the notice provisions set forth in
Section 15 below.
3.3.2.
Paid Services. We may suspend your right and license to use any
or all Paid Services (and any associated A.D.N. Properties), or
terminate this Agreement in its entirety (and, accordingly, cease
providing all Services to you), for any reason or for no reason, at our
discretion at any time by providing sixty (60) days’ advance
notice in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in Section 15
below.
3.4.
Termination or Suspension by Us for Cause. We may suspend your right and
license to use any individual Service or any set of Services, or
terminate this Agreement in its entirety (and, accordingly, your right
to use all Services), for cause effective as set forth below:
3.4.1
Immediately upon our notice to you in accordance with the notice
provisions set for in Section 15 below if: (i) you attempt a denial of
service attack on any of the Services; (ii) you seek to hack or break
any security mechanism on any of the Services or we otherwise determine
that your use of the Services or the A.D.N. Properties poses a security
or service risk to us, to any user of services offers by us, to any
third party sellers on any of our web sites, or to any of our or their
respective customers or may subject us or any third party to liability,
damages or danger; (iii) you otherwise use the Services in a way that
disrupts or threatens the Services; (iv) you are in default of your
payment obligations hereunder and there is an unusual spike or increase
in your use of the Services; (v) we determine, in our sole discretion,
there is evidence or fraud with respect to your account; (vi) we
determine, in our sole discretion, there is evidence of fraud with
respect to your account; (vi) you use any of the A.D.N. Content (as
defined in Section 6.1) or Marks (as defined in Section 6.2) other than
expressly permitted herein; (vii) we receive notice or we otherwise
determine, in our sole discretion, that you may be using the A.D.N.
Services for illegal purpose or in a way that violates the law,
infringes, or misappropriates the rights of any third party; (viii) we
determine, in our sole discretion, that our provision of any of the
Services to you is prohibited by applicable law, or has become
impractical or unfeasible for any legal or regulatory reason; or (ix)
subject to applicable law, upon your liquidation, commencement of
dissolution proceedings, disposal of your assets, failure to continue
your business, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or if you become
the subject of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or similar
proceeding.
3.4.2.
Fifteen (15) days following our provision of notice to you in accordance
with the notice provisions set forth in Section 15 below if you are in
default of any payment obligation with respect to any of the services or
in any payment mechanism you have provided to us is invalid or charges
are refused for such payment mechanism problem within such 15 day
period.
3.4.3.
Five (5) days following our provision of notice to you in accordance
with the notice provisions as set forth in Section 15 below if you
breach any other provision of this Agreement and fail, as determined by
us, in our sole discretion, to cure such breach within such 5 day
period.
3.5. Effect of
Suspension or Termination
3.5.1.
Suspension. Upon our suspension of your use of any Services, in
whole or in part, for any reason, (i) fees will continue to accrue for
any Services that are still in use by you, notwithstanding the
suspension (e.g. your continued storage of data within your profiles
pages or other areas of your PRSafe account during the period of
suspension); (ii) you remain liable for all fees, charges and any other
obligations you have incurred through the date of suspension with
respect to the Services; and (iii) all of your rights with respect to
the applicable Services shall be terminated during the period of
suspension.
3.5.2.
Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason:
(i) you remain liable for all fees, charges and any other obligations
you have incurred through the date of termination with respect to the
Services: (ii) all of your rights under this Agreement shall immediately
terminate: and (iii) you shall immediately return, or if instructed by
us, destroy all A.D.N. Confidential Information (as defined in Section 9
below) and any A.D.N. Properties then in your possession.
3.6.
Survival. In the event this Agreement is terminated for any
reason, Sections 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 4.2, 6, 8 (with respect to payments
that are accrued but unpaid at the time of termination), and 9 through
16 will survive any such termination.
3.7. Data
Preservation in the Event of Suspension or Termination.
3.7.1.
In the Event of Suspension Other Than for Cause. In the event of
a suspension by us of your access to any Service for any reason other
than a for cause suspension under Section 3.4.1, during the period of
suspension, (i) we will not take any action to intentionally erase any
of your data stored on the Services and (ii) applicable Service data
storage charges will continue to accrue.
3.7.2.
In the Event of Termination Other Than for Cause. In the event of
any termination by us of any Service or any set of Services, or
termination of this Agreement in its entirety, other than a for cause
termination under section 3.4.1 (i) we will not take any action to
intentionally erase any of your data stored on the Services for a period
of thirty (30) days after the effective date of termination; and (ii)
your post termination retrieval of data stored on the Services will be
conditioned on your payment of Service data storage charges for period
following termination, payment in full of any amounts due us, and your
compliance with terms and conditions we may establish with respect to
such data retrieval.
3.7.3.
In the Event of Other Suspension or Termination. Except as
provided in Sections 3.7.1 and 3.7.2 above, we shall have no obligation
to continue to store your data during any period of suspension or
termination or to permit you to retrieve the same.
3.8.
Post-Termination Assistance. Following the suspension or
termination of your right to use the Services by us or by you for any
reason other than a for cause termination (i.e. a termination under
Section 3.2 or under 3.3), you shall be entitled to take advantage of
any post-termination assistance we may generally make available with
respect to the Services, such as data retrieval arrangements we
may elect to make available. We may also endeavor to provide you unique
post-suspension or post-termination assistance, but we shall be under no
obligation to do so. Your right to take advantage of any such
assistance, whether generally made available with respect to Services or
made available uniquely to you, shall be conditioned upon your
acceptance of and compliance with any fees and terms we specify for such
assistance.
4.
Authorization and License to Use the Services
Subject to your
acceptance of and compliance with this Agreement and with the payment
requirements for the Services that are set forth on the applicable
Service detail page on the A.D.N. Web Sites (as such payment terms may
be updated from time to time), we hereby grant you a limited,
non-exclusive, non transferable, non-sublicenseable right and license ,
in and under our intellectual property rights, to access and use the
Services, solely in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
4.1 Permitted
Uses Generally.
4.1.1.
(APIs, when and if available, are subject to the terms herein)You
may write an application (“Application”) that interfaces
with the Services. You acknowledge that we may change, deprecate or
republish APIs (as defined in Section 6.1 below) for any Service or
feature of a Service from time to time, and that it is your
responsibility to ensure that calls you make to any Service are
compatible with then-current APIs for the Service.
4.1.2.
You may make network calls or requests to the Services at any time that
the Services are available, provided that, unless otherwise set forth in
an application Authorized Use Policy set forth herein for any Service
(“AUP”), you (or if you build and release an Application,
each installed copy of your Application) may not exceed the maximum file
size or maximum calls per second limit (if any) set forth for any
particular Service in the in its AUP (or, in the event the AUP for a
Service does not indicate a maximum file size, greater than 40K).
4.1.3.
You may access the A.D.N. Web Sites using a standard Internet Browser
such as Internet Explorer, Safari, Fire Fox or other commonly used
Internet Browser used from a standard computer terminal including mobile
devices such as Black Berry handhelds and mobile phones provided that
your use complies with the terms of this Agreement.
4.2.
Restricted Uses Generally.
4.2.1.
You may not interfere or attempt to interfere in any manner with the
functionality or proper working of the Services including but without
limitation to creating programs to automatically send communications to
other members through the messaging system, create fictional profiles or
post other content not inline with our Content Guidelines.
4.2.2.
You may not compile or use the A.D.N. Properties or any other
information obtained through the Services for the purpose of direct
marketing, spamming, unsolicited contacting of users of any of the
networks including but not limited to Investors, Media Members, Business
Members and Public Relations Professionals, or other impermissible
advertising, marketing or other activities, including, without
limitation, any activities that violate anti-spamming laws and
regulations.
4.2.3.
You may not remove, obscure, or alter any notice of any Mark, or other
intellectual property or proprietary right appearing on or contained
within the Services or on any A.D.N. Properties.
4.2.4.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you may generally
publicize your use of the Services: however, you may not issue any press
release with respect to the Services or this Agreement without prior
written consent.
4.3.
Accounts and Access. Unless otherwise stated in an applicable AUP, you
may only create one account per primary email address. A.D.N. accounts
may be associated with one or more users through the use of multiple
authorized users and separate user’s accounts linked using
intra-network approval mechanisms. Account Identifiers (i) identify your
account and (ii) allow you to make requests to A.D.N. The Account
Identifier is immutable and will always uniquely identify you’re
A.D.N. account. User Names and Passwords are unique to your account and
are subject to change as our discretion. User names and passwords are
for personal use only, and you may not sell, transfer, sublicense or
otherwise disclose your account information to any other party. You are
responsible for all activities performed while accessing the account
using your access information, regardless of whether such activities are
undertaken by you or a third party. Therefore, you should contact us
immediately if you believe a third party may be using your account
access information, or if your access information is otherwise lost or
stolen. You are responsible for maintaining up-to-date and accurate
information (including contact information) for you’re A.D.N.
account. We are not responsible for any unauthorized access to,
alterations of, or the deletion, destruction, damage, loss or failure to
store any of, Your Content (as defined in Section 10.2), your
Applications, or other data which you submit in connection with your
account or the Services.
4.4.
Monitoring Your Use of the A.D.N. Web Services. You agree to provide
information and/or other materials related to your Applications as
reasonably requested by us to verify your compliance with this
Agreement. You further acknowledge and agree that, with respect to:
4.4.1
Accounts, we may crawl or otherwise monitor the contents
of your account for the purposes of verifying your compliance with this
Agreement. You may not seek to block or otherwise interfere with such
crawling or monitoring.
5. Authorized
Use Policies (AUP) for Specific Services
The
following AUPs apply only to the specific Services for which they are
provided. In the event of a conflict between the terms of an AUP and the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, the terms of the AUP shall
apply, but only to the extent of such conflict.
5.1 PRSafe
Connection Solutions (PRSafe CS)
5.1.1.
PRSafe CS modules with the main PRSafe application platform are designed
to connect to various other users of the network. The modules are
designed to assist users of the application with communications to and
from target audiences including but not limited to Investors, Members of
the Media, Employees, Members of Organizations and Associations,
Partners and Affiliates. PRSafe CS includes, among other things, data
feeds created and sourcing data from the PRSafe application and such
feeds are the property of A.D.N. however subject to the terms of use
herein. Our purpose in making PRSafe CS available is to allow PRSafe
users alternate communications solutions as a replacement to e-mail
marketing or other. A.D.N. partners with several applications providers
and computer companies to provide technology used in our application
and, if referenced in the solution, all use of such technology is
subject to the terms and use agreements of respective technology
providers when required or when agreements are referenced on A.D.N. Web
Sites.
5.1.2.
We retain the right to determine, in our sole discretion, whether you
shall be entitled to use PRSafe CS and, if we have permitted you to use
PRSafe CS, to discontinue your use of PRSafe CS at any time, in our sole
discretion.
5.1.3.
You are not permitted to use PRSafe CS with any Application, automated
or other, for any use that does not have, as its principal purpose,
driving traffic to your PRSafe profile pages and aiding in the objective
of building connections within the PRSafe application.
5.1.4.
Your use of A.D.N. Properties must be strictly limited to promoting the
availability of products and services in your PRSafe Account.
5.1.5.
You may not: (i) link any of the A.D.N. Properties to any commercial
page of a Web Site other than a Web Site owned by you or one of your
affiliates; or (ii) in conjunction with any A.D.N. Property, direct
traffic to any commercial page of a Web Site other than the URL of
you’re A.D.N. Account.
5.1.6.
If you complied with the linking obligations and restrictions above, you
may have links within some areas, as clearly identified within the
application, such as news releases submitted for distribution on the
DiGiTAL50 newswire news distribution network, but the link is still
subject to the terms of use and guidelines herein.
You
may have links within other areas of your Account (i.e., that are not
A.D.N. Properties) to Web Sites other than A.D.N. Web Sites, in such
case that the area is clearly identified with text authorizing such
posting, but you may not use an associate, affiliate or claim
partnership with any A.D.N. Web Sites unless special permission is
granted in writing.
5.1.7.
Unless we have provide you our express written consent in advance, you
may not sell, resell, redistribute, sublicense, or transfer (i) all or
any portion of the A.D.N. Properties, or (ii) Applications that are
built with or contain the A.D.N. Web Site Content to anywhere other than
another A.D.N. application or Web Site.
5.1.8.
You may store a link for an image included in A.D.N. Properties for up
to 24 hours, but you may not store or cache the product image itself.
5.1.9.
If you own or operate technology to store Web Sites, you may not copy,
store or otherwise make content from the PRSafe Application available on
another Web Site, Application or other means, electronic or other.
5.1.10
You may access the PRSafe CS as often as you wish however we may be
restrict, at any time, the number of contacts, size of data transfer and
amount of data storage permitted per profile. We may change our
connection packages to increase or decrease the number of allowable
connections permitted per user.
5.1.11.
You may provide text, images, reviews, and other informational content
(your “A.D.N. Content”) about your company, yourself or your
partners to us. If you do so, you hereby grant to us a perpetual,
paid-up royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable right and
license, under all of your intellectual property rights, to: (i) use,
reproduce, perform, display and distribute your PRSafe Content in any
manner; (ii) adapt, modify, reformat and create derivative works of your
PRSafe Account Content for any purpose; (iii) use and publish your name
in the form of a credit in conjunction with your PRSafe Account; and
(iv) sublicense the forgoing rights to our affiliates and third parties.
Additionally, you represent and warrant that: (a) your PRSafe Account is
your original work, or you obtained your PRSafe Account Content as
permitted by the license above will not violate any third party’s
rights, including but not limited to copyright rights. We reserve the
right, but are not obligated, to use and publish your name in the form
of a credit in conjunction with your PRSafe Account Content as you
supply it to us, and by supplying any PRSafe Account Content, you grant
us the irrevocable right to do so.
5.1.12.
You may access your PRSafe Account at any time that our service is
available at PRSafe.com, Digital50.com, and ADN1.com, Connectus.net or
another other domain as we provide a direct approved and official link
to the PRSafe application. You are authorized to provide a link to
A.D.N. and our Web Sites from your Web Sites or applications as long as
the link is in line with conditions herein or by express written
approval by an official representative of A.D.N.
5.1.13.
You may make Text Material (as defined in Section 6.1.), other than
Documentation (as defined in Section 6.1), within your own Web Site or
Application so long as you include the following disclaimer in plain
view and clearly visible to the user of your Application: “PLEASE
KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME OF THE CONTENT THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU
THROUGH THIS APPLICATION COMES FROM AMERICAN DIGITAL NETWORKS. ALL SUCH
CONTENT IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS.” THIS CONTENT AND YOUR
USE OF IT ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND/OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME.”
5.2. PRSafe
Media Storage (PRSafe MS)
5.2.1.
Submitting Content. Provided that you comply with the terms of this
Agreement and our policies and procedures for the use of the PRSafe
Application, you may use PRSafe MS to store, retrieve and serve content
associated with your PRSafe account. Storage limitations may exist on a
per account basis and may change at any time without notice. You may use
A.D.N. applications to store and access your PRSafe Account Content. You
acknowledge that neither we nor our licensors are responsible in any
manner, and you are solely responsible, for your PRSafe Account Content.
While we may track information regarding your PRSafe Account, we will
not sell or license your PRSafe Account Content, and will not disclose
your PRSafe Account Content except as we may determine to be necessary
or desirable to comply with the Agreement, the request of a government
or regulatory body, subpoenas or court orders, or for other legal
purposes.
5.2.2.
You must comply with the Terms of Use as posted by us an updated by us
from time to time on the A.D.N. Web Sites, including, without
limitation, any limitations described in the Terms of Use on the total
size of files or objects that may be stored on the A.D.N. Servers at any
one time (e.g., restrictions on files or objects that contain more than
10 MB of data).
5.3. PRSafe
News Submission Service (PNSS) (Newswire) (a.k.a. DiGiTAL50 or
newswire.prsafe.com)
5.3.1.
Posting of Content. Provided that you comply with the terms of this
Agreement and our policies and procedures for the use of PRSafe, you may
use PNSS to store, retrieve and serve news releases for distribution
over our Newswire Services and any affiliates or partnerships
established to enhance or extend the coverage or value of the PRSafe
Newswire. You are responsible for providing all Content for distribution
and must maintain the copyright standards as outlined in this Agreement.
Posting of copyrighted content or other material not complying with the
terms of this Agreement will subject the user to termination or
suspension as outlined in Section 3. You must have a valid verifiable
email address associated with your account at all times so we may notify
you of any content issues.
5.3.2.
Content in Queue. We may delete, without liability of any kind, any of
your PRSafe Content that sits in a queue more than 15 days, or other
time period specified in the user documentation.
5.3.3.
Removal of Published Content. We may delete, without liability of any
kind, any of your PRSafe Content that does not meet the terms of this
Agreement. Generally, we will make an attempt to notify you, within a
period not normally over 24 hours after becoming aware of a possible
content violation, and may request removal or alteration of the content
to meet the terms of this Agreement.
5.3.4.
Purpose of PNSS. The purpose of the PNSS is to promote content in a
PRSafe profile and is not meant to drive traffic to an external site,
advertise a specific product or service or offer promotions or discounts
off of your products or services. The PNSS should be used as a PR Tool
to submit newsworthy material to Internet users and Audiences including:
Investors, Members of the Media, PR Professionals, Employees,
Organization or Association Members and or Partners and Affiliates.
5.3.5.
News Submission Format. All news submitted through the PNSS must comply
with current submission guidelines and formatting requirements as
outlined by information posted on the A.D.N. Web Sites. Any news
submission not in compliance may be refused and returned to the
submitter for revision or cancellation. In order to comply with industry
expectations for news releases, A.D.N. must maintain certain standards
and must comply with Industry Expectations in order to maintain the
integrity of our service. Any violation of these standards, as outlined
in this Agreement, may result in suspension or permanent restriction
from using A.D.N. products or services.
5.3.4.
Distribution. By submitting news through the PNSS, you authorize A.D.N.
to distribute your news without restriction to members of our networks,
subscribers of our general or industry specific RSS feeds, affiliates,
partners and direct business channels. You grant us the right to
replicate your data for the sole purpose of redistribution through our
distribution and not for republication in non-A.D.N. publications.
5.3.5.
Factual Errors. A.D.N. is not liable for inaccuracies or factual errors
contained within news submitted through our networks. We will often
conduct a basic editorial review of news prior to approval and
distribution over our networks but are not responsible for third party
claims resulting from content distributed by you while using the PRSafe
application or any other A.D.N. application or Web Site. If a potential
error is identified and validated, we have the right to remove or not
approve your content even if the content item as defined by a single
submission is in line with terms of this Agreement.
5.3.6.
Duplication of Content. You have the right to duplicate or save
clippings, snippets of data or entire articles from outside sources or
from any of our networks provided you save the articles within your
PRSafe application and agree not to redistribute the content. If you
publish material not produced or owned by you, you may be subject to
violations of International Copyright Laws. A.D.N. is not responsible
for any such violations if resulting from content submitted by our users
and will make every effort to ensure that content made publicly
available on our network is not violating any established domestic or
International Copyright law. Any material identified by copyright owners
as potentially infringing on their rights will be removed from our
networks.
5.3.7.
Content Violation. If we find that content provided by you is not in
line with terms of this agreement and may violate any law, we reserve
the right to provide your contact information as outlined in section
5.2.1.
5.3.8.
Tracking. We use various tracking methods to provide statistics for news
submissions but will not be held liable for tracking errors or
computations which could result in incorrect profile views, news views,
page views or other metric used to report the exposure of your news
release(s) over our networks. We will, however, make every effort to
ensure our data is accurate within reasonable expectations and to the
limits of the technology used to compile results.
5.3.9.
Email this Article. You may use our e-mail this article function within
our application but when forwarding any article through our program you
must comply with and ensure you adhere to all applicable laws. Without
limiting the forgoing, the following are strictly prohibited:
a) Sending of
Spam/Unsolicited Email, including:
1) Pyramid Schemes
2) Chain Letters
b)
Sending any mail in contravention of the CAN SPAM Act of 2003 or other
applicable state or federal laws and regulations.
c)
Forgery: Altering or obscuring mail headers or assuming the identity of
a sender without the explicit permission of that sender.
5.3.10.
Network. You may make network connections from PRSafe hosted servers to
other hosts only with the permission and authorization of the
destination hosts and networks.
You
may not conduct:
(a) Unauthorized
probes and port scans for vulnerabilities
(b)
Unauthorized penetration tests, traffic that circumvents authentication
systems or other unauthorized attempts to gain entry into any systems.
(c)
Web crawling which is not restricted to a rate so as not to impair or
otherwise disrupt the servers being crawled.
(d) Unauthorized
network monitoring or packet capture
(e)
Forged or non-standard protocol headers, such as altering source
addresses, etc.
(f) Flooding
(g) Denial of Service
(DoS) of any kind.
You may not operate
network services such as:
(a) Open proxies
(b) Open mail relays
(c) Open, recursive
domain name servers.
5.3.11. News
Submission Costs
News
Submissions are Paid Services, unless bundled as part of a package, and
therefore are subject to account requirements for keeping your account
in good standing. News listings, including general news submission and
press release submission, are charged based on the selected news
package. The news submission pricing is subject to change without notice
and changes will be posted to the A.D.N. Web Sites at least 60 days
prior to any increase. In the event of rejection of a news submission,
including but not limited to press release submissions not successfully
reviewed and published to the network, A.D.N. will issue a refund for
all or part of the submission fee paid. Any refund is at the sole
discretion of the A.D.N. representative responsible for the account.
5.4.1. Services
and Applications. The A.D.N. servers are hosted in and are subject to
all applicable laws of the United States and other applicable local
laws. You are responsible for maintaining licenses and adhering to
license terms of any software you use in conjunction with our service or
applications. Certain services are prohibited, and you may not use
PRSafe or any other part of A.D.N. application or network in business
that:
(a) Constitutes,
promotes, facilitates, or permits gambling
(b)
Includes, promotes or facilitates child pornography or other illegal
activities, including without limitation any activities that might be
libelous or defamatory or otherwise malicious or harmful to any person
or entity, or discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality,
disability, sexual orientation, or age.
(c)
Engages in deceptive practices such as posing as another service for the
purposes of:
(d) Phishing
(e) Pharming
(f)
Distributes, shares, or facilitates the distribution of unauthorized
data, malware, viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, worms, or other
malicious or harmful code (collectively, “Harmful
Components”).
(g) Violates,
misappropriates, or infringes the rights of any third party.
(h)
Constitutes or facilitates the illegal export of any controlled or
otherwise restricted items, including without limitation, software,
algorithms, or other data that is subject to export laws.
You may not share or
publish any images or other content or links to applications or content
that are intended to cause, or have the consequence of causing, the user
to be in violation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
5.5. Featured
Business Listing including Featured Business Profiles
5.5.1 Featured
Listing Overview. A.D.N. provides Featured Business Listings including
Featured Profiles and Featured Events allow members of our networks to
purchase additional exposure for profiles and to provide additional
options for promoting specific business initiatives. The Featured
Listings are displayed above standard listings in search results located
on the site (adn1.com, connectus.net, digital50.com, prsafe.com) and
featured listings for each site are separate and apart from other sites
(i.e. a featured listing purchased on PRSafe will not display as a
featured listing on DiGiTAL50 or ADN1.
5.5.2. Display
Time. The featured listings display in a rotating featured area. The
rotation and number of impressions or times each individual listing will
display is governed by the number of listing with criteria matching the
search request. Each featured listing displays an equal number of times
based on key words. If, for example, there are 10 different profiles
with the keyword “sprocket” each featured listing will
display once for every 10 searches conducted using that key word. The
total number of impressions for a featured listing is dictated by the
key words used and is limited only to the restrictions on key word usage
and the general terms of this agreement, specifically section 5.4.7. All
content published in a featured listing must comply with the terms of
this Agreement and our policies and procedures for the use of PRSafe
content.
5.5.3.
Requirement of Existing Account. Any purchaser of a featured listing
must first create a PRSafe Account and then upgrade or purchase a
featured listing from the Account User Administration Tools provide with
every user account. User has the option of either turning the featured
listing on or off through the account area or sending a request to
deactivate a featured listing.
5.5.4. Featured
Listings are Paid Services, unless bundled as part of a package, and
therefore are subject to account requirements for keeping your account
in good standing. Featured listings, including featured profiles and
featured events, are billed monthly at $24.95 or annually at $249.40 or
other amount as specified by price changes or promotions posted on the
A.D.N. Web Sites. The featured listing pricing is subject to change
without notice and changes will be posted to the A.D.N. Web Sites at
least 60 days prior to any increase. In the event of early termination,
purchasers of the annual plan will be issued a credit based on the
monthly advertised rate at the time of the cancellation. So, for
example, if a featured listing is purchased in January, paid for with an
annual payment and cancelled in June, the purchaser will be charged the
monthly rate at the time of cancellation multiplied by the number of
active months, e.g. 6, at the standard monthly service rate and the
remaining amount refunded to the purchaser within 30 days of the
cancellation.
5.5.5. Renewal;
listing are ongoing and, unless cancelled, will continue. Monthly
accounts will continue on the billing basis chosen in the account
management area. Users can select monthly or annual and, at any time,
alternate between the two, however changes in the billing terms may
result in higher per month charges or additional fees. If a customer is
billed via invoice, we will notify customer no less than 15 days before
the renewal to alert the customer of the renewal and make them aware of
the additional charges. In the event that we do not hear from a user
prior to a renewal, an invoice will be issued for the renewal amount
respective of the monthly or annual billing option. If an account renews
and a user decides they do not want their account and it is within 15
days from the renewal date, the user will not be charged for the renewal
and the account can be closed without additional expense.
In
the event of a credit card charge, the same rules apply. If a credit
card is charged for a renewal and the user contacts us to request
cancellation within 15 days from the renewal, a complete credit will be
issued to the Account Holders Credit Account. If an account renews, the
active credit card number on file is declined or is disputed, and we are
unable to contact the user to obtain current credit card information, we
will need to follow termination guidelines as set for in the termination
section of this Agreement.
5.5.7.
Signup. You acknowledge and agree that by purchasing a featured
listing either through an invitation response, direct site sign-up or
other means, you are bound by the terms of this Agreement.
5.5.8.
Contracts; we don’t currently require contracts, other than this
Agreement, for the purchase of a featured listing and a formal insertion
order is not required. We may, in some cases, require verbal or some
additional acknowledgement of some of the specific terms of this
agreement prior to purchase of a featured listing or other product or
service offered through A.D.N. Properties, including services offered by
affiliates and partners.
5.6. Membership
Services
5.6.1. Provided that
you comply with the terms of this Agreement and our policies and
procedures for the use of Membership Services, you may use Membership
Services to create or enhance applications or websites. Membership
Services are defined as any service provided either directly by A.D.N.
through our applications or Web Sites for use as an added feature in our
applications or Web Sites or for use in external application or Web
Sites. Member Services include the use of Intranet Options, Group
Software, Media Options, Audio and Video Features, Investor Relations
Tools, Widgets, Thumbnail Services, External Database or access to other
services, applications or tools through the A.D.N. Web Sites.
5.6.2. Use. Use
of Membership Services is subject to the individual use guidelines for
each membership service. In some cases, if a partner or affiliate
provides the application or service, additional terms and conditions may
apply.
5.6.3. Member
Service Guarantee. We make no guarantee as to the uptime or availability
of any Member Service. In some cases, a member service may be shut down
for maintenance or repair and in such case we will alert you of planned
maintenance within 24-72 hours prior to any work that may affect your
ability to use membership services.
5.6.4. Right to
Use. You have the right to use membership services only within
applications or Web Sites provided by A.D.N. Your are not authorized to
access any Membership Service from an unauthorized device and by using
any and all Membership Services provided or bundled with the PRSafe
application, you agree to comply with the terms of this Agreement.
5.6.5. Some
Membership Services, such as site widgets, may be used to enhance
external Web Sites or Web Pages. You are only permitted to use A.D.N.
tools on other sites if you are the owner of the Web Site or Page or
have the Right to make changes to alterations to the Web Site or Web
Page. Any Membership Service used outside of the PRSafe application in
any Non-A.D.N. application or Web Site will subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. If a member is found to be in violation of
any terms or conditions of this Agreement while using Membership
Services on external applications, Web Sites or Pages, the user will be
subject to suspension or termination as outlined by this agreement.
6.0. License to
Use the A.D.N. Properties
6.1. A.D.N.
Properties. We make available to you, for your installation, copying
and/or use in conjunction with the Services, from time to time, a
variety of software, data and other content and printed and electronic
documentation (all such materials except those specifically made
available by us under separate license terms, the “A.D.N.
Properties”). Subject to your acceptance of this Agreement,
ongoing compliance with its terms and conditions with respect to the
subject Service, and payment if and as required for your right to use
the subject Service, we hereby grant to you, without the right to
sublicense, a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license during
the Term, under our intellectual property or proprietary rights in the
A.D.N. Properties, only to install, copy and use the A.D.N. Properties
solely in conjunction with and as necessary for your use of such
Services and solely to the extent in compliance with all the terms and
conditions of this agreement. The A.D.N. Properties may include, without
limitation:
a) Proprietary
application programming interfaces (“APIs”)
b) Developer tools for
use in connection with the APIs;
c)
Articles and documentation for use in connection with the use and
implementation of the APIs (collectively, “Documentation”);
d)
Specifications describing the operational and functional capabilities,
use limitations, technical engineering requirements, and testing and
performance criteria relevant to the proper use of a Service and its
related APIs and other technology;
e)
Textual materials, such as textual product information made available
through A.D.N. Product Documentation (“Text Materials”); and
f)
Other forms of digital content, data, text, images, logos, user
interface designs and other creative designs, audio and video (with the
Text Materials, collectively, “A.D.N. Content”).
For certain future
applications, sample source code which we may make available from time
to time for use in connection with the Services (“Sample Source
Code”) and libraries which we may make available from time to time
for use in connection with the Services (“Libraries”) will
be made available to you under separate license that accompanies each
Sample Source Code or Library and the term “A.D.N.
Properties,” as used herein, specifically excludes any Sample
Source Code or Libraries made available to you under separate license.
Except as may be
expressly authorized under this Agreement:
a) You may not, and
may not attempt to, modify, alter, tamper with, repair, or otherwise
create derivative works of any software included in the A.D.N.
Properties.
b) You may not, and
may not attempt to, reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the
A.D.N. Properties or the Services or apply on other process or procedure
to derive the source code of any software included in the A.D.N.
Properties.
c) You may edit Text
Materials only by deleting text from and reducing the length of the Text
Materials and only if, in doing so, you do not materially alter the
meaning of the Text Materials or cause the Text Materials to become
factually incorrect or misleading. You may not add additional
information to the Text Materials (e.g., you may not insert words into a
customer review). You hereby irrevocably assign to us any and all
intellectual property or proprietary rights in such edited Text
Material.
6.2
Restrictions with Respect to Use of Marks. Your use of any trademarks,
service marks, trade names, logos, symbols, legends, and other
designations of A.D.N., PRSafe and its affiliates, licensors and/or
third parties who sell our services, including, without limitation, the
names and abbreviations “”ADN”,
“PRSafe®,” “DiGiTAL50®,” and
“ADN1,” (all of the foregoing, together with any other
trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, symbols, legends,
abbreviations or Service names and other designations of A.D.N. and its
affiliates, the “Marks”, shall strictly comply with the
following provisions. You may use the Marks in conjunction with the
display of the A.D.N. / PRSafe Content and for the purpose of indicating
that parts of your Web Site includes A.D.N. / PRSafe Content or that
certain parts of or on your Site were created using our technology (e.g.
Powered By PRSafe). You may use the Marks only in the form in which we
make them available to you and not in any manner that disparages A.D.N,
PRSafe, its affiliates or its licensors, or that otherwise dilutes any
Mark. Other than your limited right to use the Marks as provided in this
Agreement, we and our licensors retain all right, title and interest in
and to the Marks. You will not at any time now or in the future
challenge or assist others to challenge the validity of the Marks, or
attempt to register confusingly or assist others to challenge the
validity of the Marks, or attempt to register confusingly similar
trademarks, trade names, service marks or logos. You agree to follow the
trademark use guidelines posted on the A.D.N / PRSafe™ Web
Services Trademark Guidelines page (the “Trademark
Guidelines”) as those guidelines may change from time to time. The
Trademark Guidelines are incorporated herein by reference. You must
immediately discontinue use of any Mark as specified by us at any time
in writing. We may modify any Marks provides to you at any time, and
upon notice, you will use only the modified Marks and not the old Marks.
Other than as specified in this Agreement, you may not use the
trademark, service mark, trade name or other business identifier or
A.D.N. or its affiliates or third parties that sell the A.D.N. Web
Services unless you obtain A.D.N.’s and any applicable third
party’s prior written consent. The foregoing prohibition includes
the use of “PRSafe,” any other trademark of A.D.N. or its
affiliates, or variations or misspellings of any of them, in the name of
an Application or in a URL to the left of the top-level domain name
(e.g. “.com”, “.net”,”.uk, etc.) –
for example, a URL such as “prsafe.mydomain.com”,
“prsaf.com” or “prsafebox.com” are expressly
prohibited. Any use you make of the Marks shall inure to our benefits
and you hereby irrevocably assign to us all right, title and interest in
the same. In addition, you agree not to misrepresent or embellish the
relationship between us and you, for example by implying that we
support, sponsor, endorse, or contribute money to you or your business
endeavors.
6.3.
Nonexclusive Rights. The rights granted by A.D.N. in this Agreement with
respect to the A.D.N. properties, the Marks and the Services are
nonexclusive, and A.D.N. reserves the right to: (i) itself act as a
developer of products or services related to any of the products that
you may develop in conjunction with the A.D.N. properties or via your
use of the Services; and (ii) appoint third parties as developers or
systems integrators who may offer products or services which compete
with A.D.N. or Applications including technology from A.D.N., PRSafe or
any of the A.D.N. Properties.
7. Downtime and
Service Suspensions: Security
7.1. Downtime
and Service Suspensions. In addition to our rights to terminate or
suspend Services to you as described in Section 3 above, you acknowledge
that: (i) your access to and use of the Services may be suspended for
the duration of any unanticipated or unscheduled downtime or
unavailability of any portion of all of the Services for any reason,
including as a result of power outages, system failures or other
interruptions: and (ii) we shall also be entitled, without any liability
to you, to suspend access to any portion or all of the Services at any
time, on a Service-wide basis: (a) for scheduled downtime to permit us
to conduct maintenance or make modifications to any Service; (b) in the
event of a denial of service attack or other attack on the Service or
other event that we determine, in our sole discretion, may create a risk
to the applicable Service, to you or to any of our other customers in
the Service were not suspended; or (c) in the event that we determine
that any Service is prohibited by law or we otherwise determine that it
is necessary or prudent to do so for legal or regulatory reasons
(collectively, “Service Suspensions”). Without limitation to
Section 11.5, we shall have no liability
whatsoever to provide you email notice of any Service Suspension. To the
extent we are able, we will endeavor to provide you email notice of any
Service Suspension in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in
Section 15 below and to post updates on the A.D.N. Web Sites regarding
resumption of Services following any suspension, but shall have no
liability for the manner in which we may do so or if we fail to do so.
7.2. Security.
We strive to keep Your Content secure, but cannot guarantee that we will
be successful at doing so, given the nature of the Internet.
Accordingly, without limitation to Section 4.3 above and Section 11.5
below, you acknowledge that you bear sole responsibility for adequate
security, protection and backup of your Content. We strongly encourage
you, where applicable and appropriate, to keep a copy of your text
content and any files, including, but not limited to, images,
presentation sheets or news releases. We will have no liability to you
for any unauthorized access to use, corruption, deletion, destruction or
loss of any of Your Content.
8. Fees
8.1. Service Fees. In consideration of your use of any of the Paid
Services, you agree to pay applicable fees for Paid Services in the amounts
set for on the respective feature pages on the A.D.N. websites. FREE accounts
will never be changed to paid accounts and the only fees, if any, for basic
accounts, would be if you (the user) upgrades or selects additional value-added
paid options. Fees for any new Service or new Service feature will be
effective upon posting by us on the website for the applicable Service.
In the event we modify our pricing structure or add new features or services,
we will post corresponding information on the applicable website. All fees
payable by you are exclusive of applicable taxes and duties, including,
without limitation, VAT and applicable sales tax. You will provide such
information to us as reasonably required determining whether we are obligated
to collect VAT from you, including without limitation your VAT identification
number.
8.2. Payment.
We may specify the manner in which you will pay any fees, and any such
payment shall be subject to our general accounts receivable policies
from time to time in effect. All amounts payable by you under this
Agreement will be made without setoff or counterclaim and without
deduction or withholding. If any deduction or withholding is required by
applicable law, you shall notify us and shall pay such additional
amounts to us as necessary to ensure that the net amount that we
receive, after such deduction and withholding, equals the amount we
would have received if no such deduction or withholding had been
required. Additionally, you shall provide us with documentation that the
withholding and deducted amounts have been paid to the relevant taxing
authority.
9.
Confidentiality
9.1. Use and
Disclosure. You shall not disclose A.D.N. Confidential Information
during the Term or at any time during the three (3) year period
following the end of the Term. As used in this agreement, “A.D.N.
Confidential Information” means all nonpublic information
disclosed by us, our business partners or our or their respective agents
or contractors that is designated as confidential or that, given the
nature of the information or circumstances surrounding its disclosure,
reasonably should be understood to be confidential. A.D.N. Confidential
Information includes, without limitation, (i) nonpublic information
related to our or our business partners’ technology, customers,
business plans, promotional and marketing activities, finances and other
business affairs (including, but not limited to, any information about
or involving one of our so-called beta test or a beta test product that
you obtain as a result of your participation in such beta test), (ii)
third-party information that we are obligated to keep confidential, and
(iii) the nature, content and existence of any discussions or
negotiations between you and us. Confidential Information does not
include any information described in Section 9.2 or any information that
you are required to disclose by law.
9.2. Excluded
Information. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, you
shall not have any confidentiality obligation to us under Section 9.1
above, with respect to any information provided or made available by us
hereunder, and we shall not have any confidentiality or non-use
obligation to you hereunder with respect to any information, software
application, data or content provided or made available by you hereunder
that: (i) is or becomes publicly available without breach of this
Agreement; (ii) can be shown by documentation to have been known to the
receiving party at the time of its receipt from the disclosing party;
(iii) is received from a third party who did not acquire or disclose the
same by a wrongful or tortuous act; or (iv) can be shown by
documentation to have been independently developed by the receiving
party.
9.3. Conflict
with Separate Non-Disclosure Agreement. If you and we are parties to a
separate non-disclosure agreement (“Stand-Alone NDA”) and
there is a conflict between the terms of the Stand-Alone NDA and the
terms of this Section 9, the terms of the Stand-Alone NDA shall control.
10.
Intellectual Property
10.1. Our
Services and the A.D.N. Properties. Other than the limited use and
access rights and licenses expressly set forth in this Agreement, we
reserve all right, title and interest (including all intellectual
property and proprietary rights) in and to: (i) the Services; (ii) the
A.D.N. Properties; (iii) the Marks; and (iv) any other technology and
software we provide or use to provide the Services and the A.D.N.
Properties. You do not, by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise,
acquire any ownership interest or rights in the Services, the A.D.N.
Properties, the Marks, or such other technology and software, except for
the limited use and access rights described in this agreement.
10.2. Your Data
and Content. Other than the rights and interests expressly set forth in
this Agreement, and excluding A.D.N. Properties and works derived from
A.D.N. Properties, you reserve all right, title and interest (including
all intellectual property and proprietary rights) in and to: (i) content
and data you may send to us or use as part of your use of content or
data to us (“Your Content”).
10.3. Feedback.
In the event you elect, in connection with any of the Services, to
communicate to us suggestions for improvements to the Services, the
A.D.N. Properties or the Marks (collectively, “Feedback”),
we shall own all right, title, and interest in and to the same, even if
you have designated the Feedback as confidential, and we shall be
entitled to use the Feedback without restriction. You hereby irrevocably
assign all right, title and interest in and to the Feedback to us and
agree to provide us such assistance as we may require to document,
perfect, and maintain our rights to the Feedback. If submitting feedback
as a non-user through the A.D.N. Properties, you will be asked to
register for an A.D.N. Service in order to accept and protect A.D.N.
under this agreement.
10.4.
Non-Assertion. During and after the term of the Agreement, with respect
to any of the Services that you elect to use, you will not assert, nor
will you authorize, assist, or encourage any third party to assert,
against us or any of our customers, end users, vendors, business
partners (including third party sellers on Web Sites operated by or on
behalf of us) sublicenses of transferees, any patent infringement or
other intellectual property infringement claim with respect to such
Services.
11.
Representations and Warranties; Disclaimers, Limitations of Liability.
11.1.1. Use of
the Services. You represent and warrant that you will not use the
Services, A.D.N. Properties and/or your Application and Your Content:
(i) in a manner that infringes, violates, or misappropriates any rights
of us or any third party; (ii) to engage in spamming or other
impermissible advertising, marketing or other activities, including,
without limitation, any activities that violate anti-spamming laws and
regulations, including, without limitation, the CAN SPAM Act of 2003;
(iii) in any manner that constitutes or facilitates the illegal export
of any controlled or otherwise restricted items, including, without
limitation, software, algorithms or other data that is subject to export
laws; and/or (iv) in a way that is otherwise illegal or promotes illegal
activities, including, without limitation, in a manner that might be
libelous or defamatory or otherwise malicious or harmful to any person
or entity, or discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality,
disability, sexual orientation, or age.
11.2.
Application and Content. You represent and warrant: (i) that you are
solely responsible for the development, operation and maintenance or any
Application, not developed by A.D.N., used to interface with A.D.N.
Properties along with any of Your Content, including without limitation,
the accuracy, appropriateness and completeness of Your Content and all
product-related materials and descriptions; (ii) that you have the
necessary rights and licenses consents, permissions, waivers and
releases to use and display you Application and Your Content; (iii) that
neither your Application nor Your Content (a) violates, misappropriates
or infringes any rights of us or any third party, (b) constitutes
defamation, invasion of privacy or publicity, or otherwise violates any
rights of any third party, or (c) is designed for use in any illegal
activity or promotes illegal activities, including, without limitation,
in a manner that might be libelous or defamatory or otherwise malicious,
illegal or harmful to any person or entity, or discriminatory based on
race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or
age; (iv) that neither your Application nor Your Content contains any
Harmful Components; and (v) to the extent to which you use any of the
Marks, that you will conduct your business in a professional manner and
in a way that reflects favorably on the goodwill and reputation of
A.D.N.
11.3.
Development and Feedback. With respect to any Feedback, you represent
and warrant that such Feedback, in whole or in part, contributed by or
through you, (i) contains no third party software or any software that
may be considered (“Free and Open Source Software” or
(“FOSS”) and (ii) does not violate, misappropriate or
infringe on any intellectual property rights of any third party. For
purposes of this Agreement, “FOSS” means any software
distributed subject to a license that requires, as a condition of use,
that any other software combined and/or distributed together with such
FOSS be (a) disclosed or distributed in source code form, (b) made
available free of charge to recipients, or (c) modifiable without
restriction by recipients.
11.4.
Authorization and Account Information. You represent and warrant that:
(i) the information you provide in connection with your registration is
accurate and complete; (ii) if you are registering for the PRSafe Web
Services or any other A.D.N. Properties as an individual, that you are
at least 18 years of age and have the legal capacity to enter into this
Agreement; and (iii) if you are registering for the PRSafe Web Services
or any other A.D.N. Properties as an entity or organization, (a) you are
duly authorized to do business in the country or countries where you
operate, (b) the individual clicking “Accept” on this
Agreement and completing the registration meets the requirements of
subsection (ii) above and is an authorized representative of your
entity, and (c) your employees, officers, representatives and other
agents accessing the Services are duly authorized to access the Services
and to legally bind you to this Agreement and all transactions conducted
under your account.
11.5
Disclaimers. A.D.N. PROPERTIES, THE MARKS, THE SERVICES AND ALL
TECHNOLOGY, SOFTWARE, FUNCTIONS, CONTENT, IMAGES, MATERIALS AND OTHER
DATA OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY US OR OUR LICENSORS IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH (COLLECTIVELY THE “SERVICE OFFERINGS”) ARE
PROVIDED “AS IS”. WE AND OUR LICENSORS MAKE NO
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES OR ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED,
STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE OFFERINGS. EXCEPT TO
THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW, WE AND OUR LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL
WARRANTIES, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF ANY
COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, WE AND OUR LICENSORS DO NOT WARRANT
THAT THE SERVICE OFFERINGS WILL FUNCTION AS DESCRIBED, WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE
DATA YOU STORE WITHIN THE SERVICE OFFERINGS WILL BE SECURE OR NOT
OTHERWISE LOST OR DAMAGED. WE AND OUR LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT AFFECT THE RECEIPT,
PROCESSING, ACCEPTANCE, COMPLETION OR SETTLEMENT OF ANY PAYMENT SERVICE.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR FROM ANY THIRD PARTY
OR THROUGH THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED
IN THIS AGREEMENT.
11.6. Links.
The PRSafe Web Site and other A.D.N. Properties and/or Services may
contain links to Web Sites that are not under our control (“Third
Party Sites”). We are not responsible for the contents or
functionality of any Third Party Sites or any Web Site that can be
accessed via links on any Third Party Site. We provide these links to
you as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not constitute
or imply our endorsement or validation of any Third Party Site.
11.7.
Limitations of Liability. NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR LICENSORS SHALL BE
LIABLE TO YOU FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL
OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER LOSSES (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES) IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY SUCH DAMAGES RESULTING
FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES; (ii) THE COST OF
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES; OR (iii) UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR CONTENT. IN ANY CASE, OUR AGGREGATE
LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY
PAID BY YOU TO US HEREUNDER FOR THE SERVICES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT
ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION
OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ACCORDINGLY, SOME
OR ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND
YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
12.
Indemnification
12.1. General.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us, our affiliates and
licensors, each of our and their business partners (including third
party sellers on Web Sites operated by or on behalf of us) and each of
our and their respective employees, officers, directors,
representatives, harmless from and against any and all claims, losses,
damages, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines, costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorney fees), arising out of or in connection
with any claim arising out of (i) your use of the Services and/or A.D.N.
Properties in a manner not authorized by this Agreement, and/or in
violation of the applicable restrictions, AUPs, and/or applicable law,
(ii) your content with other applications or processes, including but
not limited to any claim involving infringement or misappropriation of
third-party rights and/or the use, development, design, manufacture,
production, advertising, promotion and/or marketing of your Account
and/or Your Content, (iii) your violation of any terms and conditions of
this Agreement, including without limitation, your representations and
warranties, or (iv) you or your employees’ or personnel’s
negligence or willful misconduct.
12.2.
Notification. We agree to promptly notify you of any claim subject to
notification; provided that our failure to promptly notify you shall not
affect your obligations hereunder except to the extent that our failure
to promptly notify you delays or prejudices your ability to defend the
claim. At our opinion, you will have the right to defend against any
such claim with counsel of your own choosing (subject to our written
consent) and to settle such claim as you deem appropriate, provided that
you shall not enter into any settlement without prior written consent
and provided that we may, at any time, elect to take your control of the
defense and settlement of the claim.
13. US
Government License Rights and Export Controls
13.1. U.S.
Government License Rights. All Services provided to the U.S. Government
are provided under the commercial license rights and restrictions
generally applicable under this agreement.
13.2. Export
Compliance and Restrictions. You shall, in connection with your use of
the Services or the A.D.N. Properties, comply with all applicable export
or re-export control laws and regulations, including the Export
Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms
Regulations, and country-specific economic sanctions programs
implemented by the Office of Foreign Assets Control in connection with
your use of the Services or A.D.N. Properties.
14.1
Arbitration. All disputes arising under this Agreement and/or your use
of the Services shall be submitted to binding and confidential
arbitration in the State of Delaware under the expedited rules then
prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The
arbitrator’s award will be binding and may be entered as a
judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, not arbitration under this Agreement will
be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this
Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.
14.2.
Injunctive Relief. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may seek injunctive
or other relief in any state, federal, or national court of competent
jurisdiction for any actual or alleged infringement of A.D.N.’s or
any third party’s intellectual property and/or proprietary rights.
You hereby irrevocably consent to non-exclusive jurisdiction and venue
of the State and Federal Courts of the State of Delaware with respect to
any such injunctive or other relieve. You further acknowledge that our
rights in the A.D.N. Properties are of a special, unique, extraordinary
character, giving them peculiar value, the loss of which cannot be
readily estimated and may not be adequately compensated for in monetary
damages.
14.3. Governing Law.
By using the services, you agree that the laws of the State of Delaware,
without regard to principles of conflicts of laws, will govern this
Agreement and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and
us. The parties expressly exclude application of the United Nations
Convention for the International Sale of Goods to this Agreement.
15.
Notices
15.1. To You.
Except as otherwise set forth herein, notices made by us to you under
this Agreement that affect our customers generally (e.g. notices of
amended Agreements, AUPs, updated fees, etc.) will be posted on the
A.D.N. Web Site. Notices made by us under this Agreement for you or your
account specifically (e.g., notices of breach and/or suspension) will be
provided to you via the email address provided to us in your
registration for the Services or in any updates email address you
provide to us in accordance with standard account information update
procedures we may provide from time to time. It is your responsibility
to keep your email address current and you will be deemed to have
received any email sent to any such email address, upon our sending of
the email, whether or not you actually receive the email. In some cases,
when applicable, we will post a duplicate message to your message center
whereby you will receive an email alert of a pending message.
15.2. To Us.
For notices made by you to us under this Agreement and for questions
regarding this Agreement or the Services, you may contact A.D.N. as
follows:
info@adn1.com
and/or
American Digital
Networks, LLC
c/o Gary Pick
508 Main Street
Wilmington, DE 19804
15.3. Language.
All communications and notices to be made or given pursuant to this
Agreement shall be in English language.
16.
Miscellaneous Provisions.
16.1. Third
Party Activities. If you authorize, assist, encourage or facilitate
another person or entity to take any action required to the subject
matter of this Agreement, you shall be deemed to have taken the action
yourself.
16.2
Severability. If any portion of this Agreement is held by a court of
copyright jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining
portions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, and any
invalid or unenforceable portions shall be construed in a manner that
most closely reflects the effect and intent of the original language. If
such construction is not possible, the provision will be severed from
this Agreement, and the rest of the Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect.
16.3. Waivers.
The failure by us to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall in no
way be construed to be a present or future waiver of such provision nor
in any way affect our right to enforce such provision thereafter. All
waivers by us must be in writing to be effective.
16.4.
Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon, and insure
to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and
assigns.
16.5. Entire
Agreement. This Agreement incorporates by reference all policies and
guidelines posted on the PRSafe Web Site or other A.D.N. Properties,
including Additional Policies, and constitutes the entire agreement
between you and us regarding the subject matter hereof and supersedes
any and all prior or contemporaneous representation, understanding,
agreement, or communication between you and us, whether written or oral,
regarding such subject matter.
16.6. No
Endorsement. You understand that we are neither certifying nor
endorsing, and have no obligation to certify or endorse, any of your
Content or Third-Party Applications used in Conjunction with Your
Content.
16.7.
Relationship. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or does create
any type of joint venture or partnership or any employer/employee or
fiduciary or franchise relationship between you and us.