Matrix Terms and Conditions:
PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE
USING THE FIRINGSQUAD MATRIX, MEDIA BLOGS (MBLOGS) AND MULTIMEDIA UPLOAD PROGRAM (THE "PROGRAM").
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS CONTENT HOSTING SERVICES
AGREEMENT (THE "AGREEMENT") GOVERN YOUR PROVISION OF CONTENT TO FIRINGSQUAD. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROGRAM. THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND FIRINGSQUAD AND ITS AFFILIATES ("FIRINGSQUAD" OR "WE" OR "US") IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY FIRINGSQUAD AT ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION. BY CLICKING ON THE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON BELOW YOU (I) ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT EITHER FOR YOURSELF OR
ON BEHALF OF YOUR EMPLOYER OR ANOTHER ENTITY, (II) AGREE TO BE
BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND (III) HAVE ENTERED INTO
A BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND FIRINGSQUAD. IF YOU ARE
ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF YOUR EMPLOYER OR
ANOTHER ENTITY, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE FULL
LEGAL AUTHORITY TO BIND YOUR EMPLOYER OR SUCH ENTITY TO THESE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Introduction. By entering into this Agreement, You are
requesting to participate in the Program where FiringSquad provides
hosting services at the direction of content providers who seek
to make their content available to end users, subject to the
terms of this Agreement. "You" means you or, if you are
entering into this Agreement on behalf of your employer or
another entity, then "You" means that employer or entity and
affiliates. We may revise the terms of this Agreement by
providing the new terms and conditions for You to accept or
reject when You next log in to the Program and by sending notice
to You at your email address of record. You must accept or
reject the new terms and conditions within five (5) days from
the date the notice was sent to You, by logging into your FiringSquad Matrix user account and accepting or rejecting the new terms.
If You do not accept or reject the new terms within the five (5)
day period, You will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by
the new terms. If You do not wish to be bound by the new terms,
you must terminate this Agreement but You will no longer be able
to participate in the Program.
1. Program Participation. Participation in the Program is
subject to FiringSquad's prior approval and Your continued compliance
with the terms of this Agreement. We reserve the right to
refuse participation to any applicant or participant at any time
in our sole and absolute discretion, and to withdraw content,
suspend, restrict and/or terminate the services provided under
this Agreement and Your participation in the Program,
immediately without notice to You and without liability to
FiringSquad, for any reason, including repeat violations of our
copyright policy or other Program policies. You must register
for the Program and create an account in order to participate in
the Program. To register and create an account, go to
our Registration page.
Multiple accounts held by
the same individual or entity are subject to immediate
termination unless expressly authorized in writing by FiringSquad
(including by electronic mail). You are solely responsible for
keeping your email address and other contact information
updated.
2. Your Content. After entering into this Agreement, You may
designate content for hosting and display to end users by
uploading such content directly to Us and by providing
additional information about Your content in the form provided
online when You upload Your content. All
content so designated by You and contained within or provided by
You in association with such content, including but not limited
to all images, closed captioning, metadata and music, is
referred to collectively as "Authorized Content." FiringSquad shall
have no obligation whatsoever to return any materials delivered
to it for uploading under this Agreement.
3. Use of Content. By entering into this Agreement and
uploading, sending or otherwise making available Your Authorized
Content to FiringSquad, you are directing and authorizing FiringSquad to,
and granting FiringSquad a royalty-free, non-exclusive right and
license to, host, cache, route, transmit, store, copy, modify,
distribute, perform, display, reformat, excerpt, facilitate the
sale or rental of copies of, analyze, and create algorithms
based on the Authorized Content in order to (i) host the
Authorized Content on FiringSquad's servers, (ii) index the
Authorized Content; (iii) display, perform and distribute the
Authorized Content, in whole or in part, in connection with FiringSquad
products and services now existing or hereafter developed. This license gives
FiringSquad the right to display Your Authorized Content via
streaming and/or downloading technologies, and to display
limited excerpts of Your Authorized Content. FiringSquad
may in its sole discretion display a link or
links to the website You designate (subject to FiringSquad's
approval) in the Metadata Form in connection with any display of
Your Authorized Content. Unless
You specify otherwise in the Video Information Page, FiringSquad
reserves the right to display advertisements ("Ads") in
connection with any display of Your Authorized Content.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, FiringSquad is not required to host,
index, or display any Authorized Content uploaded or otherwise
provided to FiringSquad, and may remove or refuse to host, index or
display any Authorized Content. FiringSquad is not responsible for
any loss, theft, intellectual property infringement or damage of
any kind to the Authorized Content.
4. Promotional License, Brand Features, Publicity. You hereby
grant FiringSquad a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license
to use Your name and logo ("Brand Features"), in connection with
Your Authorized Content, and to use limited excerpts from Your
Authorized Content for advertising or promotional purposes,
including without limitation the right to publicly display,
perform, reproduce and distribute such excerpts and Brand
Features on the Internet and in presentations, marketing
materials, customer lists, financial reports and Web site
listings of customers. If this Agreement is terminated, FiringSquad
may continue to use such excerpts and Brand Features that are in existence as of the date
of termination until such materials are depleted or are
redesigned, whichever comes first.
5. Proprietary Rights. Nothing contained in this Agreement
conveys any ownership right to Us in any of the Authorized
Content, or other materials provided by You. You acknowledge
that as between You and FiringSquad, FiringSquad owns all right, title and
interest in and to the Program, FiringSquad products and services, including without
limitation, all intellectual property rights.
6. Confidentiality. You agree not to disclose FiringSquad
Confidential Information without Our prior written consent.
"FiringSquad Confidential Information" includes without limitation:
(i) all FiringSquad software, technology, programming, technical
specifications, materials, guidelines and documentation relating
to this Program; (ii) any click-through rates, financial
information (including pricing), business information, including
operations, planning, marketing interests, products, and any
other reporting information (including revenues, if any, paid to
You by FiringSquad) provided by FiringSquad; and (iii) any other
information designated in writing by FiringSquad as "Confidential" or
an equivalent designation or that would otherwise be reasonably
considered confidential or proprietary under the circumstances.
It does not include information that has become publicly known
through no breach by You, or information that has been (a)
independently developed without access to FiringSquad Confidential
Information, as evidenced in writing; (b) rightfully received by
You from a third party without a breach of confidentiality by
such third party; or (c) required to be disclosed by law or by a
governmental authority.
7. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability.
THE PROGRAM,
FIRINGSQUAD PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, ANY COPY PROTECTION, SECURITY
FEATURES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO
WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. FIRINGSQUAD AND ITS LICENSORS AND THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SERVER AND HOSTING SERVICES, POWER
SUPPLIERS, AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS (COLLECTIVELY, "SERVICE
PROVIDERS") EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING THE
SECURITY, RELIABILITY, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM, ANY
TECHNOLOGY USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, THE AUTHORIZED CONTENT,
THE DELIVERY OR AVAILABILITY OF ANY ADVERTISEMENTS, TERRITORY
RESTRICTION FEATURES AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THE UPLOADER, THE
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND WARRANTIES AS TO THE
PERFORMANCE OF COMPUTERS, NETWORKS OR ADS. FIRINGSQUAD, ITS
LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT ANY
FIRINGSQUAD PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY OR
ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE RESULTS OR INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM USE
OF FIRINGSQUAD PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL FIRINGSQUAD, ITS LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS BE
LIABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF WE OR THEY
HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED
REMEDY.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU USE THE PROGRAM
AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE
SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR AUTHORIZED CONTENT, AND FOR ANY
DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS
FROM THE DOWNLOAD.
8. You Must Have the Right to Use All of the Images, Music and
Data of Any Sort in Your Authorized Content, and You Must Have
the Right to Grant the Licenses in this Agreement. By entering
into this Agreement and uploading or otherwise providing Your
Authorized Content to FiringSquad, You represent and warrant to
FiringSquad the following:
(a) You are at least 18 years of age if
You are a natural person;
(b) all of the information provided by
You to FiringSquad to enroll and participate in the Program is
correct and current (including without limitation information
You provide in the Metadata Form);
(c) the Authorized Content is
not, in whole or in part, pornographic or obscene;
(d) You hold
and will continue to hold the necessary rights, including but
not limited to all copyrights, trademark rights and rights of
publicity in and to Your Authorized Content and Your Brand
Features to enter into this Agreement and to grant the rights
granted herein;
(e) You have the legal right and authority to
enter into this Agreement, to perform the acts required of You
under the Agreement, and to grant the rights and licenses
described in this Agreement. You further represent and warrant
that (i) the Authorized Content and the rights and licenses
granted to FiringSquad under this Agreement and FiringSquad's authorized
use of Your Authorized Content (including the public display,
public performance, distribution and reproduction of Your
Authorized Content): (i) do not and will not violate any
applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation and (ii) do not
breach and will not breach any duty toward or rights of any
person or entity including, without limitation, rights of
intellectual property, publicity or privacy, or rights or duties
under consumer protection, product liability, tort or contract
theories and (ii) that the web site (including products and
services therein) You designate in the Metadata Form to which
FiringSquad may display a link in connection with the display of the
Authorized Content does not and will not violate or encourage
violation of any applicable law, statute, ordinance or
regulation.
9. Your Obligation to Indemnify. You agree to indemnify,
defend and hold FiringSquad and its respective directors, officers,
employees, and applicable third parties (e.g. relevant
advertisers, syndication partners, licensors, licensees,
consultants and contractors) (collectively "Indemnified
Person(s)") harmless from and against any and all third party
claims, liability, loss and expense (including reasonable legal
fees, damage awards, and settlement amounts) brought against any
Indemnified Person(s) arising out of, or related to or which may
arise from Your Authorized Content, Your Brand Features,
FiringSquad's authorized use of any of the foregoing, Your use of the
Program and/or Your breach of this Agreement.
The Indemnified Persons may in their sole discretion control the
defense, at Your expense, of any claim indemnified herein. In
the event that the Indemnified Parties determine not to control
the defense of any claim hereunder, any Indemnified Person may
join in defense with counsel of its choice at its own expense.
You will not settle or resolve any such claim in a manner that
imposes any liability or obligation on FiringSquad or affects
FiringSquad's rights in connection therewith without the advance
written approval of FiringSquad, which will not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed.
10. Termination; Withdrawal of Content. Either party may
terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice to the
other party if the other party files a petition for bankruptcy,
becomes insolvent, or makes an assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or a receiver is appointed for the other party or its
business. You may terminate this Agreement for convenience upon
thirty (30) days prior written notice. You may withdraw Your
Authorized Content from public display in the Program by
providing FiringSquad with a written request.
FiringSquad will use commercially reasonable efforts to remove Your
Authorized Content from public display within thirty (30) days
from receipt of notice of termination or withdrawal. FiringSquad
may at any time in its sole discretion and without liability to
FiringSquad terminate the Program or any product, service or feature
offered in the Program, terminate this Agreement, or withdraw
any Authorized Content in the Program.
11. Privacy and Information Rights. You agree that We may use
information that You provide to Us when You register for the
Program in accordance with the privacy policy located at
our Privacy Policy page.
In addition, You agree that
FiringSquad may transfer and disclose this information, including
personally identifiable information, to third parties for the
purpose of approving and enabling your participation in the
Program, including to third parties that reside in jurisdictions
with less restrictive data laws than Your own. FiringSquad may
provide any of the above information in response to valid legal
processes, such as subpoenas, search warrants and court orders,
or to establish or exercise its legal rights or defend against
legal claims. FiringSquad disclaims all responsibility, and will not
be liable to You, however, for any disclosure of that
information by any such third party.
12. General.
a. Notices. Unless provided for to the contrary in this
Agreement, any and all notices or other communications or
deliveries required or permitted to be made under this Agreement
shall be sent (a) if to You at the electronic mail address You
provide in registering for the Program and (b) if to FiringSquad to
such address as provided at
www.FiringSquad.com/corporate/address.html or as otherwise provided
in writing for such notice purposes. A second copy of every
notice to FiringSquad shall be sent to the same address, "Attn: Legal
Dept." Notice shall be deemed received (i) upon receipt when
delivered personally, (ii) upon written verification of receipt
from overnight courier, (iii) upon verification of receipt of
registered or certified mail (iv) upon verification of receipt
via facsimile, provided that such notice is also sent
simultaneously via first class mail, or (v) by electronic mail
when sent by FiringSquad only. Contact information shall be updated
as necessary to ensure that each party has current information
regarding all such contacts.
b. Miscellaneous. You may not resell, assign or transfer any
of Your rights hereunder. Any such attempt shall be null and
void. The relationship between FiringSquad and You is not one of a
legal partnership relationship, but is one of independent
contractors. The words "You" or "Your" shall also mean heirs,
executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and
permitted assigns. This Agreement does not affect any right that
either party would have had, or shall have, independent of the
Agreement including rights relating to Authorized Content under
applicable law, including but not limited to copyright law.
Neither party shall be liable for failing or delaying
performance of its obligations resulting from any condition
beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to,
governmental action, acts of terrorism, earthquake, fire, flood
or other acts of God, labor conditions, power failures, and
Internet or other network disturbances. If any provision of
this Agreement shall be adjudged by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision
shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary
so that this Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and
effect and remain enforceable between the parties. The failure
of either party to act in the event of a breach of this
Agreement by the other shall not be deemed a waiver of such
breach or a waiver of future breaches. The section titles used
in this Agreement are purely for convenience and carry with them
no legal or contractual effect. Except as to any prior version
of this Content Hosting Service Agreement between you and FiringSquad
that sets forth the license to and use by FiringSquad of your
Authorized Content, (i) nothing in this Agreement is intended to
be, or will be construed as, altering, revising, modifying or
otherwise amending any other content hosting services agreement;
and (ii) in the event of a conflict between this Agreement and
any other content hosting service agreement that You enter into
with FiringSquad with respect to Your Authorized Content, the terms
of that other content hosting services agreement shall govern.
Except as otherwise set forth herein, this Agreement sets forth
the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be
construed as if jointly drafted by the parties. This Agreement
shall be governed by the laws of the State of California,
without regard to its principles of conflicts of law. Any
litigation hereunder shall be brought in any state or federal
court of competent jurisdiction in Los Angeles County,
California; the parties agree that venue shall be proper in, and
consent to the personal jurisdiction of, such courts. The
parties specifically exclude from application to the Agreement
the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International
Sale of Goods and the Uniform Computer Information Transactions
Act. The provisions of Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and
12 shall survive any expiration or termination of this
Agreement.
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