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SERVICE AGREEMENT / TERMS OF USE
1. Definitions.
"FullLatin.com" is the interactive on-line service operated by FullLatin.com
Ltd. ("FullLatin.com") on the World Wide Web of the Internet, consisting of
information services and content provided by FullLatin.com, affiliates of
FullLatin.com and other third parties. "Subscriber" means each person who
establishes or accesses a connection("Account") for access to and use of FullLatin.com.
2. General.
(A) This Agreement, which incorporates
by reference other provisions applicable to use of FullLatin.com, including,
but not limited to, supplemental terms and conditions set forth in paragraph
14 hereof ("Supplemental Terms") governing the use of certain specific material
contained in FullLatin.com, sets forth the terms and conditions that apply
to use of FullLatin.com by Subscriber. By using FullLatin.com (other than
to read this Agreement for the first time), Subscriber agrees to comply
with all of the terms and conditions hereof. The right to use FullLatin.com
is personal to Subscriber and is not transferable to any other person or
entity. Subscriber is responsible for all use of Subscriber's Account (under
any screen name or password) and for ensuring that all use of Subscriber's
Account complies fully with the provisions of this Agreement. Subscriber
shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of Subscriber's
password(s), if any.
( B)FullLatin.com shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue
any aspect or feature of FullLatin.com, including, but not limited to, content,
hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use.
3. Changed Terms.
FullLatin.com shall have the right at any time to change
or modify the terms and conditions applicable to Subscriber's use of FullLatin.com,
or any part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including, but not limited
to, adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions
or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may
be given by means including, but not limited to, posting on FullLatin.com,
or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means by which Subscriber
obtains notice thereof. Any use of FullLatin.com by Subscriber after such
notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by Subscriber of such changes,
modifications or additions.
4. Equipment. Subscriber shall be responsible for obtaining
and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware and other equipment needed
for access to and use of FullLatin.com and all charges related thereto.
5. Subscriber Conduct.
(A) Subscriber shall use FullLatin.com for lawful purposes
only. Subscriber shall not post or transmit through FullLatin.com any material
which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which
is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity
rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages
conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability
or otherwise violate any law, or which, without FullLatin.com's express
prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to
products or services. Any conduct by a Subscriber that in FullLatin.com's
discretion restricts or inhibits any other Subscriber from using or enjoying
FullLatin.com will not be permitted. Subscriber shall not use FullLatin.com
to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including, but not
limited to, the solicitation of users to become subscribers of other on-line
information services competitive with FullLatin.com.
(B) FullLatin.com contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary
information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video,
graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of FullLatin.com are
copyrighted as a collective work under the Canadian and United States copyright
laws. FullLatin.com owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement
and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it.
Subscriber may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer
or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content,
in whole or in part. Subscriber may download copyrighted material for Subscriber's
personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright
law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial
exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express
permission of FullLatin.com and the copyright owner. In the event of any
permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material,
no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright
notice shall be made. Subscriber acknowledges that it does not acquire any
ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.
(C) Subscriber shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on FullLatin.com
any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right
without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark
or other proprietary right and the burden of determining that any material
is not protected by copyright rests with Subscriber. Subscriber shall be
solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights,
proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission.
By submitting material to any public area of FullLatin.com, Subscriber automatically
grants, or warrants that the owner of such material has expressly granted
FullLatin.com the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right
and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute
such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in
other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed
for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material. Subscriber
also permits any other Subscriber to access, view, store or reproduce the
material for that Subscriber's personal use. Subscriber hereby grants FullLatin.com
the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material made available
on FullLatin.com by Subscriber.
(D) The foregoing provisions of Section 5 are for the benefit of FullLatin.com,
its subsidiaries, affiliates and its third party content providers and licensors
and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly
or on its own behalf.
6. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability.
(A) SUBSCRIBER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF FULLLATIN.COM
IS AT SUBSCRIBER'S SOLE RISK. NEITHER FULLLATIN.COM, ITS AFFILIATES NOR
ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS
OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT FULLLATIN.COM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE;
NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
USE OF FULLLATIN.COM, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY
INFORMATION, SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH FULLLATIN.COM.
(B) FULLLATIN.COM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE
IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER
THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(C) THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED
BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION,
DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION
LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION
OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR,
NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. SUBSCRIBER SPECIFICALLY
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT FULLLATIN.COM IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE
OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER SUBSCRIBERS OR THIRD-PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK
OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH SUBSCRIBER.
(D) IN NO EVENT WILL FULLLATIN.COM, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN
CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING FULLLATIN.COM OR THE FULLLATIN.COM SOFTWARE,
BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE FULLLATIN.COM. SUBSCRIBER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON FULLLATIN.COM.
(E) IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS SET FORTH ABOVE NEITHER, FULLLATIN.COM, NOR
ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS SHALL BE LIABLE
REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OR DURATION, FOR ANY ERRORS, INACCURACIES, OMISSIONS,
OR OTHER DEFECTS IN, OR UNTIMELINESS OR UNAUTHENTICITY OF, THE INFORMATION
CONTAINED WITHIN FULLLATIN.COM, OR FOR ANY DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN THE
TRANSMISSION THEREOF TO THE USER, OR FOR ANY CLAIMS OR LOSSES ARISING THEREFROM
OR OCCASIONED THEREBY. NONE OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
ANY THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS OR LOSSES OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, LOST PROFITS, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION
OF A STOCK TRADE, SUBSCRIBERS ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH YOUR BROKER OR
OTHER FINANCIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO VERIFY PRICING OR OTHER INFORMATION. FULLLATIN.COM,
ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS SHALL HAVE NO
LIABILITY FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. NEITHER,
FULLLATIN.COM, NOR ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS
WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE TIMELINESS, SEQUENCE, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS
OF THIS INFORMATION. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS
OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION.
(F) FORCE MAJEURE -- NEITHER PARTY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAILURE OR
DELAY IN PERFORMANCE DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND ITS REASONABLE CONTROL,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ACTS OF GOD, WAR, RIOT, EMBARGOES, ACTS OF
CIVIL OR MILITARY AUTHORITIES, FIRE, FLOODS, ACCIDENTS, SERVICE OUTAGES
RESULTING FROM EQUIPMENT AND/OR SOFTWARE FAILURE AND/OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FAILURES, POWER FAILURES, NETWORK FAILURES, FAILURES OF THIRD PARTY SERVICE
PROVIDERS (INCLUDING PROVIDERS OF INTERNET SERVICES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS).
THE PARTY AFFECTED BY ANY SUCH EVENT SHALL NOTIFY THE OTHER PARTY WITHIN
A MAXIMUM OF FIFTEEN (15) DAYS FROM ITS OCCURENCE. THE PERFORMANCE OF THS
AGREEMENT SHALL THEN BE SUSPENDED FOR AS LONG AS ANY SUCH EVENT SHALL PREVENT
THE AFFECTED PARTY FROM PERFORMING ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
7. Monitoring.
FullLatin.com shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the
content of FullLatin.com, including chat rooms and forums, to determine compliance
with this Agreement and any operating rules established by FullLatin.com and
to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. FullLatin.com
shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove
any material submitted to or posted on FullLatin.com. Without limiting the
foregoing, FullLatin.com shall have the right to remove any material that
FullLatin.com, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions
hereof or otherwise objectionable.
8. Indemnification.
Subscriber agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless FullLatin.com, its
affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents
from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising
out of the use of FullLatin.com by Subscriber or Subscriber's Account.
9. Termination.
Either FullLatin.com or Subscriber may terminate this Agreement at any time.
Without limiting the foregoing, FullLatin.com shall have the right to immediately
terminate Subscriber's Account in the event of any conduct by Subscriber which
FullLatin.com, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in
the event of any breach by Subscriber of this Agreement. The provisions of
Sections 5(B), 5(C), 5(D), 6, 8, 10 and this Section 9 shall survive termination
of this Agreement.
10. Trademarks.
FullLatin.com its logos are trademarks of FullLatin.com Ltd. All rights reserved.
All other trademarks appearing on FullLatin.com are the property of their
respective owners.
11. Third Party Content.
FullLatin.com is a distributor (and not a publisher)
of content supplied by third parties and Subscribers. Accordingly, FullLatin.com
has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library,
bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers,
or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties,
including information providers, Subscribers or any other user of FullLatin.com,
are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of FullLatin.com.
Neither FullLatin.com nor any third-party provider of information guarantees
the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content, nor its merchantability
or fitness for any particular purpose. (Refer to Section 6 above for the complete
provisions governing limitation of liabilities and disclaimers of warranty.)
In many instances, the content available through FullLatin.com represents
the opinions and judgments of the respective information provider, Subscriber,
or other user not under contract with FullLatin.com. FullLatin.com neither
endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion,
advice or statement made on FullLatin.com by anyone other than authorized
FullLatin.com employee spokespersons while acting in their official capacities.
Under no circumstances will FullLatin.com be liable for any loss or damage
caused by a Subscriber's reliance on information obtained through FullLatin.com.
It is the responsibility of Subscriber to evaluate the accuracy, completeness
or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content available
through FullLatin.com. Please seek the advice of professionals, as appropriate,
regarding the evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice or other
content.
12. Miscellaneous.
This Agreement and any operating rules for FullLatin.com established by FullLatin.com
constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between
the parties with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement shall be construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its
conflict of laws rules. No waiver by either party of any breach or default
hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach
or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and
shall not be given any legal import.
13. Copyrights and Copyright Agent.
FullLatin.com respects the rights of all copyright holders and in this regard,
FullLatin.com has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for the termination
in appropriate circumstances of subscribers and account holders who infringe
the rights of copyright holders. If you believe that your work has been copied
in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide FullLatin.com's
Copyright Agent the following information required by the Online Copyright
Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act, 17 U.S.C. ¤ 512:
1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed,
or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by
a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to
be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access
to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit
us to locate the material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining
party;
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use
of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright
owner, its agent, or the law; and
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and
under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act
on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
For any questions or requests regarding copyright and related
issues, please contact:
copyright@fulllatin.com
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