BEFORE YOU USE THIS WEBSITE, SERVICES, ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE, CONTENT AND
LIBRARIES (THE "SERVICES") AND IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE USE OF THE
SERVICES, CAREFULLY READ THIS PROVIDER TERMS OF SERVICE. BY CLICKING
ON THE "ACCEPT" BUTTON, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY, AND ARE
BECOMING A PARTY TO, THIS TERMS OF SERVICE. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT AND
AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS TERMS OF SERVICE, DO NOT
ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT AND DO NOT CLICK ON THE "ACCEPT" BUTTON.
This Provider Terms of Service, including the Online Privacy Policy
which can be viewed here ("Agreement") becomes effective when You
indicate Your agreement to this Agreement by "clicking" on the "ACCEPT"
button when it is presented. This Agreement is between ("Provider"),
and You, the user ("User," "You," or "Your"). This Agreement sets forth
the terms and conditions under which You agree to use the Services.
Before using the Services for the first time, You must read this
Agreement and record Your agreement by clicking on the "ACCEPT" button
at the end of this Agreement. Do not use the "Accept" button unless
You have read, understood and agree to all of this Agreement. If You
do not agree with all of the terms and conditions in this Agreement,
You will not be able to use the Services.
EACH USER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR READING AND CONFORMING TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS LISTED IN THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU, THE USER, DO NOT AGREE
TO BE BOUND BY ALL SECTIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY
END THE USE OF THE SERVICES AND NOTIFY THE PROVIDER CUSTOMER SERVICE
DEPARTMENT SO THAT PROVIDER MAY CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT.
1. USE OF THE SERVICES. Participants to this Agreement must be at
least 18 years old. Your right to use the Services is not transferable
and is subject to any limits established by Provider.
2. RIGHT TO USE. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and to your payment of all license and service fees as set forth in
Provider's published pricelist or personalized quote, as the case may be, which are incorporated herein fully, Provider grants You only the right to use the Services for Your internal purposes only and not to download (other than page caching) or modify the Services, or any portion of it. You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Services, use of the Services, or access to the Services, except that you may copy and use the job description libraries that are provided as part of the Services subject to all other restrictions in this Section 2. You may not rent, lend, transfer, distribute, or grant any rights in the Services or software in any form to any person.
3. USER OBLIGATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
You agree and acknowledge that:
You are solely responsible for reading and ensuring You understand
this Agreement, including the Online Privacy Policy which can be
viewed here. Furthermore, You are solely responsible for ensuring
that Your usage conforms to the terms, conditions, and policies listed
in this Agreement. Provider is under no obligation to monitor or notify
Users of conduct violating this Agreement.
You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all computer hardware,
software, and communications equipment needed to access and use the
Services. Provider makes no guarantees as to the availability of the
Services or of any specific feature(s) of the Services other than those
expressly stated in this Agreement.
You expressly agree that in addition to an obligation to pay the upfront
Service Fees for use of the Services, the event that triggers Your
obligation to pay for services when you create a new estimate, you or
you customers upload a file, and for store files.
You expressly agree to comply with Provider's terms of payment as set
forth in Provider's published pricelist or personalized quote, as the
case may be, which are incorporated herein fully.
You will be given user identifications and passwords as needed to
facilitate access to the Services. You are solely responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of the aforementioned user identification
and password (including, if applicable, the passwords and user
identification of each user accessing the services). YOU AGREE THAT
YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ACTIVITY INCURRED OR AUTHORIZED
THROUGH THE SERVICES BY USE OF YOUR USER IDENTIFICATION AND/OR PASSWORDS
AND THAT NEITHER PROVIDER NOR ITS LICENSORS SHALL BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE OF YOUR USER IDENTIFICATION AND/OR PASSWORDS, OF
LOSS, THEFT OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF YOUR USER IDENTIFICATION AND/OR
PASSWORDS. YOU AGREE TO NOTIFY PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ANY
BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF YOUR USER IDENTIFICATION
AND/OR PASSWORDS. NEITHER PROVIDER NOR ITS LICENSORS PROTECT YOU FROM
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF YOUR USER IDENTIFICATION AND/OR PASSWORDS.
You agree to use the Services solely for lawful purposes and in
compliance with all applicable laws including copyright, trademark,
obscenity, and defamation laws. Unlawful activities may include
storing, distributing or transmitting any unlawful material,
attempting to compromise the security of any networked account or
site, or making direct threats of physical harm. You agree to defend
and indemnify Provider and its licensors against any claim or action
arising from use of the Services in an unlawful manner or in any
manner inconsistent with the restrictions and policies stated herein.
The Services may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other
World Wide Web sites or resources. Because Provider has no control
over such sites and resources, User acknowledges and agrees that
Provider is not responsible for the availability of such external
sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or
liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on
or available from such sites or resources. User acknowledges and
agrees that neither Provider nor its licensors shall be responsible
or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or
alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance
on any such content, goods or services available on or through any
such site or resource.
In the event that You make any derivatives, enhancements or
improvements to any aspect of the Paper, Ink, or Plate libraries
presented on the Services, then as additional consideration for
this Agreement and other favorable provisions of this Agreement
You hereby grant Provider an irrevocable, royalty-free,
fully-paid-up non-exclusive license, with the right to sublicense,
to use, modify and resell such derivatives, enhancements or
improvements to the Pspser, Ink or Plate libraries.
4. OWNERSHIP. The presentation of the
Services and information contained therein is subject to copyright
protection. You are prohibited from copying, modifying, distributing
or otherwise disclosing any of the images, text or other information
contained in the Services other than as specifically authorized in
this Agreement without Provider's prior written consent. You may
copy and export content that you create and use on the Services.
5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
You hereby acknowledge and agree that Provider and/or its licensors
exclusively owns all worldwide right, title and interest in and to
all contents, graphics, designs, data, computer codes, ideas, know-how,
"look and feel," compilations, magnetic translations, digital
conversions and other matters included within the Services
(collectively "Materials"), and all modifications and derivative
works thereof, and all worldwide copyrights, trademarks, service marks,
patents, trade dress, trade secrets, moral rights and other
intellectual or industrial property rights related thereto.
The copying, redistribution, use or publication by You of any of the
Materials or any part of the Services, except as allowed herein, is
strictly prohibited. You do not acquire any ownership rights to any
of the Materials.
6. NO WARRANTIES.
a. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE
SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. NEITHER PROVIDER NOR ANY OF ITS
LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES PROVIDER OR ANY OF ITS
LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO (I)
THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES, OR (II) THE
ACCURACY OR COMPLETE NATURE OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN, DISPLAYED
ON, OR USED IN THE SERVICES. THE SERVICES IS MADE AVAILABLE ON AN "AS
IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR OTHERWISE.
b. NEITHER PROVIDER NOR ANY OF ITS
LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS IS LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES
(INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF PROFITS, LITIGATION,
OR THE LIKE), WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY,
TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE EVEN IF
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES
SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN
BETWEEN PROVIDER AND YOU. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY PROVIDER WOULD
NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS. SOME STATE STATUTES MAY APPLY
REGARDING LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY.
c. THE SOLE AND ENTIRE AGGREGATE MAXIMUM
LIABILITY OF PROVIDER ITS LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS,
FOR ANY REASON, AND YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY CAUSE
WHATSOEVER, SHALL BE LIMITED TO ANY AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU FOR YOUR
ACCESS TO THE SERVICES IN THE SIX (6) MONTHS PRIOR TO ANY CLAIM.
d. Neither Provider nor its licensors
make any guarantee or assume any liability for the security of any
data on any server including "secure servers." You acknowledge
that there is no guaranteed privacy on the Internet and that neither
Provider nor its licensors is liable for any interception of Your
data entries or any retained information by outside parties. Provider
and its licensors reserve the right, at their discretion, to make
changes and modification in service, equipment and the rates and
terms of this Agreement at any time with prior notification.
7. REVISIONS. Provider shall have the
right, at any time and without notice, to add to or modify the terms
of this Agreement, simply by delivering such amended terms to You by
email at the address You provide to Provider or by posting the
changes in the Services. Your access to or use of the Services
after the date such amended terms are delivered to You shall be
deemed to constitute acceptance of such amended terms. You agree
to review theses policies and agreements periodically to be aware
of such modifications. Continued use of or access to the Services shall
be deemed to be Your conclusive acceptance of any modified policies or
agreements. In the event that You do not agree to modifications made,
Your only remedy is to terminate Your use of the Services.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. Neither
Provider nor its licensors shall be liable for any damage or loss
resulting from Your use the Services, including all data, information
or other contents of the Services. Neither Provider nor its licensors
shall have a duty to You in connection with Your use of the Services,
including all data, information or other contents of the Services.
9. INDEMNIFICATION. You agree to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless Provider, its licensors and
their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees,
partners, sponsors, agents, attorneys, representatives, subsidiaries,
successors and assigns (collectively "Affiliated Parties") from all
liabilities, losses, damages, claims and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs, whether or not a lawsuit or other proceeding
is filed, that in any way arises out of or relates to (i) Your breach or
violation of this Agreement, (ii) Your use of the Services, and/or (iii)
Your negligence or willful misconduct. In the event, You fail to
promptly indemnify and defend such claims and/or pay Provider's or
Affiliated Parties' expenses, as provided above, Provider and
Affiliated Parties shall have the right to defend themselves,
and in that case, You shall reimburse each such party for all of its
reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and damages incurred in settling or
defending such claims within thirty (30) days of each of written request.
10. TERMINATION FOR BREACH. Provider
reserves the right to terminate Your access to the Services,
WITHOUT NOTICE, if, in Provider's sole discretion, You have violated
the policies listed in this Agreement or otherwise abused the Services.
Upon any termination of this Agreement, You must cease any further use
of the Services and destroy any copies of associated software or
documentation within your possession and control. Provider shall have
no obligation to You after termination of this Agreement. Provider may,
at its sole discretion, delete Your archived data.
11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement,
including the Online Privacy Policy, constitutes the entire agreement
between You and Provider regarding the Services and supersedes any and
all prior oral and written understandings, communications and agreements
regarding the Services. This Agreement may not be waived, modified or
changed by any means other than posting on this web site.
12. GOVERNING LAW, LEGAL FEES AND
ARBITRATION. The laws of the State of Minnesota govern this Agreement
and Your use of the Services. You agree to the exclusive jurisdiction
for any claims or dispute with Provider to reside in the courts of
Minnesota. The language in this Agreement shall be interpreted as to
its fair meaning and not strictly for or against any party. All legal
proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall
be brought solely in Minnesota, and You expressly submit to the
jurisdiction of said courts, and You consent to extra-territorial
service of process, provided, however, that at the election of Provider,
any disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the
Services shall be resolved solely by binding arbitration pursuant to the
rules of American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), in Delaware. Such
arbitration, as elected by Provider, shall be conducted by one
arbitrator with particular knowledge or expertise with respect to the
Internet, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. In respect of any
action to enforce such an award, You submit to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the State of Minnesota.
13. UNENFORCEABILITY. In the event that
one or more of the provisions of this Agreement should for any reason
be held to be unenforceable in any respect, such unenforceability shall
not affect the other provisions of this Agreement and this Agreement
shall be construed as if such unenforceable provisions had not been
contained herein.
14. SURVIVAL. All Sections, except
Section 2, "RIGHT TO USE", shall survive any termination of this
Agreement, including accrued rights to payment, warranty disclaimers,
and limitations of liability.
15. ATTORNEYS' FEES. In the event a
dispute arises regarding this Agreement or the use of the Services,
the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs incurred, in addition to damages and any
other relief to which it is entitled.
16. AUTHORITY. If you are executing this
Agreement on behalf of an entity, you represent and warrant that you
have the authority from your respective governing body to enter into
this Agreement and to bind your respective company to all the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
© Copyright 2005 and/or Provider's licensors. All rights reserved. No
part of the contents of the Services and any related materials may be
reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, either
electronic or mechanical (including but not limited to, photocopying,
recording or any information and retrieval system), without the express
written permission of Provider.