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use of our Internet sites or any of the products or
services offered on those sites (collectively, the
"Services") is subject to these Terms of
Use (these "Terms"). We may modify these
Terms at any time without notice to you by posting
revised Terms on our sites. Your use of our sites
constitutes your binding acceptance of these Terms,
including any modifications that we make.
Some of the Services
may be subject to additional posted conditions. Your
use of those Services is subject to those conditions,
which are incorporated into these Terms by reference.
In the event of an inconsistency between these Terms
and any additional posted conditions, the provisions
of the additional conditions shall control.
We have the right,
but not the obligation, to take any of the following
actions in our sole discretion at any time and for
any reason without giving you any prior notice:
Restrict, suspend,
or terminate your access to all or any part of our
Services;
Change, suspend, or discontinue all or any part of
our Services;
Refuse, move, or remove any material that you submit
to our sites for any reason;
Refuse, move, or remove any content that is available
on our sites;
Deactivate or delete your accounts and all related
information and files in your account;
Establish general practices and limits concerning
use of our sites.
You agree that we will not be liable to you or any
third party for taking any of these actions.
You understand and
agree that our Services may include communications
such as service announcements and administrative messages
from us or from our partners and that these communications
are considered part of the Services. You will not
be able to opt out of receiving these messages. You
also understand that our Services may include advertisements.
Content on our sites
Our sites include a combination of content that we
create, that our partners create, and that our users
create. All materials published on our sites, including,
but not limited to, written content, photographs,
graphics, images, illustrations, marks, logos, sound
or video clips, and Flash animation, are protected
by our copyrights or trademarks or those of our partners.
You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate
in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative
works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display,
or in any way exploit any of the materials or content
on our sites in whole or in part. If you would like
to request permission to use any of the content on
our sites, please review our copyright notice and
visit our Permissions and Reprints page.
You are solely responsible
for all materials, whether publicly posted or privately
transmitted, that you upload, post, e-mail, transmit,
or otherwise make available on our sites ("Your
Content"). You certify that you own all intellectual
property rights in Your Content. You hereby grant
us, our affiliates, and our partners a worldwide,
irrevocable, royalty-free, nonexclusive, sublicensable
license to use, reproduce, create derivative works
of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display,
transfer, transmit, distribute, and publish Your Content
and subsequent versions of Your Content for the purposes
of (i) displaying Your Content on our sites, (ii)
distributing Your Content, either electronically or
via other media, to users seeking to download or otherwise
acquire it, and/or (iii) storing Your Content in a
remote database accessible by end users, for a charge.
This license shall apply to the distribution and the
storage of Your Content in any form, medium, or technology
now known or later developed.
Our site contains
content that we create as well as content provided
by third parties. This content includes, among other
things, product reviews, white papers, and stock quotes.
It also includes information about products and services
offered by parties other than Download-Me, such as
product descriptions, specifications, pricing, availability,
and performance. We do not guarantee the accuracy,
the integrity, or the quality of the content on our
sites, and you may not rely on any of this content.
Without limitation, we are not responsible for postings
by users in the user opinion, message board, or feedback
sections of our sites.
You may be exposed
to content that you find offensive, indecent, or objectionable
or that is inaccurate, and you bear all risks associated
with using that content. We have the right, but not
the obligation, to remove any content that may, in
our sole discretion, violate these Terms or that is
otherwise objectionable.
Third-party sites,
products, and Services
Our sites contain links to other Internet sites owned
by third parties. Your use of each of those sites
is subject to the conditions, if any, that each of
those sites has posted. We have no control over sites
that are not ours, and we are not responsible for
any changes to or content on them. Our inclusion on
our sites of any third-party content or a link to
a third-party site is not an endorsement of that content
or third-party site.
We do not sell, resell,
or license any of the products or the services that
we review, list, or advertise on our sites, and we
disclaim any responsibility for or liability related
to them. Your correspondence or related activities
with third parties, including payment transactions
and goods-delivery transactions, are solely between
you and that third party. You agree that we will not
be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of
any sort incurred as the result of any of your transactions
with third parties. Any questions, complaints, or
claims related to any product or service should be
directed to the appropriate vendor.
Download-Me' fee-based
services
Some of the Services require you to pay a fee, as
described in the specific conditions included where
those Services are offered. You agree to pay all fees
and charges that you incur. Unless otherwise noted,
all currency references are in U.S. dollars. We may,
upon notice if required by applicable laws, at any
time change the amount of, or basis for determining,
any fee or charge, or institute new fees or charges.
All fees and charges are payable in accordance with
payment terms in effect at the time the fee or the
charge becomes payable.
Privacy policy
All of the information that we collect from you, such
as registration and credit card information, is subject
to our privacy policy. Please click here to see our
full privacy policy.
Your conduct on our
sites
If we request registration information from you, you
will provide us with true, accurate, current, and
complete information. You will promptly update your
registration to keep it accurate, current, and complete.
If we issue you a password, you may not reveal it
to anyone else. You may not use anyone else's password.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality
of your accounts and passwords. You agree to immediately
notify us of any unauthorized use of your passwords
or accounts or any other breach of security. You also
agree to exit from your accounts at the end of each
session. We will not be responsible for any loss or
damage that may result if you fail to comply with
these requirements.
The technology and
the software underlying our sites and the Services
is the property of Download-Me, our affiliates, and
our partners. You agree not to copy, modify, rent,
lease, loan, sell, assign, distribute, reverse engineer,
grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer
any right to the technology or software underlying
our sites or the Services. You agree not to modify
the software underlying our sites in any manner or
form or to use modified versions of such software,
including (without limitation) for the purpose of
obtaining unauthorized access to our sites.
Without limiting
the foregoing, you agree that you will not use our
sites to take any of the following actions:
Defame, abuse, harass,
stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal right
of others;
Publish, post, upload, e-mail, distribute, or disseminate
(collectively, "Transmit") any inappropriate,
profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent,
or unlawful content;
Transmit files that contain viruses, corrupted files,
or any other similar software or programs that may
damage or adversely affect the operation of another
person's computer, our sites, any software or hardware,
or telecommunications equipment;
Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services for
any commercial purpose unless you have our written
consent to do so;
Transmit surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, spam,
unsolicited advertising or promotional materials,
or chain letters;
Download any file that you know or reasonably should
know cannot be legally obtained in such manner;
Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or
other proper notices or proprietary designations or
labels of the origin or the source of software or
other material;
Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and
enjoying any public area within our sites;
Collect or store personal information about other
end users;
Interfere with or disrupt our sites, servers, or networks;
Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not
limited to, a Download-Me representative, or falsely
state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with
a person or entity;
Forge headers or manipulate identifiers or other data
in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted
through our sites or to manipulate your presence on
our sites;
Take any action that imposes an unreasonably or disproportionately
large load on our infrastructure;
Engage in any illegal activities.
You agree to use
our bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups,
forums, communities and/or message or communication
facilities (collectively, the "Forums")
only to send and receive messages and material that
are proper and related to that particular Forum.
If you choose a username
that, in our sole discretion, is obscene, indecent,
abusive or that might otherwise subject us to public
disparagement or scorn, we reserve the right, without
prior notice to you, to automatically change your
username, delete your posts from our sites, deny you
access to our sites, or any combination of these options.
Unauthorized access
to our sites is a breach of these Terms and a violation
of the law. You agree not to access our sites by any
means other than through the interface that is provided
by Download-Me for use in accessing our sites. You
agree not to use any automated means, including, without
limitation, agents, robots, scripts, or spiders, to
access, monitor, or copy any part of our sites, except
those automated means that we have approved in advance
and in writing.
Use of our sites
is subject to existing laws and legal process. Nothing
contained in these Terms shall limit our right to
comply with governmental, court, and law-enforcement
requests or requirements relating to your use of our
sites.
Requests to remove
certain content from our sites
If you believe that content you own has been copied
and made accessible in a manner that violates your
intellectual property rights, please review our copyright
notice.
Indemnification
You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold Download-Me
and all of our officers, directors, owners, employees,
agents, information providers, affiliates, partners,
and licensors (collectively, the "Umbrella Technologies
Inc. Parties") harmless from and against any
and all liability, losses, costs, and expenses (including
attorneys' fees) incurred by any Umbrella Technologies
Inc. Party in connection with any claim, including,
but not limited to, claims for defamation, violation
of rights of publicity and/or privacy, copyright infringement,
or trademark infringement arising out of:
Your use of our sites;
Any use or alleged use of your accounts or your passwords
by any person, whether or not authorized by you;
The content, the quality, or the performance of content
that you submit to our sites;
Your connection to our sites;
Your violation of these Terms; or
Your violation of the rights of any other person or
entity.
We reserve the right,
at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense
and control of any matter for which you are required
to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our
defense of these claims.
Disclaimers
We disclaim any responsibility for the deletion, the
failure to store, the misdelivery, or the untimely
delivery of any information or material. We disclaim
any responsibility for any harm resulting from downloading
or accessing any information or material on the Internet
using search results from our sites. We disclaim any
responsibility for, and if you subscribe to one of
our fee-based services you will not be entitled to
a refund as a result of, any service outages that
are caused by our maintenance on the servers or the
technology that underlies our sites, failures of our
service providers (including telecommunications, hosting,
and power providers), computer viruses, natural disasters
or other destruction or damage of our facilities,
acts of nature, war, civil disturbance, or any other
cause beyond our reasonable control.
WE DO NOT WARRANT
THAT OUR SITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.
IN ADDITION, WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE
CONTENT ON OUR SITES. OUR SITES AND THEIR CONTENT
ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AN "AS IS, AS AVAILABLE"
BASIS. ANY MATERIAL THAT YOU DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE
OBTAIN THROUGH OUR SITES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION
AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
POTENTIAL DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS
OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH
MATERIAL. NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR PARTNERS MAKES
ANY WARRANTY THAT (i) OUR SITES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(ii) OUR SITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE,
OR ERROR FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM THE USE OF OUR SITES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE,
(iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION,
OR OTHER MATERIAL THAT YOU PURCHASE OR OBTAIN THROUGH
OUR SITES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (v) ANY
ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED. NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR
PARTNERS MAKES ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT
TO OUR SITES, ANY CONTENT, OR ANY OF OUR SERVICES,
TOOLS, PRODUCTS, OR PROPERTIES. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE
THAT YOU WILL ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY
AND THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR SITES AND THE ACCURACY
OR COMPLETENESS OF ITS CONTENT.
NEITHER WE NOR OUR
PARTNERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SITES, EVEN
IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
SOME STATES DO NOT
ALLOW EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, OUR LIABILITY AND THAT OF
OUR THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE
AGENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW.
Arbitration
Download-Me may elect to resolve any controversy or
claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or
our sites by binding arbitration in accordance with
the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration
Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be
arbitrated on an individual basis and shall not be
consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or
controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall
be conducted in San Francisco, California, and judgment
on the arbitration award may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction thereof. Either you or we may
seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court
of competent jurisdiction in San Francisco, California,
necessary to protect the rights or the property of
you or Download-Me, Inc. (or its agents, suppliers,
and subcontractors), pending the completion of arbitration.
Miscellaneous
We may be required by state or federal law to notify
you of certain events. You hereby acknowledge and
consent that such notices will be effective upon our
posting them on our sites or delivering them to you
through e-mail. You may update your e-mail address
by visiting the Services where you have provided contact
information. If you do not provide us with accurate
information, we cannot be held liable if we fail to
notify you. You have the right to request that we
provide such notices to you in paper format, and may
do so by contacting the General Counsel, Download-Me
Our failure to exercise
or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall
not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
You agree that regardless
of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or
cause of action arising out of or related to use of
our sites or these Terms must be filed within one
(1) year after such claim or cause of action arose
or be forever barred.
These Terms, including
all terms, conditions, and policies that are incorporated
into these terms by reference, constitute the entire
agreement between you and Download-Me and govern your
use of our sites, superceding any prior agreements
that you may have with us.
These Terms shall
be construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of California, and the parties irrevocably consent
to bring any action to enforce these Terms before
an arbitration panel or before a court of competent
jurisdiction in Colorado if seeking interim or preliminary
relief or enforcement of an arbitration award.
If any part of these
Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable
pursuant to applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable
provision will be deemed superceded by a valid, enforceable
provision that most closely matches the intent of
the original provision, and the remainder of the Terms
shall continue in effect.
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