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1. Definitions.
"GearFetish.com" is the interactive on-line service
operated by GearFetish.com on the World Wide Web of the Internet
with content provided by GearFetish.com and third parties.
"Subscriber" means each person who establishes or
accesses a connection ("Account") for access to
and use of GearFetish.com.
2. General.
(A) This Agreement, which incorporates by reference other
provisions applicable to use of GearFetish.com sets forth
the terms and conditions that apply to the use of GearFetish.com
by Subscriber. By using GearFetish.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 GearFetish.com is personal and individual 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) GearFetish.com shall have the right at any time to change
or discontinue any aspect or feature of GearFetish.com, including,
but not limited to, content, hours of availability, and equipment
needed for access or use.
3. Changed Terms.
GearFetish.com shall have the right at any time to change
or modify the terms and conditions applicable to Subscriber's
use of GearFetish.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 GearFetish.com, or by electronic or conventional
mail, or by any other means by which Subscriber obtains notice
thereof. Any use of GearFetish.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 GearFetish.com and any and all charges
related thereto.
5. Subscriber Conduct.
(A) Subscriber shall use GearFetish.com for lawful purposes
only. Subscriber shall not post or transmit through GearFetish.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 GearFetish.com's express prior approval, contains
advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or
services (more info). Any conduct
by a Subscriber that in GearFetish.com's discretion restricts
or inhibits any other Subscriber from using or enjoying GearFetish.com
will not be permitted. Subscriber shall not use GearFetish.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 GearFetish.com
or to solicit users to become subscribers or customers of
any online service for which a dividend, fee, commission,
or any compensation whatsoever is provided unless all dividends,
fees, commissions, or other types of compensations whatsoever
are paid directly to GearFetish.com. Any dividends, fees,
commissions, or any other types of compensation earned are
understood to be the sole property of GearFetish.com and will
be paid to GearFetish.com within five (5) days of receipt
of such monies and without demand, where time is of the essence.
Failure to pay these monies within five (5) days of receipt,
where time is of the essence, indicates the intent of the
recipient to deny such monies to GearFetish.com and shall
be paid to GearFetish.com immediately upon demand, with interest
accrued from the date first earned at 1.5% per month (18%
per annum) and with a Late Payment Penalty of $75 for each
occurrence where monies are not received by GearFetish.com
within five (5) days of being received.
(B) GearFetish.com may contain copyrighted material, trademarks
and other proprietary information, including, but not limited
to, text, software, photos, video, graphics submitted by Subscribers
and/or operators of GearFetish.com unknowingly of such copyrights.
If such copyrighted material should exist, it is the property
of the copyrighter. If the copyrighter should request the
material be removed from GearFetish.com, the copywriter should
submit a request to webmaster@gearfetish.com
immediately requesting the removal of such infringed material.
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Post Office Box 712, Mableton, GA 30126-0712, USA. 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. 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 GearFetish.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 GearFetish.com, Subscriber
automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of such material
has expressly granted GearFetish.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
GearFetish.com, the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute
any material made available on GearFetish.com Online by Subscriber.
(D) The foregoing provisions of Section 5 are for the benefit
of GearFetish.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.
(E) Subscriber shall not use automated methods to download
or retrieve the contents within GearFetish.com. To do so,
can result in immediate termination of subscription and/or
membership without prior notice or notification.
6. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability.
(A) SUBSCRIBER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF GearFetish.com
IS AT SUBSCRIBER'S SOLE RISK. NEITHER GearFetish.com, ITS
AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT GearFetish.com
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY
WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF
GearFetish.com, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT
OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH
GearFetish.com.
(B) GearFetish.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 GearFetish.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 GearFetish.com, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY
INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING GearFetish.com,
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 GearFetish.com.
SUBSCRIBER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON GearFetish.com.
(E) IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS SET FORTH ABOVE NEITHER, GearFetish.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 GearFetish.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. NEITHER, GearFetish.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.
7. Monitoring.
GearFetish.com, shall have the right, but not the obligation,
to monitor the content of GearFetish.com, including chat rooms
and forums, to determine compliance with this Agreement and
any operating rules established by GearFetish.com, and to
satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request.
GearFetish.com, shall have the right in its sole discretion
to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to
or posted on GearFetish.com. Without limiting the foregoing,
GearFetish.com, shall have the right to remove any material
that GearFetish.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 GearFetish.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 GearFetish.com
by Subscriber or Subscriber's Account.
9. Termination.
Either GearFetish.com, or Subscriber may terminate this Agreement
at any time. Without limiting the foregoing, GearFetish.com,
shall have the right to immediately terminate Subscriber's
Account in the event of any conduct by Subscriber which GearFetish.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.
All other trademarks appearing on GearFetish.com are the property
of their respective owners.
11. Third Party Content.
GearFetish.com, is a distributor (and not a publisher) of
some content supplied by third parties and Subscribers. Accordingly,
GearFetish.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 GearFetish.com,
are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and
not of GearFetish.com,. Neither GearFetish.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 GearFetish.com
represents the opinions and judgments of the respective information
provider, Subscriber, or other user not under contract with
GearFetish.com. GearFetish.com, neither endorses nor is responsible
for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or
statement made on GearFetish.com by anyone other than authorized
GearFetish.com, employee spokespersons while acting in their
official capacities. Under no circumstances will GearFetish.com,
be liable for any loss or damage caused by a Subscriber's
reliance on information obtained through GearFetish.com. It
is the responsibility of Subscriber to evaluate the accuracy,
completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice
or other content available through GearFetish.com. Please
seek the advice of professionals, as appropriate, regarding
the evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice
or other content.
12. Advertisement Liability
- Publication of an advertisement does not constitute endorsement
or approval of any product or service advertised, or any
point of view, standard, or opinion presented therein. GearFetish.com
is not responsible for any claims made in an advertisement
appearing in its publications.
- The advertiser and/or advertising agency assume liability
for all ad content including text preparation and illustrations.
It is understood that the advertiser and/or advertising
agency will indemnify and hold GearFetish.com harmless from
and against any loss, expense, or other liability resulting
from any suits including actions for libel, breach of warranty,
negligence, product liability, misrepresentation, fraud,
violation of privacy, plagiarism, copyright infringement,
and any other claims or suits whatsoever that may arise
from publication of such advertisement.
- GearFetish.com will not be bound by any term(s) or condition(s)
that an advertiser includes on order forms or invoices unless
GearFetish.com has agreed in writing to such term(s) or
condition(s).
- Other than the return of any charge that has been paid,
GearFetish.com is not liable for any alleged loss or damages
if an advertisement is omitted for any reason.
- Advertiser claims for errors will be decided on a case-by-case
basis with discounts offered for the advertisement in question
or on the advertiser's next order provided it is determined
that GearFetish.com made the error and that the error seriously
affected advertising results.
13. Miscellaneous.
This Agreement and any operating rules for GearFetish.com
established by GearFetish.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 Georgia, 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.
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