- Your acceptance of these terms and conditions.
By visiting the YourTechTV.com website and/or using or accessing YourTechTV's
service (the "Service") in any manner, and whether at the
YourTechTV.com website or through a third party website or other interface,
you certify that (a) you are at least 13 years of age, (b) if you are
providing access to the Service to any person who is under 13 years of age,
you are such person's parent or legal guardian and you consent to the use of
the Service by such person only under your direct supervision and subject to
any reasonable verification required by YourTechTV, and (c) you expressly
agree to be bound by these terms and conditions of service (these
"Terms"). Your use of the Service is expressly conditioned upon
the certifications listed above and your acceptance of these Terms. If the
certifications above are not true, or if you do not agree to any part of
these Terms, you may not use the Service. YourTechTV reserves the right to
update and revise these Terms from time to time without notice to or
acceptance by you.
- Advertisements and communications.
The Service may include advertisements and/or communications from YourTechTV
and its advertisers. YourTechTV will not place advertisements that may be
deemed generally offensive or inappropriate. However, you understand and
agree that the placement and timing of such advertisements and/or
communications shall be determined by YourTechTV in its sole discretion. You
agree that you shall not alter or remove any such advertisements or
communications. If you find a particular advertisement offensive, you may
contact YourTechTV at info@YourTechTV.com
and provide your comments or ask to have the advertisement removed. Your
correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of,
advertisers found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery
of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or
representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and
such advertiser. You agree that YourTechTV shall not be responsible or
liable for any loss or damage whatsoever incurred as the result of any of
the foregoing.
- Links.
The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other
websites or resources. YourTechTV has no control over such sites and
resources. Therefore, you acknowledge and agree that YourTechTV is not
responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, and
does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content (defined
in Section 8), advertising, products, or other materials on or available
from such websites or resources. In addition, you acknowledge and agree that
YourTechTV shall have no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any
damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use
of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or
through any such website or resource.
- Certain information provided by you.
If requested by YourTechTV to provide information, such as in connection
with a registration process, your use of the Service shall be conditioned
upon providing such information, and in such event you agree to provide
true, accurate, current and complete information as prompted by the
Service's interface, and you agree to update such information as necessary
from time to time to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. This
requirement does not apply to information you provide to third parties in
connection with third party websites or other interfaces through which you
may be using the Service, and YourTechTV does not retain information you
provide to such third parties.
- Termination.
YourTechTV reserves the right to terminate your access to and/or use of the
Service and remove and discard any Content at any time for any reason,
including without limitation any failure to comply with any part of these
Terms. YourTechTV also reserves the right to discontinue providing all or
part of the Service. You agree that any termination of your access to or use
of the Service and any discontinuation by YourTechTV in providing the
Service may be effected without notice to you and that YourTechTV shall be
under no obligation to retain any Content, provide any further access to any
Content or return any Content to you. You agree that YourTechTV shall not be
liable to you or any third-party for any such termination or for any
interruption or discontinuation of the Service.
- Responsibility for activities.
You are fully and solely responsible for all your activities in connection
with your access to or use of the Service and for all activities that occur
under your account, if any, in connection with the Service. If you become
aware of any unauthorized use of the Service, you agree to immediately
notify YourTechTV. YourTechTV shall not be liable to you or to any third
party for any loss or damage arising as a result of any of the foregoing
activities, your failure to notify YourTechTV as required in this section or
any acts or omissions by any person who accesses or uses the Service.
- Content.
You acknowledge and agree that all information, data, text, software, music,
sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, goods, products, services or
other materials ("Content") are the sole responsibility of the
person from which such Content originated. You are entirely responsible for
all Content that is uploaded, posted, transmitted or otherwise made
available via the Service by you or through your account, if any. You
understand that Content may in some cases be viewed through third party
websites or interfaces through which the Service is accessed and/or used and
that YourTechTV does not control such third party websites and interfaces.
You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights in and
to any and all Content (including written consent for each individual person
identifiable in such Content to use the name or likeness of each such person
in the manner contemplated by the Service) uploaded, posted, transmitted or
otherwise made available via the Service by you. YourTechTV does not control
the Content posted via the Service and does not guarantee the accuracy,
integrity or quality of any such Content. YourTechTV will use commercially
reasonable efforts to block or remove offensive or inappropriate Content
discovered by or reported to YourTechTV. However, YourTechTV cannot and will
not review all Content, and you understand that by using the Service, you
may be exposed to Content that you find to be offensive. Under no
circumstances will YourTechTV be liable to you or to any third party in any
way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or
omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as
a result of any access to or use of any Content posted, transmitted or
otherwise made available via the Service. You acknowledge that YourTechTV is
under no obligation to pre-screen or otherwise review any Content, but also
that YourTechTV and its designees shall have the right in their sole
discretion for any reason and without notice to refuse, move or remove and
discard any Content submitted, posted or otherwise available via the
Service. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated
with, the use of any Content, and you shall not rely on the accuracy,
completeness, usefulness or nature of such Content. You acknowledge and
agree that YourTechTV may preserve Content and may also disclose Content to
others if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such
preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal
process; (b) enforce these Terms; (c) respond to claims that any Content
violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property,
or personal safety of YourTechTV, its users and the public. You understand
that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including
Content, may involve transmissions over various networks and changes to
conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or
devices.
- License to Content.
YourTechTV does not claim ownership of your Content posted, transmitted or
otherwise made available by you via the Service. By submitting Content via
the Service, and until such Content is removed, you grant YourTechTV a
world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify,
adapt and publish such Content solely for the purpose of providing the
Service.
- Conduct.
YourTechTV shall determine in its sole discretion what action, if any, shall
be taken in the event of any discovered or reported violation of the
following terms. You agree that you shall not, and you shall not permit
others using your account, if any, to: (a) upload, post, transmit or
otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libellous,
invasive of another's privacy (including without limitation any personal
information except with written consent of the owner of such personal
information), hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
(b) harm minors in any way; (c) impersonate any person or entity, including
without limitation any YourTechTV personnel, or falsely state or otherwise
misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity; (d) forge headers
or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any
Content transmitted through the Service; (e) upload, post or otherwise
transmit any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law
or contractual or fiduciary relationship; (f) upload, post or otherwise
transmit any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret,
copyright, rights of privacy or publicity, or other proprietary rights of
any party; (g) upload, post, or transmit unsolicited commercial email or
"spam" or engage in any practice that is in any way connected with
"spam"; (h) upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that
contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs
designed to interrupt, destroy, limit the functionality of or monitor or
persistently reside in or on any computer software or hardware or
telecommunications equipment; (i) interfere with or disrupt the Service or
servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements,
procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
(j) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state,
national or international law or any regulations having the force of law,
including without limitation any laws or regulations relating to securities,
privacy and export control; (k) "stalk" or otherwise harass
another; (l) engage in, promote or provide instructional information about,
or provide video Content depicting, illegal activities, promote or depict
physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promote or
depict any act of cruelty to animals; (m) promote, offer for sale or sell
any item, good or service that (i) violates any applicable federal, state,
or local law or regulation, (ii) you do not have full power and authority
under all relevant laws and regulations to promote, offer or sell, including
all necessary licenses and authorizations, or (iii) YourTechTV determines,
in its sole discretion, is inappropriate for sale through the Service; (n)
use the Service as a forwarding service to another website; or (o) exceed
the scope of the Service that you have signed up for.
- Notices of Infringement; Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
If you believe that material made available via the Service infringes your
copyright or other intellectual property rights, you agree to provide notice
of such suspected infringement to the following address. info@yourtechtv.com
- Indemnification.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless YourTechTV, its affiliates,
officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all
claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and
expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (a)
your use of and access to the Service; (b) your violation of any of these
Terms; (c) your violation of any third party right, including without
limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (d) any claim that
any Content uploaded, posted, transmitted or otherwise made available by you
via the Service caused damage to a third party. This defense and
indemnification obligation will survive these Terms and your use of the
Service.
- Proprietary rights and restrictions.
You acknowledge and agree that the Service and any software accessed through
or provided in connection with the Service contains proprietary and
confidential information of YourTechTV, its licensors and others that is
protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further
acknowledge and agree that Content contained in advertisements or
information presented to you in connection with or through the Service is
protected by laws and regulations relating to copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, patents or other proprietary rights. Except as expressly
authorized by YourTechTV or its licensors or advertisers, as applicable, you
agree not to modify, copy, rent, lease, loan, sell, resell, distribute,
create derivative works from, or exploit the Service or such software, in
whole or in part. Any Content or other information, materials or ideas
transmitted by you to YourTechTV may be disseminated or used by YourTechTV
or its affiliates for any purpose without compensation or liability,
including without limitation in developing, manufacturing, marketing and
selling products and services, subject to Content and certain other
information provided by you that is covered by YourTechTV's privacy policy.
- YourTechTV may change or discontinue the Service.
You acknowledge that YourTechTV may establish general practices and limits
concerning use of the Service and may modify such practices and limits from
time to time. YourTechTV may at any time and from time to time to modify or
discontinue, temporarily or permanently, all or any part of the Service with
or without notice. YourTechTV is under no obligation to preserve, provide
access to or return to you any Content. You agree that YourTechTV shall not
be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or
discontinuance of the Service.
- Disclaimer of Warranties.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT: (a) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT
YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS
AVAILABLE" BASIS. YourTechTV EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY
KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT; (b) YourTechTV WILL MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN
THE SERVICE, HOWEVER, YourTechTV IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS OF
DATA, CONTENT OR INFORMATION, REVENUE, OR OTHER HARM TO BUSINESS ARISING OUT
OF DELAYS, MISDELIVERY OR NONDELIVERY OF INFORMATION, RESTRICTION OR LOSS OF
ACCESS, BUGS, VIRUSES OR OTHER ERRORS, UNAUTHORIZED USE, OR OTHER
INTERACTION WITH THE SERVICE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING AND
BACKING-UP YOUR DATA AND INFORMATION THAT MAY RESIDE ON THE SERVICE. YourTechTV
DOES NOT WARRANT THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS,
(ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii)
THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE
ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES,
INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE
SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN ANY SOFTWARE USED
IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED; (c) ANY MATERIAL
DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE
SOLELY AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA OR
CONTENT THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL; AND (d) NO
ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED THROUGH OR FROM THE
SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.
- Limitation of liability.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YourTechTV SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS,
GOODWILL, USE, LOSS OF REPORTED EARNINGS, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES
(EVEN IF YourTechTV HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES),
HOWEVER AND WHENEVER ARISING, AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY SUCH DAMAGES RELATING TO (i) THE USE OR THE
INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES
PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO
THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF
YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON
THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE. Some
jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the
limitation or exclusion of liability for certain types of damages.
Accordingly, some of the above disclaimers and limitations may not apply to
you.
- Miscellaneous.
(a) For U.S. Government users, the Service and any materials or software
provided in connection therewith are "commercial items" and are
provided only with the "restricted rights" set forth herein; (b)
Notices to you may be made via either email or regular mail, and notices of
changes to these Terms or other matters may be made, if at all, by
displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on the Service; (c)
These Terms and the relationship between you and YourTechTV shall be
governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its
conflict of law provisions. You agree to submit to the personal and
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within San Francisco,
California; (d) No failure of YourTechTV to exercise or enforce any right or
provision of these Terms shall constitute a waiver of such right or
provision; (e) The current version of these Terms and YourTechTV's privacy
policy constitute the entire agreement between you and YourTechTV relating
to the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and YourTechTV;
(f) If any provision of these Terms or incorporated documents are found
adjudicated invalid, such provision shall be reformulated to give the
maximum enforceable effect to the intent of the original provision or YourTechTV
may terminate your access to and use of the Service, and the other
provisions of these Terms and incorporated documents shall remain in full
force and effect; (g) 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
the Service or these Terms must be filed within one year after such claim or
cause of action arose or be forever barred; and (h) Section titles in these
Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.