LAST
UPDATED: 7 September 2009
Terms of Use
Please read this Terms of Use agreement carefully. Your use
of the Site (as defined below) constitutes your agreement to this Terms of Use
agreement.
This site (together with any successor site(s) and
all Services (as defined below), the “Site”) is operated by Warner Music
UK Limited (“we,” “us”). We provide Site
users with access to content and services related to us and our artists,
including music, images, forums, games, text, data and other similar content
(such content and services, collectively, the “Services”). Your
use of the Site is governed by these Terms of Use (this “Agreement”),
regardless of how you access the Site (including through the Internet, through
Wireless Access Protocol (commonly referred to as “WAP”), through a mobile
network, or otherwise). This Agreement is between you and us.
PLEASE NOTE: The Site may include or be used in connection
with certain Third Party Applications (as defined in Section 12
below). Your access to or use of such Third Party Applications may
be governed by additional terms and conditions that are not set forth in this
Agreement and that are made available by the particular providers of such Third
Party Applications.
1. Acceptance
of Terms. By using the Site, you agree to the
terms of this Agreement and to any additional rules and guidelines that we post
on the Site. We may make changes to this Agreement from time to
time; we may notify you of such changes by any reasonable means, including by
posting the revised version of this Agreement on the Site. You can
determine when we last changed this Agreement by referring to the “LAST
UPDATED” legend above. Your use of the Site following changes to
this Agreement will constitute your acceptance of those changes; provided,
however, any material change to this Agreement shall not apply retroactively to
any claim or dispute between you and us in connection
with this Agreement that arose prior to the “LAST UPDATED” date applicable to
that version of this Agreement in which we included such material
change. We may, at any time, modify or discontinue all or part
of the Site; charge, modify or waive fees required to use the Site; or offer
opportunities to some or all Site users.
2. Jurisdiction. The Site is not intended to subject us to non-U.S.
jurisdiction or laws, except as otherwise expressly stated in this
Agreement. The Site may not be appropriate or available for use in
some jurisdictions. If you access the Site, you do so at your own
risk, and you are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules and
regulations. We may limit the Site’s availability, in whole or in
part, to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction we choose, at any time and
in our sole discretion.
3. Information
You Submit. Your submission of information through
the Site is governed by our Privacy Policy, which is located at www.wminewmedia.com/privacy (the
“Privacy Policy”). Further, to the extent that you submit any
personally identifiable information to any third party (for example, a Provider
(as defined in Section 6(b) below)) in connection with the Site (for
example, via a Third Party Application, as defined in Section 12 below),
such third party’s collection, use and disclosure of such information may be
governed by its own privacy policy, and not by our Privacy Policy (in any
event, we are not responsible for the information collection, usage and
disclosure practices of third parties). You agree that all information
you provide to us is true, accurate and complete, and you will maintain and
update such information regularly. If you choose to make any of your
personally identifiable or other information publicly available on the Site,
you do so at your own risk.
4. Rules
of Conduct. In using the Site, you agree to obey
the law, respect the rights of others and avoid objectionable, defamatory or
disruptive behavior. In addition, you will comply with the following
“Rules of Conduct” as updated from time to time by us. You
will not:
· Post, transmit, or otherwise make available, through or in connection
with the Site:
o Anything that is or may be (a) threatening, harassing, degrading,
hateful or intimidating; (b) defamatory; (c) fraudulent or tortious;
(d) obscene, indecent, pornographic or otherwise objectionable; or
(e) protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or
other proprietary right without the express prior consent of the owner of such
right.
o Any material that would give rise to criminal or civil liability; that
encourages conduct that constitutes a criminal offense; that promotes gambling;
or that encourages or provides instructional information about illegal
activities or activities such as “hacking,” “cracking” or “phreaking.”
o Any virus, worm, Trojan horse, Easter egg, time bomb, spyware or other
computer code, file, or program that is harmful or invasive or may or is
intended to damage or hijack the operation of, or to monitor the use of, any
hardware, software or equipment.
o Any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials,
"junk mail," "spam," "chain letter,"
"pyramid scheme" or investment opportunity, or any other form of
solicitation.
o Any material non-public information about a company without the proper
authorization to do so.
· Use the Site for any fraudulent or unlawful purpose.
· Use the Site to defame, abuse, harass, stalk,
threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others, including without
limitation others’ privacy rights or rights of publicity, or harvest or collect
personally identifiable information about other users of the Site.
· Impersonate any person or entity, including any of our (or our
affiliates’) representatives; falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your
affiliation with any person or entity; or express or imply that we endorse any
statement or posting you make.
· Interfere with or disrupt the operation of the Site or the servers or
networks used to make the Site available; or violate any requirements,
procedures, policies or regulations of such networks.
· Restrict or inhibit any other person from using the Site (including by
hacking or defacing any portion of the Site).
· Use the Site to advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services
without our express prior written consent.
· Reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or otherwise exploit for any
commercial purposes, any portion of, use of, or access to the Site.
· Except as expressly permitted by applicable law, modify, adapt, translate,
reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Site.
· Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notice from
the Site or materials originating from the Site.
· Frame or mirror any part of the Site without our express prior written
consent.
· Create a database by systematically downloading and storing all or any
Site content.
· Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or other manual
or automatic device to retrieve, index, "scrape," "data
mine" or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or
presentation of the Site, without our express prior, written consent.
We may terminate your use of the Site for any
conduct that we consider to be inappropriate, or for your breach of this
Agreement, including the Rules of Conduct (including, without limitation, if
you repeatedly engage in copyright infringement via or in connection with the
Site).
5. Registration. You
may need to register to use any part(s) of the Site. We may reject,
or require that you change, any user name, password or other information that
you provide to us in registering. Your user name and password are
for your personal use only and should be kept confidential; you are responsible
for any use of your user name and password, and you agree to promptly notify us
of any confidentiality breach or unauthorized use of your user name and
password, or your Site account.
6. Submissions.
a. Generally. The Site may contain areas where you can post information
and materials, including, without limitation, text, images, photographs,
graphics, music, videos, audiovisual works, data, files, links and other
materials (each, a “Submission”). For purposes of
clarity, you retain ownership of any Submissions that you post, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement (including the license grant in
Section 6(b) below).
b. License
Grant. For each Submission that you post, you hereby grant
to us and our affiliates (including without limitation Warner Music Group,
Atlantic Records, Warner Bros. Records, Rhino Entertainment and our other
affiliated record labels listed here: www.wminewmedia.com/affiliates) (collectively,
our “Affiliates”) a world-wide, royalty free, fully paid-up,
non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, and fully sublicensable
(through multiple tiers) license, without additional consideration to you or
any third party, to: (i) reproduce, distribute, transmit,
communicate to the public, perform and display (publicly or otherwise), edit,
modify, adapt, create derivative works from and otherwise use such Submission,
in any format or media now known or hereafter developed, on or in connection
with the Site or any of our (or our Affiliates’) similar services or
products (e.g., any web sites, and any desktop, mobile or other
applications, widgets or APIs) (such services or products, collectively, the “Site-Related
Services”); (ii) exercise all trademark, publicity and other
proprietary rights with regard to such Submission; (iii) use your name,
photograph, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as
provided by you in connection with your Submission for any promotional purposes
related to the Site or the Site-Related Services, in each case, in connection
with your Submission; and (iv) use your Submission (including the contents
thereof) for any promotional purposes related to the Site, the Site-Related
Services, and Artists. For the purpose of clarification, nothing in
this Agreement shall be deemed to authorize you to incorporate into any
Submission any content or material owned by us, our Affiliates or our
respective artists (“Artists”), directors, officers, employees,
agents and representatives (“Representatives”) and licensors and
service providers (collectively, “Providers”). IF YOU DO
NOT WISH TO GRANT THE RIGHTS GRANTED IN THIS SECTION 6, PLEASE DO NOT POST
ANY SUBMISSIONS ON THE SITE.
c. Disclaimers. It is possible that Site visitors will post information or
materials on the Site that are wrong or misleading or that otherwise violate
this Agreement. We, our Affiliates and our respective Artists,
Representatives and Providers do not endorse and are not responsible for any information
or materials made available through the Site or your use of such information or
materials. All Submissions will be deemed to be non-confidential and
may be used by us (i) without any confidentiality or other non-disclosure
obligations and (ii) without attribution to you or any third
party. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion and at any time,
to set limits on the number and size of any Submissions that may be posted on
the Site or the amount of storage space available for Submissions.
d. Acknowledgement. You hereby acknowledge and agree that (i) you have
received good and valuable consideration in exchange for the rights granted by
you hereunder in and to any Submission that you post, including, without
limitation, the ability to participate in activities on the Site and the
possibility that publicity or favorable exposure may arise from our or our
Affiliates’ use of such Submission or any derivative works incorporating or
embodying such Submission; and (ii) you are not entitled to any further
compensation for any use or other exploitation of such Submission by us or our
Affiliates or any other party (including, without limitation, our or our
Affiliates’ Artists, Representatives and Providers) pursuant to the rights
in such Submission that have been granted hereunder and/or that are available
under applicable law.
e. Representations
and Warranties. You hereby
represent and warrant that: (i) you have the legal right and authority to
enter into this Agreement; (ii) you solely own, or otherwise have the full
right and permission to exploit, all of the rights in, to, and under any
Submission that you post and to grant the rights and licenses set forth herein,
and with respect to any third party materials that appear in or are otherwise
incorporated or embodied any Submission that you post, you have obtained
express, written clearances from all owners of and rights holders in such third
party materials as necessary to grant the rights and licenses set forth herein;
(iii) you have obtained the written consent, release, and/or permission of
every identifiable individual who appears in any Submission that you post, to
use such individual’s name and likeness for purposes of using and otherwise
exploiting such Submission(s) in the manner contemplated by Agreement, or, if
any such identifiable individual is under the age of eighteen (18), you
have obtained such written consent, release and/or permission from such
individual’s parent or guardian (and you agree to provide to us a copy of any
such consents, releases and/or permissions upon our request); (iv) any
Submission that you post, and the use thereof by us, our Affiliates, and our
and their respective designees (including, without limitation, our and their
respective Artists, Representatives and Providers), do not and shall not
infringe upon or violate any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, or
other intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party;
(v) any Submission that you post is not confidential and does not contain
any confidential information; and (vi) in creating, preparing and posting
any Submission, you (A) have complied and will comply in all respects with
all applicable laws, rules (including, without limitation, our Rules of
Conduct), and regulations and (B) have not violated and will not violate
any understanding by which you are explicitly or implicitly bound (including
without limitation any agreement with any third party). If you do
post a Submission that contains the likeness of an identifiable individual, we
strongly encourage you not to include any identifying information (such as the
individual’s name or address) within such Submission.
f. Waiver;
Further Assurances; Indemnity. To
the extent permitted under applicable law, you agree to forever release,
discharge and waive all claims against us, our Affiliates and our and their
respective Artists, Representatives and Providers from, and covenant not to
initiate, file, maintain, or proceed upon any suit, claim, demand, or cause of
action against us, our Affiliates and our and their respective Artists,
Representatives and Providers with respect to, any and all claims, demands,
actions, losses, costs, damages, liabilities, judgments, settlements and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) that
relate in any way to this Agreement and/or the use of any Submission in a
manner consistent with the rights granted under this Agreement, including,
without limitation, any claim for idea misappropriation. Additionally,
to the extent permitted under applicable law, you hereby waive any and all
rights that you may have under laws worldwide that concern “moral rights” or
“droit moral,” or similar rights, in connection with any Submission that you
post (and you hereby represent and warrant that you have obtained clear,
express written waivers from any applicable third parties with respect to any
and all rights that such third parties may have under such laws in connection
with any Submission that you post). At any time upon our request,
you shall: (i) take or cause to be taken all such actions as we
may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order for us and our Affiliates
to obtain the full benefits of this Agreement and any licenses granted by you
hereunder, and (ii) execute a non-electronic hard copy of this
Agreement. Without limiting any other provision herein, you agree to
indemnify us, our Affiliates, and our and their respective Artists,
Representatives and Providers as further set forth herein, including in Section
16 below.
g. No Obligation
to Use. For the purpose of clarification, it shall be in
our sole discretion whether or not to exercise any right granted to us under
this Agreement, and we shall have no obligation to use or otherwise exploit any
Submission.
7. Unsolicited
Submissions. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, we and our Affiliates do not
accept, invite or consider unsolicited submissions of ideas, proposals or
suggestions (“Unsolicited Submissions”), whether related to the
Site, our Products or otherwise. We do not treat Unsolicited
Submissions as confidential, and any Unsolicited Submission will become our or
our Affiliates’ sole property. We and our Affiliates have no
obligations with respect to Unsolicited Submissions and may use them for any
purpose whatsoever without compensation to you or any other person.
8. Monitoring. We may, but have no obligation
to: (a) monitor, evaluate or alter Submissions before or after
they appear on the Site; (b) seek to verify that all rights, consents,
releases and permissions in or relating to such Submission have been obtained
by you in accordance with your representations above; (c) refuse, reject
or remove any Submission at any time or for any reason (including, without
limitation, if we determine, in our sole discretion, that all rights, consents,
releases and permissions have not been obtained by you despite your
representations above). You agree to cooperate with us in our
verification or inquiries related to the foregoing. We may disclose
any Submissions and the circumstances surrounding their transmission to anyone
for any reason or purpose, and in accordance with our Privacy
Policy. If you become aware of any unlawful, offensive or
objectionable material(s) on the Site (except for material that infringes
copyright, which is addressed in Section 22 below), contact us at
privacypolicy@wmg.com with your name and address, a description of the
material(s) at issue and the URL or location of such materials.
9. Purchases
and Products. Unless we
expressly provide otherwise, all purchases made through the Site (each such
purchase, a “Transaction”), all products made available through the Site
(collectively, the “Products”) and your use of such Products are subject
to our Transaction Terms, which are located at www.wminewmedia.com/transactionterms (the
“Transaction Terms”). If a separate agreement provided by us or an
Affiliate in connection with the Site governs a particular Transaction or
Product, or your use of a particular Product, and the terms of such separate
agreement conflict with the terms of this Agreement and/or the Transaction
Terms, the terms of such separate agreement will govern. References
to Products on the Site do not imply our endorsement of those Products.
10. Rules
for Promotions. Any
sweepstakes, contests, raffles or other promotions (collectively, “Promotions”)
made available through the Site may be governed by rules that are separate from
this Agreement. If you participate in any Promotions, please review
the applicable rules as well as our Privacy Policy. If the rules for
a Promotion conflict with this Agreement, the Promotion rules will apply.
11. Our
Proprietary Rights. We,
our Affiliates and our respective licensors and suppliers own the information
and materials made available through the Site. Such information and
materials are protected by copyright, trademark, patent and/or other
proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized in
advance by us, you agree not to reproduce, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell,
distribute or create derivative works based on, all or any part of the Site or
any information or materials made available through the Site.
We, our Affiliates and/or our respective licensors
or suppliers own the trade names, trademarks and service marks on the Site,
including without limitation WARNER
MUSIC. All trademarks and service marks on the Site not owned
by us or our Affiliates are the property of their respective
owners. You may not use our trade names, trademarks and service
marks in connection with any product or service that is not ours, or in any
manner that is likely to cause confusion. Nothing contained on the
Site should be construed as granting any license or right to use any trade
names, trademarks or service marks without express prior written consent of the
owner.
PLEASE NOTE THAT UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ANY SERVICE OR
PRODUCT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY SOFTWARE USED BY THE SERVICES, MAY
SUBJECT YOU TO CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES, (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
POSSIBLE MONETARY DAMAGES), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT.
12. Third
Party Applications. The
Site may include third party software applications and services (or links
thereto) that are made available by our Providers (“Third Party Applications”). Because
we do not control Third Party Applications, you agree that neither we nor our
Affiliates, nor our respective Artists and Representatives, are responsible or
liable for any Third Party Applications, including the performance, accuracy,
integrity, quality, legality, usefulness, or safety of, or intellectual
property rights relating to, Third Party Applications or their
use. We have no obligation to monitor Third Party Applications, and
we may remove or restrict access to any Third Party Applications (in whole or
part) from the Site at any time. The availability of Third Party
Applications on the Site does not imply our endorsement of, or our affiliation
with any Provider of, such Third Party Applications. Further, your
use of Third Party Applications may be governed by additional terms and
conditions that are not set forth in this Agreement or our Privacy Policy (for
example, terms and conditions that are made available by Providers themselves
in connection with Third Party Applications). This Agreement does
not create any legal relationship between you and Providers with respect to
Third Party Applications, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
representation or warranty by us, or any of our Affiliates, or our respective
Artists, Representatives or Providers, with respect to any Third Party
Application.
13. Third
Party Content. The Site may
incorporate certain functionality that allows, via the system or network of
which the Site is a component, the routing and transmission of, and online
access to, certain digital communications and content made available by third
parties (“Third Party Content”). By using such Site
functionality, you acknowledge and agree that you are directing us to access
and transmit to you Third Party Content associated with such
functionality. Because we do not control Third Party Content, you
agree that we are neither responsible nor liable for any Third Party Content,
including the accuracy, integrity, quality, legality, usefulness, or safety of,
or intellectual property rights relating to, Third Party Content. We
have no obligation to monitor Third Party Content, and we may block or disable
access to any Third Party Content (in whole or part) via the Site at any
time. Your access to or receipt of Third Party Content via the Site
does not imply our endorsement of, or our affiliation with any provider of,
such Third Party Content. Further, your use of Third Party Content
may be governed by additional terms and conditions that are not set forth in
this Agreement or our Privacy Policy (for example, terms and conditions that
are made available by the providers of such Third Party
Content). This Agreement does not create any legal relationship
between you and the providers of such Third Party Content with respect to such
Third Party Content, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
representation or warranty by us, or any of our Affiliates, or our respective
Artists, Representatives or Providers, with respect to any Third Party Content.
14. Links
and Feeds. The Site may provide links to or feeds
from other web sites and online resources. We and our Affiliates are
not responsible for and do not endorse such external sites or
resources. Other sites may link to the Site with or without our
authorization, and we may block any links to or from the Site. YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIRD PARTY WEB SITES, CONTENT AND
RESOURCES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
15. Limitations
of Liability and Disclaimers. THE
SITE AND ALL GOODS, SERVICES, THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT,
INFORMATION AND MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED TO YOU
"AS IS” WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND
WE, OUR AFFILIATES AND OUR RESPECTIVE ARTISTS, REPRESENTATIVES AND PROVIDERS
DISCLAIM ALL STATUTORY OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, TERMS AND
CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE AND ALL GOODS, SERVICES, THIRD PARTY
APPLICATIONS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT, INFORMATION AND MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE
THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY
QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT AND
TITLE. (CERTAIN PROVIDERS MAY SEPARATELY PROVIDE LIMITED
REPRESENTATIONS AND/OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THEIR THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS;
PLEASE CHECK WITH SUCH PROVIDERS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.) WE MAKE
NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE SITE (OR ANY PART THEREOF), ANY THIRD
PARTY APPLICATIONS OR ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT IS OR WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE
OR ERROR-FREE, NOR THAT ANY PARTICULAR SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE WILL BE COMPATIBLE
WITH THE SITE. YOU HEREBY AGREE THAT IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY
TO (A) OBTAIN AND PAY FOR ANY SOFTWARE, HARDWARE OR SERVICES (INCLUDING
INTERNET CONNECTIVITY) NEEDED TO USE THE SITE AND (B) ENSURE THAT ANY
SOFTWARE, HARDWARE OR SERVICES THAT YOU USE WILL FUNCTION CORRECTLY WITH THE
SITE. YOU AGREE THAT YOU MUST EVALUATE, AND THAT YOU BEAR ALL RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH, THE USE OF THE SITE, INCLUDING ANY RELIANCE ON THE ACCURACY,
COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS, THIRD PARTY
CONTENT, INFORMATION OR MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE.
WE, OUR AFFILIATES AND OUR RESPECTIVE ARTISTS,
REPRESENTATIVES AND PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SITE, NOR FOR ANY DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OR INTERRUPTION OF
BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF OTHER INTANGIBLES, LOSS OF
SECURITY OF INFORMATION YOU HAVE PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE
SITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OR RECEIPT OF
ANY THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS OR THIRD PARTY CONTENT), OR UNAUTHORIZED
INTERCEPTION OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION BY THIRD PARTIES, EVEN IF ADVISED IN
ADVANCE OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES. FURTHER, WE, OUR AFFILIATES AND
OUR RESPECTIVE ARTISTS, REPRESENTATIVES AND PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR FROM ANY THIRD PARTY
APPLICATIONS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT, INFORMATION OR MATERIALS ON THE
SITE. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR
DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE IS TO STOP USING THE SITE. OUR MAXIMUM
LIABILITY FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE SHALL BE THE
TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO US TO ACCESS AND USE THE SITE.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW
FOR LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS OF
CERTAIN DAMAGES; SOLELY TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LAW APPLIES TO YOU, SOME OR ALL
OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND
YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
While we try to maintain the security of the Site,
we do not guarantee that the Site or any Third Party Applications will be
secure or that any use of the Site or any Third Party Applications will be
uninterrupted. Additionally, third parties may make unauthorized
alterations to the Site or any Third Party Applications. If you
become aware of any unauthorized third party alterations to the Site, contact
us at customerservice@warnerartists.net with a
description of the material(s) at issue and the URL or location of such
materials.
16. Indemnity. Except to the extent prohibited under applicable law, you
agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless us, our Affiliates and our and
their respective Artists, Representatives and Providers, from and against all
claims, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys fees) arising out of
(a) your use of, or activities in connection with, the Site; (b) any
violation of this Agreement by you; (c) any use or other exploitation, or
failure or omission to use or otherwise exploit, any Submission (including any
portion thereof) that you post; or (d) any claim that your Submission or
any use or exploitation thereof caused damage to or infringed upon or violated
the rights of a third party, including without limitation past, present or
future infringement, misappropriation, libel, defamation, invasion of privacy
or right of publicity or violation of rights related to the foregoing.
17. Termination. This Agreement is effective until terminated. We
may, at any time and for any reason, terminate your access to or use
of: (a) the Site, (b) your user name and password or
(c) any files or information associated with your user name and
password. If we terminate your access to the Site, you will not have
the right to bring claims against us, our Affiliates or our respective Artists,
Representatives and Providers with respect to such termination. We and
our Affiliates and our respective Artists, Representatives and Providers, shall
not be liable for any termination of your access to the Site or to any such
information or files, and shall not be required to make such information or
files available to you after any such termination. We may take steps
that we believe are appropriate to enforce or verify compliance with any part
of this Agreement (including our right to cooperate with any legal process
relating to your use of the Site, any Products or any third party claim that
your use of the Site or Products is unlawful or infringes such third party’s
rights). Sections 2, 6-8, 11-19, 21-23 and 25 shall survive any
expiration or termination of this Agreement.
18. Governing
Law; Dispute Resolution. You
hereby agree that this Agreement (and any claim or dispute arising in
connection with this Agreement or your use of the Site) is governed by and
shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
U.S.A., without regard to its principles of conflicts of law, and you consent
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in New
York, New York, U.S.A., and waive any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient
forum objections thereto.
Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, if you reside in a member state
of the European Union and are accessing the Site from a member state of the
European Union, you hereby agree that this Agreement (and any claim or dispute
arising in connection with this Agreement or your use of the Site) is governed
by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of England, without
regard to its principles of conflicts of law, and you consent to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the English courts, and waive any jurisdictional, venue or
inconvenient forum objections thereto.
You further agree that the United Nations
Convention on the International Sale of Goods will not apply to this
Agreement. You agree that any unauthorized use of the Site, the
Products or any related software or materials, or any Third Party Applications,
would result in irreparable injury to us, our Affiliates or our respective
Artists, Representatives and Providers for which money damages would be
inadequate, and in such event we, our Affiliates or our respective Artists, Representatives
and Providers, as applicable, shall have the right, in addition to other
remedies available at law and in equity, to immediate injunctive relief against
you. Nothing contained in this section or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be construed to limit remedies or relief available pursuant to
statutory or other claims that we, our Affiliates or our respective Artists,
Representatives and Providers may have under separate legal authority,
including, without limitation, any claim for intellectual property
infringement.
19. Filtering. We hereby notify you that parental control protections are
commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to material that
is harmful to minors. Information identifying current providers of
such protections is available at: http://kids.getnetwise.org/ and http://onguardonline.gov/. Please
note that we do not endorse any of the products or services listed at these
sites.
20. Information
or Complaints. If you have a
question or complaint regarding the Site, please feel free to contact us via
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21. Forward-Looking
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historical facts are “Forward-Looking Statements.” Forward-Looking
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external factors and risks affect our operations, markets, products, services
and prices. These factors and risks are described in our current annual
report filed with the SEC and in other filings we make with the
SEC. You can access our most recent SEC filings via the SEC EDGAR
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for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet
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believe in good faith that materials available on the Site infringe your
copyright, you (or your agent) may send us a notice requesting that we remove
the material or disable access to it. If you
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and counter-notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed
by the DMCA. See http://www.copyright.gov for
details. Notices and counter-notices should be sent to:
Ellen Hochberg
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We suggest that you consult your legal advisor
before filing a notice or counter-notice.
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Unless otherwise stated on the Site, the Services are available only for
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We are
concerned about the safety and privacy of all our users, and particularly
children. Parents who wish to allow their children (those aged 13-18) access to
and use of the Site and/or Services should supervise such access and use. By
allowing your child access to the Site you are allowing your child access to
all of the Services and you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use in relation
to all uses of the Site by your child. It is therefore your responsibility to
determine which Services are appropriate for your child. Always use caution
when revealing personally identifiable information about yourself or your
children via any of the Services.
Access to
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applies you will be asked to confirm that you are old enough to view or
purchase the items, as applicable.
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25. Miscellaneous. This Agreement does not create any partnership, joint
venture, employer-employee, agency or franchisor-franchisee relationship
between you and us. If any provision of this Agreement is found to
be unenforceable, that provision will not affect the validity and enforceability
of any other provision. You may not assign, transfer or sublicense
any or all of your rights or obligations under this Agreement without our
express prior written consent. No waiver by either party of any
breach or default hereunder will be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or
subsequent breach or default. This Agreement hereby incorporates by
this reference any additional terms that we post on the Site (including,
without limitation, our Privacy Policy and Transaction Terms) and, except as
otherwise expressly stated herein, this Agreement is the entire Agreement
between you and us relating to the subject matter herein and supersedes any and
all prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements or understandings
between you and us relating to such subject matter. Notices to you
may be made via posting to the Site, by e-mail or by regular mail, in our
discretion. We may also provide notice of changes to this Agreement
or other matters by displaying such notices or by providing links to such
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any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or
administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same
extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and
records originally generated and maintained in printed form. We will
not be responsible for failure to fulfill any obligation due to causes beyond
our control. Except as expressly set forth in the following
sentence, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer,
nor shall anything herein confer on, any person other than the parties and the
respective successors or permitted assigns of the parties, any rights,
remedies, obligations or liabilities. Notwithstanding the previous
sentence, you agree that our Affiliates and our and their respective Artists,
Representatives and those Providers who are content owners and service
providers from whom we have obtained a license or other rights to use their
content and services, as applicable, in connection with the Site) are
third-party beneficiaries under this Agreement with the right to enforce the
provisions of this Agreement that directly apply to such
parties; otherwise, and solely to the extent that the laws of England
govern, a person who is not party to this Agreement may not enforce any of its
provisions under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act
1999. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, our right
to enter into, rescind or terminate any variation, waiver or settlement under
this Agreement is not subject to the consent of any third party.
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