TERMS OF USE
This is the Web site of Marcea, Inc.
P.O Box 48317 "Marcea.com" is the interactive online service operated by Marcea,
Inc. ("Marcea") on the World Wide Web of the Internet,
consisting of information services and content provided by Marcea,
affiliates of Marcea and other third parties.
2. General
(A) This Agreement, which incorporates by reference other provisions
applicable to use of Marcea.com, including, but not limited to,
supplemental terms and conditions set forth in paragraph 13 hereof
("Supplemental Terms") governing the use of certain specific
material contained in Marcea.com, sets forth the terms and conditions
that apply to use of Marcea.com by each end user thereof ("End
User"). By using Marcea.com (other than to read this Agreement for
the first time), End User agrees to comply with all of the terms and
conditions hereof. The right to use Marcea.com is personal to End User
and is not transferable to any other person or entity. End User shall be
responsible for protecting the confidentiality of End User’s
password(s), if any.
(B) Marcea shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue
any aspect or feature of Marcea.com, including, but not limited to,
content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use.
3. Changed Terms
Marcea shall have the right at any time to change or modify the terms
and conditions applicable to End User’s use of Marcea.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 Marcea.com,
or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means by which
End User obtains notice thereof. Any use of Marcea.com by End User after
such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by End User of such
changes, modifications or additions.
4. Equipment
End User shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all
telephone, computer hardware and other equipment needed for access to
and use of Marcea.com and all charges related thereto.
5. End User Conduct
(A) End User shall use Marcea.com for lawful purposes only. End User
shall not post or transmit through Marcea.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 Marcea’s
express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with
respect to products or services. Any conduct by an End User that in Marcea’s
discretion restricts or inhibits any other End User from using or
enjoying Marcea.com will not be permitted. End User shall not use Marcea.com
to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including, but not
limited to, the solicitation of users of Marcea.com to become users of
other on-line services competitive with Marcea.com.
(B) Marcea.com contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other
proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software,
photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of Marcea.com
are copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright
laws. Marcea owns a copyright in the selection, coordination,
arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content
original to it. End User 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. End User may download
copyrighted material for End User’s personal use only. Except as
otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying,
redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation
of downloaded material will be permitted without the express permission
of Marcea and the copyright owner. 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. End User acknowledges that it does not
acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.
(C) End User shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on Marcea.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 End User. End User
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 Marcea.com, End
User automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of such material
has expressly granted Marcea 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. End User also permits any
other End User to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that
End User’s personal use. End User hereby grants Marcea the right to
edit, copy, publish and distribute any material made available on Marcea.com
by End User.
(D) The foregoing provisions of Section 5 are for the benefit of Marcea,
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.
6. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability
(A) END USER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF Marcea.com IS AT END
USER’S SOLE RISK. NEITHER Marcea, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS
WARRANT THAT Marcea.com WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY
MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF Marcea.com,
OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION,
SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH Marcea.com.
(B) Marcea.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. END
USER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT Marcea IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE
DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD-PARTIES
AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH END
USER.
(D) IN NO EVENT WILL Marcea, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN
CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING Marcea.com OR THE Marcea.com
SOFTWARE, 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 Marcea.com. END USER
HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO
ALL CONTENT ON Marcea.com.
(E) IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS SET FORTH ABOVE NEITHER, Marcea, 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 Marcea.com, OR FOR ANY DELAY OR
INTERRUPTION IN THE TRANSMISSION THEREOF TO THE END 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.
8. Monitoring.
Marcea shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the
content of Marcea.com, including chat rooms and forums, to determine
compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established by Marcea
and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request.
Without limiting the foregoing, Marcea shall have the right to remove
any material that Marcea, in its sole discretion, finds to be in
violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.
9. Indemnification.
End User agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Marcea, 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 Marcea.com by End User.
10. Termination.
Either Marcea or End User may terminate this Agreement at any time.
Without limiting the foregoing, Marcea shall have the right to
immediately terminate any passwords or accounts of End User in the event
of any conduct by End User which Marcea, in its sole discretion,
considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by End User
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.
Marcea and Marcea.com and each of their logos are trademarks of
Marcea, inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks appearing on Marcea
are the property of their respective owners.
11. Third Party Content.
Marcea is a distributor (and not a publisher) of content supplied by
third parties and End Users. Accordingly, Marcea 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, End Users or any other user of Marcea.com,
are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of Marcea.
Neither Marcea nor any third-party provider of information guarantees
the accuracy, right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or
remove any material submitted to or posted on Marcea.com, 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 Marcea.com
represents the opinions and judgments of the respective information
provider, End User, or other user not under contract with Marcea. Marcea
neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of
any opinion, advice or statement made on Marcea.com by anyone other than
authorized Marcea employee spokespersons while acting in their official
capacities. Under no circumstances will Marcea be liable for any loss or
damage caused by an End User’s reliance on information obtained
through Marcea.com. It is the responsibility of End User to evaluate the
accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice
or other content available through Marcea.com.
12. Miscellaneous.
This Agreement and any operating rules for Marcea.com established by Marcea
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
New York, 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.
13. Supplemental Terms.
By accepting this Agreement, End User hereby agrees and accepts the
Required End User Terms and Conditions that appear as Exhibit A to this
Agreement immediately following this Agreement.
EXHIBIT A TO Marcea.com End User AGREEMENT
Required End User Terms and Conditions (References to
"Company" in this Schedule A are to Marcea Online, INC.)
For purposes of these Required End User Terms and Conditions,
"Company" includes Company, any affiliated and subsidiary
companies of the Company, any subcontractors and suppliers of the
foregoing, and the directors, employees, officers, agents,
subcontractors, and suppliers of all of them.
1. End User is solely responsible for the content of any
transmissions using the Services, or any other use of the Services, by
User or by any other person or entity End User permits to access the
Services (each such person, also a "User"). End User agrees
that it and any other User will not use the Services for illegal
purposes, to violate the rights of any third party, or to interfere with
or disturb other network users, network services, or network equipment.
Violations of the foregoing may result in removal of violative
communications and/or early termination of the Service. Disruptions
include, but are not limited to, distribution of unsolicited advertising
or chain letters, propagation of computer worms and viruses, and using
the network to make unauthorized entry to any other machine accessible
via the network.
2. End User shall limit access to and use of the Services for
personal purposes and entertainment and shall not resell or otherwise
generate income by providing access to the Services to any other User.
3. End User shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Company (as
defined in Paragraph 1.A.) from and against all liabilities and costs
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from any and all claims
by: (a) any person based upon the content of any transmissions by End
User or any User using the Services or any other use of the Services by
End User or any User: (b) Users in connection with the Services,
regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort, warranty,
or strict liability. However, End User shall have no obligation to
indemnify and defend Company against claims for direct damages to real
or tangible personal property, or for bodily injury or death,
proximately caused by Company’s negligence.
4. End User agrees to comply, and to cause any User to comply, with
United States law with regard to the transmission of technical data that
is exported from the United States using the Services.
5. COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH
RESPECT TO ANY SERVICES OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, AND
COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
6. COMPANY’S LIABILITY TO END USER ON ACCOUNT OF ANY ACTS OR
OMISSIONS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO PROVEN DIRECT
DAMAGES IN AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) $25,OOO
FOR EACH SITE PROVISIONED FOR SERVICES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR (B) THE
AMOUNTS PAID BY END USER FOR SERVICES DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTH
PERIOD PRECEDING THE INCIDENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM FOR DAMAGES, IN
NO EVENT TO EXCEED AN AGGREGATE OF $50,000 IN THE CASE OF (A) OR (B).
HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH 1.G. LIMITS COMPANY"S
LIABILITY FOR DIRECT DAMAGES TO REAL OR TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY, OR
FOR BODILY INJURY OR DEATH, PROXIMATELY CAUSED BY COMPANY"S
NEGLIGENCE.
7. COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, RELIANCE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES FORHARM TO BUSINESS, LOST
PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR LOST REVENUES, WHETHER OR NOT COMPANY HAS
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT USER MAY SUFFER ARISING OUT OF USE, OR INABILITY TO
USE, THE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED HEREUNDER UNLESS SUCH DAMAGE IS
CAUSED INTENTIONAL ACT OF COMPANY. COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS BY THIRD PARTIES TO END USER’S TRANSMISSION
FACILITIES OR PREMISE EQUIPMENT OR FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR
ALTERATION, THEFT, LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF USER’S NETWORK, SYSTEMS,
APPLICATIONS, DATA FILES, PROGRAMS, PROCEDURES, OR INFORMATION THROUGH
ACCIDENT, FRAUDULENT MEANS OR DEVICES, OR ANY OTHER METHOD. EXCEPT AS
EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OR CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, IN ANY
INSTANCE INVOLVING PERFORMANCE OR NONPERFORMANCE BY COMPANY WITH RESPECT
TO SERVICES OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED HEREUNDER, END USER’S SOLE REMEDY
SHALL BE (A) IN THE CASE OF SERVICES, REFUND OF A PRO RATA PORTION OF
THE PRICE PAID FOR SERVICES WHICH WERE NOT PROVIDED, OR (B) IN THE CASE
OF PRODUCTS, REPAIR OR RETURN OF THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCT TO COMPANY FOR
REFUND, AT THE OPTION OF COMPANY. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OR
CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, IN THE CASE OF REFUND FOR LOST SERVICE
GREATER THAN TWENTY-FOUR (24) HOURS.
8. THESE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE FORM
OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT, AND
SHALL SURVIVE FAILURE OF AN EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
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1. Definitions.