Terms of Use
Welcome to Free The Fan.com. By using or accessing any
part of the Free the Fan.com website ("Site"), a service of Free
The Fan, LLC ("Free The Fan"), you are agreeing to comply with all
applicable laws and to be bound by the following Terms of Use
("Terms"). These Terms constitute a legal agreement ("Agreement")
between you and Free The Fan. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY. If
you do not agree to any of the Terms, we are unwilling to grant you
access to the Site or the Services associated with the Site. You
should therefore discontinue use of the Site immediately. Free The
Fan reserves the right to update these Terms and revise or modify
the Free The Fan Site or Services without notice at any time and
your continued use of the Site and/or the Services will constitute
acceptance of such updated Terms or revisions or modifications.
The Site provides you with access to a variety of items and
information, including software, (collectively, the "Services").
Any updates or enhancements to the Site or the Services are also
subject to these Terms.
Proprietary Rights:
Free The Fan owns and retains all proprietary rights in the Site
and Services. The Site contains copyrighted material, trademarks,
and other proprietary information of the Site and its licensors.
Except for that information considered public domain or for which
you have written permission, you may not copy, modify, transmit,
publish, distribute, display, perform, or sell any such proprietary
information and you do not acquire any ownership rights in
such.
Basic Terms:
The Free The Fan Site and Services are provided only for your
use for your own personal use and may not be used in connection
with any commercial purpose(s) except as specifically approved in
writing by Free The Fan. Any unauthorized use of the Site and/or
Services is expressly prohibited. We reserve the right to refuse
service to anyone for any reason at any time.
As a condition of use, you promise not to use the Free The Fan
Site and/or Services for any purpose that is unlawful. You agree to
abide by all applicable local, state, national and international
laws and regulations, including, without limitation, all
intellectual property laws (such as, U.S. copyright laws).
You affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age, or are
an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian
consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms,
conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and
warranties set forth in these Terms, and to abide by and comply
with this Agreement.
NO ONE UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE ALLOWED ON THE WEBSITE.
You may not submit anything to the Site, or provide any
information about yourself, to the Site unless you are at least 13
years old, even if you have the consent of a parent or guardian to
do so. Free The Fan follows the guidelines established by the
Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA).
Therefore, we will never knowingly accept or solicit personally
identifiable information from a user known to be under the age of
thirteen (13). If you have a concern, please refer to our Privacy
Policy for information on how to notify us.
Rules and Conduct: In using or accessing the Site and
Services, whether as a Free The Fan Site Member or as a non-member,
you agree to comply with the following:
- You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text,
information, screen names, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and
video clips, links ("Content") that you submit, post, and display
on the Site and use in the Services.
- You will not use the Site and Services for any purpose or in
any manner, nor upload, email, post, publish, distribute, transmit,
submit, perform, display or otherwise make available through the
Site and Services any Content, that: (i) is of an adult, sexually
explicit or pornographic nature, furthermore any content intended
to let users know that you have adult content materials,
submissions, content or websites; (ii) is harmful, threatening,
abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene,
libelous, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise
objectionable; (iii) violates or infringes another's rights,
including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual
property rights (as further described in the section entitled
"Copyright and Usage" below); (iv) promotes illegal or harmful
activities or substances (including but not limited to activities
that promote or provide instructional information about activities
such as making or buying illegal weapons or illegal substances);
(v) constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or
bulk e-mail ("spamming"), "chain letters", "pyramid schemes", or
any other form of solicitation; (vi) contains software viruses or
any other computer codes, files, or programs that are designed or
intended to disrupt, damage, limit or interfere with the proper
function of any computer software, hardware or telecommunications
equipment or the Site and Services.
- You will not abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate
other Free The Fan Site users. When utilizing the Site and its
Services you may not act in any manner that may be deemed
discriminatory on the basis of race, sex, religion, nationality,
disability, sexual orientation or age.
- You will not to use the Site or Services to harm minors in any
way.
- You will not collect or store personal data about other users.
The use of any information learned through the Site and Services or
while in use of the Site and Services is limited to the express
purposes set forth in these Terms; all other uses are strictly
prohibited.
- You will not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers
in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through
the Site and/or Services.
- You are solely responsible for keeping your password
secure.
- You will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Account
other than your own.
- You will not impersonate any person or entity, including, but
not limited to, a Free The Fan official, or falsely state or
otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or
entity.
- You will not take any action that imposes, or may impose in
Free The Fan's sole discretion an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on Free The Fan's
infrastructure.
Violation of any of these agreements will result in the
termination of your Free The Fan Site account. While Free The Fan
prohibits such conduct and content on its site, you understand and
agree that Free The Fan cannot be responsible for the Content
posted on its web site and you nonetheless may be exposed to such
materials and that you use the Site and Services at your own
risk.
Copyright and Usage:
You are solely responsible for the Content and the consequences
of posting or publishing it. In connection with the Content, you
affirm that: (i) you own or have the necessary licenses, rights,
consents, and permissions to use and authorize Free The Fan to use
all intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights in and
to any and all Content to enable inclusion and use of the Content
in the manner contemplated by the Site and this Agreement; (ii) you
have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and
every identifiable individual person in the Content, to use the
name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual
person to so as to legally authorize inclusion and use of the
Content in the manner contemplated by this Site and this
Agreement.
Free The Fan has the right in its sole discretion to refuse to
post Content for any reason, including, but not limited to,
submitted Content that appears to contain material protected by
intellectual property rights held by a third party. Free The Fan
may delete without prior notice any Content that Free The Fan finds
objectionable in its sole discretion.
Free The Fan will remove all Content that infringes another's
intellectual property rights or rights of privacy given that proper
notification is made and executed (as described below in "Copyright
Infringement" section.)
You hereby grant to Free The Fan a non-exclusive, perpetual,
irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, publicly
display, distribute, sublicense, modify, reproduce, make derivative
works of, and otherwise fully exploit any Content that you submit
to Free The Fan, its Site and Services in multiple media formats
and through any media channels.
Free The Fan or it's designees may record the Content on film,
tape or otherwise for use in the programming and may edit,
distribute and exhibit the program as desired for distribution and
exhibition in any and all media throughout the world, now known or
hereafter developed, in perpetuity including advertising, promotion
and publicity of the programming.
Any Content that you submit is deemed non-confidential, and Free
The Fan shall be under no obligation to maintain the
confidentiality of any information, in whatever form, contained in
the Content.
Copyright Infringement:
We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask our
users to do the same. We may, in appropriate circumstances and at
its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who
may be repeat infringers. If you believe that your work has been
copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your
intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please
provide us with the following information: (i) an electronic or
physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the
owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
(ii) a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual
property that you claim has been infringed; (iii) a description of
where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the
site, please reference the URL associated with that file so that we
may accurately identify such file(s); (iv) your address, telephone
number, and email address; (v) a statement by you that you have a
good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the
copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (vi) a statement by you,
made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your
notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual
property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or
intellectual property owner's behalf.
Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property
infringement can be delivered as follows, by mail:
Free The Fan, Legal and Copyright, 30 Montgomery Street, Suite
1502, Jersey City, NJ, 07302
Indemnity:
You agree to indemnify and hold Free The Fan and its
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other
partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due
to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make
available through the Site, your use of the Site, your violation of
the Terms, or your violation of any rights of another.
Advertisers and Contests:
We are not responsible for the Products of Advertisers on this
Site. Free The Fan is not responsible for and does not guarantee
the price or performance of any goods, products or services
advertised on the Free The Fan Site, or related to any of Free The
Fan's Services and derivative works. The Site contains links to
third party sites that are not under our control and we not
responsible for any content on any linked site. If you access a
third party site from the Site, then you do so at your own
risk.
From time to time, we may conduct contests in which we may award
various prizes. You agree that if you participate in any contest,
you will abide by all the rules and be subject to all the terms and
conditions of such contest, in addition to these Terms.
International Use:
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to
comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable
Materials. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable
laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the
United States or the country in which you reside.
NO WARRANTY:
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
THE SITE AND THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, AND ANY USE OF THIS SITE AND THE SERVICES ARE AT YOUR OWN
RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FREE THE
FAN AND ITS LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND
CONDITIONS, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, WITH
REGARD TO THE SITE AND THE SERVICES.
FREE THE FAN DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVICES WILL
MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE
SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. FREE THE FAN RESERVES
THE RIGHT TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE THE SITE OR THE SERVICES AT ANY
TIME. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY FREE THE
FAN OR ITS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN
ANY WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT FREE THE FAN, ITS OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS SHALL NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE
FOR: (1) ANY CONTENT, WHICH MAY BE INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS OR
BE INACCURATE, OR ILLEGAL (SUCH AS BEING OBSCENE, INDECENT,
DEFAMATORY, THREATENING, OFFENSIVE OR TORTIOUS); OR (2) ANY VIRUSES
OR OTHER DISABLING FEATURES THAT AFFECT YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF
THE FREE THE FAN SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL FREE THE FAN AND/OR ITS
RESPECTIVE LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE,
EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR RESULTING FROM LOSS
OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR LOST PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SITE OR
THE SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE SITE OR
THE SERVICES, OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SITE OR THE
SERVICES EVEN IF FREE THE FAN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES AND JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW
THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. FREE THE
FAN'S ENTIRE LIABILITY AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE DOLLAR (US$1.00). YOU AGREE THAT ANY
CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE FREE
THE FAN SITE MUST BE BROUGHT WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF
ACTION ACCRUES, OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY
BARRED.
Cooperation:
When requested, Free The Fan will cooperate fully with law
enforcement agencies in any investigation of alleged illegal
activity on the Internet.
Governing Law:
This Agreement is governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of Colorado without regard to conflict of
laws principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of the State of Colorado for resolution of any
dispute, action or proceeding arising in connection with this
Agreement or your use or non-use of the Free The Fan Site. You
hereby irrevocably waive any right you may have to trial by jury in
any such dispute, action or proceeding.
Severability:
If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such
provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect
the intentions of the parties, with all other provisions remaining
in full force and effect.
Miscellaneous:
A failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement will not be
interpreted as a waiver of that breach or any preceding or
succeeding breach of the same or similar nature. The headings of
the clauses of this Agreement are solely for the purpose of
convenience and will not be used in the interpretation of any
provision. The substantially prevailing party in any dispute
relating to this Agreement will be entitled to recover associated
costs, including the reasonable fees of attorneys and other
professionals. This Agreement, including any commissions and terms
referenced herein, contain the entire understanding of the parties.
This Agreement is made for the benefit of the parties and not for
the benefit of any third parties. This Agreement will be
interpreted in accordance with its terms and without any strict
construction in favor of or against either party.
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