PhotoWall Terms of Use Agreement Revision
7-1-2009
PHOTOWALL IS A FAMILY-FRIENDLY
SITE AND ALL CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO FILTERING FOR APPROPRIATENESS.
ANY CONTENT MAY BE REMOVED AND ANY USER BANNED FROM UPLOADING CONTENT
AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF PHOTOWALL.
Welcome to PhotoWall, a mobile
social utility that connects you with the world around you. The
PhotoWall service and application (collectively “PhotoWall” or “the
Service”) are operated by AirMe, Inc. and its corporate affiliates
(collectively, “us”, “we”, or “the Company”). The
Services offered by PhotoWall include the PhotoWall Network (PhotoWall.com
website including any PhotoWall country domain specifically operated
by PhotoWall, Inc. – i.e., PhotoWall.in, PhotoWall.co.uk), the mobile
device application and any other features, content, or applications
offered from time to time by AirMe Inc., in connection with the PhotoWall
application (collectively, the “PhotoWall Services”). By accessing
or using our websites or the mobile versions thereof (together the “Site”)
you (the “User”) signify that you have read, understand and agree
to be bound by these Terms of Use (“Terms of Use” or “Agreement”),
whether or not you are a subscriber or registered member of PhotoWall.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add,
or delete portions of these Terms of Use at any time without further
notice. If we do this, we will post the changes to these Terms
of Use on this page and will indicate at the top of this page the date
these terms were last revised. Your continued use of the Service
or the Site after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the
new Terms of Use. If you do not agree to abide by these or any
future Terms of Use, do not use or access (or continue to use or access)
the Service or the Site. It is your responsibility to regularly
check the Site to determine if there have been changes to these Terms
of Use and to review such changes.
This Agreement sets forth the
legally binding terms for your use of the PhotoWall Services.
By using the PhotoWall Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement,
whether you are a “Visitor” (which means that you simply browse
the PhotoWall site) or you are a “Subscriber” (which means that
you have subscribed to the PhotoWall Services). The term “User”
refers to a Visitor or Subscriber. This Agreement includes
PhotoWall’s policy for acceptable use of the PhotoWall Services, your
rights, obligations and restrictions regarding your use of the PhotoWall
Services. The PhotoWall website may contain links to third party
websites that are not owned or controlled by PhotoWall. PhotoWall
has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content,
privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites. The
PhotoWall application may allow you to transmit photos or video to other
third party sites that are not owned or controlled by PhotoWall.
PhotoWall has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the
content privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or websites.
In addition PhotoWall will not and cannot censor or edit the content
of any third-party site. By using the PhotoWall Service, you expressly
relieve PhotoWall from any and all liability arising from your use of
any third-party website.
In consideration of your use
of the Service, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding
contract and are not a person barred from receiving services under the
laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. You
also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information
about yourself as prompted by the Service’s registration form (the
“Registration Data”), (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration
Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete, (c) maintain the
security of your password and identification, and (d) be fully responsible
for all use of your account and for any actions that take place using
your account. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate,
not current or incomplete, or PhotoWall has reasonable grounds to suspect
that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete,
PhotoWall has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse
any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
User Content Posted on the
Site
You represent and warrant that:
(i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the PhotoWall Site
or Services or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth
in this section, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through
the PhotoWall Site or Services does not violate the privacy rights,
publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of
any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees and any other
monies owing any person by reason of any Content posted by you to or
through the PhotoWall Site or Services
You are solely responsible
for the videos, photos, profiles (including your name, image, and likeness),
messages, notes, text, information, music, video, advertisements, listings,
and other content that you upload, publish or display (hereinafter,
“post”) on or through the Service or the Site, or transmit to or
share with other users (collectively the “User Content”).
You are also solely responsible for categorizing your Content as Public
or Private. The Company is not responsible or liable in any manner
for content that is mis-catagorized by the User. You may not post,
transmit or share User Content on the Site or Service that you did not
create or that you do not have permission to post. You understand
and agree that the Company may, but is not obligated to, review the
Site and may delete or remove (without notice) any Site Content or User
Content in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason, including
User Content that in the sole judgment of the Company violates this
Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate
the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of users or others. You
are solely responsible at your sole cost and expense for creating backup
copies and replacing any User Content you post or store on the Site
or provide to the Company.
When you post User Content
to the Site, you authorize and direct us to make such copies thereof
as we deem necessary in order to facilitate the posting and storage
of the User Content on the Site.. You may remove your User Content
from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content,
the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge
that the Company may retain archived copies of you User Content.
PhotoWall does not assert any ownership over your User Content; rather,
as between us and you, subject to the rights granted to us in these
Terms, you retain full ownership of all of your User Content and any
intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated
with your User Content.
PhotoWall
Visibility
The PhotoWall Network is a
public website owned and operated by AirMe Inc.. PhotoWall mobile
users have the option of designating whether their photos and videos
(together “Content”) should go to the Public, My Network or Private
sections of PhotoWall.. Content sent to the Public may be displayed
for public viewing. Content may be tagged either by auto tagging
methods, or by manual tagging methods. Once Content is designated
as Public, it is available for public viewing and may be filtered into
appropriate PhotoWall Channels. By selecting Public, My Network
or Private on your mobile device, you agree to these specific terms
as well as all other terms of the PhotoWall Terms of Use Agreement.
Content visibility selection is the sole responsibility of the User.
PhotoWall Mobile Services
The Service includes certain
services that are available via your mobile phone, including (a) the
ability to upload content to PhotoWall or other destinations via your
mobile phone, (b) the ability to receive and reply to PhotoWall messages
and Content, (c) the ability to browse other websites, and (d) the ability
to access certain PhotoWall features through a mobile application you
have downloaded and installed on your mobile phone (collectively the
“Mobile Services”). Subscribing to or using the PhotoWall
Service may generate usage fees by your Carrier. You are
responsible for all of your carrier’s normal messaging, data and other
rates and fees for these Mobile Services. You should check with
your carrier to find out what plans are available and how much they
cost. In addition, downloading, installing, or using certain Mobile
Services may be prohibited or restricted by your carrier, and not all
Mobile Services are available for your mobile devices and what restrictions,
if any, may be applicable to your use of such Mobile Services.
By using the Mobile Services, you agree that we may communicate with
you regarding PhotoWall and other entities or advertisers by SMS, MMS,
text message or other electronic means to your mobile device and that
certain information about your usage of the Mobile Services may be communicated
to us.
Copyright Complaints
We respect the intellectual
property rights of others and we prohibit users from uploading, posting
or otherwise transmitting on the PhotoWall Site or Service any materials
that violate another party’s intellectual property rights. When
we receive proper Notification of Alleged Copyright Infringement, we
promptly remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material
and terminate the accounts of infringers as described herein in accordance
with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Third Party Websites and
Content
The Site contains (or you may
be sent through the Site or the Service) links to other web sites (“Third
Party Sites”) as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures,
designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software and
other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties
(the “Third Party Applications, Software or Content”). Such
Third Party Sites and Third Party Applications, Software of Content
are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy, appropriateness,
or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third Party
Sites accessed through the Site or any Third Party Applications, Software
or Content posted on, available through or installed from the Site,
including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability,
privacy practices or other policies of or contained in the Third Party
Sites or the Third Party Applications, Software or Content. Inclusion
of, linking to or permitting the use or installation of any Third Party
Site or any Third Party Applications, Software or Content does not imply
approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave
the Site and access the Third Party Sites or to use or install any Third
Party Applications, Software or Content, you do so at your own risk
and you should be aware that our terms and policies no longer govern.
You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy
and data gathering practices, of any site to which you navigate from
the Site or relating to any applications you sue or install from the
site.
User Disputes
You are solely responsible
for your interactions with other PhotoWall users. We reserve the
right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other
users.
Disclaimers
The Company is not responsible
or liable in any manner for an User Content or Third Party Applications,
Software or Content posted on the Site or in connection with the Service,
whether posted or caused by users of the Site, by PhotoWall , by third
parties or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or
utilized in the Site or the Service. Although we provide rules
for user conduct and postings, we do not control and are not responsible
for what users post, transmit or share on the Site and are not responsible
for any offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful or otherwise objectionable
content you may encounter on the Site or in connection with any User
Content or Third Party Applications, Software or Content. The
Company is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline,
of any user of the Site or Service.
The Site and the Service may
be temporarily unavailable from time to time for maintenance or other
reasons. Company assumes no responsibility for any error, omission,
interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission,
communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access
to, or alteration of, User communications. The Company is
not responsible for any technical malfunction or other problems of any
telephone network or service, computer systems, servers or providers,
computer or mobile phone equipment, software, failure of email or players
on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet
or at any Site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to
User’s or to any other person’s computer, mobile phone, or other
hardware or software, related to or resulting from using or downloading
materials in connection with the Web and/or in connection with the Service,
including any Mobile Client software. Under no circumstances will
the Company be responsible for any loss or damage, including any loss
or damage to any User Content or personal injury or death, resulting
from anyone’s use of the Site or the Service, any User Content or
Third Party Applications, Software or Content posted on or through the
Site or the Service or transmitted to Users, or any interactions between
users of the Site, whether online or offline.
THE SITE, THE SERVICE (INCLUDING
THE MOBILE SERVICES), ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS AND THE SITE CONTENT
ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS” AND THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
THE COMPANY CANNOT GUARANTEE AND DOES NOT PROMISE ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS
FROM USE OF THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICE AND/OR ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS.
COMPANY DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT SOFTWARE, CONTENT OR MATERIALS
ON THE SITE, THE SERVICE, OR ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS ARE ACCURATE,
COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE SITE OR SERVICE
ITS SERVDERS, OR ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS ARE FREE OFVIRUSES OR OTHER
HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN
THE USE AND DOWNLOADING OF ANY SUCH SOFTWARE, CONTENT OR MATERIALS AND
USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO DETECT AND DISINFECT VIRUSES.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU DOWNLOAD
OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN CONTENT, MATERIAL, DATA OR SOFTWARE (INCLUDING ANY
MOBILE CLIENT) FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICE AND ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS
AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR YOUR USE THEREOF AND ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR MOBILE DEVICE OR COMPUTER
SYSTEM, LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER HARM OF ANY KIND THAT MAY RESULT.
The Company reserves the right
to change any and all content, software and other items used or contained
in the Site and any Services and Platform Applications offered through
the Site at any time without notice. Reference to any products,
services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark,
manufacturer, and supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply
endorsements, sponsorship or recommendation thereof, or any affiliation
therewith, by Company.
Limitation on Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY OR
ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON
FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFIT OR LOST DATA ARRISING FROM THE
USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICE, ANY PLATFORM APPLICATIONS OR ANY OF
THE SITE CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIALS ON, ACCESSED THROUGH OR DOWNLOADED
FROM THE SITE, EVEN IF THE COMPANY IS AWARE OF HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY
CONTAINED HEREIN, THE COMPANY’S LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER,
AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED
TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO COMPANY FOR THE SERVICE DURING
THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP, BUT IN NO CASE WILL THE COMPANY’S LIABILITY
TO YOU EXCEED $100. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF NO FEES ARE PAID TO
COMPANY FOR THE SERVICE, YOU SHALL BE LIMITED TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ONLY,
UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW, AND SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO DAMAGES
OF ANY KIND FROM COMPANY, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION
Termination
The Company may terminate your
subscription or access to the Site or Service, delete your profile and
any content or information that you have posted on the Site or through
any Platform Application and/or prohibit you from using or accessing
the Service or the Site or any Platform Application (in any portion,
aspect or feature of the Service or the Site or any Platform Application)
for any reason, or no reason, at any time in its sole discretion, with
or without notice, including if it believes that your are under 13.
When we are notified that a user has died, we will generally, but are
not obligated to, keep the user’s account active under a memorialized
status for a period of time determined by us to allow other users to
post and view comments.
Governing Law; Venue and Jurisdiction
By visiting or using the Site
and/or the Service, you agree that the laws of the State of Colorado,
without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these
Terms of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you
and the Company or any of our affiliates. With respect to any
disputes or claims not subject to arbitration (as set forth below),
you agree not to commence or prosecute any action in connection therewith
other than in the state and federal courts of Colorado, and you hereby
consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction
and forum non conveniens with respect to, venue and jurisdiction in
the state and federal courts of Colorado.
Arbitration
YOU AND THE COMPANY AGREE THAT,
EXCEPT AS MAY OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED IN REGARD TO SPECIFIC SERVICES ON
THE SITE IN ANY SPECIFIC TERMS APPLICABLE TO THOSE SERVICES, THE SOLE
AND EXCLUSIVE FORUM AND REMEDY FOR ANY AND ALL DISPUTES AND CLAIMS RELATING
IN ANY WAY TO OR ARISING OUT OF THESE TERMS OF USE, THE SITE AND/OR
THE SERVICE (INCLUDING YOUR VISIT TO OR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICE)
SHALL BE FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION, except that: (a) to the extent
that either of us has in any manner infringed upon or violated or threatened
to infringe upon or violate the other party’s patent, copyright, trademark,
or trade secret rites, or you have otherwise violated any of the use
conduct rules set forth above, then the parties acknowledge that arbitration
is not an adequate remedy at law and that injunctive or other appropriate
relief may be sought; and (b) no disputes or claims relating to any
transactions you enter into with a third party through the PhotoWall
site or Service may be arbitrated.
Arbitration under this Agreement
shall be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”)
under its Commercial Arbitration Rules and, in the case of consumer
disputes, the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related
Disputes (the “AAA Consumer Rules”) (collectively the “AAA Rules”).
The location of the arbitration and the allocation of costs and fees
for such arbitration shall be determined in accordance with such AAA
Rules and shall be subject to the limitations provided for in the AAA
Consumer Rules (for consumer disputes). If such costs are determined
to be excessive in a consumer dispute, the Company will be responsible
for paying all arbitration fees and arbitrator compensation in excess
of what is deemed reasonable. The arbitrator’s award shall be
binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, NO ARBITRATION OR CLAIM UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE
SHALL BE JOINED TO ANY OTHER ARBITRATION OR CLAIM, INCLUDING ANY ARBITRATION
OR CLAIM INVOLVING ANY OTHER CURRENT OR FORMER USER OF THE SERVICE,
AND NO CLASS ARBITRATION PROCEDINGS SHALL BE PROMITTED. In no
event shall any claim, action or proceeding by you related in any way
to the Site and/or the Service (including your visit to or use of the
Site and/or the Service) be instituted more then three (3) years after
the cause of action arose.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and
hold the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of their
directors, officers, agents, contractors, partners and employees, harmless
from and against any loss, liability, claim, demand, damages, costs
and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising out of
or in connection with any User Content, any Third Party Applications,
Software or Content you post or share on or through the Site, your use
of the Service or the Site, your conduct in connection with the Service
or the Site or with other users of the Service or the Site, or any violation
of this Agreement or of any law or the rights or any third party.
Submissions
You acknowledge and agree that
any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback or other information
about the Site or the Service (“Submissions”), provided by you to
the Company are non-confidential and shall become the sole property
of Company. Company shall own exclusive rights, including all
intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted
use and dissemination of these Submissions for any purpose, commercial
or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you.
Other
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and Company regarding the use of the Site and/or the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and Company relating to your use of the Site or the Service. The failure of Company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision in that or any other instance. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.