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Terms & Conditions
EyDew.com Terms of Use Agreement
April 15, 2006
EyDew.com is an online service that allows our members to set up unique online
accounts. EyDew members can view each others' accomplishments, communicate with
other members, share comments using forum. The Services offered by EyDew.com
("EyDew.com" or "we") include the EyDew.com Website (the "Website"), the
EyDew.com forum, and any other features, content, or applications offered from
time to time by EyDew.com in connection with the Website (collectively, the
"Services").
This Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the legally binding terms
for your use of the Services. By using the Services, you agree to be bound by
this Agreement, whether you are a "Visitor" (which means that you simply browse
the Website) or you are a "Member" (which means that you have registered with
EyDew.com). The term "User" refers to a Visitor or a Member. You are only
authorized to use the Services (regardless of whether your access or use is
intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws and to this Agreement.
Please read this Agreement carefully and save it. If you do not agree with it,
you should leave the Website and discontinue use of the Services immediately.
If you wish to become a Member, communicate with other Members and make use of
the Services, you must read this Agreement and indicate your acceptance at the
end of this document before proceeding to the Registration process.
This Agreement includes EyDew.com's policy for acceptable use of the Services
and Content posted on the Website, your rights, obligations and restrictions
regarding your use of the Services and EyDew.com's Privacy Policy. In order to
participate in certain Services, you may be notified that you are required to
download software or content and/or agree to additional terms and conditions.
Unless otherwise provided by the additional terms and conditions applicable to
the Services in which you choose to participate, those additional terms are
hereby incorporated into this Agreement. You may receive a copy of this
Agreement by emailing us at: privacy@EyDew.com, Subject: Terms of Use
Agreement.
EyDew.com may modify this Agreement from time to time and such modification
shall be effective upon posting by EyDew.com on the Website. You agree to be
bound to any changes to this Agreement when you use the Services after any such
modification is posted. It is therefore important that you review this
Agreement regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.
Please choose carefully the information you post on EyDew.com and that you
provide to other Users. Your EyDew.com profile may not include the following
items: any photographs containing nudity, or obscene, lewd, excessively
violent, harassing, sexually explicit or otherwise objectionable subject
matter. Despite this prohibition, information provided by other EyDew.com
Members (for instance, in their Profile) may contain inaccurate, inappropriate,
offensive or sexually explicit material, products or services, and EyDew.com
assumes no responsibility or liability for this material. If you become aware
of misuse of the Services by any person, please contact EyDew.
EyDew.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post
or remove any posting (including email) by you, or to restrict, suspend, or
terminate your access to all or any part of the Services at any time, for any
or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability.
1. Eligibility.
Use of and Membership in the Services is void where prohibited. By using the
Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you
submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such
information; (c) you are 14 years of age or older; and (d) your use of the
Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be
deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe
that you are under 14 years of age.
2. Term.
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services
or are a Member. You may terminate your Membership at any time, for any reason,
by following the instructions on the Member's Account Settings page. EyDew.com
may terminate your Membership at any time, without warning. Even after
Membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect, including
sections 5-17.
3. Fees.
You acknowledge that EyDew.com reserves the right to charge for the Services
and to change its fees from time to time in its discretion. If EyDew.com
terminates your Membership because you have breached the Agreement, you shall
not be entitled to the refund of any unused portion of subscription fees.
4. Password.
When you sign up to become a Member, you will also be asked to choose a
password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
your password. You agree not to use the account, username, or password of
another Member at any time or to disclose your password to any third party. You
agree to notify EyDew.com immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of
your account or access to your password. You are solely responsible for any and
all use of your account.
5. Non-commercial Use by Members.
The Services are for the personal use of Members only and may not be used in
connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically
endorsed or approved by EyDew.com. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the
Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of Members by
electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or
unauthorized framing of or linking to the Website is prohibited. Commercial
advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed
from Member profiles without notice and may result in termination of Membership
privileges. Appropriate legal action will be taken for any illegal or
unauthorized use of the Services.
6. Proprietary Rights in Content on EyDew.com.
6.1. By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content, messages, text,
files, images, photos, video, sounds, profiles, works of authorship, or any
other materials (collectively, "Content") on or through the Services, you
hereby grant to EyDew.com, a non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free,
worldwide license (with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of
sublicensees) to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform,
publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit, and distribute such Content on
and through the Services. This license will terminate at the time you remove
such Content from the Services. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the
Content posted by you on or through the 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 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 Services.
6.2. The Services contain Content of EyDew.com ("EyDew.com Content"). EyDew.com
Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other
laws, and EyDew.com owns and retains all rights in the EyDew.com Content and
the Services. EyDew.com hereby grants you a limited, revocable,
nonsublicensable license to reproduce and display the EyDew.com Content
(excluding any software code) solely for your personal use in connection with
viewing the Website and using the Services.
6.3. The Services contain Content of Users and other EyDew.com licensors.
Except for Content posted by you, you may not copy, modify, translate, publish,
broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any Content
appearing on or through the Services.
7. Content Posted.
7.1. EyDew.com may delete any Content that in the sole judgment of EyDew.com
violates this Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal or violate the
rights, harm, or threaten the safety of any person. EyDew.com assumes no
responsibility for monitoring the Services for inappropriate Content or
conduct. If at any time EyDew.com chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor
the Services, EyDew.com nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the Content,
no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Content, and no
responsibility for the conduct of the User submitting any such Content.
7.2. You are solely responsible for the Content that you post on or through any
of the Services, and any material or information that you transmit to other
Members and for your interactions with other Users. EyDew.com does not endorse
and has no control over the Content. Content is not necessarily reviewed by
EyDew.com prior to posting and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or
policies of EyDew.com. EyDew.com makes no warranties, express or implied, as to
the Content or to the accuracy and reliability of the Content or any material
or information that you transmit to other Members.
8. Content/Activity Prohibited.
The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or
prohibited to post on or through the Services. EyDew.com reserves the right to
investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in
EyDew.com's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without
limitation, removing the offending communication from the Services and
terminating the Membership of such violators. Prohibited Content includes, but
is not limited to Content that, in the sole discretion of EyDew.com:
8.1. is patently offensive and promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical
harm of any kind against any group or individual;
8.2. harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
8.3. exploits people in a sexual or violent manner;
8.4. contains nudity, violence, or offensive subject matter;
8.5. solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
8.6. provides any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or
email addresses;
8.7. promotes information that you know is false or misleading or promotes
illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory
or libelous;
8.8. promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted
work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing
information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or
providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
8.9. involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited
mass mailing, instant messaging, "spimming," or "spamming";
8.10. contains restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or
images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
8.11. furthers or promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides
instructional information about illegal activities including, but not limited
to making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing
or creating computer viruses;
8.12. solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or
unlawful purposes from other Users;
8.13. involves commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written
consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes;
8.14. includes a photograph of another person that you have posted without that
person's consent; or , uses sexually suggestive imagery or any other unfair,
misleading or deceptive Content intended to draw traffic to the profile.
The following is a partial list of the kind of activity that is illegal or
prohibited on the Website and through your use of the Services. EyDew.com
reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against
anyone who, in EyDew.com's sole discretion, violates this provision, including
without limitation, reporting you to law enforcement authorities. Prohibited
activity includes, but is not limited to:
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criminal or tortious activity, including child pornography, fraud, trafficking
in obscene material, drug dealing, gambling, harassment, stalking, spamming,
spimming, sending of viruses or other harmful files, copyright infringement,
patent infringement, or theft of trade secrets;
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advertising to, or solicitation of, any Member to buy or sell any products or
services through the Services. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk
email to other Members. It is also a violation of these rules to use any
information obtained from the Services in order to contact, advertise to,
solicit, or sell to any Member without their prior explicit consent. In order
to protect our Members from such advertising or solicitation, EyDew.com
reserves the right to restrict the number of emails which a Member may send to
other Members in any 24-hour period to a number which EyDew.com deems
appropriate in its sole discretion. If you breach this Agreement and conduct
unsolicited communications of any kind through the Services, you acknowledge
that you will have caused substantial harm to EyDew.com, but that the amount of
such harm would be extremely difficult to ascertain. As a reasonable estimation
of such harm, you agree to pay EyDew.com $50 for each such unsolicited
communication you send through the Services;
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covering or obscuring the banner advertisements on your personal profile page,
or any EyDew.com page via HTML/CSS or any other means;
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interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the Services or
the networks or services connected to the Services;
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attempting to impersonate another Member or person;
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using the account, username, or password of another Member at any time or
disclosing your password to any third party or permitting any third party to
access your account;
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selling or otherwise transferring your profile;
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using any information obtained from the Services in order to harass, abuse, or
harm another person; or using the Services in a manner inconsistent with any
and all applicable laws and regulations.
9. Copyright Policy.
You may not post, modify, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted
material, trademarks, or other proprietary information belonging to others
without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary
rights. It is the policy of EyDew.com to terminate Membership privileges of any
Member who repeatedly infringes the copyright rights of others upon receipt of
prompt notification to EyDew.com by the copyright owner or the copyright
owner's legal agent. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your
work has been copied and posted on the Services in a way that constitutes
copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following
information: (i) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; (ii) a description of
the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (iii) a description of
where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website; (iv)
your address, telephone number, and email address; (v) a written 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 owner or authorized to act on the copyright
owner's behalf. EyDew.com's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright
infringement can be reached as follows: Copyright Agent, EyDew.com, Inc. email:
copyrightagent@eydew.com.
10. Member Disputes.
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other EyDew.com Members.
EyDew.com reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes
between you and other Members.
11. Privacy.
Use of the Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is
incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
12. Disclaimers.
EyDew.com is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on
the Website or in connection with the Services provided, whether caused by
Users of the Services or by any of the equipment or programming associated with
or utilized in the Services. Profiles created and posted by Members on
EyDew.com may contain links to other websites. EyDew.com is not responsible for
the Content, accuracy or opinions expressed on such websites, and such websites
are in no way investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness
by EyDew.com. Inclusion of any linked website on EyDew.com does not imply
approval or endorsement of the linked website by EyDew.com. When you access
these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk. EyDew.com takes no
responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on this Website
or through the Services, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or
services provided by its advertisers. EyDew.com is not responsible for the
conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of the Services. EyDew.com
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, any User or Member
communication. EyDew.com is not responsible for any problems or technical
malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers
or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or players due
to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the
Services or combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Users or to
any person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading
materials in connection with the Services. Under no circumstances shall
EyDew.com be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or
death, resulting from use of the Services, attendance at a EyDew.com event,
from any Content posted on or through the Services, or from the conduct of any
Users of the Services, whether online or offline. The Services are provided
"AS-IS" and as available and EyDew.com expressly disclaims any warranty of
fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. EyDew.com cannot
guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Services.
13. Limitation on Liability.
IN NO EVENT SHALL EyDew.COM BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY
INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES,
INCLUDING LOST PROFIT DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF
EyDew.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, EyDew.COM'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 EyDew.COM FOR THE SERVICES DURING
THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.
14. U.S. Export Controls.
Software available in connection with the Services (the "Software") is further
subject to United States export controls. No Software may be downloaded from
the Services or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of U.S. export
laws. By downloading or using the Software, you represent and warrant that such
download or use is not in violation of any such law.
15. Disputes.
If there is any dispute about or involving the Services, you agree that the
dispute shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia without regard to
conflict of law provisions and you agree to personal jurisdiction by and venue
in the state and federal courts of the State of Georgia, City of Atlanta.
Either EyDew.com or you may demand that any dispute between EyDew.com and you
arising out of this Agreement must be settled by arbitration utilizing the
dispute resolution procedures of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in
Atlanta, Georgia.
16. Indemnity.
You agree to indemnify and hold EyDew.com, its subsidiaries, and affiliates,
and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from
any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Services in
violation of this Agreement and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement
and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above and/or
if any Content that you post on the Website or through the Services causes
EyDew.com to be liable to another.
17. Other.
This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the Website or any of the Services
and is further affirmed by you becoming a Member. This Agreement constitutes
the entire agreement between you and EyDew.com regarding the use of the
Services. The failure of EyDew.com to exercise or enforce any right or
provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or
provision. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and
have no legal or contractual effect. EyDew.com is a trademark of EyDew, Inc.
This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any
provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision
is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and
enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Please contact us at: contactus@eydew.com with any questions regarding this
Agreement.
I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE.
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