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TexasATVs.com Terms of Use Agreement August 25, 2007
TexasATVs.com is a social networking service that allows Members to create unique personal profiles online in
order to find and communicate with people with the same or similar interests. The services offered by
TexasATVs.com ("TexasATVs.com" or "we") include the TexasATVs.com website (the "TexasATVs Website"), the
TexasATVs.com Internet messaging service, and any other features, content, or applications offered from time to
time by TexasATVs.com in connection with the TexasATVs Website (collectively, the "TexasATVs Services"). The
TexasATVs Services are hosted in the U.S.
This Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the legally binding terms for your use of the TexasATVs
Services. By using the TexasATVs Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement, whether you are a "Visitor"
(which means that you simply browse the TexasATVs Website) or you are a "Member" (which means that you have
registered with TexasATVs.com). The term "User" refers to a Visitor or a Member. You are only authorized to use
the TexasATVs 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 TexasATVs Website and discontinue use of the TexasATVs Services immediately. If you wish
to become a Member, communicate with other Members and make use of the TexasATVs Services, you must read this
Agreement and indicate your acceptance during the Registration process.
This Agreement includes TexasATVs.com's policy for acceptable use of the TexasATVs Services and Content posted on
the TexasATVs Website, your rights, obligations and restrictions regarding your use of the TexasATVs Services and
TexasATVs.com's Privacy Policy. In order to participate in certain TexasATVs 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 TexasATVs 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: info@texasatvs.com, Subject: Terms of Use Agreement.
TexasATVs.com may modify this Agreement from time to time and such modification shall be effective upon posting by
TexasATVs.com on the TexasATVs Website. You agree to be bound to any changes to this Agreement when you use the
TexasATVs 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 TexasATVs.com and that you provide to other Users. Your
TexasATVs.com profile may not include the following items: telephone numbers, street addresses, and any
photographs containing nudity, or obscene, lewd, excessively violent, harassing, sexually explicit or otherwise
objectionable subject matter. Despite this prohibition, information provided by other TexasATVs.com Members (for
instance, in their Profile) may contain inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive or sexually explicit material,
products or services, and TexasATVs.com assumes no responsibility or liability for this material. If you become
aware of misuse of the TexasATVs Services by any person, please contact info@texasatvs.com or click on the "Flag
inappropriate content" link while viewing any type of media.
TexasATVs.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting
(including private messages) by you, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the
TexasATVs Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability.
TexasATVs expressly reserves the right to remove your profile and/or restrict, suspend, or terminate your access
to any part of TexasATVs Services if TexasATVs determines, in its sole discretion, that you pose a threat to
TexasATVs and/or its Users.
Eligibility:
Use of and Membership in the TexasATVs Services is void where prohibited. By using the TexasATVs 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 TexasATVs
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.
Term:
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the TexasATVs 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. TexasATVs.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.
Fees:
You acknowledge that TexasATVs.com reserves the right to charge for the TexasATVs Services and to change its fees
from time to time in its discretion. If TexasATVs.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.
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 TexasATVs.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.
Non-commercial Use by Members:
The TexasATVs 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 TexasATVs.com. Illegal and/or
unauthorized use of the TexasATVs 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 TexasATVs 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 TexasATVs Services.
Proprietary Rights in Content on TexasATVs.com:
TexasATVs.com does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works,
works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that you post to the TexasATVs Services.
After posting your Content to the TexasATVs Services, you continue to retain all ownership rights in such Content,
and you continue to have the right to use your Content in any way you choose. By displaying or publishing
("posting") any Content on or through the TexasATVs Services, you hereby grant to TexasATVs.com a limited license
to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content solely on and through
the TexasATVs Services.
Without this license, TexasATVs.com would be unable to provide the TexasATVs Services. This
license will terminate at the time you remove your Content from the TexasATVs Services. The license does not grant
TexasATVs.com the right to sell your Content, nor does the license grant TexasATVs.com the right to distribute
your Content outside of the TexasATVs Services.
You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the TexasATVs 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 TexasATVs 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 TexasATVs Services.
The TexasATVs Services contain Content of TexasATVs.com ("TexasATVs.com Content"). TexasATVs.com Content is
protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and TexasATVs.com owns and retains all
rights in the TexasATVs.com Content and the TexasATVs Services. TexasATVs.com hereby grants you a limited,
revocable, nonsublicensable license to reproduce and display the TexasATVs.com Content (excluding any software code)
solely for your personal use in connection with viewing the TexasATVs Website and using the TexasATVs Services.
The TexasATVs Services contain Content of Users and other TexasATVs.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 TexasATVs Services.
Content Posted:
TexasATVs.com may delete any Content that in the sole judgment of TexasATVs.com violates this Agreement or which
may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of any person. TexasATVs.com assumes
no responsibility for monitoring the TexasATVs Services for inappropriate Content or conduct. If at any time
TexasATVs.com chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the TexasATVs Services, TexasATVs.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.
You are solely responsible for the Content that you post on or through any of the TexasATVs Services, and any
material or information that you transmit to other Members and for your interactions with other Users.
TexasATVs.com does not endorse and has no control over the Content. Content is not necessarily reviewed by
TexasATVs.com prior to posting and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of TexasATVs.com.
TexasATVs.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.
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
TexasATVs Services. TexasATVs.com reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against
anyone who, in TexasATVs.com's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing
the offending communication from the TexasATVs Services and terminating the Membership of such violators.
Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to Content that, in the sole discretion of TexasATVs.com:
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is patently offensive and promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group
or individual
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harasses or advocates harassment of another person
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exploits people in a sexual or violent manner
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contains nudity, violence, or offensive subject matter or contains a link to an adult website
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solicits personal information from anyone under 18
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provides any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses
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promotes information that you know is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct
that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous
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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
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involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging,
"spimming," or "spamming"
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contains restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from
another accessible page)
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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
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solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other
Users
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involves commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes,
barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes
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includes a photograph of another person that you have posted without that person's consent
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or for band and filmmaker profiles, 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 TexasATVs Website and
through your use of the TexasATVs Services. TexasATVs.com reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate
legal action against anyone who, in TexasATVs.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 TexasATVs
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 TexasATVs 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, TexasATVs.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 TexasATVs.com deems appropriate in
its sole discretion. If you breach this Agreement and send unsolicited bulk email, instant messages or other
unsolicited communications of any kind through the TexasATVs Services, you acknowledge that you will have
caused substantial harm to TexasATVs.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 TexasATVs.com $50 for each such unsolicited
email or other unsolicited communication you send through the TexasATVs Services
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covering or obscuring the banner advertisements on your personal profile page, or any TexasATVs.com page via
HTML/CSS or any other means
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any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to add friends or send comments or messages
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interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the TexasATVs Services or the networks or services
connected to the TexasATVs Services
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attempting to impersonate another Member or person
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for band profiles, copying the code for your TexasATVs Player and embedding it into other profiles or asking other
Members to embed it into their profiles
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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 TexasATVs Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person
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displaying an advertisement on your profile, or accepting payment or anything of value from a third person in
exchange for your performing any commercial activity on or through the TexasATVs Services on behalf of that person,
such as placing commercial content on your profile, posting blogs or bulletins with a commercial purpose,
selecting a profile with a commercial purpose as one of your "Top 8" friends, or sending private messages with a
commercial purpose
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or using the TexasATVs Services in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations
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 TexasATVs.com to terminate Membership privileges of any Member who
repeatedly infringes the copyright rights of others upon receipt of proper notification to TexasATVs.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 TexasATVs 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 TexasATVs Services; (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.
Member Disputes:
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other TexasATVs.com Members. TexasATVs.com reserves the right,
but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members.
Privacy:
Use of the TexasATVs Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement by
this reference.
Disclaimers:
TexasATVs.com is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the TexasATVs Website or in
connection with the TexasATVs Services, whether caused by Users of the TexasATVs Services or by any of the
equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the TexasATVs Services. Profiles created and posted by
Members on the TexasATVs Website may contain links to other websites. TexasATVs.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 TexasATVs.com. Inclusion of any linked website on the TexasATVs
Services does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by TexasATVs.com. When you access these
third-party sites, you do so at your own risk. TexasATVs.com takes no responsibility for third party advertisements
which are posted on this TexasATVs Website or through the TexasATVs Services, nor does it take any responsibility
for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. TexasATVs.com is not responsible for the conduct, whether
online or offline, of any User of the TexasATVs Services. TexasATVs.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. TexasATVs.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 TexasATVs 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 TexasATVs Services. Under no circumstances shall TexasATVs.com be responsible for any loss
or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from use of the TexasATVs Services, attendance at a
TexasATVs.com event, from any Content posted on or through the TexasATVs Services, or from the conduct of any
Users of the TexasATVs Services, whether online or offline. The TexasATVs Services are provided "AS-IS" and as
available and TexasATVs.com expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or
non-infringement. TexasATVs.com cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the
TexasATVs Services.
Limitation on Liability:
IN NO EVENT SHALL TEXASATVS.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 TEXASATVS.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY
CONTAINED HEREIN, TEXASATVS.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 TEXASATVS.COM FOR THE TEXASATVS SERVICES DURING
THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.
U.S. Export Controls:
Software available in connection with the TexasATVs Services (the "Software") is further subject to United States
export controls. No Software may be downloaded from the TexasATVs Services or otherwise exported or re-exported in
violation of U.S. export laws. Downloading or using the Software is at your sole risk.
Disputes:
If there is any dispute about or involving the TexasATVs Services, you agree that the dispute shall be governed by
the laws of the State of TEXAS, USA, without regard to conflict of law provisions and you agree to exclusive
personal jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts of the United States located in the State of Texas,
City of Houston.
Indemnity:
You agree to indemnify and hold TexasATVs.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 TexasATVs 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 TexasATVs Website or through the TexasATVs
Services causes TexasATVs.com to be liable to another.
Other:
This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the TexasATVs Website or any of the TexasATVs Services and is further
affirmed by you becoming a Member. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and TexasATVs.com
regarding the use of the TexasATVs Services. The failure of TexasATVs.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. TexasATVs.com is a trademark of
TexasATVs,LLC. 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 info@texasatvs.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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