AmericasFavoriteSinger.com
WEB SITE
ACCEPTABLE
USE POLICY and TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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SEPARATELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS.
IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OLD, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR PARENT OR
GUARDIAN'S APPROVAL TO USE THE SITE.
1.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
As a
condition to your accessing this Web site, located at http://www.AmericasFavoriteSinger.com,
(hereinafter the" Site"), you agree to the terms and
conditions of this Acceptable Use Policy (the "Policy"). If
you do not agree with this Policy, you do not have permission
to use the Site.
This Site is owned and operated by and for
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com, a Texas company ("Premiere Media
Group Inc"). "You" are the person or entity using the Site,
and includes the parents/guardians of any person accessing the
Site. "AmericasFavoriteSinger.com" includes
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com, BestSingerInAmerica.com,
BestSingerInTexas.com, BestSingerInCanada.com and its parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates, principals, employees, contractors
and business partners.
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com may change the terms of this Policy
at any time. Notification of changes will be posted on the
Site, and you are encouraged to check the current Policy each
time you use the Site. Your continued use of this Site means
you agree to the terms of the most current version of this
Policy, as amended from time-to-time.
If you are a registered
subscriber to the Site and have entered into the
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com Online Subscription Agreement
(the "Subscription Agreement"), you understand and agree that
the terms of this Policy also apply to the Subscription
Agreement. A violation of the Subscription Agreement is a
breach of this Policy, and vice versa.
To view our Privacy Policy,
click here.
2.
LIMITED ACCESS TO THE SITE.
Certain areas of the Site are
generally accessible to the public. You may access the
restricted portions of the Site only if you have properly
registered through the Subscription Agreement.
The Site is for personal and
non-commercial uses by you. Any rights not expressly granted
to you herein are reserved by AmericasFavoriteSinger.com.
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com reserves the right to suspend or
deny, in its sole discretion, your access to all or any
portion of the Site as described in this Policy.
3.
LIMITATIONS OF MATERIALS
You understand that
all Materials posted on or transmitted through the Site by you
or any other party on your behalf are the sole responsibility
of the person from whom the Materials originated. "Materials"
means all text, data, photos, audio, images, video, messages,
feedback, suggestions and other materials of any nature.
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com is not responsible for the
Materials available on or transmitted through the Site.
This Site does not
provide individualized counseling or consulting services.
This Site solely provides generally applicable
information about the changing styles and demands dictated by
the music industry and retailers; services, products,
advertising, newsletters and other information provided from
time-to-time; as well as forums to communicate with each
other (all of the foregoing, collectively the
"AmericasFavoriteSinger.com Materials").
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com is not: (i) acting as your agent,
model manager, counselor or advisor; (ii) a party to any
communications between you and other parties, whether or not
conducted on or off Site; (iii) responsible for the
reliability or accuracy of information or services provided by
other parties accessible on or through the Site.
4.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS.
The
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com Materials, which include software,
code and scripts are the sole property of
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com, or its licensors, and are
protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and
other intellectual property rights. You may not modify, copy,
distribute, transmit, display, publish, sell, license, create
derivative works or otherwise use any
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com Materials available on or through
this Site. All right, title and interest in the trade dress,
selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of the
Site, including the Materials, are exclusively reserved to
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com or its licensors. Permission is
granted to electronically copy and print hard copies of pages
from the Site solely for personal non-commercial purposes, and
any such copies must bear the copyright notice included on the
applicable Web page.
You may not use the
trademarks or trade names related to the Site for any purpose
without prior written permission of
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com, including, but not limited to, use
as metatags in other Web site pages.
If you believe your
works have been copied and made accessible on this Site in any
way that constitutes an infringement of copyright or other
intellectual property rights, please promptly contact
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com.
5.
submitting SUBSCRIBER materials
To view our Privacy Policy,
click here.
You represent and warrant that all Materials submitted by you
to the Site are true and accurate, and do not infringe upon
any third party rights, such as copyright, trademark,
publicity or privacy rights.
Your use of
chat rooms, bulletin boards, interactive forums and similar
areas available through the Site are subject to this Policy.
Whenever you submit
Materials in any form to the Site or to
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com, you hereby grant to
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com a worldwide, royalty-free,
perpetual and irrevocable right and license to use, reproduce,
distribute, transfer, modify, publish, translate, or create
derivative works from any such items in any form, media or
technology now known or later developed. By submitting
Materials, you irrevocably waive, and hereby agree to transfer
and assign to AmericasFavoriteSinger.com, any and all
copyrights, "moral rights" or any other rights you may claim
therein, in any form and media.
6.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF THE SITE
You promise you
will not, nor will you permit others under your control
(including any minors) to, violate any terms or conditions of
this Policy, or otherwise do any of the following:
a.
use
this Site in any manner that violates any laws, rules or
regulations (collectively "Laws");
b.
tamper or interfere with the operation of the Site in any
manner, or otherwise breach or attempt to breach the security
of the software, network, servers, data or computers relating
to the Site or any affiliate of the Site, or otherwise
compromise the privacy of any Subscriber's data;
c.
engage in spamming, mailbombing, spoofing or any other similar
fraudulent, illegal or unauthorized activities;
d.
publish or make available through the Site any Materials that
could violate the rights of any party or violate any Laws,
including, without limitation Materials that are indecent,
obscene, libelous, defamatory, threatening, invasive of
privacy or publicity rights, abusive, harassing, contain
expressions of hatred, bigotry, racism or pornography, or are
otherwise objectionable in the discretion of
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com,
e.
solicit funds, advertise commercial products or services, or
promote giveaways, contests or prizes without
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com's prior written consent; or
f.
engage in activities that we reasonably determine to be
harmful to the operations or goodwill of
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com.
7.
International Use
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com makes no representations that the
Site is appropriate, legal or available for use from locations
outside the United States and Canada. If you choose to access
this Site from outside the U.S. or Canada, you do so at your
own risk and you are responsible to comply with all applicable
laws, rules and regulations.
8.
MONITORING OF SITE CONTENT
You understand and
agree that as a condition to permitting you to access and use
the Site, AmericasFavoriteSinger.com reserves the right in its
sole discretion, but assumes no obligation, to monitor,
filter, restrict, block or remove any Materials supplied,
posted or otherwise made available on or through any part of
the Site, based on any business purpose, including, without
limitation, for purposes of complying with applicable Laws or
enforcing this Policy in the event of a suspected violation.
9.
RIGHTS TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE SITE ACCESS
In order to enforce
this Policy, such as in the event of any breach or suspected
breach of this Policy or the Subscription Agreement,
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com may suspend and/or terminate
without notice your access to the Site. Furthermore,
recognizing that damages alone may be insufficient to protect
and compensate AmericasFavoriteSinger.com for your breach or
threatened breach, you understand and agree that
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com is entitled to seek and receive
preliminary and permanent injunctive relief (without posting
bond) and other equitable and legal remedies against you for
the enforcement of this Policy.
10.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
This Site may
contain links that allow you access other Web sites.
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com is not responsible for the
availability of these other Web sites.
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com does not endorse and assumes no
liability for the Materials, advertising, products, services
or other information made available through such other Web
sites.
11.
LINKS FROM OTHER SITES
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com prohibits unauthorized
"deep-linking" to this Site and the framing of any Materials
contained on this Site. AmericasFavoriteSinger.com has no
responsibility or liability for any material on other Web
sites that may contain links to this Site.
12.
NO
WARRANTIES
THE SITE AND
SERVICES PROVIDED BY AmericasFavoriteSinger.com, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL MATERIALS, SOFTWARE, CODE, SCRIPTS,
DATABASES AND INTERACTIVE FORUMS AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE
SITE, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE.”
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR PURPOSE.
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com DOES not warrant that the site or
services will be uninterrupted or error-free.
access to the Site may
be unavailable at any time due to Internet-related, HOSTING,
telecommunications OR OTHER problems.
13.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL AmericasFavoriteSinger.com BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF
INFORMATION, MATERIALS OR DATA) EVEN IF
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY APPLIES WHETHER
THE ALLEGED LIABILITIES ARE BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT,
NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS. IN ANY EVENT,
THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF AmericasFavoriteSinger.com FOR ALL
CLAIMS ARISING FROM ACCESS OR USE OF THE SITE SHALL NOT EXCEED
THE LESSER OF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FEES PAID TO
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com THROUGH THE DATE OF TERMINATION OR
$100. CERTAIN STATES MAY LIMIT OR RESTRICT THE APPLICATION OF
THESE LIMITATIONS.
14.
SECURITY
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com uses commercially reasonable
efforts to protect the security of the Site and the hosting
and transmission of your Materials on or through the Site.
For example, when you submit information through the
Subscription Agreement form, we use SSL to encrypt your
information in transit. We also require our financial
processors to agree to protect your confidential data.
However,
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com cannot guaranty that your Materials
will be entirely secure from unauthorized access and viewing.
Furthermore, the security of information transmitted through
the Internet can never be guaranteed.
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com is not responsible for any
interception or interruption of any communications through the
Internet or Site.
15.
PRIVACY
Your privacy is
important to AmericasFavoriteSinger.com. Please read the
PRIVACY POLICY, which describes how we collect, use,
share and protect information you provide to us.
16.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
a.
JURISDICTION/GOVERNING LAW.
You understand that you are purposely entering into this
binding Policy and accessing this Site of
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com, which business maintains a
presence in the State of Florida; therefore, you agree that
your use of the Site and this Policy shall be governed and
construed solely in accordance with the laws of the State of
Florida, USA, and applicable federal laws and regulations,
without regard to conflicts of law principals. Without
limiting the arbitration provisions in Section 16(b), you
understand and agree that all proceedings relating to this
Site and the subject matter contained herein shall be
maintained exclusively in the state or federal courts in and
for Miami-Dade County, Florida. As a condition to your use of
this Site, you agree that any dispute that cannot be resolved
between the parties shall be resolved individually, without
any form of class action, and you and
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com hereby waiver any rights to trial
by jury.
b.
ARBITRATION.
Any controversy or claim (other than
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com's rights to injunctive relief under
Section 9 above), arising out or relating to this Site and/or
Acceptable Use Policy shall be resolved exclusively by
arbitration conducted in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The
arbitrator will be bound by applicable law and the express
provisions of this Policy and by the rules and procedures of
the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator’s awards
and decisions shall be final and binding upon the parties, and
any decision rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in and
enforced by any court having jurisdiction thereof.
c.
ATTORNEYS FEES.
The prevailing party in any action to interpret or enforce
this Policy shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees
and costs.
d.
NO
WAIVER; SEVERABILITY.
Any failure by AmericasFavoriteSinger.com to enforce any of
its rights under this Policy or applicable laws shall not
constitute a waiver of such rights. If any provision of this
Policy shall be deemed unlawful or unenforceable by a court of
competent jurisdiction, then that provision shall be deemed
severable from this Policy and shall not affect the validity
and enforceability of any remaining provisions hereunder.
e.
AGREEMENT TO DEAL ELECTRONICALLY.
You agree that all of your transactions with
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com be conducted electronically. If
you want to stop entering into transactions electronically,
you must notify AmericasFavoriteSinger.com in writing.
AmericasFavoriteSinger.com may keep records of any type of
communication conducted via the Site. You may receive written
copies of records by contacting us at the address below. You
agree that all properly addressed electronic communications
and records sent to your e-mail address during your use of the
Site are deemed delivered to and received by you.
f.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
This Policy, and
any Subscription Agreement and subsequent related transactions
you have properly entered into, constitutes the entire
agreement between you and AmericasFavoriteSinger.com with
respect to your access to and use of the Site and services.
All provisions herein that naturally survive shall survive
termination of your use of the Site.
17.
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