RIPPLE100
TERMS OF SERVICE
This Terms of
Service Agreement (the “Agreement”) establishes the terms and conditions
applicable to your use of the Service (as defined below) offered by Ripple100,
LLC (“Ripple100” or “we”). By clicking the "accept" button displayed as part
of the registration or by using the Service or any portion of the Service, you
accept and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. If you are entering into this
Agreement on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you
have the authority to bind such entity to this agreement, in which case the
terms “you” or “your” shall refer to such entity. If you do not have such authority, or if you
do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must select the "decline" button and may not use
the Service.
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings.
“Content” includes any work authored, owned by or licensed to a User, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, sounds, videos, objects, script, code, software, applications or other media.
“Guest” means a user of the Service who is not registered as a Publisher.
“Indemnified Party” means Ripple100 and our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, managers, members, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees.
“IP Rights” of any person include intellectual property rights, whether pursuant to patents, patents pending or patent applications; trademarks or trade names, whether or not registered, or applications for either; copyrights, whether or not registered; trade secrets; rights of privacy or pursuant to obligations of confidentiality (regarding information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships, under nondisclosure agreements or otherwise); or any other similar proprietary right in and to any property whatsoever.
“Publisher” means a user of the Service who is registered. Publishers are permitted to Upload such Content as their particular registration and subscription to Services permit.
“Ripple” means a marketing campaign that is
created, published, and disseminated using the Ripple100 platform.
“Ripple Publishers” are registered Publishers who Upload Ripples.
“Service” or “Services” means the Services described in Section 2, including the Ripple100 web site and all related functionality and Services.
“Upload” means to upload, post, publish, transmit or otherwise make available to, through, on to or over the Service, whether in a Ripple, a comment or otherwise in any manner whatsoever.
“User” means you and any other user of the Service, whether a Publisher, a Guest or both.
The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
Ripple100’s product is a software and media application for participative marketing campaigns. Ripple100’s product, the software and code that run that product, the services the product provides, the website on which the product resides and operates and all amendments, upgrades, additional features, modifications are referred to as the “Service” or the “Services.”
Some of the Services (e.g., those generally available to Ripple Publishers) are only available upon payment of a fee. We reserve the right to change from time to time those Services we offer free and those for which we charge, and those available generally to Ripple Publishers, those available to all Publishers and those available to all Users.
3. Registration. You can read, search, filter, follow, share and perform many functions in Ripple100 as a Guest without registering. Guests remain subject, however, to the terms of this Agreement by virtue of their use of the Services. However, in order to use certain Services, including publishing any Ripple, using any other any publishing service or otherwise Uploading any Content, you must register with us. In order to register as a Publisher, you must provide the basic information requested by us, including but not limited to a valid email address and password. If you are a Ripple Publisher or otherwise subscribed to Services available only by payment of a fee, you must also provide information concerning your means of payment. By providing us with the requested information, you agree that the information you provide is true, accurate, current and complete agree to update your registration data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
4. Password. During registration, you shall choose a password for your account, and may change your password from time to time. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to notify us promptly in writing of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security and to properly exit from your account at the end of each session.
5. Fees. A Guest may use those Services available to Guests free of charge, but may not Upload Ripples or any other Content and may not use Services available only to Publishers.
Some of features on the Service require payment of fees. If you elect to subscribe to these services,
you agree to pay all applicable fees, as described on the Service. We reserve the right to change our prices and
at any time, but agree to maintain our pricing for the specified period if
specified in connection with a particular Service or special offer. You authorize us directly or through third
parties, to make any inquiries it considers necessary to validate your account
and financial information. You also
authorize us to charge your credit card, debit card, bank account, PayPal
account or other account information that you disclose to us for purposes of
making payment for any initial or recurring charges.
All fees are exclusive of all taxes, levies, or duties imposed by
taxing authorities, and you shall be responsible for payment of all such taxes,
levies, or duties. You agree to pay for
any such taxes that might be applicable to your use of the Service and payments
made by you under this Agreement.
6.
Advertisements. Generally, Ripples
will not be accompanied by or associated with advertising unless the Ripple Publisher
subscribes to a Service on which advertising is expressly permitted. We may include any advertisement for any
product or Service in any space in which the Publisher by agreement accepts
advertising.
Moreover, your correspondence or business dealings with, or
participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service,
including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other
terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings,
are solely between you and such advertiser.
You agree that we shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or
damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result
of the presence of such advertisers on the Service.
7.
Ownership of Your Content. By Uploading any Content to the Service, you
represent and warrant to us that either you own the Content and the right to
use the Content or that the use of the Content for the purposes set forth in
this Agreement has been validly licensed to you. You further represent and warrant your
granting the license to us to use the Content as provided in this Agreement
will not interfere with or infringe in any manner upon the ownership, license
or other IP Rights or other rights of any other person or entity. We do not claim ownership of
any Content you place on the Service.
8.
License to Us of Your Content. By submitting Content to us for inclusion on
our Service, you grant Ripple100 a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive,
sub-licensable, transferable and irrevocable license to use, publish,
reproduce, modify, adapt and distribute and make derivative works from the
Content, but only for the purpose of the Service.
You agree that we may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if
required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or
disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, enforce this
Agreement, respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third
parties or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of the Service, our
Users and the public.
Additionally, you understand and agree
that your Content that is displayed on the Service may continue to appear on
the Service even after you have terminated your registration or service, ceased
to be a User, or terminated this Agreement.
Moreover, portions of your Content may have been incorporated into
comments, RSS feeds or other features of the Service.
In addition to the rights, licenses
and privileges referred to above, you agree that we, in our discretion, may use
and refer to your trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, domain names
and other distinctive brand features or identification in marketing materials,
financial reports, presentations, website materials, customer lists and other
media now known or hereafter discovered in connection with the marketing,
advertising and promotion of the Services.
9.
Content of Other Users. You understand that all Content on the
Service is the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content
originated. We do not control the
Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy,
integrity or quality of such Content.
Moreover, the inclusion on the Service of Content relating to any good
or service sold or provided by any User does not constitute an endorsement of
such good or service by us. Your
correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of,
other Users found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of
related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or
representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such
other User. You agree that we shall not
be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the
result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of the Content on
the Service.
You understand that by using the Service, you may be exposed to Content
that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will we be liable in
any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or
omissions or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of
any Content posted, transmitted or otherwise made available via the
Service. You acknowledge that we do not
screen Content, You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated
with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness,
or usefulness of such Content. You agree
that you may not rely on any Content submitted to us.
If you believe that Content of other Users is offensive, objectionable,
indecent, illegal, infringes upon the rights of others or otherwise violates this
Agreement, you may contact us in writing to complain. In any event, we may (but are not required
to) in our sole discretion, move or delete any Content that is available via
the Service or otherwise exercise our rights against the supplier or owner of
such Content.
Under no circumstances will we be liable for the acts or omissions of a
User or other third party.
10.
Our Proprietary Rights; License
to You. During and
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Ripple100 hereby grants
you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, freely revocable license to
access and use the Services for their intended purposes. If you are a Guest, your license is only
available for the Services available to Guests.
If you are a Publisher, your license extends to all Services available
to Guests and to any other Services covered by your registration and (if
applicable) the payment of our fee. Aside
from the foregoing limited license, you acknowledge that you shall acquire no
rights in the any software or code used by the website or in providing the
Services or in any Ripple100 IP Rights.
You agree that, as between you and us, all the IP Rights in the Services
other than Content, are owned by us or by our licensors.
11.
License Restrictions. Except as expressly permitted under this
Agreement, you agree not to, nor will you allow any third party (whether or not
for your benefit) to:
(a) run, rent, lease, loan,
or sell access to the Services or any of our IP Rights;
(b) decompile, reverse
engineer or attempt to access the source code of the software underlying the
Services;
(c) copy, archive, store,
reproduce, rearrange, modify, adapt, download, Upload, create derivate works
from, display, perform, publish, distribute, redistribute or disseminate any
technology, information, code or other matter in which we have IP Rights
(except your own Content);
(d) access the Services or
our website or technology to build a product using similar ideas, features,
functions, interface or graphics of the Services;
(e) access (or attempt to
access) any Service by any means other than as permitted in this Agreement and
the terms of the particular Services for which you have paid or
registered;
(f) circumvent, disable or
otherwise interfere with security related features protecting the Services,
interfere with the proper working of the Services or prevent others from using
the Services; or
(g) delete any copyright,
trade mark, service mark or other other proprietary rights notices on the
Services or our website.
12.
Ripple100 Trademarks and Trade
Dress. Our
trademarks, logos, images, service marks, trade names and other distinctive
branding features and IP Rights used on the Services are our trademarks, and
may not be used without permission. We
do not grant you any license in any IP Right to these trademarks. Other
trademarks, logos, and trade names that may appear on the Services are the
property of their respective owners.
13.
Links. The Service may provide, or other Users or
third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or
resources. Because we have no control
over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that we are not
responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources and we do
not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising,
products, services or other materials on or available from such sites or
resources. You further acknowledge and
agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for
any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use
of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through
any such site or resource.
14.
Children. Children under the age of 13 years may not
use the Service. Children under the age
of 18 years may not be Publishers. If we
become aware that a user under the age of 13 years of age has registered on
this site, we will take appropriate steps to assure that all personal
information related to that child is deleted from the Service. If you are the parent of a child under the
age of 13 who has registered on the Service, please contact us to have your
child’s registration terminated and personal information deleted.
15.
Your Interactions with Other
Users. Your
interactions with other Users, including payment and delivery of goods or
services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations
associated with such dealings, are solely between you and the other User. Like with any web-based interaction, we suggest
that you use caution and good judgment.
If there is a dispute between you and any User or other third party, we
are under no obligation to become involved.
You release Ripple100, its officers, employees, agents and successors
from claims, demands and damages of every kind or nature arising out of or
related to any disputes with other Users.
If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code
Section 1542, which says: “A general release does not extend to claims
which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time
of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected
his settlement with the debtor.” And, if you are not a
16.
Service Interruptions and Changes.
You understand that the
technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content,
may involve transmissions over various networks; and changes to conform and
adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. We reserve the right at any time and from
time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service
(or any part thereof) with or without notice at any time. You agree that we shall not be liable to you
or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the
Service (whether as a result of our actions or actions of third parties).
17.
Digital Millennium Copyright
Act. We respect the IP Rights of
others. We do not independently confirm
that all Content made available through the Service is provided by a valid
rights holder. If you believe that your
work has been copied or published in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, please provide us the following information:
(a) a description of the
copyrighted work or other IP Rights that you claim has or have been infringed;
(b) a description of where
the material that you claim is infringing is located or found on our website;
(c) your address, telephone
number, and email address;
(d) 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;
(e) 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; and
(f) an electronic or
physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of
the copyright or other IP Rights;
If we receive such a notice of infringement above concerning Content
that you have made available through the Service or otherwise become aware that
you are not a valid rights holder of Content that you have published on or
otherwise made available through the Service, we may contact you and direct you
to take-down the Content. In the event
you fail to respond promptly to our take-down notice or when we otherwise
determines that such action is advisable, we may also remove, delete or disable
access to or publication of such Content without further notice to you.
If you believe that your Content that was removed (or to which access
was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the
copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to post
and use your Content, you may send a counter-notice containing the following
information to us:
(a) identification of the
Content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the
location on our website at which the Content appeared before it was removed or
disabled;
(b) a statement that you
have a good faith belief that the content was removed or disabled as a result
of mistake or a misidentification of the Content;
(c) your name, address,
telephone number, and e-mail address;
(d) a statement that you
acknowledge your agreement under Section 27 and that such agreement applies to the dispute over
your Content; and
(e) your physical or
electronic signature
If we receive your counter-notice, we may send a copy of the
counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it
may replace the removed content or cease disabling it in ten (10) business
days. Unless the copyright owner files
an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user,
the removed content may be replaced, or access to it restored, at our sole
discretion.
18.
19.
Privacy Policy. Ripple100 adheres to our stated privacy
policies in dealing with our Users.
Click here to review our privacy
policies.
20.
Rules Regarding Use of the
Service. In your
use of the Service, including, but not limited to, Uploading of any Content to
the Service, you agree that you will not:
(a) make, in connection
with any product or Service that is the subject of any Ripple, any fraudulent
statement or any other knowing or reckless misstatement of fact, or fail to
state a fact necessary to make other facts that you have stated not misleading;
(b) Upload any Content that
is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, fraudulent, defamatory,
vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, harmful to
minors or discriminatory or harassing based upon race, gender, ethnicity,
religion, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or age or otherwise
objectionable; that you do not have an undisputed right to transmit under any
law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside
information, proprietary and confidential information); or that infringes any
IP Right of any party;
(c) Upload unsolicited
commercial email or “spam;” send mass emails to recipients who haven't
requested email from you or with a false or inaccurate return address; or
promoting another website (other than the Service and the website attributable
to a Publisher of the relevant Ripple) by posting multiple submissions in
public forums that are identical;
(d) Upload any material that
contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs
designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer
software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
(e) violate any applicable
local, state, national or international law or any regulations (of any
government or any self-regulatory organization) having the force of law; or
offer for sale or sell any item, good or Service that (i) violates any
applicable federal, state, or local law or regulation; (ii) you do not have
full power and authority under all relevant laws and regulations to offer and
sell, including all necessary licenses and authorizations; or (iii) that we
determine, in our sole discretion, is inappropriate for sale through the Service;
(f) stalk or otherwise
harass another;
(g) promote or provide
instructional information about illegal activities, promote physical harm or
injury against any group or individual;
(h) impersonate any person
or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a
person or entity;
(i) forge headers or
otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any
Content;
(j) interfere with or
disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey
any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to
the Service; use the Service as a forwarding Service to another website;
(k) solicit passwords or
personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other
users;
(l) exceed the scope of
the Service that you have signed up for; for example, accessing and using the
tools that you do not have a right to use, or deleting, adding to, or otherwise
changing other Users’ comments or Content; or
(m) make any automated use
of the system.
21.
Additional Policies. We may establish other policies and limits
concerning use of the Services, including, but not limited to, the retention of
Content, the maximum number of and size of Content files and objects, maximum disk
space allotted to you, the maximum number of times and duration for which you
may access the Services in a given period of time, the maximum bandwidth used
by your Content, and the maximum CPU power used by your Content. Our policies constitute limitations on the
license granted to your to use the Service, and violation of our policies may
result in the remedies described in Section 22.
22.
Remedies for Breach of This
Agreement. If you violate the terms of this Agreement in
any way, in addition to any remedies we may have at law or in equity, we may,
but are not required to, do any of the following, with or without prior notice:
(a) terminate your
registration with us and inactivate your User name and password(s)
(b) deny you any further
access to the Service;
(c) remove, delete or
discard all or any portion of your Content from the Service; and
(d) disclose and reproduce
your Content in any manner without restriction, including in response to any
subpoena or other judicial or administrative order, to assist government
enforcement agencies or otherwise required by law and to protect the rights,
property or safety of us, other Users or the general public.
Our
failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall
not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
23.
Termination. You may terminate your registration at any
time by written notice to us. You agree
that we, in our sole discretion, may terminate your registration, inactivate
your User name and password(s) deny you further access to the Service and
delete or discard all or any portion of your Content from the Service at any
time and for any reason, including lack of use, with or without notice. You agree that we shall not be liable to you
or any third party for any action by us.
If we or you terminate your registration, you shall be liable for any
unpaid amounts you have not yet paid under any payment plan you have with us,
but, except as you have otherwise agreed, you shall not be liable for any
regular periodic service charges relating to periods after the end of the last
day of the month in which you terminated your registration. Your other acknowledgements, representations,
warranties and covenants under this Agreement, our disclaimers under this
Agreement and, in particular, the provisions of Section 24 will survive any termination of your Service. You agree that your Content
that is displayed on the Service may continue to appear on the Service even
after you have terminated your registration.
However, we reserve the right to delete or discard all or any
portion of your Content from the Service with or without notice and you agree
that we shall have no liability for doing so.
We may discontinue providing the Service at any time and for any
reason, with or without notice, without further liability to you.
24.
Indemnity. You agree
to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any losses,
damages, liabilities, obligations, costs, penalties, fines, taxes,
impositions and expenses of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees,
costs and expenses), any claims, proceedings, suits or investigations (whether
or not such claims are valid) incurred by or asserted against any Indemnified
Party, at any time, whether direct, indirect or consequential, as a result of
or arising from or in any way relating to
(a) your Content;
(b) your use of any third
party applications;
(c) your use or misuse of,
or connection to, the Services;
(d) your violation or breach
or alleged violation or breach of this Agreement;
(e) your violation of any
rights (including IP Rights) of a third party;
(f) your use or misuse of
any User data; and
(g) your breach or alleged
breach of any agreement or policy between you and other Users;
in
each case, whether you are a registered User or not. We reserve the right, at your expense, to
assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are
required to indemnify any Indemnified Party and you agree to cooperate with our
defense of these claims. You agree not
to settle any matter without our prior written consent. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you
of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.
25.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND
26.
DISCLAIMER
OF WARRANTIES YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND
(a) YOUR
USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS"
(b) WE
(c) ANY
MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS
DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION
(d) NO
ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER
(e) SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE
LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF THIS SECTION
27.
GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO
JURISDICTION.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
(b) THE
USER WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT
(c) ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY
28.
Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices to you may be
made via either email or regular mail. The Service may also provide notices of
changes to the Service, this Agreement or other matters by displaying notices
or links to notices to you generally on the Service.
(b) This Agreement,
together with the terms of any payment plan between us, constitutes the entire
agreement between you and us and governing your use of the Service, superseding
any prior agreements between you and us (including, but not limited to, any
prior versions of this Agreement).
(c) If any provision of
this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the
parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the
parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of
the Agreement remain in full force and effect.