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InkSkillz.com Terms of Use Agreement

This Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the legally binding terms for your use of the InkSkillz Services. By using the InkSkillz Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement, whether you are a "Visitor" (which means that you simply browse the InkSkillz Website) or you are a "Member" (which means that you have registered with InkSkillz.com). The term "User" refers to a Member. You are only authorized to use the InkSkillz 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 InkSkillz Website and discontinue use of the InkSkillz Services immediately. If you wish to become a Member, communicate with other Members and make use of the InkSkillz Services, you must read this Agreement and indicate your acceptance during the Registration process.

This Agreement includes InkSkillz.com's policy for acceptable use of the InkSkillz Services and Content posted on the InkSkillz Website, your rights, obligations and restrictions regarding your use of the InkSkillz Services. In order to participate in certain InkSkillz 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 InkSkillz 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: Agreement@inskillz.com , Subject: Terms of Use Agreement.

InkSkillz.com may modify this Agreement from time to time and such modification shall be effective upon posting by InkSkillz.com on the InkSkillz Website. You agree to be bound to any changes to this Agreement when you use the InkSkillz 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.

Your InkSkillz.com profile may not include the following items: any photographs containing nudity, or obscene, lewd, offensive symboligy, excessively violent, harassing, sexually explicit or otherwise objectionable subject matter. Despite this prohibition, information provided by other InkSkillz.com Members (for instance, in their Profile) may contain inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive or sexually explicit material, products or services, and InkSkillz.com assumes no responsibility or liability for this material. If you become aware of misuse of the InkSkillz Services by any person, please contact Administrator@InkSkillz.com.

InkSkillz.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 InkSkillz Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability. InkSkillz expressly reserves the right to remove your profile and/or restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to any part of InkSkillz Services if InkSkillz determines, in its sole discretion, that you pose a threat to InkSkillz and/or its Users.

1. Eligibility. Use of and Membership in the InkSkillz Services is void where prohibited. By using the InkSkillz 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 18 years of age or older;
and (d) your use of the InkSkillz 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 18 years of age.

2. Term. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the InkSkillz 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. InkSkillz.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. If you terminate your membership is terminated by the 5th of the month, you may request a refund of that month's membership fee by emailing Payment@InkSkillz.com. Should InkSkillz.com terminate your account for inappropriate content or misuse of InkSkillz services, you are not entitled to any restitution.

3. Fees. You will be charged a month fee of $30USD per shop profile (unless prior arrangements have been made with the owners of InkSkillz). This fee includes 1 shop profile, and 5 artists profiles. Additional artists may be added for an additional $5USD per artist. Your account will be charged an additional $30USD for each artist entered into the competition. These fees will be charged to your account at the first of every month and are due no later than 5 days from billing date. These fees will remain effective for the full Term of your memebership.

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 InkSkillz.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 InkSkillz 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 InkSkillz.com. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the InkSkillz 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 InkSkillz 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 InkSkillz Services.

6. Proprietary Rights in Content on InkSkillz.com.

1. InkSkillz.com claims 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 InkSkillz Services. After posting your Content to the InkSkillz 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 InkSkillz Services, you hereby grant to InkSkillz.com a limited license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content solely on and through the InkSkillz Services.

Without this license, InkSkillz.com would be unable to provide the InkSkillz Services. For example, without the right to modify Member Content, InkSkillz.com would not be able to digitally compress music files that Members submit or otherwise format Content to satisfy technical requirements. The license you grant to InkSkillz.com is non-exclusive (meaning you are free to license your Content to anyone else in addition to InkSkillz.com), fully-paid and royalty-free (meaning that InkSkillz.com is not required to pay you for the use on the InkSkillz Services of the Content that you post), sublicensable (so that InkSkillz.com is able to use its affiliates and subcontractors such as Internet content delivery networks to provide the InkSkillz Services), and worldwide (because the Internet and the InkSkillz Services are global in reach). This license will terminate at the time you remove your Content from the InkSkillz Services.

2. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the InkSkillz 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 InkSkillz 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 InkSkillz Services.

3. The InkSkillz Services contain Content of InkSkillz.com ("InkSkillz.com Content"). InkSkillz.com Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and InkSkillz.com owns and retains all rights in the InkSkillz.com Content and the InkSkillz Services. InkSkillz.com hereby grants you a limited, revocable, nonsublicensable license to reproduce and display the InkSkillz.com Content (excluding any software code) solely for your personal use in connection with viewing the InkSkillz Website and using the InkSkillz Services.

4. The InkSkillz Services contain Content of Users and other InkSkillz.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 InkSkillz Services.

7. Content Posted.

1. InkSkillz.com may delete any Content that in the sole judgment of InkSkillz.com violates this Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of any person. InkSkillz.com assumes no responsibility for monitoring the InkSkillz Services for inappropriate Content or conduct. If at any time InkSkillz.com chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the InkSkillz Services, InkSkillz.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.

2. You are solely responsible for the Content that you post on or through any of the InkSkillz Services, and any material or information that you transmit to other Members and for your interactions with other Users. InkSkillz.com does not endorse and has no control over the Content. Content is not necessarily reviewed by InkSkillz.com prior to posting and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of InkSkillz.com. InkSkillz.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 InkSkillz Services. InkSkillz.com reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in InkSkillz.com's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the InkSkillz Services and terminating the Membership of such violators. Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to Content that, in the sole discretion of InkSkillz.com:
1. is patently offensive and promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
2. harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
3. exploits people in a sexual or violent manner;
4. contains nudity, violence, or offensive subject matter or contains a link to an adult website;
5. solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
6. provides any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses;
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. 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;
9. involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging, "spimming," or "spamming";
10. contains restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
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;
12. solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other Users;
13. involves commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes;
14. includes a photograph of another person that you have posted without that person's consent;
or 15. 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 InkSkillz Website and through your use of the InkSkillz Services. InkSkillz.com reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in InkSkillz.com's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, reporting you to law enforcement authorities. Prohibited activity includes, but is not limited to: 16. 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;
17. advertising to, or solicitation of, any Member to buy or sell any products or services through the InkSkillz 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 InkSkillz 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, InkSkillz.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 InkSkillz.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 InkSkillz Services, you acknowledge that you will have caused substantial harm to InkSkillz.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 InkSkillz.com $50 for each such unsolicited email or other unsolicited communication you send through the InkSkillz Services;
18. covering or obscuring the banner advertisements on your personal profile page, or any InkSkillz.com page via HTML/CSS or any other means;
19. any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to add friends or send comments or messages;
20. interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the InkSkillz Services or the networks or services connected to the InkSkillz Services;
21. attempting to impersonate another Member or person;
22. for band profiles, copying the code for your InkSkillz Player and embedding it into other profiles or asking other Members to embed it into their profiles;
23. 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;
24. selling or otherwise transferring your profile;
25. using any information obtained from the InkSkillz Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person;
26. 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 InkSkillz 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;
or 27. using the InkSkillz 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 InkSkillz.com to terminate Membership privileges of any Member who repeatedly infringes the copyright rights of others upon receipt of proper notification to InkSkillz.com by the copyright owner or the copyright owner's legal agent. By providing your works of art to InkSkillz you have released liability from InkSkillz for unlawful use of your ideas and artwork. This does not include any Flash items sold through InkSkillz.com, which is covered by another contractual agreement.

10. Member Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other InkSkillz.com Members. InkSkillz.com reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members.

11. Privacy. Use of the InkSkillz Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.

12. Disclaimers. InkSkillz.com is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the InkSkillz Website or in connection with the InkSkillz Services, whether caused by Users of the InkSkillz Services or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the InkSkillz Services. Profiles created and posted by Members on the InkSkillz Website may contain links to other websites. InkSkillz.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 InkSkillz.com. Inclusion of any linked website on the InkSkillz Services does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by InkSkillz.com. When you access these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk. InkSkillz.com takes no responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on this InkSkillz Website or through the InkSkillz Services, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. InkSkillz.com is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of the InkSkillz Services. InkSkillz.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. InkSkillz.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 InkSkillz 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 InkSkillz Services. Under no circumstances shall InkSkillz.com be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from use of the InkSkillz Services, attendance at a InkSkillz.com event, from any Content posted on or through the InkSkillz Services, or from the conduct of any Users of the InkSkillz Services, whether online or offline. The InkSkillz Services are provided "AS-IS" and as available and InkSkillz.com expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. InkSkillz.com cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the InkSkillz Services.

13. Limitation on Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL INKSKILLZ.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 INKSKILLZ.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, INKSKILLZ.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 INKSKILLZ.COM FOR THE INKSKILLZ SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.

14. U.S. Export Controls. Software available in connection with the InkSkillz Services (the "Software") is further subject to United States export controls. No Software may be downloaded from the InkSkillz Services or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of U.S. export laws. Downloading or using the Software is at your sole risk.

15. Disputes. If there is any dispute about or involving the InkSkillz Services, you agree that the dispute shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, 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 California, City of Los Angeles. Either InkSkillz.com or you may demand that any dispute between InkSkillz.com and you about or involving the InkSkillz Services must be settled by arbitration utilizing the dispute resolution procedures of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in Los Angeles, California, USA, provided that the foregoing shall not prevent InkSkillz.com from seeking injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.

16. Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold InkSkillz.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 InkSkillz 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 InkSkillz Website or through the InkSkillz Services causes InkSkillz.com to be liable to another.

17. Other. This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the InkSkillz Website or any of the InkSkillz Services and is further affirmed by you becoming a Member. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and InkSkillz.com regarding the use of the InkSkillz Services. The failure of InkSkillz.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. InkSkillz.com is a trademark of InkSkillz, 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: Administrator@InkSkillz.com with any questions regarding this Agreement.

BY SIGNING UP, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE.