Introduction: Your Agreement to these Terms of Use.
Welcome to the Fliqz, Inc. ("Fliqz") web site – www.fliqz.com
– and any other web sites or services owned or operated by Fliqz
(the "Fliqz Sites"). This terms of use is for the customers, users,
members, and others who visit and use the Fliqz Sites (collectively
or individually, "Users").
Videos you upload onto the Fliqz Sites should be created by you - do
not upload TV shows, movies, commercials, concerts, or music videos.
Fliqz respects the rights of copyright owners.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE. BY ACCESSING, BROWSING,
AND/OR USING THE FLIQZ SITES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD,
AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING TERMS, INCLUDING THE GUIDELINES
BELOW, AND ANY FUTURE MODIFICATIONS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "TERMS"). IF
YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THEN PLEASE DO NOT USE THE FLIQZ SITES.
- Privacy Notice. Your privacy is important to Fliqz.
Fliqz's Privacy Notice
is hereby incorporated into these Terms by reference. Please read
this notice carefully for details relating to the collection, use,
and disclosure of your personal information.
- Individual Features and Services. When using the
Fliqz Sites, you will be subject to any additional posted guidelines
or rules applicable to specific services and features which may be
posted from time to time (the "Guidelines"). All such Guidelines are
hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms.
- Modification of the Terms. Fliqz reserves the right,
at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of the
Terms at any time. Please check these Terms and any Guidelines periodically
for changes. Your continued use of the Fliqz Sites after the posting
of changes constitutes your binding acceptance of such changes. For
any material changes to these Terms, such amended terms will automatically
be effective 30 days after they are initially posted on the Fliqz
Sites.
- Eligibility; Registration Information and Password.
THE FLIQZ SITES ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 13 OR
TO ANY USERS SUSPENDED OR REMOVED FROM THE FLIQZ SITES BY FLIQZ. You
agree that the information you provide to Fliqz on registration and
at all other times will be true, accurate, current, and complete.
You also agree that you will ensure that this information is kept
accurate and up–to–date at all times. When you register,
you will be asked to provide a password. As you will be responsible
for all activities that occur under your password, you should keep
your password confidential. You are solely responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting
access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for
all activities that occur under your account or password.
- Prohibited Conduct – BY USING THE FLIQZ SITES
YOU PROMISE NOT TO:
5.1 Upload copyrighted material not your own - such as TV shows, movies,
or music videos;
5.2 "Stalk", harass, threaten, or defraud other Fliqz Users;
5.3 Upload or send to other Fliqz Users pornographic, threatening,
embarrassing, hateful, racially or ethnically insulting, libelous,
or otherwise inappropriate content;
5.4 Make unsolicited offers, advertisements, proposals, or send junk
mail to other Users;
5.5 Impersonate another person or access another User's account without
that person's permission;
5.6 Share Fliqz–issued passwords with any third party or encourage
any other User to do so;
5.7 Misrepresent the source, identity, or content of information transmitted
via the Fliqz Sites; or
5.8 Use the Fliqz Sites for any illegal purpose.
- Violations; Termination. You agree that Fliqz,
in its sole discretion and for any or no reason, may terminate any
account (or any part thereof) you may have with Fliqz or use of the
Fliqz Sites and remove and discard all or any part of your account
or any User Submission, at any time. Fliqz may also in its sole discretion
and at any time discontinue providing access to the Fliqz Sites, or
any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination
of your access to the Fliqz Sites or any account you may have or portion
thereof may be affected without prior notice, and you agree that Fliqz
will not be liable to you or any third–party for any such termination.
Fliqz does not permit copyright infringing activities on
the Fliqz Sites and reserves the right to terminate access
to the Fliqz Sites and remove all content submitted by any persons
who are found to be repeat infringers. Any suspected fraudulent, abusive,
or illegal activity that may be grounds for termination of your use
of the Fliqz Sites may be referred to appropriate law enforcement
authorities. These remedies are in addition to any other remedies
Fliqz may have at law or in equity.
- Ownership; Proprietary Rights. The Fliqz Sites
are owned and operated by Fliqz. The visual interfaces, graphics,
design, compilation, information, computer code, products, software,
services, and all other elements of the Fliqz Sites provided by Fliqz
("Materials") are protected by United States copyright, trade dress,
patent, and trademark laws, international conventions, and all other
relevant intellectual property and proprietary rights, and applicable
laws. Except for any User Submissions (defined below) owned by and
provided by our Users, all Materials contained on the Fliqz Sites
are the copyrighted property of Fliqz or its subsidiaries or affiliated
companies and/or third–party licensors. All trademarks, service
marks, and trade names are proprietary to Fliqz or its affiliates
and/or third–party licensors. Except as expressly authorized
by Fliqz, you agree not to sell, license, distribute, copy, modify,
publicly perform or display, transmit, publish, edit, adapt, create
derivative works from, or otherwise make unauthorized use of the Materials.
- User Submissions.
8.1 Fliqz may now or in the future allow Users to submit videos, video
reviews, blogs, or other content ("User Submissions") and provide
for the hosting, sharing, and/or publishing of such User Submissions.
You understand that whether or not such User Submissions are published,
Fliqz does not guarantee any confidentiality or privacy with respect
to any User Submissions.
8.2 You are solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the
consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with User
Submissions, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: (i) you own,
or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions
to use and authorize Fliqz to use all patent, trademark, trade secret,
copyright, or other proprietary rights in and to any and all User
Submissions to enable inclusion and use of User Submissions in the
manner contemplated by Fliqz and these Terms and (ii) you have the
written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable
individual person in the User Submission to use the name or likeness
of each and every such identifiable individual person, to enable inclusion
and use of the User Submissions in the manner contemplated by Fliqz
and these Terms. For clarity, you retain all ownership rights in your
User Submissions. However, by submitting User Submissions to Fliqz,
you hereby grant Fliqz a worldwide, non–exclusive, fully paid–up,
royalty–free, sublicenseable through multiple layers, and transferable
license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of,
display, and perform your User Submissions in connection with Fliqz
and Fliqz's (and its successor's) business, including, without limitation,
for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Fliqz Sites (and
derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media
channels. You also hereby grant to each user of the Fliqz Sites a
non–exclusive license to access your User Submissions through
the Fliqz Sites and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative
works of, display, and perform such User Submissions as permitted
by the functionality of the Fliqz Sites and these Terms.
8.3 In connection with User Submissions, you further agree that you
will not: (i) submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade
secret, or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including
privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights
or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material
and to grant Fliqz all of the license rights granted herein; (ii)
publish falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage Fliqz or
any third party; or (iii) submit material that is unlawful, obscene,
defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful,
racially or ethnically offensive or encourages conduct that would
be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate
any law or is otherwise inappropriate. Fliqz does not endorse any
User Submission or any opinion, recommendation or advice expressed
therein, and Fliqz expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection
with User Submissions. If notified by a user or a content owner of
a User Submission that allegedly does not conform to these Terms,
then Fliqz may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith
and in its sole discretion whether to remove the User Submission,
which it reserves the right to do at any time. Fliqz does
not permit copyright infringing activities on the Fliqz Sites
and reserves the right to terminate access to the Fliqz Sites and
remove all content submitted by any persons who are found to be repeat
infringers.
8.4 You understand that when using the Fliqz Sites, you will be exposed
to User Submissions from a variety of sources and that Fliqz is not
responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual
property rights of or relating to such User Submissions. You further
understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Submissions
that are inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable. YOU AGREE
TO WAIVE, AND HEREBY DO WAIVE, ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHTS OR REMEDIES
YOU HAVE OR MAY HAVE AGAINST FLIQZ WITH RESPECT THERETO AND AGREE
TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD FLIQZ, ITS OWNERS/OPERATORS, AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS,
AND/OR LICENSORS HARMLESS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW REGARDING
ALL MATTERS RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE FLIQZ SITES.
8.5 Fliqz permits you to link to your own User Submissions hosted
on the Fliqz Sites or User Submissions of other third parties available
on the Fliqz Sites for personal, non–commercial purposes only.
You understand that the User Submissions, whether or not linked or
embedded into other web sites, are provided to you only on an "as–available"
basis and Fliqz does not guarantee that their availability will be
uninterrupted or bug free. Fliqz reserves the right to discontinue
any aspect of the Fliqz Sites at any time, including the right to
discontinue the display of any User Submissions or linked or embedded
content either generally or in specific cases.
- Monitoring Users and Content. Fliqz does not control
the content posted by Users and does not have any obligation to monitor
such content for any purpose. You acknowledge that you are solely
responsible for all content and material that you submit to Fliqz.
- Prohibited Uses.
10.1 Access to the Materials from territories where their contents
are illegal is prohibited. The Fliqz Sites are available for customers
in the United States only. Those who choose to access the Fliqz Sites
from other locations do at their own initiative and are responsible
for compliance with all local rules including, without limitation,
rules about the internet, data, email, or privacy.
10.2 Any use of any of the Materials other than for private, non–commercial
use is strictly prohibited. As a condition of your use of the Fliqz
Sites, you will not use the Fliqz Sites for any purpose that is unlawful
or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Fliqz Sites in any
manner that in our sole discretion could damage, disable, overburden,
or impair it or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment
of the Fliqz Sites. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access
to the Fliqz Sites, or any part of them, other accounts, computer
systems or networks connected to the Fliqz Sites, or any part of them,
through hacking, password mining or any other means or interfere or
attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Fliqz Sites or
any activities conducted on the Fliqz Sites. You may not obtain or
attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not
intentionally made available through the Fliqz Sites. You agree neither
to modify the Fliqz Sites in any manner or form, nor to use modified
versions of the Fliqz Sites, including (without limitation) for the
purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Fliqz Sites.
10.3 The Fliqz Sites may contain robot exclusion headers. You agree
that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated
means to access the Fliqz Sites for any purpose without our express
written permission or bypass our robot exclusion headers or other
measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Fliqz Sites.
- Third–Party Sites, Products and Services; Links.
11.1 The Fliqz Sites may include links to other web sites or services
solely as a convenience to Users ("linked sites"). Fliqz does not
endorse any such linked sites or the information, material, products
or services contained on other linked sites or accessible through
other linked sites. Furthermore, Fliqz makes no express or implied
warranties with regard to the information, material, products, or
services that are contained on or accessible through linked sites.
ACCESS AND USE OF LINKED SITES, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION, MATERIAL,
PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ON LINKED SITES OR AVAILABLE THROUGH LINKED
SITES, IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
11.2 Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation
in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Fliqz Sites
are solely between you and such advertiser. YOU AGREE THAT FLIQZ WILL
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 FLIQZ SITES.
- Notice. Except as explicitly stated otherwise,
legal notices will be served on Fliqz's national registered agent
or to the email address you provide to Fliqz during the registration
process. Notice will be deemed given 24 hours after email is sent,
unless the sending party is notified that the email address is invalid.
Alternatively, we may give you legal notice by mail to the address
provided during the registration process. In such case, notice will
be deemed given three days after the date of mailing.
- User Disagreements. You alone are responsible for
your involvement with other Users. Fliqz reserves the right, but has
no obligation, to monitor disagreements between you and other Users.
- Disclaimers; No Warranties. THE FLIQZ SITES AND
ANY THIRD–PARTY SOFTWARE, SERVICES, OR APPLICATIONS MADE AVAILABLE
IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH THE FLIQZ SITES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS"
AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE
LAW, FLIQZ, ITS SUPPLIERS AND PARTNERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, STATUTORY,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON–INFRINGEMENT
OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.
FLIQZ, ITS SUPPLIERS AND PARTNERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS
CONTAINED IN THE FLIQZ SITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR–FREE,
THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE FLIQZ SITES OR THE SERVER
THAT MAKES THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
FLIQZ, ITS SUPPLIERS AND PARTNERS DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS
REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE FLIQZ SITES IN
TERMS OF CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU (AND
NOT FLIQZ NOR ITS SUPPLIERS AND PARTNERS) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF
ANY NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. YOU UNDERSTAND AND
AGREE THAT YOU DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN MATERIAL OR DATA THROUGH
THE USE OF THE FLIQZ SITES AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT
YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM
OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL OR
DATA.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY
TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
- Indemnification; Hold Harmless. You agree to indemnify
and hold Fliqz, its affiliated companies, and its suppliers and partners
harmless from any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, including
attorney's fees, arising out of your use or misuse of the Fliqz Sites,
violation of these Terms, violation of the rights of any other person
or entity, or any breach of the foregoing representations, warranties,
and covenants. Fliqz reserves the right, at our own expense, to assume
the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are
required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense
of these claims.
- Waiver. A provision of these Terms may be waived
only by a written instrument executed by the party entitled to the
benefit of such provision. The failure of any party at any time to
require performance of any provision of these Terms will in no manner
affect such party's right at a later time to enforce the same. A waiver
of any breach of any provision of these Terms will not be construed
as a continuing waiver of other breaches of the same or other provisions
of these Terms.
- Limitation of Liability and Damages. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, WILL FLIQZ OR ITS AFFILIATES,
CONTRACTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR THIRD–PARTY PARTNERS OR SUPPLIERS
BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE,
OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO
USE THE MATERIALS ON THE FLIQZ SITES, OR ANY OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH
FLIQZ, EVEN IF FLIQZ OR A FLIQZ AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT
ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IN SUCH CASES, FLIQZ'S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
IN NO EVENT WILL FLIQZ OR ITS AFFILIATES, CONTRACTORS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, OR THIRD–PARTY PARTNERS OR SUPPLIERS TOTAL LIABILITY
TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE FLIQZ SITES (WHETHER
IN CONTRACT, TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED
THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE FLIQZ SITES DURING
THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING YOUR CLAIM OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS,
WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
THESE LIMITATIONS WILL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED
BY REASON OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES SOLD OR PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES
OTHER THAN FLIQZ AND RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE FLIQZ SITES
OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED ON THE FLIQZ SITES.
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act Compliance. If
you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof, and you believe that
any User Submission or other content hosted on the Fliqz Sites infringes
your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by providing our Designated Copyright
Agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C § 512(c)(3)
for further detail):
(i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act
on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
(ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed,
or, if multiple copyrighted works on the Fliqz Sites are covered by
a single notification, a representative list of such works at the
Fliqz Sites;
(iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing
or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed
or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient
to permit Fliqz to locate the material;
(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit Fliqz to contact
the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and,
if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining
party may be contacted;
(v) A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief
that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized
by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
(vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate,
and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed.
Fliqz's Designated Copyright Agent to receive notifications of claimed
infringement can be reached as follows: Copyright Agent at 2745 10th
Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 or by email at copyright@fliqz.com. For
clarity, only DMCA notices should go to the Fliqz Designated Copyright
Agent. Any other feedback, comments, requests for technical support
or other communications should be directed to Fliqz customer service
through service@fliqz.com. You acknowledge that if you fail to comply
with all of the requirements of this section, your DMCA notice may
not be valid.
- Miscellaneous.
19.1 Governing Law. These Terms will be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California,
without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law.
19.2 Jurisdiction. You agree that any action at law
or in equity arising out of or relating to these Terms or Fliqz will
be filed only in the state or federal courts in and for Santa Clara
County, California, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal
and exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating
any such action.
19.3 Severability. If any provision of these Terms
shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that
provision will be deemed severable from these Terms and will not affect
the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
19.4 Assignment. The Terms and related Guidelines,
and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred
or assigned by you but may be assigned by Fliqz without restriction.
19.5 Survival. Sections 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 will survive any termination of
these Terms.
19.6 Headings. The heading references herein are
for convenience purposes only, do not constitute a part of these Terms,
and will not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
19.7 Entire Agreement. This is the entire agreement
between you and Fliqz relating to the subject matter herein and will
not be modified except in a writing, signed by both parties, or by
a change to these Terms or Guidelines made by Fliqz as set forth in
Section 3 above.
19.8 Claims. YOU AND FLIQZ AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO FLIQZ MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR
AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION
IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
19.9 Disclosures. The services hereunder are offered by Fliqz, Inc.,
located at: 2745 10th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 and email: service@fliqz.com.
If you are a California resident, you may have this same information
emailed to you by sending a letter to the foregoing address with your
email address and a request for this information.
If you would like to learn more about Fliqz or other Fliqz video solutions
for your site, please contact our sales
team or call 1-888-32FLIQZ (1-888-323-5479).