PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT
CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING ON THE 'JOIN NOW' BUTTON ON THE JOIN FORM REFERENCED
HEREIN, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING SONIC
WEEKLY'S PRIVACY POLICY & ACCEPTABLE USAGE POLICY. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES
ALSO CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
1. Introduction
This User Agreement ('Agreement') is an agreement between Sonic Weekly, Inc. (Sonic
Weekly) a California Corporation, and the party set forth in the related sign-up
form (Member) attached hereto and hereby incorporated by reference (together
with any subsequent orders submitted by Member via the 'Shopping Cart'), and
applies to the purchase of all services (collectively, the 'Services') ordered
by Member on the Shopping Cart or through any other channels Sonic Weekly
provides to order and upgrade service. Such party is referred to in this
Agreement as 'Member' or 'you'. Sonic Weekly reserves the right to reject this
Agreement for any reason or no reason, prior to acceptance thereof by Sonic
Weekly. Activation of the Services shall indicate Sonic Weekly's acceptance of
this Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Sonic
Weekly will provide to Member the Services selected by Member set forth on the Sign-up
Form. Sonic Weekly reserves the right to refuse service to anyone. Member
hereby represents that he, she or it is either, an individual entering this
Agreement for his or her personal use and is over 18 years of age, or a
corporation, limited partnership or other legal entity, duly organized and in
good standing under the laws of the state of its organization and the person
acting on behalf of Member is duly authorized to accept, execute and deliver
this Agreement on behalf of Member.
2. Amendment of Agreement
Sonic Weekly may amend or otherwise modify this Agreement. Member agrees that Sonic
Weekly's posting of any amendments or modifications to this website (http://sonicweekly.com/privacy) shall
constitute adequate notice to Member and that Member shall periodically consult
this web page for any changes or amendments to this Agreement. Sonic Weekly
may, but is under no obligation to, provide additional notice of any amendment,
modification or update of this Agreement via e-mail to Member. If any material
modification to this Agreement is unacceptable to Member it shall be Member's
responsibility to terminate their subscription as provided in Section 3 of this
Agreement. If Member does not terminate the Agreement within 10 days of the
material modification then Member's continued use will mean that Member has
accepted the amended or modified Agreement.
3. Duration of Agreement, Continuity, and Cancellation Policy
3.1 - The Initial Term shall begin upon confirmation of Member's order or
commencement of the Services to Member and receipt of lawful funds. The term's
length is chosen by Member and shall be indicated in the Shopping Cart. After
the Initial Term, this Agreement shall automatically renew for successive
terms, equal in length to the Initial Term, unless terminated or canceled by
either party as provided herein. During the Term, and other as specified
herein, this agreement cannot be terminated by Member for any reason.
3.2 - This agreement may be terminated by either party by giving the other
party notice at least 15 days prior to termination. (Members hereby agrees and
understands that they must follow the instructions provided at http://sonicweekly.com/modules/?r=faq/view/Cancel-Account
in order to effectively terminate services as described herein), or by Sonic
Weekly at any time, without notice, if in Sonic Weekly's sole judgment Member
has in any way breached this Agreement (Termination for Cause).
3.3 Sonic Weekly may also terminate this agreement in its sole discretion at
any time for any or no reason, by giving Member a 72 hour notice to the email
address Member keeps on file with Sonic Weekly.
3.4 - If Sonic Weekly cancels this agreement pursuant to any of the terms
outlined in this agreement, with the exception of Termination without Cause
pursuant to paragraph 3.3, Sonic Weekly shall not refund to Member any fees
paid or prepaid in advance of such cancellation.
3.5 - If prior to the end of the agreed on Term, Member cancels the Services
for any reason, or Sonic Weekly terminates the Agreement due to Member's breach
of the Sonic Weekly User Agreement or Acceptable Usage Policy, Member forfeits
any prepaid service fees. At no time shall Member receive a refund of any
prepaid service fees.
3.6 - Sonic Weekly reserves the right to terminate the Services, if Member's
usage of the Services results in, or is the subject of, legal action or
threatened legal action, against Sonic Weekly or any of its affiliates,
partners, owners, employees or agents, without consideration for whether such
legal action or threatened legal action is eventually determined to be with or
without merit.
3.7 - All sales are final except for a cancellation within the first thirty (3)
days after Member purchases and pays for the service (Limited Money-Back
Guarantee) and as stated below. After the Money Back Guarantee expires, Member
cannot cancel this Agreement, other than provided in paragraph 3.2, prior to
the end of the Term as provided herein for any reason. If, after the Money Back
Guarantee period, Member cancels this Agreement before the end of the term Member
shall receive no refund. In the event
that Member cancels within 3 days of ordering their membership by following the
instructions provided at http://sonicweekly.com/modules/?r=faq/view/Cancel-Account,
Sonic Weekly will refund membership fees only to Member. Member acknowledges
and agrees that following the instructions provided at http://sonicweekly.com/modules/?r=faq/view/Cancel-Account
is the ONLY WAY TO EFFECTIVELY CANCEL an account with Sonic Weekly and meet
potential deadlines to trigger Sonic Weekly's limited Money-Back Guarantee. Any
cancellation requests sent to or directed to Sonic Weekly by email and/or
regular mail shall be null and void. Member also agrees that any request for a
refund shall be forfeited, if the instructions provided at http://sonicweekly.com/modules/?r=faq/view/Cancel-Account
have not been followed to cancel an account.
4. Billing, Payment, and Additional Services
4.1 - All fees for Services are due in advance and shall be in accordance with Sonic
Weekly's fee schedule, which is incorporated herein by reference and may be
amended from time to time.
Sonic Lounge Memberships: http://sonicweekly.com/membership_info
Business Memberships: http://sonicweekly.com/membership_biz
Education Memberships: http://sonicweekly.com/membership_edu
4.3 - Member acknowledges and specifically agrees that chargeback's - which
occur if Member disputes Sonic Weekly charges directly with Member's credit
card bank - are unlawful if Sonic Weekly's service has been rendered. If Member
has a fee dispute with Sonic Weekly he has to settle such dispute with Sonic
Weekly directly without initiating any chargeback procedures.
5. Special Provisions Applicable to Affiliates
5.1 - Sonic Weekly from time to time may offer affiliate or referral programs
which will permit Members to refer
potential customers to Sonic
Weekly. If Member chooses to refer Sonic Weekly services or products Member
shall remain a Sonic Weekly Member for all purposes under this agreement.
5.2 – For any referral to Sonic Weekly that results in an actual sale of
service or products that is not cancelled, refunded, exchanged returned or
similarly not made Sonic Weekly after 90 days will pay a fee based upon the
current schedule in Sonic Weekly’s referral Affiliate program up to a maximum
of $599.00 or the minimum reporting requirements of the IRS. In the event said
amount is $600.00 or more then you must successfully complete an IRS form
allowing payments based upon a valid social security number or taxpayer
identification number
6. IP Address Ownership
During the course of providing Services to Member Sonic Weekly may assign to Member
an Internet Protocol address. Member agrees that it has no right to a
particular IP address under this agreement and accordingly Sonic Weekly shall
retain ownership of any IP address or addresses used by Member under this
agreement and that Sonic Weekly reserves the right to change or remove any and
all such Internet Protocol numbers and addresses, in its sole and absolute
discretion.
7. Caching
Member expressly grants to Sonic Weekly a license to cache Member's Content
including content supplied by third parties and hosted by Sonic Weekly under
this Agreement and Member agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Sonic Weekly
for any infringement of any third party's intellectual property rights thereby
affected from said caching.
8. No Unauthorized Scripts or Executable's
Member agrees not to run any scripts, executable's or other programs or
processes on Sonic Weekly's servers or other equipment that will in any way
adversely affect the performance of said equipment.
9. Intellectual Property Rights
Member acknowledges that Sonic Weekly owns all trade names, trademarks, service
marks, inventions, copyrights, trade secrets, patents, know-how and other
intellectual property rights relating to the Services and their provision. Member
further acknowledges and agrees that nothing in this Agreement shall constitute
a license to Member to resell or trade under any of Sonic Weekly's intellectual
property.
10. Classified / Auction Policy
10.1 - All Member classified and auction ads and transactions on Sonic Weekly
Classifieds must comply with the Classified Ad Guidelines.
Sellers and buyers are responsible for all aspects of transactions in which
they participate. Furthermore, sellers and buyers are responsible for reviewing
and complying with any applicable laws, regulations, or restrictions for the
city, county, state, region, and country in which both the buyer and seller reside.
This includes laws, regulations, or restrictions on items and services, and the
method of sale or exchange in which buyers and sellers participate on Sonic
Weekly Classifieds. http://sonicweekly.com/class_ad_guidelines
11. Forums and Message Boards
11.1
While the administrators and moderators of the Sound-Off Forums will attempt to
remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it
is impossible to review every message. Member acknowledges that all posts made
to these forums express the views and opinions of the author.
Members
agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful,
threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate our Terms of Use Policy or any applicable laws. Members agree
that the webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right
to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit. As a member
you agree to any information you have entered in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
The following are guidelines
for posting material on the Sonic Weekly Message Boards:
Everyone is
welcome to suggest new message threads that pertain to [topic of message board].
The use of
profanity, vulgar language, antagonistic remarks or ethnic slurs is strictly
prohibited.
Advertising of any kind, including outside Web sites
or placing outside Web links on the message boards is strictly prohibited as
well as the advertising or “hawking” of any products.
We encourage
creative, original and thought-provoking discussions. The Message Boards will
not be a free forum for personal attacks on others who us these Boards.
12. Blogging Terms of Use
Sonic Weekly
(“We“ or “Us“ or “Our“) offers the use of its blogging services (along with the
content posted thereon, the “Services“) subject to the terms and conditions of
use (the “Terms“) contained herein. All references herein to “We,“ “Us,“ or
“Our“ are intended to include Sonic Weekly Inc. and any other affiliated
companies. By accessing, creating or contributing to any blogs hosted at
www.sonicweekly.com (the “Blog“), and in consideration for the Services we
provide to you, you agree to abide by these Terms. Please read them carefully
before posting to or creating any Blog. We reserve the right to change, at any
time, at our sole discretion, the Terms under which these Services are offered.
You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms for changes. Your
continued use of the Services constitutes your acceptance of all such Terms. If
you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the Services.
13.1. Disclaimer
of Company Responsibility for Blog Content
You understand
that all content posted to the Blog (the “Content“) is the sole responsibility
of the individual who originally posted the content. You understand, also, that
all opinions expressed by users of this site are expressed strictly in their
individual capacities, and not as Our representatives or any of Our sponsors or
partners. The opinions that you or others post in the Blog do not necessarily
reflect Our opinions.
13.2. Posting
(a) By
posting your Content using the Services, you are granting an unrestricted,
irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, and fully
transferable, assignable, and sub-licensable right and license to use, copy,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create collective or derivative
works from, distribute, perform and display your Content in whole or in part
and to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now
known or later developed unless prior written approval is obtained from Sonic
Weekly. You further warrant that all so-called moral rights in the
content have been waived.
(b) By
posting content to the Blog, you warrant and represent that you either own or
otherwise control all of the rights to that content, including, without
limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or
submit the content, or that your use of the content is a protected fair
use. You agree that you will not knowingly and with intent to
defraud provide material and misleading false information. You
represent and warrant also that the content you supply does not violate these
Terms. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that your postings
do not disclose confidential and/or proprietary information, including
information covered by a nondisclosure agreement, that you are not authorized
to disclose. We caution you not to disclose personal information
about yourself or your children, such as social security numbers, credit card
numbers, etc.
(c) You
agree to indemnify and hold Us and Our affiliated companies, and their
directors, officers and employees, harmless for any and all claims or demands,
including reasonable attorney fees, that arise from or otherwise relate to your
use of the Blog, any content you supply to the Blog, or your violation of these
Terms or the rights of another.
13.3. Accessing
(a) You
agree that We will not be liable, under any circumstances and in any way, for
any errors or omissions, loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of use
of any content posted on this site. 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 not to harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including
e-mail addresses, or to use information obtained from the Services to send
other users unsolicited e-mail of any kind.
(b) The
Blog is provided for informational purposes only, and no content included in
the Blog is intended for trading or investing purposes. We shall not
be responsible or liable for the accuracy or availability of any information appearing
or available on the Blog, or for any trading or investment decisions made based
on such information.
(c) Blog
postings may provide links to other websites on the Internet. We are not
responsible or liable for such content and we make no express or implied
warranty about the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, merchantability,
or any other aspect of the content of such postings. We are not responsible or
liable for any advertising, products, or other materials on or available from
such websites or resources. The inclusion of links does not imply endorsement
of the Websites by Us or any association with their operators.
(d) We
may enable you to establish an account with a username and password to access
and use the Services. If so, you are responsible for maintaining the
strict confidentiality of your password, and you are responsible for any
activity occurring through use of your account and password. You
agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or
account or any other breach of security and ensure that you exit from your
account at the end of each session. We are not responsible or liable
for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this provision.
13.4. Privacy
Policy
Please be sure to
read our Privacy Policy, which is
available at http://sonicweekly.com/privacy and incorporated
herein by reference.
13.5. Copyright
(“DMCA”) Complaints
We respect the
intellectual property of others, and require that our users do the same. If you
believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on this site in a way
that constitutes copyright infringement, or that your intellectual property
rights have been otherwise violated, please notify Us of your claim of
infringement by sending the following written information to Our designated
Copyright Agent:
• An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
• A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
• A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site, including the URL and date on which the material was displayed;
• Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
• 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; and
• A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Our Copyright
Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site is Peter C.
Bronstein, Esq., who can be reached as follows:
Peter C. Bronstein,Esq.
2029 Century Park East 19th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
DMCA@sonicweekly.com
13.6. Termination
of Access/Removal of Content
We shall have the
right in Our sole discretion to terminate your access to and use of the
Services and/or remove any of your Content should We consider your statements
or conduct to be inaccurate, illegal, obscene, defamatory, threatening,
infringing of intellectual property rights, invasive of privacy, injurious,
objectionable, or otherwise in violation of these Terms or applicable law.
14. Disclaimer of Warranty.
Member agrees that its use of Services and its reliance upon information
provided by Sonic Weekly are entirely at Member's own risk. Member acknowledges
and agrees that Sonic Weekly exercises no control over, and accepts no
responsibility for, the content of data, scripts, or other information passing
through Sonic Weekly's host computers, network hubs and points of presence or
the Internet. THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS
IS, AS AVAILABLE BASIS. NEITHER SONIC WEEKLY, ITS OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR
AFFILIATES MAKES ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, FOR THE SERVICES OR ANY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH.
NEITHER SONIC WEEKLY NOR ITS OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY
WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO ANY OF
THEM MAKE ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF
THE SERVICES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION,
SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES. SONIC
WEEKLY IS NOT LIABLE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY, FOR THE CONTENT OF
ANY DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER TO OR FROM MEMBER OR STORED BY MEMBER OR ANY OF MEMBER'S
MEMBERS VIA THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY SONIC WEEKLY. NO ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN
INFORMATION GIVEN BY ANY SONIC WEEKLY EMPLOYEE, OWNER, OR AGENT WILL CREATE A
WARRANTY; NOR MAY MEMBER OR ANY OF MEMBER'S OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS RELY
ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. The terms of this section shall survive any
termination of this Agreement.
15. Indemnification.
Member agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Sonic Weekly and its
parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, and each of their respective
officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents (each an 'indemnified
party' and, collectively, 'indemnified parties') from and against any and all
claims, damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands, proceedings
(whether legal or administrative), and expenses (including, but not limited to,
reasonable attorney's fees) threatened, asserted, or filed by a third party
against any of the indemnified parties arising out of or relating to Member's
use of the Services, any violation by Member of this agreement, any breach of
any representation, warranty or covenant of Member contained in this Agreement
or any acts or omissions of Member. The terms of this section shall survive any
termination of this Agreement.
16. Limitation of Liability.
16.1 - Member agrees neither Sonic Weekly nor any of its employees, owners, or
agents shall be held responsible or liable for situations where the Services
are accessed by third parties through illegal or otherwise unauthorized means,
including situations where such data is accessed through the exploitation of
security gaps, weaknesses or flaws (whether known or unknown to Sonic Weekly at
the time) which may exist in the Services or Sonic Weekly's equipment used to
provide the Services.
16.2 - Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall Sonic Weekly or any
of its employees, owners, or agents be liable for any indirect, incidental,
special, consequential or punitive damages, or loss of profits, revenue, data
or use by Member or any other third party, whether in an action in contract or
tort or strict liability or other legal theory, even if Sonic Weekly has been
advised of the possibility of such damages. No Sonic Weekly Person shall be
liable to Member or any other third party, for any loss or damages that result
or are alleged to have resulted from the use of or inability to use the
Services, or that results from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of
files, loss of data, errors, viruses, defects, delays in operations, or
transmission or any failure of performance, whether or not limited to acts of
God, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to Sonic
Weekly's records, programs, equipment or services.
16.3 - Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Sonic Weekly's
maximum liability under this Agreement for all damages, losses, costs and
causes of actions from any and all claims regardless of the legal theory or the
nature of the cause of action shall not exceed the actual dollar amount paid by
Member for the Services which gave rise to such damages, losses and causes of
actions during the twelve (12) month period prior to the date the cause of
action arose or the injury or loss occurred.
16.4 - This limitation of liability reflects an informed and voluntary
allocation of risks between the parties and applies to risks both known and
unknown that may exist in connection with this Agreement. The terms of this
section shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
17. Prohibited Uses and Activities
Sonic Weekly may immediately take corrective action, including removal of all
or a portion of the Member's content, disconnection or discontinuance of any
Services if Member, or anyone accessing Member's account, engages in any of the
prohibited Uses or Activities set forth in Section 16 of this agreement. Member
hereby agrees that Sonic Weekly shall have no liability to Member due to any
corrective action that Sonic Weekly may take (including, without limitation,
disconnection of Services).
A. Violations of Intellectual Property Rights
Member agrees that it shall not violate any intellectual property rights and
that it shall not resell services to any party which violates intellectual
property rights. Any violation of any individual or entity's intellectual
property rights including, rights of privacy and rights of publicity are
prohibited. Sonic Weekly is required by law to remove or block access to
content appearing on or through the Services upon receipt of proper notice of
copyright infringement (see 'Copyright Infringement Notice Information' below).
B. Spamming
Member agrees not to send spam.. The term 'spam' includes, but is not limited
to, the sending of unsolicited bulk and/or commercial e-mail messages over the
Internet or maintaining an open SMTP policy. In the event of a dispute Sonic
Weekly reserves the right to determine, in its sole and discretion, whether
e-mail recipients were from an opt-in email list.
C. Misrepresentation of Transmission Information
Member agrees not to forge, misrepresent, omit, or delete message headers,
return mailing information and/or Internet protocol addresses to conceal or
misidentify the origin of any message or to resell services to anyone who
engages in said conduct.
D. Viruses and Other Destructive Activities
Use of the Services for creating or sending malicious, destructive or nuisance
code, examples of which include but are not limited to, viruses, worms and
Trojan horses, or for pinging, flooding or mail-bombing, or engaging in denial
of service attacks is prohibited and is a breach of this agreement. Member also
agrees not to engage in any other activity that is intended to disrupt or
interfere with, or that results in the disruption of or interference with, the
ability of others to effectively use the Services (or any connected network,
system, service or equipment).
E. Malicious or Unauthorized Hacking
Member agrees not conduct or promote any 'Hacking' activity and agrees that
'Hacking' as herein defined includes but is not limited to, the following
activities: illegally or without authorization, accessing computers, accounts
or networks, penetrating or attempting to penetrate security measures, port
scans, stealth scans, and other activities designed to assist in malicious or
unauthorized hacking or cracking. Any such activity on the part of Member is a
material breach of this Agreement.
D. Export Control Violations
The exportation of encryption software outside of the United States and/or
violations of United States law relating to the exportation of software is
prohibited.
F. Child Pornography
The use of the Services to store, post, display, transmit, advertise or
otherwise make available child pornography is prohibited. Sonic Weekly will as
required by law, notify law enforcement agencies when it becomes aware of the
presence of child pornography on, or being transmitted through, the Services.
G. Other Illegal Activities
The use of the Services to engage in any activities that are determined by Sonic
Weekly, in its sole and absolute discretion, to be illegal or which in Sonic
Weekly's opinion are likely to be found to be illegal is prohibited. Such
illegal or potentially illegal activities include, but are not limited to,
storing, posting, displaying, transmitting or otherwise making available Ponzi
or pyramid schemes, password and cracking information, fraudulently charging
credit cards or displaying credit card information or other private information
of third parties without their consent, and failure to comply with applicable
on-line privacy laws. Sonic Weekly will cooperate fully with appropriate law
enforcement agencies in connection with any and all illegal activities
occurring on or through the Services.
H. Obscene, Defamatory, Abusive or Threatening Language
Use of the Services to store, post, transmit, display or otherwise make available
obscene, defamatory, harassing, abusive or threatening language is prohibited.
I. Other Prohibited Activities
Engaging in any activity that, in Sonic Weekly's sole and absolute discretion,
disrupts, interferes with or is harmful to (or threatens to disrupt, interfere
with, or be harmful to) the Services, Sonic Weekly's business, operations,
reputation, goodwill, Members and/or Member relations, or the ability of Sonic
Weekly's Members to effectively use the Services is prohibited. Such prohibited
activities include making available any program, product or service that is
designed to or could be used to violate this Agreement. In addition, the
failure by a Member to cooperate with Sonic Weekly in correcting or preventing
violations of this Agreement by, or that result from the activity of, a Member
of the Subscriber is a violation of this Agreement.
18. Copyright Notice Infringement Information
Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Sonic Weekly has adopted a
policy that provides for suspension and possible termination of websites hosted
by Sonic Weekly that are found to infringe on copyrights of third parties. Member
expressly acknowledges that they are aware of this provision and Member waives
any claims it may have should it be injured or its business damaged in any form
by the enforcement of this provision. If a copyright holder believes that there
has been a violation of their copyright on a website that is hosted by Sonic
Weekly and the copyright holder demands that Sonic Weekly remove the website or
disable the material in question, Sonic Weekly will remove the website or
disable the material if the copyright holder provides Sonic Weekly with all of
the following information under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act:
1. A signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the
exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work that is claimed to have been or being
infringed, or, in the case of claimed infringement of multiple copyrighted
works, a representative list of such works.
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or is the
subject of infringing activity and that should be removed or access to which
should be disabled, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to
locate the material. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact
the person giving the notification, such as an address and telephone, and, if
available, an electronic mail address at which such person may be contacted.
4. A statement that the person giving the notification 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.
5. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under
penalty of perjury, that the person giving the notification is authorized to
act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
19. Use of Error Pages
Sonic Weekly has created a series of content sensitive error pages which shall be
displayed in the event any user enters an erroneous Uniform Resource Locator
(“URL”) for any activated domain name of any Sonic Weekly account. Sonic Weekly does not charge you to display an
error page and you hereby grant to Sonic Weekly a limited, non-exclusive
license to use any right you may have in any intellectual property right
consisting of, derivative of or related to your domain name for the purpose of
displaying such error pages under your domain name or any sub-page thereof . Such error pages may at the option of Sonic
Weekly contain links to your domain, to Sonic Weekly or to any other site or
service. At any time, you may choose to disable the Sonic Weekly error pages by
selecting a different message to display for errors within your Domain under
your control panel.
20. Disclosure of Member Information and Legal Process
Although Sonic Weekly will ordinarily maintain strict Member confidentiality
there are certain exceptions where Sonic Weekly may disclose any information in
its possession, including, without limitation, information about Subscribers,
Internet transmissions and website activity in order to comply with a court
order, subpoena, summons, discovery request, warrant, statute, regulation or
official governmental request, to protect Sonic Weekly or others from harm,
and/or to ensure the proper operation of the Services. Sonic Weekly has no
obligation to notify any person, including the Subscriber about whom
information is sought, that Sonic Weekly has provided the information. Member
acknowledges the above exceptions and agrees to them without reservation.
21. Force Majeure
Sonic Weekly shall not be liable for failure or delay in performing its
obligations hereunder if such failure or delay is due to circumstances beyond
its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of any governmental
body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike or other labor
disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability of,
interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services (including
DNS propagation), failure of third party software or hardware or inability to
obtain raw materials, supplies or power used in or equipment needed for
provision of the Services.
22. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Arbitration.
This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by California law without
regard to the conflict of law provisions thereof. Both parties submit to
personal jurisdiction in California. Any controversy or claim arising out of,
relating to or in connection with this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall
be subject to arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association
('AAA') in accordance with its then existing Commercial Arbitration Rules
(collectively, the 'AAA Rules') and judgment upon the award rendered by the
arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place
of arbitration shall be Studio City, California, or any other place selected by
mutual agreement of the parties. An award rendered in connection with an
arbitration pursuant to this Section shall be final and binding upon the
parties and the parties agree and consent that the arbitral award shall be
conclusive proof of the validity of the determinations of the arbitrations set
forth in the award, and any judgment upon such an award may be entered and
enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties agree that the award
of the arbitral tribunal will be the sole and exclusive remedy between them
regarding any and all claims and counterclaims between them with respect to the
subject matter of the arbitrated dispute. The parties hereby waive all in persona
jurisdictional defenses in connection with any arbitration hereunder or the
enforcement of an order or award rendered pursuant thereto. In any legal
action, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover all legal expenses
incurred in connection with the action, including but not limited to its costs,
both taxable and non-taxable, and reasonable attorney's fees. The terms of this
section shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
23. Assignment.
Sonic Weekly may assign this agreement at any time and without notice to Member.
Member shall not have the right to assign this Agreement without the prior
written consent of Sonic Weekly. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of Member and Sonic Weekly and their successors and permitted
assigns.
24. Entire Agreement; Severability.
This Agreement, together with the Order Form and any other documents or
agreements identified in this Agreement, represents the entire agreement
between the parties, and supersedes all previous representations, understandings
or agreements. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable, or void, the parties agree
that the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE.
Last updated: December 14, 2011





