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Terms of Use
1. Your Acceptance
BY
USING AND/OR VISITING THIS WEBSITE (collectively, including all Content
available through the sportsmansparadise.com domain name, the
"sportsmansparadise Website", or "Website"), YOU SIGNIFY YOUR ASSENT TO
BOTH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (the "Terms of Service") AND THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF YOUTUBE'S PRIVACY NOTICE, WHICH ARE PUBLISHED AT
http://www.sportsmansparadise.com/privacy, AND WHICH ARE INCORPORATED
HEREIN BY REFERENCE.
If you do not agree to any of these terms, then please do not use the sportsmansparadise Website.
2. sportsmansparadise Website
These
Terms of Service apply to all users of the sportsmansparadise Website,
including users who are also contributors of video content,
information, and other materials or services on the Website. The
sportsmansparadise Website may contain links to third party websites that
are not owned or controlled by sportsmansparadise. sportsmansparadise has
no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content,
privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites. In
addition, sportsmansparadise will not and cannot censor or edit the
content of any third-party site. By using the Website, you expressly
relieve sportsmansparadise from any and all liability arising from your
use of any third-party website. Accordingly, we encourage you to be
aware when you leave the sportsmansparadise Website and to read the terms
and conditions and privacy policy of each other website that you visit.
3. Website Access
A.
sportsmansparadise hereby grants you permission to use the Website as set
forth in this Terms of Service, provided that: (i) your use of the
Website as permitted is solely for your personal, noncommercial use;
(ii) you will not copy or distribute any part of the Website in any
medium without sportsmansparadise's prior written authorization; (iii)
you will not alter or modify any part of the Website other than as may
be reasonably necessary to use the Website for its intended purpose;
and (iv) you will otherwise comply with the terms and conditions of
these Terms of Service.
B. In
order to access some features of the Website, you will have to create
an account. You may never use another's account without permission.
When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete
information. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on
your account, and you must keep your account password secure. You must
notify sportsmansparadise immediately of any breach of security or
unauthorized use of your account. Although sportsmansparadise will not be
liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account,
you may be liable for the losses of sportsmansparadise or others due to
such unauthorized use.
C. You
agree not to use or launch any automated system, including without
limitation, "robots," "spiders," "offline readers," etc., that accesses
the Website in a manner that sends more request messages to the
sportsmansparadise servers in a given period of time than a human can
reasonably produce in the same period by using a convention on-line web
browser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, sportsmansparadise grants the
operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy
materials from the site for the sole purpose of creating publicly
available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or
archives of such materials. sportsmansparadise reserves the right to
revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases. You
agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable
information, including account names, from the Website, nor to use the
communication systems provided by the Website for any commercial
solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit, for commercial
purposes, any users of the Website with respect to their User
Submissions.
4. Intellectual Property Rights
The
content on the sportsmansparadise Website, except all User Submissions
(as defined below), including without limitation, the text, software,
scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features
and the like ("Content") and the trademarks, service marks and logos
contained therein ("Marks"), are owned by or licensed to
sportsmansparadise, subject to copyright and other intellectual property
rights under United States and foreign laws and international
conventions. Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your
information and personal use only and may not be used, copied,
reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold,
licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever
without the prior written consent of the respective owners.
sportsmansparadise reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to
the Website and the Content. You agree to not engage in the use,
copying, or distribution of any of the Content other than expressly
permitted herein, including any use, copying, or distribution of User
Submissions of third parties obtained through the Website for any
commercial purposes. If you download or print a copy of the Content for
personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary
notices contained therein. You agree not to circumvent, disable or
otherwise interfere with security related features of the
sportsmansparadise Website or features that prevent or restrict use or
copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the
sportsmansparadise Website or the Content therein.
5. User Submissions
A. The sportsmansparadise
Website may now or in the future permit the submission of videos or
other communications submitted by you and other users ("User
Submissions") and the hosting, sharing, and/or publishing of such User
Submissions. You understand that whether or not such User Submissions
are published, sportsmansparadise does not guarantee any confidentiality
with respect to any submissions.
B. You
shall be 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 sportsmansparadise 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 the User Submissions in
the manner contemplated by the Website and these Terms of Service; 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 the Website and these Terms of Service. For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions.
However, by submitting the User Submissions to sportsmansparadise, you
hereby grant sportsmansparadise a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free,
sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute,
prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions
in connection with the sportsmansparadise Website and sportsmansparadise's
(and its successor's) business, including without limitation for
promoting and redistributing part or all of the sportsmansparadise
Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through
any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the
sportsmansparadise Website a non-exclusive license to access your User
Submissions through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute,
prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Submissions
as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these
Terms of Service. The foregoing license granted by you terminates once
you remove or delete a User Submission from the sportsmansparadise
Website.
C. 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 sportsmansparadise
all of the license rights granted herein; (ii) publish falsehoods or
misrepresentations that could damage sportsmansparadise or any third party; (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; (iv) post
advertisements or solicitations of business: (v) impersonate another person.
sportsmansparadise does not endorse any User Submission or any opinion, recommendation, or
advice expressed therein, and sportsmansparadise expressly disclaims any and all liability
in connection with User Submissions. sportsmansparadise does not permit copyright
infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on its
Website, and sportsmansparadise will remove all Content and User Submissions if properly
notified that such Content or User Submission infringes on another's
intellectual property rights. sportsmansparadise reserves the right to remove Content and
User Submissions without prior notice. sportsmansparadise will also terminate a User's
access to its Website, if they are determined to be a repeat infringer. A
repeat infringer is a User who has been notified of infringing activity more
than twice and/or has had a User Submission removed from the Website more than
twice. sportsmansparadise also reserves the right to decide whether Content or a User
Submission is appropriate and complies with these Terms of Service for
violations other than copyright infringement and violations of intellectual
property law, such as, but not limited to, pornography, obscene or defamatory
material, or excessive length. sportsmansparadise may remove such User Submissions and/or
terminate a User's access for uploading such material in violation of these
Terms of Service at any time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion.
D. In
particular, if you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that
any User Submission or other content infringes upon your copyrights, you may
submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
("DMCA") by providing our 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 at a single online site are covered by a single
notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
(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 the service
provider to locate the material;
(iv) Information
reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an
address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail;
(v) A statement
that you have a good sports 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 you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive
right that is allegedly infringed.
sportsmansparadise's
designated Copyright Agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement is:
abuse@sportsmansparadise.com. For clarity, only
DMCA notices should go to the Copyright Agent; any other feedback, comments,
requests for technical support, and other communications should be directed to
sportsmansparadise customer service at admin@sportsmansparadise.com.
You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this
Section 5(D), your DMCA notice may not be valid.
E. You
understand that when using the sportsmansparadise Website, you will be exposed to User
Submissions from a variety of sources, and that sportsmansparadise 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, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or
equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against sportsmansparadise with respect
thereto, and agree to indemnify and hold sportsmansparadise, its Owners/Operators,
affiliates, and/or licensors, harmless to the fullest extent allowed by law
regarding all matters related to your use of the site.
F. sportsmansparadise
permits you to link to materials on the Website for personal, non-commercial
purposes only. In addition, sportsmansparadise provides an "Embeddable Player"
feature, which you may incorporate into your own personal, non-commercial
websites for use in accessing the materials on the Website, provided that you
include a prominent link back to the sportsmansparadise website on the pages containing
the Embeddable Player. sportsmansparadise reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of
the sportsmansparadise Website at any time.
6. Warranty Disclaimer
YOU AGREE THAT
YOUR USE OF THE YOUTUBE WEBSITE SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOUTUBE, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND
AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE
WEBSITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF. YOUTUBE MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS
ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THIS SITE'S CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY
SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY
(I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR
PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND
USE OF OUR WEBSITE, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE
SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION
STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM
OUR WEBSITE, (IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE
TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (V) ANY ERRORS
OR OMISSIONSIN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A
RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE
AVAILABLE VIA THE YOUTUBE WEBSITE. YOUTUBE DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE,
GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR
OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE YOUTUBE WEBSITE OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE
OR FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND YOUTUBE WILL NOT BE A PARTY
TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND
THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A
PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE
YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.
7. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT
SHALL YOUTUBE, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF
CONTENT, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER,
RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR WEBSITE, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS
TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR
FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF
TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM OUR WEBSITE, (IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR
THE LIKE, WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE BY ANY THIRD
PARTY, AND/OR (V) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR
DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED,
EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE YOUTUBE WEBSITE,
WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND
WHETHER ORNOT THE COMPANY IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE
FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.
YOU SPECIFICALLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUTUBE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR USER SUBMISSIONS OR THE
DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK
OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
The Website is
controlled and offered by sportsmansparadise from its facilities in the United States of
America. sportsmansparadise makes no representations that the
sportsmansparadise Website is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those
who access or use the sportsmansparadise Website from other jurisdictions do so at their
own volition and are responsible for compliance with local law.
8. Indemnity
You agree to
defend, indemnify and hold harmless sportsmansparadise, its parent corporation, officers,
directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages,
obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but
not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the
sportsmansparadise Website; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms of Service;
(iii) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any
copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that one of your User
Submissions caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification
obligation will survive these Terms of Service and your use of the sportsmansparadise
Website.
9. Ability to Accept Terms of Service
You affirm that
you are either more than 18 years of age, or an emancipated minor, or possess
legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter
into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and
warranties set forth in these Terms of Service, and to abide by and comply with
these Terms of Service. In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of
13, as the sportsmansparadise Website is not intended for children under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not
use the sportsmansparadise Website—there are lots of other great web sites for you. Talk
to your parents about what sites are appropriate for you.
10. Assignment
These Terms of
Service, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred
or assigned by you, but may be assigned by sportsmansparadise without restriction.
11. General
You agree that:
(i) the sportsmansparadise Website shall be deemed solely based in New York; and (ii) the sportsmansparadise
Website shall be deemed a passive website that does not give rise to personal
jurisdiction over sportsmansparadise, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other
than New York. These Terms of Service
shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of New York, without respect to its
conflict of laws principles. Any claim or dispute between you and sportsmansparadise that
arises in whole or in part from the sportsmansparadise Website shall be decided exclusively
by a court of competent jurisdiction located in Kings County, New York. These Terms of Service,
together with the Privacy Notice at http://www.sportsmansparadise.com/privacy and any
other legal notices published by sportsmansparadise on the Website, shall constitute the entire
agreement between you and sportsmansparadise concerning the sportsmansparadise Website. If any
provision of these Terms of Service is deemed invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining provisions of these Terms of Service, which shall remain in full
force and effect. No waiver of any term of this these Terms of Service shall be
deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and
sportsmansparadise's failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Service
shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. sportsmansparadise reserves the
right to amend these Terms of Service at any time and without notice, and it is
your responsibility to review these Terms of Service for any changes. Your use
of the sportsmansparadise Website following any amendment of these Terms of Service will
signify your assent to and acceptance of its revised terms. YOU AND sportsmansparadise
AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE sportsmansparadise WEBSITE
MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE,
SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
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