TERMS OF USE
These TERMS OF SERVICE (this “Agreement”) concern the website that links to this Agreement (together with its respective pages and features, the “Site”), including the ability to view, order and/or download, as may be applicable, copies of that Site’s featured periodical(s) or other publication(s) (collectively, the “Publication”). This Agreement is made and entered into by and between you and any person helping you visit, access, register with or use the Site (collectively, “you” or “your”), on the one side, and OSG Media (“Company”), on the other side. You and Company are sometimes referred to herein each as a “Party” and together as the “Parties.”
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE OR THE SERVICES BECAUSE IT CONSTITUTES A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND OSG. THIS INCLUDES THE “DISPUTE RESOLUTION” CLAUSE CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH PROVIDES FOR BINDING ARBITRATION AND WAIVERS OF JURY TRIALS AND CLASS ACTIONS.
BY VISITING, ACCESSING, REGISTERING WITH OR USING THE SITE YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPTING AND AGREEING TO THE MOST-RECENT VERSION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND YOUR CONTINUING VISIT, ACCESS, REGISTRATION WITH OR USE OF THE SITE REAFFIRMS YOUR ACCEPTANCE AND AGREEMENT IN EACH INSTANCE.
IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY, THEN YOU ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED FROM VISITING, ACCESSING, REGISTERING WITH AND/OR USING THE SITE.
OSG MAY SUPPLEMENT, AMEND OR OTHERWISE MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME. SUCH MODIFICATIONS WILL BE POSTED ON THIS OR A SIMILAR PAGE OF THE SITE OR EMAILED TO YOU, AS APPLICABLE, AND SHALL BE DEEMED EFFECTIVE AS OF THEIR STATED EFFECTIVE OR MODIFICATION DATE. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CAREFULLY REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT EACH TIME YOU VISIT, ACCESS, REGISTER WITH OR USE THE SITE.
- Eligibility. The Site is offered only to users eighteen (18) years of age or older, or otherwise the age of majority in their respective jurisdictions, and who have accepted this Agreement. By visiting, accessing, registering with or using the Site, or by purchasing or using any products or services through the Site (including, without limitation, the Services), you represent and warrant to OSG that you meet these eligibility requirements. You agree to comply with all applicable laws for visiting, accessing, registering with and using the Site and for purchasing and using any products or services through the Site, and you may only use them for lawful purposes.
- Privacy. OSG respects the privacy of others. OSG’s policies concerning the collection and use of your personal information in connection with the Site are set forth in the Privacy Policy, which you should carefully review each time you visit, access, register with or use the Site.
- Description of Services. The Services include, without limitation, the various articles, product reviews, videos and other content publicly displayed, transformed or performed on or through the Site that is owned or licensed by OSG. OSG reserves the right, but not the obligation, to change or otherwise alter the operation, features and content of the Services as OSG sees fit in its sole discretion from time-to-time.
- Your Devices. Certain portions of the Site may be configured for, and OSG may offer the Site through, computers, tablets, smart phones and/or other electronic devices (“Device(s)”), and this Agreement shall apply with equal force and measure to your visit, access, registration with and use of the Site through such Devices. You are responsible for obtaining and updating the Device, software, operating system, carrier and network access necessary to properly access and use the Site. OSG does not guarantee that the Site or any portions thereof will function on or in connection with any particular Device, software, operating system, carrier, or network. If you visit, access, register with or use the Site through a particular Device, then you hereby acknowledge and agree that information about your use of the Site through that Device or its carrier or network (such as, by way of example only, the identity of your Device or its carrier or network) may be communicated to OSG and/or certain third parties. ALL OR ANY PART OF THE VOICE, MESSAGE, AND DATA FEES, RATES, CHARGES AND TAXES OF YOUR DEVICE’S CARRIER OR NETWORK, OR ANOTHER THIRD PARTY, MAY APPLY TO YOUR VISIT, ACCESS, REGISTRATION WITH AND/OR USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES. OSG IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND YOU FURTHER ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR, ALL DEVICE, CARRIER AND NETWORK FEES, RATES, CHARGES AND TAXES WHICH MAY APPLY, IF ANY.
- Ownership. The Site, the Services and all elements and derivatives of the foregoing (including, without limitation, all content, information, source codes, object codes, data, instructions, documentation and expressions), as well as all copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and other intellectual properties of the foregoing, are owned, licensed or permissibly used by OSG. In no event shall you have or retain any rights, titles or interests in or to the foregoing other than those limited rights expressly granted to you under this Agreement. No rights or permissions granted to you under this Agreement are coupled with an interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver or limitation of OSG’s or its licensors’ respective rights and remedies under applicable law.
- Rights, Permissions, and Consents.
- License of the Site. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, OSG grants you a limited, non-exclusive, personal, freely-revocable, non-transferable and non-sub-licensable license to access and view the various publicly displayed pages of the Site, and to view the information and content found thereon. Your unauthorized use of the Site or the Services, or any breach by you of this Agreement, automatically terminates this license.
- License of the Services. OSG grants you a limited, non-exclusive, personal, freely-revocable, non-transferable and non-sub-licensable license to access and use the non-subscription portions of the Services through the Site for your personal and non-commercial use, with such use being limited to those geographic areas where OSG offers the applicable Services to you. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing license does not grant you any right to reproduce (other than OSG-permitted downloads), publicly perform, publicly display, distribute, transmit or create derivatives of the Services or any elements or derivatives thereof, and you are prohibited from engaging in any such activities. For the further avoidance of doubt, OSG may, from time-to-time, conduct certain audit, repair, modification and/or testing activities in relation to the Site and/or the Services for purposes of developing, improving, researching, troubleshooting, repairing and/or otherwise modifying the foregoing; and OSG reserves the right, but not the obligation, to perform such activities without notice to you, and to exclude you from those activities without notice to you. Your unauthorized use of the Site or the Services, or any breach by you of this Agreement, automatically terminates this license.
- License of User Materials. All names, photographs, information, communications and any other content that you submit to or publish on or through the Site, or that you submit to or publish on an online social media account (e.g., Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, Instagram) that you own and link or otherwise associate with the Site, if any and as applicable, is hereinafter defined as the “User Materials.” You hereby grant OSG an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully-paid, transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual and universe-wide license for OSG to host, store, reproduce, transmit, distribute, sell, resell, license, sublicense, market, modify, adapt, create derivative works, communicate, publish, syndicate, publicly perform, publicly display, archive and otherwise use and exploit all or any part of such User Materials and any elements and derivatives thereof in any manner, medium or form, whether now known or hereinafter devised, as OSG sees fit in its sole discretion.
- Reservation of Rights. Nothing in this Agreement shall restrict or limit OSG’s rights, titles or interests in or to the Site, the User Materials or any elements or derivatives of the foregoing.
- Warnings; Disclaimers. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE USER MATERIALS MIGHT BECOME THE SUBJECT OF PUBLIC DISCLOSURE. THUS, OSG IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH, ITS USE OF ANY USER MATERIALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
- Suspension or Termination of Service. OSG has the right, but not the obligation, to suspend or terminate the function or existence of all or any part of the Site and/or the Services at any time, and without notice or recourse, as OSG deems advisable in its sole discretion. OSG SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY(S) FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT IS CAUSED BY OR ARISES FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH SUSPENSIONS OR TERMINATIONS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION AND BY WAY OF EXAMPLE ONLY, REFUNDS, LOST PROFITS, LOST OPPORTUNITIES, MONETARY DAMAGES, DISRUPTION IN OR LOSS OF SERVICE OR LOSS OF CONTENT)
- Payments.
- Products and Services. OSG might offer, sell, license or otherwise make available various products or services on, through or in relation to the Site (including, without limitation, the Services), some of which might only be made available to you upon completion and submission of an online form or other instructions provided to you by OSG. OSG has the right to refuse its products and services to you if it suspects that you are in any way involved in fraudulent or illegal activity, (including, without limitation, the use of stolen credit cards); and may contact your payment method issuer, law enforcement or others and share information relating to your payments if OSG believes doing so will prevent a violation of the law or financial loss.
- Shopping Cart. Certain sales transactions on or through the Site might take place through an online shopping cart feature (“Shopping Cart”). Once you proceed to “check out” or the like, you will be able to review your order, update quantities, remove items and enter promotional codes, if any, as applicable. OSG will then ship or arrange for the shipment of the purchased product items to your designated shipping address, if any such shipment is applicable.
- Third-Party Vendors. The Shopping Cart is provided by a third-party vendor and resides on that third-party vendor’s website via a dedicated page or portal. All credit card, debit card and other monetary transactions on or through the Site and/or the Shopping Cart occur through an online payment processing application that is provided by a third-party vendor(s). OSG’S RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS THIRD-PARTY VENDORS, IF ANY, IS MERELY CONTRACTUAL IN NATURE, AS THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN THIRD-PARTY VENDORS AND ARE IN NO WAY SUBJECT OSG’S DIRECTION OR CONTROL; THUS, THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS NOT, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS, ONE OF FIDUCIARIES, FRANCHISORS-FRANCHISEES, AGENTS-PRINCIPALS, EMPLOYERS-EMPLOYEES, PARTNERS, JOINT VENTURERS, CONTRACTORS OR THE LIKE.
- Payment Authorization. IF YOU PROVIDE OSG WITH YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION, THEN YOU AUTHORIZE OSG TO DO THE FOLLOWING AS OSG DEEMS NECESSARY, ALTHOUGH OSG HAS NO OBLIGATION TO DO SO: (A) SHARE YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION WITH ITS THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT PROCESSING VENDOR(S); (B) OBTAIN YOUR UPDATED PAYMENT INFORMATION FROM YOUR PAYMENT ISSUER, OSG’S THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT PROCESSING VENDOR(S) AND/OR APPLICABLE THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS; AND (C) USE YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION TO CHARGE PAYMENTS THAT ACCRUE UNDER YOUR ACCOUNT(S) WITH OSG IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT.
- Payment Obligations. You agree that you are responsible for the payment of all amounts that accrue under your account(s) with OSG, OSG’s third-party payment processing vendor(s), and/or any other third-party providers on, through or in relation to the Site (including, without limitation, all shipping and handling charges associated with the delivery of any products that you may purchase from OSG). You also agree to be responsible for all payments, fines, penalties and other liabilities incurred by any such person or entity that arises out of or relates to payments that you authorize or accept on, through or in relation to the Site, including, without limitation, all fees, penalties, taxes and duties; and to be responsible for all expenses (including costs and reasonable outside attorney fees) and interest incurred by any such person or entity to collect any overdue amounts.
- Waiver of Claims.TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AGREE TO WAIVE ALL CLAIMS AGAINST OSG RELATED TO ANY UNAUTHORIZED PAYMENTS MADE ON, THROUGH OR IN RELATION TO YOUR ACCOUNT(S) WITH OSG, OSG’S THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT PROCESSING VENDOR(S), ANY OTHER THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS AND/OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE AUTHORIZED OR UNAUTHORIZED.
- Accurate Payment Information. You represent and warrant to OSG that any payment information you provide on or through the Site is current, complete, and accurate; and that you will promptly notify OSG if your payment information has changed (such as a change in address or expiration date), if your payment method has been cancelled, or if you become aware of a breach of security.
- No Refunds. All sales and payments made on, through or regarding the Site or any products or services offered, marketed or provided on, through or in relation to the Site (including, without limitation, the Services) are final, irrevocable, and not subject to or eligible for refund or return, in whole or in part, unless otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement.
- Refusal of Products and Services. OSG has the right, but not the obligation, to refuse any and all of its products and services to you (including, without limitation, the Services) if it suspects that you are in any way involved in fraudulent or illegal activity (including, without limitation, the use of stolen credit cards). OSG may contact your payment method issuer, law enforcement or others and share information relating to your payments if OSG believes doing so will prevent a violation of the law or financial loss.
- Electronic Communications.
- Express Consent. YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO OSG AND ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES SENDING OR OTHERWISE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU FOR ANY PURPOSE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR ADVERTISING OR OTHER MARKETING OR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES, OR FOR SENDING OR NOTIFYING YOU ABOUT SPECIAL OFFERS, UPDATES, NEWSLETTERS OR OTHER INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES) BY EMAIL. BY GIVING SUCH CONSENT, YOU AGREE THAT NO SUCH COMMUNICATION SHALL VIOLATE THE CAN-SPAM ACT OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES OR REGULATIONS. VOICE, MESSAGE, AND DATA FEES, RATES, CHARGES AND/OR TAXES MAY APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF THE SAME. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO GRANT THE FOREGOING CONSENT AS A CONDITION FOR PURCHASE OR LICENSE OF ANY OTHER OSG PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
- Email Opt-Out. You may opt-out of receiving any emails as described in section 9(a) above any time by following the opt-out instructions in any such emails you have received and would like to opt-out of. You acknowledge that opting out of receiving any such communications may impact your receipt, the success, and/or the performance of all or any part of the Site, OSG’s products or services, and/or your ability to receive certain messages and/or notifications from OSG.
- Submissions. OSG does not accept unsolicited materials or ideas for content, and you acknowledge and agree that neither OSG nor any of OSG’s content providers are responsible or liable for the similarity of any information or content made available on or through the Site and/or the Services.
- Prohibited Activities. You shall not engage in any of the following activities at any time with respect to the Site or the Services: (a) the impersonation of any person or entity; (b) any act that infringes or otherwise violates the intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights of any person or entity (including, without limitation, the copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets held by OSG or its licensors with respect to the Site or the Services); (c) the reproduction of the Site or the Services or any information or content found thereon or therein, in whole or in part, or the creation of any derivatives works of the foregoing (unless expressly authorized by OSG herein); (d) the publication of any content that is objectionable or illegal (including, without limitation, content that is indecent, obscene, infringing, an invasion of privacy, defamatory, disparaging, false, deceptive, misleading, untruthful, fraudulent, threatening or abusive); (e) the publication of a person’s or entity’s personal information or private facts without his/her/its prior written consent; (f) the publication of any machine, computer or randomly generated content; (g) supplying or publishing any information or statements to or through the Site that is false, misleading, deceptive or incorrect; (h) any act intended or designed to drive traffic to or boost the search rankings of third-party websites, networks, platforms, servers or applications; (i) the systematic retrieval or copying of any information or content found on or through the Site or their servers to directly or indirectly create or compile, in whole or in part, a collection, compilation, database or directory; (j) the use of any software, program, process, device, application or routine (including, by way of example only, robots, scrapers, spiders, viruses, spyware and malware) to monitor, copy, disrupt, damage, injure, interfere with or impermissibly access, in whole or in part, the Site or their servers; (k) any act that involves or concerns decrypting, security bypassing or circumventing, hacking, data mining, data scraping, data harvesting, reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, attempting to derive source code, modifying, copying or the like in relation to the Site or their servers; (l) any act that overloads, unreasonably disrupts, or unreasonably interferes with the infrastructure of the Site or their servers; (m) any act that gains or attempt to gain unauthorized access to computer systems, networks, information or materials through the Site or their servers; or (n) any other act that OSG becomes aware of and believes in good faith is improper, illegal or harmful to the Site, their servers, or any person, entity or property.
- Links to Other Sites, Apps, Networks, Platforms, and Servers.
- Linked Technologies. The Site, the Services and/or any communications sent through or as a function thereof may contain links to third-party websites, networks, platforms, servers and/or applications, and, similarly, third-party websites, networks, platforms, servers and/or applications may contain links to the Site and/or the Services (collectively, “Linked Technologies”). The Linked Technologies are not under the control of OSG. The Site, the Services and any such communications contain the outgoing links as a convenience to you.
- Disclaimer About Linked Technologies. OSG IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, GOODS, SERVICES, PROMOTIONS, ADVERTISEMENTS, PROGRAMS, CODES OR OTHER ITEMS WHICH MAY BE FOUND ON OR EXCLUDED FROM THE LINKED TECHNOLOGIES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION AND BY WAY OF EXAMPLE ONLY, MALICIOUS SOFTWARE, SPYWARE PROGRAMS, INACCURATE INFORMATION AND ILLEGAL CONTENT). OSG DOES NOT MAKE, NOR HAS OSG MADE, ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES (EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE) CONCERNING THE TERMS OF USE OR SERVICE, PRIVACY POLICIES, AGREEMENTS, INFORMATION, CONTENT, GOODS, SERVICES, PROMOTIONS, ADVERTISEMENTS, PROGRAMS, CODES OR OTHER ITEMS WHICH MAY BE FOUND ON OR EXCLUDED FROM THE LINKED TECHNOLOGIES; NOR SHALL THE FACT THAT THE SITE MAY LINK TO OR FROM ANY LINKED TECHNOLOGIES CONSTITUTE AN AFFILIATION WITH, ASSOCIATION WITH OR ENDORSEMENT OF SUCH LINKED TECHNOLOGIES OR ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, GOODS, SERVICES, PROMOTIONS, ADVERTISEMENTS, PROGRAMS, CODES OR OTHER ITEMS WHICH MAY BE FOUND ON OR EXCLUDED FROM SUCH LINKED TECHNOLOGIES. IF YOU DECIDE TO ACCESS ANY LINKED TECHNOLOGIES, THEN YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- Take Down. OSG reserves the right, but not the obligation, to take down or otherwise exclude from the Site without notice or recourse, any communications, names, photographs, information and/or content made or submitted by you or others on or through the Site which OSG believes at any time and in its sole discretion to be infringing or otherwise in violation of the proprietary, privacy or publicity rights of any person or entity; plagiarizing; defamatory; disparaging; embarrassing towards any person or entity; disclosing of confidential, private or personal information about or belonging to any person or entity; profane; indecent; obscene; racist, sexist, or otherwise derogatory in terms of race, nationality, religion, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation or otherwise; threatening; abusive; illegal; false; misleading; deceptive; inciting violence; hate speech; and/or a political attack on a group or individual.
- Copyright Infringement. OSG respects the copyrights of others and prohibits users from uploading, posting, distributing, or otherwise transmitting any materials on or through the Site, or from engaging in any activities on or through the Site, which violate the copyrights of others. It is the policy of OSG to terminate, and OSG reserves the right to terminate without penalty or recourse, in appropriate circumstances the right of any subscriber and account holder (which may include, without limitation, you) to access, register with and use the Site who is a repeat copyright infringer. And if OSG becomes aware that a user who is not a subscriber or account holder (which may also include, without limitation, you) is a repeat copyright infringer, then it is the policy of OSG to take reasonable steps within its power to terminate, and OSG reserves the right to terminate without penalty or recourse, in appropriate circumstances the right of that user to access and use the Site. The following procedures shall apply in the event that you or another person or entity alleges that the reproduction, public performance, public display, digital transmission or other use of a work found on the Site infringes your copyright, the copyright of said person or entity or any other intellectual property right owned by you or said person or entity. These procedures are intended to comply with 17 U.S.C. § 512 and any other applicable laws. By visiting, accessing, registering with or using the Site, you are automatically agreeing to comply with the following procedures.
- Takedown Notice (Materials). To report any materials on the Site that violate the copyrights of others, you must send OSG a written communication that includes substantially the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- 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;
- 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;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider 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;
- 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
- 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.
- Takedown Notice (Information Location Tools). To report any information location tools (e.g., hyperlinks) on the Site that refer or link users to an online location containing infringing material or infringing activity, you must send OSG a written communication that includes substantially the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- 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;
- Identification of the reference or link, to material or activity claimed to be infringing, that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate that reference or link;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider 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;
- 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
- 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.
- Counter-Notice. If you believe that any material you have uploaded, posted, distributed, or otherwise transmitted on the Site has been removed by mistake or misidentification, and if you have the right to upload, post, distribute or otherwise transmit the material at issue, then you may send OSG a written communication that includes substantially the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of the subscriber;
- Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
- A statement under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
- The subscriber’s name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the subscriber’s address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and that the subscriber will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.
- Copyright Administrator. The foregoing written communications (i.e., the above-described takedown notice, and the above-described counter-notice) must be sent to the following designated agent of OSG:
The OSG Channel, Attn.: Copyright Agent, 4500 S. 129th E. Avenue, Suite 201, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74134, email: [email protected]
- User Representations, Warranties, and Covenants. You represent, warrant and covenant to OSG that: (a) you are a natural person and of eighteen (18) years of age or older, or otherwise the age of majority in your jurisdiction; (b) you have read and understand this Agreement in its entirety; (c) you have the full right and authority to enter into and abide by the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (d) you understand and acknowledge that by accepting this Agreement you are giving up certain legal rights and remedies; (e) you voluntarily accept and agree to, and will fully comply with, the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (f) you will not violate any applicable international, federal, state or local laws which may concern the Site, their servers, the Services or any information, communications or content found on or through them; (g) you are the exclusive owner of all rights, titles and interests in and to the User Materials (including, without limitation, all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, rights of publicity and rights of privacy) and/or, if applicable, have secured all necessary rights and permissions from all subjects depicted in, and all persons and entities who contributed to, the User Materials to allow for your performance and grant of rights hereunder; (h) the User Materials are wholly original to you; (i) the User Materials do not and will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the proprietary, publicity or privacy rights of any person or entity; (j) the User Materials do not and will not defame, disparage, embarrass or disclose confidential, private or personal information about or belonging to any person or entity; (k) nothing contained in the User Materials is or will be, or contains or will contain, links to material that is, profane, indecent, obscene, threatening, abusive, illegal, false, misleading or any form of spam, malware, virus, bug, bot, spyware or other malicious or tracking technology; (l) OSG is not required to seek the permission of or compensate any third party(s) to exercise any of the rights granted by you under this Agreement; (m) no obligation, disability, agreement or adverse claim exists that may restrict your performance or grant of rights hereunder; (n) all information you provide to OSG in connection with your access or use of the Site and the Services is truthful and accurate; and (o) you are not listed on any United States government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
- Disclaimers and Limitations.
- General Disclaimer. YOUR VISIT, ACCESS, REGISTRATION WITH OR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU ON OR THROUGH THE SITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE SERVICES) IN ANY WAY IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE, THE SERVICES, THE SUCCESS OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES AND ALL INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS, CONTENT, FEATURES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED, SOLD, LICENSED OR MADE AVAILABLE ON, THROUGH OR IN RELATION TO THE SITE OR THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS,” “WHERE IS,” “AS AVAILABLE,” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS” BASIS. OSG DOES NOT MAKE, NOR HAS OSG MADE, ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE (WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT, ORAL OR WRITTEN OR EXPRESS OR IMPLIED) TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, THE SERVICES, ANY SUCH INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS, CONTENT, FEATURES, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OR THEIR SUCCESS, PERFORMANCE, FUNCTIONALITY, RELIABILITY OR SAFETY. OSG EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL EXPRESS WARRANTIES, IMPLIED WARRANTIES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD FAITH AND FAIR DEALING, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUALITY, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE) AND WARRANTIES ARISING FROM CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, CUSTOM AND USAGE IN TRADE WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, THE SERVICES, ANY SUCH INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS, CONTENT, FEATURES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AND THEIR SUCCESS, PERFORMANCE, FUNCTIONALITY, RELIABILITY AND SAFETY. OSG DOES NOT MAKE, NOR HAS OSG MADE, ANY AFFIRMATION OF FACT, PROMISE OR WARRANTY (EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE) RELATING TO THE SITE, THE SERVICES, ANY SUCH INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS, CONTENT, FEATURES, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OR THEIR SUCCESS, PERFORMANCE, FUNCTIONALITY, RELIABILITY OR SAFETY THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE FACE OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THAT HAS BECOME ANY BASIS OF ANY BARGAIN.
- Disclaimer About Products and Services. ALL DESCRIPTIONS, IMAGES, REFERENCES, FEATURES, CONTENT, SPECIFICATIONS, PRODUCTS AND PRICES OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED ON, THROUGH OR IN RELATION TO THE SITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE SERVICES) ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU. CERTAIN WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND OTHER DESCRIPTIONS ARE APPROXIMATE AND ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE PURPOSES ONLY. THE INCLUSION OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ON, THROUGH OR IN RELATION TO THE SITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE SERVICES) DOES NOT IMPLY OR WARRANT THAT THEY ARE OR WILL BE AVAILABLE. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ASCERTAIN AND OBEY ALL APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAWS (INCLUDING MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENTS) IN REGARD TO THE RECEIPT, POSSESSION, USE AND SALE OF ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ORDERED OR PURCHASED ON, THROUGH OR IN RELATION TO THE SITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE SERVICES). OSG RESERVES THE RIGHT, WITH OR WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO YOU, TO DO ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: (I) LIMIT THE AVAILABLE QUANTITY OF OR DISCONTINUE ANY SUCH PRODUCT OR SERVICE; (II) IMPOSE CONDITIONS ON THE HONORING OF ANY COUPON, COUPON CODE, PROMOTIONAL CODE OR OTHER SIMILAR PROMOTION; (III) BAR YOU FROM MAKING OR COMPLETING ANY TRANSACTIONS ON, THROUGH OR IN RELATION TO THE SITE; AND (IV) REFUSE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY SUCH PRODUCT OR SERVICE.
- Disclaimer About System Delays. YOU UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES MAY BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS, DELAYS AND OTHER PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE USE OF THIRD-PARTY COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND FACILITIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OSG’S CONTROL. ACCORDINGLY, OSG SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ANY DELAYS, FAILURES, LOSSES, INJURIES, LIABILITIES OR DAMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES WHICH RESULT FROM ANY SYSTEM DELAYS, DOWNTIMES, INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER FAILURES OF OR PROBLEMS WITH THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES WHICH ARE OUTSIDE OF OSG’S CONTROL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE OR NETWORK FAILURE).
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- Consumer Protections. The disclaimers and limitations set forth in this section 16 are not intended to limit liability or alter your rights as a consumer that cannot be limited or altered under applicable law.
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- Term; Termination; Survival. This Agreement shall continue and remain in effect until it is terminated in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. OSG may terminate this Agreement at any time, for any or no reason, and without notice to you (including, without limitation, if OSG believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with any term or condition of this Agreement). You may terminate this Agreement at any time and for any or no reason by cancelling your subscription with OSG. If this Agreement is terminated for any reason, then all rights granted to you under this Agreement shall automatically revert back to OSG, and the following shall survive in perpetuity: (a) all defined terms under this Agreement; (b) all rights and privileges under this Agreement which were granted to and/or accrued in favor of OSG and/or any of OSG’s officers, directors, members, managers, owners, partners, agents, employees, representatives, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, trustees, assigns, transferees, contractors, vendors or licensees as of the date of this Agreement’s termination; (c) all payments which accrued as of the date of termination; (d) all disclaimers, limitations of liability and limitations of remedies; and (e) all representations, warranties, covenants, certifications, releases, indemnifications and promises made by you under this Agreement.
- Governing Law. This Agreement, the additional terms, conditions, and policies referenced herein (including, without limitation, the Site’s Privacy Policy), your visit, access, registration with or use of the Site and/or the Services, any transactions made on or through the Site, any products or services purchased on, through or in relation to the Site, the Parties’ relationship, and all disputes, controversies, and claims arising from or in connection with any of the foregoing (whether grounded in contract, tort, statute, law, or equity) shall be governed, interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado in the United States of America and applicable federal law of the United States of America, regardless of its place of execution, its place of performance, and any conflicts of law analysis. For the avoidance of any doubt, the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall have no application whatsoever.
- Dispute Resolution.
- Binding Arbitration; Waiver. Each Party hereby irrevocably submits all disputes, controversies and claims arising from or concerning this Agreement, any additional terms, conditions, or policies referenced in this Agreement, your visit, access, registration with or use of the Site, the Services, any transactions made on or through the Site, any products or services purchased on, through or in relation to the Site, and/or the Parties’ relationship (whether grounded in contract, tort, statute, law or equity) (collectively, the “Dispute(s)”) to binding arbitration administered by Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (a/k/a JAMS) or its successor (“JAMS”) for the resolution thereof, and such arbitration shall be the sole and exclusive method for resolving the Disputes. The arbitration shall be binding, final and confidential. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT HE/SHE/IT IS WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE AS THE MEMBER OF A CLASS IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS ACTION PROCEEDING.
- Arbitration Rules. The arbitration shall be conducted before a single arbitrator under the then-current JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules & Procedures (the “JAMS Rules”), as supplemented by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence if and where applicable as a gap-filler. If there is any conflict between a provision of the JAMS Rules, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Evidence, or this Agreement, then the conflicting provision of this Agreement shall control and govern over the JAMS Rules, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence; and the JAMS Rules shall control and govern over the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence. The construction, interpretation, and enforcement of this section 21 is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq.
- Arbitration Process, Location, and Procedures. The Party initiating the arbitration proceeding shall serve a written notice of arbitration on the other Party in accordance with the JAMS Rules. The arbitration shall be held in Denver, Colorado, United States of America. The arbitration shall be conducted in the English language. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the JAMS Rules, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties to the arbitration. All issues or questions concerning either the scope of this arbitration clause or the arbitrability of any of the Disputes shall be referred to and finally decided by the arbitrator. The arbitrator may construe or interpret, but shall not vary or ignore, the terms and conditions of this Agreement and shall be bound by applicable law.
- Arbitration Decisions and Awards. The arbitrator shall render a written final decision on the subject Dispute as soon as practicable and in any event not more than forty-five (45) days after the close of evidence and briefing. The arbitrator’s decision shall be written, shall be in accordance with applicable law, and shall be supported by written findings of fact and conclusions of law setting forth the basis for his/her decision. The arbitrator shall have no authority to award punitive, exemplary or consequential damages, unless such an award is authorized by applicable law. The arbitrator shall have the authority to award attorney fees and expenses if such an award is permitted under this Agreement or applicable law. Subject to any applicable rights of appeal, the final decision of the arbitrator shall be binding and conclusive upon all of the Parties who have been served with proper written notice of the arbitration proceeding as required by this section 21. Judgment on any award rendered by the arbitrator may be confirmed in any state or federal court having jurisdiction thereof that is located in the State of Colorado, and may be entered in and enforced by any domestic, foreign, or international court having appropriate subject matter jurisdiction. Any decision, judgment, ruling, finding, award or other determination of the arbitrator and any information disclosed in the course of any arbitration hereunder shall be kept confidential by the Parties, and any court order to enforce the decision, judgment, ruling, finding, award or other determination of the arbitrator shall be filed under seal.
- Arbitration Fees and Expenses. JAMS’s administrative and filing fees, the arbitrator’s fees and expenses and all other fees and expenses charged by JAMS and/or the arbitrator to administer or conduct the arbitration shall be shared equally among all parties to the arbitration; provided, however, that the prevailing party of the arbitration may recover an award of its share of such fees and expenses if such an award is permitted under this Agreement or applicable law.
- Litigation; Waiver. In the event a particular Dispute is not subject to arbitration (whether by decision of an arbitrator with binding authority, or otherwise according to this Agreement or applicable law), each Party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the state courts of the State of Colorado in Denver County, Colorado, United States of America and the United States federal courts in the District of Colorado, Denver Division, for the litigation of said Dispute, and covenant and agree that neither of the foregoing is an inconvenient venue or forum.
This Agreement was last modified on March 17, 2022.