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This Service Agreement (the "Agreement") describes the terms and conditions on
which New American Media, Inc ("we" or "our company"); Owners of File Kaboom!
offer services to you ("Customer" or "You"). By registering for or using File
Kaboom services, Customer agrees to be bound by the following terms and
conditions.
1. Eligibility for File Kaboom! Services.
Our
Services are available only to individuals and business entities (including but
not limited to sole proprietorships) in good legal standing that can form
legally binding contracts under applicable law. Customer hereby represents and
warrants that it is duly licensed to do business and is in good legal standing
in the jurisdictions in which it does business (during the term of this
Agreement) that it is not a competitor of File Kaboom!, and that the person
agreeing to this Agreement for Customer is at least eighteen years of age and
otherwise capable of and authorized to enter binding contracts for Customer.
2. File Kaboom! Services
Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, File Kaboom! makes certain Services
available to Customer. For the purposes of this Agreement: (a) "Customer" (or
"you") means the individual or business entity that is using or registering to
use the Services, including its employees and agents; (b) File Kaboom!
"Services" means those electronic or interactive services offered by File
Kaboom!. File Kaboom! Online reserves the right to change or discontinue any of
the Services at any time.
3. Ownership
You
acknowledge that all materials (except those uploaded by users) provided on this
Web site, including but not limited to information, documents, products, logos,
graphics, sounds, gui, software, and services (collectively "Materials"), are
provided either by File Kaboom! or by their respective third party authors,
developers and vendors (collectively "Third Party Providers") and the underlying
intellectual property rights are owned by File Kaboom! and/or its Third Party
Providers. Elements of the Web site are protected by trade dress and other laws
and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. File Kaboom!, the File
Kaboom! logo and other File Kaboom! products referenced herein are trademarks of
File Kaboom!, and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other product
names, company names, marks, logos, and symbols may be the trademarks of their
respective owners.
4. Customer Information
Customer
represents and warrants that the information it provides in File Kaboom! contact
information forms is true, accurate, current and complete. Customer agrees to
maintain and update this information to ensure that it is true, accurate,
current and complete. If, at any time, any information provided by Customer is
untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, File Kaboom! will have the right
to suspend or terminate Customer's account and this Agreement.
5. Customer Account
5.1 Authorized Users
Customer
may designate persons to act as its agents to use the Services, provided that
each designated person has the legal capacity to enter into binding contracts
for Customer. Furthermore, Customer represents and warrants that each person who
registers under Customer's account is an authorized agent of Customer (an
"Authorized User") who has such legal capacity.
5.2 Responsibility for Access
Customer
is solely responsible and liable for any and all access to and use of the
Services (including all activities and transactions) by any Authorized User
and/or User ID registered under Customer's account, unless such access to or use
of the Services is the direct result solely of the gross negligence of File
Kaboom!. It is Customer's responsibility, through its systems administrator
Authorized User, to set the appropriate access for each of Customer's Authorized
Users.
5.3 Responsibility for User IDs and Passwords
Customer
is solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Customer access
information, i.e. account ID's and passwords of its Authorized Users, and are
responsible for all activities that occur under your account.
5.4 Notification of Unauthorized Use
Customer
will immediately notify File Kaboom! if Customer notices any activity indicating
that Customer's account or data is being used without authorization, including:
(a) Customer has received confirmation of an order or orders placed using
Customer's account which Customer did not place or any similar conflicting
report; or (b) Customer becomes aware of any unauthorized use of any product or
service related to its account(s).
6. Customer Data
Customer
has sole responsibility and liability for the data its stores on File Kaboom!'s
servers. Customer controls its data through its generated link. File Kaboom!
encourages Customer to archive its data regularly and frequently; Customer bears
full responsibility for archiving its data and sole liability for any lost or
irrecoverable data. Customer agrees to maintain its data in compliance with its
legal obligations. File Kaboom! will delete Customer data upon termination of
this Agreement. However, File Kaboom! may retain Customer data in its archives
after deletion and will not be liable to Customer in any way for such retained
data.
6.1 Special Circumstances
File
Kaboom! will provide access to the Services and Customer's data to an agent of
Customer ("Authorized Agent") who provides File Kaboom! with a notarized letter
signed by an officer of Customer which letter shall include statements of
authenticity, authority, and liability as required by File Kaboom! in its sole
discretion. Customer expressly and irrevocably agrees that File Kaboom! may rely
on such a letter and on the apparent authority of the person requesting access
to the Services or to Customer's account. In no event will File Kaboom! be
liable to Customer or any third party for File Kaboom!'s reliance on such letter
or such apparent authority.
8. Acceptable Use
You agree to not use File Kaboom!'s Service to:
a.
upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that
spreads messages of terror or depicts torture or death-gui; if serious enough,
the content will be reported to the appropriate legal authority and/or the
member's ISP will be contacted;
b. harm minors in any way, this includes any form of child pornography;
if serious enough, the content will be reported to the appropriate legal
authority and/or the member's ISP will be contacted;
c. upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available any Content
that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other
proprietary rights of any party.
8.1 Illegality/Adult Content
File
Kaboom! neither sanctions nor permits site content or the transmission of data
that contains illegal or obscene material or fosters or promotes illegal
activity, including but not limited to, gambling, the offering for sale of
illegal weapons, and the promotion or publication of any material that may
violate hate crimes legislation.
File Kaboom! reserves the right to immediately suspend or terminate any account
or transmission that violates this policy, without prior notice.
Further,
should Customer violate this policy, File Kaboom! will actively assist and
cooperate with law enforcement agencies and government authorities in collecting
and tendering information about Customer, Customer's site, the illegal or
obscene content, and those persons that may have inappropriately accessed,
acquired, or used the illegal or obscene content.
8.2 Wrongful Conduct
Customer
shall not commit or permit wrongful or damaging acts which justify civil action
including, but not limited to, posting of defamatory, scandalous, or private
information about a person without their consent or intentionally inflicting
emotional distress.
8.3 Access and Interference
Violations
or attempts to violate File Kaboom! systems or to interrupt File Kaboom!
services are strictly prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil
liability. Examples of system violations include, without limitation:
(a)
Unauthorized access to or use of File Kaboom! Services, including any attempt to
probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or to breach security or
authentication measures without express authorization of File Kaboom!; or (b)
Interference with Service to any customer or network including, without
limitation, flooding, or deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast
attacks; or (c) Use of any device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt
to interfere with the proper working of the Services; or (d) Any action that
imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on File Kaboom!'s
infrastructure
Customer
shall not decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, reverse engineer or
otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the "software tools" (including
the tools, methods, processes, and infrastructure) underlying the Services or
any other software on the File Kaboom! Web site.
8.4 Copyright or Trademark Infringement
File
Kaboom! Services may be used only for lawful purposes. Transmission,
distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or
regulation, including export control laws, is prohibited. This includes, without
limitation, material protected by patent, copyright, trademark, service mark,
trade secret or other intellectual property rights. If you use another party's
material, you must obtain prior authorization. By using the Services, you
represent and warrant that you are the author and copyright owner and/or proper
licensee with respect to any hosted content and you further represent and
warrant that no content violates the trademark or rights of any third party.
File Kaboom! reserves the right to suspend or terminate a Customer's
transmission(s) that, in File Kaboom!'s discretion, violates these policies or
violates any law or regulation.
8.5 Misuse of System Resources
Customer
shall not misuse system resources including, but not limited to, employing
content which consume excessive CPU time or storage space; utilizing excessive
bandwidth; or resale of access to content hosted on File Kaboom! servers.
8.6 Other Activities
Whether
lawful or unlawful, File Kaboom! reserves the right to determine what is harmful
to its Customers, operations or reputation, including any activities that
restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Service or the
Internet.
Please be
aware File Kaboom! reserves the right to cancel any account or transmission they
find in violation of any of the above policies. If appropriate, File Kaboom!
will refer complaints to law enforcement authorities, and in such case, File
Kaboom! will actively assist law enforcement agencies with the investigation and
prosecution of any such activities, including surrendering Customer account and
data information.
Complaints
about violators of our Policy should be sent via e-mail to abuse@File
Kaboom!.com. Each complaint will be investigated and may result to immediate
cancellation of Services without prior notice.
9. No Warranty
You
expressly understand and agree that: (a) your use of the Service is at your sole
risk. File Kaboom! Services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.
File Kaboom! and its suppliers, to the fullest extent permitted by law, disclaim
all warranties, including but not limited to warranties of title, fitness for a
particular purpose, merchantability and non-infringement of proprietary or third
party rights. File Kaboom! and its suppliers make no warranties about the
accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of our Services, software, or
content; (b) File Kaboom! makes no warranty that (i) the Service will meet your
requirements, (ii) the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or
error-free, (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the service
will be accurate or reliable, (iv) the quality of any products, services,
information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the Service
will meet your expectations, and (v) any errors in the software will be
corrected; (d) any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of
the Service is done at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely
responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results
from the download of any such material; (e) no advice or information, whether
oral or written, obtained by you from us or through or from the Service shall
create any warranty not expressly stated in these terms and conditions.
10. Indemnity
You agree
to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless File Kaboom!, its affiliates, officers,
directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or
demands, including without limitation reasonable legal fees, alleging or
resulting from your use the Service, or your breach of this Agreement or other
File Kaboom! policies, terms and conditions.
11. Limitation of Liability
Your use
of File Kaboom! is at your own risk. If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of
our Service or with these terms & conditions, or any other rules or policies,
your sole remedy is to discontinue use of the Service. You expressly understand
and agree that File Kaboom! shall not be liable for any direct, indirect,
incidental, special, consequential exemplary damages, including but not limited
to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses
(even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting
from: (I) the use or the inability to use the Service; (II) the cost of
procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data,
information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or
transactions entered into through or from the Service; (III) unauthorized access
to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (IV) statements or conduct of
any third party on the service; or (V) any other matter relating to the Service.
12. Modifications to Agreements, Policies or to our Services
We reserve
the right to change this Service Agreement at any time without notice. We also
reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service, temporarily
or permanently, with or without notice to you. You agree that we shall not be
liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension or
discontinuance of the Service. You acknowledge that we may establish general
practices and limits concerning use of the Service, including the maximum disk
space that will be allotted on File Kaboom!'s servers on your behalf, and the
maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the
Service in a given period of time. Further, you acknowledge that File Kaboom!
may change subscription fees at any time without notice. Changes in subscription
fees will take effect on expiration of any existing Customer subscription.
13. Termination
13.1
Without limiting other remedies, File Kaboom! may immediately issue a warning,
suspend (i.e., lock out access and operation of Services for Customer) either
temporarily or indefinitely, or terminate Customer's account and refuse to
provide Services to Customer if: (a) File Kaboom! believes that Customer have
violated or acted inconsistently with this Agreement, or any of our policies; or
(b) Customer have failed to pay fees or other payments due to File Kaboom!; or
(c) File Kaboom! is unable to verify or authenticate any information Customer
provides to File Kaboom!; or (d) File Kaboom! believes that Customer's actions
may cause legal liability for Customer, File Kaboom!'s other clients, or File
Kaboom!.
File
Kaboom! may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing
the Service, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any
termination of your access to the Service under any provision of these terms and
conditions may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that
File Kaboom! may immediately deactivate, archive or delete your account and all
related information and data and/or any further access to such data or the
Service. Further, you agree that File Kaboom! shall not be liable to you or any
third-party for any termination of your access to the Service.
Upon
termination of this Agreement by either Customer or File Kaboom!, all of
Customer rights under this Agreement, and File Kaboom!'s provision of Services,
will terminate immediately.
13.2 The Sections 6 ("Customer Data"), 9 ("No Warranty"), 10
("Indemnity"), 11 ("Limitation Of Liability") and this Section 13 will survive
any termination of this Agreement.
14. Miscellaneous
These
terms and conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of California, excluding that body of law governing conflict
of laws. Any legal action or proceeding relating to or arising out of these
Terms or your use of the Web site will be brought in a federal or state court in
Santa Clara County, California, and you submit to the venue and personal
jurisdiction of such court. If any provision of these Terms is held to be
invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be enforced to the greatest extent
possible and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe,
or describe the scope or extent of such section. File Kaboom!'s failure to act
with respect to a breach by Customer or others does not waive File Kaboom!'s
right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. No action by
Customer arising under this Agreement may be brought at any time more than
twelve (12) months after the facts occurred upon which the cause of action
arose.
14.1 Relationship
Customer and File Kaboom! are independent contractors, and no agency,
partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee
relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.
14.2 Assignment
Customer may not assign any of its rights, or delegate any of its duties, under
this Agreement, and any attempted assignment will be null and void.
14.4 Force Majure
Operation
of our Services may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of our
control and we shall not be liable to you for any delay or failure in
performance under this Agreement resulting directly or indirectly from causes
beyond File Kaboom!'s control.
14.5 Interpretation
If any
provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such
provision shall be struck, as narrowly as possible, and the remaining provisions
shall be enforced. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way
define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.
14.6 File Kaboom! Confidential Information
You
represent and warrant to File Kaboom! that (a) you are not a competitor of File
Kaboom!, (b) you shall keep publicly unannounced information and materials
pertaining to File Kaboom!, pre-release software, testing or testing procedures
strictly confidential and (c) you shall not use any information gained from
access to the File Kaboom! Web site or use of the File Kaboom! Services to
compete with File Kaboom! in its business.
14.7 Exceptions
Except for
other agreements or terms appearing on the Web site, this Agreement set forth
the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to the subject
matter hereof.
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