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This
InternetFiles Service Agreement (the "Agreement")
describes the terms and conditions on which
InternetFiles ("we" or "our company") offer services
to you ("Customer" or "You"). By registering for
or using
InternetFiles services, Customer agrees to be bound
by the following terms and conditions.
1. Eligibility
for
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles , 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.
InternetFiles Services.
Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement,
InternetFiles 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)
InternetFiles "Services" means those electronic or
interactive services offered by
InternetFiles .
InternetFiles 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,
images, software, and services (collectively "Materials"),
are provided either by
InternetFiles or by their respective third party authors,
developers and vendors (collectively "Third Party
Providers") and the underlying intellectual property
rights are owned by
InternetFiles 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.
InternetFiles , the
InternetFiles logo and other
InternetFiles products referenced herein are trademarks
of
InternetFiles , 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
InternetFiles 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,
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles . 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
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles 's servers. Customer controls its data
through its generated link.
InternetFiles 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.
InternetFiles will delete Customer data upon termination
of this Agreement. However,
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles will provide access to the Services
and Customer's data to an agent of Customer ("Authorized
Agent") who provides
InternetFiles with a notarized letter signed by an
officer of Customer which letter shall include
statements of authenticity, authority, and liability
as required by
InternetFiles in its sole discretion. Customer expressly
and irrevocably agrees that
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles be liable to Customer or any third party
for
InternetFiles 's reliance on such letter or such apparent
authority.
8.
Acceptable Use
You agree to not use
InternetFiles 's Service to:
a. upload, post, email, transmit
or otherwise make available any Content that spreads
messages of terror or depicts torture or death-images;
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, email, transmit
or otherwise make available any Content that infringes
any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright
or other proprietary rights of any party;
InternetFiles 's DMCA Policy has more details;
8.1 Illegality/Adult Content
InternetFiles 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.
InternetFiles 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,
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles systems or to interrupt
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles ; 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
InternetFiles '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
InternetFiles Web site.
8.4 Copyright or Trademark Infringement
InternetFiles 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.
InternetFiles reserves the right to suspend or terminate
a Customer's transmission(s) that, in
InternetFiles 's discretion, violates these policies
or violates any law or regulation.
InternetFiles 's DMCA Policy has more details.
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
InternetFiles servers.
8.6 Other Activities
Whether lawful or unlawful,
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles reserves the right to cancel any account
or transmission they find in violation of any
of the above policies. If appropriate,
InternetFiles will refer complaints to law enforcement
authorities, and in such case,
InternetFiles 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@
InternetFiles .org. 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.
InternetFiles Services are provided on an "as is"
and "as available" basis.
InternetFiles 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.
InternetFiles and its suppliers make no warranties
about the accuracy, reliability, completeness,
or timeliness of our Services, software, or content;
(b)
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles , 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
InternetFiles policies, terms and conditions.
11. Limitation
of Liability
Your use of
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles 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) unauthorised
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
InternetFiles ’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
InternetFiles 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,
InternetFiles 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)
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles ; or (c)
InternetFiles is unable to verify or authenticate
any information Customer provides to
InternetFiles ; or (d)
InternetFiles believes that Customer's actions may
cause legal liability for Customer,
InternetFiles ’s other clients, or
InternetFiles .
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles 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
InternetFiles , all of Customer rights under this Agreement,
and
InternetFiles '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.
InternetFiles 's failure to act with respect to a breach
by Customer or others does not waive
InternetFiles ’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
InternetFiles 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 Majeure
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
InternetFiles ’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
InternetFiles Confidential Information
You represent and warrant to
InternetFiles that (a) you are not a competitor of
InternetFiles , (b) you shall keep publicly unannounced
information and materials pertaining to
InternetFiles , pre-release software, testing or testing
procedures strictly confidential and (c) you shall
not use any information gained from access to
the
InternetFiles Web site or use of the
InternetFiles Services to compete with
InternetFiles 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.
Additional Information
Any questions relating to our
Legal Agreements and Policies may be directed
to legal@
InternetFiles .org.
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