Terms of Use
The following terms represent a legal agreement between CandidEarthlings and those who access and utilize the CandidEarthlings website (hereafter referred to as “Web Site”), including contributors to the website’s content. Please review these terms carefully. If and when changes are made to the terms of use, all modifications will be viewable by anyone who accesses the website. CandidEarthlings maintains the right to effect changes to the terms of use without providing notice to users of the website. As such, we suggest that you periodically review this section with continued use of the website.
User Conduct
CandidEarthlings.com as well as any communications service, including the ability to contribute material to the Web Site, was created solely for the purpose of entertainment. In using this Web Site, you agree to provide only true and accurate information as prompted by the subscription and/or contribution form. If any such information is discovered to be untrue, CandidEarthlings.com has the right to terminate your subscription immediately and prohibit you from further utilizing the Web Site.
CandidEarthlings.com grants you non-exclusive permission to access the website provided that you abide by the following terms:
- You agree not to post, email, or otherwise transmit material that is abusive, harmful, embarrassing, threatening, or defamatory to an individual or group of individuals.
- You agree not to post, email, or otherwise transmit material that is hateful to an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or disability.
- You agree not to post, email, or otherwise transmit material that you are legally prohibited from transmitting, such as information protected by a copyright or non-disclosure agreement, or that infringes any patent, trade secret, or trademark of any party.
- You agree not to post, email, or otherwise transmit material for advertisement or promotional purposes, unless such advertising is specifically solicited by the creators of the Web Site.
- You agree not to harm minors in any way via the use of the Web Site.
- You agree not to impersonate and/or misrepresent any individual or entity.
- You agree not to post, email, or otherwise transmit any information containing coding intended to corrupt hardware or software, including Trojan Horses, worms, and cancelbots.
- You agree not to act in a manner that negatively affect others’ ability to utilize the Web Site.
- You agree not to act in a manner that contradicts the purpose and intentions of the Web Site, or with the intention of disrupting the services of the Web Site.
- You agree not to redistribute any content of the Web Site, including but not limited to pictures, videos, and commentary, unless authorization is explicitly obtained from the Web Site creators.
- You agree not to violate any state of federal law in your usage of the Web Site.
You understand that, upon posting material, you do so at your own risk and discretion. If submitted material violates any of the above conditions, you will be held fully accountable. Neither CandidEarthlings.com nor any of its affiliates will be held liable for any damages resulting directly or indirectly from the Web Site or its content.
As a user of CandidEarthlings.com you are granted the right to submit content, including pictures, videos, commentary, and captions, to the Web Site. You acknowledge that CandidEarthlings.com is not responsible for the quality or content of material submitted to the Web Site. However, CandidEarthlings.com maintains the right to reject submitted content if it is undesirable, inaccurate, hateful or harmful to others, or inconsistent with the Terms of Use. You accept responsibility for all aspects of submitted material, including legality, accuracy, and copyright compliance. You agree to inform CandidEarthlings.com if you believe any published content is inappropriate or inconsistent with the Terms of Use.
You agree that CandidEarthlings.com may, but is not obligated to, disclose Web Site content if disclosure is believed to be necessary to: a) comply with legal processes; b) protect the rights, safety, and intellectual property of the public or any third party; or c) uphold the Terms of Use.
You understand that contributions to the Web Site involve transmissions over various networks, and that information may be lost during and/or as a result of such transactions. As such, you acknowledge that CandidEarthlings.com is not responsible for any loss of material submitted to the Web Site.
You acknowledge that the views expressed in the Web Site content, including pictures, videos, commentary, and captions, do not represent the beliefs, opinions, or preferences of CandidEarthlings.com. This holds true for material modified by CandidEarthlings.com prior to its being published on the Web Site.
Mobile/Wireless Policy
Your mobile service provider’s standard messaging rate will apply to any SMS correspondence between yourself and CandidEarthlings.com. All charges are billed by and payable to your carrier. CandidEarthlings.com is not responsible for any delay or failure in communication via SMS messaging.
CandidEarthlings.com may require certain personal information to enable SMS correspondence with the Web Site. This may include cell phone number, your carrier’s name, and the date, time, and content of your messages. This information will be solely used for communication purposes and will not be shared with any third party.
Restrictions on Use of Material
CandidEarthlings.com was created solely for the purpose of entertainment, and is intended for use as such. You agree not to utilize the Web Site for advertisement, sale, trade, or other commercial or promotional purposes. You are additionally prohibited from adapting, modifying, transmitting, or commercially exploiting any content of the Web Site. If you wish to utilize material for any of the above purposes, you must first obtain written consent from the Web Site creators at info@candidearthlings.com. If permission is granted for usage of the material, you may not change or delete any author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice.
Unsolicited Materials
CandidEarthlings.com does not wish to receive any secret or confidential information via submission through the Web Site or through any of the provided email addresses. Any information received by CandidEarthings.com will be assumed not to be confidential or secret. By submitting material to the Web Site, you agree that you are the sole owner of the information.
User’s Grant of Limited License
By submitting information the Web Site, you grant CandidEarthlings.com the rights to such information and agree that CandidEarthlings.com is the sole proprietor. As such, CandidEarthlings.com may publish, reproduce, adapt, translate, or otherwise modify and redistribute material as so desired. This includes pictures, videos, commentary, captions, and any other material received by CandidEarthlings.com via submission directly through the Web Site or by email. You remain responsible for the legality, accuracy, copyright compliance, and all other aspects of submitted material. CandidEarthlings.com is not obligated to provide royalties to those users responsible for the submission of redistributed material.
Linked Sites
As a user of the Web Site you may be able to link to a third party’s Web Site from CandidEarthlings.com, hereto referred to as “Linked Sites”. Linked Sites are not reviewed or controlled by CandidEarthlings.com; hence the Web Site is not responsible for, nor does it endorse in any way, the content or any other aspect of the Linked Sites. You are held solely responsible for compliance with the terms of service of the Linked Sites as well as any other legal obligation related to the use of such Linked Sites or their content. CandidEarthlings.com will under not circumstance be held accountable for damages resulting directly or indirectly from the usage of the Linked Sites, as accessed via CandidEarthlings.com. CandidEarthlings.com reserves the right to remove or modify any link to a third-party Web Site without notification to users.
Linked Sites may contain content that is explicit, offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unsuitable for children under the age of 18. Upon entering such Linked Sites you agree that you are of legal adult age, and that usage of content from the Linked Sites is consistent with the community standards of your town, city, state, or any other locality to which you belong and/or from which you access these linked sites.
If you wish to link to a third party web site, you must first obtain permission from CandidEarthlings.com via info@candidearthlings.com. We reserve the right to ignore, deny or rescind any request to link to any third party web site.
Intellectual Property Rights
All material contained in CandidEarthlings.com is the sole property of the Web Site and its affiliates. As previously expressed, you are prohibited from downloading or copying all or a portion of the Web Site for any commercial, promotional, or other purpose. However, you may save and/or print a copy of the Web Site for personal use or records, provided that logos or legends representing trademarks are not altered or removed from the stored copies.
Parental Permission
CandidEarthlings.com may contain material that is not suitable for viewing by children under the age of 18. CandidEarthlings.com may solicit written consent of a parent or guardian to permit the viewing of certain content, at its discretion.
Disclaimer of Warranties
CANDIDEARTHLINGS.COM AND ITS SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “WHERE IS,” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CANDIDEARTHLINGS.COM, ITS MEMBERS, AFFILIATES, OR LICESNORS WILL DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE USAGE OF THE WEB SITE. THIS EXTENDS TO, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTY CONCERNING: i) THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, USEFULLNESS, OR COMPLETENESS OF WEB SITE CONTENT OR SERVICES; ii) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGES RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE WEB SITE OR USAGE OF THE WEB SITE; iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO SECURE SERVERS AND/OR CONDIENTIAL OR SECRET INFORMATION, INCLUDING FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN; iv) ANY COMPUTER CODING INTENDED TO CORRUPT HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE, INCLUDING BUGS, VIRUSES, AND TROJAN HORSES, WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR WEB SITE BY USERS OR ANY THIRD PARTY; OR v) THAT USAGE OF THE WEB SITE WILL BE ERROR-FREE AND UNINTERRUPTED.
Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL CANDIDEARTHLINGS.COM, ITS MEMBERS, AFFILIATES, OR LICENSORS BE HELD LIABLE FOR PERSONAL INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER HARMFUL CONSEQUENCE RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE WEB SITE OR USE OF THE WEB SITE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, EVEN IF CANDIDEARTHLINGS.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES. IN SUCH CASES, THE LIABILITY OF CANDIDEARTHLINGS.COM WILL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless CandidEarthlings.com, its members, affiliates, and licensors, from any and all claims regarding losses, damages, and costs (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from your use of the Web Site or its services, the submission, emailing, reproduction, distribution, or transmission of the content of the Web Site, or any violation of the Terms of Use as described.
Copyrights and Copyright Agent
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