1. Definitions
"VectorArtStudio.com" is the interactive on-line service operated by
VectorArtStudio.com ("VectorArtStudio.com") on the World Wide Web of
the Internet, consisting of information services and content. "User"
means each person who establishes or accesses a connection ("Account")
for access to and use of VectorArtStudio.com.
2. General
(A) This Agreement, which incorporates by reference other provisions applicable
to use of VectorArtStudio.com, including, but not limited to, supplemental terms
and conditions set forth in paragraph 14 hereof ("Supplemental Terms")
governing the use of certain specific material contained in VectorArtStudio.com,
sets forth the terms and conditions that apply to use of VectorArtStudio.com
by User. By using VectorArtStudio.com (other than to read this Agreement for
the first time), User agrees to comply with all of the terms and conditions
hereof. The right to use VectorArtStudio.com is personal to User and is not
transferable to any other person or entity. User is responsible for all use
of User’s Account (under any screen name or password) and for ensuring
that all use of User’s Account complies fully with the provisions of this
Agreement. User shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of User’s
password(s), if any.
(B) VectorArtStudio.com shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue
any aspect or feature of VectorArtStudio.com including, but not limited to,
content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use.
3. Changed Terms
VectorArtStudio.com shall have the right at any time to change or modify the
terms and conditions applicable to User’s use of VectorArtStudio.com or
any part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including, but not limited to,
adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions
shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means
including, but not limited to, posting on VectorArtStudio.com, or by electronic
or conventional mail, or by any other means by which User obtains notice thereof.
Any use of VectorArtStudio.com by User after such notice shall be deemed to
constitute acceptance by User of such changes, modifications or additions.
4. Equipment
User shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer
hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of VectorArtStudio.com
and all charges related thereto.
5. User Conduct
(A) User shall use VectorArtStudio.com for lawful purposes only. User shall
not post or transmit through VectorArtStudio.com any material which violates
or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening,
abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene,
profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute
a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law,
or which, without VectorArtStudio.com’s express prior approval, contains
advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct
by a User that in VectorArtStudio.com’s discretion restricts or inhibits
any other User from using or enjoying VectorArtStudio.com will not be permitted.
User shall not use VectorArtStudio.com to advertise or perform any commercial
solicitation, including, but not limited to, the solicitation of users to become
users of other on-line information services competitive with VectorArtStudio.com
unless otherwise specified.
(B) VectorArtStudio.com contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other
proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos,
video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of VectorArtStudio.com
are copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright laws.
VectorArtStudio.com owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement
and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. User
may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create
derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in
part. User may download copyrighted material for User’s personal use only.
Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution,
retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material
will be permitted without the express permission of VectorArtStudio.com and
the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or
publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution,
trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. User acknowledges that it
does not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.
(C) User shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on VectorArtStudio.com
any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without
the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary
right and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright
rests with User. User shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any
infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting
from such a submission. By submitting material to any public area of VectorArtStudio.com,
User automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of such material has expressly
granted VectorArtStudio.com the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive
right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute
such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other
works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for
the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material. User also permits
any other User to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that User’s
personal use. User hereby grants VectorArtStudio.com the right to edit, copy,
publish and distribute any material made available on VectorArtStudio.com by
User.
(D) The foregoing provisions of Section 5 are for the benefit of VectorArtStudio.com,
its subsidiaries, affiliates and its third party content providers and licensors
and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly
or on its own behalf.
6. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability
(A) USER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF VectorArtStudio IS AT USER’S SOLE RISK.
NEITHER VectorArtStudio, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT VectorArtStudio WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM USE OF VectorArtStudio, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION,
SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH VectorArtStudio.
(B) VectorArtStudio IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES
OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION,
RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(C) THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY
ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT,
DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE,
THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD,
WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY
OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. USER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT VectorArtStudio IS NOT LIABLE
FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD-PARTIES
AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH USER.
(D) IN NO EVENT WILL VectorArtStudio OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING,
PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING VectorArtStudio.com OR THE VectorArtStudio SOFTWARE, BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY
TO USE VectorArtStudio. USER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON VectorArtStudio.
(E) IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS SET FORTH ABOVE NEITHER, VectorArtStudio, NOR ITS AFFILIATES,
INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS SHALL BE LIABLE REGARDLESS OF THE
CAUSE OR DURATION, FOR ANY ERRORS, INACCURACIES, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER DEFECTS
IN, OR UNTIMELINESS OR UNAUTHENTICITY OF, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN VectorArtStudio,
OR FOR ANY DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN THE TRANSMISSION THEREOF TO THE USER, OR
FOR ANY CLAIMS OR LOSSES ARISING THEREFROM OR OCCASIONED THEREBY. NONE OF THE
FOREGOING PARTIES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS OR LOSSES OF ANY
NATURE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES. PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF A STOCK TRADE, USERS ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT
WITH YOUR BROKER OR OTHER FINANCIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO VERIFY PRICING OR OTHER
INFORMATION. VectorArtStudio, ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS
SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED.
NEITHER, VectorArtStudio, NOR ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS
WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE TIMELINESS, SEQUENCE, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THIS
INFORMATION. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS OBTAINED
FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION.
7. Monitoring
VectorArtStudio.com shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor
the content of VectorArtStudio.com, including chat rooms and forums, to determine
compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established by VectorArtStudio.com
and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. VectorArtStudio.com
shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove
any material submitted to or posted on VectorArtStudio.com. Without limiting
the foregoing, VectorArtStudio.com shall have the right to remove any material
that VectorArtStudio.com in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of
the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.
8. Indemnification
User agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless VectorArtStudio.com, its
affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from
and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising
out of the use of VectorArtStudio.com by User or User’s Account.
9. Termination
Either VectorArtStudio.com or User may terminate this Agreement at any time.
Without limiting the foregoing, VectorArtStudio.com shall have the right to
immediately terminate User’s Account in the event of any conduct by User
which VectorArtStudio.com in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable,
or in the event of any breach by User of this Agreement. The provisions of Sections
5(B), 5(C), 5(D), 6, 8, 10 and this Section 9 shall survive termination of this
Agreement.
10. Trademarks
VectorArtStudio.com and its logo is a trademark of VectorArtStudio.com. All
rights reserved. All other trademarks appearing on VectorArtStudio.com are the
property of their respective owners.
11. Contents
VectorArtStudio.com reserves the right to change the contents, not excluding
pricing, description, inventory, and other relevant information about the products/services
contained herein, without notification to the User at any time. Since the contents
of this site is updated frequently, VectorArtStudio.com is not liable and User
hereby indemnifies and agrees to accept a reasonable proportion of typographical
error that may be present on the VectorArtStudio.com site.
12. Miscellaneous
This Agreement and any operating rules for VectorArtStudio.com constitute the
entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and
supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect
to such subject matter. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of laws
rules. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be
deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The
section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given
any legal import.
13. Copyrights and Copyright Agent
VectorArtStudio.com respects the rights of all copyright holders and in this
regard, VectorArtStudio.com has adopted and implemented a policy that provides
for the termination in appropriate circumstances of users and account holders
who infringe the rights of copyright holders. If you believe that your work
has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide
VectorArtStudio.com’s Copyright Agent the following information required
by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. ’ 512.
1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf
of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or,
if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single
notification, representative list of such works at that site;
3. 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 us to locate
the material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining
party;
5. 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
6. 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.
14. Supplemental Terms
The structure, coding, and programming of the VectorArtStudio.com web site is
produced by VectorArtStudio.com. The underlying foundation for the interactive/dynamic
functions implemented throughout the VectorArtStudio.com site is provided by
a copyrighted software produced by VectorArtStudio.com. No part of VectorArtStudio.com
site can be downloaded or transferred without the expressed written consent
of VectorArtStudio.com.