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Welcome to Itoky! Itoky is the online social network for creating,
sharing and discovering all forms of digital media. The Itoky service is
available through our Web site, located at http://www.Itoky.com.
NOTICE TO USER: These terms of use outline your rights and
responsibilities as a user of the Itoky service. You retain all rights in
any media or content you create and present on Itoky. Any audio that you
upload to the Itoky service will be filtered by an audio fingerprint
filtering system that prevents registered audio content from being
full-length streamed to any users other than the user that uploaded it. To
register your audio content, please go to www.snocap.com. You must not
upload or present any media or content in which you do not have the
appropriate rights to do so. You may be in violation of copyright laws if
you do not have the appropriate rights to the media or content you upload or
present on Itoky. Itoky will not tolerate known infringements or misbehavior
by its users. It is Itoky's policy to terminate the accounts of known repeat
infringers.
THIS IS A CONTRACT. By using or visiting this web site (collectively,
including all Member Content available through the Itoky.com domain name,
the "Itoky Site" or "Site") or registering for this service, you represent
and warrant that you have read, understand, and have the legal capacity to,
and hereby accept all the terms and conditions of this agreement, and agree
to be legally bound by this agreement.
Itoky does not knowingly collect, solicit or maintain personally
identifiable information or non-personally identifiable information on its
site from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of our site is directed
to persons under 13. No one under age 13 is allowed to use the site or
provide any personal information to or on our site. If you are under 13
years of age, then please do not send any information about yourself to us,
or register for, use, or access the site at any time or in any manner. If
you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under
13, please contact us at info@Itoky.com.
If you are between the age of 13 and 18, you must obtain permission
from your parent or guardian to use Itoky, and you must have a parent assist
in the completion of registration. In addition, if you are between the age
of 13 and 18, you must affirm that you possess legal parental or guardian
consent to use the Site and Service, and must affirm that you are fully able
and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations,
affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in Itoky’s terms of
service, and to abide by and comply with Itoky’s terms of service.
This Itoky Terms of Service Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal agreement
between you, either an individual or a single entity or your qualified legal
representative ("You"), and Itoky. This document describes the terms and
conditions that cover the use of the Itoky service ("Service") and the Itoky
Site, available at http://www.Itoky.com.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or
otherwise alter this Agreement at any time. What constitutes a "material
change" will be at the sole and exclusive discretion of Itoky. You can find
the most recent version of this Agreement at
http://www.Itoky.com/terms.php, with the date of last modification noted at
the end. Modifications to the terms will become effective immediately when
they are posted. Therefore, we encourage you to check the date of this
Agreement whenever you visit the Itoky Site to check if it has been updated.
You should review this Agreement on a regular basis to keep yourself up to
date with any changes. If you do not agree to the revised Agreement, your
sole recourse is to immediately stop all use of the Site and/or Service.
Your continued use of the Site and/or Service following the posting of
modifications will constitute your acceptance of the revised Agreement.
Should you have any questions regarding the use of our Site, please contact
us at: info@Itoky.com
- Use of the Site and Service
- Your Account
Once you register for the Service, you will have a username,
password and an account with a custom URL. Please note that Itoky
may opt to disallow or remove a particular username or custom URL at
its sole discretion. You may never use another's account without
his/her permission. You are responsible for activity that occurs on
your account and for maintaining the confidentiality of your
password and account, which may not be shared with others.
Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities
that occur under your account. You agree to immediately notify Itoky
of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of
security known to you. Although Itoky will not be liable for your
losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may be
liable for the losses of Itoky or others due to such unauthorized
use. Accounts are for personal, noncommercial use only. However,
Itoky reserves the right to allow particular users to use the Site
or Service for commercial purposes pursuant to a separate written
agreement. You may not use automated means, including spiders,
robots, crawlers, data mining tools, or the like to sign on, use, or
receive information through the Service or on the Site.
- Itoky's Intellectual Property Rights
All content (with the exception of Member Content, as defined
below) of the Itoky Site and Service including but not limited to
design, text, software, technical drawings, configurations,
graphics, other files, and their selection and arrangement
("Content") are: Copyright © 2005-07 Itoky, and/or the proprietary
property of its suppliers, affiliates, or licensors. Content may not
be reproduced, modified, derivative works created from, displayed,
performed, published, distributed, disseminated, broadcasted or
circulated to any third party (including, without limitation, the
display and distribution of the material via third party Web sites
or other networked computer environment) without the express prior
written consent of Itoky and/or its suppliers, affiliates, or
licensors. All rights reserved.
Itoky, Itoky.com, and the Itoky logo are, without limitation,
trademarks, service marks or registered trademarks of Itoky, and may
not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without
Itoky's prior written permission or that of our suppliers or
licensors. Other product and company names may be trade or service
marks of their respective owners.
Itoky may have patents, patent applications, trademarks,
copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject
matter in its Site and/or Service. Unless we have granted you
licenses to our intellectual property in this Agreement, our
providing you with such Web pages does not give you any license to
our intellectual property. Any rights not expressly granted herein
are reserved.
- Member Content
Itoky does not claim any ownership rights in any articles,
information, materials, data, files, programs, photographs,
concepts, communications, footage, ideas, opinions, and other
materials ("Member Content") you post, store, or exchange through
the Itoky Site or Service; you continue to retain all ownership
rights in such Member Content. Member Content is the sole
responsibility of the person from which such Member Content
originated. This means that you, and not Itoky, are entirely
responsible for all Member Content that you upload, post, email,
transmit or otherwise make available through the Site or Service. To
the extent that Itoky provides you with an opportunity to post,
store and exchange Member Content, you agree to and hereby do grant,
and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant,
Itoky, its contractors, and the users of the Itoky Site an
irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully
sublicensable, fully paid up, worldwide license to use, copy,
publicly perform, digitally perform, publicly display, and
distribute such content and to prepare derivative works of, or
incorporate into other works, such Member Content on the Itoky Site
or Service. This license does not grant Itoky the right to sell
Member Content or otherwise distribute it outside of Itoky's Site or
Service; provided, however that streaming of content on third party
Web sites via embedded widgets shall not be deemed a distribution
outside of Itoky’s Site or Service.
Member Content posted by users and other non-Itoky contributors
are generally not reviewed by Itoky. Accordingly, Itoky does not
guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Member Content.
Itoky will have the right, but not the obligation, to reject, refuse
to post, or otherwise monitor all content displayed by users, and
may remove or require users to remove all content that Itoky, in its
sole discretion, deems to be (a) inconsistent with Itoky's strategic
mission and vision (including but not limited to content that
contains undesirable images of or links or references to tobacco and
alcohol products, profanity, pornography, violence, or
discrimination of any sort) and/or this Agreement; or (b) possibly
in violation of applicable law. In addition, Itoky has the right to
remove any content if Itoky has reason to believe that displaying
such content may infringe the rights of a third party or subject
Itoky to expense or liability. Please notify us at
violations@Itoky.com of any content that you believe might violate
applicable law or your intellectual property rights or contain
undesirable images of or links or references to tobacco and alcohol
products, profanity, pornography, violence, prejudicial content, or
content that is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively
violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable.
Itoky reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to determine
whether and what action to take in response to each such
notification, and any action or inaction in a particular instance
will not dictate or limit Itoky's response to a future complaint.
You acknowledge and agree that Itoky will not assume or have any
liability for any action or inaction by Itoky with respect to any
Member Content.
- Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents and Intellectual Property
Rights on Member Content
You acknowledge that Member Content transmitted on or through the
Network may be protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks,
patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Itoky respects
copyright law and expects you to do the same. Member Content
identified as belonging to a third party can be transmitted on the
Site or Service so long as you obtain permission first and the
ownership and rights are clearly indicated You must not upload or
present any media or content in which you do not have the
appropriate rights to do so. You may be in violation of copyright
laws if you do not have the appropriate rights to the media or
content you upload or present on Itoky. Itoky will not tolerate
known infringements or misbehavior by its users. It is Itoky's
policy to terminate the accounts of known repeat infringers. In
addition, unauthorized copying, distribution, modification, public
display, or public performance of copyrighted works may be an
infringement of the copyright holders' rights. You may not copy,
reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works without being
authorized to do so by law or by the copyright holder.
Please provide our Agent with the following Notice:
- Identify the copyrighted work or other intellectual property
that you claim has been infringed;
- Identify the material on the Itoky service that you claim is
infringing, with enough detail so that we may locate it on the
service;
- A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that
the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its
agent, or the law;
- A statement by you declaring under penalty of perjury that
(a) the above information in your Notice is accurate, and (b)
that you are the owner of the copyright interest involved or
that you are authorized to act on behalf of that owner;
- Your address, telephone number, and email address; and
- Your physical or electronic signature.
Itoky's Agent will forward this information to the alleged
infringer
- Standards of Conduct
We reserve the right to terminate an account when the user's
expression infringes on Itoky's or other users' rights, including
intellectual property and privacy rights. We may also limit the
conduct of users that users find objectionable. Without limitation,
Itoky reserves the right to terminate your access to and use of the
Site or Service if, in our view, your conduct fails to meet any of
the following guidelines or other guidelines that may be provided on
the Itoky Site from time to time:
- You will not use Itoky for any activity that violates
applicable federal, state, local or international law, or for
any unlawful purpose.
- You will not use Itoky for any activity that constitutes
harassment.
- You will not attempt to interfere with any other person's
use of the Site or Service.
- You will not use any other user's personal data for purposes
other than establishing contact that is reasonably expected to
be welcomed by such other user.
- You will not misrepresent their identity or impersonate any
person, whether celebrities, political figures, cartoon
characters, or otherwise.
- You will not create a false or misleading identity of, or
falsely state or otherwise misrepresent, your affiliation with,
a person or entity.
- Unless otherwise authorized, You will not hold yourself out
as sponsored by, endorsed by, or affiliated with Itoky.
- You will not use the Site or Service for uploading, posting,
emailing, transmitting, disseminating, or otherwise making
available junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes,
unsolicited or unauthorized commercial advertisements or
promotional materials, or any other form of commercial
solicitation.
- You will not use the Site or Service to collect or harvest
personally identifiable information, including account names.
- You will not use the Site or Service for uploading, posting,
emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available messages,
files, or other material, including profiles, that infringes any
patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity,
or other proprietary rights of any party.
- You will not use the Site or Service for uploading, posting,
emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available messages,
files, or other material, including profiles, that are harmful,
threatening, abusive, vulgar, obscene, defamatory, libelous,
hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.
- You will not use the Site or Service for uploading, posting,
emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available messages,
files, or other material, including profiles, that are harmful
to minors in any way.
- You will not use the Site or Service for uploading, posting,
emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available any
material that contains software viruses or any other computer
code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit
the functionality of any computer software or hardware or
telecommunications equipment.
- You will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to Itoky's
database or other computer systems or to circumvent, disable or
otherwise interefere with security-related features on the Site
or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any
Member Content.
- You will not reformat or frame any portion of the Web pages
that are part of the Site.
- You will not use Itoky for any activity that disrupts,
diminishes the quality of, interferes with the performance of,
or impairs the functionality of, the Site or the Service.
- You will not use the Site or Service or any information
contained within for commercial gain. However, Itoky reserves
the right to allow particular users to use the Site or Service
for commercial purposes pursuant to a separate written
agreement.
All judgments concerning the applicability of these guidelines
will be at the sole and exclusive discretion of Itoky.
- Violations of Agreement
You may report violations of the Itoky standards of conduct,
improper account use, identity theft, and all other violations of
the terms of this Agreement, to violations@Itoky.com. Our failure to
act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our
right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.
- Representations and Warranties
By completing the membership registration process, you are
representing and warranting that:
- You are over the age of majority and can form a legally binding
contract under applicable law.
- You have provided true, accurate, current and complete
information about yourself as prompted in the registration process.
- You are not using the Site or Service for any improper or
illegal purpose, and that you will act in good faith in your
relationships with Itoky and other users and will abide by the rules
set forth by Itoky or the community.
- Third Party Content, Sites, and Services
The Site and/or Service contain features and functionalities that may
link you or provide you with certain functionality and access to third
party content, including Web sites, directories, servers, networks,
systems, information and databases, applications, software, programs,
products or services, and the Internet as a whole. We may also provide
some content to you as part of the Site and/or Service. We are not
responsible for any third party content you access with the Site and/or
Service, and you irrevocably waive any claim against us with respect to
such sites and third-party content. You should make whatever
investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with
any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties. You
are solely responsible for your dealings with any third party related to
the Site and/or Service, including the delivery of and payment for goods
and services.
- Privacy and Security
Itoky has established a Privacy Policy, explaining to its users how
their information is collected and used. You can read the Privacy Policy
by visiting: http://www.Itoky.com/privacy.php
Your use of the Site and/or Service signifies acknowledgment of and
agreement to Itoky's Privacy Policy. You further acknowledge and agree
that Itoky may disclose your personal information if required to do so
by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure
is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, enforce this
Agreement, or to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of
Itoky, its employees, users and third parties, and the public, or as
otherwise described in the Privacy Policy.
Users are solely responsible for the privacy of their own Member
Content. The Site and Service are designed for users to use privacy
settings to determine the visibility of data throughout the Service, and
to limit its spread to other systems.
Itoky uses industry standard security measures to protect the loss,
misuse and alteration of the information you provide. Although we make
good faith efforts to store the non-public information provided by
members in a secure operating environment that is not available to the
public and to honor your privacy settings, we cannot guarantee complete
security. Further, while we make every effort to ensure the integrity
and security of our systems, we cannot guarantee that our security
measures will prevent third-party "hackers" from illegally accessing
your private Member Content or personal information.
- Disputes
If there is a dispute between users or between users and any third
party, you understand and agree that Itoky is under no obligation to
become involved. In the event that you have such a dispute, you hereby
release Itoky, its officers, employees, agents and successors in rights
from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every
kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed
and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes
and/or our service. If you are a California resident, you waive
California Civil Code Section 1542, which says "A general release does
not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to
exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known
by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."
- Disclaimer of Warranty
Itoky intends for the information contained on its Site and Service
to be accurate and reliable; however, errors sometimes may occur. In
addition, Itoky may make changes and improvements to the information
provided herein at any time.
Itoky PROVIDES THE SITE AND SOFTWARE TO YOU "AS IS" AND WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, STATUTORY, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU AGREE THAT USE OF THE
SITE AND SERVICE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT
OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Itoky
DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS,
ACCURACY, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE OR SERVICE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, Itoky DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR OTHER SERVICES OR
GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE SITE OR SERVICE, OR THE
CONDUCT, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE, OF ANY OTHER MEMBER. TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Itoky DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR VIRUSES OR
OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE OR SITE. Some
jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties. In such
jurisdictions, the foregoing disclaimers may not apply to you insofar as
they relate to implied warranties.
- Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL Itoky BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF Itoky
HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ON ACCOUNT OF
MEMBER'S USE OR MISUSE OF THE SITE. SOFTWARE OR NETWORK, OR FOR THE
CONDUCT, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE, OF ANY OTHER MEMBER, WHETHER THE
DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF THE SITE OR SERVICE, FROM INABILITY
TO USE THE SITE OR SERVICE, OR THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION,
MODIFICATION, ALTERATION, OR TERMINATION OF THE SITE OR SERVICE. SUCH
LIMITATION WILL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF
OTHER SERVICES OR PRODUCTS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SITE OR SERVICE, ANY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MEMBERS, WHETHER
ONLINE OR OFFLINE, OR FOR DAMAGES INCURRED BY YOUR BREACH OF THIS
AGREEMENT. THESE LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, Itoky’S
DAMAGES, IF ANY, TO YOU SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY
YOU TO Itoky FOR SERVICES HEREUNDER. In some jurisdictions, limitations
of liability are not permitted. In such jurisdictions, the foregoing
limitation may not apply to you.
- Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold Itoky, its subsidiaries, affiliates,
successors, assigns, directors, officers, agents, employees, service
providers, and suppliers harmless from any dispute arising from or in
any way related to your use of the Site or Service, or from a breach of
terms of this Agreement or your representations and warranties. You
agree to hold Itoky harmless from any claims and expenses, including
reasonable attorney's fees and court costs, related to your violation of
this Agreement.
- Term and Termination
The term of this Agreement will commence when you register for the
Service and will continue thereafter until terminated by either party.
However, if you fail to fulfill any of your material obligations under
this Agreement, this Agreement and all licenses and rights granted to
you under this Agreement will terminate immediately, and you agree that
you will promptly discontinue use of the Site and Service.
You agree that Itoky, in its sole discretion, has the right (but not
the obligation) to delete or deactivate your account, block your email
or IP address, or otherwise terminate your access to or use of the
Service (or any part thereof), immediately and without notice, and
remove and discard any Member Content within the Service, for any reason,
including, without limitation, if Itoky believes that you have acted
inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this Agreement. Further, you
agree that Itoky will not be liable to you or any third-party for any
termination of your access to the Service. Further, you agree not to
attempt to access or use the Site or Service after said termination.
Sections 5-11 will survive termination of this Agreement.
- Modifications
Itoky reserves the right to modify or amend this Agreement at any
time, for any reason, or for no reason at all, at Itoky's sole
discretion. The most up to date version of this Agreement will be posted
on the Itoky Site at: http://www.Itoky.com/terms.php
As a user it is your sole responsibility to keep yourself apprised of
any such modifications or amendments. Modifications will become
effective immediately upon the posting thereof. Therefore, we encourage
you to check the date of our Terms of Use whenever you visit the Site to
check if they have been updated. You must review this Agreement on a
regular basis to keep yourself apprised of any changes.
You acknowledge that Itoky reserves the right at any time to modify
or discontinue the Site or Service (or any features or parts thereof)
with or without notice and that Itoky will not be liable to you or to
any third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance.
Should you object to any terms and conditions of the Agreement or any
subsequent modifications to the Agreement, the Service or the Site or
become dissatisfied with Itoky in any way, your only recourse is to
immediately: (1) discontinue use of the Site and Service; (2) terminate
your registration; and (3) notify Itoky of termination.
Your continued use of the Site or Service following the posting of
modifications will constitute your acceptance of the revised Terms of
Use.
- General
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Itoky
and governs your use of the Site or Service, superseding any prior
agreements between you and Itoky. This Agreement will be governed by the
laws of the State of California, without giving effect to its conflict
of laws provisions. Any claim or controversy in any way arising out of
or relating to these Terms of Use will be filed in a court of competent
jurisdiction sitting in San Francisco County, California. Both parties
consent to exclusive jurisdiction in that county. The failure of Itoky
to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Agreement will not
constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the
Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give
effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the
other provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect. You
agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim
or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Site or
Service or the Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such
claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
Itoky may give notice to you by email, a posting on our Site, or
other reasonable means. You must give notice to Itoky in writing via
email or as otherwise expressly provided by Itoky. Itoky may broadcast,
distribute or display notices or messages on the Site or through the
Service to inform you of changes to Itoky, the Site or Service, or other
matters of importance; such broadcast, distributions or displays will
constitute notice to you.
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