General Terms & Conditions
M & H Typography Inc.
General Terms and Conditions
M & H Typography Inc. General Terms and Conditions of Service
BY SIGNING UP FOR AND/OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING ANY OF THE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OFFERED BY M & H TYPOGRAPHY INC YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. THESE TERMS &CONDITIONS SUPERSEDE ALL EARLIER VERSIONS AND REQUIRE MANDATORY ARBITATION OF DISPUTES. Please read these terms and conditions carefully, as they describe your legal rights and obligations. This agreement shall become effective as of the date of (1) your electronic signature on or acceptance of this agreement, (2) the activation of your account or (3) your receipt of an e-mail from M & H confirming your order, whichever happens first.
1. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Agreement:
1.1.
“M & H’s Equipment” shall mean computer and telecommunications device, Internet access and/or transmission rights owned, operated, and/or maintained by M & H and/or M & H’s affiliates, agents, or assigns which provide the M & H Services.
1.2.
“M & H, “us,” “we,” “our” and grammatical variants thereof shall collectively refer to M & H Typography Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Province of Quebec, Canada, located at 87 Prince, Suite 310, Montreal, H3C 2M7, Canada. and its assigns and successors in interest.
1.3.
“M & H Services” shall mean the products and services provided by M & H and/or M & H’s affiliates, agents, or assigns at any given time, including but not limited to web hosting, crawling, e-mail, domain registration, and any associated support services, which services may be changed, amended, and/or otherwise altered at any time in M & H’s sole discretion.
1.4.
“M & H Software” shall mean any software provided by M & H at any given time, whether downloaded to your computer, provided to you on CD or another form of removable media, or utilized online as part of the M & H Services. The M & H Software includes the program and any and all copies or portions thereof, whether standing alone or in combination with other programs, as well as the documentation and other materials delivered in connection with the software, if any.
1.5.
“Bandwidth” shall refer to the rate of data transmission in bits per second using M & H’s Equipment.
1.6.
“Content” shall mean the downloadable files which are interpreted by a client web browser for display with or without plug-ins.
1.7.
“Customer Service” shall refer to communication from us to you dealing with problems or questions relating to services provided by us to you.
1.8.
“Fee” shall mean monies and other consideration you are obligated to pay to M & H for the right to use the M & H Services and Bandwidth subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and of the particular M & H Services for which you have registered, as outlined on the then-current schedule of fees.
1.9.
Notice there is no fee for the Beta. | “Fee Schedule” shall mean the fees for the M & H Services as published on the M & H website, which may be modified at any time in M & H’s sole discretion pursuant to the provisions of 23.1.
1.10.
“International Customers” shall mean customers residing in or accessing the M & H Services from outside of the United States and Canada.
1.11.
“Laws” shall mean the laws, statutes, and regulations then in effect in Canada and its various province and dependencies as well as the laws of Your country of residence or the country in which you use or access the M & H Services and the laws of any provinces, states or dependencies thereof.
1.12.
“Parties” shall collectively refer to M & H and you.
1.13.
Notice there is no fee for the Beta. | “Payment Account” shall refer to the credit card or Pay Pal account provided by You upon registration to pay for Your Services. M & H may add, delete, or modify the methods by which customers can pay for the M & H Services at any time without prior notice, in its sole discretion. Payments processed by Pay Pal are subject to Pay Pal’s terms and conditions of service, and M & H makes no representations or warranties with respect to those services.
1.14.
“Suspend” or “Suspension” shall include the disabling of, releasing of, disabling of, and/or placing of a registrar lock on your account.
1.15.
Notice there is no technical support provided for the Beta. | “Technical Support” shall refer to communications from us to you dealing with problems or questions relating to technical matters involving software or services provided by us to you.
1.16.
“Account Usage” shall mean a quantity of computer and network resources allocation, as outlined in the program description for Your Services.
1.17.
“You”, “your” and grammatical variants thereof shall mean you, any other entity which has an ownership or other beneficial interest in you, or any other entity in which you have an ownership or other beneficial interest.
1.18.
“Your Data” shall mean any data, including but not limited to advertisements, documents, e-mails, images, movies, web pages, or other Content, related to your use of the M & H Services and stored on or transmitted by the M & H Equipment.
1.19.
“Your Account” shall mean data transmittable via the Internet by M & H which is stored in your account.
1.20.
“Your Services” shall mean the specific M & H Services for which you have contracted, subject to the limitations and specifications of the particular service effective as of the date of contract and to the fees for those M & H Services pursuant to the current Fee Schedule.
2. DESCRIPTION
Subject to and conditioned upon M & H’s retained rights and all other terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, M & H offers the M & H Services as soon as practicable after registration for and payment of any and all fees due. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of both your password and your account and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password and your account. You agree to immediately notify M & H of any unauthorized uses of the account or any other breaches of security. M & H cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage from your failure to comply with this security obligation. You acknowledge and agree that under no circumstances will M & H be liable, in any way, for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions. The M & H Services are subject to the following conditions and restrictions:
2.1. Account Services
2.1.1.
M & H shall provide to you a non-transferable, revocable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive and limited license to use Your Account for your non-exclusive use of the consistent with this Agreement.
2.1.2.
M & H, either directly or through its assignee or licensee, shall provide Customer Service relating to Your Account consisting of replying to customer questions or complaints regarding services provided by us to you relating to Your Account. M & H is not obligated to provide any Customer Service except as specified in this Section 2. Any and all requests for additional Customer Service may be refused by M & H with or without reason. Any additional Customer Service which M & H may subsequently agree to provide to you shall be at M & H’s sole discretion and once commenced, may be terminated at any time by M & H without notice to you and without any liability to M & H. Notwithstanding the foregoing, M & H at its sole discretion may at any time alter or cease providing the Customer Service which it has agreed to provide to you relating to Your Account pursuant to this Agreement without any liability to M & H.
2.1.3.
M & H, either directly or through its assignee or licensee, shall provide Technical Support relating to Your Account. Any and all requests for Technical Support may be refused by M & H with or without reason, in its sole discretion. Any Technical Support which M & H may subsequently agree to provide to you shall be at M & H’s sole discretion and once commenced, may be terminated at any time by M & H without notice to you and without any liability to M & H.
2.1.4.
All use of Your Data and provision of services to you by M & H shall be subject to all terms and conditions set forth herein. You may not attempt to expand or alter these rights or M & H’s services by entering into multiple agreements.
2.1.5.
Unless provided otherwise in the specifications for your Services, Bandwidth use, including but not limited to data retrieval from Your Account, e-mail traffic with customer support, and downloads, shall not exceed ten (10) megabytes per month. Your combined data use per account shall not exceed twenty-five (25) megabytes per month. You agree that M & H may debit the Payment Account for usage in excess of permitted amounts at the rates set forth in the then-current Fee Schedule.
2.1.6.
Some M & H Services may not be available to International Customers, and M & H reserves the right to alter, amend, or discontinue the provision of some or all of the M & H Services to International Customers in a particular market at any time in M & H’s sole discretion.
2.1.7.
M & H may suspend performance under or terminate this Agreement, cease transmission of data associated with your domain name immediately and without notice, permanently remove Your Data from the M & H Equipment, and take any other actions it deems necessary, in its sole discretion, immediately and without notice, to comply with the relevant Laws if it is informed or otherwise believes, in its sole discretion, that Your Account violates the intellectual property rights of any third party or is otherwise the subject of a dispute. As more completely set forth in Sections 5, 6, and 9, you waive any and all claims you may have, now and forever, against M & H relating to the content, use, and operation of Your Account and agree to indemnify and hold harmless M & H from and against any such claims.
2.1.8.
You are responsible for backing up Your Data on your own computer. M & H does not warrant or otherwise guarantee that it will back up your data or that data which has been backed up can be retrieved, and will not be responsible for any archiving or backup of Your Data. If any of Your Data is damaged, deleted, lost or corrupted in any way, or becomes otherwise unavailable due to termination or suspension of your account pursuant to this Agreement, M & H will have no obligation or liability to you.
2.2. Software
2.2.1.
M & H may, in its sole discretion, provide you with M & H Software in combination with Your Services. Upon payment of all fees due and owing to M & H under this Agreement, M & H hereby grants, and you hereby accept, a nontransferable, revocable, non-sublicensable, and non-exclusive license to use the M & H Software and all related documentation for your own personal or business use during the term of this Agreement. Any rights not expressly granted herein shall be reserved for M & H. Source code or other information pertaining to the logic design of the M & H Software is specifically excluded from the license granted hereunder.
2.2.2.
Although certain M & H Software may be provided free of charge, M & H reserves the right to charge for the M & H Software or any updates thereto or upgrades therefor at any time.
2.2.3.
You recognize that the M & H Software and all related information, including but not limited to any and all updates, improvements, modifications, enhancements, and information related to installation of the M & H Software at your home or office, are proprietary, and that all rights thereto, including copyright, are owned by M & H. You further acknowledge that you have been advised that the M & H Software, including updates, improvements, modifications, enhancements, and information related to installation, constitutes a trade secret of M & H, is protected by civil and criminal law, and by the law of copyright, is valuable and confidential to M & H, and that its use and disclosure must be carefully and continuously controlled.
2.2.4.
M & H shall at all times retain title to all the M & H Software and all related information, including all updates, improvements, modifications and enhancements, furnished to you hereunder.
2.2.5.
Unless provided otherwise in the specifications for Your Services, the M & H Software supplied hereunder is for the your personal or business use. You shall not permit any third party to use the M & H Software or allow access to the M & H Software from sites outside of your home or business premises except as specifically authorized in writing by M & H. The M & H Software is to be used only for the purposes specified in this Agreement and specifically as restricted in the following three subparagraphs of this Section 2.
2.2.6.
While this Agreement is in effect, or while you have custody or possession of any of the Software, you will not: (i) reproduce, copy or publicly display, or permit anyone else to reproduce, copy or publicly display, any of the M & H Software, whether such M & H Software is in written, magnetic or any other form, except pursuant to reasonable backup procedures, or for use in Your Account pursuant to this Agreement, nor; (ii) provide or make the M & H Software available to any person or entity other than your employees or agents who have a need to know consistent with your use thereof under this Agreement, nor; (iii) create or attempt to create, or permit others to create or attempt to create, by disassembling, reverse engineering or otherwise, the source programs or any part thereof from the object program or from other information (whether oral, written, tangible or intangible) made available to you under this Agreement, nor; (iv) copy for your own use or the use of others operator manuals, system reference guides, training materials and other user-oriented materials without the prior written consent of M & H. In order to protect M & H’s trade secrets and copyrights in the M & H Software, you agree to reproduce and incorporate M & H’s trade secrets or copyright notice in any copies, modifications or partial copies.
2.2.7.
You agree to notify M & H forthwith if you obtain information as to any unauthorized possession, use or disclosure of any M & H Software by any person or entity, and further agree to cooperate with M & H at M & H’s expense, in protecting M & H’s proprietary rights.
2.2.8.
Unless agreed otherwise in writing by M & H, the M & H Software may be used only on a single computer or workstation. M & H software designed for use on portable workstations may be installed on both a portable and a stationary computer but may not be used on both simultaneously. You may not install the M & H Software on a network except to facilitate permissible installation of the M & H Software on computers attached to the network. You warrant and guarantee that all users of the software shall be aware of and comply with the terms of this license.
2.2.9.
Certain M & H Software is provided for online use as part of the M & H Services (the “M & H Online Software”), and the use of such software may be subject to fees as outlined in the current Fee Schedule in accordance with this Agreement. The M & H Online Software is hosted software which runs directly on M & H’s servers, and you may not download, install, store or make any copies of the M & H Online Software, nor may you sublicense the M & H Online Software. You agree not in any way to translate, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, reproduce, rent, lease, lend, license, distribute, market or otherwise dispose of any portion of the M & H Online Software or any copies thereof and not to assist any third party in doing so. The M & H Online Software is designed to be used through the M & H user interface and, as such, may be utilized by any authorized user from any computer or workstation. This license is automatically revoked upon termination of this Agreement. M & H reserves the right to suspend the use of, modify or discontinue the M & H Online Software for any or all customers at any time without notice. Certain Online Software is also Third Party Software, and is subject to the applicable provisions of 2.2.10. M & H may limit the functionality of any such third party Online Software, in its sole discretion.
2.2.10.
M & H provides its customers with the ability to order certain third-party software (the “Third Party Software”), depending on the hosting package ordered. Except for Third Party Software which is also Online Software, such Third Party Software is delivered to M & H Customers by mail and may be ordered via customer’s control panel for a period of six months after the commencement of the M & H Services. The license conditions governing the use of the Third Party Software may differ from M & H’s own software licenses. Customers of M & H are bound by the conditions of all licenses pertaining to such Third Party Software and should make themselves familiar with their terms and conditions. Some such Third Party Software is provided under license from Microsoft Corporation (”Microsoft Software”), and Customers using Microsoft Software are bound by the T&C Microsoft Software Products, which are incorporated herein by reference. M & H does not provide Technical Support for the Third Party Software. THE THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE IS OFFERED “AS-IS.” THE PROVISION AND OFFERING OF THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE BY M & H DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE, NOR CAN M & H MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE USE AND FUNCTIONALITY OF SUCH THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE.
2.2.11.
In the event of termination of this Agreement, or upon any act which shall give rise to M & H’s right to terminate, or upon the expiration of the license for M & H Software which is subject to a limited-duration license, any and all licenses granted under this Section 2.3 shall terminate automatically, and you will remove, erase or destroy the M & H Software and documentation and all copies thereof, wherever located, without demand or notice.
2.2.12.
M & H may stop providing the Software or any updates thereto, including but not limited to the Online Software or the Third-Party Software, at any time without notice or any further liability to You.
2.2.13.
Software for International Customers is available for download only. Certain Software (including Third-Party Software) may not be available to International Customers.
3. FEES
Notice there is no technical support provided for the Beta. |
4. NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AGREEMENT TO DISSEMINATE MATERIALS WHICH ARE INCONSISTENT WITH YOUR WARRANTIES.
Receipt by M & H of data for storage in Your Data and/or transmission via M & H’s Equipment which are inconsistent with your warranties set forth in Section 7 herein shall not constitute an agreement by M & H to allow the M & H Services or the M & H Equipment to be used to disseminate such information or data in whole or in part, by any means, or if once disseminated via the use of M & H’s Services or Equipment, to continue to disseminate such data.
5. NO WARRANTIES BY M & H.
THE M & H SERVICES AND M & H SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE USE OF THE M & H SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. M & H DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE M & HSERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, NOR DOES M & HMAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO ANY RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED BY USE OF THE M & HSERVICES. NO WARRANTY IS MADE BY M & H REGARDING ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND M & H HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION: (1) ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE AVAILABILITY, QUALITY, QUANTITY, OR CONTENT OF SERVICES OR GOODS PROVIDED TO YOU HEREUNDER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO YOUR SERVICES AND YOUR ACCOUNT; AND (2) ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. M & H DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE M & H SERVICES WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES, “WORMS”, “TROJAN HORSES”, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU AGREE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NO REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND HAVE BEEN MADE TO YOU REGARDING THE POTENTIAL VOLUME OF PATRONAGE OF YOUR ACCOUNT OR ANY OTHER PERSON’S OR ENTITY’S WEB SITE OR WEB PAGE.
6. M & H’S LIMITED LIABILITY.
YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY HEREUNDER SHALL BE FOR YOU TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE AND TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. IN NO CASE SHALL M & H, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO THE M & H SERVICES. SOME COUNTRIES, STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES. IN SUCH COUNTRIES, STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, M & H’S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ANY SEPARATE SOFTWARE LICENSE OR IN THIS AGREEMENT, M & H DOES NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ANY THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERED OR OTHERWISE ACCESSED USING THE M & H SERVICES, AND M & H WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD PARTIES. YOU HEREBY RELEASE M & H FROM ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITY AND CLAIMS IN EXCESS OF THESE LIABILITY LIMITATIONS. THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF M & H FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY ARISING OUT OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT, OR ANY OTHER CLAIM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL SERVICE FEES PAID BY YOU TO M & H IN THE SIX MONTHS PRECEDING SUCH ALLEGED BREACH, BUT IN NO EVENT TO EXCEED $150,000.
7. YOUR ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
7.1.
You agree and warrant that the contact information you have provided to M & H is complete and accurate, and you further agree to notify M & H within fifteen days of a change to any such contact information. Contact information includes your full legal name, e-mail address, and mailing address and the name, mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, and e-mail address of the technical and administrative contacts for your domain, if any.
7.2.
You agree and warrant that your use of the M & H Services and M & H’s Equipment, and all sales and distributions, by any and all means, of any type(s) of Content including, but not limited to, executable files (such as .EXE), digitized audio/visual files (such as MP3), or archived copies of copyrighted works (such as .ZIP); goods, including, but not limited to, videotapes and CD-ROM products, and any type of services by you, which are advertised and/or promoted by, or are in any other way directly or indirectly associated with your use of the M & H Services or M & H Equipment, shall at all times comply with all applicable Laws.
7.3.
You agree and warrant that you will neither store on nor allow to be transmitted by M & H’s Equipment any data or other matter which constitutes, contains, or links to child pornography or which involves depictions of sexuality by someone who is or looks younger than eighteen years of age, regardless of their actual age, or by a performer who is portrayed or made to appear as a person under the age of eighteen years of age, or which could otherwise result from or cause harm to minors.
7.4.
You agree and warrant that Your Data shall be solely for business, entertainment and/or educational purposes and that you shall assume the sole responsibility and duty to ensure that all such data, visual materials, advertising and other matter shall be transmitted exclusively to willing adults and only to places in which such materials comply with contemporary community standards.
7.5.
You agree and warrant that Your Data shall not violate any Laws concerning obscenity and shall not contain or link to any pornography, or depictions of bestiality, rape, sexual assault, violence, torture or disfigurement, or other content deemed objectionable by M & H, in its sole discretion.
7.6.
You agree that you shall install and maintain appropriate and effective screening devices and/or procedures on Your Account to avoid access to, or communication of, any harmful matter or indecent communications to minors.
7.7.
You agree that if, in M & H’s sole and exclusive judgment, M & H concludes that Your Account displays, contains or links to any harmful matter or indecent materials or communications which are available to, or accessible by, minors, or displays or contains any material that consists of child pornography or which could otherwise result in harm to minors; then M & H may, without prior notice to you and in M & H’s sole and exclusive discretion, either remove and erase the material from Your Account, and/or disable public access to the material on Your Account, and/or cease hosting Your Account, without any liability of any kind to M & H from either you or any third party.
7.8.
You affirmatively represent, agree and warrant that you have and at all times shall have all necessary intellectual property rights, including, but not limited to, all copyrights, trademark and service mark rights and rights of publicity, both in the United States and throughout the world, to reproduce and disseminate, via the Internet, Your Data or Content which you otherwise promote, advertise, disseminate and/or distribute to anyone by your direct or indirect use of the M & H Services or M & H’s Equipment, prior to and at all times during the time such materials are promoted, advertised, disseminated or distributed through any direct or indirect use of the M & H Services or M & H’s Equipment.
7.9.
You agree and warrant that Your Data shall not constitute or contain or link to material which is libelous, slanderous, defamatory, or which will violate or infringe upon or will otherwise give rise to any adverse claim with respect to any common law or other right of any person or other entity, including, without limitation, privacy rights and all other personal and proprietary rights. You agree not to collect the personally identifiable data of any person without that person’s consent, records of which shall be maintained throughout the term of this Agreement and for three years afterward. If you collect this data through Your Account you shall do so only pursuant to a posted privacy policy disclosing any and all uses of such identifiable data and in compliance with applicable law.
7.10.
You agree and warrant that Your Data shall not contain or link to any material which is harmful, violent, threatening, abusive or hateful.
7.11.
You agree and warrant that Your Data and any and all material(s) of every kind which you transmit using M & H’s Services or Equipment shall at all times be free from any and all damaging software defects, including, but not limited to, software “viruses”, “worms”, “Trojan Horses,” and other source code anomalies, which may cause software or hardware disruption or failure, reduced computer operating speed, or compromise any security system. You agree that you will not attempt to access the M & H Equipment or Web Site or another customer’s Web Site without authorization, or use the M & H Services to to carry out, or assist in the carrying out of, any “denial of service” attacks on any other website or internet service.
7.12.
You agree and warrant that you shall not use any form of mass unsolicited electronic mail solicitations, news group postings, IRC posting or any other form of “spamming,” “phishing,” or “mail bombing,” and M & H reserves the right to block mail from any source which M & H believes, in its sole discretion, is being used to send such unsolicited e-mail, including but not limited to open mail relays.
7.13.
You agree and warrant that you shall not engage in any false, deceptive or fraudulent activities in association with your use of the M & H Services or M & H’s Equipment.
7.14.
You agree and warrant that all applicable taxes have been paid or will be paid in full by you when due regarding all businesses and employees associated with your use of the M & H Services and that no taxing authorities shall have any claim against M & H or any persons affiliated therewith for the payment of such taxes.
7.15.
You represent and warrant that you are over eighteen years of age (twenty one in places where eighteen years is not the age of majority) and are fully competent to enter into this Agreement.
7.16.
You agree to comply with all Laws rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content.
7.17.
You represent and warrant that you are not a national or resident of Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Serbia, Sudan, and Syria or any other country subject to U.S. Treasury Department embargo restrictions, and that you are not listed in the “Entity List” or “Denied Persons List” maintained by the US Department of Commerce or the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” maintained by the US Department of Treasury. You further acknowledge that you are not a national or resident of a country whose name is otherwise omitted from the registration form for M & H Services. Residents of countries which are serviced by a M & H affiliate are required to contract with those M & H affiliates, and you represent and warrant that you are not a resident of one of those countries.
7.18.
You agree to abide by Canada and other applicable export control laws and not to transfer or permit the transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise, any content or software subject to restrictions under such laws to a destination prohibited under such laws, without first obtaining, and then complying with, any requisite government authorization. You further agree not to upload to your M & H account any data or software that cannot be exported without prior written government authorization, including, but not limited to, certain types of encryption software.
8. CONFIDENTIALITY, TRADEMARK, AND COPYRIGHT
8.1
During the course of this Agreement you may gain access to certain confidential, proprietary and trade secret business or technical information belonging to M & H in connection with M & H’s performance of the M & H Services (”Confidential Information”). You agree to preserve the confidentiality of all Confidential Information that is provided in connection with the Agreement, and shall not, without the prior written consent of M & H, disclose or make available to any person, or use for your own or any other person’s benefit, other than as necessary in performance of your obligations under this Agreement, any Confidential Information of M & H. M & H retains all right and title to such Confidential Information.
8.2
M & H is a service mark of M & H Typography Inc. All rights reserved. The trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on this Web Site (collectively, the “Marks”) belong M & H and/or its affiliates or third parties which have licensed those rights to M & H (”Partners”); M & H and Partners retain all rights to the Marks and nothing in this Agreement grants you or anyone else any right whatsoever to the use of the Marks. You may not use, reproduce, or display any Marks without their owner’s prior written consent. All other trademarks, product names, and company names and logos appearing on M & H’s Web Site are the property of their respective owners.
8.3
Unless expressly stated otherwise on the M & H Web Site, you should assume that all content, images, and materials appearing on this Web Site (collectively the “M & H Content”) are the sole property of M & H. Both U.S. and international copyright laws and treaties protect such M & H Content. You may not use, reproduce, display, or sell any M & H Content without M & H’s prior written consent. You may not link to any page within M & H’s Web Site or frame any portion of the site without M & H’s prior written consent.
9. YOUR INDEMNIFICATION OF M & H.
You agree that you shall fully defend and indemnify M & H, including its officers, directors, owners, managing agents, attorneys, shareholders, related entities, heirs, and assigns, from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, losses, liabilities, damages, injuries, fines penalties, costs and expenses, attorneys’ fees, arbitration fees, mediation fees, expert expenses, and all other consequences of every kind, directly or indirectly resulting from any and all failure(s) of you or your agent(s) to fully comply with all duties, obligations and other provisions set forth in this Agreement, including, but not limited to, your warranties set forth in Section 7 or your violation of a third party’s intellectual property rights. You further agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless M & H, including its officers, directors, owners, managing agents, attorneys, shareholders, related entities, heirs, and assigns, from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, loses, liabilities, damages, injuries, fines, penalties, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of any property damage or recoverable economic loss incurred by a third party, to the extent such damage or loss is caused by any act or omission of you or your agents in connection with the performance of this Agreement. You agree that M & H shall have the right to participate in the defense of any such claim through counsel of its own choosing at your expense.
10. NO JOINT VENTURE OR PARTNERSHIP
Nothing in this Agreement is intended by the Parties to create or constitute an agency, joint or collaborative venture, or partnership of any kind between M & H and you, nor shall anything in this Agreement be construed as constituting or creating any such agency, joint or collaborative venture, or partnership between M & H and you. M & H shall have no control or ownership interests of any kind in your business. M & H shall have no direct financial or other interest in, nor in any way “own” any online “store” or other online venture pertaining to your use of the M & H Services or M & H’s Equipment. M & H’s relationship to you shall be restricted to matters pertaining to the provision of the M & H Services as set forth in this agreement.
11. M & H HAS MADE NO REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING SUCCESS, MARKETS OR PROFITABILITY
11.1.
You confirm that you have unilaterally decided to enter the online and/or Web Site service business and that these are high risk businesses. You further confirm, understand, acknowledge and expressly agree that neither M & H, any agent or representative of M & H, nor any other person is currently representing or otherwise directly or indirectly communicating in any manner herein or otherwise, nor has at any time in the past, represented to you or has otherwise directly or indirectly communicated in any manner to you any guarantee, reassurance or any other communication of any kind regarding:
11.1.1.
the potential profitability, marketability, or likelihood of success of your endeavors through the use of the M & H Services or M & H’s Equipment as set forth herein or otherwise;
11.1.2.
the possibility or likelihood that use of any products and/or services provided by M & H pursuant to this Agreement can or will result in the recoupment of any funds expended by you for any purpose; or
11.1.3.
the existence, nonexistence, size or any other characteristics of any market for any products or services which involve your use, in any manner, of the M & H Services or M & H’s Equipment pursuant to this Agreement.
11.2.
You expressly acknowledge and agree that the success of any business endeavors which involve your use, in any manner, of the M & H Services and/or M & H’s Equipment pursuant to this Agreement, like any other business endeavor, is subject to numerous factors, such as the effectiveness of its advertising and promotion, your administrative capabilities, etc., and that the ultimate success or failure of your business rests with you and not M & H. You further expressly agree not to raise any claim of any kind against M & H and to hold M & H harmless from any claim of financial investment or other loss to you directly or indirectly resulting from your decision to use the M & H Services and/or M & H’s Equipment pursuant to this Agreement.
12. SERVICES RENDERED ON A NON-EXCLUSIVE BASIS.
Any and all services which are or may be provided to you by M & H pursuant to this Agreement, including the licensure of rights herein, are non-exclusive and nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict M & H from providing similar services and granting similar licenses to third parties regardless of whether such third parties are competitors of you. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict M & H from engaging in any activities similar to yours or in competition with you.
13. NO EDITORIAL CONTROL BY M & H.
In reliance on your express warranties regarding Your Data, M & H shall neither have nor exert any editorial or other subjective control over the substantive content of Your Data . M & H does not engage in any monitoring of Your Data, and exercises no control over information which is found on the internet, except for its own Web Site. M & H cannot be held responsible for the accuracy, correctness, or legality of such information. You are solely responsible for the content of Your Account and for verifying the accuracy and suitability of information and services you obtain from third parties via the internet.
14. TERM AND TERMINATION.
14.1.
Unless sooner terminated pursuant to other terms of this Agreement, and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall be for an initial term of one month and shall be automatically renewed each month for additional one month periods unless and until sooner terminated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 14. M & H may accept prepayment for services to be provided under this Agreement, but such acceptance shall not modify or extend the term of this Agreement.
14.2.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 14.1. to the contrary, M & H offers certain Hosting Packages for which the initial term of this Agreement shall be in excess of one month (the “Extended Term Packages”), at the end of which this Agreement shall renew automatically on a month-to-month basis pursuant to the terms of Section 14.1. Any and all service fees for the Extended Term Packages are due and payable for the entire initial term thereof, and should you terminate, attempt to terminate, or otherwise default on this Agreement prior to the end of the initial term you authorize M & H to charge the Payment Account for all such fees and charges for the remainder of such initial term. For the purposes of this Section, any modification of the server package shall be deemed a termination and shall entitle M & H to the fees owing on the Extended Term Package. Fees paid for the Extended Term Packages are not refundable unless this Agreement is terminated by M & H without cause pursuant to Section 14.3. or as otherwise agreed to in writing by M & H in its sole discretion.
14.3.
You or M & H may terminate this Agreement at any time for any reason, with or without cause, upon thirty days’ written notice. M & H may suspend performance under or terminate this Agreement and cease transmission of data associated with Your Account immediately and without notice:
14.3.1.
if M & H, in its sole discretion, deems that you have breached any part of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any warranty or obligation set forth in Section 7,
14.3.2.
if your Payment Account provider refuses payment of fees or charges or you refuse authorization for same, or
14.3.3.
if payment for the M & H Services is more than fifteen days overdue.
14.4.
You further agree that in the event that M & H believes, in its sole discretion, that you have breached any provision(s) of Section 7 of this Agreement, or any of its subparts, by storing or allowing material such as that described in the aforementioned Section 7, or any of its subparagraphs, to be transmitted by M & H’s Equipment, that M & H may without any liability to you, and in addition to any other remedies, erase or purge such materials from M & H’s Equipment without prior notice to you.
14.5.
After termination, you will no longer have access to your account and Your Data, including but not limited to e-mails, log files, databases, or other data files associated with your account may be deleted. M & H accepts no liability for such deleted information or content.
15. PRIVACY.
15.1.
It is M & H’s policy to respect your privacy. M & H will not monitor, edit, or disclose any personal information about you or your account, including its contents, without your prior consent unless M & H deems it necessary, in its sole discretion, to:
15.1.1.
comply with legal process or other legal requirements, including but not limited to responding to civil or criminal subpoenas, search warrants, national security letters, or other requests for information from law enforcement officials;
15.1.2.
protect and defend the rights or property of M & H or its officers, agents, affiliates, and licensees;
15.1.3.
enforce this Agreement; or
15.1.4.
protect the interests of other M & H customers.
15.2.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY, M & H RESERVES THE RIGHT (SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LOCAL LAW), IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO MONITOR YOUR ACCOUNT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE USE OF A USER’S MAIN ACCOUNT AND ANY SUB-ACCOUNTS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING VIOLATIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT OR TO ASSIST WITH CRIMINAL OR CIVIL INVESTIGATIONS.
15.3.
Your IP address is transmitted and recorded with each message you send using the M & H Services. M & H does provide certain information in aggregate form collected from and relating to you to third persons such as advertisers. For a more detailed description of the types and uses of personal information collected from you, please read the M & H Privacy Policy.
15.4.
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE M & H SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY M & H TYPOGRAPHY, INC. IN CANADA. THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WHICH YOU GIVE M & H WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO AND MAINTAINED IN CANADA AND ELSEWHERE. IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT TO THIS TRANSFER, DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE M & H SERVICE. INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS FURTHER UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT M & H MAY DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THEM AND THEIR WEBSITE OR DOMAIN NAMES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHTS TO PRIVACY OR PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA RELATING TO SUCH INFORMATION TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW.
16. SEVERABILITY.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision(s) had never been included. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision(s) of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
17. NON-ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE WAIVER.
Failure of M & H at any time to enforce any of the specific provisions of this Agreement shall not preclude any other or further enforcement of such provision(s) or the exercise of any other right hereunder. No waiver of a breach of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by duly authorized representative of M & H.
18. NOTICES.
18.1.
M & H may provide notice to you via e-mail sent to the e-mail address provided by you upon registration or as subsequently provided by you to M & H. Such notice is deemed effective whether you receive it or not and shall be deemed written notice for the purposes of this Agreement.
18.2.
You may provide notice to M & H in one of the following ways:
18.2.1.
by personal delivery;
18.2.2.
by addressing the notice as indicated below and depositing the same by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, in Canada mail, M & H Typography Inc. 87 rue Prince, Suite 310 Montreal, H3C 2M7, Canada;
18.2.2.
by Federal Express;
18.2.4.
by facsimile transmission; or
18.2.5.
by e-mail and registered or certified mail.
18.3.
Such notice, statement or other document so delivered to M & H, except as this Agreement expressly provides otherwise, shall be conclusively deemed to have been given when first personally delivered, on the date of delivery or on the first date of receipt. Notice by e-mail to M & H shall be deemed ineffective, null and void unless a copy of such notice is also sent by registered or certified mail, and postmarked not more than five days subsequent to the giving of e-mail notice. Any such e-mail notice to M & H shall be deemed effective as of the date on which M & H receives the certified or registered mail notice.
19. FORCE MAJEURE.
19.1.
In the event of “force majeure” (as defined below), M & H may terminate this Agreement without liability to you. For purposes of the Agreement, “force majeure” shall mean circumstances or occurrences beyond M & H’s reasonable control, whether or not foreseeable at the time of entering into the Agreement, in consequence of which M & H cannot reasonably be required to perform its obligations hereunder or otherwise perform its obligations under the Agreement. Such circumstances or occurrences include, but are not limited to: acts of God, war, civil war, insurrection, fires, floods, labor disputes, epidemics, governmental regulations and/or similar acts, embargoes, termination or temporary unavailability of any computer hardware or software, server, or network on which the M & H Services are located or maintained or through which the M & H Services are provided, and nonavailability of any permits, licenses and/or authorizations required by governmental authority.
19.2.
M & H reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the M & H Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that M & H shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the M & H Services.
20. NO ASSIGNMENT BY YOU; ASSIGNMENT BY M & H.
This Agreement and the rights pertaining hereto may not be assigned, resold, or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by you without M & H’s prior written consent. In particular, you may not sell accounts or subaccounts to third parties. Notwithstanding the above, this Agreement shall be binding upon your successors and assigns, if any. M & H may assign or license any or all of its rights and/or obligations hereunder in its free, sole, and unfettered discretion.
21. ARBITRATION AND WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
21.1.
ANY AND ALL DISPUTES AS TO THE INTERPRETATION OF OR ANY PERFORMANCE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WHICH ARE NOT FIRST RESOLVED INFORMALLY, SHALL BE DETERMINED BY BINDING ARBITRATION IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF JUDICIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION SERVICES, INC (”JAMS”) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF JAMS. Any award arising out of such arbitration shall be subject to entry as a judgment by any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States. Any action to confirm or vacate such an award must be brought in either the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. You consent to personal jurisdiction and venue in such courts and you waive any challenge to personal jurisdiction or venue in such courts. You further agree that M & H shall be entitled to collect its attorneys’ fees, costs and other expenses in the event that M & H acts to enforce this arbitration and forum selection clause, regardless of whether M & H prevails in the underlying action. The final award in any such arbitration proceeding shall be subject to entry as a judgment by any court of competent jurisdiction, provided that such judgment does not conflict with the terms and provisions hereof. The jurisdiction of the arbiter (or arbiters) with respect to legal matters shall be limited only by the statutory and common law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal law of the United States of America. There are no exceptions to these mandatory arbitration provisions except as set forth in Sections 21.2 and 21.3.
21.2.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21.1, if you fail to timely pay amounts due M & H may assign your account for collection and the collections agency may pursue such claims in court limited strictly to the collection of the past due debt and any interest or cost of collection permitted by Law or this Agreement.
21.3.
Nothing in Section 21.1 shall preclude M & H from: (i) seeking and obtaining any injunctive relief or attachment and expedited discovery or other equitable relief to enforce the terms of this Agreement or to remedy a breach thereof, or (ii) bringing an action to enforce this Agreement or the provisions hereof in the event JAMS will not or cannot arbitrate a particular dispute. Any action under this section 21.3 may be brought in either the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania or the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County Pennsylvania, and each party consents to the in personam jurisdiction of such Courts for the purpose of any such action or proceeding. Each party hereby waives all rights it has or which may hereafter arise to contest such exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania or the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County Pennsylvania.
21.4
In addition to the foregoing, YOU HEREBY AGREE THAT AS A PART OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR THIS AGREEMENT, YOU WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY FOR ANY DISPUTE ARISING BETWEEN YOU AND M & H THAT IS IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT, and that such waiver shall be enforceable up to and including the day that trial is to start, and even if the arbitration provisions of this paragraph are waived.
21.5
Neither you nor M & H may be a representative of other potential claimants or a class of potential claimants in any dispute concerning or relating to this Agreement, nor may two or more individuals’ disputes be consolidated or otherwise determined in one proceeding. YOU AND M & H ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS SECTION 21.5 WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO PARTICIPATION AS A PLAINTIFF OR AS A CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS ACTION
21.6
This Agreement shall be interpreted according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States of America, and, where applicable, the federal law of the United States of America, without regard to conflicts of law principles.
22. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes and cancels all other prior agreements, discussion, or representations, whether written or oral. No officer, employee or representative of M & H or you has any authority to make any representation or promise in connection with this Agreement or the subject matter thereof which is not contained expressly in this Agreement, and M & H and you hereby acknowledge and agree that neither M & H nor you have executed this Agreement in reliance upon any such representation or promise.
23. MODIFICATION.
23.1.
This Agreement may be materially altered by M & H by posting the new version of the Agreement at http://www.noiz-analytics.com/blog/terms-conditionsterms-conditions/ and if posted in this manner, shall be effective immediately upon posting such notice. In the event that M & H does materially change the terms of this Agreement, you accept and shall be bound by such changed terms unless you opt to terminate the Agreement within thirty days of the posting of notice of such change.
23.2.
You may not modify this Agreement, in whole or in part, and any such modification or attempt to modify shall not be enforceable unless reduced to writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of M & H. No additional or conflicting term in any other document used by you will have any legal effect.
24. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
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 Service or this Agreement must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.