3. USE OF THIS WEB SITE & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
DMI controls and (either itself and/or through its third party
hosts) operates this Web Site. All Content on this Web Site,
including, but not limited to, text, images, illustrations,
graphics, logos, digital downloads, data, software, headers,
icons, scripts, audio clips, and video clips, is the property
of DMI or its Providers, and is protected by copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, and/or other intellectual property rights (which
are governed by and subject to United States and international
copyright laws and treaty provisions, privacy and publicity
laws, and communication regulations and statutes). The Content
is owned and controlled by DMI, its affiliated or related entities,
or the Providers that have licensed or otherwise made available
their content or the right to market their products and/or services
to DMI. Content on this Web Site or any Web site owned, operated,
licensed or controlled by the Providers is solely for your personal,
non-commercial use, and may not be used in any manner that is
likely to cause confusion among DMI's customers, other users
of this Web Site, or the general public. You agree to abide
by all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions
contained in or with any Content.
You may download or make a single copy of any Content contained
on this Web Site solely for your personal, non-commercial use,
consistent with these Terms, provided that you maintain all
copyright and other notices contained in or with such Content.
Except as otherwise specified above, you may not copy, reproduce,
duplicate, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, sell
and/or exploit the Content in any way (including by e-mail or
other electronic means) for commercial use without the prior
written consent of DMI or the Providers. You may request consent
by mailing a written request to DMI's Legal Department. Your
modification of the Content, use of the Content on any other
linked Web site or networked computer environment, or use of
the Content for any purpose other than personal, non-commercial
use, without the prior written consent of DMI or the Providers,
violates the intellectual property rights and proprietary rights
of the Content owners and is strictly prohibited.
You may not use any registered or unregistered trademarks,
service marks, copyrighted materials or other proprietary information
or intellectual property appearing on this Web Site, including,
but not limited to, any logos, images or characters, and also
including any meta tags or similar code or hidden text or elements
containing such information or property, without the express
written consent of the owner of the mark or copyright. You may
not frame any trademarks, service marks, copyrights, logos,
images, text, or other proprietary information or intellectual
property of DMI, or otherwise incorporate into another Web site
any of the Content or other materials on this Web Site, without
DMI's express prior written consent. You may not deep link to
any page of portions of this Web Site without DMI's prior written
consent. You may, however, create or provide a hypertext link
or hyperlink to the home page of this Web Site provided that
you do not make or attribute to DMI, its affiliated or related
entities or Providers any false, misleading, defamatory, libelous,
derogatory, or offensive statements. Any such link cannot include
any logos, graphics or trademarks of DMI, its affiliated or
related entities or Providers without DMI's express prior written
consent.
Violation of trademark and copyright laws ("Infringement")
may result in significant civil liability or criminal penalties
under United States and/or international copyright and trademark
laws. You recognize that any reproduction or use of Content,
copyrights, trademarks, service marks, or other intellectual
property on this Web Site, except as authorized by these Terms,
is considered intentional Infringement.
Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement
If you believe that your work has been copied and posted on
this Web Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement,
please provide DMI's Agent for Notification of Claims of Copyright
Infringement the information specified below.
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been
infringed;
A description of where the material that you claim is infringing
is located on the Web Site;
Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
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, made under penalty of perjury, that the
above information in your notice is accurate and that you are
the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's
behalf; and
An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
Written notification containing the information set forth above
must be submitted to the following Agent for Notice of Claims
of Copyright Infringement:
Charles G. Cox
Digital Marketing Innovations, Inc.
954 Brook Forest Ave. Suite 40
Shorewood, IL 60404
E-mail Address of Designated Agent: legal@dmichicago.com
4. USER'S RESPONSIBILITIES
You warrant and represent to DMI that you will not use this
Web Site for any purpose that is unlawful, illegal or prohibited
by these Terms, including, without limitation, the sending,
posting, transmitting, displaying, distributing, or knowingly
receiving of or searching for any threatening, harassing, libelous,
defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, sexually oriented,
pornographic, or profane material, content or images, or other
images, content or messages that might be considered lewd, lascivious,
excessively violent or otherwise offensive. If you violate any
of these Terms, your permission to use this Web Site immediately
terminates without the necessity of any notice. DMI, at its
sole discretion, retains the right to deny access to this Web
Site to anyone for any reason, including for violation of these
Terms. Some of these types of violations are more fully described
below in Section 5.
You are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and your
use of your Information, and DMI merely acts as a passive conduit
for your online distribution and publication of your Information.
As used in these Terms, "Information" means any information
or data that you submit to or through this Web Site and any
information or data that is generated by this Web Site as a
result of your use of or access to this Web Site. Certain special
rules and restrictions may apply to your Personally Identifiable
Information. For more information regarding these special rules
and restrictions please review DMI's Internet Privacy Policy.
In the event that you are provided with user identification
numbers or codes (collectively, "ID's"), confirmation
numbers, and/or passwords (as applicable) in the use of this
Web Site, you shall maintain such user ID's, confirmation numbers,
and/or passwords in confidence, and you agree not to distribute
or disclose the same to third parties. It is your responsibility
to notify DMI if DMI needs to change or discontinue any of your
ID's, confirmation numbers, or passwords. It is also your responsibility
to immediately request discontinuation of an ID, confirmation
number, or password upon your knowledge or belief that such
ID, confirmation number, and/or password is or may be subject
to theft, unauthorized use or access, or a breach of confidentiality.
DMI may suspend or terminate your service or access to this
Web Site if it believes that such theft, use, access or breach,
or any other breach of these Terms, has occurred.
You agree that any Information that you provide will be true,
accurate, current and complete. If you provide any Information
that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete (or DMI
has reasonable grounds to suspect that such Information is untrue,
inaccurate, not current or incomplete), DMI has the right to
suspend or terminate your access and activity relating to, and
to refuse any and all current or future use of, this Web Site.
5. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
You are specifically prohibited from any use of this Web Site,
and you agree not to use or permit others to use this Web Site,
for any of the following:
(a) take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately
large load on, or waste of valuable time for, the Web Site's
infrastructure or resources, including, but not limited to,
sending or promoting the distribution of "spam," "junk
mail," chain letters, or other such unsolicited or unlawful
mass e-mailing techniques;
(b) disclose to, or share with, any unauthorized third parties
the ID's, assigned confirmation numbers and/or passwords, or
use the ID's, assigned confirmation numbers and/or passwords
for any unauthorized purpose, or otherwise allow or facilitate
others to gain access to DMI's information technology systems,
environments, networks, files, data or accounts through the
use of the ID's, assigned confirmation numbers and/or passwords;
(c) access or attempt to access DMI's information technology
systems, environments, networks, files, data or accounts to
which express authorization has not been obtained (including
access to data not intended for You), or log into a server or
account that you are not authorized to access;
(d) attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, modify, remove
or reverse engineer any of the software or HTML code comprising
or in any way making up a part of this Web Site;
(e) interfere with, disrupt, disable or damage (or attempt
to interfere with, disrupt, disable or damage), in an unauthorized
manner, the use or operation of this Web Site or DMI's, its
affiliated or related entities' or the Providers' systems, equipment
or applications, or service to any user, host, or network, including
by use of any programs, scripts, commands, viruses, worms, web
bugs, harmful code, Trojan horses, other contaminants, or otherwise.
This includes "denial of service" attacks, "flooding"
of networks, deliberate attempts to overload a service or to
burden excessively a service's resources, attempts to "crash"
a host, and/or modifying or rerouting any Content or services
provided at this Web Site;
(f) attempt to circumvent or subvert system or network security
(i.e., authentication) mechanisms, or probe the security of
any system, network, or account, associated or used in conjunction
with this Web Site;
(g) upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any Information,
Content, or proprietary rights that you do not have a right
to transmit under the Terms, any law or other contractual or
fiduciary relationships; and/or
(h) use any robot, spider, intelligent agent, meta-searching,
other automatic device, or manual process to search, monitor
or copy DMI's Web Site pages or the Content in violation of
the Terms or without DMI's prior written permission, provided
that generally available third party Web browsers such as Mozilla
Firefox®, Netscape Navigator® and Microsoft Internet
Explorer® may be used without such permission.
7. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEB SITES
This Web Site may contain links to third-party or Provider Web
sites not under DMI*'s control or operation (the "Linked
Sites"). The links will let you leave this Web Site and
be directed to and access the Linked Sites, which you access
is at your own risk. You acknowledge that DMI provides the Linked
Sites for your convenience and information only. DMI does not
endorse, nor is it responsible for, any content, information,
or other related materials, products or services found at any
such Linked Sites or any links contained within such Linked
Sites, whether or not DMI is affiliated with the owners of such
Linked Sites. Except as otherwise specified in these Terms or
pursuant to DMI's express written consent, you may not establish
a hyperlink to this Web Site from your Web site or the Linked
Sites, or provide any links that state or imply any sponsorship
or endorsement of your Web site or the Linked Sites by DMI or
the Providers.
8. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation
in promotions of, advertisers found on or through this Web Site
or any Linked Sites, including payment for and delivery of related
goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties,
or representations associated with such dealings, are solely
between you and such advertisers. You agree that DMI
(and its affiliated or related entities and the Providers) shall
neither be responsible nor liable for any loss or damage incurred
by you as the result of any such dealings or as the result of
the presence of such advertisers on or through this Web Site
or the Linked Sites.
9. NO WARRANTIES
ALL CONTENT, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ON THIS WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED
"AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH, UNDER
THE U.S. LAWS APPLICABLE TO THESE TERMS, ARE IMPLIED BY LAW
AND ARE INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION, OR MODIFICATION,
DMI DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
NEITHER DMI, ITS AFFILIATED OR RELATED ENTITIES, NOR THE PROVIDERS,
NOR ANY PERSON INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, HOSTING
AND/OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS WEB SITE, WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS,
FEATURES OR SERVICES CONTAINED IN THIS WEB SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SERVER
THAT MAKES THE CONTENT AVAILABLE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR
OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE CONTENT THAT YOU ACCESS ON THIS
WEB SITE IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AND INFORMATION
ONLY. DMI DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING
THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE,
OR AS TO THE RELIABILITY, ACCURACY OR CURRENCY OF ANY CONTENT,
SERVICE, AND/OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED OR ACQUIRED PURSUANT TO
YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE.
DMI IS A DISTRIBUTOR, AND NOT A PUBLISHER, OF THE INFORMATION
AND CONTENT AT THIS WEB SITE. DMI HAS NO MORE EDITORIAL CONTROL
OVER SUCH INFORMATION AND CONTENT THAN DOES A PUBLIC LIBRARY
OR NEWSSTAND. ANY OPINIONS, ADVICE, STATEMENTS, SERVICES, OFFERS,
OR OTHER INFORMATION EXPRESSED OR MADE AVAILABLE BY THIRD PARTIES
OR PROVIDERS (INCLUDING IN THE LINKED SITES) ARE THOSE OF THE
RESPECTIVE AUTHORS OR DISTRIBUTORS OF SUCH INFORMATION AND CONTENT.
YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU (AND NOT
DMI) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION) AND REPAIR OR
CORRECTION OF YOUR COMPUTER, NETWORK AND/OR SYSTEM.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL DMI, ITS AFFILIATED OR RELATED ENTITIES OR
PROVIDERS, NOR ANY OF ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN THE
CREATION, PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND HOSTING OF THIS WEB SITE,
BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, WHETHER ARISING UNDER CONTRACT,
WARRANTY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER THEORY
OF LIABILITY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER DMI (OR ITS AFFILIATED OR
RELATED ENTITIES OR PROVIDERS) KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
FROM THE USE OR ATTEMPTED USE OF THIS WEB SITE OR ANY OTHER
LINKED SITE.
DMI'S LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF DMI'S AFFILIATED OR RELATED
ENTITIES AND/OR PROVIDERS, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY
CIRCUMSTANCE, IS LIMITED TO THE LESSER OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF
FEES, IF ANY, YOU PAY TO DMI IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION
GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, OR (B) $100. SOME STATES MAY NOT ALLOW
FOR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY DESCRIBED ABOVE, SO THE FOREGOING
LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
BY WAY OF EXAMPLE ONLY, DMI AND RELATED PERSONS AND ENTITIES
SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM OR DAMAGE ARISING
FROM FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION,
DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION, COMPUTER VIRUS, THEFT,
DESTRUCTION, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF PERSONAL
RECORDS, OR THE RELIANCE UPON OR USE OF CONTENT, INFORMATION,
OPINIONS OR OTHER MATERIALS APPEARING ON THIS WEB SITE. MOREOVER,
YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT DMI IS NOT LIABLE OR
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT
OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES.
THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY REFLECTS THE ALLOCATION OF RISK
BETWEEN THE PARTIES. THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION
10 WILL SURVIVE AND APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY SPECIFIED
IN THESE TERMS IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS INURE TO
THE BENEFIT OF DMI AND THE PROVIDERS, AND TO ALL RESPECTIVE
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, ATTORNEYS,
AND AGENTS.
11. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
DMI operates this Web Site (excluding Linked Sites, over which
it has no authority or control) from its offices within the
State of Illinois (which may be subject to change from time
to time at DMI's sole discretion). The Web Site can be accessed
from all 50 states, as well as from other countries around the
world. As each of these places has laws that may differ from
those of Illinois, by accessing this Web Site, you agree that
these Terms and your use of the Web Site shall be governed in
all respect by the internal substantive laws of the State of
Illinois, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions,
and shall not be governed by the United Nations Convention on
the International Sale of Goods. You further agree to submit
to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal
courts located in the State of Illinois for all disputes, cases
and controversies regarding this Web Site, your use of this
Web Site, and your relationship with DMI. DMI makes no representation
that materials on this Web Site are appropriate or available
for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories
where the Content is illegal is prohibited. Those who choose
to access this Web Site from other locations do so at their
own risk and are responsible for compliance with local laws,
including laws regarding the transmission of technical data
exported from the United States or the country in which you
reside.
12. INDEMNIFICATION
DMI reserves the right to report any wrongdoing, if and when
it becomes aware of it, to any applicable government or law
enforcement agencies. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold
DMI and the Providers, its and their officers, directors, employees,
affiliated or related entities, agents, licensors, and suppliers,
harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, actions,
costs, liabilities, losses and damages of any kind (including
attorneys' fees) resulting from your use of this Web Site, your
breach of any provision of these Terms and/or any negligent
acts, omissions or intentional wrongdoing by You. Any such indemnification
shall be conditioned on DMI: (a) notifying you in writing of
any such claim, demand, action, cost, liability, loss or threat
of any thereof; (b) cooperating with you in the defense or settlement
thereof; and (c) allowing you to control such defense or settlement.
DMI shall be entitled to participate in such defense at its
own cost and expense.
13. MESSAGE BOARDS
In the event that DMI provides message boards, web logs or blogs,
or discussion forums on this Web Site (the "Forums"),
you agree to use the Forums only for personal purposes in a
noncommercial manner. You shall not, without DMI's express approval,
distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any
solicitation of funds, advertising, or written solicitation
for goods and services. You agree that any uploaded materials
may be republished without compensation to you or any other
person or entity. In addition, you warrant that all moral rights
in any uploaded materials have been waived. While DMI does not
and cannot review every message posted by you or any other user
in the Forums, and althoughDMI is not responsible for these
messages,DMI reserves the right (but not the obligation) to
delete, move, or edit messages that it, in its sole discretion,
deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright
or trademark laws, in violation of these terms, or otherwise
unacceptable. DMI does not endorse any information that may
be posted on this Web Site through the Forums.
You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated
with, the use of any messages, information, or Content associated
with the Forums, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness,
or usefulness of such messages, information, or Content. In
this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content
DMI creates or information submitted to DMI by third parties,
including without limitation, information in the Forums, and
in all other parts of this Web Site.
14. OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS
These Terms are for the benefit of DMI and the Providers, its
and their officers, directors, employees, affiliated or related
entities, agents, licensors, and suppliers. Each of these individuals
or entities shall have the right to assert and enforce these
Terms directly against you on its (or their own) behalf. DMI's
failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does
not waive DMI's right to act with respect to subsequent or similar
breaches.
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable,
such provision will be struck and the remaining provisions enforced.
Headings are for reference purposes only.
You and DMI are dealing at arms' length, creating a commercial
relationship. DMI is not your Agent or your fiduciary. Some
of DMI's businesses and facilities may be independently owned
and operated by independent licensees. In such cases, these
licensees manage and operate the facilities, and they are the
employers of all employees and contractors who work at the facilities.
These licencees are independent contractors, and no agency,
partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or licensor -
licensee relationship is intended or created by these Terms.
The provisions and conditions of these Terms, and each obligation
referenced herein, represent the entire Agreement between DMI
(including the Providers), its affiliated or related entities,
and You, and supersede any prior agreements or understandings
not incorporated herein. In the event that any inconsistencies
exist between these Terms and any future published terms of
use or understanding, the last published Terms shall prevail.
DMI RESERVES ANY RIGHTS NOT EXPRESSLY GRANTED OR STATED IN
THESE TERMS