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Mahiram Media Inc. and DC NetCast Media Group Inc.
(“Mahiram” or “we”) together operate Mahiram.com,
which is a social networking service that allows
Members to create unique personal profiles online in
order to find and communicate with old and new
friends. Mahiram can be contacted at 787 Annette St.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6S 2E4. The services
offered by Mahiram include any Mahiram branded URL
(the "Mahiram Website"), the Mahiram instant
messaging service, the Mahiram application developer
service and other features (for example, music and
video embedded players), Mahiram mobile services,
and any other features, content, or applications
offered from time to time by Mahiram in connection
with Mahiram’s business (collectively, the "Mahiram
Services"). The Mahiram Services are hosted in
Canada.
This Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth
the legally binding terms for your use of the
Mahiram Services. By using the Mahiram Services, you
agree to be bound by this Agreement, whether you are
a "Visitor" (which means that you simply browse the
Mahiram Website, including through a mobile device
or otherwise use the Mahiram Services without being
registered) or you are a "Member" (which means that
you have registered with Mahiram). The term "User"
refers to a Visitor or a Member. You are only
authorized to use the Mahiram Services (regardless
of whether your access or use is intended) if you
agree to abide by all applicable laws and the terms
of this Agreement. Please read this Agreement
carefully and save it. If you do not agree to be
bound by it or with any of the legal provisions
applicable to it and to follow all applicable laws,
you should leave the Mahiram Website and discontinue
use of the Mahiram Services immediately. If you wish
to become a Member, communicate with other Members
and/or make use of the Mahiram Services, you must
read this Agreement and indicate your acceptance
during the Registration process.
This Agreement includes Mahiram's policy for
acceptable use of the Mahiram Services and Content
(as defined in Section 6.1 below) posted on or
through the Mahiram Services and your rights,
obligations and restrictions regarding your use of
the Mahiram Services and Content posted on or
through the Mahiram Services. In order to
participate in certain Mahiram Services, you may be
notified that you are required to download software
or content and/or agree to additional terms and
conditions from Mahiram. Unless otherwise provided
by the additional terms and conditions applicable to
the Mahiram Services in which you choose to
participate, those additional terms are hereby
incorporated into this Agreement. You may receive a
copy of this Agreement by emailing us at:
privacy@Mahiram.com, Subject: Terms of Use
Agreement.
Mahiram may modify this Agreement from time to time
and such modification shall be effective upon
posting by Mahiram on the Mahiram Website. Your
continued use of the Mahiram Services after Mahiram
posts a revised Agreement signifies your acceptance
of the revised Agreement. It is therefore important
that you review this Agreement regularly to ensure
you are updated as to any changes.
Please choose carefully the information you post on
or through the Mahiram Services and that you provide
to other Users. Your Mahiram profile may not include
any form of Prohibited Content, as outlined in
Section 8 below. Despite this prohibition,
information, materials, products or services
provided by other Mahiram Members (for instance, in
their profile) may, in whole or in part, be
unauthorized, impermissible or otherwise violate
this Agreement, and Mahiram assumes no
responsibility or liability for this material. If
you become aware of misuse of the Mahiram Services
by any person, please click on the "Contact Mahiram”
or the “Report Abuse” link at the bottom of the
Mahiram Website pages.
Mahiram reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting
(including private messages) by you, or to deny,
restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all
or any part of the Mahiram Services at any time, for
any or no reason, with or without prior notice or
explanation, and without liability. Mahiram
expressly reserves the right to remove your profile
and/or deny, restrict, suspend, or terminate your
access to all or any part of the Mahiram Services if
Mahiram determines, in its sole discretion that you
have violated this Agreement or pose a threat to
Mahiram and/or its Users and/or violating any
applicable law.
1. Eligibility.
Use of the Mahiram Services and registration to be a
Member for the Mahiram Services (“Membership”) is
void where prohibited. By using the Mahiram
Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all
registration information you submit is truthful and
accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such
information; (c) you are 14 years of age or older;
and (d) your use of the Mahiram Services does not
violate any applicable law or regulation. Your
profile may be deleted and your Membership may be
terminated without warning, if we believe that you
are less than 14 years of age, if we believe that
you are under 18 years of age and you represent
yourself as 18 or older, or if we believe you are
over 18 and represent yourself as under 18.
2. Term.
This Agreement, and any posted revision to this
Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect
while you use the Mahiram Services or are a Member.
You may terminate your Membership at any time, for
any reason, by following the instructions on the
Member's Account Settings page. Mahiram may
terminate your Membership at any time, for any or no
reason, with or without prior notice or explanation,
and without liability. Even after Membership is
terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect,
including Sections 5-17.
3. Fees.
You acknowledge that Mahiram reserves the right to
charge for any portion of the Mahiram Services and
to change its fees (if any) from time to time in its
discretion. If Mahiram terminates your Membership
because you have breached the Agreement, you shall
not be entitled to the refund of any unused portion
of fees or payments (if any).
4. Password.
When you sign up to become a Member, you will also
be asked to choose a password. You are entirely
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
your password. You agree not to use the account,
username, or password of another Member at any time
or to disclose your password to any third party. You
agree to notify Mahiram immediately if you suspect
any unauthorized use of your account or access to
your password. You are solely responsible for any
and all use of your account.
5. Use by Members.
The Mahiram Services are for the personal use of
Members and may be used for promotional purposes as
well, but direct commercial endeavors may only be
used if they are specifically endorsed or authorized
by Mahiram. Mahiram reserves the right to remove
commercial content in its sole discretion. Illegal
and/or unauthorized use of the Mahiram Services,
including collecting usernames, user ID numbers
and/or e-mail addresses of Members by electronic or
other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited
e-mail or unauthorized framing of or linking to the
Mahiram Website, or employing third party
promotional sites or software to promote profiles
for money, is prohibited. Commercial advertisements,
affiliate links, and other forms of unauthorized
solicitation may be removed from Member profiles
without notice or explanation and may result in
termination of Membership privileges. Mahiram
reserves the right to take appropriate legal action
for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Mahiram
Services.
6. Proprietary Rights in
Content on Mahiram.
6.1
Mahiram does not claim any ownership rights in the
text, files, images, photos, videos, sounds, musical
works, works of authorship, applications, or any
other materials (collectively, "Content") that you
post on or through the Mahiram Services. After
posting your Content to the Mahiram Services, you
continue to retain any such rights that you may have
in your Content, subject to the limited license
herein. By displaying or publishing ("posting") any
Content on or through the Mahiram Services, you
hereby grant to Mahiram a limited license to use,
modify, delete from, add to, publicly perform,
publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such
Content solely on or through the Mahiram Services,
including without limitation distributing part or
all of the Mahiram Website in any media formats and
through any media channels, except Content marked
“private” will not be distributed outside the
Mahiram Website. This limited license does not grant
Mahiram the right to sell or otherwise distribute
your Content outside of the Mahiram Services. After
you remove your Content from the Mahiram Website we
will cease distribution as soon as practicable, and
at such time when distribution ceases, the license
will terminate. If after we have distributed your
Content outside the Mahiram Website you change the
Content’s privacy setting to “private,” we will
cease distribution of such “private” Content outside
the Mahiram Website as soon as practicable after you
make the change.
6.2
The license you grant to Mahiram is non-exclusive
(meaning you are free to license your Content to
anyone else in addition to Mahiram), fully-paid and
royalty-free (meaning that Mahiram is not required
to pay you for the use on the Mahiram Services of
the Content that you post), sub-licensable (so that
Mahiram is able to use its affiliates,
subcontractors and other partners such as Internet
content delivery networks and wireless carriers to
provide the Mahiram Services), and worldwide
(because the Internet and the Mahiram Services are
global in reach).
6.3
You represent, warrant and covenant that: (i) you
own the Content posted by you on or through the
Mahiram Services or otherwise have the right to
grant the license set forth in this Section 6, and
(ii) the posting of your Content on or through the
Mahiram Services does not violate any applicable
laws, including but not limited to the privacy
rights, publicity rights, intellectual property
rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other
rights of any person or entity. You agree to pay for
all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing to
any person or entity by reason of any Content posted
by you on or through the Mahiram Services.
6.4
The Mahiram Services contain Content of Mahiram ("Mahiram
Content"). Mahiram Content is protected by
copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret,
industrial secret, and other laws, and Mahiram owns
and retains all rights in the Mahiram Content and
the Mahiram Services. Mahiram hereby grants you a
limited, revocable, non sub-licensable license to
reproduce and display the Mahiram Content (excluding
any software code) solely for your personal use in
connection with viewing the Mahiram Website and
using the Mahiram Services.
6.5
The Mahiram Services contain Content of Users and
other Mahiram licensors. Except as provided within
this Agreement, you may not copy, modify, translate,
publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform,
display, or sell any Content appearing on or through
the Mahiram Services.
6.6
Mahiram performs technical functions necessary to
offer the Mahiram Services, including but not
limited to transcoding and/or reformatting Content
to allow its use throughout the Mahiram Services.
7. Content Posted.
7.1
Mahiram may reject, refuse to post or delete
any Content for any or no reason, including Content
that in the sole judgment of Mahiram violates this
Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal or
violate the rights of any person or entity, or harm
or threaten the safety of any person or entity.
Mahiram assumes no responsibility for monitoring the
Mahiram Services for inappropriate Content or
conduct. If at any time Mahiram chooses, in its sole
discretion, to monitor the Mahiram Services, Mahiram
nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the
Content, no obligation to modify or remove any
inappropriate Content, and no responsibility for the
conduct of the User submitting any such Content.
7.2
You are solely responsible for the Content
that you post on or through any of the Mahiram
Services, and any material or information that you
transmit to other Members and for your interactions
with other Users.
7.3
You are solely responsible for ensuring that
all Content that you post on or through any of the
Mahiram Services, and any material or information
that you transmit to other Users, conforms to all
applicable data protection and privacy laws,
including ensuring that you have obtained the prior
consent of any and all individuals whose personal
information you use and/or disclose on or through
Mahiram.
8 Content/Activity
Prohibited.
The following are examples of the kind of
Content that is illegal or prohibited to post on or
through the Mahiram Services. Mahiram reserves the
right to investigate and take appropriate legal
action against anyone who, in Mahiram's sole
discretion, violates this provision, including
without limitation, removing the offending Content
from the Mahiram Services and terminating the
Membership of such violators. Prohibited Content
includes, but is not limited to Content that, in the
sole discretion of Mahiram:
8.1
Is patently offensive and promotes racism,
bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against
any group or individual;
8.2
Harasses or advocates harassment of another
person;
8.3
Exploits people in a sexual or violent
manner;
8.4
Contains nudity, excessive violence, or
offensive subject matter or contains a link to an
adult website;
8.5
Solicits personal information from anyone
under 18;
8.6
Publicly posts information that poses or
creates a privacy or security risk to any person;
8.7
Constitutes or promotes information that you
know is false or misleading or promotes illegal
activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening,
obscene, defamatory or libelous;
8.8
Constitutes or promotes an illegal or
unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted
work, such as providing pirated computer programs or
links to them, providing information to circumvent
manufacturer-installed copy-protect devices, or
providing pirated music or links to pirated music
files;
8.9
Involves the transmission of "junk mail,"
"chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing,
instant messaging, "spimming," or "spamming";
8.10
Contains restricted or password only access
pages or hidden pages or images (those not linked to
or from another accessible page);
8.11
Furthers or promotes any criminal activity or
enterprise or provides instructional information
about illegal activities including, but not limited
to making or buying illegal weapons, violating
someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer
viruses;
8.12
Solicits passwords or personal identifying
information for commercial or unlawful purposes from
other Users;
8.13
Involves commercial activities and/or sales
without prior written consent from Mahiram such as
contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or
pyramid schemes;
8.14
Includes a photograph or video of another
person that you have posted without that person's
consent;
8.15
For band, comedy, filmmaker and other
profiles, uses sexually suggestive imagery or any
other unfair, misleading or deceptive Content
intended to draw traffic to the profile;
8.16
Violates the privacy rights, publicity
rights, copyrights, trademark rights, contract
rights or any other rights of any person; or
8.17
Promotes propaganda and/or symbols of organizations
which are unconstitutional or illegal in your
country.
The following are examples of the kind of activity
that is illegal or prohibited on the Mahiram Website
and through your use of the Mahiram Services.
Mahiram reserves the right to investigate and take
appropriate legal action against anyone who, in
Mahiram's sole discretion, violates this provision,
including without limitation, reporting you to law
enforcement authorities. Prohibited activity
includes, but is not limited to:
8.18
Criminal or tortuous activity, including
child pornography, corruption of minors, fraud,
trafficking in obscene material, drug dealing,
gambling, harassment, stalking, spamming, spimming,
sending of viruses or other harmful files,
intellectual property rights (including but not
limited to copyright, trademark and patent
infringement), or theft of trade or industrial
secrets;
8.19
Advertising to, or solicitation of, any
Member to buy or sell any products or services
through the unauthorized or impermissible use of the
Mahiram Services. You may not transmit any chain
letters or junk email to other Members. In order to
protect our Members from such advertising or
solicitation, Mahiram reserves the right to restrict
the number of e-mails which a Member may send to
other Members in any 24-hour period to a number
which Mahiram deems appropriate in its sole
discretion. If you breach this Agreement and send
unsolicited bulk e-mail, instant messages or other
unauthorized commercial communications of any kind
through the Mahiram Services, you acknowledge that
you will have caused substantial harm to Mahiram,
but that the amount of such harm would be extremely
difficult to ascertain. As a reasonable estimation
of such harm, you agree to pay Mahiram USD $50 for
each such unsolicited e-mail or other unauthorized
commercial communication you send through the
Mahiram Services;
8.20
Circumventing or modifying, attempting to
circumvent or modify, or encouraging or assisting
any other person in circumventing or modifying any
security technology or software that is part of the
Mahiram Services;
8.21
Activity that involves the use of viruses,
bots, worms, or any other computer code, files or
programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the
functionality of any computer software or hardware,
or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of or
access to a computer or a computer network;
8.22
Covering or obscuring the banner
advertisements on your personal profile page, or any
Mahiram page via HTML/CSS or any other means;
8.23
Any automated use of the system, including
but not limited to, using scripts to add friends or
send comments or messages;
8.24
Interfering with, disrupting, or creating an
undue burden on the Mahiram Services or the networks
or services connected to the Mahiram Services;
8.25
Impersonating or attempting to impersonate
another Member, person or entity;
8.26
For band, comedy, filmmaker and other
profiles containing a Mahiram player, copying the
code for your Mahiram Player and embedding it (or
directing others to embed it) anywhere other than
your band profile on Mahiram;
8.27
Using the account, username, or password of
another Member at any time or disclosing your
password to any third party or permitting any third
party to access your account;
8.28
Selling or otherwise transferring your
profile;
8.29
Using any information obtained from the
Mahiram Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm
another person or entity, or attempting to do the
same;
8.30
Displaying an unauthorized commercial
advertisement on your profile, or accepting payment
or anything of value from a third person in exchange
for your performing any commercial activity through
the unauthorized or impermissible use of the Mahiram
Services on behalf of that person, such as placing
commercial content on your profile, posting blogs or
bulletins with a commercial purpose, selecting a
profile with a commercial purpose as one of your
"Top 8" friends, or sending private messages with a
commercial purpose; or
8.31
Using the Mahiram Services in a manner inconsistent
with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
9 Protecting Copyrights
and Other Intellectual Property.
Mahiram respects the intellectual property of
others, and requires that our users do the same. You
may not upload, embed, post, e-mail, transmit or
otherwise make available any material that infringes
any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or
other proprietary rights of any person or entity.
Mahiram has the right to terminate the Membership of
infringers.
If you believe your work has been copied and posted
on or through the Mahiram Services in a way that
constitutes copyright infringement, please send
Mahiram's Copyright Agent a notification of claimed
infringement with all of the following information:
(a)
identification of the copyrighted work claimed to
have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted
works are covered by a single notification, a
representative list of such works;
(b)
identification of the claimed infringing material
and information reasonably sufficient to permit us
to locate the material on the Mahiram Services
(providing the URL(s) of the claimed infringing
material satisfies this requirement)
(c) information
reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you,
such as an address, telephone number, and, if
available, an e-mail address;
(d) 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;
(e) a statement
by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the
above information in your notification is accurate
and that you are the copyright owner or authorized
to act on the copyright owner's behalf; and
(f) your physical
or electronic signature. Mahiram's Copyright Agent
for notification of claimed infringement can be
reached as follows: Copyright Agent, Mahiram Media
Inc., 787 Annette St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6S
2E4; Facsimile: (416) 769-4121; Attn: Copyright
Agent. Mahiram's Copyright Agent for notification of
claimed infringement can also be reached
electronically at…. Mahiram provides certain tools
and technologies to help facilitate copyright
owners’ control over their copyrighted works.
10. Member Disputes.
You are solely responsible for your
interactions with other Mahiram Members. Mahiram
reserves the right, but has no obligation, to become
involved in any way with disputes between you and
other Members.
12. Disclaimers.
Mahiram is not responsible for and makes no
warranties, express or implied, as to the User
Content or the accuracy and reliability of the User
Content posted on or through the Mahiram Services,
whether caused by Users of the Mahiram Services or
by any of the equipment or programming associated
with or utilized in the Mahiram Services and such
User Content does not necessarily reflect the
opinions or policies of Mahiram. Profiles and third
party applications created and posted by Members on
the Mahiram Website may contain links to other
websites. Mahiram is not responsible for the
content, accuracy or opinions expressed on such
websites, and such websites are not necessarily
investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or
completeness by Mahiram. Inclusion of any linked
website on the Mahiram Services does not imply
approval or endorsement of the linked website by
Mahiram. When you access these third-party sites,
you do so at your own risk. Mahiram takes no
responsibility for third party advertisements or
third party applications that are posted on or
through the Mahiram Services, nor does it take any
responsibility for the goods or services provided by
its advertisers. Mahiram is not responsible for the
conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of
the Mahiram Services. Mahiram assumes no
responsibility for any error, omission,
interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation
or transmission, communications line failure, theft
or destruction or unauthorized access to, or
alteration of, any User or Member communication.
Mahiram is not responsible for any problems or
technical malfunction of any telephone network or
lines, computer online systems, servers or
providers, computer equipment, software, failure of
any email or players due to technical problems or
traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the
Mahiram Services or combination thereof, including
any injury or damage to Users or to any person's
computer related to or resulting from participation
or downloading materials in connection with the
Mahiram Services. Under no circumstances shall
Mahiram be responsible for any loss or damage,
including personal injury or death, resulting from
use of the Mahiram Services, attendance at a Mahiram
event, from any User Content posted on or through
the Mahiram Services, or from the conduct of any
Users of the Mahiram Services, whether online or
offline. The Mahiram Services are provided "AS-IS"
and as available and Mahiram expressly disclaims any
warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or
non-infringement. Mahiram cannot guarantee and does
not promise any specific results from use of the
Mahiram Services.
13. Limitation on
Liability.
IN NO EVENT SHALL MAHIRAM BE LIABLE TO YOU OR
ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL,
EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES,
INCLUDING LOST PROFIT DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE
OF THE MAHIRAM SERVICES, EVEN IF MAHIRAM HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED
HEREIN, MAHIRAM'S LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE
WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION,
WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF
ANY, BY YOU TO MAHIRAM FOR THE MAHIRAM SERVICES
DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.
14. Disputes.
The Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the
Province of Ontario, without regard to its conflict
of law provisions. You and Mahiram agree to submit
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located
within the Province of Ontario to resolve any
dispute arising out of the Agreement or the Mahiram
Services. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
LITIGATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY CLAIMS,
COUNTERCLAIMS, CROSS-CLAIMS, OR THIRD PARTY CLAIMS)
ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT. FURTHER, EACH PARTY HERETO CERTIFIES THAT
NO REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF EITHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH PARTY
WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF SUCH LITIGATION, SEEK TO
ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL
PROVISION. EACH OF THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
THIS SECTION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE OTHER
PARTY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
15. Indemnity.
You agree to indemnify and hold Mahiram, its
subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective
officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless
from any loss, liability, claim, or demand,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any
third party due to or arising out of your use of the
Mahiram Services in violation of this Agreement
and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement
and/or any breach of your representations and
warranties set forth in this Agreement and/or if any
Content that you post on or through the Mahiram
Services causes Mahiram to be liable to another.
16. Other.
This Agreement is accepted upon your use of
the Mahiram Website or any of the Mahiram Services
and is further affirmed by you becoming a Member.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between you and Mahiram regarding the use of the
Mahiram Services. The failure of Mahiram to exercise
or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement
shall not operate as a waiver of such right or
provision. The section titles in this Agreement are
for convenience only and have no legal or
contractual effect. Mahiram is a trademark of
Mahiram Media Inc. This Agreement operates to the
fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision
of this Agreement is unlawful, void or
unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable
from this Agreement and does not affect the validity
and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Please contact us at: Contact Mahiram with any
questions regarding this Agreement.
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