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BigPunForever.com Legal and Privacy Disclaimer
Updated June 11th, 2011
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
By accessing the BigPunForever.com WebSite ("the Service"),
you signify your agreement to all terms, conditions, and
notices contained or referenced herein, the Terms of Service
("TOS"). If you do not agree to the TOS, do not use this
Service. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to update or
revise the TOS. Please check the Terms periodically for
changes. BigPunForever.com provides its service to you,
subject to the following TOS, which may be updated by us from
time to time without notice to you. In addition, when using
particular BigPunForever.com services, you shall be subject to
any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services
which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or
rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS. Your
continued use of this Service following the posting of any
changes to the TOS constitutes acceptance of those changes.
2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
BigPunForever.com currently provides users with access to
on-line resources. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new
features that augment or enhance the current Service,
including the release of new BigPunForever.com properties,
shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the
Service is provided "AS-IS" and that BigPunForever.com assumes
no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery
or failure to store any user communications or personalization
settings.
3. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
a. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE
IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY FOR INFORMATION, DATA, SERVICES,
UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE. SPECIFICALLY, BigPunForever.com
DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY,
USEFULNESS, OR CONTENT OF INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES,
AND DISCLAIMS WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THIS DISCLAIMER OF
LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY WHETHER FOR BREACH
OF CONTRACT, TORTUOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER
CAUSE OF ACTION.
b.
BigPunForever.com MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL
MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE
RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL
BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS,
SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED
BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND
(V) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
c.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE
OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND
THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR
COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD
OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
d.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY
YOU FROM BigPunForever.com OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE
SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
4. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
NEITHER BigPunForever.com NOR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AFFILIATES, OR CONTENT OR SERVICE
PROVIDERS SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY FOR
ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF USE OF THE SERVICE OR INABILITY TO
GAIN ACCESS TO OR USE THE SERVICE OR OUT OF ANY BREACH OF ANY
WARRANTY. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED
LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF BigPunForever.com HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. BECAUSE SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE
LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, THE
RESPECTIVE LIABILITY OF BigPunForever.com, ITS EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AFFILIATES, AND CONTENT OR
SERVICE PROVIDERS IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY SUCH LAW. FURTHER, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT
BigPunForever.com SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR
EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR
LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE
LOSSES (EVEN IF BigPunForever.com HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR
THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT
OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS,
DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR
MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM
THE SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF
YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY
THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING
TO THE SERVICE.
3. MEMBER CONDUCT
You understand that all information, data, text, software,
music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other
materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately
transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from
which such Content originated. This means that you, and not
BigPunForever.com, are entirely responsible for all Content
that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available via the Service. BigPunForever.com does not control
the Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not
guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content.
You understand that by using the Service, you may be exposed
to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under
no circumstances will BigPunForever.com be liable in any way
for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors
or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any
kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted,
emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the
Service.
You agree to not use the Service to:
a.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any
Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive,
harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of
another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or
otherwise objectionable;
b.
harm minors in any way;
c.
impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited
to, a BigPunForever.com official, forum leader, guide or host,
or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation
with a person or entity;
d.
forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to
disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the
Service;
e.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any
Content that you do not have a right to make available under
any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such
as inside information, proprietary and confidential
information learned or disclosed as part of employment
relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
f.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any
Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret,
copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;
g.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any
unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional
materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid
schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those
areas (such as shopping rooms) that are designated for such
purpose;
h.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any
material that contains software viruses or any other computer
code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or
limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware
or telecommunications equipment;
i.
disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to
"scroll" faster than other users of the Service are able to
type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects
other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges;
j.
interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks
connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements,
procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to
the Service;
k.
intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local,
state, national or international law, including, but not
limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other
securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New
York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the
NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law;
l.
"stalk" or otherwise harass another; or
m.
collect or store personal data about other users.
You acknowledge that BigPunForever.com does not pre-screen
Content, but that BigPunForever.com and its designees shall
have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole
discretion to refuse or move any Content that is available via
the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, BigPunForever.com
and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content
that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree
that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with,
the use of any Content, including any reliance on the
accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this
regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content
created by BigPunForever.com or submitted to BigPunForever.com,
including without limitation information in BigPunForever.com
Links, News, and in all other parts of the Service.
You acknowledge and agree that BigPunForever.com may preserve
Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by
law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or
disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal
process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any
Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect
the rights, property, or personal safety of BigPunForever.com,
its users and the public.
You understand that the technical processing and transmission
of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a)
transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to
conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting
networks or devices.
5. SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to
comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and
acceptable Content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all
applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data
exported from the United States or the country in which you
reside.
6. CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE
SERVICE
BigPunForever.com does not claim ownership of Content you
submit or make available for inclusion on the Service.
However, with respect to Content you submit or make available
for inclusion in the Service, you grant BigPunForever.com an
unlimited, world-wide, royalty free license.
7. INDEMNITY
Upon a request by BigPunForever.com, you agree to defend,
indemnify, and hold harmless BigPunForever.com and other
affiliated companies, and their employees, contractors,
officers, and directors from all liabilities, claims, and
expenses, including attorney's fees, that arise from your use
or misuse of this Service. BigPunForever.com reserves the
right, at it own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and
control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by
you, in which event you will cooperate with BigPunForever.com
in asserting any available defenses. Further, you agree to
indemnify and hold BigPunForever.com, and its subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners,
and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or
arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make
available through the Service, your use of the Service, your
connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your
violation of any rights of another.
10. GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
You acknowledge that BigPunForever.com may establish general
practices and limits concerning use of the Service, including
without limitation the maximum number of days that email
messages, message board postings or other uploaded Content
will be retained by the Service, the maximum number of email
messages that may be sent from or received by an account on
the Service, the maximum size of any email message that may be
sent from or received by an account on the Service, the
maximum disk space that will be allotted on
BigPunForever.com's servers on your behalf, and the maximum
number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may
access the Service in a given period of time. You agree that
BigPunForever.com has no responsibility or liability for the
deletion or failure to store any messages and other
communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by
the Service. You acknowledge that BigPunForever.com reserves
the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an
extended period of time. You further acknowledge that
BigPunForever.com reserves the right to change these general
practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with
or without notice.
12. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
BigPunForever.com reserves the right at any time and from time
to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently,
the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You
agree that BigPunForever.com shall not be liable to you or to
any third party for any modification, suspension or
discontinuance of the Service.
13. TERMINATION
BigPunForever.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to terminate your access to all or part of this Service, with
or without notice. You agree that BigPunForever.com, in its
sole discretion, may terminate your use of the Service, and
remove and discard any Content within the Service, for any
reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if
BigPunForever.com believes that you have violated or acted
inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOS.
BigPunForever.com may also in its sole discretion and at any
time discontinue providing the Service, or any part thereof,
with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your
access to the Service under any provision of this TOS may be
effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that
BigPunForever.com may immediately deactivate or delete your
account and all related information and files in your account
and/or bar any further access to such files or the Service.
Further, you agree that BigPunForever.com shall not be liable
to you or any third-party for any termination of your access
to the Service.
14. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or
participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or
through the Service, including payment 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 advertiser. You agree that
BigPunForever.com shall not be responsible or liable for any
loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such
dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers
on the Service. NOTE THAT ALL MERCHANDISE SOLD OR GIVEN AWAY
ON THE BigPunForever.com WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED BY ADVERTISERS
AND NOT BigPunForever.com, REGARDLESS OF THE APPEARANCE OR
BRANDING OF THE PRODUCT OFFERING OR ADVERTISEMENT ON THE
BigPunForever.com WEBSITE. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO DEAL WITH
SUCH ADVERTISERS, DO NOT PURCHASE ANY ITEMS FOR SALE OR ACCEPT
ITEMS ON THE BigPunForever.com WEBSITE.
15. LINKS
The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links
to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because
BigPunForever.com has no control over such sites and
resources, you acknowledge and agree that BigPunForever.com is
not responsible for the availability of such external sites or
resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or
liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other
materials on or available from such sites or resources. You
further acknowledge and agree that BigPunForever.com shall not
be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any
damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in
connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods
or services available on or through any such site or resource.
21. NOTICE
Notices to you may be made via either email or regular mail.
The Service may also provide notices of changes to the TOS or
other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you
generally on the Service.
24. GENERAL INFORMATION
This TOS shall be governed by and construed in all respects by
the laws of the State of Louisiana, as such laws are applied
to agreements entered into and performed entirely within the
State of Louisiana and between Louisiana residents. If any
provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or
unenforceable, such provision shall be struck to the extent of
such invalidity or unenforceability, and the remainder
thereof, as well as the remaining provisions of the Terms
shall be fully enforced. You expressly agree that the
exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of
or relating to these TOS or your use of this Service shall be
filed only in the state or federal courts located in the State
of Louisiana, and you further agree and submit to the exercise
of personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of
litigating any such claim or action. The TOS constitute the
entire agreement between you and BigPunForever.com and govern
your use of the Service, superceding any prior agreements
between you and BigPunForever.com. You also may be subject to
additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use
affiliate services, third-party content or third-party
software.. The failure of BigPunForever.com to exercise or
enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute
a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the
TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should
endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as
reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the
TOS remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless
of any statute or law to the contrary, any contract arising
out of or related to use of this Service provided by
BigPunForever.com or otherwise arising out of or related to
the provisions and conditions of the TOS, must be filed within
one (1) year after such claim or cause of action first arose
or shall be forever barred. The section titles in the TOS are
for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
25. VIOLATIONS
Please report any violations of the TOS to
dante@bigpunforever.com.
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