eErosion.com Terms and Conditions
The following Terms
and Conditions of Use outline your obligations when using the eErosion.com website.
You can also review our
Privacy Policy, which outlines our obligations and practices towards
handling any personal information that you may provide to us.
- ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
The web pages available
at eErosion.com, and all linked pages ("Site"), are owned and operated by PeopleTECH,
Inc., doing business as RedRockResearch ("RRR"), a Utah corporation, and is accessed
by you under the Terms of Use described below ("Terms of Use").
PLEASE READ THESE
TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SERVICES. BY ACCESSING THIS SITE OR USING
ANY PART OF THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT OR SERVICES (AS EACH IS DEFINED BELOW) ON THE
SITE, YOU AGREE TO BECOME BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE
TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN YOU MAY NOT ACCESS THE SITE OR USE THE CONTENT
OR ANY SERVICES IN THE SITE. 'S ACCEPTANCE IS EXPRESSLY CONDITIONED UPON YOUR ASSENT
TO ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHER TERMS; IF THESE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE CONSIDERED AN OFFER BY DIGG, ACCEPTANCE IS EXPRESSLY LIMITED
TO THESE TERMS.
- MODIFICATIONS OF TERMS OF USE
RRR reserves the right,
at its sole discretion, to modify or replace the Terms of Use at any time. If the
alterations constitute a material change to the Terms of Use, RRR will notify you
by posting an announcement on the Site. What constitutes a "material change" will
be determined at RRR's sole discretion, in good faith and using common sense and
reasonable judgment. You shall be responsible for reviewing and becoming familiar
with any such modifications. Use of the Services by you following such notification
constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Terms of Use as modified.
- DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
Subject to full compliance
with the Terms of Use, RRR may offer to provide certain services and content, as
described more fully on the Site, ("Services"). Services shall include, but not
be limited to, any service and content RRR performs for you, as well as the offering
of any materials displayed, transmitted or performed on the Site or through the
Services (including, but not limited to text, user comments, messages, information,
data, graphics, news articles, photographs, images, illustrations, software, audio
clips and video clips, also known as the "Content"). RRR may change, suspend or
discontinue the Services including any Content for any reason, at any time, including
the availability of any feature or content. RRR may also impose limits on certain
features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Services without
notice or liability.
- YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
As a condition to
using Services, you are required to register with eErosion using your unique email
address and select a password. You shall provide eErosion with accurate, complete,
and updated registration information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach
of the Terms of Use, which may result in immediate termination of your eErosion
account. You may not (i) select or use an email address of another person with the
intent to impersonate that person; (ii) use an email address subject to any rights
of a person other than you without appropriate authorization; or (iii) use as an
email address a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or obscene. RRR reserves
the right to refuse registration of, or cancel a user account in its discretion.
You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your RRR password.
Services are available
only to individuals who are at least 13 years old, whether acting on their own behalf
or as an authorized employee or representative of a corporation or other business
entity. If you do not so qualify, do not attempt to register for or use the Services.
- USER CONDUCT
As a condition of
use, you promise not to use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited
by these Terms of Use, or any other purpose not reasonably intended by RRR.
By way of example,
and not as a limitation, you agree not to use the Services:
- to abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate
or intimidate others;
- to post or transmit, or cause to be
posted or transmitted, any Content that is infringing, libelous, defamatory, obscene,
pornographic, abusive, offensive, profane, or otherwise violates any law or right
of any third party;
- for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.
If you are an international user, you agree to comply with all local laws regarding
online conduct and acceptable content;
- to post or transmit, or cause to be
posted or transmitted, any communication or solicitation designed or intended to
obtain password, account, or private information from other eErosion users;
- to create or submit unwanted email ("Spam")
to any other users or any URL;
- to violate any laws in your jurisdiction
(including but not limited to copyright laws);
- you agree that you will not: (i) take
any action that imposes, or may impose in our sole discretion an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (ii) interfere or attempt to
interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the
Site; or (iii) bypass any measures we may
- to advertise to, or solicit, any user
to buy or sell any products or services. It is also a violation of these rules to
use any information obtained from the Services in order to contact, advertise to,
solicit, or sell to any user without their prior explicit consent;
- attempt to impersonate another user
or person;
- sell or otherwise transfer your account.
RRR may remove any
Content and eErosion accounts at any time for any reason (including, but not limited
to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating
to such Content), or for no reason at all. To report Terms of Use abuse, please
email: abuse@digg.com
You are solely responsible
for your interactions with other users of the Site. RRR reserves the right, but
has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users.
- CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE
FOR INCLUSION ON THE SERVICE
By submitting Content
to eErosion, you warrant that you own all rights to the Content, or agree that the
Content will be dedicated to the public domain under the Creative Commons Public
Domain Dedication, available at
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/.
To clarify, the above does not apply to the Content on external sites linked to
by the original submission.
- COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS
RRR respects the intellectual
property of others. It is RRR's policy to respond expeditiously to claims of copyright
and other intellectual property infringement. RRR will promptly process and investigate
notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions under the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and other applicable intellectual property laws.
Upon receipt of notices complying or substantially complying with the DMCA, RRR
may act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any material claimed to be
infringing or claimed to be the subject of infringing activity and may act expeditiously
to remove or disable access to any reference or link to material or activity that
is claimed to be infringing. RRR will terminate access for subscribers and account
holders who are repeat infringers.
Notifying RRR of Copyright
Infringement: To provide RRR notice of an infringement, you must provide a written
communication to the attention of "DMCA Infringement Notification Dept." care of
abuse@RedRockResearch.com
that sets forth the information specified by the DMCA (). Please note that we may post your notification, with personally
identifiable information redacted, to a clearinghouse such as chillingeffects.org.
Please also note that you may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys'
fees) if you materially misrepresent that an activity is infringing your copyright.
Providing RRR with
Counter-Notification: If we remove or disable access to content in response to an
infringement notice, we will make reasonable attempts to contact the owner or administrator
of the affected site or content. If you feel that your material does not constitute
infringement, you may provide RRR with a counter notification by written communication
to the attention of "DMCA Counter Notification Dept." at
abuse@RedRockResearch.com that sets forth all
of the necessary information required by the DMCA (). Please note that you may be liable for damages (including
costs and attorneys' fees) if you materially misrepresent that an activity is not
infringing the copyrights of others. If you are uncertain whether an activity constitutes
infringement, we recommended seeking advice of an attorney.
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eErosion.com
PRIVACY POLICY
eErosion.com's current privacy policy is available
at eErosion.com/privacy (the "Privacy Policy"), which is incorporated
by this reference.
- INDEMNITY
You will indemnify
and hold harmless eErosion.com, RedRockResearch, its parents PeopleTECH, Inc., subsidiaries,
affiliates, customers, vendors, officers and employees from any liability, damage
or cost (including reasonable attorneys. fees and cost) from (i) any claim or demand
made by any third party due to or arising out of your access to the Site, use of
the Services, violation of the Terms of Use by you, or the infringement by you,
or any third party using your account or email login credentials, of any intellectual
property or other right of any person or entity.
- WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS
You acknowledge that
RRR has no control over, and no duty to take any action regarding: which users gain
access to the Site or use the Services; what effects the Content may have on you;
how you may interpret or use the Content; or what actions you may take as a result
of having been exposed to the Content. You release RRR from all liability for you
having acquired or not acquired Content through the Site or the Services. RRR makes
no representations concerning any content contained in or accessed through the Site
or Services, and RRR will not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, copyright
compliance, legality or decency of material contained in or accessed through the
Site or the Services. THE SERVICE, CONTENT, AND SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS"
BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES DUE TO USE OF eEROSION. SOME STATES DO
NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
- LINKS
The Services may provide,
or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources.
Because RRR has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree
that RRR 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 RRR 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.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL
RRR OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE
OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY (I) WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, THE SERVICE OR ANY CONTENT FOR
ANY LOST PROFITS OR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES (HOWEVER ARISING), OR (II)
FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF (IN THE AGGREGATE) $1. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW
THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE
LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
- TERMINATION
RRR may terminate
or suspend any and all Services and your eErosion account immediately, without prior
notice or liability, if you breach any of the terms or conditions of the Terms of
Use. Upon termination of your account, your right to use the Services will immediately
cease. If you wish to terminate your eErosion account, you may simply discontinue
using the Services. All provisions of the Terms of Use which by their nature should
survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership
provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
- MISCELLANEOUS
No agency, partnership,
joint venture, or employment is created as a result of the Terms of Use and you
do not have any authority of any kind to bind RRR in any respect whatsoever. The
failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein
shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder. RRR shall not be liable
for any failure to perform its obligations hereunder where such failure results
from any cause beyond RRR's reasonable control, including, without limitation, mechanical,
electronic or communications failure or degradation (including "line-noise" interference).
If any provision of the Terms of Use is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that
provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that
the Terms of Use shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
The Terms of Use is not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by you except
with RRR's prior written consent. RRR may transfer, assign or delegate the Terms
of Use and its rights and obligations without consent. The Terms of Use shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California,
as if made within California between two residents thereof, and the parties submit
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court of San Francisco County and
the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Notwithstanding
the foregoing sentence, (but without limiting RRR's right to seek injunctive or
other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction), any disputes arising
with respect to this Agreement shall be referred to an arbitrator affiliated with
JAMS, The Resolution Experts. The arbitrator shall be selected by joint agreement
of the parties. In the event the parties cannot agree on an arbitrator within thirty
(30) days of the initiating party providing the other party with written notice
that it plans to seek arbitration, the parties shall each select an arbitrator affiliated
with JAMS, which arbitrators shall jointly select a third such arbitrator to resolve
the dispute. The written decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on
the parties. The arbitration proceeding shall be carried on and heard in San Francisco,
California using the English language and pursuant to the rules of JAMS. In any
action or proceeding to enforce rights under the Terms of Use, the prevailing party
will be entitled to recover costs and attorneys' fees. Both parties agree that the
Terms of Use is the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding
of the parties and supersedes and cancels all previous written and oral agreements,
communications and other understandings relating to the subject matter of the Terms
of Use, and that all modifications must be in a writing signed by both parties,
except as otherwise provided herein.
- TRADEMARKS
eErosion.com, eErosion, RedRockResearch, Red Rock Research, PeopleTECH and other
graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names
are registered trademarks, trademarks or trade dress of eErosion in the U.S. and/or
other countries. eErosion's trademarks and trade dress may not be used, including
as part of trademarks and/or as part of domain names, in connection with any product
or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion.