TERMS
Terms of Use
Date of Last Revision: February 11, 2009.
Welcome to FanManager, a site that is also used as a database and reporting tool for street team members for dozens of bands, events, websites, and organizations The FanManager Service (defined below) is operated by FanManager, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“us,” “we” or “FanManager”). By using or accessing the FanManager Service, you agree that you have read, understand and are bound by these Terms of Use (“Terms”). We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change or delete portions of these Terms at any time without further notice. Your continued use of the FanManager Service after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.
Privacy
We care about the privacy of our users and encourage you to read our Privacy Policy.
Eligibility
You may not use the FanManager Service if you are under 13. If you are between the ages of 13 and 17, we strongly suggest that you seek parental consent to use the FanManager Service. If you are required to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction, you may not use the FanManager Service.
Registration; Account Security
When you register for and use the FanManager Service, you will be asked to provide information about yourself (“User Data”). Your User Data must be accurate and current at all times. You are solely responsible for maintaining the security of your account. This means, for example, that you may not share your password or let anyone else access your account. If you have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure, please let us know immediately.
Prohibited Conduct
By using or accessing the FanManager Service, you represent, warrant and agree that you will not:
• do anything that could disable, overburden or impair the proper working of the FanManager Service;
• use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the FanManager Service;
• send spam or any other unauthorized advertisements or solicitations through or using the FanManager Service;
• harvest, collect or use addresses, phone numbers or email addresses or other contact information (collectively “Contact Information”) of users of the FanManager Service without consent from such users;
• solicit private information (including social security numbers, credit card numbers and passwords) from users of the FanManager Service;
• provide any false personal information in your profile, create more than one profile, transfer your profile, create a profile for anyone other than yourself or create a page without authorization;
• use your profile for any commercial purpose;
• offer any contest, sweepstakes, coupon or other promotion through the FanManager Service without our prior written consent;
• use an iFrame or offer web search functionality on the FanManager Service;
• intimidate or harass any user;
• do anything that is illegal, infringing, fraudulent, malicious or could expose FanManager or the FanManager Service users to harm or liability; or
• attempt, encourage or facilitate any of the above.
User Content
By using or accessing the FanManager Service, you represent, warrant and agree that you will not Post:
• User Content that violates the law or anyone’s rights, including intellectual property (“IP”) rights or other proprietary rights (such as rights of publicity and privacy);
• any Contact Information or private information of any third party;
• false, misleading or fraudulent information;
• any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer or telecommunications equipment;
• alcohol-related or other mature content on Pages on the FanManager Service that have not set appropriate age based restrictions (based on the country in which the page will be viewable); or
• User Content that is threatening, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or that depicts nudity, pornography or graphic or gratuitous violence, or anything else that we may consider offensive.
FanManager does not pre-screen, review, edit or approve any User Content. FanManager may, in its sole discretion, remove or disable access to any User Content.
“User Content” means any photos, text, link, audio, video, designs, ads and anything else that you Post on or through the FanManager Website. “Post” means to upload, post, transmit, share, store, link to or otherwise make available on or through the FanManager Website.
IP Complaints
We respect the IP rights of others and we prohibit users from Posting User Content that violates another party’s IP rights. When we receive a proper claim of IP infringement, we promptly remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing User Content. We also terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. If you believe that User Content on the FanManager Service infringes your IP rights, please contact us here.
Your Privacy Practices
We respect the privacy rights of third parties, and you must do so as well on the FanManager Service.
If you collect, access or use information relating to any user of the FanManager Service (including information contained in any user profile) you must obtain consent from the user and make it clear to the user that the collection, access and use is being carried out by you and not FanManager.
Ownership; Proprietary Rights
Except for User Content, all materials, content and trademarks on the FanManager Service are the property of FanManager and/or its licensors and are protected by all relevant IP laws and other proprietary rights (including copyright, trademark, trade dress and patent laws) and any other applicable laws. Without limiting the foregoing, FANMANAGER and all related logos, are trademarks of FanManager. Except as expressly authorized by FanManager in writing, you agree not to use, sell, license, distribute, copy, publish, stream, publicly perform or display, transmit, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works or otherwise make unauthorized use of the materials, content or trademarks.
Licenses
You are solely responsible for the User Content that you Post on or through the FanManager Service. You hereby grant FanManager an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you Post on or in connection with the FanManager Website or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings. You represent and warrant that you have all rights and permissions to grant the foregoing licenses.
If you own or control a website, you may place FanManager’s share link button, logo and/or text (a “Share Link”), including all trademarks therein, on your website for the sole purpose of enabling users to Post links or content from your website on the FanManager Website. By offering a Share Link on your website, you agree, represent and warrant that you will not place a Share Link on any page containing content that would violate these Terms if Posted on the FanManager Website. The rights granted in this paragraph may be revoked by us at any time in our sole discretion, and upon such termination, you will immediately remove all Share Links from your website.
Submissions
You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback or other information that you provide to FanManager, are non-confidential and non-proprietary. FanManager will be entitled to the unrestricted use of any such Submission for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you.
User Disputes; Complaints
You agree not to hold FanManager responsible or liable for the User Content or actions of third parties (including your interactions with users) on or relating to the FanManager Service. This includes transactions conducted on the FanManager Service as well as the collection, handling and sharing of personal information that you provide to third parties. If you have a dispute with a third party relating to the FanManager Service, you release FanManager and its directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, the “FanManager Entities”) from any claims, causes of action and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such dispute. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code §1542, which says: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”
If you believe that the FanManager Service or FanManager’s business practices are in any way unfair, fraudulent or unlawful, you agree to bring it to the attention of FanManager’s legal department. If you do not report the issue or continue using the service after discovering the issue, you expressly waive the right to claim that the FanManager Service is unfair, fraudulent or unlawful with respect to that issue.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold FanManager Entities harmless from and against any claim or cause of action brought by a third party as well as any related damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) (“Claim”) arising out of or related to your (a) use of the FanManager Service, features, content or materials related thereto; (b) violation of these Terms; (c) violation of the rights of any other person or entity; or (d) breach of the representations, warranties and covenants made by you herein. FanManager reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify FanManager, and you agree to cooperate with FanManager’s defense of these Claims.
General Disclaimers
USE OF THE FANMANAGER SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE FANMANAGER SERVICE, FANMANAGER WEBSITES AND ALL FEATURES, CONTENT AND MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE ON, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH THE FANMANAGER SERVICE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, FANMANAGER, ITS SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS AND PARTNERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, FANMANAGER, ITS SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS AND PARTNERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FANMANAGER SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED OR THAT THE FANMANAGER SERVICE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
FANMANAGER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR, AND DOES NOT APPROVE OR ENDORSE ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT, MATERIALS, WEBSITES OR APPLICATIONS MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE FANMANAGER SERVICE (COLLECTIVELY, “THIRD PARTY MATERIALS”). WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT, ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, OFFENSIVENESS, OPINIONS, RELIABILITY, PRIVACY PRACTICES OR OTHER POLICIES APPLICABLE TO SUCH THIRD PARTY MATERIALS, AND WE CANNOT AND DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THIRD PARTY MATERIALS WILL COMPLY WITH THE RESTRICTIONS, CONDITIONS OR OBLIGATIONS THAT WE REQUIRE. IF YOU DECIDE TO USE OR ACCESS THIRD PARTY MATERIALS, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK AND YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO AGREE TO TERMS OF SERVICE, PRIVACY AND DATA GATHERING PRACTICES AND OTHER POLICIES APPLICABLE TO SUCH THIRD PARTY MATERIALS. PLEASE REVIEW ALL SUCH TERMS AND POLICIES CAREFULLY.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
Limitation on Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, WILL FANMANAGER ENTITIES OR THEIR LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, RELIANCE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA, THAT RESULT FROM YOUR USE OR YOUR INABILITY TO USE THE FANMANAGER SERVICE, THE FANMANAGER WEBSITES OR ANY, FEATURES, CONTENT OR THIRD PARTY MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE ON, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH THE FANMANAGER SERVICE, EVEN IF FANMANAGER OR A FANMANAGER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH CASES, FANMANAGER’S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
IN NO EVENT WILL THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU OF FANMANAGER ENTITIES OR OF THEIR LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE FANMANAGER SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE FANMANAGER SERVICE (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, TO FANMANAGER DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DAY THE ACT OR OMISSION OCCURRED THAT GAVE RISE TO YOUR CLAIM OR $100, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
Termination and Changes to the FanManager Service
We may terminate your account on the FanManager Service, delete your profile and any User Content you have Posted on or through the FanManager Service, and/or prohibit you from using or accessing the FanManager Service (or any portion thereof) for any or no reason, at any time in our sole discretion, with or without notice. Further, we reserve the right to change any aspect or feature of the FanManager Service at any time without notice. The following sections will survive any termination of your use of the FanManager Service: Prohibited Conduct, User Content, Your Privacy Practices, Ownership; Proprietary Rights, Licenses, Submissions, User Disputes; Complaints, Indemnity, General Disclaimers, Limitation on Liability, Termination and Changes to the FanManager Service, Arbitration, Governing Law; Venue and Jurisdiction and Other.
Governing Law; Venue and Jurisdiction
You agree that all claims and disputes between you and FanManager that arise out of or relate in any way to the Terms or your use of the FanManager Service will be governed by the laws of the State of California (and United States federal laws applicable therein), without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
Other
The “FanManager Service” means the features, services and properties that FanManager makes available through (a) http://www.fanmanager.net or any other FanManager-branded or co-branded website (including, without limitation, any and all sub-domains and all international, mobile versions and successors thereof), (b) other media, devices or networks now existing or later developed. Unless otherwise specified, the terms “includes,” “including,” “e.g.,” “for example,” and other similar terms used herein are deemed to include the term “without limitation” immediately thereafter. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision in that or any other instance. If, for any reason, any provision of these Terms or portion thereof is rendered invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms will remain in full force and effect and will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the parties. An arbitrator or court will substitute or rewrite any invalid or unenforceable term or provision to make such term or provision valid and enforceable. All communications and notices to be made or given pursuant to these Terms will be in the English language. You consent to receiving communications and notices from FanManager at the email address you provide in registering for the FanManager Service or otherwise elect in your account settings. These Terms constitute the entire agreement and supersede any prior agreement between you and us regarding your use of the FanManager Service.