Jaran Studios Online Legal Stuff In order to improve the quality of your visit (and to avoid us getting sued), please read the following guidelines.
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Guidelines
If you do not want an Email that you send to us to be published, simply identify it as "Not for publication" and we will respect your wishes. Please understand that we cannot respond to all Email that we receive. Please note that we may use your screen name and other information from your User Profile whenever we publish material that you place online.
Subject to the guidelines above, Jaran Studios shall have the right to reproduce, and use any notes,
messages/bulletin board postings, and all other materials that you may submit to Jaran Studios in any manner, including use for promotional and advertising purposes.
Your participation in JaranStudios.com will constitute your agreement to these guidelines and the terms and conditions of use set forth below. Please note that because the interactive digital media and online technology continue to evolve, we reserve the right to modify and update our terms and conditions of use at any time. Your continued participation will constitute your agreement to be bound by such modifications and updates.
Terms and Conditions of Use
Copyright Ownership
As between Jaran Studios and all users of JaranStudios.com, all rights including all copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights now or hereafter existing in all files and materials contained or transmitted as part of the JaranStudios.com service, including, without limitation, text, artwork, video, graphics, logos, titles, photographs, sound recordings, and software are the sole and exclusive property of Jaran Studios or its grantors and may not be reproduced, transmitted, distributed, publicly performed or displayed or used in any manner for commercial or promotional purposes without Jaran Studios' prior written consent. Further, except as we may specifically state otherwise on JaranStudios.com, the reproduction of any such material on any other website or networked computer environment is prohibited. You may, however, download a copy of such materials on to a single computer for private personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not remove any copyright, trademark or other notices from the materials downloaded. Background sound effects created by Dropthedyle.
Compliance with Applicable Laws
As a user of JaranStudios.com, you must observe all applicable federal, state and local law, including United States copyright, trademark, and obscenity law. You may not place online any material which defames or violates the right of privacy or publicity, or any copyright, trademark right or any other right of any third party or which may be abusive or threatening to any third party, advocate any illegal activity, or be obscene, pornographic or violate any law. If you do violate any law or any right of any third party, you shall be fully and solely responsible for such violation and you shall indemnify Jaran Studios and our officers, directors, employees, agents, distributors and affiliates from and against any and all third party claims, demands, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees arising from such violation. Jaran Studios reserves the right to remove any files from JaranStudios.com that it deems to be in violation of these principles or for any other reason.
Linked Sites
JaranStudios.com is not responsible for the content of any site that is linked to us whether or not we are affiliated with the operator or owner of such site. Any links from our site to any other sites are for your convenience only.
No license is implied and none should be inferred to link to this site using any framing technology or to link to any page on this site other than the home page, and we reserve all of our rights under the law to insist that any link to this site be discontinued.
Disclaimer
JaranStudios.com does not warrant that the functions on our site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that JaranStudios.com or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or other harmful components.
The information and opinions expressed in any message boards, or forums conducted on this site are not necessarily those of Jaran Studios or its affiliated or related entities and Jaran Studios makes no
representations or warranties regarding such information or opinions.
Jaran Studios Message Board Rules and Policies
Considering the real-time nature of the message boards, it is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the contents of the boards and are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of Jaran Studios. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by Email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. Under no circumstances shall Jaran Studios be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from use of, or the inability to use Jaran Studios' message boards. You specifically acknowledge and agree that Jaran Studios shall not be liable to you for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any other user. You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this message boards to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, advocates any illegal or dangerous activity, or otherwise violative of any law, or that contains any virus or other harmful component. You agree not to post any material that infringes upon or violates any party's copyright, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights. With respect to copyright law, be advised that posting any third party's copyrighted work on our boards may violate the owner's copyright. You also may not include in any message that you post on our boards any link to any site which violates any of the foregoing terms and conditions. Although we do not and cannot review the messages posted and are not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Jaran Studios and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). We also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you. Jaran Studios' message boards may be used by participants solely for non-commercial purposes. You may not post any message for commercial purposes or any message that contains advertising. Please note that advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are inappropriate in the message boards and posting of any chain letters, pyramid schemes, message board spamming or other repetitive postings may constitute a violation of our rights for which we reserve the right to take legal action.
Fan Fiction, Story Ideas and Related Issues
Jaran Studios' message boards are NOT intended for use as forums for fan fiction or for the submission of story ideas or plots. Jaran Studios and its employees and authorized licensees and freelance talent are constantly coming up with new story lines, ideas, plot proposals, and new fiction. Jaran Studios shall have no responsibility for any similarities between any fan fiction, story ideas or plot proposals posted on our message boards in violation of our terms and conditions and any works subsequently published by Jaran Studios or any of our licensees as any such similarity shall be purely coincidental. By posting any fan fiction or proposed story ideas or plots on Jaran Studios' message boards, you waive any claims for credit or consideration of any kind as a result of Jaran Studios' publication or use of any similar matter in any manner or medium.
License to Jaran Studios
By posting messages on Jaran Studios' message boards, you license to Jaran Studios an irrevocable, royalty free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to: (1) reproduce, adapt, transmit, display and otherwise use any messages that you post on our boards in any manner and in any medium, including without limitation, on the Jaran Studios message boards, and in letter columns of our applicable comic books; (2) sub-license to any third parties the right to exercise any of the foregoing rights; and (3) reproduce and use your screen name, Email address and elements of your user profile, if any, in whole or in part, in connection with our exercise of any of the foregoing rights.
If you do not want your messages to be reproduced, please feel free to browse our message boards without posting any messages of your own.
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. If any provision of this agreement shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Privacy Policy
The Information We Collect on this site, you can order products, enter contests, vote in polls or otherwise express an opinion, subscribe to one of our services such as our online newsletters, or participate in one of our message boards. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected at these pages include: name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, credit card information, and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs, and services. At certain parts of our site, only persons who provide us with the requested personally identifiable information will be able to order products, services or otherwise participate in the site's activities and offerings. We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows Vista or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).
How We Use the Information
We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our products and services, to respond to your inquiries about our offerings, and to offer you other products or services that we believe may be of interest to you. We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you when you have won one of our contests or when we make changes to our subscriber agreements, to fulfill a request by you for an online newsletter, or to contact you about your account with us. We use the information that you provide about others to enable us to send them your gifts or cards. From time to time, we also may use this information to offer our products, programs, or services to them. The information we collect in connection with our message boards is used to provide an interactive experience. We use this information to facilitate participation in these message boards and, from time to time, to offer you products or services. If you choose to submit content for publication (e.g., a "letter to our editors"), we may publish your screen name and other information you have provided to us. If you have sent a letter to the editor and need to access and revise your email address or any other personally identifiable information, please send us your request by Email. We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you products or services. We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request. Agents and contractors of Jaran Studios who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for Jaran Studios. Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice. Finally, Jaran Studios will not use or transfer personally identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses.
Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors
JaranStudios.com contains links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. Jaran Studios sometimes may offer content (e.g., contests, sweepstakes, or promotions) that is sponsored by or co-branded with identified third parties. By virtue of these relationships, the third parties may obtain personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit to participate in the site activity. Jaran Studios has no control over these third parties' use of this information. Jaran Studios will notify you at the time of requesting personally identifiable information if these third parties will obtain such information. Jaran Studios may use a reputable third party to present or serve the advertisements that you may see at its web pages. Our privacy policy does not cover any use of information that a third-party ad server may have collected from you.
Cookies
To enhance your experience with our site, our web pages use "cookies." Cookies are text files we place in your computer's browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us by, for example, registering on our site. However, once you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie. We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our site. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience (e.g., to recognize you by name when you return to our site), save your password in password-protected areas, and enable you to use shopping carts on our site. We also may use cookies to offer you products or services.
Our Commitment to Security
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.
Notification regarding updates
From time to time, we may update this privacy notice. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat our personally identifiable information by placing a notice on our site. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this policy so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it. |
