The following
terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions") govern your
use of The Charlie Daniels Band Web Site (the "Site"). The
Site is made available by The Charlie Daniels Band, Inc. and its affiliates
("CDB" or "we" or "us"). We may change
the Terms and Conditions from time to time, at any time without notice
to you, by posting such changes on the Site. BY USING THE SITE, YOU
ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS APPLIED TO YOUR USE
OF THE SITE. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you
may not access or otherwise use the Site.
1. Proprietary Rights. As between you and CDB, CDB owns, solely and
exclusively, all rights, title and interest in and to the Site, all
the content (including, for example, audio, photographs, illustrations,
graphics, other visuals, video, copy, lyrics, software, etc.), code,
data and materials thereon, the look and feel, design and organization
of the Site, and the compilation of the content, code, data and materials
on the Site, including but not limited to any copyrights, trademark
rights, patent rights, database rights, moral rights, sui generis rights
and other intellectual property and proprietary rights therein. Your
use of the Site does not grant to you ownership of any content, code,
data or materials you may access on the Site. You may view the content
on the Site on your computer or other internet-compatible device, and
make single copies or prints of the content on the Site for your personal,
internal use only. Any commercial distribution, publishing or exploitation
of the Site, or any content, code, data or materials on the Site, is
strictly prohibited unless you have received the express prior permission
of CDB or the applicable rights holder. (The Site may contain some features
that enable you to obtain rights to use certain of the content on the
Site, such as lyrics, music, photographs, and the like. In such situations,
your rights to use such content are limited to the rights expressly
granted by CDB in such situations.) You may not otherwise copy, reproduce,
distribute or otherwise exploit any content, code, data or materials
on the Site. If you make other use of the Site, or the content, code,
data or materials thereon, except as otherwise provided above, you may
violate copyright and other laws of the United States, other countries,
as well as applicable state laws and may be subject to liability for
such unauthorized use. CDB will aggressively enforce its intellectual
property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking
of criminal prosecution.
2. Trademarks.
The trademarks, logos, service marks and trade names (collectively the
"Trademarks") displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered
Trademarks of CDB and others and may not be used in connection with
products and/or services that are not related to, associated with, or
sponsored by their rights holders that are likely to cause customer
confusion, or in any manner that disparages or discredits their rights
holders. All Trademarks not owned by CDB that appear on the Site, if
any, are the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained
on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel,
or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on
the Site without the written permission of CDB or the third party that
may own the applicable Trademark. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed
on the Site is strictly prohibited. CDB will aggressively enforce its
Trademark rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking
of criminal prosecution.
3. User Information.
In the course of your use of the Site, you may be asked to provide certain
personalized information to us (such information referred to hereinafter
as "User Information"). Our information collection and use
policies with respect to the privacy of such User Information are set
forth in the Site's Privacy Policy which is incorporated herein by reference
for all purposes. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible
for the accuracy and content of User Information.
4. Unsolicited
Materials. Unless specifically requested, we do not solicit nor do we
wish to receive any confidential, secret or proprietary information
or other material from you through the Site, by e-mail or in any other
way. Any information, creative works, demos, ideas, suggestions, concepts,
methods, systems, designs, plans, techniques or other materials submitted
or sent to us ("Submitted Materials") will be deemed not to
be confidential or secret, and may be used by us in any manner consistent
with the Site's Privacy Policy. By submitting or sending Submitted Materials
to us, you: (i) represent and warrant that the Submitted Materials are
original to you, that no other party has any rights thereto, and that
any "moral rights" in Submitted Materials have been waived,
and (ii) you grant us a royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual,
irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully transferable, assignable and sublicensable
right and license to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate,
create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such material
(in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form,
media, or technology now known or later developed. We cannot be responsible
for maintaining any Submitted Material that you provide to us, and we
may delete or destroy any such Submitted Material at any time.
5. User Conduct.
You warrant and agree that, while using the Site, you shall not upload,
post or transmit to the Site, or distribute or otherwise publish through
the Site, any materials that: (a) are protected by third party copyright,
or other proprietary or intellectual property right; (b) are unlawful,
threatening, hateful, tortious, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent,
invasive of another's privacy or publicity rights, harassing, profane,
obscene, vulgar or that contain explicit or graphic descriptions or
accounts of sexual acts (including but not limited to sexual language
of a violent or threatening nature directed at another individual or
group of individuals), (c) restrict or inhibit any other user from using
and enjoying the Site, (d) constitute or encourage conduct that would
constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability, or (e)
contain a virus or other harmful component, advertising of any kind,
or false or misleading indications of origin or statements of fact.
You also
warrant and agree that you shall not: (a) impersonate any person or
entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity;
(b) upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute or in any
way exploit any information or other material obtained through the Site
for commercial purposes (other than as expressly permitted by the provider
of such information or other material); (c) engage in spamming, flooding,
harvesting of e-mail addresses or other personal information, spidering,
"screen scraping," "database scraping," or any other
activity with the purpose of obtaining lists of users or other information,
or send chain letters or pyramid schemes via the Site; or (d) attempt
to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems through the Site.
You agree that you will not use the Site in any manner that could damage,
disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other
party's use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt
to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally
made available or provided for through the Site.
Although
CDB may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings,
transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Site, CDB is under
no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising
from the content of any such locations on the Site nor for any error,
defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography,
profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within
such locations on the Site.
You agree
that if you include a link from any other Web site to the Site, such
link shall open in a new browser window. You agree not to link from
any other Web site to this Site in any manner such that the Site, or
any page of the Site, is "framed," surrounded or obfuscated
by any third party content, materials or branding. We reserve the right
to revoke your right to link to the Site from your Web site at any time
upon written notice to you.
You agree
to defend, indemnify and hold CDB and its directors, officers, employees
and agents harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising in any way from
your use of the Site, your placement or transmission of any message,
content, information, software or other materials through the Site,
or your breach or violation of the law or of these Terms and Conditions.
CDB reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive
defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification
by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with CDB's defense
of such claim.
6. Account
and Password. You may be enabled to create an account in the Site with
a username and password. If so, you are responsible for maintaining
the strict confidentiality of your account password, and you shall be
responsible for any access to or use of the Site by you or any person
or entity using a password provided to you, whether or not such access
or use has been authorized by or on behalf of you, and whether or not
such person or entity is your employee or agent. You agree to (a) immediately
notify CDB of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any
other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account
at the end of each session. It is your sole responsibility to control
the dissemination and use of your password, control access to and use
of your account, and notify CDB when you desire to cancel your account
on the Site. CDB will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage
arising from your failure to comply with this provision.
7. Software
Downloads. In the event that you receive software demos or other software
products downloaded from the Site or otherwise delivered or provided
by CDB in response to your request, your use of such software will be
subject to the software license agreement that accompanies such software.
8. Orders
for Products and Services. We may make certain products available to
visitors and registrants of the Site. For example, you may be able to
order certain music-related products and/or licenses through the Site.
You may only do so if, and you hereby represent and warrant that, you
are domiciled in the United States and you are 18 years old or older.
You agree to pay in full the prices for any purchases you make either
by credit/debit card concurrent with your online order or by other payment
means acceptable to CDB. You agree to pay all applicable taxes. If payment
is not received by us from your credit or debit card issuer or its agents,
you agree to pay all amounts due upon demand by us.
9. Third
Party Web Sites. You may be able to link from the Site to third party
Web sites ("Linked Sites"). For example, you may purchase
products, some of which may be CDB products, on or though Linked Sites.
You acknowledge and agree that we have no responsibility for the information,
content, products, services, advertising, code or other materials which
may or may not be provided by or through Linked Sites. Links to Linked
Sites do not constitute an endorsement by us of such web sites or the
information, content, products, services, advertising, code or other
materials presented on or through such web sites.
10. DISCLAIMER
OF WARRANTIES. THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL SERVICES,
CONTENT, FUNCTIONS AND MATERIALS, IS PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS
AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY FOR INFORMATION, DATA, DATA
PROCESSING SERVICES, UPTIME OR UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, ANY WARRANTIES
CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, USEFULNESS, OR CONTENT OF INFORMATION,
AND ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS AND IMPLIED. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVICES,
CONTENT, FUNCTIONS OR MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE,
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. WE MAKE
NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE WILL MEET USERS' REQUIREMENTS. NO ADVICE,
RESULTS OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM
US OR THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE
HEREIN. CDB ALSO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR, ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING
IN THE SITE OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES,
VIDEO, OR AUDIO FROM THE SITE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE,
YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.
WITHOUT LIMITATION
OF THE ABOVE IN THIS SECTION, CDB AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS MAKE
NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
ORDERED OR PROVIDED VIA THE SITE, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM, AND YOU HEREBY
WAIVE, ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS MADE IN PRODUCT OR
SERVICES LITERATURE, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS DOCUMENTS AND OTHERWISE
ON THE SITE OR IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH CDB OR ITS AGENTS. ANY PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES ORDERED OR PROVIDED VIA THE SITE ARE PROVIDED BY CDB "AS
IS", EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT, IF AT ALL, OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN A
LICENSE OR SALE AGREEMENT SEPARATELY ENTERED INTO IN WRITING BETWEEN
YOU AND CDB OR ITS LICENSOR OR SUPPLIER.
11. LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT SHALL CDB OR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS (COLLECTIVELY, THE
"PROTECTED ENTITIES") BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING
FROM, OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO, THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY
TO USE, THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS RELATED THERETO,
LOST BUSINESS OR LOST SALES, EVEN IF SUCH PROTECTED ENTITY HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT
ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN USERS.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROTECTED ENTITIES BE LIABLE FOR OR IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, EXCHANGED OR RECEIVED BY OR ON
BEHALF OF ANY USER OR OTHER PERSON ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. IN NO EVENT
SHALL THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE PROTECTED ENTITIES TO YOU
FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR
TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
FROM THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE EXCEED, IN THE
AGGREGATE, THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU TO CDB FOR YOUR USE OF THE
SITE.
12. Applicable
Laws. We control and operate the Site from our offices in Lebanon, Tennessee,
United States of America. We do not represent that materials on the
Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons
who choose to access the Site from other locations do so on their own
initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and
to the extent local laws are applicable.
13. Modifications
to the Site and the Services. We reserve the right, for any reason,
in our sole discretion, to terminate, change, suspend or discontinue
any aspect of the Site, including, but not limited to, content, features
or hours of availability. We may also impose limits on certain features
of the Site or restrict your access to part or all of the Site without
notice or penalty. CDB reserves the right to temporarily or permanently
terminate your membership on the Site for any or no reason without prior
notice.
14. Miscellaneous.
The Terms and Conditions and the relationship between you and us shall
be governed by the laws of the State of New Tennessee, without regard
to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any cause of action
that may arise under the Terms and Conditions shall be commenced and
be heard in the appropriate court in the State of Tennessee, Davidson.
You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts located within Davidson County in the State of Tennessee. Our
failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms and
Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of the Terms and Conditions 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 Terms
and Conditions remain in full force and effect.
WAYNE R.
HALPER
Law Office of Wayne Halper
3902 Trimble Road
Nashville, Tennessee 37215
(615) 429-8500
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