THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (THIS “AGREEMENT”) GOVERNS YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE,
SOFTWARE AND SERVICES WHICH PERMITS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DEDICATED ONLINE PRIVATE
CHANNEL FOR USE BY YOUR BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION. BY ACCEPTING OF THIS AGREEMENT,
EXPRESSLY OR BY USE, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREOF, INCLUDING
OUR RIGHT TO MODIFY THESE TERM S IN THE FUTURE.
Table of Contents
- Definitions
- Free Trial Periods
- Purchased Subscriptions
- Subscription Fees and Payment
- Use of your Channel
- Outside Applications
- Outside Products and Services
- Proprietary Rights
- Confidentiality
- Warranties and Disclaimers
- Indemnification
- Limitation of Liability
- Term and Termination
- Notices
- Governing Law and Jurisdiction
DEFINITIONS
“Channel” means the specific limited access web address or addresses
assigned by us for use by you in order to post video, written, audio or other content
and receive feedback from Users. Access to your Channel shall be made available
online via password-protected user logins.
“Channel Software” means our software, the license and use of which
is provided to you on a subscription basis for use and access to your Channel.
“Copyright Policy” means our policy for addressing claims of copyright
violations, as it may be from time to time amended, a copy of which can be found
at http://nichevid.com/Static/CopyRight.aspx.
“Malicious Code” means viruses, worms, time bombs, Trojan horses and
other harmful or malicious code, files, scripts, agents or programs.
“Outside Applications” means online applications and offline software
products that are provided by entities or individuals other than us and that interoperate
with our Channel Software. These may include such platforms as Google, Twitter and
Facebook.
“Subscription” means the agreement to allow you the use of our services
for a fee.
“Subscription Term” means the period for which a Subscription runs.
“User Documentation” means our training, help, how-to and explanatory
materials that assist Users in using the Channel product, as such materials may
be updated from time to time.
“Users” means individuals who are authorized by you to use your Channel
and who have been supplied user identifications and passwords by you (or by us at
your request). Users may include but are not limited to your employees, consultants,
contractors and agents, and third parties with which you transact business.
“We,” “Us” or “Our” means the Niche Video Media,
LLC, a Georgia limited liability company.
“You” or “Your” means the individual, company or other legal
entity for which you are accepting this Agreement and Affiliates of that company
or entity. If You are an agency purchasing on behalf of your clients, the terms
“you” or “your” shall include such clients, provided that
you shall be responsible for such clients’ compliance with your obligations
under this Agreement, for any breach of those obligations by such clients, and for
payment of our fees on behalf of such clients.
“Your Content” means any electronic data, video, audio and written content
or information that has not been made publicly available and is submitted by on
behalf of you, to your Channel, or is collected and processed by or on behalf of
you, through your Channel.
FREE TRIAL PERIODS
We may make one or more of our services available to you on a limited time trial
basis free of charge. If we elect to do so, the free trial shall run until the earlier
of (a) the end of the free trial period for which you registered to use, or (b)
the start date of a Subscription ordered by you. Additional trial terms and conditions
may appear on the trial registration web page or other trial registration agreement
entered into by you. Any such additional terms and conditions are incorporated into
this Agreement by reference.
PURCHASED SUBSCRIPTION
3.1. Provision of a Channel. We shall make a Channel available to you pursuant to
this Agreement for a Subscription Term. You agree that the purchase of any Subscription
by you is neither contingent on the delivery of any future functionality or features
of the Channel Software nor dependent on any oral or written public comments made
by us regarding future functionality or features.
3.2. Subscriptions. Unless otherwise agreed to by us, a Channel shall be purchased
on a Subscription basis and may be accessed only during the applicable Subscription
Term. Any Subscription is for designated Users only. A Subscription may not be shared
or used by anyone other than you, except for the provision of your Content to your
designated Users.
SUBSCRIPTION FEES AND PAYMENT
4.1. Fees. You shall pay all fees charged for use of your Channel. Our Subscription
fees shall be as provided in our pricing schedule, as the same may be modified by
us at anytime. Except as otherwise specified herein, (i) fees are based on the license
granted and not actual usage, (ii) payment obligations are non-cancelable and fees
paid are non-refundable, and (iii) charges for existing Subscriptions will not be
decreased during the relevant Subscription Term.
4.2. Payment. You will provide our credit card processing partner, Stripe, with
valid and current credit card information to collect fees for your Subscription.
By providing your credit card information, you are authorizing the charging of such
credit card for the applicable fees related to your Channel. Such charges shall
be made in advance, in accordance with the billing frequency agreed upon. You are
responsible for providing complete and accurate billing and contact information
to us and notifying us of any changes to such information.
4.3. Taxes. Unless otherwise stated, our fees do not include any taxes, levies,
duties or similar governmental assessments of any nature, including but not limited
to value-added, sales, use or withholding taxes, assessable by any local, state,
provincial, federal or foreign jurisdiction (collectively, “Taxes”).
You are responsible for paying all Taxes associated with your purchases hereunder.
If we have the legal obligation to pay or collect Taxes for which you are responsible
under this paragraph, the appropriate amount shall be invoiced to and paid by you,
unless you provide us with a valid tax exemption certificate authorized by the appropriate
taxing authority. We are solely responsible for taxes assessable against us based
on our income, property and employees.
4.4. Suspension of Service and Acceleration. If any amount owing by you under this
or any other agreement for our services is 5 or more days overdue, we may, without
limiting our other rights and remedies, accelerate any unpaid fees, if any, under
such agreement so that all such obligations become immediately due and payable,
and suspend your Subscription until such amounts are paid in full. We will give
you at least 5 days’ prior notice that your account is overdue before suspending
services to you.
5. USE OF YOUR CHANNEL
5.1. Our Responsibilities. During the Subscription Term, we shall provide basic
support for your Channel to you at no additional charge. We shall also use commercially
reasonable efforts to make your Channel available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
except for: (a) scheduled downtime (which we shall endeavor to give at least 8 hours
prior notice online or via email), or (b) any unavailability caused by circumstances
beyond our reasonable control, including without limitation, acts of God, acts of
government, floods, fires, earthquakes, civil unrest, acts of terror, strikes or
other labor problems, failures, denial of service attacks, or downtime or delays
by Internet Service Providers or other third-party providers (such as Vimeo or Amazon
Web Services). We shall deposit a copy of the source code for the Channel Software
to Open Source Escrow, an escrow company, within thirty days of when we release
a new version of the product. If we should cease operating, cease offering a channel
product, or cease supporting the Channel Software for more than a year, the escrow
company shall release the source code to SourceForge.net as an open source project
such that all customers can continue to use it as they have come to rely upon it.
Anyone wishing to verify that the latest version is in escrow may contact the escrow
company by email at: [email protected].
5.2. Protection of Your Content. We shall not: (a) modify your Content; (b) disclose
your Content except as compelled by law in accordance with Section 9.3 below or
as expressly permitted in writing by you; or (c) access your Content except to provide
technical support, prevent service or technical problems, and (if we deem appropriate)
to confirm compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
5.3. Your Responsibilities. You shall: (i) be responsible for your Users’
compliance with this Agreement; (ii) be responsible for the accuracy, quality and
legality of your Content and of the means by which you acquired your Content; (iii)
use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to or use of
your Channel, and notify us promptly of any such unauthorized access or use; and
(iv) use your Channel only in accordance with the User Documentation and applicable
laws and government regulations. You shall not: (a) make your Channel available
to anyone other than your Users; (b) use your Channel to store, share or transmit
infringing, libelous, or otherwise unlawful or tortious material, or to store, share
or transmit material in violation of the privacy rights of any third-party; (c)
use your Channel to store, share or transmit Malicious Code; (d) interfere with
or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Channel Software or third-party data
contained therein; or (e) attempt to gain unauthorized access to a Channel or its
related systems or networks. If your Channel is configured by you or on your behalf
to use cookies to track Users’ online activities, you shall be responsible
for providing notice and or obtaining consent, as required by law, for such use
of cookies.
5.4. Usage Limitations. Your Channel and your Content may be subject to certain
limitations, such as, for example, limits on data storage space, limits on the number
of permitted plays of your Content or other usage limits. The level of these restrictions
may be different depending upon the subscription plan you purchase. Any such limitations
shall be specified in the User Documentation, as the same may be from time-to-time
amended by us. If you exceed the applicable limits, we may advise you to reduce
your usage so that it conforms to such limits. If you are unable or unwilling to
abide by the applicable usage limits, we may require you to adjust your subscription
plan to cover your additional usage and/or invoice you for your excess usage based
upon our charges then in effect.
OUTSIDE APPLICATIONS
6.1 Integration with Outside Applications. Your Channel may contain features designed
to interoperate with Outside Applications. To use such features, you may be required
to obtain access to such Applications from their providers. If the provider of any
Outside Application ceases to make the application available for interoperation
with the corresponding features on reasonable terms, we may cease providing such
features without entitling you to any refund, credit, or other compensation.
6.2. Outside Application Interactions and Access. To permit interoperation with
Outside Applications, you may be required to provide us with access to your accounts
and any websites operated by you or on your behalf to allow us to provide interaction
with your Channel. Except for our obligations with respect to your Content, we shall
not be responsible or liable for any content accessed or provided by you, your end
customers, or their end users from or to any Outside Applications or websites.
OUTSIDE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 3.13.2013
We or third parties may from time to time make available to you third-party products
or services, including but not limited to applications and implementation, customization,
and other consulting services which are not owned by us. We do not warrant or support
such products or services. No purchase of outside products or services is required
to use your Channel except a supported computing device, operating system, web browser,
and Internet connection.
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
8.1. Reservation of Rights in Channel Software. Subject to the limited rights expressly
granted hereunder, we reserve all rights, title and interest in and to the Channel
Software, including all related intellectual property rights. No rights are granted
to you hereunder other than as expressly set forth herein.
8.2 Restrictions. Except with our prior written consent, you shall not: (i) create
derivative works based on our Channel Software for use outside your web site linked
to the Channel Software; (ii) copy or modify our Channel Software or the implementations
of it by any other customer using our Channel Software; (iii) reverse engineer our
Channel Software; (iv) access our Channel Software in order to (a) build a competitive
product or service, or (b) copy any features, functions or graphics of our Channel
Software or any other customer using our Channel Software; (v) use your Channel
to collect, store or process sensitive personal information, including (a) social
security numbers, passport numbers, military numbers, voter numbers, driver’s
license numbers, taxpayer numbers, or other government identification numbers; (b)
insurance policy or medical account identification numbers, (c) Protected Health
Information (as defined in the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996 and regulations thereunder) or similar information under other applicable
laws or regulations, or (d) credit card numbers or bank account information or other
information governed by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, as amended, or other
comparable law; or (iv) use your Channel for a purpose related to establishing an
individual’s eligibility for credit, employment or insurance or for any consumer-initiated
transaction as defined in the U.S. Fair Credit Reporting Act or any similar law.
You may not access our Channel Software if you are our direct competitor, except
with our prior written consent. In addition, you may not access our Channel Software
for purposes of monitoring availability, performance or functionality, or for any
other benchmarking or competitive purposes. In addition to any other rights we may
have under this Agreement, in the event of a breach of the restrictions set forth
above, we may immediately suspend the use of your account.
8.3. Your Content. You shall own all your Content, including all reports, statistics,
and other data to the extent generated from your Content, and all intellectual property
rights therein. During the Subscription Term, you grant to us the right to use your
Content to provide feedback to you concerning your use of the Channel Software.
You warrant that your Content, and the manner in which you offer it to your Users,
is your own work product and not a copy (in whole or in part) of another User's
channel. If we receive notice that your site has copied the intellectual property
of another site, we shall respond in accordance with our Copyright Policy.
8.4. Suggestions. We shall have a royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual
license to use and incorporate into the Channel Software any suggestions, enhancement
requests, recommendations, or other feedback provided by you, or other using your
Channel relating to the operation of the Channel Software.
8.5. Copyright. Please see our Copyright Protection Policy at http://nichevid.com/Static/CopyRight.aspx
for information regarding our compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
of 1998 and similar laws. Any violations of Our Copyright Policy by you may result
in the termination of your ability to use the Channel Software.
CONFIDENTIALITY
9.1. Definition of Confidential Information. As used herein, “Confidential
Information” means all confidential information disclosed by a party (“Disclosing
Party”) to the other party (“Receiving Party”), whether orally
or in writing, that is designated as confidential or that reasonably should be understood
to be confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances of
disclosure. Your Confidential Information shall include Your Data; Our Confidential
Information shall include the Channel Software; and Confidential Information of
each party shall include the terms and conditions of this Agreement and all Order
Forms, as well as business and marketing plans, technology and technical information,
product plans and designs, and business processes disclosed by such party. However,
Confidential Information shall not include any information that (i) is or becomes
generally known to the public without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing
Party; (ii) was known to the Receiving Party prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing
Party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party; (iii) is received
from a third party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party;
or (iv) was independently developed by the Receiving Party.
9.2. Protection of Confidential Information. The Receiving Party shall use the same
degree of care that it uses to protect the confidentiality of its own confidential
information of like kind (but in no event less than reasonable care) (i) not to
use any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for any purpose outside
the scope of this Agreement, and (ii) except as otherwise authorized by the Disclosing
Party in writing, to limit access to Confidential Information of the Disclosing
Party to those of its and its Affiliates’ employees, contractors and agents
who need such access for purposes consistent with this Agreement and who have signed
confidentiality agreements with the Receiving Party containing protections no less
stringent than those herein. Neither party shall disclose the terms of this Agreement
or any Order Form to any third party other than its Affiliates and their legal counsel
and accountants without the other party’s prior written consent.
9.3. Compelled Disclosure. The Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information
of the Disclosing Party if it is compelled by law to do so, provided the Receiving
Party gives the Disclosing Party prior notice of such compelled disclosure (to the
extent legally permitted) and reasonable assistance, at the Disclosing Party’s
cost, if the Disclosing Party wishes to contest the disclosure. If the Receiving
Party is compelled by law to disclose the Disclosing Party’s Confidential
Information as part of a civil proceeding to which the Disclosing Party is a party,
and the Disclosing Party is not contesting the disclosure, the Disclosing Party
will reimburse the Receiving Party for its reasonable cost of compiling and providing
secure access to such Confidential Information.
WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS
10.1. Our Warranties. We warrant that: (i) we have validly entered into this Agreement
and have the legal power to do so; (ii) the Channel Software shall perform in substantial
accordance with the User Documentation; and (iii) the functionality of the Channel
Software will not be materially decreased during a Subscription Term. For any breach
of a warranty above, your exclusive remedy shall be as provided in Section 13.3
(Termination for Cause).
10.2. Your Warranties. You warrant that you have validly entered into this Agreement
and have the legal power to do so. If you are entering into this Agreement on behalf
of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to
bind such entity and its affiliates to these terms and conditions, in which case
the terms “you” or “your” shall refer to such entity and
its affiliates.
10.3. Disclaimer. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF
ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, AND EACH PARTY SPECIFICALLY
DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
INDEMNIFICATION
11.1. Indemnification by Us. We shall defend you against any claim, demand, suit,
or proceeding made or brought against you by a third party alleging that the use
of the Channel Software as permitted hereunder infringes or misappropriates the
intellectual property rights of a third party (a “Claim Against You”),
and shall indemnify you for any damages, attorney fees and costs finally awarded
against you as a result of, and for amounts paid by you under a court approved settlement
of, a Claim Against You; provided that you (a) promptly give us written notice of
the Claim Against You; (b) give us sole control of the defense and settlement of
the Claim Against You (provided that we may not settle any Claim Against You unless
the settlement unconditionally releases you of all liability); and (c) provide to
us all reasonable assistance, at our expense. In the event of a Claim Against You,
or if we reasonably believe the Channel Software may infringe or misappropriate,
we may in our discretion and at no cost to you (i) modify the Channel Software so
that it no longer infringes or misappropriates, without breaching our warranties
above, (ii) obtain a license for your continued use of the Channel Software in accordance
with this Agreement, or (iii) terminate your Subscription for such Channel upon
30 days’ written notice and refund to you any prepaid fees covering the remainder
of the term of Subscriptions after the effective date of termination.
11.2. Indemnification by You. You shall defend us against any claim, demand, suit
or proceeding made or brought against us by a third party alleging that your Content,
or your use of the Channel Software, infringes or misappropriates the intellectual
property rights of a third party or violates applicable law (a “Claim Against
Us”), and shall indemnify us for any damages, attorney fees and costs finally
awarded against us as a result of, or for any amounts paid by us under a court-approved
settlement of, a Claim Against Us; provided that we (a) promptly give you written
notice of the Claim Against Us; (b) provide to you all reasonable assistance, at
your expense.
11.3. Exclusive Remedy. This Section 11 states the indemnifying party’s sole
liability to, and the indemnified party’s exclusive remedy against, the other
party for any type of claim described in this Section.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
12.1. Limitation of Liability. OUR LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR USE OF OUR SITE, OR TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION
OF YOUR ACCOUNT (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY)
SHALL NOT EXCEED THE LESSER OF $5,000 OR THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU HEREUNDER IN THE
12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE INCIDENT.
12.2. Exclusion of Consequential and Related Damages. IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY
HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES OR FOR ANY
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, COVER, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES HOWEVER
CAUSED, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER
OR NOT THE PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING
DISCLAIMER SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
13. TERM AND TERMINATION
13.1. Term of Agreement. This Agreement commences on the date you accept it and
continues until all Subscriptions granted in accordance with this Agreement have
expired or been terminated. If you elect to use the Channel Software for a free
trial period and do not obtain a paid Subscription before the end of that period,
this Agreement will terminate at the end of the free trial period.
13.2. Term of Subscriptions. Subscriptions purchased by you commence on the start
date and continue for the applicable Subscription Term. All Subscriptions shall
automatically renew for additional periods equal to the expiring Subscription Term
or one year (whichever is shorter), unless either party gives the other notice of
non-renewal at least 30 days before the end of the relevant Subscription Term. The
pricing during any such renewal Subscription Term shall be the same as that during
the prior term unless we have given you written notice of a pricing increase at
least 60 days before the end of such term, in which case the pricing increase shall
be effective upon renewal and thereafter.
13.3. Refund upon Termination. Upon any termination for cause by you, we shall refund
you any prepaid fees covering the remainder of the term of all Subscriptions after
the effective date of termination. In no event shall any termination relieve you
of the obligation to pay any fees payable to us for the period prior to the effective
date of termination.
13.4. Return of Your Data. Upon request at least 30 days prior to your termination,
we will provide you with a copy of your Data from your Channel in a mutually agreed
format or delete your Data from the Channel Software except for data held for backup
or archival purposes. EXCEPT AS STATED IN THE PRIOR SENTENCE, WE SHALL HAVE NO OBLIGATION
TO MAINTAIN YOUR CONTENT AFTER THE EXPIRATION OR EARLIER TERMINATION OF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION.
THEREFORE, ANY DATA OR CONTENT ENTERED INTO YOUR CHANNEL BY YOU OR RECEIVED BY YOU
IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF YOUR CHANNEL, AND ANY CUSTOMIZATIONS THAT MAY HAVE
BEEN MADE TO YOUR CHANNEL BY YOU DURING ANY FREE TRIAL PERIOD OR SUBSCRIPTION TERM
MAY BE PERMANENTLY LOST OR DESTROYED. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU RETAIN COPIES OF YOUR
CONTENT OUTSIDE OUR PLATFORM.
13.6. Surviving Provisions. All provisions herein shall survive any termination
or expiration of this Agreement.
NOTICES
You agree that any required notices to you may be sent to the email address you
provide at the initial registration of your account. You may contact us by email
at [email protected] or by US Mail
at Niche Video Media, LLC, 1620 Independance Trl, Cumming, GA, 30040, USA.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION 3.13.2013
These Terms of Service shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia without
regard to the principles of conflicts of law. You hereby expressly agree to submit
to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts of the State
of Georgia for the purpose of resolving any dispute relating to your access to or
use of the Service. Further, you agree that the venue for any actions related hereto
shall be Fulton County, Georgia.