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Zing.com Terms of Use Agreement.
Please read the following terms and conditions carefully relating
to your use of this site. By using the site, you are deemed to have agreed to
these terms and conditions of use (“Agreement”). We reserve the right to modify
them at any time. You should check these
terms and conditions periodically for changes. By using this site after we post any changes
to the terms and conditions, you agree to accept those changes, whether or not
you have reviewed them. If at any time you
choose not to accept these terms and conditions of use and to follow applicable
laws, please leave the site and discontinue use of this site immediately.
Scope of Terms and Conditions.
These legally binding terms and conditions apply to your use
of all of the sites and services owned or operated by Roth Staffing Companies,
L.P., dba Zing.com and Zing, and any other site that we have owned or operated,
do own and operate or may own or operate in the future (collectively, the
"Zing Network" or “Zing”), whether you are a “visitor” (which means
that you simply browse the Zing Network, including through a mobile devise, or
otherwise use the Zing Network without being registered) or whether you are a
“member” (which means that you have registered with Zing. The term “user” refers to either a visitor or
a member. Unless we say otherwise, all
references to the Zing Network in these terms and conditions include all such
sites. The Zing Network is hosted in the
United States. These terms and conditions do not apply to
your use of unaffiliated sites to which any of the Zing Networks only links.
Restrictions on Use of Materials.
Use of the products and services is subject to compliance
with the terms and conditions in this Agreement. Zing reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting (including private
messages) by you, or to deny, restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to
all or any part of the Zing Network or any of the products and services at any
time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice or explanation, and
without liability. Zing expressly
reserves the right to remove your profile/video and/or deny, restrict, suspend,
or terminate your access to all or any part of the Zing Network if Zing determines,
in its sole discretion, that you have violated this Agreement, have violated
any local, state, federal, or foreign laws or regulations, or pose a threat to
Zing, its business contractors, its users and/or other third parties.
Please choose carefully the information you post on or
through the Zing Network and that you provide to other users. Your Zing profile may not include any form of
Prohibited Content, as outlined in Section 3 below. Despite this prohibition, information,
materials, products or services provided by other Zing members (for instance,
in their profile) may, in whole or in part, be unauthorized, impermissible or
otherwise violate this Agreement, and Zing assumes no responsibility or
liability for this material. If you
become aware of misuse of the Zing Network by any person, please click on the
"feedback@zing.com” link or the “Report Abuse” link attached to the video
profile.
In order to use the products and services, users must have
access to the World Wide Web and must navigate the Internet to
http://www.zing.com/ or another of the URLs associated with the Zing
Network. Use of the Zing Network and
registration to be a member (“Membership”) is void where prohibited. By using the Zing Network, you represent and
warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and
accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are
14 years of age or older; and (d) your use of the Zing Network does not violate
any applicable law or regulation. Your profile
may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we
believe that you are under 14 years of age, if we believe that you are under 18
years of age and you represent yourself as 18 or older, or if we believe you
are over 18 and represent yourself as under 18.
Be aware that the majority of the Zing Network is for general audiences,
although there are certain areas on the Zing Network that contain adult or
mature content. Where there is mature or
adult content, individuals who are less than 18 years of age, or are not
permitted to access such content under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction,
may not access such content. There are
also other (mainly commerce-related) areas of the Zing Network not open to
persons under 18 years of age.
This Agreement, and any posted revision to this Agreement,
shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Zing Network or are a member. You may terminate your Membership at any
time, for any reason. Zing may terminate
your Membership at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice
or explanation, and without liability.
Even after Membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in
effect.
When you sign up to become a member, you will also be asked
to choose a password. You are entirely
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You agree not to use the account, username,
or password of another member at any time or to disclose your password to any
third party. You agree to notify Zing immediately
if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or access to your
password. You are solely responsible for
any and all use of your account.
The Zing products and services are for the personal use of members,
but direct commercial endeavors may only be used if they are specifically
endorsed or authorized by Zing. Zing
reserves the right to remove commercial content in its sole discretion. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Zing Network,
including collecting usernames, user id numbers, and/or email addresses of members
by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or
unauthorized framing of or linking to the Zing Networks, or employing third
party promotional sites or software to promote profiles for money, is
prohibited. Commercial advertisements,
affiliate links, and other forms of unauthorized solicitation may be removed
from member video profiles without notice or explanation and may result in
termination of Membership privileges. Zing
reserves the right to take appropriate legal action for any illegal or
unauthorized use of the Zing Network or products and services.
1. Proprietary
Rights in Content on the Zing Network.
1.1 By posting or
submitting Content to the Zing Network, you grant Zing the right to use,
reproduce, display, perform, adapt, modify, distribute, have distributed, and
promote the Content in any form, anywhere and for any purpose; and warrant and
represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the Content
and that public posting and use of your Content by Zing will not infringe or
violate the rights of any third party.
If you send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings,
or other information, the Content shall be deemed, and shall remain, the
property of Zing. None of the
submissions shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of
Zing, and Zing shall not be liable for
any use or disclosure of any Content.
Without limitation of the foregoing, Zing shall exclusively own all now
known or hereafter existing rights to the Content of every kind and nature
throughout the universe and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the Content
for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to
the provider of the Content.
1.2 The license
you grant to Zing is fully-paid and royalty-free (meaning that Zing is not
required to pay you for the use on the Zing Network of the Content that you
post), sublicensable (so that Zing is able to use its affiliates,
subcontractors and other partners such as Internet content delivery networks
and wireless carriers to provide the Zing services), and worldwide (because the
Internet and the Zing Network are global in reach).
1.3 You
represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through
the Zing Network or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in
this Section 1, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through the Zing
Network does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights,
contract rights or any other rights of any person or entity. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and
any other monies owing any person or entity by reason of any Content posted by
you on or through the Zing Network.
1.4 The Zing
Network contains Content of Zing ("Zing Content"). Zing Content is protected by copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and Zing owns and retains all
rights in the Zing Content and the Zing products and services.
1.5 The Zing
Network contains Content of users and other Zing licensors. Except as provided within this Agreement, you
may not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute,
perform, display, or sell any Content appearing on or through the Zing Network.
1.6 Zing
performs technical functions necessary to offer the Zing products and services,
including but not limited to transcoding and/or reformatting Content to allow
its use throughout the Zing Network.
2. Content Posted.
2.1 Zing may reject,
refuse to post or delete any Content for any or no reason, including Content
that in the sole judgment of Zing violates this Agreement or which may be
offensive, illegal or violate the rights of any person or entity, or harm or
threaten the safety of any person or entity. Zing assumes no responsibility for
monitoring the Zing Network for inappropriate Content or conduct. If at any time Zing chooses, in its sole
discretion, to monitor the Zing Network, Zing nonetheless assumes no
responsibility for the Content, no obligation to modify or remove any
inappropriate Content, and no responsibility for the conduct of the user
submitting any such Content.
2.2 You are
solely responsible for the Content that you post on or through the Zing Network,
and any material or information that you transmit to other members and for your
interactions with other users.
3. Content/Activity
Prohibited. The following are examples of the kind of Content that is illegal
or prohibited to post on or through the Zing Network. Zing reserves the right to investigate and
take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Zing's sole discretion,
violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending
Content from the Zing Network and terminating the Membership of such
violators. Prohibited Content includes,
but is not limited to, Content that, in the sole discretion of Zing:
3.1 is patently
offensive and promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind
against any group or individual;
3.2 harasses or
advocates harassment of another person;
3.3 exploits
people in a sexual or violent manner;
3.4 contains
nudity, excessive violence, or offensive subject matter or contains a link to
an adult website;
3.5 solicits
personal information from anyone under 18;
3.6 publicly
posts information that poses or creates a privacy or security risk to any
person;
3.7 constitutes
or promotes information that you know is false or misleading or promotes
illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory
or libelous;
3.8 constitutes
or promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted
work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing
information to circumvent manufacturer-installed copy-protect devices, or
providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
3.9 involves
the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or
unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging, "spimming," or
"spamming";
3.10 contains
restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or images (those not
linked to or from another accessible page);
3.11 furthers or
promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional
information about illegal activities including, but not limited to making or
buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating
computer viruses;
3.12 solicits
passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful
purposes from other users;
3.13 involves
commercial activities and/or sales without prior written consent from Zing such
as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes;
3.14 includes a
photograph or video of another person that you have posted without that
person's consent;
3.15 for band,
comedy, filmmaker and other profiles, uses sexually suggestive imagery or any
other unfair, misleading or deceptive Content intended to draw traffic to the profile;
or
3.16 violates the
privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademark rights, contract rights
or any other rights of any person.
The following are examples of the kind of activity that is
illegal or prohibited on the Zing Network and through your use of the Zing
products and services. Zing reserves the
right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Zing's
sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation,
reporting you to law enforcement authorities.
Prohibited activity includes, but is not limited to:
3.17 criminal or
tortious activity, including child pornography, fraud, trafficking in obscene
material, drug dealing, gambling, harassment, stalking, spamming, spimming,
sending of viruses or other harmful files, copyright infringement, patent
infringement, or theft of trade secrets;
3.18 advertising
to, or solicitation of, any user to buy or sell any products or services
through the unauthorized or impermissible use of the Zing Network. You may not transmit any chain letters or
junk email to other users. In order to
protect our users from such advertising or solicitation, Zing reserves the
right to restrict the number of emails which a member may send to other members
in any 24-hour period to a number that Zing deems appropriate in its sole
discretion. If you breach this Agreement
and send unsolicited bulk email, instant messages or other unauthorized
commercial communications of any kind through the Zing Network, you acknowledge
that you will have caused substantial harm to Zing, but that the amount of such
harm would be extremely difficult to ascertain.
As a reasonable estimation of such harm, you agree to pay Zing $50 for
each such unsolicited email or other unauthorized commercial communication you
send through the Zing Network;
3.19 circumventing
or modifying, attempting to circumvent or modify, or encouraging or assisting
any other person in circumventing or modifying any security technology or
software that is part of the Zing Network;
3.20 activity that
involves the use of viruses, bots, worms, or any other computer code, files or
programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer
software or hardware, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of or access to
a computer or a computer network;
3.21 covering or
obscuring the banner advertisements on your personal video profile page, or any
Zing page via HTML/CSS or any other means;
3.22 interfering
with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the Zing Network or the
networks or services connected to the Zing Network;
3.23 impersonating
or attempting to impersonate another member, user, person or entity;
3.24 using the
account, username, or password of another member at any time or disclosing your
password to any third party or permitting any third party to access your
account;
3.25 selling or
otherwise transferring your profile;
3.26 using any
information obtained from the Zing Network in order to harass, abuse, or harm
another person or entity, or attempting to do the same;
3.27 displaying an
unauthorized commercial advertisement on your profile, or accepting payment or
anything of value from a third person in exchange for your performing any
commercial activity through the unauthorized or impermissible use of the Zing
Network on behalf of that person, such as placing commercial content on your
profile, posting blogs or bulletins with a commercial purpose, selecting a
profile with a commercial purpose, or sending private messages with a
commercial purpose; or
3.28 using the Zing
Network in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and
regulations.
4. Protecting
Copyrights and Other Intellectual Property. Zing respects the intellectual property of
others, and requires that our users do the same. You may not upload, embed, post, email,
transmit or otherwise make available any material that infringes any copyright,
patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any person or
entity. Zing has the right to terminate
the Membership of infringers.
If you believe your work has been copied and posted on or
through the Zing Network in a way that constitutes copyright infringement,
please send to Zing a notification of claimed infringement with all of the
following information: (a) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to
have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single
notification, a representative list of such works; (b) identification of the
claimed infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to permit us
to locate the material on the Zing Network (providing the URL(s) of the claimed
infringing material satisfies this requirement); (c) information reasonably
sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number,
and, if available, an email address; (d) a statement by you that you have a
good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright
owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement by you, made under penalty of
perjury, that the above information in your notification is accurate and that you
are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf;
and (f) your physical or electronic signature.
Notification of claimed infringement can be sent to: Zing.com, 333 City Boulevard West, Suite 100, Orange, CA 92868.
5. User Disputes. You are solely responsible for your
interactions with other Zing users. Zing
reserves the right, but has no obligation, to become involved in any way with
disputes between you and other users.
6. Privacy. Use of the Zing Network is also governed by our
Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
7. Disclaimers. Zing is not responsible for and makes no
warranties, express or implied, as to the User Content or the accuracy and
reliability of the user Content posted on or through the Zing Network, whether
caused by users of the Zing Network or by any of the equipment or programming
associated with or utilized in the Zing Network and such user Content does not
necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of Zing. Profiles and third party applications created
and posted on the Zing Network may contain links to other websites. Zing is not responsible for the content,
accuracy or opinions expressed on such websites, and such websites are not
necessarily investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by Zing. Inclusion of any linked website on the Zing
Network does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by Zing. When you access these third party sites, you
do so at your own risk. Zing takes no
responsibility for third party advertisements or third party applications that
are posted on or through the Zing Network, nor does it take any responsibility
for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. Zing is not responsible for the conduct, whether
online or offline, of any user of the Zing Network. Zing assumes no responsibility for any error,
omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission,
communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or
alteration of, any user or member communication. Zing is not responsible for any problems or
technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online
systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any
email or players due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the
Internet or on the Zing Network or combination thereof, including any injury or
damage to users or to any person's computer related to or resulting from
participation or downloading materials in connection with the Zing Network. Under no circumstances shall Zing be
responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death,
resulting from use of the Zing Network, attendance at a Zing event, from any user
Content posted on or through the Zing Network, or from the conduct of any users
of the Zing Network, whether online or offline.
The Zing Network is provided "AS-IS" and as available and Zing
expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or
non-infringement. Zing cannot guarantee
and does not promise any specific results from use of the Zing Network.
7.1 The Zing
service provides shopping services to help you locate and potentially purchase
products from online and offline retailers.
Zing does not, however, control these independent retailers and Zing
does not provide any assurance, warranty or guarantee of any kind that you will
be satisfied with their products or services.
When shopping by means of services provided by Zing you acknowledge and
agree that: Zing does not endorse any of
the products or services ("merchandise") linked to, from or through
the Zing service, nor has Zing taken any steps to confirm the accuracy or
reliability of any of the information provided by third parties through Zing or
their own web sites. Zing expressly disclaims any and all representations or
warranties as to the security of any information (including, without
limitation, credit card and other personal information) you might be requested
to give any third party. We advise you to exercise your own judgment and
investigate as you deem necessary, before proceeding with any online or offline
transaction with any of these third parties.
8. Limitation on Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL ZING BE LIABLE
TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT DAMAGES ARISING
FROM YOUR USE OF THE ZING NETWORK, EVEN IF ZING HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, ZING'S
LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE
ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO ZING
DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.
9. U.S.
Export Controls. Software available in connection with the Zing Network (the
"Software") is further subject to United States export controls. No
Software may be downloaded from the Zing Network or otherwise exported or
re-exported in violation of U.S. export laws. Downloading or using the
Software is at your sole risk.
10. Disputes. The Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without regard to any principles
of conflicts of law. You agree that any
action at law or in equity that arises out of or relates to these terms will be
subject to binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association and will be arbitrated in Orange
County, California. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY
IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY CLAIMS,
COUNTERCLAIMS, CROSS-CLAIMS, OR THIRD PARTY CLAIMS) ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. FURTHER,
EACH PARTY HERETO CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF EITHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF
SUCH ARBITRATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL
PROVISION. EACH OF THE PARTIES
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS SECTION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE OTHER PARTY
ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
11. Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold Zing, its
subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective officers, agents, partners
and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of
your use of the Zing Network in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from
a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach of your representations and
warranties set forth in this Agreement and/or if any Content that you post on
or through the Zing Network causes Zing to be liable to another.
12. Other. This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the Zing
Network or any of the Zing products and services and is further affirmed by you
becoming a member. This Agreement constitutes
the entire agreement between you and Zing regarding the use of the Zing Network. The failure of Zing to exercise or enforce
any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such
right or provision. The section titles
in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual
effect. This Agreement operates to the
fullest extent permissible by law. If
any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that
provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the
validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE
PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE.
Any inquiries concerning these terms and conditions of use
should be directed to feedback@zing.com.
All contents of the Zing Network are: Copyright © 2002 Roth Staffing Companies, L.P., 333 City Blvd. West, Suite 100 Orange, CA 92868 U.S.A. All rights reserved.
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