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PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS
WEBSITE (the "Site").
This site is fully controlled and operated by Club Dracula, Inc. (referred
to below as "Club Dracula" "we," "us," and "our"). By accessing and using
this Site, you agree to be legally bound by these terms of use. If you do
not agree to these terms, please do not use the Site. We reserve the right,
at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add to, or otherwise alter these
Terms and Conditions at any time. Such changes and/or modifications shall
become effective immediately upon their posting, so please review the Terms
and Conditions posted at this link periodically. Your continued use of the
Site following the posting of changes and/or modifications will constitute
your acceptance of the revised Terms and Conditions (including the ClubDracula.com Privacy Policy).
OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; RESTRICTIONS ON USE
All site software, designs, text, images, photographs, illustrations, audio
clips, video clips, artwork, graphic material, or other copyrightable
elements, and the selection and arrangements thereof, and trademarks,
service marks and trade names (the "Materials") are the property of Club
Dracula, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, licensors or
other respective owners, and are protected, without limitation, pursuant to
U.S. and foreign copyright and trademark laws.
Users are
not permitted or authorized to copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post,
transmit, or distribute Materials (or any portion thereof) in any way or by
any means, except that you may download one copy of appropriately limited
portions of the Materials on any single computer for your personal,
noncommercial use only, provided you include "Copyright 2005 Club Dracula,
Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used With Permission" or "(c) 2005 Club Dracula,
Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used With Permission on every page containing
copyrightable elements and you keep intact other proprietary notices.
Modification of Materials or use of Materials for any other purpose is a
violation of Club Dracula' copyright and other proprietary rights. For
purposes of these Terms and Conditions, use of any Materials in any
unauthorized manner (including, without limitation, on web pages or sites
that contain paid or free advertisements, third-party endorsements of any
kind or nature (including without limitation, endorsements of a religious,
political, or social orientation nature), promotions, products, games,
services, or other inappropriate content) is strictly prohibited. Club
Dracula hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable,
revocable, non-transferable license to use and display, for noncommercial
and personal use only, one copy of appropriately limited portions of the
Materials and/or software that are downloadable from this Site, including,
without limitation, any files, codes, audio, or images incorporated in or
generated by or in conjunction with the Site and/or Club Dracula, provided
that that "Copyright 2005 Club Dracula, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used With
Permission" or "(c) 2005 Club Dracula, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used With
Permission" accompanies all copyrightable Materials and other notices are
properly maintained. You agree not to reproduce, modify, create derivative
works from, display, perform, publish, distribute, disseminate, broadcast,
sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or circulate any Materials
to any third party (including, without limitation, display and distribute
the Materials via a third party website) without Club Dracula' express prior
written consent. Unauthorized or prohibited exploitation of Materials will
result in deletion of the offender's account from the Site, and may subject
the offender to civil liability and criminal prosecution under applicable
federal and state laws.
ClubDracula.com respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our
users to do the same. ClubDracula.com may, in appropriate circumstances and
at its discretion, terminate the accounts of users who infringe the
intellectual property rights of others.
If you
believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, please provide ClubDracula.com's Copyright Agent with the
following information:
(1) an
electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf
of the owner of the copyright interest;
(2) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
(3) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is
located on the site;
(4) your address, telephone number, and email address;
(5) 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;
(6) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above
information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner
or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
ClubDracula.com's Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement
can be reached as follows:
Raphael
Pallais
Legal Department
Club Dracula, Inc.
Telephone: (+ international dialing code)
Fax: (+ international dialing code)
E-mail:
LegalDepartment@Club Dracula.com
CLUB
DRACULA' USE OF USER SUBMITTED MATERIALS
By uploading or otherwise submitting any materials to us and/or the Site,
you (and your parents, if you're under age 18) automatically grant (or
warrant that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) to Club Dracula
a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and license to
use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works
from, and distribute such materials or incorporate such materials into any
form, medium, or technology (now known or hereafter developed or devised)
throughout the universe. In addition, you warrant that all so-called "moral
rights" and other rights recognized throughout the world (including without
limitation, the
European
Economic Community)
in those materials have been waived.
MESSAGES (ONSITE EMAIL), CHATROOMS, MESSAGE BOARDS, SHOP DESCRIPTIONS, and
GUILD DESCRIPTIONS
To the extent that portions of this Site provide users an opportunity to
post and/or exchange information, ideas, and opinions ("Postings") in
chatrooms and message boards ("Forums"), and via Mail, and in descriptions
of shops and guilds, please be advised that Postings do not necessarily
reflect the views of Club Dracula. Although we periodically monitor
exchanged and posted information, in no event does Club Dracula assume or
have any responsibility or liability for any Postings or for any claims,
damages or losses resulting from their use and/or appearance on or in
conjunction with this Site or elsewhere. Thus, users remain solely
responsible for the content of their messages and postings. Nonetheless, we
will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the Forums serve the best
interests of all users and, therefore, we reserve the right to edit, delete,
or refuse to post any Posting that violates these Terms and Conditions, as
well as revoke the privileges of any user who does not comply with these
Terms and Conditions.
You
hereby understand and agree that Club Dracula does not allow Postings that
contain:
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profanity, obscenities, or
sexual content (express or implied)
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religious, political, or
social commentary
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personal attacks on other
people (individually or as a group)
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slanderous, defamatory,
obscene, pornographic, threatening and harassing suggestions, comments
and/or images
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names or account usernames
that would be considered inappropriate under our Terms and Conditions.
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materials created by someone
else without their express written permission to do so
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"cheat" or "hack" programs or
information or links to sites claiming to have these solicitations of user
passwords
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solicitation of user
passwords
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private or personal
information that might identify another user
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links to third party
commercial Web sites
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online chat rooms anywhere on
our site or links to sites with chat rooms
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Promotions anywhere on Club
Dracula' site offering prizes of any kind. Promotions include, but are not
limited to, contests, raffles, lotteries or giveaways, and "anywhere on
our site" includes but is not limited to all of Club Dracula' user
communication areas, onsite pet's webpage, shop front or onsite guild
webpage.
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other information that Club
Dracula deems, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate for this site.
You hereby further agree that you will not upload to, distribute through, or
otherwise publish through or in conjunction with the Site, any Postings that
are libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, threatening, invasive of
privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable,
or that would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights
of any person, or otherwise violate any law or give rise to liability.
Further, you agree not to abuse our message board service by "spamming"
(posting numerous identical messages) or by creating "party boards" (group
postings often containing inappropriate content) on them. Moreover, you
hereby represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights in and to
all Postings you provide and all information they contain.
The
Forums and Mail may be used for noncommercial purposes only. You are not
permitted, without our express written approval, to distribute or otherwise
publish any Postings containing any solicitation of funds, endorsements
(including of a religious, political, sexual orientation, or social cause
nature), promotions, or advertising (free or paid in money or Points or Club
Dracula' Items), or solicitations of any kind or nature. You specifically
acknowledge that soliciting other Club Dracula' users to join or become
members of any commercial online service or other organization or group
(profit, non-profit, religious, social, political, or otherwise) is
expressly prohibited.
You
further acknowledge and agree that you are not permitted under any
circumstances or for any reason to cheat or utilize third-party games or
code in order to win at, or gain Points or Items from, any Club Dracula
game.
You (and
your parents, if you're under age 18) hereby authorize us to use, and to
authorize others to use, your Postings and submitted opinions and materials
in whole or in part, throughout the universe in perpetuity in any form,
medium, or technology (now known or hereafter developed or devised
throughout the universe) alone or together or as part of other Materials of
any kind or nature. Without limiting the foregoing, you hereby grant to Club
Dracula the right to use and change the Postings in any manner that Club
Dracula may determine.
DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THIS SITE AND ALL MATERIALS CONTAINED ON IT ARE DISTRIBUTED AND TRANSMITTED
ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, CLUB DRACULA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CLUB DRACULA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS
CONTAINED IN THE SITE OR MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT
DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKES IT
AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. CLUB DRACULA DOES
NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF
THE USE OF THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE WITH REGARD TO THEIR CORRECTNESS,
ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY,
ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS AND VALIDITY OF ANY MATERIAL
RESTS WITH YOU. YOU (I.E., NOT CLUB DRACULA) ASSUME THE COMPLETE COST OF ALL
NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU.
TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, CLUB DRACULA, ITS
AFFILIATES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
LICENSORS, REPRESENTATIVES, AND THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS TO THE SITE WILL NOT
BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR SIMILAR
DAMAGES, THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE
MATERIALS CONTAINED ON THIS SITE, WHETHER THE MATERIAL IS PROVIDED OR
OTHERWISE SUPPLIED BY CLUB DRACULA OR ANY THIRD PARTY.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL CLUB DRACULA HAVE ANY
LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION
(WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU,
IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THIS SITE.
THIRD
PARTY HYPERLINKS
The appearance of external hyperlinks and/or other materials generated by
third parties does not constitute an endorsement by Club Dracula, its
subsidiaries and affiliates, of the opinions or views expressed by these
third party web sites. Club Dracula explicitly disclaims any responsibility
for the accuracy, content, availability, currency, completeness or quality
of the content contained at these sites. Further, Club Dracula is not
responsible for the quality or delivery of the products or services offered,
accessed, obtained by or advertised at such sites. As such, neither Club
Dracula nor its subsidiaries and affiliates are responsible for any errors
or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information
contained in these sites.
Club
Dracula encourages discretion when browsing the Internet using anyone's
service. Because some sites employ automated search results or otherwise
link you to sites containing information that may be deemed inappropriate or
offensive, Club Dracula cannot be held responsible for the accuracy,
copyright compliance, legality, or decency of material contained in
third-party sites, and you hereby irrevocably waive any claim against us
with respect to such sites. Thus, under no circumstances will Club Dracula
be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or special loss or other
damage, whether arising from negligence, breach of contract, defamation,
infringement of copyright or other intellectual property rights, caused by
the exhibition, distribution or exploitation of any information or content
contained within these third party hyperlinked sites.
Club
Dracula cannot ensure that you will be satisfied with any products or
services that you obtain from a third-party site that links to or from Club
Dracula, since such sites are owned and operated by third parties. Club
Dracula does not endorse any of the merchandise or services, nor has Club
Dracula taken any steps to confirm the accuracy or reliability of any of the
information contained on such third-party sites. Club Dracula does not make
any representations or warranties as to the security of any information
(including without limitation, credit card and other personal information)
you may be required to provide on a third-party site, and you hereby
irrevocably waive any claim against Club Dracula with respect to such sites.
We strongly encourage you to make whatever investigation you feel necessary
or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with
any of these third parties. Club Dracula never gives or sells e-mail
addresses or other personal information supplied by its users to sponsors
without permission, provided, however that if a user chooses to "opt-in"
(click on a checkbox) for sponsor information, or to register with a
sponsor, by doing so he has given permission to Club Dracula to transmit his
personal information to that sponsor. Please make sure you review Club
Dracula’s
Privacy Policy for al details regarding Club Dracula’s use of
your personal information.
UNAUTHORIZED LINKS TO SITE
Club Dracula allows users to link their site Club Dracula-related fan sites
to the ClubDracula.com homepage (http://www.ClubDracula.com). However, by
using this website, you specifically agree not to link to any pages within
the ClubDracula.com site without Club Dracula' express written approval. If
you do not receive such express written approval prior to linking to an
internal page on ClubDracula.com, you hereby consent to an injunction to be
entered against you by a court of competent jurisdiction, as provided
herein, permanently enjoining you from linking to any internal pages from
the ClubDracula.com site.
DENIAL
OF ACCESS
Club Dracula, for any reason and at its sole discretion, may decide that any
person shall be denied access to any part of the ClubDracula.com site. The
sending of an e-mail notice by Club Dracula to any e-mail address used by a
person who is subject to the denial shall constitute complete and sufficient
notice of the denial. By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, you agree
to cease and desist immediately from any attempt to access the site upon
issuance of a denial. If you do not cease and desist, you hereby consent to
an injunction to be entered against you by a court of competent
jurisdiction, as provided herein, permanently enjoining you from attempting
to access the ClubDracula.com site.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Club Dracula, its
affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
licensors, representatives, and third party providers to the site from and
against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms and Conditions
by you. Club Dracula reserves the right to assume, at its sole expense, the
exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by
you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Club Dracula in asserting
any available defenses.
MISCELLANEOUS
Club Dracula operates and controls the Site from its offices in New York,
New York, in the United States of America.
Club Dracula makes no representation that the Site is appropriate or
available in other locations. Accordingly, those 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. Software from this Site is subject to
United
States export controls. Thus, no software from this Site may be downloaded,
exported or re-exported (a) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba,
Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other country to which the
United States has embargoed goods; or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury
Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce
Department's Table of Deny Orders. By downloading any software, you
represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or
a national or resident of, any such country or on any such list.
These
Terms and Conditions are effective until terminated by either party. Users
may terminate this Agreement by destroying all Materials (including without
limitation, all related documentation and all copies and installations
thereof, whether made under these Terms and Conditions or otherwise)
obtained from this Site (or any other web site or source). The privileges
granted to you under this Agreement will terminate immediately and
automatically without notice from Club Dracula if, in our sole discretion,
you fail to comply with any term or provision of these Terms and Conditions.
Upon such termination, you must destroy all Materials obtained from this
Site (or any other web site or source), and all copies thereof, whether or
not made under the terms of this Agreement.
This
Agreement contains the entire understanding of you and Club Dracula, and
supersedes all prior understandings of the parties hereto relating to the
subject matter hereof, and cannot be changed or modified except by a writing
signed by you and an authorized signatory for Club Dracula. If any provision
of this Agreement is found to be illegal or unenforceable, the Agreement
will be deemed curtailed to the extent necessary to make it legal and
enforceable and will remain, as modified, in full force and effect. This
Agreement and all matters or issues collateral thereto will be governed by,
construed, and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State
of New York applicable to contracts executed and performed entirely therein
(without regard to any principles of conflict of laws). You hereby agree
that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these
Terms and Conditions or the site shall be filed only in the state or federal
courts located in the County of New York, in the State of New York. Further,
you hereby expressly consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such
courts for the purposes of litigating any such action.
CLUB DRACULA, characters, logos, names and all related indicia are
trademarks of
ClubDracula, Inc., © 2005. ® denotes Reg. US Pat. & TM Office. All
rights reserved.
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