Terms Of Service Agreement
www.MyReggae.com Terms of Service (TOS)
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These Terms of Service state the terms that govern your use of the services and your downloading
of music from www.MyReggae.com (the "Service"). Please read
the entire Agreement carefully. You must accept and abide by the
terms of the Agreement “as is.” No changes, additions, deletions
or counteroffers will be accepted.
MyReggae.com may from time
to time amend, supplement or modify the terms of this Agreement.
Please note that it is your responsibility to check these
Terms of Service periodically for changes. Your further use of the
Service following the posting of changes will mean that you accept
and agree to the changes. If you do not agree to be bound by this
Agreement as amended, you must stop using the Service.
1.
Privacy Policy.
The Service is also subject to
www.MyReggae.com's Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into and
made a part of this Agreement. You can access the Privacy Policy by
clicking here. It is important that you read the Privacy
Policy as it is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.
So by agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, you are
also agreeing to be bound to MyReggae.com’s Privacy Policy.
MyReggae.com uses commercially reasonable efforts to protect the
security of your information, it cannot guarantee that any
information sent via the Internet will not be read or intercepted by
others.
2. Accurate Information.
First
and foremost you must agree to provide accurate, current, and
complete information ("Registration Data") to us in order
to register for and use the Service. You are also required to update
your Registration Data in order to keep it accurate, current, and
complete. It is grounds for termination of your access to the Service
if any information you provide is false, inaccurate or incomplete as
determined by MyRegga.com in its sole discretion.
3.
User Account and Service Security.
As a registered user
of the Service, we will set up an account for you ("Account").
It shall be your sole responsible for maintaining the confidentiality
and security of your Account. Do not reveal your Account information
to anyone else. The reverse is also required that you must not use
anyone else's Account. You are completely responsible for all
purchases and other activities that occur on or through your Account.
You are required to immediately notify MyReggae of any unauthorized
use of your Account or any other breach of security. Remember that
MyReggae.com will not under any circumstances be responsible for any
losses of any kind arising out of the unauthorized use of your
Account.
You accepts that the Service, and Recordings
purchased through it, such as music, images, video, artwork, text,
software and other copyrightable materials ("Recordings"),
may include various electronic anti counterfeiting and other
protective technologies and imposes usage limitations established by
MyReggae.com and its licensors ("Usage Rules"). You agree
that your purchase of Recordings constitutes your agreement to use
the Recordings solely in accordance with their respective Usage
Rules, and understand that any other use of the Recordings could
result in civil or criminal liability. MyReggae.com reserves the
right to modify the Usage Rules at any time. Please note YOUR
COMPLIANCE WITH THE USAGE RULES MAY BE MONITORED BY MYREGGAE, AND
MYREGGAE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ENFORCE THE USAGE RULES WITH OR
WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU.
4. Usage Rules.
for
downloaded Recordings you are entitled to download, export, burn or
copy Recordings solely for personal, noncommercial use in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement. Any burning or exporting
capabilities are solely an accommodation to you and shall not
constitute a grant or waiver of any rights of the copyright owners in
any Recordings or in any content, sound recording, underlying musical
composition, artwork or other copyrightable matter embodied in any
Recordings. No right, title or interest in any downloaded Recordings
or software is transferred to you as a result of any downloading or
copying or otherwise. All rights in the Recordings are owned by
MyReggae.com or its licensors and you have only a limited,
nontransferable, nonexclusive, revocable, non-sublicensable right to
use the Recordings for personal use in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
You may not reproduce (except as noted
above), publish, transmit, distribute, display, broadcast,
re-broadcast, publicly perform, rent or lend, modify, create
derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of or exploit
in any way, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the
Recordings, the Service or any related software. You may not reverse
engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify or disable any copy
protection or use limitation systems associated with the Recordings.
You may not play and then re-digitize any Recordings, or upload those
Recordings to the Internet. You may not use the Recordings in
conjunction with any other third-party content (e.g., to provide
sound for a film or for U-Tube clips). You may not use a free or
purchased track as a musical "ringer" in connection with
phone calls. You may not sell or offer to sell the Recordings,
including but not limited to, posting any Recordings for auction, on
any Internet auction site. All Recordings are sublicensed to you and
not sold, notwithstanding the use of the terms "sell,"
"purchase," "order," or "buy" on the
Service or in this Agreement.
You may play, transfer,
backup, store and burn MP3 music files as much as reasonably
necessary for personal, non-commercial use on personal computers or
portable devices. These files are provided for your own personal
entertainment use and not for redistribution of any kind. They may
not be posted to or accessed on any network (except a personal home
network) or any P2P service. Any other copying is expressly
prohibited.
You agree that we have no liability to you for Recordings you find to be offensive, indecent or objectionable.
5. Software
We may make available to you, from time to time, software for your use in connection with the Service (any and all such software, individually and collectively, the "Software").
You may use the Software only in connection with the Service. You may not separate any individual component of the Software for use other than in connection with the Service, may not incorporate any portion of it into your own programs or compile any portion of it in combination with your own programs, may not transfer it for use with another service, or use it, or any portion of it, over a network and may not sell, rent, lease, lend, loan, distribute or sub-license the Software or otherwise assign any rights to the Software in whole or in part. We may discontinue some or all of any Software we provide, and we may terminate your right to use any Software at any time and in such event may modify it to make it inoperable.
You may not, and you will not encourage, assist or authorize any other person to, modify, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software, whether in whole or in part, or create any derivative works from or copies of the Software. We may offer updates of the Software, from time to time, for feature enhancement, security or other purposes. We will not automatically update the Software, unless you authorize us to do so.
You agree to comply with all export and re-export restrictions and regulations of the Department of Commerce and other United States agencies and authorities that may apply to the Software.
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General Returns Policy
CDs. For CDs you may return new, unopened items sold and fulfilled by MyReggae.com within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. A defective CD will only be exchanged for the exact same CD. Items should be returned in their original product packaging. All shipping charges are your responsibility. You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of our receipt of your package. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.
Downloaded Recordings. All sales of downloaded Recordings are
final. MyReggae.com does not accept returns of downloaded Recordings.
Once you have purchased Recordings, we encourage you to download it
promptly and to make a back-up copy. If you are unable to complete a
download after having reviewed our online help resources, please
contact MyReggae.com customer service. You bear all risk of loss
after purchase and for any loss of Recordings you have downloaded,
including any loss due to a computer or hard drive crash. We make no
warranty that any particular hardware or software will be compatible
with the Service. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that your
hardware will work with our Recordings. Remember that the delivery of
Recordings does not transfer to you any commercial or promotional use
of rights in the Recordings.
The Service is available only for
individuals who are eighteen (18) years of age or older. MyReggae.com
is relying on your representation that you are at least 18 years of
age; MyReggae.com would not enter this Agreement with you and would
not allow you to access the Service but for your representation that
you are at least 18 years of age. If you are under the age of 18 but
at least 13 years of age, you may use the Service only under the
supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by
this Agreement. If you are a parent or legal guardian entering into
to this Agreement for the benefit of a child between the ages of 13
and 18, be advised that you are fully responsible for his or her use
of the Service, including all financial charges and legal liability
that he or she may incur. If you do not agree to (or cannot comply
with) any of these terms and conditions, do not use the Service.
Purchases from MyReggae.com available only in the United States and
are not available in any other location. You agree not to use or
attempt to use the service from outside of the available territory.
MyReggae.com may use technologies to verify your compliance. You
agree to abide by United States and other applicable export control
laws and not to transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise,
any content or software subject to restrictions under such laws to a
national destination or person prohibited under such laws.
7. Agreement to Pay.
You agree to pay for all
Recordings you purchase through the Service, and that MyReggae.com is
authorized to bill your chosen payment method for any Recordings
purchased, and for any additional amounts (including any taxes and
late fees, as applicable) as may be accrued by or in connection with
your Account.
Purchases will include any applicable sales tax based on the bill-to address and the sales tax rate in effect at the time of purchase. We will only charge tax in states and localities where music downloads are taxable.
MyReggae.com reserves the right to change prices for Recordings offered at MyReggae.com at any time.
MyReagge.com accepts only USA issued Visa, MasterCard, Discovery or
American Express credit cards.
8. Delivery of
Recordings.
MyReggae.com makes every effort to
provide a broad music offering. For this reason, MyReggae.com
reserves the right to change music options without notice.
On
occasion, technical and other problems may delay or prevent delivery
of your Recordings. Your exclusive and sole remedy with respect to
Recordings that is not delivered within a reasonable period will be
either replacement of such Recordings, or refund of the purchase
price paid for such Recordings, as determined by MyReggae.com.
9. Termination.
MyReggae.com, in its sole
discretion, reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the
Service at any time and in any way, in whole or in part, with or
without notice, and with no liability to you, including without
limitation with respect to Recordings, content or other materials
comprising a part of the Service. MyReggae.com will not be liable for
the removal of or disabling of access to any Recordings, content or
other materials under this Agreement. MyReggae.com further reserves
the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate this Agreement with
you and/or your use of the Service (or any part thereof) at any time,
with our without notice, for any or no reason. In particular, if you
fail, or MyReggae.com suspects that you have failed, to comply with
any of the provisions of this Agreement, including but not limited to
failure to make payment of fees due, failure to provide MyReggae.com
with a valid credit card or with accurate and complete Registration
Data, failure to safeguard your Account information, or violation of
the Usage Rules, MyReggae.com, at its sole discretion, without notice
to you may: (i) terminate this Agreement and/or your Account, and you
will remain liable for all amounts due under your Account up to and
including the date of termination; and/or (ii) preclude access to the
Service (or any part thereof).
10. General Compliance
with Laws.
The Service is controlled and operated
by MyReggae.com from its offices in the United States. You agree to
comply with all local, state, federal, and national laws, statutes,
ordinances, and regulations that apply to your use of the
Service.
11. Enforcement of These Terms of
Service.
MyReggae.com reserves the right to take
steps it believes are reasonably, necessary or appropriate to enforce
and/or verify compliance with any part of this Agreement (including
but not limited to MyReggae.com's right to cooperate with any legal
process relating to your use of the Service and/or Recordings, and/or
a third party claim that your use of the Service and/or Recordings is
unlawful and/or infringes such third party's rights). You agree that
MyReggae.com has the right, without liability to you, to disclose any
Registration Data and/or Account information to law enforcement
authorities, government officials, and/or a third party, as
MyReggae.com believes is reasonably necessary or appropriate to
enforce and/or verify compliance with any part of this Agreement
(including but not limited to MyReggae.com's right to cooperate with
any legal process relating to your use of the Service and/or
Recordings, and/or a third party claim that your use of the Service
and/or Recordings is unlawful and/or infringes such third party's
rights).
12. No Responsibility for Third-Party Materials
or Web sites.
Certain content, Recordings, and
services available via the Service may include materials from third
parties. In addition, MyRegga.com may provide links to certain
third-party web sites. You acknowledge and agree that MyReggae.com is
not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy
of any such third-party material or web sites. MyReggae.com does not
warrant or endorse and does not assume and will not have any
liability or responsibility for any third-party materials or web
sites, or for any other materials, Recordings, or services of third
parties. Links to other web sites are provided solely as a
convenience to you. If you decide to link to any such third-party web
sites, you do so entirely at your own risk.
Copyright Complaints
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide MyReggae.com’s copyright agent the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying MyReggae.com that your copyrighted material has been infringed.
* An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest
* A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upo
* A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site, including the auction ID number, if applicable;
* Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
* 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;
* 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.
MyReggae’s Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site can be reached as follows:
Copyright Agent
Mr. Gary Himmelfarb
MyReggae Records LLC
9159-B Brookville Road
Silver Spring MD 20910
13. Disclaimer of Warranties; Limitation of
Liability.
MYREGGAE.COM DOES NOT GUARANTEE,
REPRESENT, OR WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, AND YOU AGREE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME
MYREGGAE.COM MAY REMOVE THE SERVICE FOR INDEFINITE PERIODS OF TIME,
OR CANCEL THE SERVICE AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU.
MYREGGAE.COM DOES NOT REPRESENT OR GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE
FREE FROM LOSS, CORRUPTION, ATTACK, VIRUSES, INTERFERENCE, HACKING,
OR OTHER SECURITY INTRUSION, AND MYREGGAE.COM DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY
RELATING THERETO. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BACKING UP YOUR OWN
SYSTEM.
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO
USE, THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE AND ALL RECORDINGS
AND SERVICES DELIVERED TO YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED "AS
IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" FOR YOUR USE, WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT, ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMED TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, THE ABOVE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL OR EQUITABLE
THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE,
SHALL MYREGGAE.COM OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS,
OFFICERS, AGENTS, VENDORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY
OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY
CONTENT, DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA,
WORK STOPPAGE, ACCURACY OF RESULTS, OR COMPUTER FAILURE OR
MALFUNCTION, EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF MYREGGAE.COM HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL MYREGGAE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN
EXCESS OF THE GREATER OF (1) THE FEES PAID BY YOU IN CONNECTION WITH
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE DURING THE SIX MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE
DATE ON WHICH THE CLAIM AROSE OR (2) $100.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
AND AGREE THAT YOUR SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK,
AND MYREGGAE.COM HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR
ANY LOSS OR LIABILITY RELATING TO SUCH INFORMATION IN ANY
WAY.
MYREGGAE.COM MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT ANY PARTICULAR
SOFTWARE, EQUIPMENT OR OTHER DEVICE OR SYSTEM WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH
THE RECORDINGS OR THE SERVICE OR THAT ANY SOFTWARE, EQUIPMENT OR
OTHER DEVICE OR SYSTEM USING THE SERVICE WILL FUNCTION IN ANY MANNER.
IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT YOUR SOFTWARE,
EQUIPMENT AND OTHER DEVICES AND SYSTEM(S) WILL FUNCTION CORRECTLY
WITH THE RECORDINGS AND THE SERVICE.
14. Waiver and
Indemnity.
By using the Service, you agree to
indemnify and hold MyReggae.com its directors, officers, employees,
affiliates, agents, contractors, and licensors harmless with respect
to any claims arising out of your breach or claimed breach of this
Agreement, your use of the Service, or any action taken by
MyReggae.com as part of its investigation of a suspected violation of
this Agreement or as a result of its finding or decision that a
violation of this Agreement has occurred. You cannot sue or recover
any damages from MyReggae.com, its directors, officers, employees,
affiliates, agents, contractors, and licensors as a result of its
decision to remove or refuse to process any information, Recordings,
or content, to warn you, to suspend or terminate your access to the
Service, or to take any other action during the investigation of a
suspected violation or as a result of MyReggae.com's conclusion that
a violation of this Agreement has occurred.
15.
Changes.
MyReggae.com reserves the right, at any
time and from time to time, to update, revise, supplement, and
otherwise modify this Agreement and to impose new or additional
rules, policies, terms, or conditions on your use of the Service.
Such updates, revisions, supplements, modifications, and additional
rules, policies, terms, and conditions (collectively referred to in
this Agreement as "Additional Terms") will be effective
immediately and incorporated into this Agreement. Your continued use
of the Service following the posting of changes will mean that you
accept and agree to the Additional Terms. All Additional Terms are
hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
16. Governing Law; Remedies.
The laws of
the State of Maryland, excluding its conflicts of law rules, govern
these Terms and your use of the Service. Your use of the Service may
also be subject to other local, state, national, or international
laws. You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim
or dispute with MyReggae or relating in any way to your use of the
Service resides in the courts of the State of Maryand.
You
understand and agree that any unauthorized use of the Service
(including all elements thereof), the Recordings, or any related
software or materials, would result in irreparable injury to MyReggae
and/or its affiliates or licensors for which money damages would be
inadequate, and in such event MyReggae, its affiliates and/or
licensors, or the owners of the copyright in any Recordings available
through the Service, as applicable, shall have the right, in addition
to other remedies available at law and in equity, to immediate
injunctive relief against you. Nothing contained in this paragraph or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall be construed to limit remedies or
relief available pursuant to statutory or other claims that MyReggae,
its affiliates and/or licensors may have under separate legal
authority, including but not limited to, any claim for intellectual
property infringement.
17. Miscellaneous.
This
Agreement, together with the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for the
MyReggae website, constitutes the entire agreement between you and
MyReggae regarding the Service and governs your use of the Service,
superseding any prior agreements between you and MyReggae relating to
the Service. You also may be subject to additional terms and
conditions that may apply when you use third-party content, or
third-party software. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid
or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner
consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the
original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall
remain in full force and effect. MyReggae's failure to enforce any
right or provisions in this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of
such provision, or any other provision of this Agreement. MyReggae
will not be responsible for failures to fulfill any obligations due
to causes beyond its control. MyReggae obtains permission from record
companies and other content owners to make their musical and other
content available to you through the Service. You agree that the
content owners that license their musical and other content to
MyReggae for the Service are intended third-party beneficiaries under
this Agreement with the right to enforce the provisions of this
Agreement that directly concern their content.
