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Starburst Home Page - Service
Agreement/Statement
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1. Definitions.
"STARBURST HOME PAGE " is the interactive on-line service
operated by StarBurstHomePage.com ("STARBURST HOME PAGE")
on the World Wide Web of the Internet, consisting of information services,
home page linking and content provided by STARBURST HOME PAGE, affiliates
of STARBURST HOME PAGE and other third parties. "Subscriber and
Member" means each person, association, or company who establishes
or accesses a connection ("Account") for access to and use
of STARBURST HOME PAGE.
2. General.
(A) This Agreement, which incorporates by reference other provisions
applicable to use of STARBURST HOME PAGE, governing the use of certain
specific material contained in STARBURST HOME PAGE, sets forth the terms
and conditions that apply to use of STARBURST HOME PAGE by Subscriber
and Member or Member. By using STARBURST HOME PAGE, Subscriber and Members
and Members agree to comply with all of the terms and conditions hereof.
The right to use STARBURST HOME PAGE is personal to Subscriber and Member
and is a personal, company or association for Members and is not transferable
to any other person or entity. Subscriber and Member and Members are
responsible for all use of their Account (under any screen name, email
or password) and for ensuring that all use of their Account complies
fully with the provisions of this Agreement. Subscriber and Member and
Members shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of Starbursthomepage.com's
source code accessible from the use of their browser on the Internet.
(B) STARBURST HOME PAGE shall have the right at any time to change or
discontinue any aspect or feature of STARBURST HOME PAGE, including,
but not limited to, content, hours of availability, and equipment needed
for access or use.
3. Changed Terms.
STARBURST HOME PAGE shall have the right at any time to change or modify
the terms and conditions applicable to Subscriber and Member's and Member's
use of STARBURST HOME PAGE, or any part thereof, or to impose new conditions,
including, but not limited to, adding fees and charges for use. Such
changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately
upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including, but not
limited to, posting on STARBURST HOME PAGE, or by electronic or conventional
mail, or by any other means by which Subscriber and Member and Members
obtains notice thereof. Any use of STARBURST HOME PAGE by Subscriber
and Member or Member after such notice shall be deemed to constitute
acceptance by Subscriber and Member/Member of such changes, modifications
or additions.
4. Equipment.
Subscriber and Member's and Member's shall be responsible for obtaining
and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware and other equipment
needed for access to and use of STARBURST HOME PAGE and all charges
related thereto.
5. Subscriber and Member's and Member's Conduct.
(A) Subscriber and Member's and Members shall use STARBURST HOME PAGE
for lawful purposes only. Subscriber and Member shall not post or transmit
through STARBURST HOME PAGE any material which violates or infringes
in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening,
abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar,
obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct
that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability
or otherwise violate any law, or which, without STARBURST HOME PAGE's
express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with
respect to products or services. Any conduct by a Subscriber and Member
that in STARBURST HOME PAGE's discretion restricts or inhibits any other
Subscriber and Member from using or enjoying STARBURST HOME PAGE will
not be permitted. Subscriber and Member shall not use STARBURST HOME
PAGE to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including,
but not limited to, the solicitation of users to become Subscriber and
Members of other on-line information services competitive with STARBURST
HOME PAGE.
(B) STARBURST HOME PAGE contains copyrighted material, trademarks and
other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text,
software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents
of STARBURST HOME PAGE are copyrighted as a collective work under the
United States copyright laws. STARBURST HOME PAGE owns a copyright in
the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content,
as well as in the content original to it. Subscriber and Member may
not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale,
create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content,
in whole or in part. Subscriber and Member may download copyrighted
material for Subscriber and Member's personal use only. Except as otherwise
expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution,
retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded
material will be permitted without the express permission of STARBURST
HOME PAGE and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying,
redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in
or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice
shall be made. Subscriber and Member acknowledges that it does not acquire
any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.
(C) Subscriber and Member shall not upload, post or otherwise make available
on STARBURST HOME PAGE any material protected by copyright, trademark
or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner
of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right and the burden
of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests
with Subscriber and Member. Subscriber and Member shall be solely liable
for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary
rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission. By submitting
material to any public area of STARBURST HOME PAGE , Subscriber and
Member automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of such material
has expressly granted STARBURST HOME PAGE the royalty-free, perpetual,
irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify,
adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or
in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form,
media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term
of any copyright that may exist in such material. Subscriber and Member
also permits any other Subscriber and Member to access, view, store
or reproduce the material for that Subscriber and Member's personal
use. Subscriber and Member hereby grants STARBURST HOME PAGE the right
to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material made available on
STARBURST HOME PAGE by Subscriber and Member.
(D) The foregoing provisions of Section 5 are for the benefit of STARBURST
HOME PAGE, its subsidiaries, affiliates and its third party content
providers and licensors and each shall have the right to assert and
enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf.
6. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability.
(A) SUBSCRIBER AND MEMBER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF STARBURST HOME
PAGE IS AT SUBSCRIBER AND MEMBER'S SOLE RISK. NEITHER STARBURST HOME
PAGE, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT STARBURST HOME
PAGE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY
AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF STARBURST HOME PAGE
, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION,
SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH STARBURST HOME PAGE.
(B) STARBURST HOME PAGE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH
ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION
UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(C) THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED
BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION,
DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION
LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION
OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR,
NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. SUBSCRIBER AND MEMBER
SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT STARBURST HOME PAGE IS NOT LIABLE FOR
THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER SUBSCRIBER AND
MEMBERS OR THIRD-PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING
RESTS ENTIRELY WITH SUBSCRIBER AND MEMBER.
(D) IN NO EVENT WILL STARBURST HOME PAGE, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED
IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING STARBURST HOME PAGE OR THE STARBURST
HOME PAGE SOFTWARE, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE STARBURST HOME PAGE .
SUBSCRIBER AND MEMBER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON STARBURST HOME PAGE.
(E) IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS SET FORTH ABOVE NEITHER, STARBURST HOME
PAGE, NOR ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS
SHALL BE LIABLE REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OR DURATION, FOR ANY ERRORS,
INACCURACIES, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER DEFECTS IN, OR UNTIMELINESS OR UNAUTHENTICITY
OF, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN STARBURST HOME PAGE , OR FOR ANY
DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN THE TRANSMISSION THEREOF TO THE USER, OR FOR
ANY CLAIMS OR LOSSES ARISING THEREFROM OR OCCASIONED THEREBY. NONE OF
THE FOREGOING PARTIES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS OR
LOSSES OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS, PUNITIVE
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF A STOCK TRADE, SUBSCRIBER
AND MEMBERS ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH YOUR BROKER OR OTHER FINANCIAL
REPRESENTATIVE TO VERIFY PRICING OR OTHER INFORMATION. STARBURST HOME
PAGE, ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS SHALL
HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION
PROVIDED. NEITHER, STARBURST HOME PAGE, NOR ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION
PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE TIMELINESS, SEQUENCE,
ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THIS INFORMATION. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE
NO WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION.
7. Monitoring
STARBURST HOME PAGE shall have the right, but not the obligation,
to monitor the content of STARBURST HOME PAGE , including chat rooms
and forums, to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating
rules established by STARBURST HOME PAGE and to satisfy any law, regulation
or authorized government request. STARBURST HOME PAGE shall have the
right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material
submitted to or posted on STARBURST HOME PAGE . Without limiting the
foregoing, STARBURST HOME PAGE shall have the right to remove any material
that STARBURST HOME PAGE, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation
of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.
8. Advertisement, Services, Software and Other Fees Paid To Starbursthomepage.com
Subscriber's and Member's are responsible to make payments for advertisement
and other services within 30 days. Subscribers and Member's agree to
a 5% of the amount owed late payment fee if the payment for services
or products is not paid within the 30 days.
9. Indemnification.
Subscriber and Member agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless
STARBURST HOME PAGE, its affiliates and their respective directors,
officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses,
including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use of STARBURST HOME
PAGE by Subscriber and Member or Subscriber and Member's Account.
10. Termination.
Either STARBURST HOME PAGE or Subscriber and Member may terminate this
Agreement at any time. Without limiting the foregoing, STARBURST HOME
PAGE shall have the right to immediately terminate Subscriber and Member's
Account in the event of any conduct by Subscriber and Member which STARBURST
HOME PAGE, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or
in the event of any breach by Subscriber and Member of this Agreement.
The provisions of Sections 5(B), 5(C), 5(D), 6, 8, 10 and this Section
9 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
11. Trademarks.
STARBURST HOME PAGE logos are trademarks of Starburst Home Page and
Starbursthomepage.com. All rights reserved. All other trademarks appearing
on STARBURST HOME PAGE are the property of their respective owners.
12. Third Party Content.
STARBURST HOME PAGE is a distributor (and not a publisher) of content
supplied by third parties and Subscriber and Members. Accordingly, STARBURST
HOME PAGE has no more editorial control over such content than does
a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements,
services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made
available by third parties, including information providers, Subscriber
and Members or any other user of STARBURST HOME PAGE , are those of
the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of STARBURST HOME
PAGE. Neither STARBURST HOME PAGE nor any third-party provider of information
guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content,
nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. (Refer
to Section 6 above for the complete provisions governing limitation
of liabilities and disclaimers of warranty.)
In many instances, the content available through STARBURST HOME PAGE
represents the opinions and judgments of the respective information
provider, Subscriber and Member, or other user not under contract with
STARBURST HOME PAGE. STARBURST HOME PAGE neither endorses nor is responsible
for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement
made on STARBURST HOME PAGE by anyone other than authorized STARBURST
HOME PAGE employee spokespersons while acting in their official capacities.
Under no circumstances will STARBURST HOME PAGE be liable for any loss
or damage caused by a Subscriber and Member's reliance on information
obtained through STARBURST HOME PAGE . It is the responsibility of Subscriber
and Member to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any
information, opinion, advice or other content available through STARBURST
HOME PAGE. Please seek the advice of professionals, as appropriate,
regarding the evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice
or other content.
13. Miscellaneous.
This Agreement and any operating rules for STARBURST HOME PAGE established
by STARBURST HOME PAGE constitute the entire agreement of the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous
written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such
subject matter. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict
of laws rules. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder
shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach
or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only
and shall not be given any legal import.
14. EXECUTION, INTERPRETATION AND ASSIGNMENT
This Agreement shall be binding on the Subscriber's and Members
and shall be deemed
to have been entered into in the Commonwealth of California, and its
interpretation,
construction and the remedies for its enforcement or breach shall be
according to the law
of the Commonwealth of California.
Subscriber's and Member's shall not assign any of its rights or
obligations hereunder
except with Starbursthomepage.com's prior written permission.
It is understood and agreed that StarburstHomePage.com and Subscriber's
and Member's are independent contractors and each is engaged in the
operation of its own personal use or business and neither will be considered
the agent of the other for any purpose whatsoever. Nothing contained
in this Agreement will be construed to establish a relationship that
would allow either party to make representations or warranties on behalf
of the other except as expressly set forth herein.
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