Terms Of Service

1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

<<<<<<< .mine

Welcome to shoutfast.com. shoutfast.com provides its service to you subject to the following Terms of Service ("TOS"). This TOS may be updated by shoutfast.com by posting the changes to http://www.shoutfast.com/terms.jsp

2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE

shoutfast.com provides users with a search engine service to locate mp3 files and metadata from external web sites throughout the internet. shoutfast.com has no control over any web sites or resources which are provided by companies or persons other than shoutfast.com. You acknowledge and agree that shoutfast.com is not responsible for the availability or content of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such web sites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that shoutfast.com is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such web sites or resources.
=======

Welcome to shoutfast.com. These Terms of Service ("TOS") govern your access to and use of the services and shoutfast.com's websites (the "Service"), and any information, text, or geolocation uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Service (collectively referred to as "Content"). Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these TOS. By accessing or using the Service you agree to be bound by these TOS. This TOS may be updated by shoutfast.com by posting the changes to http://www.shoutfast.com/terms

W

2. BASIC TERMS

You are responsible for your use of the Service, for any Content you post to the Service, and for any consequences thereof. The Content you submit, post, or display will be able to be viewed by other users of the Service. You should only provide Content that you are comfortable sharing with others under these TOS.


>>>>>>> .r136 Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Service, including the release of new shoutfast.com features, shall be subject to this TOS. You understand and agree that the Service is provided "as is" and that shoutfast.com assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, or failure to store or deliver any user communications or personalization settings. You are responsible for obtaining access to the Service, and that access may involve third-party fees (such as your own Internet service provider or airtime charges).

3. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS (INCLUDING MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY)

Currently shoutfast.com requires no registration from users of its Services. If in the future shoutfast.com adds features that require registration, the registration obligations will be posted in this TOS.

4. YOUR OBLIGATIONS WHILE USING THE shoutfast.com SERVICE

You agree not to access, or attempt to access, any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by shoutfast.com, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with shoutfast.com. You specifically agree not to access, or attempt to access, any of the Services through any automated means, including use of scripts or bots. shoutfast.com may in the future provide automated access to Services (such as an api or web service) and will update the TOS here or in a separate agreement with specific persons or companies.
You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with shoutfast.com, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose.
You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that shoutfast.com has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which shoutfast.com may suffer) of any such breach.

5. MEMBER CONDUCT

You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags, or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that you, and not shoutfast.com, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service. shoutfast.com does not control the Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Service, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will shoutfast.com be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Service.
You agree to not use the Service to:


a. post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
b. impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a shoutfast.com employee, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
c. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
d. post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual agreement
e. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;
f. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas (such as shopping) that are designated for such purpose (please read our complete Spam Policy);
g. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
h. interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
i. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, provincial, national or international law
j. harm minors in any way; "stalk" or otherwise harass another
k. collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities set forth in paragraphs a through m above.



6. FEEDBACK AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS
Users may provide feedback on our Site. You agree that any and all information that you submit, including any and all written messages or comments, are the property of shoutfast.com and may be used for any purpose.

7. SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE

Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from Canada or the country in which you reside.

8. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold shoutfast.com and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.

9. NO RESALE OF SERVICE

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service.

10. GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE

You acknowledge that shoutfast.com may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Service, including without limitation the maximum number or size of email messages that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on shoutfast.com's servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Service in a given period of time. You agree that shoutfast.com has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge that shoutfast.com reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that shoutfast.com reserves the right to modify these general practices and limits from time to time.

11. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE

shoutfast.com reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that shoutfast.com shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

12. TERMINATION

You agree that shoutfast.com may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your shoutfast.com account, any associated playlists and access to the Service. Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations of the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) a request by you (self-initiated account deletions), (c) discontinuance or material modification to the Service (or any part thereof), (d) unexpected technical or security issues or problems, (e) extended periods of inactivity, (f) engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities, and/or (g) nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection with the Services. Termination of your shoutfast.com account may include (a) removal of access to all offerings within the Service, including but not limited to shoutfast.com, Message Boards and other services provided, (b) deletion of your password and all related information, files and content associated with or inside your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring of further use of the Service. Further, you agree that all terminations for cause shall be made in shoutfast.com's sole discretion and that shoutfast.com shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your account, any associated email address, or access to the Service.

13. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS

Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that shoutfast.com shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Service.

14. shoutfast.com'S PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

You acknowledge and agree that the Service and any necessary software used in connection with the Service ("Software") contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that Content contained in sponsor advertisements or information presented to you through the Service or by advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by shoutfast.com or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Service or the Software, in whole or in part.
shoutfast.com grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You agree not to modify the Software in any manner or form, nor to use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service. You agree not to access the Service by any means other than through the interface that is provided by shoutfast.com for use in accessing the Service.

15. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

We disclaim any responsibility for the deletion, the failure to store, or failed or untimely delivery of any information or material. We disclaim any responsibility for any harm resulting from downloading or accessing any information or material on the Internet using search results from our Site. We disclaim any responsibility for any service outages that are caused by our maintenance on the servers or the technology that underlies our Site, failures of our service providers (including telecommunications, hosting, and power providers), computer viruses, natural disasters or other destruction or damage of our facilities, acts of nature, war, civil disturbance, or any other cause beyond our reasonable control.
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. IN ADDITION, WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE CONTENT ON OUR SITE. OUR SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AN "AS IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. ANY MATERIAL THAT YOU DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH OUR SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY POTENTIAL DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR PARTNERS MAKES ANY WARRANTY THAT (i) OUR SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) OUR SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE, (iii) ANY ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED. NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR PARTNERS MAKES ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO OUR SITE, ANY CONTENT, OR ANY OF OUR SERVICES OR PROPERTIES. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOU WILL ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR SITE AND THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR ACCESSIBILITY OF ITS CONTENT.
NEITHER WE NOR OUR PARTNERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

16. NOTICE

shoutfast.com may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the TOS, by email, regular mail or postings on the Service.

17. TRADEMARK INFORMATION

The shoutfast.com name and logo and related product and service names are trademarks of shoutfast.com Search Inc. Without shoutfast.com's prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner the shoutfast.com trademarks.

18. NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT

shoutfast.com respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. Please see our copyright statement

19. VIOLATIONS

Please report any violations of the TOS immediately to abuse@www.shoutfast.com