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ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF SERVICE
Thank you for visiting DISCSWAP.COM. Please read these Terms
of Use ("Terms")
carefully before accessing or using this website ("Site"). By accessing
or using the Site, you agree to be bound, without limitation or qualification,
by the Terms. If you do not accept any of the Terms stated here, do not use the
Site. DISCSWAP.COM may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms
at any time by updating this web page. You are bound by any such modification
or revision and should therefore visit this page periodically to review the Terms.
In addition, your use of the Site is subject to the additional disclaimers and
caveats that may appear throughout the Site.
ACCEPTABLE SITE USE
By entering DISCSWAP.COM, you certify the following information and understand
that we are relying on such certification and agreement to these terms of service
for allowing entry into the site. You hereby certify under sworn declaration,
under penalty of perjury the following:
1. That you are 18 years of age or older;
2. That you are familiar with all local laws in your State
or governing area affecting the trading of legal, licensed media
materials.
3. That you have the legal right to access adult-oriented materials and DISCSWAP.COM
has the legal right to transmit them to you; that you are requesting adult-oriented
materials for your own private enjoyment and that you will never share these
materials with a minor or in ANY WAY make these materials available to a minor.
DISCSWAP.com
is to be used solely for the trading of legal, licensed media. By using this
site you have agreed that all Discs in your inventory, made available
at this site, do not, in any way, infringe upon the copyright, trademark or
other rights of third parties.
DISCSWAP.COM is a Venue.
Because we are only a venue, in the event that you have a dispute with other
users, you release DISCSWAP (and the officers, directors, shareholders, affiliates,
agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees of Discswap, Inc.) from
any and all claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every
kind
and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed,
arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you are a California
resident, you hereby acknowledge that you are familiar with, and waive any
and all rights under California Civil Code §1542. California Civil Code §1542
provides as follows: "A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH
THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING
THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT
WITH THE DEBTOR."
We use many techniques to identify our users when they register on our site.
However, because user verification on the Internet is difficult, DISCSWAP cannot
and does not guarantee each user's purported identity and cannot ensure that
a member of DISCSWAP will actually complete a transaction. DISCSWAP offers
multiple levels of protections to help make your trading experiences positive
ones. First,
we have established the SWAP RATING: a user-initiated feedback system to help
you evaluate those with whom you are trading before initiating or accepting
a trade.
The SWAP Rating is established solely by users of DISCSWAP.COM and DISCSWAP
makes no representations or warranties regarding the validity or accuracy of
such ratings.
In addition, DISCSWAP accepts no responsibility for the ratings assigned to
any member or any impact it may have on such users ability to execute trades
on this
site.
NON-SHIPMENT PENALTY
To protect the members of DISCSWAP from member’s who don’t ship their
DVD after completing a successful trade, each member of DISCSWAP agrees to a
$10 Non-Shipment Penalty charged to their credit card if it is found that after
completing a trade, said member does not ship their DVD, as agreed.
After completing a successful trade each member will receive a completed USPS
shipping label complete with USPS Delivery Confirmation. All properly shipped
DVD’s will be entered into the USPS Tracking System at the point of departure.
If you do not receive your Disc within 10 business days of a successful trade,
contact DISCSWAP Customer Service via our Email link: customerservice@discswap.com
DISCSWAP will verify all tracking and transaction information pertaining to
your trade.
Non-Shipment penalties will only be assessed if DISCSWAP discovers that a member’s
Disc was not shipped and therefore not issued a departure scan at a United States
Post Office within 10 business days after the date the trade was executed. No
penalty, warranty or guarantee will apply to any Disc “lost in the mail” after
being properly shipped and scanned by the USPS.
All proceeds of such $10 Non-Shipment Penalty shall be retained by DISCSWAP
to cover the costs incurred by DISCSWAP in investigating such transactions.
No user
shall receive any portion of the $10 Non-Shipment Penalty or any other consideration
or remuneration in connection with any unsuccessful trade.By agreeing to the
terms of this site you agree to be bound by the application of such $10 Non-Shipment
Penalty in the discretion of DISCSWAP.
TRADES AND OFFERS
As a user of DISCSWAP, you are obligated to complete all trades/transactions
that are properly initiated and/or accepted by you.
Listing Description. You must hold title and have the legal right to trade
the item(s) you list for trade on our site at the time such item is listed
on the site. You hereby agree to accurately describe your item using the DISCSWAP
description rating system in the INVENTORY section of the SWAP BOX. All items
listed for trade must be listed in an appropriate category.
Accepting Offers on an Item for Trade.
By accepting a trade offer presented through DISCSWAP by another member you
are, by description, the Acceptor.
As Acceptor, you are obligated to complete the transaction with the Presenter:
By accepting a trade offer on an item, you agree to be bound by the conditions
of the trade included in the item's description provided that such conditions
are not in violation of this Agreement or unlawful.
Accepted Offers may not be cancelled except in exceptional circumstances (such
as: when the presenter materially changes the item's description or a clear
typographical error is made.)
If you choose to trade adult oriented or materials or items that are restricted
to adult use, you hereby certify that you have the legal right to purchase,
sell and possess such items.
Furthermore you certify that you have full transferable rights and license
to the item or items you are offering, and upon completing the transaction,
you will surrender all rights and license to aforementioned item to your fellow
trader.
Presenting an Item for Trade.
By Presenting a trade offer through DISCSWAP to another member you are, by
description, the Presenter.
As Presenter, you are obligated to complete the transaction with the Acceptor:
By presenting a trade offer, you agree to be bound by the conditions of the
trade included in the item's description provided that such conditions are
not in violation of this Agreement or unlawful.
Presented Offers may not be cancelled after they have been accepted except
in exceptional circumstances (such as: when the Acceptor materially changes
the item's description or the description of the Disc they have proposed to
trade or a clear typographical error is made.)
If you choose to trade adult oriented materials or items that are restricted
to adult use, you hereby certify that you have the legal right to purchase,
sell or possess such items.
Furthermore you certify that you have full transferable rights and license
to the item or items you are offering, and upon completing the transaction,
you will surrender all rights and license to aforementioned item to your fellow
trader.
Fraud. Without limiting any other remedies, DISCSWAP may unilaterally elect
to suspend or terminate your account if we reasonably suspect that you have
engaged in fraudulent activity in connection with our site.
Your Information.
Definition. "Your Information" is defined as any information you
provide to us or other users in any forum, including, but not limited to, the
registration, bidding or listing process, in any public message area or through
any email feature. You are solely responsible for Your Information, and we
act as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of Your
Information.
Restricted Activities. Your Information (or any items listed therein) and your
activities on the site shall not: (a) be false, inaccurate or misleading; (b)
be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen items; (c) infringe
any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary
rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (d) violate any law, statute, ordinance
or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control,
consumer protection, unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising);
(e) be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing;
(f) be obscene or contain child pornography or, if otherwise adult in nature
or harmful to minors, shall be posted only in the DISCSWAP.COM and shall be
distributed only to people legally permitted to receive such content; (g) contain
any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, easter eggs or other
computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with,
surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information;
(h) create liability for us or cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services
of our ISPs or other suppliers; and (i) link directly or indirectly to or include
descriptions of goods or services that: (aa) are prohibited under this Agreement;
(bb) are concurrently listed for trade or sale on a web site other than DISCSWAP.
Furthermore, you may not list any item on the site (or consummate any transaction
that was initiated using our service) that, by paying to us any fees, could
cause us to violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, or
that violates our current Prohibited, Questionable and Infringing Items.
License. Solely to enable DISCSWAP to use the information you supply us with,
so that we are not violating any rights you might have in that information,
you agree to grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free,
sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise the copyright, publicity,
and database rights (but no other rights) you have in Your Information, in
any media now known or not currently known, with respect to Your Information.
DISCSWAP will only use Your Information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Access and Interference.
Our web site contains robot exclusion headers and you agree that you will not
use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor
or copy our web pages or the content contained herein without our prior expressed
written permission. You agree that you will not use any device, software or
routine to bypass our robot exclusion headers, or to interfere or attempt to
interfere with the proper working of the DISCSWAP site or any activities conducted
on our site. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable
or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information
on our site is updated on a real time basis and is proprietary or is licensed
to DISCSWAP by our users or third parties. You agree that you will not copy,
reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, or publicly display any
content (except for Your Information) from our website without the prior expressed
written permission of DISCSWAP or the appropriate third party.
Feedback.
If you earn a net Swap Rating of less than 2.0, your membership may be suspended,
and you may be unable to list or bid.
Export. You acknowledge that your feedback consists of comments left by other
users and a composite feedback number compiled by DISCSWAP, and that the composite
number without the comments does not convey your full user profile. Because
feedback ratings are not designed for any purpose other than for facilitating
trading between DISCSWAP users, you agree that you shall not market or export
your DISCSWAP Swap Rating in any venue other than an DISCSWAP operated website.
Import. We do not provide you the technical ability to import feedback from
other (non- DISCSWAP operated) websites to DISCSWAP.COM because a composite
number, without the corresponding feedback does not reflect your true online
reputation within our community.
Breach.
Without limiting other remedies, we may immediately remove your item listings,
warn our community of your actions, issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely
suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide any services to
you if: (a) you breach this Agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference;
(b) we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to
us; or (c) we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability
for you, our users or us.
10. Privacy.
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for marketing
purposes without your consent and we only use your information as described
in the Privacy Policy. We view protection of users' privacy as a very important
community principle. We understand clearly that you and your information is
one of our most important assets. We store and process your information on
computers located in the United States that are protected by physical as well
as technological security devices. We use third parties to verify and certify
our privacy principles. Our current Privacy Policy is available on DISCSWAP.COM.
If you object to your Information being transferred or used in this way please
do not use our services.
No Warranty.
WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES AND OUR SUPPLIERS PROVIDE OUR WEB SITE AND
SERVICES "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS,
IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES AND OUR SUPPLIERS SPECIFICALLY
DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some states do not allow the disclaimer of implied
warranties, so the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you. This warranty
gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other legal rights that
vary from state to state.
Liability Limit.
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES OR OUR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE
FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR SITE, OUR SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT (HOWEVER
ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFULL MISCONDUCT).
OUR LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF OUR SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES, AND SUPPLIERS,
TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO THE AGGREGATE
OF THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAY TO US IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING
RISE TO LIABILITY. Some States do not allow the exclusion or limitation of
incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may
not apply to you.
Indemnity.
You agree to indemnify and hold us and (as applicable) our parent, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, and employees, harmless
from any and all actions, causes of actions, losses, fines, claims, demands,
or other costs including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party
due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement or the documents it
incorporates by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a
third party.
Legal Compliance.
You hereby agree to comply with all applicable domestic and international laws,
statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of our service and
your bidding on, listing, purchase, solicitation of offers to purchase, and
sale of items.
No Agency.
You and DISCSWAP are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint
venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended
or created by this Agreement.
Notices.
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall be sent by email to
legal@ discswap.com, this address may not be used except for user legal concerns
or matters, any other use is considered abuse or spam and subject to the laws
governing this in the state of California. Notice shall be deemed given 24
hours after email is sent, unless the sending party is notified that the email
address is invalid. Alternatively, we may give you notice by certified mail,
postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to the address provided to DISCSWAP
during the registration process. In such case, notice shall be deemed given
3 days after the date of mailing.
Arbitration.
Any legal controversy or legal claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement
or our services, excluding legal action taken by DISCSWAP to collect our fees
and/or recover damages for, or obtain an injunction relating to, the DISCSWAP
site operations, intellectual property, and our services, shall be settled
by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules
of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall
be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any
arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration
shall be conducted in Los Angeles, California, and judgment on the arbitration
award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof. Either you
or DISCSWAP may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent
jurisdiction in Los Angeles, California necessary to protect the rights or
property of you or DISCSWAP pending the completion of arbitration. Should either
party file an action contrary to this provision, the other party may recover
attorney's fees and costs.
General.
This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of
California as such laws are applied to agreements entered into and to be performed
entirely within California between California residents. We do not guarantee
continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our services, and operation of
our site may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of our control.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable,
such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.
You agree that this Agreement and all incorporated agreements may be automatically
assigned by DISCSWAP, in our sole discretion, to a third party in the event
of a merger or acquisition. Headings are for reference purposes only and in
no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.
Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive
our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. This Agreement
sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to
the subject matter hereof. Sections 2 (Fees and Services) with respect to fees
owed for our services, 3.4 (Release), 6.3 (License), 7 (Access and Interference),
12 (Liability Limit), 13 (Indemnity) and 17 (Arbitration) shall survive any
termination or expiration of this Agreement.
Additional Terms.
The following policies are incorporated into this Agreement by reference and
provide additional terms and conditions related to specific services offered
on our site.
Disclosures.
The services hereunder are offered by DISCSWAP. Parental control protections
(such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are commercially
available that may assist you in limiting access to material that is harmful
to minors. If you are interested in learning more about these protections,
information is available at http://www.worldvillage.com/wv/school/html/control.htm
or other analogous sites providing information on such protections. The preceding
link is provided for information purposes only, and is not intended as an endorsement
of WorldVillage.com's Internet site, services, or policies. DISCSWAP.COM is
not affiliated with WorldVillage.com.
Beta Test.
All Beta testers understand DISCSWAP.COM is in beta test, and may not function
correctly, or may generate unexpected results. All Beta testers will be required
to respond fully to a DISCSWAP feedback form at the conclusion of the beta
test. The feedback form will be offered only on the Internet via DISCSWAP website
and must be completed within 15 days of the close of the beta test. The beta
test close date will be clearly posted on all pages of the DISCSWAP website,
and all users will receive an email notifiying them no later than seven days
to the close of the Beta test. |