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and Conditions of Use and Disclaimers
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or otherwise using this Site,
you agree to be bound by these
Terms and Conditions of Use
and Disclaimers. Read these
Terms of Use and Disclaimers
carefully and frequently as
they may change periodically
without notice to you. If you
do not accept all of the Legal
Disclaimers and Notices of
this Agreement, please do not
use this Site.
This Agreement sets forth the
terms and conditions governing
your use of the Web Site of the
Entertainment Services and Technology
Association (formerly known as
the Theatrical Dealers Association)
(“ESTA”, “us” or “we”)
currently located at www.esta.org
(the “Site”) and
your use of ESTA’s systems,
information and services. This
Agreement also incorporates ESTA’s
Privacy Policy.
- This Site is owned by and
under the control of ESTA.
Access to and use of this Site
and all of the content, services,
materials, information, databases
and systems are subject to
these Terms and Conditions
of Use and Disclaimers, any
other agreements and applicable
laws and regulations (including
all export and import laws,
regulations and restrictions),
all of which are subject to
change and revision from time
to time without prior notice.
From time to time, ESTA may:
(a) supplement or make
changes to these Terms and
Conditions of Use and Disclaimers
and other rules or access
and use procedures, documentation,
security procedures and standards
for equipment;
(b) change the type and location of system equipment, facilities or software;
or
(c) modify or withdraw any particular service or product referred to in
this Site or any database, material, service or system. ESTA reserves the
right to terminate access to this Site or take other actions it reasonably
believes necessary to comply with the law, to protect its rights or to
protect its members or other Site visitors. Any access or attempt to access
or use this Site for any unauthorized or illegal purpose is strictly prohibited.
- This Site is provided without
charge as a convenience to
ESTA’s members and to
other visitors to be used for
the purposes of information,
education, communication and
commerce, including the offering
for sale of goods and services.
While the information and features
contained in this Site have
been prepared and compiled
from sources believed to be
reliable, ESTA makes no guarantee
as to, and assumes no responsibility
for, the correctness, sufficiency
or completeness of such information,
material or recommendations.
ESTA does not represent or
endorse the accuracy or reliability
of any of the information,
content or advertisements contained
on, distributed through, or
linked, downloaded or accessed
from this Site or any other
links from or to other Web
sites, through any third party
that provides information to
ESTA, or through its provision
to end users nor the quality
of any products, information
or other materials or services
displayed, obtained or purchased
by you as a result of your
use of this Site or any ESTA
good, service, database, forum,
materials or system. You hereby
acknowledge that any reliance
upon any information, products,
services or materials shall
be at your sole risk. ESTA
reserves the right, in its
sole discretion and without
any obligation, to correct
any error or omissions in any
portion of this Site or any
ESTA good, service, database,
materials or system at any
time, with or without notice
to you.
- ESTA also operates the Site
as a venue where users can
discuss and exchange information
and obtain assistance (collectively, “User
Information”) on a variety
of subject matters and obtain
other goods and services (“Products”).
The information, including,
without limitation, the User
Information, contained in the
Site is presented for educational
and informational purposes
only. The information, including,
without limitation, the User
Information, should not be
considered complete nor should
it be relied upon without first
consulting a professional in
the relevant field retained
by you specifically for such
purpose. Other than with respect
to comments and information
which are specifically identified
as being made or provided by
ESTA officers or employees
on behalf of ESTA, ESTA is
not involved in any way in
the content or substance of
any User Information. ESTA
does not endorse or guaranty
the quality, accuracy, timeliness
or legality of any of the information
contained in any discussion
or forum or any User Information
that users receive from any
other user or a given expert.
ESTA is not and cannot be involved
in any disputes between users
or between a user and an expert.
In the event that you have
a dispute with one or more
users or experts, you agree
to hold harmless, defend and
release ESTA and its agents,
employees and members from
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 waive
California Civil Code §1542,
which says: “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.” Because
user authentication on the
Internet is difficult, ESTA
cannot and does not confirm
that each user or expert is
who they claim to be. You acknowledge
and accept the risks that other
users or experts may in fact
be minors, residents of other
jurisdictions or acting under
false pretenses.
- Without ESTA’s prior
written consent, which consent
may be given or withheld in
ESTA’s sole discretion,
you may not:
(a) resell, sublicense,
rent, lease or otherwise
publicly distribute for profit
any information provided
on or through the Site or
any Hyperlink, services,
forum or database, or any
part or parts thereof or
information contained therein,
or any access thereto;
(b) use your access to
this Site or any Hyperlinked
Site or ESTA’s information
provided on or through the
Site or any Hyperlink, services,
database or system to export
or re-export technical data
in violation of U.S. export
control laws and regulations;
(c) use this Site or any
information provided on or
through the Web Site or any
Hyperlink, services, forum,
database or system, which
you access in violation of,
or post any information to
any ESTA owned or licensed
database which violates,
any federal or state law,
including data privacy laws
and communication regulations
and tariffs, or which infringes
the intellectual property
rights or misuses proprietary
information of a third party
or is made in furtherance
of an illegal or fraudulent
scheme or activity; or
(d) modify, adapt, reverse
engineer, decompile, disassemble,
translate or convert any
portion of ESTA’s databases
or system for profit or economic
gain, or the selection, coordination
or arrangement of products
or services in any ESTA database
for profit or economic gain.
- As a user on this Site,
you will represent yourself
accurately and truthfully at
all times. You grant ESTA the
right to independently verify
any information that you post
on the Site about yourself,
although ESTA does not routinely
undertake any verification.
You agree that the terms and
conditions governing the transactions
between you and third parties
are solely to be determined
by you and the third party.
ESTA has no involvement or
responsibility for such terms
and conditions. Our services
are available only to individuals
who can form legally binding
contracts under applicable
law. In addition, some services
may be limited to ESTA members
only. If you do not qualify,
you may not use ESTA’s
services.
- “Your Information” includes
any information you provide
to ESTA, whether directly or
indirectly, including but not
limited to, (i) during your
enrollment with our Site, (ii)
in any public message area,
(iii) in any restricted message
area or (iv) through any email
feature.
By posting Your Information on or through the Site, you automatically grant
ESTA a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use,
reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display
Your Information alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology
whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such rights through
multiple tiers of sublicensees.
You are solely responsible for Your Information, and ESTA acts as a passive
conduit for your online distribution and publication of Your Information.
However, ESTA may take any action it deems necessary or appropriate in its
sole discretion if ESTA believes Your Information creates a risk of liability
to ESTA. ESTA may, at its sole discretion, remove or disable access to, material
on the Site that infringes on the rights of third parties or is otherwise
harmful to ESTA or its members.
ESTA will only use and disclose Your Information in accordance with our then
current Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein
by reference.
If you believe that Your Information has been used on the Site in a manner
that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide ESTA’s Copyright
Agent with a written notice (e-mail is sufficient) that includes the following
information:
- an electronic or physical
signature of a person authorized
to act on behalf of the owner
of the exclusive right that
is allegedly infringed;
- identification of the copyrighted
work claimed to have been
infringed;
- a description of where
the material that you claim
is infringing is located
on the Site;
- 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, under
penalty of perjury, that
the information in your notice
is accurate and that you
are the copyright owner or
authorized to act on the
copyright owner’s behalf.
ESTA’s Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement
on this Site is: Lori Rubinstein, Executive Director, with a copy of such
notice to ESTA at: 875 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1005, New York City, New York
10001.
In appropriate cases, ESTA
reserves the right to terminate
any users or subscribers
of this Site engaged in any
type of infringement, including
copyright infringement.
- The federal and state antitrust
laws require that each ESTA
member and user of this Site
make its own unilateral decisions
regarding the operations of
its business including the
prices it will charge, the
customers it will serve, the
suppliers it will purchase
from, the products and services
it will offer, and the research
and development efforts that
it will undertake. No ESTA
facility may be used in a manner
that violates the antitrust
laws. Therefore, in order to
ensure compliance with the
antitrust laws, you agree to
abide by the following guidelines
in connection with your use
of the Site and Your Information:
- There must be no discussion
between two or more competitors
regarding past, present
or future prices, pricing
policies, pricing methods
or pricing strategies.
- There must be no discussion
between two or more competitors
regarding past, present
or future discounts,
allowances, rebates,
credit terms and other
terms or conditions of
sale.
- There must be no discussion
between two or more competitors
regarding the suppliers
or customers with whom
they are doing or will
do business.
- There must be no discussion
between two or more competitors
regarding the geographic
areas they are or will
be serving.
- There must be no discussion
between two or more competitors
regarding their present
or future marketing strategies.
- There must be no agreement
among two or more competitors
regarding the products
or services they will
or will not offer.
- There must be no agreement
among two or more competitors
regarding the research
and development projects
or product innovations
they will or will not
pursue.
These requirements are not intended to, nor should they interfere with legitimate
standards making activities. During the course of such activities it may
be necessary, in determining what standards to promulgate and to reach consensus
on the details of a standard, to engage in general discussions regarding
participants’ views of the marketplace and how certain categories of
suppliers or customers might be affected by the presence or absence of a
standard. Such discussions are permissible, provided that no discussion participant
reveals its specific practices or plans regarding customers, products, or
suppliers. Under no circumstances shall there be any discussion of past,
present or future prices, pricing policies, pricing methods or pricing strategies.
Use of the Site will be monitored by ESTA representatives to ensure that
these guidelines are being followed. Any member or user and/or employee of
any member or user who fails to adhere to these guidelines may be prohibited
from participating in the Site or any forum therein. Furthermore, such member
may also be expelled from ESTA. Any user of the Site who believes these guidelines
may have been violated should immediately contact ESTA.
- Any information, including
but not limited to remarks,
suggestions, ideas, graphics
or other submissions, communicated
to ESTA through this Site is
deemed non-confidential and
shall be the non-exclusive
property of ESTA. ESTA is entitled
to use any information or ideas,
including, without limitation,
User Information, submitted
for any purpose without restriction
and without compensation or
acknowledgement of its source.
- Except as otherwise identified,
the trademarks including names,
logos, slogans and service
marks appearing at this Site,
whether registered or unregistered,
are the property of ESTA or
ESTA’s affiliates. Such
marks are not to be copied,
reproduced, published or in
any way used without the written
permission of ESTA or the identified
owner of the trademark except
as specifically permitted by
ESTA’s written policies,
as from time to time amended.
Except as otherwise identified,
the copyright in the content
of this Site is owned by ESTA.
No part of this Site may be
published, stored or transmitted
in any form or means for profit
or commercial gain without
the express written permission
of ESTA; provided, however,
that you may download and use
content displayed on this Site
where:
(a) such content is used
for instructional, informational
or educational purposes only
and is not sold, resold or
used in any manner to endorse,
promote or advertise either
(i) any individual or company
or other entity or (ii) any
product or service for sale
or resale, and
(b) you retain all copyright
and other proprietary notices
contained in the content.
- You may establish Hyperlinks
either to this Site or away
from this Site without ESTA’s
prior consent, provided, however,
that ESTA reserves the right,
in its sole discretion, to
remove a Hyperlink to this
Site or away from this Site
at any time and for any reason.
- ESTA advises you to exercise
discretion while browsing this
Site and the Internet. In addition,
Hyperlinks on this Site may
direct you to sites containing
information that some people
may find offensive or inappropriate.
Such linked Web sites may not
be under the control of ESTA
and ESTA does not make any
representations concerning
any such Web sites that you
may access via a Hyperlink
from this Site, and accordingly,
ESTA is not responsible for
the accuracy, copyright compliance,
legality, legitimacy or decency
of material contained in Web
sites which may be accessible
via a Hyperlink to or from
Site or for the Hyperlink itself.
ESTA is providing these Hyperlinks
to you only as a convenience
and the inclusion of any Hyperlink
on this Site is not and should
not imply any endorsement by
ESTA of such linked Web sites.
- ALL INFORMATION (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, USER INFORMATION),
CONTENT OR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
ON OR OBTAINED THROUGH THIS
SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS
IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, AND YOU HEREBY
WAIVE ALL OTHER WARRANTIES
RELATING THERETO, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SATISFACTORY
QUALITY, ARISING FROM A COURSE
OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE
PRACTICE OR WARRANTY AGAINST
INTERFERENCE OR INFRINGEMENT.
ESTA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT
ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT OR
OTHER MATERIAL WILL MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENTS, THAT THE OPERATION
OF ANY SERVICE, DATABASE, MATERIAL
OR OTHER PRODUCT OR ANY THIRD
PARTY SERVICES, PROGRAMS, SYSTEMS
OR DATA USED WITH OR THROUGH
OR PROVIDED BY ESTA, INCLUDING
ANY HYPERLINKED SITE, OR ANY
PART THEREOF, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED
OR FREE FROM ERRORS, BUGS OR
SOFTWARE VIRUSES OR THAT ANY
DEFECTS IN SUCH INFORMATION,
SERVICES, SYSTEMS, DATABASES
OR MATERIALS WILL BE OR CAN
BE CORRECTED. IN NO EVENT SHALL
ESTA HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO
YOU (INCLUDING LIABILITY TO
ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHOSE
CLAIM OR CLAIMS ARE BASED ON
OR DERIVED FROM A RIGHT OR
RIGHTS CLAIMED BY YOU) WITH
RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL CLAIMS
AT ANY AND ALL TIMES ARISING
FROM OR RELATED TO THE SUBJECT
MATTER OF THIS SITE, IN CONTRACT,
TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.
SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT
ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE
ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.
- YOU ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY
TO TAKE ADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS
AGAINST DAMAGES TO YOUR SYSTEMS
OR OPERATIONS WHICH COULD BE
CAUSED BY DEFECTS OR DEFICIENCIES
IN THIS SITE, ANY INFORMATION,
SERVICE, SYSTEM, DATABASE OR
MATERIAL, OR PART THEREOF.
YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS AND DATABASES
ARE SUBJECT TO ERRORS, TAMPERING
AND BREAK-INS AND THAT WHILE
ESTA WILL IMPLEMENT REASONABLE
SECURITY PRECAUTIONS TO ATTEMPT
TO PREVENT SUCH OCCURRENCES,
ESTA DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT
SUCH EVENTS WILL NOT TAKE PLACE.
YOUR INSTALLATION AND INPUTS,
AS WELL AS THIRD PARTY SYSTEMS
AND PROCEDURES, MAY INFLUENCE
THE OUTPUT AND ERRORS IN ANY
ORDER OR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
OR COMMUNICATION, AND CAN RESULT
IN SUBSTANTIAL ERRORS IN OUTPUT,
INCLUDING INCORRECT INFORMATION,
ORDERS AND AGREEMENTS. IN ADDITION,
ERRORS MAY BE INTRODUCED INTO
INFORMATION OR ORDERS IN THE
COURSE OF THEIR TRANSMISSION
OVER ELECTRONIC NETWORKS. YOU
SHALL IMPLEMENT AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR APPROPRIATE REVIEW AND
CONFIRMATION PROCEDURES TO
VERIFY AND CONFIRM ORDERS OR
OTHER TRANSACTIONS IN WHICH
YOU PARTICIPATE USING ESTA’S
WEB SITE, INFORMATION, SERVICES,
DATABASES, SYSTEMS OR OTHER
MATERIAL.
- YOU ALSO ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR ENSURING THAT ANY POSTING
MADE BY OR FOR YOU TO THIS
SITE OR ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE,
SYSTEM OR DATABASE DOES NOT
CONTAIN ANY VIRUS OR OTHER
COMPUTER SOFTWARE CODE OR ROUTINE
DESIGNED TO DISABLE, ERASE,
IMPAIR OR OTHERWISE DAMAGE
THE WEB SITE OR ANY SYSTEM,
SOFTWARE OR DATA OF ESTA OR
ANY OTHER USER OF THE ESTA
INFORMATION, SERVICES, DATABASES,
MATERIALS OR SYSTEM. YOU HEREBY
AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND
AND HOLD ESTA AND ITS MEMBERS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES,
LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS HARMLESS
FROM ANY LIABILITY, CLAIM,
COST OR DAMAGE ARISING OUT
OF ANY CLAIM OR SUIT BY ANY
SUCH USER CAUSED BY SUCH VIRUS
OR CODE OR SUBROUTINE.
- NEITHER ESTA NOR ITS MEMBERS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES,
LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS SHALL
IN ANY EVENT BE LIABLE TO YOU
OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY
LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES OR BUSINESS ADVANTAGES
WHATSOEVER, NOR FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
INDIRECT OR INCIDENTAL LOSSES,
DAMAGES OR EXPENSES DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY RELATING TO THE
USE OR MISUSE OF THIS SITE,
OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER
HYPERLINKED WEB SITE OR ANY
ESTA INFORMATION, CONTENT OR
OTHER MATERIAL OR SOFTWARE
USED THEREWITH, THE USE OR
FAILURE, NON-COMPLIANCE OR
LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF ANY
INFORMATION, CONTENT, OR SERVICE
PROVIDED BY ESTA THROUGH THIS
SITE, ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED
IN THE ESTA SYSTEM OR ANY OBLIGATION
UNDER OR SUBJECT MATTER OF
THIS SITE, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM
IS BASED UPON BREACH OF CONTRACT,
BREACH OF WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE,
GROSS NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY
IN TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY
OF RELIEF, OR WHETHER OR NOT
ESTA IS INFORMED IN ADVANCE
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
- If any part or parts of
these Terms and Conditions
of Use and Disclaimers are
held to be invalid, the remaining
parts will continue to be valid
and enforceable. Nothing in
these Terms and Conditions
of Use and Disclaimers affects
any statutory rights of consumers
that cannot be waived or limited
by contract. The use by you
of this Site, the ESTA information,
content, services or other
materials, and any and all
other matters between ESTA
and you related hereto, shall
be governed by applicable United
States federal law and the
laws of the State of New York,
excluding its conflict-of-laws
rules. You hereby agree to
waive any right to a jury trial
in any suit arising out of
or relating to this Site or
any ESTA information, content,
service or other product. Any
suit or proceeding arising
out of or relating hereto must
be commenced within one year
from the date the right, claim,
demand or cause of action being
asserted first came into being.
- You agree to comply with
all applicable export laws,
regulations and restrictions.
Information ESTA places on
or makes available through
this Site may contain references
or cross references to ESTA
or third party products, programs
and services that are not announced
or available in your country.
Such references do not imply
that either ESTA or such third
party intends to announce or
make available such products,
programs or services in your
country. Consult ESTA or the
applicable third party for
information regarding any such
products, programs or services.
This Site may contain other
proprietary notices and copyright
information, the terms of which
must be observed and followed.
Any rights not expressly granted
herein are reserved.
- Any software which is downloaded
from this Site or other ESTA
system or service for or on
behalf of the United States
of America, its agencies and/or
instrumentalities (“U.S.
Government”), is provided
with Restricted Rights. Use,
duplication or disclosure by
the U.S. Government is subject
to restrictions as set forth
in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii)
of the Rights in Technical
Data and Computer Software
clause at DFARS 252.227-7013
or subparagraphs (c)(1) and
(2) of the Commercial Computer
Software - Restricted Rights
at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable.
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