My African Music social Network Terms of Service
*** These terms will be strictly enforced! Please carefully read these Terms of Services and indicate your acceptance in order to register as a Member and to use "My African Music Social Network" or to communicate with other Members within the Network. Accepting these terms of use is required during the registration process/ on the sign-up page.*** Welcome to My African Music Community Network, a unique online community that connects people with mutual interests for purposes of networking, chatting, sharing blogs, events, participating in forums, and connecting with new friends. The "My African Music Community Network service" is operated by MyAfricanMusic.com. In order to use our Community Network Services, you must agree to be bound by the following Terms of Service (this "Agreement"). This Agreement sets out the legally binding terms of your membership in the Service and use of our "Community Network". Your membership may be modified by My African Music Community Network administrators at any point in time without prior notice and all modifications will take effect upon posting on My African Music Community Network Site. My African Music Community Network acceptable use policy for the content posted on the website. The Network's Privacy Policy and notices regarding "My African Music Community Network services" are included in this agreement. 1. Eligibility. In order to register as a member of "My African Music Community Network", you must be Sixteen (16) years or older. Any membership in the Service is automatically void where prohibited. As a member and in use of the Web site's services, you represent and warrant that you have the right, capacity and authority to enter into this particular agreement and will abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 2. Terms. While using the Web site services and/or holding active Membership; this Agreement will remain in full force and effect. You are free to terminate your membership at any time whenever you wish to do so, for any reason by logging into your "Account Settings" and following the instructions stated on the "Cancel Account Page". The administrators of My African Music Community Network reserve the right to terminate your membership at any time, for any credible reason. If My African Music Community Network Admins terminate your membership because you have breached this Agreement on your part, you will not be entitled to refund of any unused subscription fees. Even after your membership has been terminated, this agreement will still remain in full effect and binding. 3. Non-Commercial Use by Members. All Organizations, companies, and/or businesses alike may not become Members and should not use the My African Music Community Network Service or the Web site for business purposes. The My African Music Community Network service is meant for personal use of the individual Members only; and may not be used in connection with any commercial activities or endeavors. The following include Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Web site: Collection of usernames and/or email addresses of members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email and unauthorized framing of or linking to the Web site will be investigated thoroughly, and the appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, criminal, civil and injunctive redress. 4. Full Proprietary Rights in Content on My African Music Community Network. The Web Site may contain copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of MyAfricanMusic.com, and its licensors. Except for that information which is in the public domain or for which you have been given a written permission, you do not have the right to copy, publish, modify, transmit, perform, display, distribute or sell any other proprietary information. My African Music Community Network owns and retains all proprietary rights for the content in the "My African Music Community Network Service". 5. Content Posted on the Site. a). As a registered member on My African Music Community Network, your profile must describe you (an individual person). For the safety and privacy of your children, it is highly recommended that you avoid posting pictures of your children, espcially if they have identifying information tagged to them. Some unscrupulous people may misuse this identifying information against them. Some profiles may be inappropriate and these include the following (But are not limited to): Profiles that purport to represent an animal, inanimate, place, object, a real individual who is not you or any fictional character. b). You understand and agree that My African Music Community Network reserves the right to review/edit delete any objectionable content deemed as profane, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, unlawful, damaging, derogatory, racially or ethnically degrading, nude and gross photographs, or unsuitable profiles (collectively, "Content") that in My African Music Community Network Administrators' sole judgment violate this Agreement or which might be illegal, offensive, or that might violate the rights, threaten the safety of other members, or harm them in anyway. c). As a member posting Content to any public section of My African Music Community Network, You automatically grant, and you warrant and represent that you have the right to grant, to My African Music Community Network a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to copy, perform, use, display and distribute such information and content and to incorporate into other works of, or prepare derivative works of such information and content, and to grant and authorize sub-licenses going. d). You are solely responsible for the Content that you display or publish (hereinafter, "post") on the Service Web Site, or transmit to other My African Music Community Network Members. e). Soliciting people you don't know to add you and/or accepting invitations from people you do not know as Friends. Even though all of the above is NOT recommended on My African Music Community Network, it is your sole discretion to do so. There is still a small chance that you may become exposed to such items and you further waive your personal right to any damages (from any party) that may accrue from or related to any such exposure. f). You agree to use the Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations. g). The following below is a partial list of the kind of Content that is considered illegal or prohibited on the My African Music Community Network Site. My African Music Community Network Administration reserves the right to investigate fully and take any appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision; including without limitation, removal of the offending communication from the Service and automatically terminating the membership of such violators. It includes Content that: • is patently offensive to the online community, such as Content that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual; • promotes information that you are aware is false, promotes illegal activities or misleading or conduct that is threatening, abusive, obscene, libelous or defamatory; • involves the transmission of "chain letters," "junk mail", or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming"; • advocates harassment or harasses another person; • promotes any illegal or unauthorized copy of someone else's copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files; • contains password only access pages or restricted pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from other accessible page); • displays any form of pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind; • provides material that exploits persons under the age of eighteen in a violent or sexual manner, or solicits the personal information from anyone under eighteen; • provides instructional information about any illegal activities such as buying or making illegal weapons, providing or creating any computer viruses or violating a person's privacy. • engages in commercial activities and/or sales without any prior written consent from us; such as: sweepstakes, contests, sweepstakes, advertising, barter and pyramid schemes; • solicits personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users or passwords; h). You may not transmit any form of chain letters or junk email to other Members. You may not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other Members to buy or sell any of your or others products or services through the My African Music Community Network Service. Although My African Music Community Network Admins cannot monitor the conduct of its Members off the My African Music Community Network site, it is still considered a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the My African Music Community Network Service in order to abuse, harass, or harm another person, or in order to advertise to, contact, solicit, or sell to any of the My African Music Community Network Members without their prior explicit consent. In order to protect our Members from such solicitation or advertising, My African Music Community Network Admins reserve the right to restrict the number of emails, which any Member may send to other Members in any twenty four hour period to a number, which My African Music Community Network deems appropriate in its sole discretion. ** For your Security and Privacy, do NOT post telephone numbers, last names, street addresses, social security numbers, email addresses in your Member profile. 6. Member Disputes. Interaction between My African Music Community Network members is your sole responsibility. My African Music Community Network Administration reserve the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and any other Members. 7. Privacy. Our Privacy Policy also governs the use of the My African Music Community Network site and/or its Services. 8. Disclaimers. My African Music Community Network Admins are not responsible for any inaccurate or incorrect Content posted on the Web site or in connection with the Service; whether caused by users of the members or users of the Web site, or by any of the equipment or programming utilized or is associated in the Service. My African Music Community Network Admins assume no responsibility for any interruption, omission, error, delay in operation, deletion, defect, communications line failure, destruction, theft or unauthorized access to, or alteration of any user or Members communications. My African Music Community Network Admins are not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the My African Music Community Network site or Member of the Service. The Web site and the Service are provided "AS-IS" and My African Music Community Network Administration expressly disclaim any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. My African Music Community Network Admins are not responsible for any technical malfunctions or problems of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, computer equipment, servers or providers, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or combination thereof, including damage or injury to users and/or My African Music Community Network Members or to anyone's computer related to or resulting from downloading material or participating in connection with the Web and/or in connection with the My African Music Community Network Service. Under no circumstances will My African Music Community Network Admins be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from anyone's use of the My African Music Community Network site or the Service, any Content posted on the Web site or transmitted to Members, or any interactions between users of the Web site, whether online or offline. My African Music Community Network Administration cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results and gains from using of the Web site and/or the Service. The service may not be available temporarily from time to time for maintenance purposes or other reasons. No advice or information, whether written or oral, obtained by My African Music Community Network users or through or from the service itself shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein. 9. Copyright Policy. You may not post, reproduce, or distribute in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information of My African Music Community Network without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: 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; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the My African Music Community Network site; your address, telephone number, and email address; a written 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. 10. Limitation on Liability. Except in jurisdictions where such provisions are restricted, in no event will My African Music Community Network Admins be liable to you or any third person for any exemplary, indirect, consequential, incidental, special or punitive damages, including also any lost profits arising from your use of the My African Music Community Network Admins site or the Services, even if My African Music Social Network Administration has been advised of the possibility of such form of damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, My African Music Community Network's liability to you for whatsoever cause, and regardless of the form of the action, will at all times be limited to the amount that is paid, if any, by you as a member to My African Music Social Network for the Service during the term of the membership. 11. Indemnity. You agree to hold and indemnify My African Music Community Network Administration, affiliates, its subsidiaries, agents, officers, and other partners and employees, harmless from any loss, claim, liability, or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the My African Music Community Network Service in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above. If You are a California resident, You waive California Civil Code Section 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." 12. No Agency. There is no partnership, employee-employer, agency, franchiser-franchisee or joint venture, relationship between My African Music Community Network and any User of the My African Music Community Network. 13. Other. This Agreement, accepted upon use of the My African Music Community Network site and further affirmed by becoming a registered Member of the Service, contains the entire agreement between you and My African Music Community Network regarding the use of the Web site and/or the Service. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. Failure of My African Music Social Network Admins to enforce or exercise any right or provision of these stated Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in these Terms of Service are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Please Contact us with questions you may have regarding this agreement. I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE.
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