High Gear Media Terms of Service

Your use of the Sites is subject to the High Gear Media Privacy Policy.

You agree that all information that you will not impersonate any person when you create an account. If we have reason to believe that the account information that you have provided to us is not accurate, we may terminate your account and/or your access to the Sites.

Your account is password-protected. You are responsible for all activity in your account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. Do not share it with any person. If you share your password with any person, we are not responsible for any actions that person may take.

If you believe that someone has accessed your account without your permission, or if you become aware of any other security breach, contact us at Customer Support.

You consent to the collection and processing of any information that you provide us, including personal information, in the United States. Our collection of any information about you is governed by United States laws.

You are solely responsible for any content, including text images, audio-visual materials or other data that you post on the Site ("Your Content").

You agree that Your Content will not:

• be harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, vulgar, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive or discriminatory;
• seek to harm children or expose them to any inappropriate content
• be obscene, pornographic, excessively violent or sexual;
• be illegal, encourage any illegal activity or discuss illegal activities in a manner that indicates intent to commit them (illegal activities include child pornography, stalking, sexual assault, fraud, trafficking in obscene or stolen material, drug dealing and/or drug abuse, harassment, theft, or conspiracy to commit any criminal activity);
• be defamatory, libelous or invasive of another's privacy or publicity rights, or discloses any personally identifiable information about any person;
• infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary or intellectual property rights of any party;
  pretend to be from someone other than you; be antisocial, disruptive, or destructive, including "flaming," "spamming," "flooding," "trolling," or "griefing"
• contain software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to destroy, interrupt or otherwise limit the functionality of any computer software, computer hardware or other equipment.

License to Your Content

You retain ownership of Your Content, but you grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to High Gear Media an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, transferrable, worldwide license to use, copy, publicly perform, display, distribute, modify, adapt or reformat Your Content, to create derivative works of Your Content and to incorporate Your Content into other works, on the Site and in connection with High Gear Media's business, in any media now known or hereafter developed.

You agree that none of Your Content shall be deemed confidential or secret information and that Your Content will be publicly available through the Sites.

Right to Refuse to Post Content

We reserve the right to refuse to post or to remove Your Content at any time in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice. We have no duty to monitor or pre-screen Your Content or other peoples' content or communications, but we may do so if we elect. If we elect to screen content, there may be a delay in making the content available on the Sites.

No Commercial Use

You understand that the Sites are offered to users for their personal use only. You may not use the Sites as part of your business or for any commercial purpose, including copying any portion of the Site for public display. You may not use the Sites to advertise products or services in any way.

You understand that the Site allows users to interact with each other. We do not verify users or conduct any research or background check. We do not evaluate or control exchanges between users. Any opinions or statements, content or actions of a user are the responsibility of the user alone, and not of High Gear Media, and we will have no obligation to you with respect to user opinions, statements, content or actions.

The Site may contain content posted by third parties, including content posted by users, our content parters and advertisers. The site also contains links to third party sites that are not under the control of High Gear Media. We are not responsible for, nor do we guarantee the accuracy or integrity of, any third party content or for any third party service or site accessible through links or advertisements on our Site. The inclusion of any advertising, promotional information or links does not imply that High Gear Media endorses or accepts any responsibility for the third party's content or services.

High Gear Media is not responsible are a result of any dealings between you and any third party whose site or services are available or linked to through the Site.

"High Gear Media" is the registered trademark of High Gear Media. All third party trademarks, trade names, service marks and service names displayed on the Sites are the property of their respective holders.

You agree that the Site contains proprietary information and materials that are owned by High Gear Media or its licensors and are protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws, including but not limited to copyright, and that you will not use such proprietary information or materials in any way whatsoever except for your personal, non-commercial use of the Site in compliance with the terms of these Terms of Service. No portion of the Site or the Site may be reproduced in any form or by any means.

High Gear Media does not encourage or tolerate copyright infringement. Do not post any materials to the Site or provide any materials to us unless you have all necessary rights to do so. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have all necessary rights to Your Content.

We reserve the right to remove any content from the Site at any time without notice or liability. It is the policy of High Gear Media to terminate all privileges of any user who repeatedly infringes the copyright rights of others.

If you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, provide our Copyright Agent with a written notification that contains the following information:

• A physical or electronic signature of person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
• A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Notice may be sent to our Copyright Agent as follows:

Using the Contact Us Form
or:
Copyright Agent
High Gear Media
385 Forest Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301

High Gear Media may make changes to the Site from time to time, including by adding or removing features, content and tools.

High Gear Media may terminate the Site at any time without liability to you.

High Gear Media reserves the right to terminate your account or permanently or temporarily restrict your access to the Sites, without any liability to you, under the following circumstances: (b) you have violated the terms of these Terms of Service or otherwise acted inconsistently with its spirit or letter; (c) High Gear Media determines that you have provided inaccurate information in connection with your registration; (d) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies; and (e) engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities.

High Gear Media reserves the right to inform law enforcement of any illegal activity or material that it suspects or discovers on, through, or otherwise relating to the Sites and provide law enforcement officials with all requested information about the user account from which the illegal activity or material originated. See our Privacy Policy for further information.

High Gear Media does not represent or guarantee that the Sites will be error-free or that your usage will not be interrupted.

ALL INFORMATION AND SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS"AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND HIGH GEAR MEDIA HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN ADDITION, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE, HIGH GEAR MEDIA DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, OR QUIET ENJOYMENT. Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, some of these exclusions may not apply to you. If any state or other jurisdiction does not allow the exclusion or warranties, then High Gear Media's warranties shall be limited in those jurisdictions to the extent permitted by law.

HIGH GEAR MEDIA AND ITS AFFILIATES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, REPRESENTATIVES, AND THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS TO THE SITE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT OR MATERIALS PROVIDED THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT ON THE SITE;
• ACTIONS TAKEN OR CONTENT POSTED BY THIRD PARTIES OR OTHER USERS;
• OUR FAILURE TO STORE, OR OUR LOSS OF, YOUR CONTENT;
• ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICES ORDERED THROUGH THE SITE;
• YOUR LOSS OF USE OF THE SITE.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT WILL OUR LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE AMOUNTS THAT YOU HAVE PAID TO ACCESS THE SITE.

If any state or other jurisdiction does not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for damages described above, then High Gear Media's liability shall be limited in those jurisdictions to the extent permitted by law.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold High Gear Media and its affiliates, officers, directors, employee, agents, licensors, representatives and third-party providers harmless from any damages, liability, claim or demand due to or arising out of:

• your use of the Sites,
• your violation of these Terms of Service or the Privacy Policy,
• your violation of any rights of any user or other person,
• your Posted Content, and
• any action taken by High Gear Media or its partners in investigating any suspected violation or in taking action to address any violation.

Indemnification shall include the payment of reasonable attorneys fees incurred in the defending the claim.

High Gear Media reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with High Gear Media in asserting any available defenses.

In addition, you agree to waive any right to sue or recover any damages from High Gear Media and its affiliates, officers, directors, employee, agents, licensors, representatives and third-party providers as a result of any decision to remove or refuse to process any information or content, to warn you, to suspend or terminate your access to the Site, or to take any other action during the investigation of a suspected violation or as a result of High Gear Media's conclusion that a violation of these Terms of Service may have occurred. This waiver and indemnity provision applies to all violations described in or contemplated by these Terms of Service.

By accessing the Site, you agree that the statutes and laws of the United States and the State of California, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law, will apply to all matters relating to the Site, and you further agree that any litigation shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in Santa Clara County in the State of California, USA.

Regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Site, the Terms of Service or the Privacy Policy must be filed within one (1) year after the event giving rise to such claim or cause of action or be forever barred.

We may be required by state or federal law to notify you of certain events. In addition, we may need to notify you from time to time regarding changes to these Terms of Service, to membership fees or to the Site. You agree that such notices will be effective upon our posting them on the Site, sending them to you through email or postal mail, or notifying you via other means required by law. If you do not provide us with accurate information to contact you, we will not be held liable if we fail to notify you.

You consent to receiving any notices regarding the Terms of Service or the Privacy Policy or any breach of security involving your personally identifiable information through email.

Any notices that we send to you by email will be sent to the email address you provided when you registered for an account or the email address in your profile.

These Terms of Service, the Privacy Policy and any applicable guidelines posted on the Sites govern your use of the Site and constitute the entire Terms of Service between you and High Gear Media regarding your use of the service. These Terms of Service supersedes any prior Terms of Services between you and High Gear Media relating to your use of the Sites (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of these Terms of Service or the Privacy Policy).

These Terms of Service are not assignable, transferable of sub licensable by you except with High Gear Media's prior written consent.

The failure of High Gear Media to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of that right or provision. If a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms of Service to be invalid, the provision shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the parties' original intentions as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of the Terms of Service remain in full force and effect. All headings in the Terms of Service are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

Please contact us at the following address with any questions concerning these Terms of Service or to report any violations of these Terms of Service.

High Gear Media, Inc.
Attention: Terms of Service
385 Forest Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301

Or use the Contact Us Form