Terms and Conditions
RULES OF USE
TVMail.com registers requests for specific names on a
first come, first served basis. We do not determine if the use of a
name may infringe on the right of a third party. Consequently, as an express
condition and a material inducement for the grant of a request to register a name
for an email address you are responsible for all legal liability in connection with
its use.
AGREEMENT
1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF
SERVICE.
The TVMail Service (as defined below), owned and operated by
TVMail.com,
a division of International Dog Productions, Inc. D/B/A Cool-URL Communications,
a California corporation ("TVMail"), is provided to you ("you"
or "User") under the terms and conditions of this TVMail License
Agreement (this "Agreement") and any operating rules or policies that
may be published by TVMail on its website from time to time or sent to you
be email. This Agreement comprises the entire agreement between TVMail and
User and supersedes all prior agreements between the parties regarding the
subject matter contained herein. YOU MUST AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT ANY MODIFICATION OR CHANGES. BY COMPLETING THE
REGISTRATION PROCESS AND CLICKING THE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON, YOU ARE
INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS
AGREEMENT.
2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE.
TVMail operates, markets and services an online computer email service (the
"Service"); and User desires to license the use of an email address
("Address"). TVMail is licensing to User on a non-exclusive basis for the
term described below the use of the Address. TVMail may terminate the
User's use of the Address under certain circumstances as provided below.
3. MODIFICATIONS TO TERMS OF SERVICE
TVMail may change the terms and conditions of this Agreement from time
to time. Upon any change in the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, TVMail will notify you by posting the changes on its
website. User's continued use of the Service constitutes an affirmative: (1)
acknowledgment by you of this Agreement and its
modifications; and (2) agreement by you to abide and be bound by this Agreement
and its modifications.
4. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
TVMail reserves the right to modify or discontinue the Service with notice
to you. TVMail shall not be liable to you or any third party should
TVMail exercise its right to modify or discontinue the Service.
5. TERM OF AGREEMENT.
The term of this Agreement shall be one year beginning today. Either party
may terminate the Agreement by giving written notice by
mail or email of their intent to terminate, not less than thirty (30) days prior
to the
first year anniversary of this Agreement. On the anniversary hereof, this
Agreement shall automatically be renewed on an annual basis, according to the
same terms and conditions herein including any subsequent alterations or
modifications, unless prior notice of cancellation was given.
Time is of the essence and User's failure to send such notice of cancellation
shall result in TVMail charging your annual fee to the credit card you have
provided to TVMail. In the event TVMail is unable to charge your
annual fee to the credit card you have provided to TVMail (or if you paid
by check), TVMail will send you an email informing you of such failure, and
if you do not make such annual payment by 3:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on the
fifteenth (15th) day following such notice, TVMail shall automatically
terminate your Services and you will lose your Address without any further notice
or action by either party.
6. PRIVACY POLICY
Email is private correspondence between the sender and the recipient.
It is TVMail's policy to respect the privacy of its User's. Therefore,
TVMail will not monitor, edit, or disclose the contents of a User''s
private communications
unless required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is
necessary to: (1) conform to the edicts of the
law or comply with legal process served on TVMail; (2) protect and defend
the rights or property of TVMail; or (3) act
under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of its user's or the
public.
You acknowledge and agree that TVMail neither endorses the contents of
any User communications nor
assumes responsibility for any threatening, libelous, obscene, harassing or
offensive material contained therein, any
infringement of third party intellectual property rights arising therefrom or any
crime facilitated thereby.
You acknowledge and agree that certain technical processing of email messages
and their content may be required
to: (1) send and receive messages; (2) conform to connecting networks' technical
requirements; (3) conform to the
limitations of the Service; or (4) conform to other similar requirements.
7. USER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS.
- You represent that you are at least eighteen (18) years old.
- Your statements in the registration
application are true and you have the right to use the
name you requested for your email
address;
- The use of your email name does not interfere with or
infringe the rights of any other person
with respect to any trademark, service mark, trade name,
company name, individual likeness or other intellectual
property rights or any other rights; and
- You will not use the name for any
unlawful purpose including, without limitation, tortuous
interference with contracts or prospective business
advantage, unfair competition, injuring the reputation
of another, or for the purpose of confusing or
misleading any person or individual.
- Your use of the Service is subject to all applicable local, state, national
and international laws and regulations. You agree: (1) to comply with US law
regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States
through the Service; (2) not to use the Service for illegal purposes; (3) not to
interfere or disrupt networks connected to the
Service; and (4) to comply with all regulations, policies and procedures of
networks connected to the Service.
- The Service makes use of the Internet to send and receive certain messages;
therefore, User's conduct is subject to
Internet regulations, policies and procedures. User will not use the Service for
chain letters, junk mail, spamming or any
use of distribution lists to any person who has not given specific permission to
be included in such a process.
- You agree not to transmit through the Service any unlawful, harassing,
libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar,
obscene or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature. User further
agrees not to transmit any material that
encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil
liability or otherwise violate any applicable
local, state, national or international law or regulation.
- You acknowledge and agree that the
statements, representations, agreements and covenants set forth herein are reasonable
and necessary to induce TVMail to assign and license
an email address to you.
8. THE COST AND FEES OF SERVICES.
User agrees to pay in accordance to the prices published for licensing the use of
TVMail's email addresses. Payment shall
be made by check or credit card. User hereby expressly authorizes TVMail
or its agent Cool-URL Communications to charge User's credit card for all fees
hereunder, including any renewal periods, without further notice or
authorization.
9. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
USER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF THE SERVICE AND THE INTERNET IS AT USER'S SOLE
RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.
TVMAIL EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
TVMAIL MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR
THAT THE
SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES
TVMAIL MAKE ANY
WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR AS
TO THE
ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR THAT
DEFECTS IN
THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
NO WARRANTY, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS MADE AS TO
THE SUITABILITY OR APPLICABILITY OF THIS COMMUNICATION
SERVICE FOR ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER.
USER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE
OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT USER'S OWN DISCRETION AND RISK
AND
THAT USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO USER'S COMPUTER SYSTEM OR
LOSS
OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.
TVMAIL MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR
OBTAINED
THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SERVICE.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY USER FROM
TVMAIL OR
THROUGH THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF
THE ABOVE
EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TVMAIL SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR FOR COST
OF
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES OR RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS OR
SERVICES
PURCHASE OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH
THE SERVICE
OR RESULTING FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF USER'S TRANSMISSIONS OR
DATA,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER
INTANGIBLE, EVEN
IF TVMAIL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
TVMAIL'S LIABILITY TO YOU FOR BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT IS LIMITED SOLELY TO
THE AMOUNT PAID FOR
YOUR MONTHLY ACCESS TO SUCH SERVICE.
YOU AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARIRSING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE
MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ARISES,
OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR
INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
11. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless TVMail, its parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers and employees, from any claim, demand, expense, liability,
including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and other expenses of litigation,
incurred due to or arising out of User's use of
the Service, the breach of this Agreement by User, or the infringement by User,
or other user of the Service using User's computer, of any intellectual property
or other right of any person or entity.
12. TERMINATION
You agree TVMail.com shall have the right to
withdraw or suspend an email name or address from use and
registration of its Service upon TVMail.com's good faith determination that
User's use of the registered name in its email address violates the rights of a
third person. TVMail may, at its sole discretion, immediately terminate
Service should User's conduct fail to conform with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.
Should User object to any terms and conditions of this Agreement or any
subsequent modifications thereto or become dissatisfied with the Service in any
way, User's only recourse is to immediately: (1) discontinue use of the Service;
(2)
terminate using the Service; and (3) notify TVMail of termination.
Upon termination of the Service, User's right to use the Service immediately
ceases. User shall have no right and TVMail will have no obligation
thereafter to forward any unread or unsent messages to User or any third party.
13. DECISIONS REGARDING EMAIL NAME
Applicant acknowledges and agrees that TVMail
may act as a arbiter of disputes arising out of the
registration and use of any name or email address.
14. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
User acknowledges it is not purchasing any goods or products, but is merely
licensing a specific Address during the term of this Agreement. At all times and
for
all purposes hereunder, TVMail shall retain the exclusive ownership of all
Addresses and it's rights to the use of any internet domain names utilized as the
common group portion of the Address. In the event this Agreement is terminated
for any reason, User shall not have any continuing rights, title or interests in
such
Address or name.
15. NO RESALE OR COMMERCIAL USE OF THE
SERVICE
User's right to use the Service is personal to User. User agrees not to resell or
make any commercial use of the Service, without the express consent of
TVMail. User acknowledges that the rights to the use of any Address
assigned by
TVMail, shall be made for the sole benefit of User. User shall not sell,
assign, sub-lease or allow a third party to use its Address, such action will be
considered a material breach of this agreement, resulting in its immediate
termination.
16. CHOICE OF LAW.
This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced pursuant to the laws of the
State of California. In the event of a dispute, the parties agree and consent
that
any action shall be brought in Los Angeles, California. Specifically, the parties
agree Los Angeles is a proper venue and hereby waive any objections or
defenses to such jurisdiction and venue. In the event either party retains legal
counsel to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, the party against
whom judgment is rendered shall pay all reasonable expenses, costs and
attorneys fees incurred by the other party.
17. MISCELLANOUS.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and
supersedes any and all prior agreements, written or oral. Provided, however the
statements, representations, terms and conditions contained in the email
ADDRESS REGISTRATION APPLICATION are incorporated herein and are
made a part of this agreement as if they were set forth in their entirety herein.
Further, TVMail may revise or amend this Agreement at any time, and such
revisions or amendments shall become effective immediately upon notifying you
by email of the revised or amended terms. If any revision or amendment to these
terms are unacceptable, you may terminate this Agreement and receive a refund
of the unused portion of your annual fee. Your failure to send notice of
cancellation and the continued use of this Service following your receipt of
notice
of any revision or alteration shall be conclusive evidence of your consent and
acceptance of the new terms and conditions.
If any term, covenant, condition or provision of
this Agreement is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof
shall remain in full force and effect.
TVMail's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this
Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless
acknowledged and agreed to by TVMail in writing.
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