Terms of Service
The Inbirch Group, Ltd (“Inbirch”) operates Inbirch.com and several websites projects. The following terms and conditions govern all use of the Inbirc.com website and all content, services and products available at or through the website, including, but not limited to, Inbirch.com and it's other projects (“Projects”). The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, our Privacy Policy ) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by The Inbirch Group, Ltd (collectively, the “Agreement”). If you reside in the United States, your agreement is with The Inbirch Group, Ltd. (US) and if you reside outside of the United States, your agreement is with The Inbirch Group, Ltd. (each, “Inbirch” or “we”).
Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the website, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by Inbirch, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms.
The Website is not directed to children younger than 13, and service on the Website is only offered to users 13 years of age or older. If you are under 13 years old, please do not register to use the Website. Any person who registers as a user or provides their personal information to the Website represents that they are 13 years of age or older.
Your Inbirch Account and Site
If you create content on the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and content, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the content. You must not describe or assign keywords to your content in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and Inbirch may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause Inbirch liability. You must immediately notify Inbirch of any unauthorized uses of your content, your account or any other breaches of security. Inbirch will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.
Responsibility of Contributors.
If you comment on a post, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), you are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of what form the Content takes, which includes, but is not limited to text, photo, video, audio, or code. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that your content does not violate these terms or the User Guidelines. By submitting Content to Inbirch for inclusion on your Website, you grant Inbirch a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing, and promoting your blog. This license allows Inbirch to make publicly-posted content available to third parties selected by Inbirch so that these third parties can analyze and distribute (but not publicly display) your content through their services. You also give other Inbirch.com users permission to share your Content on other sites and add their own Content to it (aka to share your Content), so long as they use only a portion of your post and they give you credit as the original author by linking back to your site. If you delete Content, Inbirch will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.
Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Inbirch has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Inbirch’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in Inbirch’s reasonable opinion, violates any Inbirch policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in Inbirch’s sole discretion. Inbirch will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.
Payment and Use
General Terms
Optional paid services are available on the Website. By using a paid service or feature you agree to pay Inbirch the fees indicated for that service. Payments will be charged on a pre-pay basis.
Restricted Use
You may not substantially replicate products or services offered by Inbirch, including the republication of Inbirch.com content or the creation of a separate publishing platform. If Inbirch believes, in its sole discretion, that you have violated or attempted to violate these conditions or the spirit of these terms, your ability to use and access the Inbirch.com or other Inbirch projects, your account(s) may be temporarily or permanently revoked, with or without notice.
Responsibility of Website Visitors
Inbirch has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the Website, Inbirch does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. Inbirch disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.
Content Posted on Other Websites
We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which Inbirch.com links, and that link to Inbirch.com. Inbirch does not have any control over those websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-Inbirch website or webpage, Inbirch does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. Inbirch disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-Inbirch websites and webpages.
Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy
As Inbirch asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by Inbirch.com violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Inbirch. Inbirch will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. Inbirch will terminate a visitor’s access to and use of the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Inbirch or others. In the case of such termination, Inbirch will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to Inbirch.
Intellectual Property
This Agreement does not transfer from Inbirch to you any Inbirch or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with Inbirch. Inbirch, Inbirch.com, the Inbirch logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with Inbirch.com, or the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of Inbirch or Inbirch’s licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Inbirch or third-party trademarks.
Advertisements
Inbirch reserves the right to display advertisements alongside your content.
Attribution
Inbirch reserves the right to display attribution links such as ‘As seen on Inbirch.com,’ and the author.
Changes
We are constantly updating our services, and that means sometimes we have to change the legal terms under which our services are offered. If we make changes that are material, we will let you know by posting on one of our blogs, or by sending you an email or other communication before the changes take effect. The notice will designate a reasonable period of time after which the new Terms will take effect. If you disagree with our changes, then you should stop using Inbirch.com within the designated notice period. Your continued use of Inbirch.com will be subject to the new Terms. However, any dispute that arose before the changes shall be governed by the Terms (including the binding individual arbitration clause) that were in place when the dispute arose.
Termination
Inbirch may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement, you may simply discontinue using the Website. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
Disclaimer of Warranties
The Website and its services are provided “as is”. Inbirch and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither Inbirch nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. If you’re actually reading this, here’s a treat. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk.
Limitation of Liability
In no event will Inbirch, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to Inbirch under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. Inbirch shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
General Representation and Warranty
You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the Inbirch Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
US Economic Sanctions
You expressly represent and warrant that your use of the Website and or associated services and products is not contrary to applicable U.S. Sanctions. Such use is prohibited, and Inbirch reserve the right to terminate accounts or access of those in the event of a breach of this condition.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Inbirch, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.
Translation
These Terms of Service were originally written in English (US). We may translate these Terms into other languages. In the event of a conflict between a translated version of these Terms of Service and the English version, the English version will control.
Miscellaneous
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Inbirch and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of Inbirch, or by the posting by Inbirch of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the laws of the state of Ohio, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in Montgomery County, Ohio. Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. (“JAMS”) by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in New York, New York, in the English language and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; Inbirch may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.