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Welcome to ArtBeacon™. This ArtBeacon Services Member Agreement
(the "Agreement") explains the terms and conditions governing your
use of a ArtBeacon Service, technology, and any other content available
on the ArtBeacon Service. By checking the box and clicking on the
Register button, you accept these terms and conditions and acknowledge
that the ArtBeacon Service is subject to certain limitations set forth
below. If you do not wish to accept this agreement, do not purchase
this Service. By registering and purchasing any ArtBeacon Service,
you agree to use the ArtBeacon Service in a manner consistent with
all applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with the terms
and conditions outlined below.
1. SERVICES
(a) Generally. Purchasing an ArtBeacon Service
provides you (a "Member") with one of the following packages of content,
tools, and services, depending on which one you purchased (individually
and collectively "ArtBeacon Service(s)"):
- ArtBeacon Portfolio:
You will have access to ArtBeacon portfolio modules, web authoring
tools, 3 megabytes of disk space, and custom pages. Marketing tools such as newsletters will require individual payment, as specified below, per published newsletter.
- Subscription: You
will have access to the ArtBeacon store modules,
web authoring tools, 25 megabytes of disk space, custom pages, marketing
tools including up to two (2) newsletter per month, enhanced service quotas, ArtBeacon banner removal and enhanced
reports.
- Commission Only: You
will have access to the ArtBeacon store modules,
web authoring tools, 25 megabytes of disk space, custom pages, marketing
tools including up to two (2) newsletter per month, enhanced service quotas, ArtBeacon banner removal and enhanced
reports.
- Note: Newsletters that are sent beyond the quota allotted to each membership type will have a fee of $3 for up to 50 recipients. Each additional recipient will incur a charge of 10 cents. (Ex. A newsletter to 56 people will incur a charge of $3 (50 people) + 0.10 x 6 additional people = $3.60)
If you would like to switch ArtBeacon Services, please
access the Membership
Information page in the Members Area or contact Customer
Support.
(b) ArtBeacon Services and Technology: You will be able
to use the proprietary and licensed technology incorporated in the
ArtBeacon Service to build and maintain your web site ("Member Site")
("Technology"). ArtBeacon may offer other tools and services that
are not included in any ArtBeacon Service, including premium services
for which an additional fee will apply ("ArtBeacon Solutions (SM)").
Before any purchase of any ArtBeacon Solution, you must have already
purchased a ArtBeacon Service. The separate terms and conditions apply
for each ArtBeacon Solution.
2. PAYMENT TERMS
(a) For access to and use of any ArtBeacon Service,
you agree to pay all fees and charges specified in the ArtBeacon
Service fee schedule. All fees are due immediately and are nonrefundable.
If you switch your ArtBeacon Service, your service fees shall be prorated.
ArtBeacon asks that you provide us with your credit card information
for payment, and all charges you incur for use of the ArtBeacon Service
will be charged to the credit card number you provide. You understand
that in the event you have already purchased a ArtBeacon Solution,
your first payment for any purchase of a subsequent ArtBeacon Solution
may be prorated, and the actual amount charged on your credit card
may be slightly different than the list price. If ArtBeacon does not
receive payment from the card issuer, you agree to pay ArtBeacon all
amounts due upon demand. ArtBeacon may take commercially reasonable
actions to validate your credit card and collect all payments due.
You agree to pay all attorney and collection fees arising from any
efforts to collect any past due amounts from you to the extent allowed
by law. You understand that if ArtBeacon does not receive timely payment
of all amounts due for any Solution you purchase, your use of any
ArtBeacon Service or Solution may be severely restricted or terminated
at ArtBeacon's sole discretion. This includes any Information you
provide to ArtBeacon while using any ArtBeacon Service or Solution.
THE FEE FOR ANY ARTBEACON SERVICE IS NONREFUNDABLE.
ARTBEACON WILL NOT REFUND ANY FEES PAID BY YOU IF YOU TERMINATE YOUR
AGREEMENT WITH US.
(b) ArtBeacon reserves the right at its sole discretion
and as it deems appropriate to add or remove certain services it offers
and change its fees for any services in accordance with Section 4.
(c) You agree to notify ArtBeacon immediately if you
suspect unauthorized use of the ArtBeacon Service, your credit card,
or your password. Under the Fair Credit Billing Act, your credit card
provider cannot hold you liable for more than $50 of fraudulent charges.
Subject to the following, if your credit card provider holds you liable
for any of this $50, ArtBeacon will cover your entire liability up
to the full $50. ArtBeacon will cover this liability only if the unauthorized
use of your credit card is solely a result of a negligent act or omission
by ArtBeacon, and only for purchases made at ArtBeacon while using
the secure server. In the event of an unauthorized use of your credit
card, you must notify your credit card provider in accordance with
its reporting rules and procedures.
(f) You agree to pay any taxes, including personal property
taxes or sales taxes, resulting from your use of the ArtBeacon Services.
You agree to pay all attorney and collection fees arising from our
efforts to collect any past due amounts from you to the extent allowed
by law.
(g) In the event Spadas Solutions, Inc. is notified in writing by a third party organization with a formal complaint notifying Spadas Solutions, Inc. of an unsolicited E-Mail/SPAM sent by ArtBeacon/Spadas Solutions, Inc. on Members behalf, Member agrees to indemnify and hold spadas Solutions, Inc. harmless of all legal fees in defending such action and pay $25.00 per complaint. This fee will be waived with appropriate proof of acquired E-Mail permission.
3. RESTRICTIONS AND DESCRIPTION OF PROHIBITED
ACTS
(a) You may not use any ArtBeacon Service or ArtBeacon
Solution, the selection of a web address for your Member Site, the
Technology, or the Member Site to, including, but not limited to:
(i) display material containing pornographic material of any kind;
(ii) provide material that is grossly offensive to the ArtBeacon online
community, including blatant expressions of bigotry, prejudice, racism,
hatred, or excessive profanity, or post any obscene, lewd, lascivious,
filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable
content; (iii) sell or promote any products or services that are unlawful
in the location at which the content is posted or received; (iv) access
illegally or without authorization any computers, accounts, or networks
of ArtBeacon or any ArtBeacon Member, or attempt to penetrate ArtBeacon's
security measures ("hacking"), or conduct a port scan, stealth scan,
or other information-gathering activity the intent of which is to
gather information to be used to attempt a system penetration; or
upload to ArtBeacon, send through ArtBeacon, or have ArtBeacon host
or distribute any Internet viruses, worms, Trojan horses, other harmful
code, pinging, flooding, mail bombing, or denial-of-service attacks;
or disrupt the use of or interfere with the ability of others to effectively
use a ArtBeacon Service or any connected network, system, service,
or equipment; (v) display material that exploits, or otherwise exploit,
children under 18 years of age; (vi) post any content or otherwise
infringe in any way or violate any copyright, patent, trademark, service
mark, trade name, trade secret, or other intellectual property right
of any third party; (vii) promote, solicit, or participate in pyramid
schemes; (viii) post any content that holds ArtBeacon up to public
scorn or ridicule; (ix) engage in any libelous, defamatory, scandalous,
threatening, or harassing activity; (x) post or disclose any personally
identifying information or private information about children or any
third parties without their consent (or their parents' consent, in
case of a minor); and/or (xi) post any content that advocates, promotes,
or otherwise encourages violence against any governments, organizations,
groups, or individuals or that provides instruction, information,
or assistance in causing or carrying out such violence.
(b) You agree that without the express consent of ArtBeacon
(and showing proof of the appropriate licenses where necessary or
appropriate), you will never provide, sell, or offer to sell the following
products or content (or services related to the same) on the Member
Site you create: pharmaceutical or any other controlled substances;
illegal drugs; illegal drug contraband; alcohol; firearms; weapons;
pirated computer programs; pornography or illicitly pornographic sexual
products; programs to "nuke" or create attacks against another individual
or an Internet service provider; illegal goods; escort services; instructions
on how to assemble or otherwise make bombs, grenades, or other weapons;
information used to circumvent manufacturer-installed copy-protect
devices; or computer software viruses or software designed to create
a virus.
(c) You also agree that you will never promote or provide
instructional information about: illegal activities, activities that
can lead to physical harm to any group or individual, or any activities
that lead to cruelty to animals. You may not use the ArtBeacon Service,
Technology, or Member Site in any high-risk activities where damage
or injury to persons, property, environment, or business may result
if an error occurs. YOU EXPRESSLY ASSUME ALL RISK FOR SUCH USE.
(d) Unless ArtBeacon offers a service to conduct any
of the following, you agree that you will never conduct the following
types of activities on the Member Site: gambling; sweepstakes; raffles;
lotteries; contests, pyramid, or Ponzi schemes; and/or unsolicited
commercial email (spam).
(e) You agree that you will not (and you will not allow
any third party to) partake in the following actions: reverse engineering,
reverse compiling or otherwise deriving the underlying source code
or structure or sequence of any ArtBeacon Service, ArtBeacon Solution,
or any Technology; individual passwording of Member Sites (or pages
contained therein); deleting or altering author attributes or copyright
notices, unless expressly permitted in writing by the author or owner;
and/or fail to obtain all required permissions when using a ArtBeacon
Service, ArtBeacon Solution, or Technology to receive, upload, download,
display, distribute, or execute programs or perform other works protected
by intellectual-property laws, including copyright and patent laws.
4. CHANGES TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
ArtBeacon may at any time, with notice of not less
than thirty (30) days, change its fees and change the terms of this
Agreement. Except for the addition of new tools and services, ArtBeacon
will also give reasonable notice before any modification of the then-current
ArtBeacon Service that could change your Member Site. ArtBeacon will
announce changes to our fees and charges by posting them in the Membes
Area section of our service. ArtBeacon may, at its discretion, supplement
such notice by sending you an email or by putting a popup notice on
your screen when you access the ArtBeacon Service, or by sending you
a letter. If you find any change to be unacceptable, you are free
to terminate this agreement by following the steps described in Section
8. Your use of the ArtBeacon Service after the effective date of a
change constitutes your continued acceptance of the terms of this
agreement, the ArtBeacon Service, and its fee schedule.
5. ADVERTISING
ArtBeacon relies on the ongoing support of its
sponsors and advertisers to help fund the free services it offers
its Members. Accordingly, ArtBeacon reserves the right to serve ads
as it deems appropriate on and alongside the ArtBeacon Service where
Members will administer their Member Site.
6. INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS
(a) ArtBeacon is committed to protecting your privacy.
ArtBeacon will never sell personally identifiable information about
you or your business to any third party without first receiving your
permission, and all uses of any personally identifiable information
about you or your business will be subject to our Privacy
Policy.
(b) In order to protect you, ArtBeacon uses state-of-the-art
technology to protect your data from unauthorized third parties. Currently
ArtBeacon uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software to protect your
data and secure your transactions. SSL encrypts all your personal
information, including your credit card number, name, and address,
as it is transmitted over the Internet.
7. ARTBEACON RIGHTS
(a) Member Site Content Changes. ArtBeacon reserves
the right to make changes to Member Site upon written request by you
to Customer Support to do so, such as through email, or upon breach
of any of the provisions of this Agreement by providing you notice
of such breach and reasonable time, determined by ArtBeacon at its
sole discretion, to rectify the infringing content. If after such
time has expired the Member Site does not conform to ArtBeacon's satisfaction,
ArtBeacon may make changes to the content of Member Site to bring
it to compliance with this Agreement. Member agrees not to hold ArtBeacon
liable for any foreseeable, unforeseeable, direct, or indirect consequences
that may result from changes made by Customer Support to Member Site
in response to Member request to do so or in response to a Member
Site that breaches this Agreement. ArtBeacon's decisions are final
and binding. Notwithstanding the above, ArtBeacon also reserves the
right to discontinue the provision of any or all aspects of the ArtBeacon
Service or any ArtBeacon Solution to any Member for any breach of
this Agreement.
(b) Communications. You will receive a confirmation
email from us at the time of registration. Once registered, you can
set your email subscription preferences by clicking on the Account
Information link in the Members Area, then selecting the appropriate
Newsletter setting. If you choose to receive Member communications,
you may choose to change your email preferences at any time by following
the instructions above. ArtBeacon reserves the right to communicate
with all Members regardless of their email subscriptions in the event
that important messages need to be communicated to Members, including,
but not limited to, service outages, material changes or modifications
to the service, and notice of changes to this Agreement.
8. TERM/TERMINATION
(a) Term.
This agreement shall be effective upon when you click on the Register
button until terminated in accordance with the provisions below.
(b) Termination by ArtBeacon.
(i) ArtBeacon may at any time without notice to you discontinue any
or all aspects of the ArtBeacon Service or restrict your use of the
ArtBeacon Service in whole or in part for any breach of this Agreement
by you; or if ArtBeacon determines in its sole and exclusive judgment
that terminating your use of the ArtBeacon Service is necessary for
security reasons or for proper continued operation of the ArtBeacon
Service; or your use of the ArtBeacon Service, ArtBeacon Solution,
or Technology is not for legitimate business purposes, or your use
of the ArtBeacon Service violates any laws or regulation; or if ArtBeacon
receives information that the ArtBeacon Service or your use of the
ArtBeacon Service (or any part thereof) may violate any third-party
right. For more information on copyright infringement, go to our Notice
of Copyright Agent page.
(ii) ArtBeacon may at any time, with thirty (30) days notice to you,
modify or discontinue any or all aspects of the ArtBeacon Service.
(iii) ArtBeacon may at any time, with ten (10) days notice to you,
modify or discontinue any or all aspects of the ArtBeacon Service
or any ArtBeacon Solution, if the credit card number you provide ArtBeacon
expires, or if ArtBeacon is unable to charge valid charges to that
credit card number, or if you otherwise fail to make payments due
to ArtBeacon hereunder.
(iv) Upon termination of this Agreement, all rights granted to you
under this Agreement shall terminate immediately. If ArtBeacon terminates
this Agreement or suspends your access to the ArtBeacon Service, you
will remain liable for the full charge for the period during which
we terminate or suspend your ArtBeacon Service. Following such termination
or suspension, you agree not to reregister for or otherwise access
the ArtBeacon Services without ArtBeacon's prior written approval.
ArtBeacon reserves the right to delete any data files associated with
your use of the ArtBeacon Service upon termination of this Agreement.
(c) Termination by You.
You may cancel your ArtBeacon Service at any time. To cancel, you
must submit a written request to Customer
Support at least five (5) business days before the beginning of
your next billing period. If your notice to ArtBeacon is within this
five (5) business-day period before the beginning of your next billing
period, you will be charged for the subsequent billing period, and
the cancellation will take effect for the following billing period.
Effects of Cancellation
If you cancel your ArtBeacon Service, then as of the end of the applicable
billing period, you will no longer have access to any of the tools
and services included in the service, therefore: (i) ArtBeacon will
no longer host your web site and/or store, and all of your Information
will be deleted including customer and customer transaction history;
(ii) you will no longer have access to any site building services,
marketing tools, or reports.
ARTBEACON IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELETION OF ANY
FILE, ATTACHMENT, INFORMATION, CONTENT, OR ANY OTHER CONSEQUENCE OF
YOUR DECISION TO CANCEL THIS SERVICE.
9. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify ArtBeacon and hold ArtBeacon
harmless against any and all liabilities, cost, and expenses, including
reasonable attorney's fees related to or arising from: (i) your use
of the ArtBeacon Service in a way that is prohibited or restricted
under this agreement; (ii) infringement of any copyright, trademark,
intellectual property, or other right or patent by any material you
post or use on your Member Site; (iii) any breach by you of this Agreement;
and/or (iv) any indecent, obscene, or libelous material posted on
your Member Site.
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