Terms of Service
Effective: September 22 2013
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of RapPad.co, including any RapPad.co mobile applications and websites (the “Services”), and any videos, information, text, graphics, photos or other materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Services (collectively referred to as “Content”). Your access to and use of the Services is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. By accessing or using the Services you agree to be bound by these Terms.Basic Terms
RapPad.co provides users with the ability to join a community of rap music creators and to write, share, browse, provide feedback, and tweak their own rap music and that of others, through a social network hosted by RapPad.co that provides a variety of tools and services related to the creation and sharing of rap music (the “Services”).
You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any Content you post to the Services, and for any consequences thereof. The Content you submit, post, or display will be able to be viewed by other users of the Services and through third party services and websites. You should only provide Content that you are legally permitted to provide to others, and that you are comfortable sharing with others, under these Terms.
You may use the Services only if you can form a binding contract with RapPad.co and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of Canada or other applicable jurisdiction. If you are accepting these Terms and using the Services on behalf of a company, organization, government, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so. You may use the Services only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations.
The Services that RapPad.co provides are always evolving and the form and nature of the Services that RapPad.co provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you. In addition, RapPad.co may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally and may not be able to provide you with prior notice. We also retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time without prior notice to you.
The Services may include advertisements, which may be targeted to the Content or information on the Services, queries made through the Services, or other information. The types and extent of advertising by RapPad.co on the Services are subject to change. In consideration for RapPad.co granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that RapPad.co and its parent, third party providers and partners may place such advertising on the Services or in connection with the display of Content or information from the Services whether submitted by you or others.
We understand that your creations are valuable to you, but because of the nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee data integrity or security, so you understand that it is YOUR responsibility to back up any of your information and data (including any material created by you using the Services) that you create, obtain or use in conjunction with the Services.
You are solely responsible for the selection, implementation, installation, maintenance and performance of any and all equipment (such as computers and mobile devices) used for using the Services; we are not responsible for any connectivity issues you may experience.
Privacy
Any personal information that you provide to RapPad.co is subject to our Privacy Policy, which governs our collection and use of your information. You understand that through your use of the Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the Privacy Policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by RapPad.co. As part of providing you the Services, we may need to provide you with certain communications, such as service announcements and administrative messages. These communications are considered part of the Services and your RapPad.co account, which you may not be able to opt-out from receiving if you wish to continue using the Services. If you object to such communications, your only remedy is to terminate your usage of the Services and contact RapPad.co to notify us of your termination and your desire to be removed from all such communications.
Passwords
RapPad.co may provide you with certain information to allow you to use the Services,
such as a user ID and a password or the ability to create a user ID and/or password (the
“Access Information”). Any Access Information is provided on the understanding that it
is personal to you.You are responsible for safeguarding the Access Information that you use to access the Services and for any activities or actions under your account. You accept all responsibility for use of the Services by any party
Content on the Services
All Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person who originated such Content. We may, but are not required to monitor or control the Content posted via the Services and we cannot take responsibility for such Content. Any use or reliance on any Content or materials posted via the Services or obtained by you through the Services is at your own risk.
We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Content or communications posted via the Services or endorse any opinions expressed via the Services. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. Under no circumstances will RapPad.co be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Services or broadcast elsewhere.
Your Rights
You retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services. In order to make the Services available to you and other users, RapPad.co needs a license from you. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).
You agree that this license includes the right for RapPad.co to provide, promote, and improve the Services and to make Content submitted to or through the Services available to other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with RapPad.co for the syndication, broadcast, distribution or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use. Such additional uses by RapPad.co, or other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with RapPad.co, may be made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services.
We may modify or adapt your Content in order to transmit, display or distribute it over computer networks and in various media and/or make changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to any requirements or limitations of any networks, devices, services or media. For example, if you choose to share a video through your connected Twitter account, we will adapt your Content so that it can be attached to a Tweet in a Twitter card.
You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any Content you provide, and for any consequences thereof, including the use of your Content by other users and our third party partners. You understand that your Content may be syndicated, broadcast, distributed, or published by our partners and if you do not have the right to submit Content for such use, it may subject you to liability. RapPad.co will not be responsible or liable for any use of your Content by RapPad.co in accordance with these Terms. You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein to any Content that you submit.
Your License to Use the Services
RapPad.co gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software (if any) that is provided to you by RapPad.co as part of the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by RapPad.co, in the manner permitted by these Terms. This license right is limited by these Terms.
RapPad.co Rights
All right, title, and interest in and to the Services (excluding Content provided by users) are and will remain the exclusive property of RapPad.co and its licensors. The Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. RapPad.co reserves all rights not expressly granted in these Terms. You acknowledge and agree that any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding RapPad.co, or the Services is entirely voluntary and to be considered non-confidential, and we and any third party, will be free to use such feedback, comments or suggestions as we see fit and without any obligation, compensation, or liability to you.
Restrictions on Content and Use of the Services
We reserve the right at all times (but will not have an obligation) to remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services and to suspend terminate users or reclaim usernames without liability to you. You may not post Content that:
- Impersonates another person or entity in a manner that does or is intended to mislead, confuse, or deceive others;
- Violates the rights of a third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, and publicity rights;
- Is a direct and specific threat of violence to others;
- Is furtherance of illegal activities; or
- Is harassing, abusive, or constitutes spam.
We also reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (ii) enforce the Terms, including investigation of potential violations hereof, (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (iv) respond to user feedback support requests, or (v) protect the rights, property or safety of RapPad.co, its users and the public. RapPad.co does not disclose personally identifying information to third parties except in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the Services: (i) access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services, RapPad.co’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of RapPad.co’s providers; (ii) probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measures; (iii) access or search or attempt to access or search the Services by any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently available, published interfaces that are provided by RapPad.co (and only pursuant to those terms and conditions associated with the published interfaces), unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with RapPad.co (NOTE: crawling the Services is permissible if done in accordance with the provisions of the robots.txt file, however, scraping the Services without the prior consent of RapPad.co is expressly prohibited); (iv) forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or posting, or in any way use the Services to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information; or (v) interfere with, or disrupt, (or attempt to do so), the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting the creation of Content in such a manner as to interfere with or create an undue burden on the Services. Generally, you agree not to violate any applicable laws, the rights of others, or the operational and security mechanisms of the Services.
Copyright Policy
RapPad.co respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects and requires users of the Services to do the same. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law and are properly provided to us. If you believe that your Content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the following information: (i) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf; (ii) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (iii) 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; (iv) your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address; (v) a statement by you that you have 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 (vi) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
We reserve the right to remove Content alleged to be infringing without prior notice and at our sole discretion. In appropriate circumstances, RapPad.co will also terminate a user’s account if the user is determined to be a repeat infringer. Our designated copyright agent for notice of alleged copyright infringement appearing on the Services is:
Copyright Agent – RapPad 151 Charles Street West, Suite 100, The Tannery Email: [email protected]
We will use good faith efforts to resolve any copyright claims; however, we are not responsible for providing a resolution of such claims, and reserve the right to remove the contentious Content from the Services and to require the parties disputing the copyright claim to resolve such claim between them. RapPad.co has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to you, and you acknowledge that RapPad.co has no control over, and no duty to take any action regarding any acts or omissions taken by you or any other user of the Services.
Ending These Terms
The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or RapPad.co as follows.
You may end your legal agreement with RapPad.co at any time for any reason by deactivating your accounts and discontinuing your use of the Services. In order to deactivate your account, please contact us.
We may suspend or terminate your accounts or cease providing you with all or part of the Services at any time for any reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms, (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for us; or (iii) our provision of the Services to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your account or through the Services the next time you attempt to access your account.
In all such cases, the Terms shall terminate, including, without limitation, your license to use the Services, except that the sections by their sense and nature are intended to survive termination shall survive termination, including without limitation RapPad.co’s license to use Content, disclaimers and limitations of liability pertaining to RapPad.co and the Services, and RapPad.co’s rights and remedies with respect to any breach of these Terms.
Nothing in this section shall affect RapPad.co’s rights to change, limit or stop the provision of the Services without prior notice, as provided herein.
Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability
Please read this section carefully since it limits the liability of RapPad.co and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, related companies, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, partners, and licensors (collectively, the “RapPad.co Entities”). Each of the subsections below only applies up to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties or the limitation of liability in contracts, and as a result the contents of this section may not apply to you. Nothing in this section is intended to limit any rights you may have which may not be lawfully limited.
A. The Services are Available “AS-IS”
Your access to and use of the Services or any Content is at your own risk. You understand and agree that the Services is provided to you on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. Without limiting the foregoing, RapPad.co ENTITIES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
RapPad.co Entities make no warranty or conditions and disclaim all responsibility and liability for: (i) the completeness, accuracy, availability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Services or any Content; (ii) any harm to your computer system, loss of data, or other harm that results from your access to or use of the Services, or any Content; (iii) the deletion of, or the failure to store or to transmit, any Content and other communications maintained by the Services; (iv) and whether the Services will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from RapPad.co Entities or through the Services, will create any warranty not expressly made herein.
B. Links
The Services may contain links to third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or (ii) the content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by RapPad.co Entities of such websites or resources or the content, products, or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources.
C. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, RapPad.co ENTITIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOOD-WILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM (i) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES OR THE TERMINATION OF SERVICES BY RapPad.co; (ii) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES; (iii) ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICES; OR (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF RapPad.co ENTITIES EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED CANADIAN DOLLARS (CDN $100.00) OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID RapPad.co, IF ANY, IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.
THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT RapPad.co ENTITIES HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
D. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the RapPad.co Entities from any claim or demand made by any third party, including costs and attorneys' fees, due to or arising out of: (a) any Content uploaded by you through the Services, (b) your use or misuse of the Services and/or any Content obtained by you through the Services, (c) any breach of this Agreement by you, or (d) the infringement by you, or any third party obtaining access to the Services through your Access Information, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.
General Terms
A. Waiver and Severability
The failure of RapPad.co to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision. In the event that any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.
B. Controlling Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario without regard to or application of its conflict of law provisions or your state or country of residence. All claims, legal proceedings or litigation arising in connection with the Services will be brought solely in the federal or state courts located in Toronto, Ontario, and you consent to the jurisdiction of and venue in such courts and waive any objection as to inconvenient forum.
If you are a federal, state, or local government entity in the United States using the Services in your official capacity and legally unable to accept the controlling law, jurisdiction or venue clauses above, then those clauses do not apply to you. For such U.S. federal government entities, these Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the United States of America (without reference to conflict of laws) and, in the absence of federal law and to the extent permitted under federal law, the laws of the State of Michigan (excluding choice of law).
C. Entire Agreement
These Terms and our Privacy Policy are the entire and exclusive agreement between RapPad.co and you regarding the Services (excluding any services for which you have a separate agreement with RapPad.co that is explicitly in addition or in place of these Terms), and these Terms supersede and replace any prior agreements between RapPad.co and you regarding the Services.
We may revise these Terms from time to time, the most current version will always be at http://rappad.co/tos. If the revision, in our sole discretion, is material we will notify you via email to the email associated with your account or through the Services. If you do not wish to be bound by any such revisions to the Terms, you must end these Terms with us as set forth herein. By continuing to access or use the Services after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms.
These Services are operated and provided by RapPad.co, 151 Charles Street West, The Tannery, Kitchener, Ontario Canada N2G 1H6. If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us.