Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use
The following terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions") govern your use of this
web site (www.sportsmaestro.com), and any content made available from or through this web
site, including any subdomains thereof (the "Web Site"). The Web Site is made available
by SportsMaestro.com ("SportsMaestro" or "we" or "us"). We may change the Terms
and Conditions from time to time, at any time without notice to you, by posting such
changes on the Web Site. By using the Web Site, you accept and agree to these terms and
conditions as applied to your use of the Web Site. If you do not agree to these Terms and
Conditions, you may not access or otherwise use the Web Site.
- Proprietary Rights. SportsMaestro owns or licenses all content, code,
data and materials thereon, the look and feel, design and organization of the Web Site,
and the compilation of the content, code, data and materials on the Web Site, including
but not limited to any copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights, database rights, moral
rights, sui generis rights and other intellectual property and proprietary rights therein.
Your use of the Web Site does not grant to you ownership of any content, code, data or
materials you may access on or through the Web Site.
- Limited License. You may access and view the content on the Web Site on your
computer or other device and, unless otherwise indicated in these Terms and Conditions or
on the Web Site, make single copies or prints of the content on the Web Site for your
personal, internal use only. Use of the Web Site and the services offered on or through
the Web Site, are only for your personal, non-commercial use.
- Prohibited Use. Any commercial or promotional distribution, publishing or
exploitation of the Web Site, or any content, code, data or materials on the Web Site, is
strictly prohibited unless you have received the express prior written permission from
authorized personnel of SportsMaestro or the otherwise applicable rights holder.
Other than as expressly allowed herein, you may not download, post, display, publish,
copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, modify, perform, broadcast, transfer, create
derivative works from, sell or otherwise exploit any content, code, data or materials on
or available through the Web Site. You further agree that you may not alter, edit,
delete, remove, otherwise change the meaning or appearance of, or repurpose, any of the
content, code, data, or other materials on or available through the Web Site, including,
without limitation, the alteration or removal of any trademarks, trade names, logos,
service marks, or any other proprietary content or proprietary rights notices. You
acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading any copyrighted
material from or through the Web Site. If you make other use of the Web Site, or the
content, code, data or materials thereon or available through the Web Site, except as
otherwise provided above, you may violate copyright and other laws of the United States,
other countries, as well as applicable state laws and may be subject to liability for such
unauthorized use.
- Trademarks. The trademarks, logos, service marks and trade names (collectively
the "Trademarks") displayed on the Web Site or on content available through the Web Site
are registered and unregistered Trademarks of SportsMaestro and others and may not
be used in connection with products and/or services that are not related to, associated
with, or sponsored by their rights holders that are likely to cause customer confusion, or
in any manner that disparages or discredits their rights holders. All Trademarks not
owned by SportsMaestro that appear on the Web Site or on or through the Web Site's
services, if any, are the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the
Web Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any
license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Web Site without the written
permission of SportsMaestro or the third party that may own the applicable
Trademark. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on the Web Site or on or through any of
the Web Site's services is strictly prohibited.
- User Information. In the course of your use of the Web Site and/or
the services made available on or through the Web Site, you may be asked to
provide certain personalized information to us (such information referred to
hereinafter as "User Information"). SportsMaestro's information
collection and use policies with respect to the privacy of such User
Information are set forth in the Web Site's Privacy Policy
which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. You acknowledge
and agree that you are solely responsible for the accuracy and content of User
Information.
- Submitted Materials. Unless specifically requested, we do not solicit nor do
we wish to receive any confidential, secret or proprietary information or other material
from you through the Web Site, by e-mail or in any other way. Any information, creative
works, demos, ideas, suggestions, concepts, methods, systems, designs, plans, techniques
or other materials submitted or sent to us (including, for example and without limitation,
that which you submit or post to our chat rooms, message boards, and/or our blogs, or send
to us via e-mail) ("Submitted Materials") will be deemed not to be confidential or secret,
and may be used by us in any manner consistent with the Web Site's Privacy Policy. By
submitting or sending Submitted Materials to us, you: (i) represent and warrant that the
Submitted Materials are original to you, that no other party has any rights thereto, and
that any "moral rights" in Submitted Materials have been waived, and (ii) you grant us and
our affiliates a royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable,
non-exclusive and fully transferable, assignable and sublicensable right and license to
use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from,
distribute, perform, display and incorporate in other works any Submitted Materials (in
whole or part) in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, including
for promotional and/or commercial purposes. We cannot be responsible for maintaining any
Submitted Material that you provide to us, and we may delete or destroy any such Submitted
Material at any time.
- Prohibited User Conduct. You warrant and agree that, while using the Web Site
and the various services and features offered on or through the Web Site, you shall not:
(a) impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any other
person or entity; (b) insert your own or a third party's advertising, branding or other
promotional content into any of the Web Site's content, materials or services or use,
redistribute, republish or exploit such content or service for any further commercial or
promotional purposes; or (c) attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems
through the Web Site. You shall not: (i) engage in spidering, "screen scraping,"
"database scraping," harvesting of e-mail addresses, wireless addresses or other contact
or personal information, or any other automatic means of obtaining lists of users or other
information from or through the Web Site or the services offered on or through the Web
Site, including without limitation any information residing on any server or database
connected to the Web Site or the services offered on or through the Web Site; (ii) obtain
or attempt to obtain unauthorized access to computer systems, materials or information
through any means; (iii) use the Web Site or the services made available on or through the
Web Site in any manner with the intent to interrupt, damage, disable, overburden, or
impair the Web Site or such services, including, without limitation, sending mass
unsolicited messages or "flooding" servers with requests; (iv) use the Web Site or the Web
Site's services or features in violation of SportsMaestro's or any third party's
intellectual property or other proprietary or legal rights; or (v) use the Web Site or the
Web Site's services in violation of any applicable law. You further agree that you shall
not attempt (or encourage or support anyone else's attempt) to circumvent, reverse
engineer, decrypt, or otherwise alter or interfere with the Web Site or the Web Site's
services, or any content thereof, or make any unauthorized use thereof. You agree that
you shall not use the Web Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or
impair the Web Site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Web Site
or any of its services. You shall not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or
information through any means not intentionally made publicly available or provided for
through the Web Site.
- Public Forums. SportsMaestro may, from time to time, make messaging
services, chat services, bulletin boards, message boards, blogs, other forums and other
such services available on or through the Web Site. In addition to any other rules or
regulations that we may post in connection with a particular service, you agree that you
shall not upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish through the Web Site or
any service or feature made available on or through the Web Site, any materials which (i)
restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Web Site or the Web Site's
services, (ii) are fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libelous,
defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or
indecent, (iii) constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense,
give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or
international law, (iv) violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties
including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality,
contract, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right, (v)
contain a virus, spyware, or other harmful component, (vi) contain embedded links,
advertising, chain letters or pyramid schemes of any kind, or (vii) constitute or contain
false or misleading indications of origin, endorsement or statements of fact. You further
agree not to impersonate any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious,
including anyone from SportsMaestro. You also may not offer to buy or sell any
product or service on or through your comments submitted to our forums. You alone are
responsible for the content and consequences of any of your activities.
- Right to Monitor and Editorial Control. SportsMaestro reserves the
right, but does not have an obligation, to monitor and/or review all materials posted to
the Web Site or through the Web Site's services or features by users, and SportsMaestro
is not responsible for any such materials posted by users. However, SportsMaestro
reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy
any law, regulation or government request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any
information or materials, in whole or in part, that in SportsMaestro's sole
discretion are objectionable or in violation of this Terms of Use, SportsMaestro's
policies or applicable law. We may also impose limits on certain features of the forums
or restrict your access to part or all of the forums without notice or penalty if we
believe you are in breach of the guidelines set forth in this paragraph, our terms and
conditions or applicable law, or for any other reason without notice or liability.
- Private or Sensitive Information on Public Forums. It is important to remember
that comments submitted to a forum may be recorded and stored in multiple places, both on
our Web Site and elsewhere on the Internet, which are likely to be accessible for a long
time and you have no control over who will read them eventually. It is therefore
important that you are careful and selective about the personal information that you
disclose about yourself and others, and in particular, you should not disclose sensitive,
embarrassing, proprietary or confidential information in your comments to our public
forums.
- Linking to the Web Site. You agree that if you include a link from any other
web site to the Web Site, such link shall open in a new browser window and shall link to
the full version of an HTML formatted page of this Web Site. You are not permitted to
link directly to any image hosted on the Web Site or our services, such as using an
"in-line" linking method to cause the image hosted by us to be displayed on another web
site. You agree not to download or use images hosted on this Web Site on another web
site, for any purpose, including, without limitation, posting such images on another site.
You agree not to link from any other web site to this Web Site in any manner such that the
Web Site, or any page of the Web Site, is "framed," surrounded or obfuscated by any third
party content, materials or branding. We reserve all of our rights under the law to
insist that any link to the Web Site be discontinued, and to revoke your right to link to
the Web Site from any other web site at any time upon written notice to you.
- Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold SportsMaestro
and SportsMaestro's and its affiliates' directors, officers, employees and agents
harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including attorneys'
fees, arising in any way from your use of the Web Site, your placement or transmission of
any message, content, information, software or other materials through the Web Site, or
your breach or violation of the law or of these Terms and Conditions. SportsMaestro
reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any
matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to
cooperate with SportsMaestro's defense of such claim.
- Orders for Products and Services. We may make certain products available to
visitors and registrants of the Web Site. If you order any products, you hereby represent
and warrant that you are 18 years old or older. You agree to pay in full the prices for
any purchases you make either by credit/debit card concurrent with your online order or by
other payment means acceptable to SportsMaestro. You agree to pay all applicable
taxes. If payment is not received by us from your credit or debit card issuer or its
agents, you agree to pay all amounts due upon demand by us. Certain products that you
purchase and/or download on or through the Web Site may be subject to additional terms and
conditions presented to you at the time of such purchase or download.
- Third Party Web Sites. You may be able to link from the Web Site to third
party web sites and third party web sites may link to the Web Site ("Linked Sites"). You
acknowledge and agree that we have no responsibility for the information, content,
products, services, advertising, code or other materials which may or may not be provided
by or through Linked Sites, even if they are owned or run by affiliates of ours. Links to
Linked Sites do not constitute an endorsement or sponsorship by us of such web sites or
the information, content, products, services, advertising, code or other materials
presented on or through such web sites. The inclusion of any link to such sites on our
Site does not imply SportsMaestro's endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation of
that site. SportsMaestro disclaims any liability for links (1) from another web
site to this Web Site and (2) to another web site from this Web Site. SportsMaestro
cannot guarantee the standards of any web site to which links are provided on this Web
Site nor shall SportsMaestro be held responsible for the contents of such sites, or
any subsequent links. SportsMaestro does not represent or warrant that the contents
of any third party web site is accurate, compliant with state or federal law, or compliant
with copyright or other intellectual property laws. Also, SportsMaestro is not
responsible for or any form of transmission received from any linked web site. Any
reliance on the contents of a third party web site is done at your own risk and you assume
all responsibilities and consequences resulting from such reliance.
- Copyright Infringement. We respect the intellectual property rights
of others, and require that the people who use the Web Site, or the services or
features made available on or through the Web Site, do the same. If you
believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, please contact SportsMaestro by clicking here.
- Customer Service. For Customer Service please contact SportsMaestro
by clicking here.
- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. THE WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL
SERVICES, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS AND MATERIALS PROVIDED THROUGH THE WEB SITE, ARE PROVIDED "AS
IS," "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY FOR INFORMATION, DATA, DATA PROCESSING SERVICES, UPTIME
OR UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, PLAYABILITY,
DISPLAYABILITY, ACCURACY, PRECISION, CORRECTNESS, THOROUGHNESS, COMPLETENESS, USEFULNESS,
OR CONTENT OF INFORMATION, AND ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS AND IMPLIED. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEB SITE OR THE SERVICES, CONTENT,
FUNCTIONS OR MATERIALS PROVIDED THROUGH THE WEB SITE WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE WEB SITE
OR THE PROVIDED SERVICES WILL MEET USERS' REQUIREMENTS. NO ADVICE, RESULTS OR
INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH THE WEB SITE
SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. SPORTSMAESTRO ALSO ASSUMES NO
RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT,
YOUR EQUIPMENT ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN THE WEB SITE OR YOUR
DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO CONTENT, OR AUDIO CONTENT FROM THE
WEB SITE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE WEB SITE, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE
USING THE WEB SITE.
WE TRY TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION POSTED ON THE WEB SITE IS CORRECT AND UP-TO-DATE.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OR MAKE CORRECTIONS TO ANY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON
THE WEB SITE AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. SPORTSMAESTRO NEITHER
ENDORSES NOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR
STATEMENT ON THE WEB SITE, NOR FOR ANY OFFENSIVE, DEFAMATORY, OBSCENE, INDECENT, UNLAWFUL
OR INFRINGING POSTING MADE THEREON BY ANYONE OTHER THAN AUTHORIZED SPORTSMAESTRO
EMPLOYEE SPOKESPERSONS WHILE ACTING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, OTHER USERS OF THE WEB SITE). IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE
ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEB SITE.
WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE ABOVE IN THIS SECTION, SPORTSMAESTRO AND ITS AFFILIATES,
SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING ANY PRODUCTS OR
SERVICES ORDERED OR PROVIDED VIA THE WEB SITE, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM, AND YOU HEREBY WAIVE,
ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS MADE IN PRODUCT OR SERVICES LITERATURE,
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS DOCUMENTS AND OTHERWISE ON THE WEB SITE OR IN CORRESPONDENCE
WITH SPORTSMAESTRO OR ITS AGENTS. ANY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ORDERED OR PROVIDED
VIA THE WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED BY SPORTSMAESTRO "AS IS," EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT, IF AT
ALL, OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN A LICENSE OR SALE AGREEMENT SEPARATELY ENTERED INTO IN WRITING
BETWEEN YOU AND SPORTSMAESTRO OR ITS LICENSOR OR SUPPLIER.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE,
SHALL SPORTSMAESTRO, OR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR CONTENT
OR SERVICE PROVIDERS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROTECTED ENTITIES") BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM,
OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO, THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE WEB SITE OR
THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS RELATED THERETO, YOUR PROVISION OF INFORMATION VIA
THE WEB SITE, LOST BUSINESS OR LOST SALES, EVEN IF SUCH PROTECTED ENTITY HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 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 CERTAIN USERS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROTECTED ENTITIES BE
LIABLE FOR OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, EXCHANGED OR RECEIVED BY
OR ON BEHALF OF ANY USER OR OTHER PERSON ON OR THROUGH THE WEB SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL
THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE PROTECTED ENTITIES TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES,
AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE
EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU TO SPORTSMAESTRO FOR YOUR
USE OF THE WEB SITE OR PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS VIA THE WEB SITE.
- Applicable Laws. We control and operate the Web Site from our offices in the
United States of America. We do not represent that materials on the Web Site are
appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to access the Web
Site from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for
compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
- Termination. SportsMaestro may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue
any aspect of the Web Site or the Web Site's services at any time. SportsMaestro
may restrict, suspend or terminate your access to the Web Site and/or its services if we
believe you are in breach of our terms and conditions or applicable law, or for any other
reason without notice or liability. SportsMaestro maintains a policy that provides
for the termination in appropriate circumstances of the Web Site use privileges of users
who are repeat infringers of intellectual property rights.
- Changes to Terms of Use. SportsMaestro reserves the right, at its sole
discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of the Terms and Conditions, in
whole or in part, at any time. Changes in the Terms and Conditions will be effective when
posted. Your continued use of the Web Site and/or the services made available on or
through the Web Site after any changes to the Terms and Conditions are posted will be
considered acceptance of those changes.
- Miscellaneous. The Terms and Conditions, and the relationship between you and
us, shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of
America, without regard to conflict of law provisions. You agree that any cause of action
that may arise under the Terms and Conditions shall be commenced and be heard in the
appropriate court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America. You
agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within
Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or
provision of the Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or
provision. If any provision of the Terms and Conditions is found by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor
to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other
provisions of the Terms and Conditions remain in full force and effect.
These Terms and Conditions were revised March 1, 2010.