TERMS OF USE
1. Definitions.
"TimeByDesign.com" is the interactive online service operated
by Time By Design, Inc. ("Time By Design") on the World Wide
Web of the Internet that provides innovative ways to tell time, including
cyberclocks, to customers ("Customers") accessing TimeByDesign.com
online. Customers include recipients of cyberclock "gifts" purchased
by third parties for the recipient, but downloaded or otherwise redeemed
by recipient on the TimebyDesign.com Web site. The Time By Design products
and services include content and transaction capabilities provided by
Time By Design, its affiliates, and other third parties.
2. General.
(A) This Agreement incorporates by reference other provisions located
on the TimeByDesign.com Web Site. By using TimeByDesign.com (other than
to read this Agreement for the first time), Customer agrees to comply
with all of the terms and conditions hereof. The right to use TimeByDesign.com
is personal to Customer and is not transferable to any other person or
entity. Customer shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality
of Customer's password(s), if any.
(B) Time by Design shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue
any aspect or feature of TimeByDesign.com, including, but not limited
to, content, hours of availability and equipment needed for access or
use.
3. Changed Terms.
Time By Design shall have the right, at any time, to change or modify
the terms and conditions applicable to Customer's use of TimeByDesign.com,
or any part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including, but not limited
to, adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions
or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which
may be given by means including, but not limited to, posting on TimeByDesign.com,
or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means by which
Customer obtains notice thereof. Any use of TimeByDesign.com by Customer
after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by Customer
of such changes, modifications or additions
4. Equipment.
Customer shall be solely responsible for maintaining all telephone, computer
hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of TimeByDesign.com
and all charges related thereto.
5. Customer Conduct.
(A) Customer shall use TimeByDesign.com for lawful purposes only.
(B) TimeByDesign.com contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other
proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software,
photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of TimeByDesign.com
are copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright
laws. Cyberclock software is protected by U.S. copyright registration.
Time By Design further owns a copyright in the selection, coordination,
arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content
original to it. Customer may not modify, publish, transmit, participate
in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit,
any of the content of TimeByDesign.com, in whole or in part. Customer
may download copyrighted material, including "gift" cyberclock
software, for Customer's personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly
permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission,
publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be
permitted without the express permission of Time By Design and the copyright
owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication
of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution,
trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. Customer acknowledges
that it does not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted
material.
(C) Upon submission of design information by Customer to Time By Design for creation of customized cyberclocks or other products, Customer assigns and transfers to Time By Design all right, title and interest in the design information. Time By Design owns all rights, including copyrights, to any products created using the design information submitted by Customer, subject to a license for Customer's personal use only.
(D) The foregoing provisions of Section 5 are for the benefit of Time
By Design, its subsidiaries, affiliates and its third party content providers
and licensors and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such
provisions directly or on its own behalf. Violations of the foregoing
may result in the early termination of the Service.
6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
(A) CUSTOMER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF TIMEBYDESIGN.COM IS AT CUSTOMER'S
SOLE RISK. NEITHER TIME BY DESIGN, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT
THAT TIMEBYDESIGN.COM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY
MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF TIMEBYDESIGN.COM,
OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE,
OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH, OR DOWNLOADED FROM, TIMEBYDESIGN.COM.
TIME BY DESIGN DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS,
SUCH AS THE QUALITY OF ANY CYBERCLOCK DOWNLOADED, PROVIDED BY THE TIMEBYDESIGN.COM
ONLINE SERVICE, AND TIME BY DESIGN DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY WITH
REGARD TO THE SAME.
(B) TIMEBYDESIGN.COM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES THAT
ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION
UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(C) THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED
BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION,
DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION
LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION
OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR,
NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. CUSTOMER SPECIFICALLY
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT TIME BY DESIGN IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE ILLEGAL CONDUCT
OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD-PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING
RESTS ENTIRELY WITH CUSTOMER.
(D) IN NO EVENT WILL TIME BY DESIGN, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED
IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING TIMEBYDESIGN.COM OR THE TIMEBYDESIGN.COM
SOFTWARE, INCLUDING CYBERCLOCKS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL
OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE TIMEBYDESIGN.COM.
CUSTOMER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON TIMEBYDESIGN.COM.
(E) IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS SET FORTH ABOVE NEITHER, TIME BY DESIGN,
NOR ITS AFFILIATES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR CONTENT PARTNERS SHALL BE
LIABLE REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OR DURATION, FOR ANY ERRORS, INACCURACIES,
OMISSIONS, OR OTHER DEFECTS IN, OR UNTIMELINESS OR UNAUTHENTICITY OF,
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN TIMEBYDESIGN.COM, OR FOR ANY DELAY OR
INTERRUPTION IN THE TRANSMISSION THEREOF TO THE CUSTOMER, OR FOR ANY CLAIMS
OR LOSSES ARISING THEREFROM OR OCCASIONED THEREBY. NONE OF THE FOREGOING
PARTIES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS OR LOSSES OF ANY NATURE,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES.
(F) THESE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE FORM
OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT, AND
SHALL SURVIVE FAILURE OF AN EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.
7. Indemnification.
Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Time By Design,
its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and
agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys'
fees, arising out of the use of TimeByDesign.com by Customer or any other
use of the TimeByDesign.com service by Customer. By submitting design information for customized cyberclocks or other products, Customers certify that they have all necessary right, title and interest in the submitted design information for use by Time By Design in created custom products. Such Customers further agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Time By Design, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees,! arising out of the use of by Time By Design of the design information and the use, copying, sale or distribution of any products created with the design information.
8. Termination.
Either Time By Design or Customer may terminate this Agreement at any
time. Without limiting the foregoing, Time By Design shall have the right
to immediately terminate any passwords or accounts of Customer in the
event of any conduct by Customer which Time By Design, in its sole discretion,
considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by Customer
of this Agreement. The provisions of Sections 5(B), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and
11 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
9. Trademarks.
Time By Design and TimeByDesign.com and each of their logos are trademarks
of Time By Design, Inc.. All rights reserved. All other trademarks appearing
on Time By Design are the property of their respective owners.
10. Third Party Content.
From time to time, Time By Design may act as a distributor (and not a
publisher) of content supplied by third parties and Customers. Accordingly,
Time By Design has no more editorial control over such content than does
a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements,
services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available
by third parties, including information providers, Customers or any other
user of TimeByDesign.com, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s)
and not of Time By Design. Neither Time By Design nor any third-party
provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness
of any content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular
purpose. (Refer to Section 6 above for the complete provisions governing
limitation of liabilities and disclaimers of warranty.)
In any such instances, the content available through TimeByDesign.com
represents the opinions and judgments of the respective information provider,
Customer, or other user not under contract with Time By Design. Time By
Design neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability
of any opinion, advice or statement made on TimeByDesign.com by anyone
other than authorized Time By Design employee spokespersons while acting
in their official capacities. Under no circumstances will Time By Design
be liable for any loss or damage caused by an Customer's reliance on information
obtained through TimeByDesign.com. It is the responsibility of Customer
to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information,
opinion, advice or other content available through TimeByDesign.com.
11. Miscellaneous.
This Agreement and any operating rules for TimeByDesign.com established
by Time By Design constitute the entire agreement of the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written
or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. No waiver
by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to
be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section
headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any
legal import. Any cause of action Customer may have with respect to use
of the TimeByDesign.com service must be commenced within one (1) year
after the claim or cause of action arises. If for any reason a court of
competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this Agreement, or portion
thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the
maximum extent possible so as to effect the intent of the Agreement, and
the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.