TERMS OF USE
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IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE.
YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE BY ACCESSING THIS WEB SITE, REGISTERING FOR THIS
WEB SITE, OR BY ACCEPTING OR DOWNLOADING ANY INFORMATION AND CONTENT FROM THIS WEB
SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW, DO NOT USE
THIS WEB SITE.
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1. Acceptance of Terms.
This web site ("Web Site") is provided by Aceneth, LLC ("Aceneth", "we," "our,"
or "Company"). Your use of this Web Site is subject to the following Terms of Use
("Terms of Use"). By accessing and using the Web Site or downloading materials from
the Web Site, you accept and agree to, without limitation or qualification, these
Terms of Use. Aceneth reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, alter
or otherwise change these Terms of Use at any time. Please check these Terms of
Use periodically for changes. By using this Web Site after any changes to these
Terms of Use are posted, you are indicating your renewed agreement to be bound by
any such changes. Please also review our Privacy Policy.
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2. General. By accessing
or linking to this Web Site, you assume the risk that this Web Site and all of the
content it contains, or may in the future contain, including, but not limited to,
articles, opinions, other text, directories, guides, photographs, illustrations,
images, video and audio clips and advertising copy, as well as the trademarks, logos,
domain names, trade names, service marks and any and all copyrightable material
(including source and object code) and/or any other form of intellectual property
(collectively, the "Content") on this Web Site may be incomplete, inaccurate, out
of date, or may not meet your needs and requirements. Further, we may add, change,
discontinue, remove or suspend any of the Content at any time, without notice to
you and without liability. Aceneth assumes no obligation to update the Content.
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3. Equal Opportunity Employer.
Aceneth is an equal opportunity employer. Aceneth recruits, employs, trains, compensates
and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability,
age (40 and over) veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable
law.
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4. Forward-Looking Statements.
The information contained in (or accessible from) this Web Site may include both
historical and forward-looking statements. All statements that are not statements
of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements reflect the Company’s current expectations concerning future results,
objectives, plans and goals, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors that are difficult to predict and which may cause actual results,
performance or achievements to differ. These risks, uncertainties and other factors
include, among others: the public acceptance of the Company’s programs, motion pictures
and games on the various platforms on which they are distributed; economic conditions
generally, and in advertising and retail markets in particular; competition for
audiences and distribution; the impact of piracy; technological developments and
their effect in the Company’s markets and on consumer behavior; fluctuations in
the Company’s results due to the timing, mix and availability of the Company’s motion
pictures and games; changes in the Federal communications laws and regulations;
other domestic and global economic, business, competitive and/or regulatory factors
affecting the Company’s businesses generally; and other factors described in the
Company’s news releases and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including but not limited to its 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K and reports on
Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. The forward-looking statements included in this Web Site
are made only as of the date originally issued or indicated on the material, and
the Company does not have any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking
statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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5. Trademarks, Copyrights and Restrictions.
The Content is owned by Aceneth; Aceneth's subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates,
directors, officers, partners, employees, suppliers, licensors, agents, and assigns
(collectively, the "Aceneth Affiliates"); or third parties, and are protected from
unauthorized use, copying and dissemination by copyright, trademark, publicity and
other laws and by international treaties. Nothing contained in these Terms of Use
or on the Web Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or
otherwise, any license or right to use any Content in any manner without the prior
written consent of a duly authorized employee of Aceneth or such third party that
may own the Content displayed on the Web Site. ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE, REUSE, POSTING,
REPOSTING, DISPLAY, PERFORMANCE, SALE, FRAMING, COPYING, REPRODUCTION, MODIFICATION,
PUBLISHING, REPUBLISHING, UPLOADING, DOWNLOADING, TRANSMITTING, DISTRIBUTING, DUPLICATING
OR ANY OTHER USE OF THE CONTENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF A DULY AUTHORIZED ACENETH EMPLOYEE. As a user of the Web Site, you agree
not to use the Content for any unlawful purposes and not to violate Aceneth's rights
or the rights of others. Aceneth reserves the right to object or otherwise take
action against any such use.
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6. Disclaimers. THE WEB
SITE, THE CONTENT, AND ALL E-MAILS SENT BY ACENETH OR THE ACENETH AFFILIATES ("E-MAILS")
ARE PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST
OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW
THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
THIS WEB SITE, THE CONTENT, AND THE E-MAILS MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL
ERRORS. ACENETH AND THE ACENETH AFFILIATES MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY FACTS,
ADVICE, OPINIONS, VIEWS, STATEMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED
ON OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE WEB SITE, THE CONTENT, AND/OR THE E-MAILS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT ANY RELIANCE UPON ANY SUCH FACTS, ADVICE, OPINIONS, VIEWS, STATEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS,
OR OTHER INFORMATION IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT NEITHER ACENETH NOR THE ACENETH
AFFILIATES GIVE TAX, LEGAL OR INVESTMENT ADVICE OR ADVOCATE THE PURCHASE OR SALE
OF ANY SECURITY OR INVESTMENT. REFERENCE TO ANY PRODUCT, PROCESS, PUBLICATION OR
SERVICE OF ANY THIRD PARTY BY TRADE NAME, DOMAIN NAME, TRADEMARK, SERVICE MARK,
LOGO, MANUFACTURER OR OTHERWISE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR IMPLY ITS ENDORSEMENT OR
RECOMMENDATION BY ACENETH OR THE ACENETH AFFILIATES. ACENETH AND THE ACENETH AFFILIATES
MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER REGARDING THE SUITABILITY, FUNCTIONALITY,
AVAILABILITY OR OPERATION OF THIS WEB SITE, THE CONTENT, OR THE E-MAILS. THIS WEB
SITE MAY BE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE DUE TO MAINTENANCE OR MALFUNCTION OF COMPUTER
EQUIPMENT. ACENETH DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT, THE WEB SITE, OR THE E-MAILS
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS IN THE WEB SITE, THE CONTENT,
OR THE E-MAILS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE WEB SITE, THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THE
WEB SITE AND/OR THE CONTENT AVAILABLE, AND THE E-MAILS ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR
OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
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7. Limitations of Liability.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL ACENETH
OR THE ACENETH AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHETHER BASED
IN TORT, CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES RESULTING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEB SITE, THE CONTENT, THE E-MAILS,
OR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE TECHNICAL OPERATION OF THE WEB SITE, THE CONTENT,
OR THE E-MAILS, EVEN IF ACENETH OR THE ACENETH AFFILIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES WHETHER CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY NEGLIGENCE, ACTS
OF GOD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, OR THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF, OR UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO, THE WEB SITE, THE CONTENT, OR THE E-MAILS. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW
THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL ACENETH
OR THE ACENETH AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO ANY COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR
PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SECURITY BREACH, VIRUS, BUG, TAMPERING, UNAUTHORIZED
INTERVENTION, FRAUD, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION
OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER LINE FAILURE OR ANY OTHER TECHNICAL OR OTHER MALFUNCTION.
IN NO EVENT WILL ACENETH OR THE ACENETH AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE
FOR LOSS OR INJURY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY OTHER PROVISION IN THESE TERMS, IN NO EVENT AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL
ACENETH OR THE ACENETH AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY REASON OR ANY CAUSE OF
ACTION WHATSOEVER IN AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN FIFTY DOLLARS ($50). SOME JURISDICTIONS
DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF SOME TYPES OF DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT
APPLY TO YOU.
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8. Indemnification. By accessing
this Web Site, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Aceneth, and the
Aceneth Affiliates from and against any actual or alleged claims, demands, causes
of action, judgments, liabilities, losses, damages, and all costs and expenses of
defense (including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs) arising out of or
relating to: (a) your breach of your representations; (b) your violation of these
Terms of Use or any law; (c) a claim by a third party that is based on your use
of this Web Site and/or the Content; (d) Aceneth and/or the Aceneth Affiliate's
use of any information you provide; or (e) any misrepresentation made by you. You
will cooperate as fully and as reasonably required in Aceneth's defense of any claim.
You shall not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of Aceneth.
We reserve the right to assume, at our sole expense, the exclusive defense and control
of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will
fully cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses.
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9. E-mails. The contents
of an e-mail (including any attachments) that you receive from any system of Aceneth
or the Aceneth Affiliates are confidential to the sender and the intended recipient.
The information contained in such e-mail may also be subject to legal privilege
or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you
may not copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use any part of such email in any form
whatsoever. Please delete and destroy all copies of the email in your possession.
Please also reply to the sender and notify him or her that you have received such
e-mail in error. Any views or opinions expressed in an e-mail that you receive from
any system of Aceneth or the Aceneth Affiliates are solely those of the author of
such email and do not necessarily represent those of Aceneth or its affiliates unless
specifically stated. The content of an e-mail that you receive from any system of
Aceneth or the Aceneth Affiliates does not create, amend, modify or form any part
of a contract, an entitlement or a binding obligation unless specifically stated.
E-mail messages may contain computer viruses or other defects. It is your responsibility
to carry out appropriate virus and other checks to ensure that e-mail messages and
attachments do not damage your systems or data. E-mail messages may not be accurately
replicated on other systems, or may be modified, deleted or intercepted without
the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient. You should also be aware
that e-mail submissions over the Internet may not be secure, and you should consider
this before e-mailing the web site, Aceneth or the Aceneth Affiliates any information.
Neither Aceneth nor any of the Aceneth Affiliates are responsible for any improper,
untimely, or incomplete transmission. Please note that Aceneth and the Aceneth Affiliates
reserve the right to intercept, monitor, review and retain e-mail messages from
external and internal sources as permitted by applicable law.
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10. Your Use Of The Web Site.
When using the Web Site, you are prohibited from: (i) violating any law; (ii) violating
any right of Aceneth or any third party, including, without limitation, intellectual
property rights; (iii) uploading or transmitting viruses, Trojan horses or other
harmful, disruptive or destructive files or otherwise interfering with any third
party's uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Web Site; and/or (iv) using or attempting
to use another's information, account, password, service or system except as expressly
permitted.
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11. Content You Submit to the Web Site.
Please do not send unsolicited materials or other information to the Web Site, Aceneth,
or the Aceneth Affiliates ("User Submissions"). However, please be aware that all
User Submissions (except as otherwise described in our Privacy Policy) will be treated
as non-confidential and non-proprietary and we will not be liable for any use or
disclosure. By sending User Submissions to the Web Site, Aceneth, or the Aceneth
Affiliates, you represent that such materials are accurate and original with you
and do not violate the rights of any third parties, including, without limitation,
any intellectual property rights and rights of publicity and/or privacy. When you
send User Submissions to the Web Site, Aceneth or the Aceneth Affiliates, you irrevocably
grant to Aceneth and the Aceneth Affiliates a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free
license containing, without limitation, all right, title and interest in your User
Submissions, including, without limitation, all patents, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, trade identities, copyrights, trade secrets, logos, domain names, know-how,
source code and object code, mask-work rights, inventions, moral rights, author's
rights, algorithms, rights in packaging, goodwill and other intellectual property
and proprietary rights whatsoever in your User Submissions. You further agree that
Aceneth and the Aceneth Affiliates will have the unfettered right throughout the
universe, in perpetuity, without any credit or compensation to you, to use, reuse,
modify, alter, display, archive, publish, sub-license, perform, reproduce, disclose,
transmit, broadcast, post, sell, translate, create derivative works of, distribute
and use for advertising, marketing, publicity and promotional purposes, any of your
User Submissions or portions of your User Submissions, and your name, voice, likeness
and other identifying information, in any form, media, software or technology of
any kind now known or developed in the future for any purposes whatsoever including,
without limitation, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such
User Submissions. You hereby waive any moral rights you may have in and to any of
your User Submissions, even if such material is altered or changed in a manner not
agreeable to you. You agree and understand that Aceneth and Aceneth Affiliates are
not obligated to use your User Submissions, and may alternatively choose to discard
your User Submissions without any liability whatsoever.
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12. Registration. Certain
areas of the Web Site may require registration or may otherwise ask you to provide
information to participate in certain features or access certain Content. The decision
to provide this information is purely optional; however, if you elect not to provide
such information, you may not be able to access certain Content or participate in
certain features of the Web Site. When you provide information to the Web Site,
you agree to provide only true, accurate, current and complete information on all
registration pages. If you register with the Web Site, you agree to accept responsibility
for all activities that occur under your account or password, if any, and agree
you will not sell, transfer or assign your membership or any membership rights.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, if any,
and for restricting access to your computer so that others may not access the password
protected portion of the Web Site using your name in whole or in part. Aceneth reserves
the right to terminate membership and/or deny access to the Web Site to any person
in its sole discretion.
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13. Linking Policy and Links to Third
Party Web Sites. If you link to this Web Site, we require that you follow
these guidelines. The link to this Web Site must not damage, dilute or tarnish the
goodwill associated with any Aceneth names and/or intellectual property, nor may
the link create the false appearance that your web site and/or organization is sponsored
by, endorsed by, affiliated and/or associated with Aceneth. You agree that you will
not link to the Web Site from any source that is unlawful, abusive, indecent or
obscene, that promotes violence or illegal acts, that contains expressions of racism,
that is libelous, defamatory, scandalous, or inflammatory or is otherwise inappropriate.
Under no circumstances may you "frame" this Web Site or alter its Content in any
way. Aceneth reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate a link with
any web site that it deems inappropriate or inconsistent with the Web Site and/or
these Terms of Use. This Web Site also contains links or references to other web
sites maintained by third parties over which Aceneth has no control. Aceneth is
not responsible for the content or performance of other web sites to which this
Web Site may be linked or from which this Web Site may be accessed. Aceneth makes
no warranties or representations of any kind as to the accuracy, currency, or completeness
of any content or information contained in such web sites and shall have no liability
for any damages or injuries of any kind arising from such content or information.
Inclusion of any third party link does not imply any endorsement or recommendation
by Aceneth.
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14. Location/Governing Law.
Aceneth operates the Web Site in the United States. Information contained on the
Web Site may not be appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access
to this Web Site from territories where the content of the Web Site may be illegal
is prohibited. If you access the Web Site from other locations, you do so on your
own initiative and you are solely responsible for compliance with applicable local
laws. You may not use the Web Site or export the Content in violation of U.S. export
laws and regulations. These Terms of Use and your use of the Web Site shall be construed,
enforced, and governed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America
and the State of New York without regard to its conflicts of laws principles and
will specifically not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts
for the International Sale of Goods, if otherwise applicable. Any legal action or
proceeding related to this web site shall be brought exclusively in a federal or
state court of competent jurisdiction sitting in New York within ninety (90) days
after the occurrence of the facts giving rise to the cause of action, otherwise
the cause shall be forever barred. However, notwithstanding any other provision
of this Terms of Use, you agree that in the event of any dispute between the parties,
the damages, if any, caused to you are not irreparable or sufficient to entitle
you to enjoin or restrain the development, production, launch, advertising, exhibition
or exploitation of the Web Site or any film, television program, show, web site,
property, production or materials owned or controlled by Aceneth or the Aceneth
Affilaites.
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15. Miscellaneous. Aceneth
will determine your compliance with these Terms of Use in its sole discretion. Any
violation of these Terms of Use may result in restrictions on your access to all
or part of the Web Site and may be referred to law enforcement authorities. No waiver
of any of these Terms of Use shall be of any force or effect unless made in writing
and signed by a duly authorized officer of Aceneth. Aceneth reserves the right to
modify or discontinue this Web Site, or any portion thereof, without liability or
notice to you or any third party. Upon termination of your access to the Web Site,
or upon demand by Aceneth, you must destroy all materials obtained from this Web
Site and all related documentation and all copies and installations thereof. If
any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be unlawful, void or unenforceable
by any court having competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be severable
without affecting the enforceability of all remaining provisions, which will remain
in full force and effect. The section titles in these Terms are for your convenience
only and do not have any legal or contractual effect.
These Terms of Use were last updated
on January 1, 2011.
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