Terms of Use
Welcome to Shreegandha. Shreegandha provides its services and offerings (the
"Shreegandha Service," as further described below) to you subject to
the following Terms of Use ("TOU"). In addition, when using the Shreegandha
Service, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines and rules applicable to
such service, which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines and
rules are incorporated by reference into these TOU.
PLEASE READ THESE TOU CAREFULLY. By accessing or using the Shreegandha
Service, you, either an individual or a single entity ("you" or
"your" as applicable), are bound by the notices, terms and conditions
in this TOU and, as applicable, elsewhere on www.Shreegandha.org (including but
not limited to our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference). If you
register on behalf of a business, you represent to Shreegandha that you have
the authority to bind that business and your acceptance of these TOU will be
treated as acceptance by that business. In that event, "you"and
"your" will refer to that business in these TOU. If you do not agree
to any of these terms and conditions, you may not use the Shreegandha Service.
If you are a publisher and wish to upload video content to the Shreegandha
Service, then, in addition to this TOU, the Publisher Terms and Conditions as
applicable, will apply to you and are incorporated by reference.
The Shreegandha Service is comprised of (i) the Shreegandha website,
currently located at www.Shreegandha.org (and/or any successor or additional
website(s) owned or operated by or for Shreegandha); (ii) the Shreegandha
syndication network (which includes third party websites); (iii) the Shreegandha
client, a downloadable application to upload, download and view content (the
"Shreegandha Client"); (iv) the servers operated by or on behalf of Shreegandha;
and/or (v) any other technology and/or services that Shreegandha provides its
users. The Shreegandha Service enables you to make content available to other
users of the Shreegandha Service and to access content made available by other
users of the Shreegandha Service. All comments and other communications posted
or published by you or other users on the Shreegandha Service, including in any
bulletin board, chat, discussion group, feedback area, news group or email, is
referred to as "User Material." "Video Material" for
purposes of this Agreement is the video you upload to the Shreegandha Services.
"Publisher Material, for purposes of this Agreement, is any other material
you provide and includes without limitation including music, animation, text,
software, scripts, graphics, images, audio, information and interactive
features. You are solely responsible for any User Material that you upload and
publish to the Shreegandha Service, including complying with these TOU. The
terms and conditions regarding the uploading of Video Material and Publisher
Material is covered in the Publisher Terms.
You retain all of your rights in your User Material. You shall be solely
responsible for your own User Material and the consequences of posting or
publishing it on the Shreegandha Service. In connection with User Material that
you make available on the Shreegandha Service, you expressly represent and
warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and
permissions to use and authorize Shreegandha to use all patent, trademark, trade
secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all User
Material to enable inclusion and use of the User Material as part of the Shreegandha
Service and in the manner contemplated by these TOU. By submitting, posting,
uploading, emailing or otherwise providing User Material to Shreegandha, you
hereby grant (or warrant that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) Shreegandha
a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable
and transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, prepare
derivative works of, display, publish, perform and transmit the User Material
in connection with the Shreegandha Service and Shreegandhas (and its
successors) business, including without limitation for promoting and
redistributing part or all of the Shreegandha Service (and derivative works
thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You warrant that
all moral rights to the User Material you submit have been waived. You also
hereby grant each user of the Shreegandha Service a non-exclusive license to
access your User Material through the Shreegandha Service, and to use,
reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such
User Material as permitted through the functionality of the Shreegandha Service
and under these TOU.
Shreegandha does not guarantee that any User Material or Video Material and
Publisher Material will be made available on the Shreegandha Service, whether
continuously or at all. Shreegandha shall have no obligation to monitor any
User Material and Video Material and Publisher Material. However, Shreegandha
and its agents reserve the right to monitor any User Material and Video
Material and Publisher Material from time to time for any lawful purpose. Shreegandha
may, without notice to you, remove or block any User Material and/or Video
Material and Publisher Material from the Shreegandha Service, including
disabling access to such User Material and/or Video Material and/or Publisher
Material that you have downloaded through the Shreegandha Service.
Registration is not required to view most User Material and Video Material
and Publisher Material provided as part of the Shreegandha Service. However,
you are required to register if you wish to post a comment or upload a video,
download the Shreegandha Client or view certain User Material and Video
Material and Publisher Material. If you wish to upload a video you will be
subject to our Publisher Terms. If you wish to download the Shreegandha Client
you will be subject to additional terms and condition relating to the license
and use of the Shreegandha Client.
To register, you will have to create an account. As a condition to using
such components of the Shreegandha Service, you will be asked to register with Shreegandha
and select a password and screen name ("Shreegandha User ID"). You
shall provide Shreegandha with accurate, complete, and updated registration information.
Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of this TOU, which may result in
immediate termination of your Shreegandha account. You may not (i) select or
use as a Shreegandha User ID a name of another person with the intent to
impersonate that person; (ii) use as a Shreegandha User ID a name subject to
any rights of a person other than you without appropriate authorization; or
(iii) use as a Shreegandha User ID a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar
or obscene. Shreegandha reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel
a Shreegandha User ID in its sole discretion. You are solely responsible for
the activity that occurs on your account, and you must keep your account
password secure. You must notify Shreegandha immediately of any breach of
security or unauthorized use of your account. Although Shreegandha will not be
liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may
be liable for the losses of Shreegandha or others due to such unauthorized use.
All registration information provided by you shall be subject to Shreegandha's Privacy
Policy or any successor thereto.
Content on Shreegandha is meant for all audiences. You understand that you
will be exposed to User Material from a variety of publishers and that Shreegandha
is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual
property rights of or relating to such User Material. You further understand
and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Material that is inaccurate,
offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do
waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against Shreegandha
with respect thereto, and agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Shreegandha,
its parent corporation, its subsidiaries, its licensors, and their respective
officers, directors, employees and agents to the fullest extent allowed by law
regarding all matters related to your use of the Shreegandha Service.
Shreegandha grants you permission to use the Shreegandha Service subject to
all of the terms and conditions set forth in these TOU.
As a condition of use, you agree not to use the Shreegandha Service for any
purpose that is unlawful. You agree to abide by all applicable local, state,
national and international laws and regulations, including, without limitation,
all intellectual property laws (such as, U.S. copyright laws). Any
unauthorized use of the Shreegandha Service is expressly prohibited.
By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree not to (a) take any
action or (b) upload, download, post, submit or otherwise distribute or
facilitate distribution of any User Material using any communications service
or other service available on or through the Shreegandha Service, that: i.
infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity or
other right of any other person or entity; or ii. is threatening, abusive,
harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of anothers
privacy, tortious, offensive, profane, pornographic or obscene, or promotes
hate or incites violence; or iii. misrepresents the source or identity of any
content; or iv. constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or
bulk e-mail ("spamming") or a chain letter, a pyramid scheme or any
other similar solicitation; or v. contains software viruses or any other
computer codes, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt,
damage, limit or interfere with the proper function of any software, hardware,
or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to
any system, data or other information of Shreegandha or any third party; or vi.
impersonates, or falsely indicates an affiliation with, any person or entity,
including, without limitation, any employee or representative of Shreegandha;
or vii. constitutes an offer, for sale or otherwise, of any firearms,
explosives, weapons, tobacco products, controlled substances, pharmaceuticals,
counterfeit or stolen articles, registered or unregistered securities or any
items that would cause Shreegandha to violate any applicable law or regulation.
In addition to these TOU, your use of the Video Material may be subject to
separate license terms as set forth by the Publisher.
Additionally, you agree that you will not: (i) take any action that imposes,
or may impose, in Shreegandha's sole discretion, an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on Shreegandha's infrastructure; (ii) interfere
or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Shreegandha Service or
any activities conducted on the Shreegandha Service; (iii) bypass any measures Shreegandha
may use to prevent or restrict access to the Shreegandha Service, other
accounts, or computer systems or networks connected to the Shreegandha Service;
or (iv) interfere with any other users enjoyment of the Shreegandha Service,
including, without limitation, accessing an account of a Shreegandha user that
is not yours.
You may not (and may not permit others to), directly or indirectly, modify,
translate, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any part of the Shreegandha
Service or any content available through the Shreegandha website (except to the
limited extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction), or
copy, rent, lease, distribute, or otherwise transfer any or the rights that you
receive hereunder. In addition, you may not remove any proprietary notices or
labels.
You shall not launch or otherwise use any robot, spider, scraper or other
automated means to access the Shreegandha Service in a manner which sends more
request messages to the Shreegandha server in any given period of time than a
typical human would normally produce in the same period by using a conventional
on-line web browser to read, view and submit materials. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, we grant the operators of search engines permission to use robots to
copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of creating
publicly-available searchable indexes of the materials, but not caches or
archives of the materials, provided that we reserve the right to revoke these
exceptions either generally or in specific cases.
You shall not harvest or collect information from the Shreegandha Service,
including, without limitation, information about other users of the Shreegandha
Service. The use of any information learned through the Shreegandha Service or
while in the Shreegandha website is limited to the express purposes set forth
in these TOU; all other uses are strictly prohibited.
Unless expressly authorized, you shall not frame or otherwise display any
portion of the Shreegandha.org website or any of its contents. No hyperlinks to
any password protected web pages on the Shreegandha.org website are allowed.
Hyperlinks to non-restricted pages are allowed, subject to review and
termination by Shreegandha in our sole discretion.
The content accessible through the Shreegandha Service, except User Material
and Video Material and Publisher Material, including without limitation, the
text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive
features and the like (collectively, the "Shreegandha Content") and
the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (the
"Marks"), are owned by or licensed to Shreegandha, and subject to
copyright and other intellectual property rights under United States and
foreign laws and international conventions. Except as set forth in these TOU,
the Shreegandha Content, Marks, User Material and Video Material and Publisher
Material is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only
and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast,
displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes
whatsoever except as set forth in these TOU or without the prior written
consent of the respective owners. Shreegandha reserves all rights not expressly
granted in and to the Shreegandha Service and the Shreegandha Content. If you
download or print a copy of the Shreegandha Content, User Material or Video
Material and Publisher Material, you must retain all copyright and other
proprietary notices contained in or on such content and material. You agree not
to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security related features of
the Shreegandha Service or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of
any Shreegandha Content, User Material or Video Material and Publisher
Material.
Shreegandha respects the rights of copyright holders. We have established a copyright
policy which is incorporated herein by reference.
Shreegandha may terminate your access to all or any part of the Shreegandha
Service at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective
immediately. You may terminate your use of the Shreegandha Service at any time,
provided that all provisions of this TOU, which by their nature should survive
termination, shall survive termination, including, without limitation,
ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
THE SHREEGANDHA SERVICE, SHREEGANDHA CONTENT AND MARKS ARE PROVIDED BY SHREEGANDHA
"AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE". SHREEGANDHA MAKES NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE SHREEGANDHA
SERVICE OR ITS CONTENT OR MARKS, AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SHREEGANDHA
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SHREEGANDHA SERVICE AND ITS CONTENTS,
WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS
OF CONTENT, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THE AVAILABILITY OR QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS OR
SERVICES AVAILABLE VIA THE SHREEGANDHA SERVICE (EXCEPT AS MAY BE SET FORTH IN
ANY LICENSE OR OTHER AGREEMENT RELATED TO THOSE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES). YOU AGREE
THAT USE OF THE SHREEGANDHA SERVICE SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. FURTHER, SHREEGANDHA
DOES NOT ENDORSE, GUARANTEE OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE
ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY ANY THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SHREEGANDHA SERVICE OR ANY
HYPERLINKED WEBSITE OR INCLUDED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND SHREEGANDHA
WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION
BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD PARTY WITH RESPECT THERETO.
IN NO EVENT SHALL SHREEGANDHA OR ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, PARTNERS OR
LICENSORS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND/OR
AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO ANY LOST PROFITS OR REVENUE, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF
PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM YOUR USE OF THE SHREEGANDHA SERVICE, OR ANY
CONTENT, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES DISTRIBUTED ON OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SHREEGANDHA
SERVICE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SHREEGANDHA CONTENT AND SHREEGANDHA
MARKS), WHETHER AS A RESULT OF ERRORS, OMISSIONS, LOSS OF DATA, DEFECTS,
VIRUSES, INTERRUPTIONS OR DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY OTHER
CAUSE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY,
EVEN IF SHREEGANDHA OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, SHREEGANDHA
ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR: ANY ERRORS, MISTAKES OR INACCURACIES IN OR OF ANY
CONTENT, INCLUDING ANY USER MATERIAL OR VIDEO MATERIAL AND PUBLISHER MATERIAL;
PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM
YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SHREEGANDHA SERVICES; ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO
OR USE OF THE SHREEGANDHA SERVERS AND/OR ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR
FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN; ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF
TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SHREEGANDHA WEBSITE; ANY VIRUSES, BUGS, TROJAN
HORSES, WORMS OR OTHER MALICIOUS CODE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH
THE SHREEGANDHA WEBSITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY; AND/OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY
KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE SHREEGANDHA SERVICE OR ANY CONTENT,
INCLUDING ANY USER MATERIAL OR VIDEO MATERIAL AND PUBLISHER MATERIAL, POSTED,
EMAILED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SHREEGANDHA SERVICE.
SOME JURISDICTIONS RESTRICT THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OR DAMAGES, SO THE
ABOVE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY PART OF THE
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH ABOVE IS
UNENFORCEABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, SHREEGANDHA'S AND ITS SUPPLIERS' AGGREGATE
LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE
APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Shreegandha and its
affiliates, subsidiaries and distribution partners and their respective
officers, directors, employees and/or agents (collectively, "Shreegandha
Indemnitees") from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations,
losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to
attorneys fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Shreegandha
Service; (ii) your violation of any term of these TOU; (iii) your violation,
alleged or actual, of any third party right, including without limitation any
copyright, property, or privacy right; (iv) any claim that any of User Material
you upload and publish on the Shreegandha Service caused damage to a third
party; or (v) your gross negligence or willful malfeasance (collectively,
"Claims"). You are solely responsible for defending any such Claims,
and for payment of losses, costs, damages or expenses resulting from the
foregoing to both a third party and to the Shreegandha Indemnitees. Shreegandha
shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to select its own legal counsel
to defend the Shreegandha Indemnitees from any Claims (but by doing so shall
not waive your indemnity obligations), and you shall be solely responsible for
the payment of all reasonable attorneys fees incurred by the Shreegandha
Indemnitees in connection therewith. You shall not, without the prior express
written approval of Shreegandha, settle, dispose or enter into any proposed
settlement or resolution of any Claim (whether having been finally adjudicated
or otherwise) brought against you, if such settlement or resolution results in
any obligation or liability for any Shreegandha Indemnitee. This defense and
indemnification obligation will survive these TOU and your use of the Shreegandha
Service.
Acceptance. If you do not accept all of the terms and conditions set
forth in these TOU, you may not access or use the Shreegandha Service.
Ability to Accept. The Shreegandha Service is only available to users
who are over the age of 18, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental
or guardian consent, and are fully able to and competent to enter into and abide
by the terms, conditions, obligations, representations and warranties set forth
in these TOU. If you are under 13 years of age, you may not register for or
use the Shreegandha Service.
Modification. Shreegandha shall have the right to modify these TOU at
any time, which modification shall be effective immediately following Shreegandha's
posting of such change on its website. We recommend that you check the Shreegandha
website regularly for any such changes. Your use of the Shreegandha Service
following such posting shall be deemed to constitute your acceptance of such
modification. These TOU may not otherwise be changed or modified, except in a
writing signed by an authorized representative of Shreegandha.
Enforceability and Waiver. If any provision of these TOU is found
illegal or unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent
permissible, and the legality and enforceability of the other provisions of
these TOU will not be affected. No delay or failure by Shreegandha to exercise
or enforce any of its rights under these TOU will act as a waiver of such
rights.
Privacy Policy. Your use of the Shreegandha Service is subject to
your acceptance of our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference.
Please read the Privacy Policy carefully for disclosures relating to the
collection and use of your personal information.
Links to Third Party Websites. As a convenience for its users, Shreegandha
may provide links on this website to other websites owned by third parties.
Unless otherwise stated, Shreegandha does not endorse or control these third
parties and takes no responsibility for them or their websites.
Export and International Use. The Shreegandha Service is controlled
and offered by Shreegandha from its facilities in the United States of America. Shreegandha
makes no representations that the Shreegandha Service is appropriate or
available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Shreegandha
Service from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are
responsible for compliance with local law.
Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Venue. These TOU shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to or application
of choice of law rules or principles. You expressly consent to the personal and
exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Los Angeles County
of the State of California
for any claim or action arising out of or relating to these TOU or your use of
the Shreegandha Service. You agree that: the Shreegandha Service shall be deemed
to be solely based in the State of California; the Shreegandha website shall be
deemed a passive website that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over Shreegandha,
either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than the State of
California; and ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SHREEGANDHA
SERVICE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. The
prevailing party in any litigation will be entitled, in addition to any other
relief granted to it, to recover reasonable attorneys fees, expenses and costs
incurred in connection with the litigation.