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Caribarts.org
Terms & Conditions of Use and Disclaimers Agreement
Please print and keep a copy of this Agreement. If you do not agree to
abide by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, please do not become
a Subscriber of the caribarts.org website. Use of the website constitutes
acceptance of this agreement.
1. The Website
caribarts.org is an on-line, World Wide Web-based subscription and non-subscription
website. This document will refer to this site as "the website".
2. Ownership of the Information, Materials and
Software of the Website
2.1 You expressly acknowledge and agree that the website contains information,
text, software, photos, graphics, video, music, sounds, data, databases,
logos, button icons, images and other material (called "Materials")
that are protected by copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents or
other proprietary rights (called "Intellectual Property Rights"),
that these Intellectual Property Rights are valid and protected in all
forms, media and technologies existing now or developed later, and that
all right, title and interest in and to these Materials, including but
not limited to all Intellectual Property Rights, belong solely and exclusively
to caribarts.org or its licensors. Copyright © 2004 CARIBARTS INC.
All rights reserved.
2.2 Areas may be provided on the website for users to post and exchange
ideas and information. The views and opinions expressed therein do not
necessarily reflect those of caribarts.org or its content providers or
licensors. You hereby represent and warrant that you have all necessary
rights in and to any materials you post on the site, and that such materials
will not infringe on any personal or proprietary rights of any third parties.
Further, you authorize caribarts.org to use and/or authorize others to
use your postings in any manner, format or medium.
2.3 The website provides a personnel listings service. Personal information
which you may submit to caribarts.org for use in the website’s personnel
listings will be available for viewing by other users of the website.
2.4 By using the website, you are agreeing that caribarts.org may collect,
use, sell, license and otherwise distribute demographic data about Subscribers
in aggregated form (so that no Subscriber is personally identifiable)
to assist in market evaluation and for other purposes as reasonably determined
by caribarts.org.
2.5 The caribarts.org website requires the use of internet browser cookies
to facilitate subscription processing, and to validate user role upon
login. These cookies are session based and expire when the internet browser
is shut down. caribarts.org does not share this information with third
parties, nor does caribarts.org use it for any purpose other than facilitating
the user experience.
3. Use of the Information and Materials of the
Website
3.1 By entering this site you agree to not use, modify, copy, print, distribute,
transmit, display, download, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create
derivative works from, transfer, disseminate, distribute or sell any information,
software, data, products or services, or any other material obtained from
the entire site in any form, format or media or by means of any technology
without obtaining the advance express written permission of caribarts.org
and any other owner of the Intellectual Property rights in such Materials.
3.2 Your rights to use the site, your password and your subscriber ID
are not transferable. Any password, subscriber ID or right given to you
for use of site content or any service provided on the site cannot be
transferred to any person or entity. Any attempted transfer by you shall
be null and void, and may be grounds for the termination of all of your
rights to access and use the site.
3.3 You are granted a limited, nonexclusive right to create a text-only
hyperlink to this site provided such link does not portray caribarts.org
or any of its or its vendors’ names, products or services, in a
false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise defamatory manner. You may
not use a caribarts.org logo or other proprietary graphic of caribarts.org
to link to this site without the express advance written permission of
caribarts.org. This limited right may be revoked at any time.
3.4 If you wish to request permission to reproduce Materials from the
website, or if you have any questions about the proper way to include
such notices, contact caribarts.org. See Section 13.
3.5 Caribarts.org respects the intellectual property of others. If you
believe that any work owned by you has been copied onto or used on the
site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact
caribarts.org and provide the following information:
a. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act
on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
b. a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
c. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is
located on the site;
d. Your address, telephone number and email address;
e. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed
use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
f. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information
in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or the
party authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
Notice of claims of copyright infringement can be made to caribarts.org
as outlined in Section 13.
3.6 Nothing in this site will be construed as conferring upon any user
of this site any licence to any of caribarts.org’s intellectual
property rights or those of any third party.
3.7 Caribarts, caribarts news, caribarts Direct and the caribarts logo,
are trademarks of caribarts Inc.. You agree that you will not copy, imitate
or use any of these trademarks, in whole or in part, without the prior
written permission of caribarts.org. You further agree that you will not
(a) alter, delete or otherwise tamper with any copyright management information
contained or associated with any site content, or (b) use, frame or utilize
framing techniques to enclose or pop-up any caribarts.org site content,
trademarks, service marks or logos without our express written consent,
or (c) use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing
any caribarts.org site content, trademarks, service marks or logos without
our express written consent. You agree that any violation of this section
by you will cause caribarts.org immediate and irreparable harm for which
caribarts.org shall be entitled automatically for temporary and permanent
injunctive relief, in addition to all other available legal and equitable
remedies.
3.8 Caribarts.org may make available for your use interactive message
boards or discussion threads which permit you to post information or material
for discussion purposes. You agree that you shall not upload to, or distribute
or otherwise publish on the message boards or discussion threads or anywhere
else on the site any libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive,
or otherwise illegal material, including any material that violates any
intellectual property laws. You agree that you will use the message boards
or discussion threads only for non-commercial purposes. You shall not,
without the express approval of caribarts.org, distribute or otherwise
publish or transmit any material containing any solicitation of funds,
advertising or solicitation for goods or services on any message board
or discussion thread. You are solely responsible for the content of your
messages. You agree to indemnify and hold caribarts.org and its employees,
officers, directors and agents harmless from any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by a third party arising from any
material you contribute to message boards or discussion threads. However,
while caribarts.org does not and cannot review every message posted by
you on the message boards or discussion threads and caribarts.org is not
responsible for the content of your messages, caribarts.org reserves the
right to delete, move or edit messages that it believes in its sole discretion
are abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark
laws, or otherwise unacceptable. You acknowledge that any submissions
made by you to the site may be edited, removed, modified, published, transmitted,
and displayed by caribarts.org, and you hereby waive any moral rights,
publicity rights or other rights you may have in having the material used,
altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you. All message boards
or discussion threads are intended as publicly available media, and you
therefore should not have any expectation of privacy in connection with
the posting or use of such fora, or any messages posted on such fora.
3.9 Caribarts.org may operate an interactive transaction service allowing
access to third party merchant sites from which you may purchase certain
goods or services. You understand that caribarts.org does not operate
or control the products or services offered by third party merchants.
Third party merchants are responsible for all aspects of order processing,
fulfilment, billing and customer service. Caribarts.org is not a party
to the transactions entered into between you and third party merchants.
All rules, policies (including privacy policies) and operating procedures
of third party merchants will apply to you while on the merchants’
sites. caribarts.org is not responsible in any manner for and expressly
disclaims any liability in connection with information provided by you
to third party merchants and for transactions entered into by you with
the third party merchants. Third party merchants and caribarts.org are
unrelated, independent contractors and neither party has authority to
make any representations or commitments on behalf of the other.
4. This Agreement and Changes to It
4.1. In addition to being a part of the subscription form, this Agreement
resides on-line at the website under the Terms of Use and Disclaimers
link so that you may reference it at any time.
4.2. caribarts.org may change any of the terms in this Agreement at any
time. Changes will become effective when caribarts.org posts the modified
Agreement on the website. The Terms of Use and Disclaimers link will be
flagged any time changes are posted. If you do not agree to the changes,
you may cancel your subscription to the website in the way described in
Section 8. Continued use of this website by you or any other subscriber
under your license constitutes acceptance of the terms of the modified
Agreement.
4.3. This Agreement is the entire agreement between caribarts.org and
you with respect to the website. Headings in this Agreement are for your
convenience only and do not have any legal meaning or effect. If any part
of this Agreement is invalid, the rest of this Agreement will remain in
effect. If caribarts.org waives or fails to enforce any term or condition
of this Agreement on any one or more occasions, whether by conduct or
otherwise, its waiver or failure to enforce will not mean that it must
waive or cannot enforce such term or condition on any other occasion,
or any other term or condition of this Agreement. The meaning of this
Agreement cannot be changed by your or caribarts.org's conduct, even if
repeated, or by any custom or practice of others engaged in the same or
similar businesses.
5. Changes to Website
caribarts.org may change or discontinue any portion, feature or content
of the website in its sole discretion at any time with or without notice
to you. Likewise, caribarts.org may at any time, with or without notice
to you, restrict the use and accessibility of the website or of any parts
of the website as well as limit the duration and amount of use made of
the website.
6. Subscription Rates, Other Charges, and Payment
6.1. caribarts.org may change the Subscription Rates it charges for use
of the website or any of its services or products or add new Subscription
Rates for parts of the website that were previously free at any time.
Such changes shall be effective immediately with respect to new subscriptions
and renewals.
6.2. Credit card transactions are required for the online purchase of
some services and products offered on the website. Processors of credit
card payments on the website are not responsible for any content on caribarts.org.
6.3 caribarts.org accepts paid advertisements on the website. Advertisers
on the website are not responsible for any content on the website.
7. Your Other Responsibilities Concerning Subscription
to the Website
7.1 By subscribing to the website under this Agreement, you certify to
caribarts.org that (a) the information you have provided to caribarts.org
in order to register as a Subscriber is complete, accurate and current,
(b) you will notify caribarts.org within 15 days of any change in your
Subscriber information and (c) that you will not share your User ID(s)
and Password(s) except as expressly authorized under the terms of your
licence. If any of these certifications is or becomes untrue, or if you
do not comply in full with these requirements, caribarts.org has the right
to suspend and/or terminate your subscription to the website.
7.2 You are responsible for all uses of the website through your User
ID(s) and Password(s), whether the use is made by you personally or by
someone else. You are responsible for protecting and securing your User
ID(s) and Password(s) from unauthorized use and disclosure. In the event
that you become aware of or believe there has been any breach of the website,
such as the theft or unauthorized use of your User ID(s) and Password(s),
you will notify caribarts.org immediately. See Section 13.
7.3 In using the caribarts.org site, you agree not to: (a) disrupt or
interfere with the security of, or otherwise abuse, the site, or any services,
system resources, accounts, servers or networks connected to or accessible
through the site or affiliated or linked websites, (b) disrupt or interfere
with any other user’s enjoyment of the site or affiliated or linked
websites, (c) upload, post or otherwise transmit through or on the site
any viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files, (d) use
or attempt to use another’s account, service or system, or create
or use a false identity on this site, (e) transmit through or on this
site spam, chain letters, junk mail or any other type of unsolicited mass
email, or (f) attempt to obtain unauthorized access to the site or portions
of the site that are restricted from general access. You also agree that
you are solely responsible for actions and communications undertaken or
transmitted under your account, and that you will comply with all applicable
laws and regulations that relate to your use of the site or your activities
on the site.
7.4 You are responsible for complying with all terms and conditions of
this Agreement, as modified from time to time, and with any other rules
and regulations of which caribarts.org gives you notice. You are also
responsible for obtaining and using all computer hardware and software
required for your access to and use of the website and for any charges
incurred for your own access to the website through an Internet access
provider or other third party website.
8. Termination of Subscription or Access
8.1. If for any reason within the first 15 days of making an online purchase
of a caribarts.org site subscription you are dissatisfied with the Website,
you can request a full refund, whereupon your Subscription will terminate.
8.2. Subscription access to caribarts.org will terminate immediately and
automatically upon your failure to pay for your Subscription or in the
event that you breach any of the terms of this Agreement.
8.3. Your Subscription commences the day you submit the subscription form
and runs for the specific term you purchased whether or not the website
is used. Your obligations under this Agreement will exist until said term
expires or the Subscription is terminated by you or caribarts.org.
8.4. You may terminate this Agreement and your rights to use the website
at any time and without cause by notifying caribarts.org of your decision
to terminate your Subscription. See Section 13.
8.5. caribarts.org may, in its sole and absolute discretion, and with
or without notice, suspend your access to all or any part of the website,
or terminate this Agreement and thus your rights to use the website, for
any conduct or use (whether by you or anyone else having access under
your User ID(s) and Password(s)) that caribarts.org believes is a violation
of this Agreement or for any other conduct or use that caribarts.org believes
is harmful to other Subscribers, caribarts.org's content providers, or
to the website or the interests of caribarts.org.
9. Your Remedies
Your sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any disagreement or dissatisfaction
with (a) this Agreement, as modified from time to time; (b) Subscription
Cost or other charges for the use of the website, (c) access to, use of,
or performance of the website, or (d) any Materials from or content accessible
through the website, is to terminate your Subscription as provided for
in Section 8.
10. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitations of
Liability
10.1. THE WEBSITE AND ALL INFORMATION, MATERIALS AND SOFTWARE ACCESSIBLE
THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS," "AS-AVAILABLE"
BASIS. THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY OPERATION OF LAW
OR OTHERWISE, REGARDING OR RELATING TO PRODUCTS OR WEBSITES FURNISHED
TO SUBSCRIBERS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE.
CARIBARTS.ORG EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED AND IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT
AND THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
10.2 THE SITE CONTENT MAY CONTAIN BUGS, VIRUSES, ERRORS, PROBLEMS OR OTHER
LIMITATIONS. CARIBARTS.ORG AND ITS AFFILIATES, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT PROVIDERS
AND MERCHANTS, EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM AND SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER
FOR YOUR USE OF ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER SITE CONTENT PROVIDED ON THE
SITE. MOREOVER, NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES WHATSOEVER
ARE MADE AS TO THE ACCURACY, RECENCY, COMPLETENESS, ADEQUACY, RELIABILITY,
SUITABILITY OR APPLICABILITY OF ANY SITE CONTENT TO A PARTICULAR SITUATION,
OR AS TO THAT OF ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE. CARIBARTS.ORG MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES WHATSOEVER FOR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OR HYPERTEXT
LINKS TO THIRD PARTIES OR FOR ANY BREACH OF SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE
TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE.
10.3 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, SHALL CARIBARTS.ORG
BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES THAT ARISE
FROM LOSS OF ANTICIPATED REVENUE, LOSS OF INFORMATION, DATA OR MATERIAL
OF ANY KIND, LITIGATION, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS AND INJURY TO
PROPERTY, EVEN IF CARIBARTS.ORG HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES) THAT ARISE IN CONNECTION WITH OR RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF
OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, YOUR RELIANCE
ON ANY MATERIALS, CONTENT, INFORMATION, WEBSITES, SOFTWARE OR PRODUCTS
OBTAINED ON THE WEBSITE, OR MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, COMMUNICATIONS
FAILURE, DELETION OF FILES OR E-MAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, TROJAN
HORSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE,
OR THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO YOUR RECORDS, PROGRAMMES
OR WEBSITES, WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY,
TORT, PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. THE NEGATION OF DAMAGES SET FORTH
ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU
AND CARIBARTS.ORG. THE SITE WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS.
10.4 If, notwithstanding the foregoing, caribarts.org were to be held
liable for damages, then regardless of the form of action (whether in
contract, tort, breach of warranty or otherwise), in no event shall the
maximum liability of caribarts.org and the parties described in the next
sentence (caribarts.org's "Related Parties") exceed, in the
aggregate, $100.00. All of the provisions of this section are also for
the benefit of caribarts.org's directors, officers, shareholders, employees,
affiliates, agents, third-party content providers, licensors and the like,
and anyone else involved in creating, producing or distributing the website,
and each shall have the right to assert and enforce the provisions directly
on their own behalf.
10.5 Where caribarts.org is a distributor, rather than a publisher, of
Materials accessible through the website, caribarts.org exercises no more
editorial control over such Materials than does a typical public library,
bookstore or newsstand. The views and opinions expressed in such information
do not necessarily reflect those of caribarts.org or its content providers
or licensors. Neither caribarts.org nor its content providers or licensors
make any warranties or representations regarding the accuracy, adequacy,
truthfulness, completeness, or usefulness of such information.
10.6 The site contains several links to other sites. Caribarts.org is
providing these links merely as an accommodation to its users, and is
not responsible for the content, accuracy, timeliness, activity, use of,
privacy practices, conduct, or opinions expressed in such linked websites,
and such websites are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy
or completeness by caribarts.org. If you decide to leave the caribarts.org
website and access any of these third party sites, you do so at your own
risk.
11. Indemnification by You
11.1 By using the site, you represent, warrant and covenant (a) that no
materials of any kind submitted by or through you will (i) violate, plagiarize,
or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark,
intellectual property, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights;
or (ii) contain libellous or otherwise unlawful material; and (b) that
you will not engage on any part of the site in any other prohibited activity
identified in this agreement.
11.2 You agree to fully defend, indemnify and hold harmless caribarts.org
and all of its officers, directors, owners, employees, agents, information
providers, affiliates, licensors and licensees from and against any and
all liability and costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's
fees, related to any violation of this Agreement by your use of the website,
or in connection with the placement or transmission by you of any material
on the website. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in
the defence of any such claims.
12. Compliance with Barbados Export Requirements
This Agreement and your use of the website are subject to any laws, regulations,
orders or other restrictions on export from Barbados of certain materials
and technical data which may be imposed from time to time by the Barbados
Government. Therefore, you will not transfer, directly or indirectly,
by electronic means or otherwise, any Materials or information contained
therein, or any direct products thereof, to any country, or to any agent,
representative, or foreign national of any country, for which the Barbados
Government or any agency thereof requires an export licence or other governmental
approval at the time of export without first obtaining such licence or
approval.
13. Notices
caribarts.org may give notice to you by electronic mail, by a posting
on the website, or by conventional mail. Notice by caribarts.org shall
be effective on the date that caribarts.org makes a good faith effort
to reach you. You shall give notice to caribarts.org as stated below.
Notice by you shall be effective on the date that caribarts.org actually
receives the notice.
Via e-mail:
admin@caribarts.org
Via mail:
caribarts.org
‘Autumn Leaves’,
Pleasant Hall Drive
Dayrells Road, Christ Church
Barbados
14. Miscellaneous
14.1. This Agreement is personal to you, and you may not assign, transfer
or delegate your rights or obligations to anyone. This Agreement, your
and caribarts.org's rights and obligations, and any disputes or disagreements
regarding the website will be governed by the laws of Barbados. Any and
all actions, disputes or controversies relating to the Agreement or the
website will be decided by the courts of Barbados located in Barbados,
and you consent to the jurisdiction and venue of those courts and irrevocably
consent to the process document, delivered personally or mailed by certified
or registered mail, return receipt requested, at the address set forth
in your Subscriber information.
14.2 This agreement constitutes the entire and only agreement between
us and you regarding its subject matter, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
agreements, representations and understandings with respect to the site,
the content, goods and services provided by or through the site, payment
for such goods and services, and the subject matter of this agreement.
14.3 You acknowledge that caribarts.org will be irreparably harmed by
any breach of this Agreement by you or by your unauthorized use of the
Materials or the website and, further, that monetary damages may not be
a sufficient remedy for such harm. You agree that caribarts.org shall
be entitled, without waiving any other rights or remedies and without
further demonstration of irreparable harm or the inadequacy of monetary
damages, to obtain injunctive or other equitable relief in the event of
any breach of this Agreement by you or by your unauthorized use of the
Materials or the website.
Copyright © 2004 CARIBARTS INC. All rights reserved.
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