Welcome to a Stumptown Publishing website (the "Site") provided by Portland Publications, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company doing business as Stumptown Publishing ("Stumptown"). Any person who wishes to access the Site to submit, review, browse, retrieve, crawl or scrape any content or to otherwise use any services or offerings made available through the Site (collectively, the "Services") must accept the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service (this "Agreement") without change.
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU ACCESS THE SITE OR USE THE SERVICES. BY ACCESSING THE SITE TO SUBMIT, REVIEW, BROWSE, RETRIEVE, CRAWL OR SCRAPE ANY CONTENT OR TO OTHERWISE USE ANY SERVICES, YOU ARE UNCONDITIONALLY CONSENTING TO BE BOUND BY AND ARE BECOMING A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THE SITE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PRIVACY POLICY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 7 BELOW. IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND SUCH ENTITY TO THIS AGREEMENT, IN WHICH CASE THE TERMS "YOU" OR "YOUR" SHALL REFER TO SUCH ENTITY. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUCH AUTHORITY, OR IF YOU DO NOT UNCONDITIONALLY AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY RIGHT TO USE THE SERVICES AND YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SITE AND SERVICES.
Stumptown reserves the right to change any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, including the Fees (as defined below) and Services, or any policies or guidelines governing the Site or Services, at any time and in its sole discretion. While we will endeavor to provide direct notice to you of any changes, you are responsible for periodically checking the Site to determine if any changes have been made and we are not liable for your failure to do so or our failure to provide such direct notice to you. In addition, Stumptown may add additional terms and conditions that pertain to any specific Service by posting notice of such terms and conditions within applicable portions of the Site. Your continued use of the Site and the Services following any revision to this Agreement will constitute your acceptance of the changes or modifications to the Agreement. If you do not agree to any changes to this Agreement, do not continue to use the Services or this Site.
Section 1 — Definitions. Capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth below unless defined elsewhere in this Agreement:
Section 2 — Description of Services. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Stumptown will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Additional Functionality available to Members during the applicable Term. Subject to the foregoing, you understand and agree that the Services and Additional Functionality are provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" and that Stumptown assumes no responsibility for the reliability, timeliness, quality, suitability, truth, availability, accuracy or completeness of the Services, Additional Functionality or any Content or personalization settings. The Services are available for your own use only, and not for the use or benefit of any third party. You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment or ancillary services needed to access the Site or otherwise use the Services and Additional Functionality, including, without limitation, modems, hardware, software, and long distance or local telephone service and any fees associated therewith. You are also responsible for ensuring that such equipment or ancillary services are compatible with the Services and Additional Functionality.
Section 3 — Site Registration. Certain Services, including any Additional Functionality, are only available for use by Members. To become a Member, you are required to create either a personal or business account, and provide certain information about yourself to us. Personal accounts may be used solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Business accounts may be established solely by an authorized representative of such business and may be used for commercial purposes. You are responsible for all activities that occur in connection with your account. We reserve the right to close your account at any time for any or no reason.
Section 4 — Eligibility & Registration Data. Use of the Site and the Services is limited to Users that lawfully can enter into and form contracts under applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, minors may not use the Services without the consent of their parent or legal guardian. You hereby represent to Stumptown that you (i) are not a minor or are at least over the age of thirteen (13) and have obtained the consent of your parent or legal guardian and (ii) may otherwise enter into and form binding contracts under applicable law.
You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself and your Stumptown account, if applicable, as prompted by the Site's registration form, which may include name, email address, street address, telephone number, and, if applicable, additional billing and credit card information and any Additional Functionality if desired (such information being the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Stumptown has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Stumptown has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse you any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).
Section 5 — Additional Functionality License Grant and General Restrictions. If applicable, Stumptown hereby grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and use for your own benefit the Additional Functionality solely during the applicable Term, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by Stumptown. You may not access the Services if you are a competitor of Stumptown or for purposes of monitoring the availability, performance or functionality of the Services, or for any other benchmarking or competitive purpose. You also agree not to: (a) license, sublicense, sell, resell, transfer, assign, distribute or otherwise commercially exploit or make available to any third party the Site or the Services in any way, including, without limitation, providing your User ID (as defined below) and password to any third party to allow such party to access and use the Services; (b) modify or make derivative works based upon the Site or the Services; (c) create Internet "links" to the Site or "frame" or "mirror" any portion of the Site on any other server or wireless or Internet-based device; or (d) reverse engineer or access the Site or the Services in order to (i) build a competitive product or service, (ii) build a product using similar ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Site or Services.
Section 6 — Account, User ID, Password and Security. You will establish a password and user name (a "User ID") designation upon completing the registration process. Your User ID is for your personal use only and you may not allow any other party to use your User ID. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your User ID. You agree to immediately notify Stumptown of any unauthorized use of your password or User ID or any other breach of security of which you are aware. Stumptown is not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 6. You agree not to create multiple User IDs in an effort to obtain multiple rights to use the Service.
Section 8 — Proprietary Rights; Submitted Content. Stumptown shall own all right, title and interest, including all related Proprietary Rights, in and to all of Stumptown's proprietary technology (including software, hardware, products, processes, algorithms, user interfaces, know-how, techniques, designs and other tangible or intangible technical material or information) made available to you by Stumptown in providing the Site and Services, and any suggestions, ideas, enhancement requests, feedback, recommendations or other information provided by you or any other party relating to the Site or Services. The trademarks and service marks and other Stumptown logos and product and service names are trademarks of Stumptown (the "Stumptown Marks"). Without Stumptown's prior written permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner, the Stumptown Marks
Stumptown does not claim ownership of any Submitted Content. You, and not Stumptown, shall have sole responsibility for backing up any Submitted Content and for the accuracy, quality, integrity, legality, reliability, appropriateness and Proprietary Rights or right to use all Submitted Content, and Stumptown shall not be responsible for the deletion, correction, destruction, damage, loss or failure to store any Submitted Content. However, with respect to any Submitted Content, all Users grant Stumptown a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Submitted Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other works in any format or medium now known or later developed on the Site solely for the purposes of providing and promoting the Services.
Stumptown reserves the right to withhold, remove or discard Submitted Content without notice for any reason. Upon a termination of this Agreement by Stumptown for any reason, your right to access or use Submitted Content immediately ceases, and Stumptown shall have no obligation to maintain or forward any Submitted Content. Stumptown shall not be liable or responsible for any losses or damages caused by removal or deletion of Submitted Content.
For purposes of clarification, User reviews or promotions do not reflect the views of Stumptown or its affiliates and Stumptown does not assume any responsibility or liability for any such User reviews or promotions or for any claims, damages or losses resulting from any use of the Site or Services or the materials contained therein.
Section 9 — User Conduct. You understand that all Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that you, and not Stumptown, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, transmit, or otherwise make available via the Site or Services. Stumptown does not control the Content posted via the Services and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to third party Content that is offensive, indecent, or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Stumptown be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Site or the Services.
You agree to not use the Services to:
You acknowledge and agree that Stumptown and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or remove any Content that is available via the Service. You acknowledge, consent and agree that Stumptown may access, preserve and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the terms of this Agreement; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Stumptown, its users and the public.
Section 10 — Third Party Interactions; Stumptown's Role as Publisher. During your use of the Services, you may enter into correspondence or agreements with, purchase goods and/or services from, or participate in promotions of other third parties. Any such activity, and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such activity, is solely between you and the applicable third party. Stumptown shall not be liable or responsible for any losses or damages caused by such activity.
If you are a business or merchant making an offer, coupon, promotion or similar marketing or advertisement on the Site, you hereby represent and warrant that (i) all related information you make available to Users is true, accurate, current and complete in all respects, (ii) you have the legal right to conduct such activity and (iii) you will honor all such offers, coupons, promotions or similar marketing or advertisements with respect to all Users to the fullest extent according to the terms made available on the Site, regardless of whether you later modify or rescind such terms.
You hereby agree and understand that Stumptown is merely a publisher of information. Any offer, coupon, promotion or similar marketing or advertisement is offered solely by the independently owned and operated merchant. Any statement or representation of any of the independently owned and operated merchants are made exclusively by the specific merchant and any complaint or claim must be made against that merchant and not Stumptown. In the event you discover any offer, coupon, promotion or similar marketing or advertisement that is in any way inaccurate or not what you expected from said offer of merchant please contact Stumptown in writing. In such event, Stumptown will attempt to relay information to the applicable merchant. Stumptown is not a mediator and shall have no obligation to take any action or omission. You hereby agree and understand that the Proprietary Rights of each merchant offering a promotion, coupon or advertisement are the respective rights of that specific merchant and that you shall have no right or claim to such rights.
Section 11 — Fees and Billings. During the applicable Term, you agree to pay all Fees associated with the Additional Functionality. You will generally be billed periodically, in advance, for all Fees, however, your first bill may include pro-rated charges from the effective date of such Additional Functionality. You must provide Stumptown with valid credit card and/or other information required during the registration process and Stumptown will charge your credit card for all Fees accordingly. Unless you terminate your account in accordance with Section 13 below, you are responsible for all Fees and Stumptown will continue to bill you (and charge your credit card) periodically in advance for such Fees. ALL FEES ARE NONREFUNDABLE.
Stumptown reserves the right at any time to charge additional Fees for access to any Additional Functionality. Stumptown reserves the right to change the amount of, or basis for determining, any Fees for the Additional Functionality, and to institute new Fees effective upon at least thirty (30) days prior notice to you. Stumptown reserves the right to offer special offers of the Additional Functionality and to provide the Additional Functionality at no charge for promotional reasons or otherwise (such as a free trial).
Section 12 — Non-Payment and Suspension. Your right to use the Site and Services is subject to any limits established by Stumptown or by your credit card issuer. If payment cannot be charged to your credit card or your charge is returned to Stumptown for any reason, including chargeback, Stumptown reserves the right to either suspend or terminate your access and account, thereby terminating this Agreement and all obligations of Stumptown hereunder. If you have a balance due on your Stumptown account, you agree that Stumptown can charge these unpaid Fees to your credit card. In cases where you fail payment under this Agreement, you shall bear default interest after the due date at the rate of 18% per year or the highest amount permitted by applicable law (whichever is less), which shall be calculated on a per diem basis of a year of 365 days.
Section 13 — Termination; Survival. Stumptown may terminate or suspend your account or ability to use the Site and Services, in whole or in part, at Stumptown's sole discretion, for any or no reason, and without notice or liability of any kind. For example, Stumptown may terminate or suspend any and all Services and your access to the Site immediately, without prior notice or liability, if you fall under any of the following items:
Upon termination of your account, your right to access the Site and use the Additional Functionality will immediately cease. Sections 7, 8, 11, 12, 15 through 19 and 22 shall survive termination of this Agreement for any reason; provided, however, that Section 11 and 12 shall survive if and to the extent that any Fee or default interest remains unpaid.
Section 14 — Technical Support Services. Technical support services may be available during the applicable Term, in Stumptown's sole discretion, and the terms and conditions of any such services shall become effective upon posting of the applicable revision to this Agreement and a notice on the Site.
Section 15 — Links. The Site may provide, or third parties may provide, links to or portions of other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because Stumptown has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Stumptown is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Stumptown shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
Section 16 — Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold Stumptown, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, shareholders, officers, agents, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Submitted Content you submit, post, transmit or make available through the Services, your use of the Services, your access to the Site, your violation of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the restrictions in Section 9 above, or your violation of any applicable law or infringement of any intellectual property or other right of any other person or entity.
Section 17 — Disclaimer of Warranties. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
Electronic Communications Privacy Act Notice (18USC 2701-2711): STUMPTOWN MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF CONFIDENTIALITY OR PRIVACY OF ANY COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TRANSMITTED ON THE SITE OR ANY WEB SITE LINKED TO THE SITE. Stumptown will not be liable for the privacy of email addresses, registration and identification information, disk space, communications, confidential or trade-secret information, or any other Content stored on Stumptown's equipment, transmitted over networks accessed by the Site, or otherwise connected with your use of the Services.
Section 18 — Internet Delays. The Services may be subject to limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of the Internet and electronic communications. Stumptown is not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or other damages resulting from such problems, including, without limitation, problems in the transmission of data between the Site and your web browser.
Section 19 — Limitation of Liability. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT STUMPTOWN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF STUMPTOWN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SITE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Section 20 — No Third Party Beneficiaries. You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement.
Section 21 — Notice and Procedure For Making Infringement Claims. Stumptown respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our Users to do the same. Stumptown may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of Users who may be infringers. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Stumptown's Copyright Agent the following information:
Stumptown's Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:
Attn: Legal support, DMCA Notices
Stumptown Publishing
3214 NE 24th Avenue
Portland, OR 97212
Section 22 — General Information.
Last Updated: June 12, 2009