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WAP123 TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT
Effective August 1, 2004
IMPORTANT - YOU MUST READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ACCEPT THE
TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. BY CLICKING THE PAYPAL PAYMENT ICON YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS.
Welcome to wap123! This agreement ("Agreement") is a contract between
you and Wap123.com ("Wap123") and governs your use of the Wap123
Website, all Downloads (defined below) and all your activity on the Messaging
Systems (defined below) and the Wap123 Website (collectively, the
"Service"). The Wap123 Website means this web site, as accessed by any
of the following domain names: Wap123.com, Wap123.org, Wap123.ws, Wap123.cc, or Wap123.tv;
however, the Wap123 Website does not refer to any other web site linked to or
from this web site. By completing the registration process and accepting this
Agreement, you represent that (i) you have read and understood this Agreement
and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions and (ii) you are at least 18
years of age. If you do not agree to be bound by (or cannot comply with) any of
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, do not check the acceptance box
below and do not continue the registration process or attempt to access the
Service.
Notice
Wap123 may from time to time amend, supplement or modify the terms of this
Agreement, and will post a copy of such amended Agreement at .
If you do not agree to be bound by (or cannot comply with) the Agreement as
amended, your only remedy is to cancel your Wap123 subscription and/or account.
You will be deemed to have accepted the Agreement as amended thirty days after
the amended agreement is posted or if you continue to use the Service; all other
terms of this Agreement will continue in effect.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
The Service is available at the Wap123 Website and includes everything on the
site that may exist from time to time. Part of the Service makes available to
you downloadable mobile entertainment, such as ringtones, games and
graphics (collectively, the "Downloads"). Once properly registered and
after making proper payment, you will be permitted to download to compatible
wireless telephones and other compatible devices certain Downloads through the
Service. Through the Service, you will also be able to create buddy lists,
sample streaming versions of certain Downloads and send messages, content and
information to other members, subscribers and third parties through one or more
means (the "Messaging Systems").
YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
In order to use the Service, you must register and provide certain information
(e.g., name, country or territory of residence and billing information) to Wap123
("Registration Data"). You agree that you will use the Service only in
the country or territory where you currently reside. You agree to provide
current, complete and accurate Registration Data at the time you register and
that you will update your Registration Data as necessary to keep it current,
complete and accurate in the "My Account" area of the Wap123 Website. Wap123
will use your Registration Data in accordance with its privacy policy, which you
can review at . Please review this privacy
policy before you complete the registration process or attempt to use or access
the Service.
You agree that you will not allow others to use your member name, password
and/or account. You agree to indemnify and hold Wap123, its partners, parents,
subsidiaries, agents, affiliates and/or licensors, as applicable, harmless for
any improper, unauthorized or illegal uses of your member name, password and/or
your account. This includes illegal, unauthorized or improper use by anyone to
whom you have given permission to use your member name, password and/or account.
USE OF SERVICE
Service. You may use the Service only in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and any amendments as well as any additional terms
that may be presented in connection with any particular feature or function of
the Service from time to time.
The Service is for your personal use. You understand and agree that you may not
transmit or re-transmit, broadcast or re-broadcast or make any commercial use of
the Service, including the Downloads. For example, you may not copy or
distribute the Service or the Downloads in any manner not expressly authorized
by the Service.
You may not attempt (or authorize, encourage or support others' attempts) to
circumvent, reverse engineer, decrypt, break or otherwise alter or interfere
with the Service, including the Downloads. You agree to advise Wap123 promptly
of any such unauthorized use(s) or attempt(s).
Downloads. You understand and acknowledge that the Downloads made
available as part of the Service are owned by Wap123, its business partners,
affiliates and/or licensors, as applicable, and are protected by intellectual
property laws. Wap123 grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable,
revocable right to download the Downloads to your compatible device solely for
your own non-commercial use. You understand and agree that you may not download,
reproduce, modify, display, perform, transfer, distribute or otherwise use the
Downloads except as expressly provided in this Agreement. You understand and
agree that you may not authorize, encourage or allow any Downloads used or
obtained by you to be reproduced, modified, displayed, performed, transferred,
distributed or otherwise used by any other party, and you agree that you will
take all reasonable steps to prevent any unauthorized reproduction and/or other
use of them.
Loss of Rights by Wap123. Wap123's rights to make certain Downloads
available to you may expire. In such event, Wap123 will not deliver to you the
license necessary to play back any such Downloads after the end of the period in
which such rights expire. If Wap123 ceases making any such rights available, Wap123
will not refund any portion of your fees, but you may contact customer support
to receive appropriate replacement rights.
Customer Support. Please direct any questions concerning the Service or
any other Wap123-related issue, to a Wap123 customer service representative by
e-mail at: support@wap123.com
CHARGES / BILLING
Agreement to Pay. By completing the registration process, you authorize Wap123
to charge the appropriate fees to your designated credit card or directly to
your mobile telephone invoice, as selected by you, and if you select the monthly
fee subscription plan, you authorize the continued billing each month until you
cancel such subscription. If you cancel your account or subscription for any
reason, Wap123 will not refund any of your fees paid to date. Monthly
subscribers are billed on a 30-day cycle, which begins on the first day you sign
up for the subscription and ends 30 days thereafter (each, a "Subscription
Month"). Your credit card or telephone bill will be charged on the first
day of each Subscription Month.
Right to Change Fees. All fees are subject to change upon notice from Wap123.
Wap123 will provide you with reasonable notice of such change. If you do not
accept the new fees (which will be applicable on a prospective basis only), you
will have 10 days from such notice to cancel your subscription and/or your
account.
Taxes. Wap123 reserves its right to collect applicable taxes and impose
premium surcharges for certain features of the Service.
OBJECTIONABLE OR EXPLICIT CONTENT
Wap123 is not responsible to you for any content or materials constituting all
or part of any Download or any other aspect of the Service that you might find
objectionable.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
General. The Service, including the Downloads, and portions of them, may
contain or comprise copyrighted and/or proprietary subject matter. Your rights
with respect to your use of the same are governed by all the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, all applicable laws, including but not limited to
intellectual property laws, and any applicable end-user license agreements. For
the avoidance of doubt, your use of the Service and the Downloads is under
license; you will not obtain any ownership interest in any of them through this
Agreement or otherwise.
Notices. Wap123 respects the intellectual property rights of others, and
it expects you to do the same. If you know of or suspect that any use of the
Service or the Downloads constitutes copyright infringement, please send a
notice to customer service at Wap123 by email to support@wap123.com. The notice
must contain the following information: (a) a physical or electronic signature
of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner's
behalf; (b) description of the copyrighted work(s) that is/are allegedly being
infringed; (c) the location of the allegedly infringed work(s); (d) your current
contact information (e.g. address, phone number, and email address); (e) a
statement that you have a "good faith belief" that the use of the
complained-of copyrighted work(s) is not authorized by the copyright owner, its
agent, or the law; and (f) a statement by you signed under penalty of perjury
that all the information you provide in the notice is accurate and that you are
the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner's
behalf (all of this collectively is a "Notice").
TRADEMARK
All trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, slogans, logos, and
other indicia of origin that appear on or in connection with the Service are the
property of Wap123 and/or its affiliates, licensors and/or licensees. You may
not copy, display or use any of these marks without prior written permission of
the mark owner.
VIOLATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
If Wap123 (a) receives a Notice alleging that you have engaged in infringing
behavior or (b) reasonably suspects that your use of the Service or the
Downloads violates Wap123's or others' intellectual property rights, Wap123 may,
in its sole discretion, suspend or terminate your account with or without notice
to you. If Wap123 suspends or terminates your account under this paragraph, it
shall have no liability or responsibility to you, and Wap123 will not refund any
portion of your fees charged to date.
NO RESALE
In addition to the restrictions set forth above, you acknowledge and agree that
you may not copy, distribute, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial
purposes, any portion of the Service (or any Downloads accessible on or through
the Service), or your user name or password.
PROMOTIONS AND ADVERTISING
Wap123 and/or its business partners may present advertisements and promotional
materials on or through the Service. Your participation in any Wap123
promotional event is subject to the terms and conditions associated with that
event. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in
promotions of, any third-party advertisers on or through the Service, including
payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms,
conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are
solely between you and such third-party. You agree that neither Wap123 nor its
business partners shall be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any
sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the
presence of such third parties on the Service.
LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES
The Service may present links to retailers and/or other third-party websites not
owned or operated by Wap123. These links are provided only as a convenience to
you. Neither Wap123 nor its business partners are responsible for the
availability of these outside sites or their contents. You understand and agree
that neither Wap123 nor its business partners are responsible or liable,
directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by
or in connection with your use of or reliance on any content of any such site or
goods or services available through any such site. You should direct any
concerns regarding these third-party sites to those sites' administrators.
MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
Wap123 reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or
discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with
or without notice to you. You agree that neither Wap123 nor its affiliates or
licensors shall be liable to you or to any third party for any modification,
suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
REMEDIES
You understand and agree that any unauthorized use of the Service or the
Downloads would result in irreparable injury to Wap123 and/or its affiliates or
licensors for which money damages would be inadequate, and in such event Wap123
its affiliates and/or licensors, as applicable, shall have the right, in
addition to other remedies available at law and in equity, to immediate
injunctive relief against you. Nothing contained in this paragraph or elsewhere
in this Agreement shall be construed to limit remedies or relief available
pursuant to statutory or other claims that Wap123, its affiliates and/or
licensors may have under separate legal authority, including but not limited to,
any claim for intellectual property infringement.
INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Wap123 and its agents, employees,
representatives, licensors, affiliates, parents and subsidiaries from and
against any and all claims, actions, demands, causes of action and other
proceedings arising from or concerning your use of the Service, including the
Messaging Systems and the Downloads (collectively "Claims"), and to
reimburse them on demand for any losses, costs, judgments, fees, fines and other
expenses they incur (including attorneys' fees and court costs) as a result of
any Claims.
TERMINATION, CANCELLATION AND PLAN CHANGES
Wap123 may in its sole discretion terminate this Agreement or suspend your
account at any time with or without notice to you in the event that you breach
(or Wap123 reasonably suspects that you have breached) any provision of this
Agreement. If Wap123 terminates this Agreement, or suspends your account for any
of the reasons set forth in this paragraph, it shall have no liability or
responsibility to you, and Wap123 will not refund any portion of your fees. You
understand and agree that your cancellation of your account is your sole right
and remedy with respect to any dispute with Wap123. This includes, but is not
limited to, any dispute related to or arising out of: (1) any term of this
Agreement or Wap123's enforcement or application of the same; (2) any policy or
practice of Wap123, including its Privacy Policy, or Wap123's enforcement or
application of these policies; (3) the Downloads or the Messaging Systems; (4)
your use of and/or ability to access and use the Service; and (5) the amount or
type of fees, surcharges, applicable taxes, billing methods, or any change to
the fees, applicable taxes, surcharges or billing methods. You can cancel your
account by delivering notice to Wap123 at support@wap123.com. Cancellation for
subscribers will take effect at the end of the Subscription Month during which
you deliver notice to Wap123 and will take place immediately for all other
members. Wap123 will send you an email confirming the same. If you are a
subscriber who cancels his or her account near the end of the Subscription Month
and your credit card or phone bill is charged for the next month's fee, please
contact support@wap123.com to have that charge refunded.
Except as set forth above with respect to inadvertent charges, in the event that
your account or subscription is terminated or canceled, Wap123 will not refund
any fees.
If you are a monthly subscriber, you may also wish to change to a different
plan, where available, than the one to which you may then be subscribed. If you
choose to upgrade your plan, you will be charged the difference between the
current and upgraded plan for the then-current Subscription Month. If you choose
to downgrade your plan, you will be charged the lesser amount for the new plan
during the next Subscription Month.
DISCLAIMERS
You understand and agree that your use of the Service and the Downloads is at
your own sole risk. THE SERVICE AND THE DOWNLOADS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS"
AND WITHOUT WARRANTY BY WAP123 OR ITS AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, BUSINESS PARTNERS AND/OR SUPPLIERS (THE "WAP123
ENTITIES"), AS APPLICABLE, AND, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, WAP123 AND THE WAP123 ENTITIES, AS APPLICABLE, EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY WARRANTY OF
NONINFRINGEMENT. THERE IS NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE OR THE DOWNLOADS WILL
MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT YOUR ACCESS TO THE SAME WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR
ERROR-FREE. WAP123 AND/OR THE WAP123 ENTITIES, AS APPLICABLE, DO NOT WARRANT,
GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE
USE OF THE SERVICE OR THE DOWNLOADS WITH RESPECT TO PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY, SECURITY CAPABILITY, CURRENTNESS OR OTHERWISE. YOU WILL NOT HOLD WAP123
AND/OR THE WAP123 ENTITIES, AS APPLICABLE, RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT
RESULT FROM YOU ACCESSING THE SERVICE OR USING THE SERVICE, AND/OR THE DOWNLOADS
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY INFECTIONS OR CONTAMINATIONS OF YOUR DEVICES
YOU USE TO ACCESS THE SAME OR TO TRANSFER DOWNLOADS THAT MAY RESULT FROM THAT
USE. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY ANY PERSON SHALL CREATE A
WARRANTY IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER RELATING TO WAP123 AND/OR THE WAP123 ENTITIES AS
APPLICABLE.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WAP123 AND/OR THE WAP123 ENTITIES AS APPLICABLE, BE
LIABLE FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE SERVICE AND/OR THE DOWNLOADS.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WAP123 AND/OR THE WAP123 ENTITIES AS APPLICABLE, BE
LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING
DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS
INFORMATION, AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE
SERVICE AND/OR THE DOWNLOADS, EVEN IF WAP123 AND/OR THE WAP123 ENTITIES AS
APPLICABLE, HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
TO THE EXTENT THAT IN A PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE ANY DISCLAIMER OR LIMITATION ON
DAMAGES OR LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN IS PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THEN,
INSTEAD OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF IN SUCH PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE, WAP123 AND/OR
THE WAP123 ENTITIES AS APPLICABLE, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE MAXIMUM DISCLAIMERS
AND/OR LIMITATIONS ON DAMAGES AND LIABILITY AVAILABLE AT LAW OR IN EQUITY BY
SUCH APPLICABLE LAW IN SUCH PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL SUCH
DAMAGES OR LIABILITY EXCEED $100.
LAW AND LEGAL NOTICES
This Agreement and any other terms or documents referred to herein represent
your entire agreement with Wap123 with respect to your use of the Service. You
understand and agree that, except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement
is not intended to confer and does not confer any rights or remedies upon any
person other than the parties to this Agreement. If any part of this Agreement
is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner
consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original
intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force
and effect. Wap123 failure to pursue any available claim or defense pursuant to
this Agreement or otherwise will not be a waiver of such claim or defense. The
headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only, and will have no
effect on the interpretation or legal enforceability of the terms herein. The
laws of the State of New York, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules, govern this
Agreement and your use of the Service, including the Messaging Systems and the
Downloads. You expressly agree that the courts in the State of New York, New
York County have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute with Wap123 or
relating in any way to your account or your use of the Service, the Messaging
Systems or the Downloads. You further agree and expressly consent to personal
jurisdiction over you in the federal and state courts of New York County in
connection with any such dispute including any claim involving Wap123 or its
partners, parents, licensors, affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors,
officers, directors or suppliers.
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