Terms of Use Agreement

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Effective Date:  This Terms of Use Agreement was last updated on January 7, 2010.

This Terms of Use Agreement sets forth the standards of use of the Equine Rater  Online Service for Registered Members. By using the Equine Rater /http://www.equinerater.com website you (the “Member”) agree to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this agreement, you should immediately cease all usage of this website. We reserve the right, at any time, to modify, alter, or update the terms and conditions of this agreement without prior notice.  Modifications shall become effective immediately upon being posted at Equine Rater /http://www.equinerater.com website.  Your continued use of the Service after amendments are posted constitutes an acknowledgement and acceptance of the Agreement and its modifications. Except as provided in this paragraph, this Agreement may not be amended.

1.      Description of Service

Equine Rater is providing Member with Photo Rating and Classified listings. Member must provide (1)  all equipment necessary for their own Internet connection, including computer and modem and (2) provide for Member’s access to the Internet, and (3) pay any fees relate with such connection. 

2.      Disclaimer of Warranties.

The site is provided by Equine Rater on an “as is” and on an “as available” basis.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Equine Rater makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, regarding the use or the results of this web site in terms of its correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.  Equine Rater shall have no liability for any interruptions in the use of this Website.  Equine Rater disclaims all warranties with regard to the information provided, including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.  Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, therefore the above-referenced exclusion is inapplicable.

3.      Limitation of Liability

EQUINE RATER SHALL NOT be liable for any damages whatsoever, and in particular EQUINE RATER shall not be liable for any special, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages, or damages for lost profits, loss of revenue, or loss of use, arising out of or related to this web site or the information contained in it, whether such damages arise in contract, negligence, tort, under statute, in equity, at law, or otherwise, even if EqUINE RATER has been advised of the possibility of such damages. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, THEREFORE SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS IS INAPPLICABLE.

4.      Indemnification

Member agrees to indemnify and hold Equine Rater, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of Member’s use of the Service, the violation of this Agreement, or infringement by Member, or other user of the Service using Member’s computer, of any intellectual property or any other right of any person or entity.

5.      Members Account

All Members of the Service shall receive a password and an account.  Members are entirely responsible for any and all activities which occur under their account whether authorized or not authorized. Member agrees to notify Equine Rater of any unauthorized use of Member’s account or any other breach of security known or should be known to the Member. Member’s right to use the Service is personal to the Member. Member agrees not to resell or make any commercial use of the Service without the express written consent of Equine Rater.

6.      Modifications and Interruption to Service

Equine Rater reserves the right to modify or discontinue the Service with or without notice to the Member. Equine Rater shall not be liable to Member or any third party should Equine Rater exercise its right to modify or discontinue the Service. Member acknowledges and accepts that Equine Rater does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our website and operation of our website may be interfered with or adversely affected by numerous factors or circumstances outside of our control.

7.      Third-Party Sites

Our website may include links to other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by online merchants and other third parties.  You acknowledge that we are not responsible for the availability of, or the content located on or through, any third-party site.  You should contact the site administrator or webmaster for those third-party sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or the content located on such sites.  Your use of those third-party sites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies of each site, and we are not responsible therein. We encourage all Members to review said privacy policies of third-parties’ sites.

8.      Disclaimer Regarding Accuracy of Vendor Information

Product specifications and other information have either been provided by the Vendors or collected from publicly available sources.  While Equine Rater makes every effort to ensure that the information on this website is accurate, we can make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or reliability of any information provided on this website.

Equine Rater makes no warranties or representations whatsoever with regard to any product provided or offered by any Vendor, and you acknowledge that any reliance on representations and warranties provided by any Vendor shall be at your own risk.

9.      Governing Jurisdiction of the Courts Texas

Our website is operated and provided in the State of Texas.  As such, we are subject to the laws of the State Texas, and such laws will govern this Terms of Use, without giving effect to any choice of law rules.  We make no representation that our website or other services are appropriate, legal or available for use in other locations.  Accordingly, if you choose to access our site you agree to do so subject to the internal laws of the State Texas. 

10.  Compliance with Laws.

Member assumes all knowledge of applicable law and is responsible for compliance with any such laws.  Member may not use the Service in any way that violates applicable state, federal, or international laws, regulations or other government requirements. Member further agrees not to transmit any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation.

11.  Copyright and Trademark Information [Optional Clause]

All content included or available on this site, including site design, text, graphics, interfaces, and the selection and arrangements thereof is ©2010 Equine Rater/ http://www.equinerater.com, will all rights reserved, or is the property Equine Rater and/or third parties protected by intellectual property rights.    Any use of materials on the website, including reproduction for purposes other than those noted above, modification, distribution, or replication, any form of data extraction or data mining, or other commercial exploitation of any kind, without prior written permission of an authorized officer of Equine Rater is strictly prohibited.  Members agree that they will not use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained therein without prior written permission of an authorized officer of Equine Rater.

Equine Rater ™ and EquineRater.com™ are proprietary marks of EquineRater.com.  Equine Rater’s trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not provided by Equine Rater, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Equine Rater.

All other trademarks displayed on Equine Rater’s website are the trademarks of their respective owners, and constitute neither an endorsement nor a recommendation of those Vendors.  In addition, such use of trademarks or links to the web sites of Vendors is not intended to imply, directly or indirectly, that those Vendors endorse or have any affiliation with Equine Rater.

12.  Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement

Pursuant to Section 512(c) of the Copyright Revision Act, as enacted through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, EquineRater.com designates the following individual as its agent for receipt of notifications of claimed copyright infringement.

By Mail

17600 Betty Blvd

Canyon, TX 79015

By Telephone: 806-655-5503

By Email: support@equinerater.com

13.  Botnets [Optional Clause]

Equine Rater retains the right, at our sole discretion, to terminate any accounts involved with botnets and related activities. If any hostnames are used as command and control points for botnets, Equine Rater reserves the right to direct the involved hostnames to a honeypot, loopback address, logging facility, or any other destination at our discretion.

14.  Other Terms

If any provision of this Terms of Use Agreement shall be unlawful, void or unenforceable for any reason, the other provisions (and any partially-enforceable provision) shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable to the maximum possible extent.  You agree that this Terms of Use Agreement and any other agreements referenced herein may be assigned by Equine Rater, in our sole discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger or acquisition.  This Terms of Use Agreement shall apply in addition to, and shall not be superseded by, any other written agreement between us in relation to your participation as a Member.  Member agrees that by accepting this Terms of Use Agreement, Member is consenting to the use and disclosure of their personally identifiable information and other practices described in our Privacy Policy Statement.

15.  Member Conduct

You understand that you, and not EquineRater.com are responsible for anything you upload, email, post, transmit, or otherwise make available through our services. EquineRater.com is not does not control the content posted, emailed, transmitted, uploaded or otherwise made available on our website, and therefore does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Service, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will EquineRater.com be made responsible 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, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Service.

You hereby agree to not use the service for:

            (a) post, email, transmit, upload, or otherwise make available any content that is harmful, abusive, threatening, unlawful, vulgar, obscene, defamatory, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, racial, or unethical, tortuous, libelious, or anything objectionable

            (b) harmful to minors in anyway or form

            (c) impersonate any person or entity, including but not limited to an employee or official of EquineRater.com, forum leader, or flalsly misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.

            (d) post, upload, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content you do not have th right to make available under any law or contractual or fiduciary relationships. Such as confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements.

            (e) post, upload, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that infringes on any patents, copyright, trademark, or trade secret, or any other Rights of any sort or party.

            (f) post upload, email, transmit, or otherwise make available nay unauthorized advertising, promotional materials or unsolicited material, “spam”, “chain letters”, “junk mail”, “pyramid schemes” or other form of solicitation, except the area that are designated for this purpose (such as the classifieds area).

            (g) post, upload, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content or material that contains harmful software viruses, or any computer code, files or programs designed to interfere, interrupt, destroy or limit functionality of any computer hardware or software or telecommunications equipment.

            (h) stalk or harass or otherwise annoy another user

            (i) collect or store personal data about another user.

EquineRater.com and its designees, reserves the sole right, at their discretion, to remove any conente that violates any provisions of the TOS or is otherwise objectionable.

16.  Violations

If you see slanderious or malicious content on this site, please notify us at support@equinerater.com . We will at our discretion remove any content that we deem malicious, slanderous, scandalous, harmful or inconsistent with the our Service. If you see possible stolen or missing horse listed one our site please conatact us at support@equinerater.com and we will remove as soon as possible after verification of the claim has been made from the appropriate authority. Please report any violations of the TOS to us at support@equinerater.com .