Last Updated: October 1, 2007
Please read this User Content Submission Service Agreement carefully because it
is a part of the Terms of Use and represents your legally binding agreement with
us ("Agreement") regarding your use of the GotCast.com User Content Submission Service
("Service"). Unless defined separately, terms used in this Agreement are defined
in our Terms of Use. The Service may operate not only on and in conjunction with
our Web site, but also the web sites of GotCast, LLC and GotCast.com’s Affiliate,
our or their licensors, suppliers, agents, licensees, franchisees, representatives,
successors and assigns, and third parties with whom we have made arrangements to
make all or any part of our Service available (collectively, the "GotCast, LLC
Entities" and, individually, a "GotCast, LLC Entity") and consequently all references
to our Service, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, includes our Web
site and their web sites related to our Service as well.
When you click (select) the "I Accept" box to upload your user content, or by using
or attempting to use the Service, you are signifying your agreement with and acceptance
of all these terms and conditions as part of the Terms of Use that govern your legal
and contractual relationship with GotCast, LLC. If you are acting as an officer,
director or employee of an organization, by accepting, you represent and warrant
you have full legal authority to bind that employer or entity. All users who want
to submit user content or use any of the interactive features of our Service, such
must be registered users of the www.gotcast.com Web site.
We have the right to change the terms and conditions of this Agreement at any time
as described in our Terms of Use. If you do not agree with all the terms and conditions
of this Agreement at any time, including, without limitation, those times when we
make changes, do not use, do not attempt to use, and immediately discontinue your
use of, the Service, because if you do any of these things you are agreeing to be
bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation,
any changes we have made.
1. Submitting User Content.
We will use the term "user content" to mean and refer to any and all content, media,
and materials you submit to or for the Service, whether directly to us or through
any of the GotCast, LLC Entities, including, without limitation, still photographs,
writings, spoken statements, music, audio, video, video recordings, audio-visual
works and recordings, slides, portraits, animated and/or motion pictures, caricatures,
likenesses, vocal or other sounds, sound recordings, voices, voice reproductions,
computer graphics and visual effects, as well as any accompanying documentation,
packaging or other materials, tangible or intangible, and to all derivative works,
translations, adaptations or variations of same, regardless of the tangible medium,
broadcast medium, format or form, now known or hereinafter developed or discovered,
and regardless of where produced, on location, in a studio or elsewhere, in black-and-white
or in colors, alone or in conjunction with other work, characters, real or imaginary,
in any part of the world.
To submit user content to the Service you must upload your file (transmit a copy)
through the Internet through our Web site or you may be able to do so through a
web site of one of the GotCast, LLC Entities with whom we have made arrangements
that will allow you to upload your user content through their web site. Whether
directly through or to GotCast, LLC or any GotCast, LLC Entity we have arrangements
with, each time you upload or submit your user content (or if you attempt to do
so) you will be confirming your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, all
the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The instructions for uploading your
user content are on the web page provided for such upload. To be considered for
posting and display to the public, your user content must meet all the specifications
and requirements relating to formatting, compatibility, operating characteristics
and submission and these can be found on the upload web page. In order to submit
user content, you will also need to meet our Age Requirements (See Section 2 below)
and your user content must meet our Content Requirements (See Section 3 below).
When submitting user content to or for any of the GotCast, LLC Entities, you may
also be required to comply with certain requirements and agree to terms and conditions
that they may separately require or impose and you should check with them for these
requirements, terms and conditions, since they, not us, control their own web sites
and submission and display requirements, as well as the information they may obtain
about you during that process.
When you submit user content to the Service, you may also be asked to provide some
information about you and your submission. This may include, without limitation,
such things as a descriptive title, some information about the content, length,
your location and/or similar information. By submitting your user content, you are
also agreeing and you understand that the term "user content" also includes and
refers to, without limitation, all of the information you submit or we may receive
that is related to your user content and your submission. Always keep a copy of
anything you send because we shall not be responsible for lost, damaged, misdirected,
unusable or unreadable user content. Proof that you submitted user content does
not constitute proof that we or any of the GotCast, LLC Entities received anything.
2. Age Requirements.
The Service is only available for use by persons who are 18 years of age or older
and you may not use or be registered to use the Service if you are under the age
of 18. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you must be 18 years or older to upload videos
as part of your user content. Some material on or accessible from the Service may
not be suitable for children. If you are not yet 18 years old, do not use or attempt
to use the Service. Some functions on this Web site may include other age requirements
specific to their function.
3. Content Requirements.
You are solely responsible and liable for your communications and submissions (and
the consequences) made under your name, user name, email address, password and your
registration and profile information, if any. User content does not reflect the
views of GotCast, LLC or any of the GotCast, LLC Entities and neither Direct
Casting, nor any of the GotCast, LLC Entities represents or guarantees the truthfulness,
accuracy, or reliability of any user content, nor endorses or supports any opinions
expressed in any user content, and except for any attempts we may make to prevent
Unauthorized Content from being displayed, we do not filter or screen any user content.
In no event shall GotCast, LLC or any GotCast, LLC Entity have or be construed
to have any responsibility or liability for or in connection with any of your user
content. If we determine, in our sole discretion, you have not met the Age Requirement
(See Section 2 above) or our Content Requirements or if, in our judgment, you or
any user content you submit violates this Agreement, we reserve the right, at any
time, without notice and without limiting any and all other rights we may have under
this Agreement, at law or in equity, to (a) refuse to allow you to submit further
user content, (b) remove and delete your user content, (c) revoke your registration
and right to use the Service and (d) use any technological, legal, operational or
other means available to enforce the terms of this Agreement, including, without
limitation, blocking specific IP addresses or deactivating your registration, access
using your e-mail address, your user name and password.
We make no claim that the Service or any user content is appropriate for any particular
purpose or audience, or that any user content, software or our Service may be accessed,
used or downloaded outside of the United States, which may not be legal for certain
persons or in certain countries and you do so at your own risk. You are responsible
for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. The United States controls the
export of products and information and you agree to comply with such restrictions
and not to export or re-export any user content, information, software, materials,
products or services to countries or persons prohibited under the export control
laws and regulations. You agree you will not submit or attempt to submit, and we
have the right to reject, refuse to accept, remove or otherwise handle as Direct
Casting deems appropriate, any "Unauthorized Content" which is defined as any user
content that is or could be construed as violating any of the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, and/or any of the Rules of Conduct set forth in our Terms of
Use, including, without limitation:
- causing harm, harassing anyone or which may prevent, prohibit, inhibit, restrict
or otherwise impair others from using or enjoying our Service;
- unauthorized access to the Service or information of other users;
- the modification, impairment, disruption, alteration or interference with the use,
features, functions, operation or maintenance of the Service; or
- any requirements, rules, terms or conditions that may be applicable to the Direct
Casting Entities in connection with the Service.
Neither GotCast, LLC nor any GotCast, LLC Entity controls any user content submitted
and, although we may use both automated and manual means of reviewing user content
in order to prevent Unauthorized Content from appearing and being displayed on Direct
Casting, we do not have any obligation to you to review, evaluate or monitor user
content for that or any other purpose. GotCast, LLC reserves the right to review
any submitted user content and to delete, remove, move, edit or reject, without
notice to you, any user content that GotCast, LLC deems, in its sole discretion,
abusive, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, in violation of copyright, trademark
or other intellectual property rights, to be in violation of this Agreement or to
be unacceptable to GotCast, LLC or any of the GotCast, LLC Entities, for any
reason or for no reason whatsoever; provided, however, that GotCast, LLC shall
have no obligation or liability to you for failure to do so or for doing so in any
particular manner. If GotCast, LLC receives notice of any claim of infringement
that satisfies specific legal requirements, such as notice and takedown requirements
under U.S. copyright law (See Section 4 below), GotCast, LLC may remove user content
associated with such claim. GotCast, LLC reserves the right to provide information
to law enforcement officials, governmental agencies and pursuant to judicial or
regulatory compulsion, to protect their respective interests, the Service or to
comply with legal, regulatory, audit and compliance obligations.
4. Copyright; Content Requirement Violations; Breach of Agreement.
If you believe any user content violates the copyright of any other party, you can
notify us by contacting us directly. If you believe any user content or the conduct
of any other user violates this Agreement or in any other way infringes upon the
rights of others, you may notify us by email at support@gotcast.com. We have no
obligation to respond or reply to any notifications you send us, but we always reserve
the right to take any action or no action in our sole discretion.