YourVerse User Agreement

Access and use of the membership portions of the Site are provided by YourVerse to you on condition that you accept the terms and conditions of this Membership Agreement and the Terms of Use, and by accessing or using the membership portions of the Site, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Membership Agreement and the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to accept and abide by this Membership Agreement and the Terms of Use, you should not access or use the membership portions of the Site. In the event of any inconsistency between this Membership Agreement and the Terms of Use, the terms of this Membership Agreement shall govern.

YourVerse reserves the right, in its discretion, to change or modify all or any part of this Membership Agreement at any time, effective immediately upon notice published on the Site. Your continued use of the membership portions of the Site after such notice constitutes your binding acceptance of the terms and conditions in this Membership Agreement, including any changes or modifications made by YourVerse as permitted above. If at any time the terms and conditions of this Membership Agreement are no longer acceptable to you, you should immediately cease use of the membership portions of the Site.

1. Ownership and Use of Content

All rights and ownership of designs, content and other submitted work is owned by the Client and they may freely modify, publish, transmit, transfer or sell, reproduce, or otherwise use all deliverables created for them by YourVerse.

In creating your designs and content, YourVerse will only use royalty-free stock imagery unless otherwise directed by the Client. Any additional license fee will be proposed if required.

The Client shall be solely responsible for any trademark or copyright searches pertaining to the project unless otherwise contracted for in the project specifications. Designers will not knowingly copy other rightfully trademarked or copyrighted material.

2. Registration Data and Account Security

In consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to: (a) provide accurate, current and complete information about you as may be prompted by any registration forms on the Site ("Registration Data"); (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any other information you provide to YourVerse, to keep it accurate, current and complete; (c) maintain the security of your password and identification (d) notify YourVerse immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or other breach of security; (e) accept all responsibility for any and all activities that occur under your account; and (f) accept all risks of unauthorized access to the Registration Data and any other information you provide to YourVerse. Data collected by YourVerse will solely be used for administering your account and will not be sold to any third parties.

3. Rules of Conduct

You agree that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or not permitted by this Agreement. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when uploading to or communicating via the Site, you shall not do any of the following:

  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy) of others.
  • Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, pornographic, sexual, indecent or unlawful material or information.
  • Upload or otherwise transfer files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy or confidentiality) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
  • Upload or otherwise transfer files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs that may damage or inhibit the operation of another computer.
  • Delete any author attributions, legal notices, or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.
  • Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
  • Download any file posted by another user of a Forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

You also agree not to use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Site. You also agree not to attempt to gain unauthorized access to any other YourVerse member accounts, computer systems or networks associated with the Site. You also agree not to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.

YourVerse retains the right to decline service and/or terminate the Accounts of any Users violating these rules of conduct.

4. Managing Content

YourVerse does not and cannot review all communications or Content uploaded to the Site and is not responsible for the content of such communications or Content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, YourVerse reserves the right to delete, move or edit any communication or Content that it may determine, in its sole discretion, violates or may violate this Membership Agreement or is otherwise unacceptable. You shall remain solely responsible for all communications made or Content uploaded under your Member Name. YourVerse shall have the right but not the obligation to correct any errors or omissions in any Content, as it may determine in its sole discretion. You acknowledge that any screening of Content performed by YourVerse to determine Accepted Content is done as a courtesy only.

YourVerse LP respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. 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 YourVerse with notice of such infringement in the manner described under Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Infringement in the Terms of Use.

5. Confidential Information

You acknowledge that the Confidential Information (defined below) which you obtain through the entering into of this Membership Agreement and the use of the Site constitutes valuable, confidential, proprietary information of YourVerse and its licensors, and you agree that during the term of this Membership Agreement and thereafter you shall not, without the express written consent of YourVerse, use or disclose to any other person any such Confidential Information, except as specifically authorized under this Membership Agreement or as required by applicable law.

For the purposes of this Membership Agreement, “Confidential Information” means any and all data, information, documents, software or materials relating to the business and management of YourVerse, its members, affiliates, licensors or licensees, that is designated as confidential or ought reasonably to be considered confidential, including but not limited to: their business model and operations, processes, products, designs, pricing, promotions, business plans, business opportunities, finances, research, development, know-how, trade-secrets, training materials, personnel, clients, methodologies, Site content belonging to others and other intellectual property.

6. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold YourVerse and its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners and agents (collectively, the "YourVerse Parties") harmless from and against any and all claims, liability, losses, costs and expenses (including lawyers’ fees on a solicitor and client basis) incurred by any YourVerse Party in connection with: (i) any use or alleged use of the Site under your Member Name by any person, whether or not authorized by you; (ii) or resulting from any communication made or Content uploaded under your Member Name; or (iii) any breach by you of this Membership Agreement. YourVerse reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with YourVerse's defense of such claim.

7. Term and Termination

This Membership Agreement is effective until terminated. You may terminate this Membership Agreement at any time by contacting us or by such other means of written notice acceptable to YourVerse which enables confirmation of your identity and your intention to terminate. YourVerse reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to decline any particular project or to restrict, suspend or terminate your right to access the membership portions of the Site at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability. YourVerse may change, suspend or discontinue all or any aspect of the Site at any time, including the availability of any feature, database, or Content, without prior notice or liability. Upon terminating your account, you can also no longer request any more revisions through our unlimited revisions service.

Termination of this Membership Agreement does not relieve you of your responsibilities to pay any amounts due to YourVerse under this Membership Agreement or your obligations to not use the membership portions of the Site or any Content other than in the manner permitted under this Membership Agreement or any other agreement entered into at the time such Content was downloaded (such as a Content License Agreement). Termination of this Membership Agreement shall operate without prejudice to the YourVerse's rights, defenses and limitations of liability provided under this Membership Agreement, which rights, defenses and limitations of liability shall survive termination of this Membership Agreement.

8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THE SITE, INCLUDING ANY CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YourVerse DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THEIR USE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.

YourVerse DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR SIMILAR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES.

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR USE OF THE SITE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY OF THE CONTENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN.

IN NO EVENT SHALL YourVerse OR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, PARTNERS, LICENSORS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM, LOSS, DAMAGE, ACTION, SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER OR OUT OF THIS MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR USE OF, RELIANCE UPON, ACCESS TO, OR EXPLOITATION OF THE SITE, THE CONTENT OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR ANY RIGHTS GRANTED TO YOU HEREUNDER, EVEN IF YourVerse HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER THE ACTION IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR OTHERWISE.

10. Age and Responsibility

You represent and warrant that you are of sufficient legal age to use the Site and to create binding legal obligations for any liability you may incur as a result of the use of the Site. You agree to be responsible for all of your use of the Site (as well as for use of your Member Name and password(s) by others, including without limitation, minors living with you). You agree to supervise all usage by minors of the Site under your name or account.

11. Applicable law

YourVerse is controlled and operated from our offices in the United States of America. We do not represent that materials on the website are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to access the websites from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed solely and exclusively in accordance with the laws of the State of California, USA without giving effect to any law that would result in the application of the law of another jurisdiction.

12. General

You specifically agree and acknowledge that you have, in addition to the terms of this Membership Agreement, reviewed the terms of the Terms of Use and any other agreements which may be incorporated by reference therein, and to the extent of their incorporation herein you agree to be bound by them.

YourVerse’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Membership Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.

If any provision or part thereof of this Membership Agreement is wholly or partially unenforceable the parties or, in the event the parties are unable to agree, a court of competent jurisdiction, shall put in place thereof an enforceable provision or provisions, or part thereof, that as nearly as possible reflects the terms of the unenforceable provision or part thereof. This Agreement is personal to you and is not assignable by you without YourVerse’s prior written consent. YourVerse may assign this Agreement without your consent to any other party so long as such party agrees to be bound by its terms.

The parties have requested that this Membership Agreement and all documents relating thereto be drawn up in English.

13. Contact

If you have concerns relating to the Site or this Membership Agreement, please contact us.

14. Acknowledgement

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT IT IS THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND YourVerse, WHICH SUPERSEDES ANY PROPOSAL OR PRIOR AGREEMENT, ORAL OR WRITTEN, AND ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU AND YourVerse RELATING TO THE SUBJECT OF THIS MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT.