TERMS OF SERVICE
These terms of service (TOS) are entered into between
Empty Tomb Graphics (Empty Tomb Graphics, we, us, or our) and the entity
purchasing our services provided by or through Empty Tomb Graphics (Customer,
you, or your). We agree to be bound by this TOS when we process your
payment information. You agree to be bound by this TOS when you submit
the contact information set out below.
1. Our other agreements are incorporated into
the TOS
This TOS incorporates our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and Privacy Policy
by reference. To the extent that these agreements conflict, this TOS
shall prevail, followed by the AUP and Privacy Policy. In certain cases,
you may purchase services from us using another agreement which is also
incorporated into this TOS. If that agreement conflicts with this TOS,
the terms of that agreement will prevail over the TOS, but only to the
extent that the agreements conflict. After that, the agreements will
have the precedence set out above.
2. Services we provide to you.
The features and details of the Services governed by this TOS are described
on our website, http://www.emptytombgraphics.com for the Services you
selected ("Product Description Page"). Throughout this TOS,
the aspects of the Services provided to you by Empty Tomb Graphics,
as set out on the Product Description Page, are referred to together
as the "Service." Empty Tomb Graphics provides the Service
to you based on the description of it on the Product Description Page
as of the Effective Date. Should the Product Description Page change
subsequent to the Effective Date, Empty Tomb Graphics has no obligation
to modify the Service to reflect such a change. Certain aspects of the
Service may be provided by third parties. These third parties may have
reserved the right to make changes, including material changes, to the
products provided by them and incorporated into the Service. If a third
party makes a change to its products, you may not terminate this TOS
based on such a change, even if it materially affects the Service.
3. Contact Information
You are required to provide us with accurate information when setting
up your account, during the course of our relationship, and when corresponding
with us. On occasion, we may need to communicate with you by e-mail
about the Service. You agree to maintain a working e-mail address that
is monitored daily. We have no responsibility, or liability, for interruptions
in the Service, or damages of any sort, based on communications that
are misdirected as a result of your failure to provide us with updated
contact information.
4. Term
The "Effective Date" of this TOS will be the day on which
you initially provide the contact information set out above. This TOS
will begin on the Effective Date and continue for the term set out on
the Product Description Page (Initial Term). After the expiration of
the Initial Term, this TOS will renew for successive periods of equal
length (Renewal Term).
5. Payment
You are responsible for the fees and charges set out on the Product
Description Page (Fees). You may be charged 7 days prior to the date
set out on the Product Description Page (Due Date). Our obligation to
provide the Service is contingent on your payment of the Fees by the
Due Date. You must pay the Fees without set off or deduction. It is
your responsibility to ensure that we receive payment of the Fees. Should
the Service be suspended, for any reason, Fees will continue to accrue.
Set up and domain name registration charges are not refundable for any
reason. If the Fees are not paid by your financial institution on the
Due Date, your account will be considered delinquent. To reinstate your
account, you will be required to pay, depending on the reason for the
delinquency: (i) a returned check fee in the amount of $50; (ii) interest
in the amount of 2.0% per month, or the maximum amount allowed by law;
(iii) collection charges; (iv) any fees levied on us by our financial
institution; and/or (v) an investigation fee of $200. You may choose
to purchase products and services that are not included in the Service
but which are offered for sale by other parties through Empty Tomb Graphics
(Third Party Services). Third Party Services may be billed separately
from the Service. Fees for the Third Party Services may not be billed
on the month on which they are delivered. You agree to pay for these
Third Party Services regardless of the length of time elapsed between
their delivery date and the date on which you are charged.
6. Bill disputes
If you believe there is an error on your bill you must contact us in
writing. We each agree to work together in good faith to resolve any
billing disputes. Your dispute must include sufficient facts\ for us
to investigate your claims and be received by us at least 5 days prior
to the Due Date (Dispute Deadline). You waive your right to dispute
any charges or Fees if you fail to meet Dispute Deadline. If we find
that your claim is valid, we agree to credit the account that is the
subject of the dispute on your next bill.
7. Termination
7.1. Termination for convenience
Either party may terminate the Service by providing written notice to
the other no later than 10 days before the expiration of the Initial
Term or Renewal Term for that particular Service.
7.2. Termination for material breach
One party may terminate this TOS upon the occurrence of a material breach,
if this breach has not been cured by the other party within 30 days
of their receipt of written notice of the breach. A material breach
shall be determined from the perspective of a reasonable business person
with significant experience conducting business on the Internet. Notices
of material breach must contain sufficient detail for the party against
whom the assertion of material breach is directed to identify the breach
and attempt to take corrective action. Third Party Services may be part
of the Service. A decision to cease offering Third Party Services will
not be a material breach.
7.3. Termination for your violation of our policies
We reserve the right to immediately suspend the Service and/or terminate
this TOS: (i) for a violation of any of our policies, including those
incorporated by reference; and/or (ii) your failure to pay any amounts
due. This right of termination is without prejudice to any other rights
we may have. You are not entitled to any type of notice or protest should
we exercise these rights, nor will you receive a refund of any Fees.
8. Use of the Services
Your use of the Services must be reasonable. You may not place excessive
burdens on our CPUs, servers or other resources. You agree that we may
place restrictions on your use of the Service, and charge you excess
bandwidth fees, to the extent that they exceed the use of the Service
of similarly situated customers. You understand that bandwidth, connection
speeds and other similar indices of capacity are maximum numbers. Consistently
reaching these capacity numbers may result our need to place restrictions
on your use of the Service. You agree to cooperate with us to facilitate
your use of the Service. This cooperation includes, but is not limited
to, providing us with correct contact and billing information, designing
material that is "server ready" and ensuring that you, your
employees and/or agents have sufficient technical expertise to understand
how to implement the Service. Upon termination or expiration, your account
will be closed. We have no responsibility to forward e-mail, or other
communications, for you once your account is closed. You are encouraged
to keep the Service active during a transition period should you seek
to forward your e-mail or other communications.
9. Licenses and Intellectual Property
9.1. License from Empty Tomb Graphics to you
Empty Tomb Graphics grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
worldwide, royalty free license to use technology provided by Empty
Tomb Graphics solely to access and use the Service. This license terminates
on the expiration or termination of this TOS. Except for the license
rights set out above, this license does not grant any additional rights
to you. All right, title and interest in Empty Tomb Graphics's technology
shall remain with Empty Tomb Graphics or Empty Tomb Graphics's licensors.
You are not permitted to circumvent any devices designed to protect
Empty Tomb Graphics's, or its licensor's, ownership interests in the
technology provided to you. In addition, you may not reverse engineer
this technology. Any license provided to you, is provided with "RESTRICTED
RIGHTS" applicable to private and public licensees. These rights
include, but are not limited to, restrictions on use, duplication, or
disclosure by the United States Government as set forth in this TOS
and as provided in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical
Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs
(c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights
at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable.
9.2. Licenses from you to Empty Tomb Graphics
We may use information you provide to us for technical support, implementation,
operation or administration of the Service (Operational Information).
Operational Information, as well as aggregate information gleaned from
the operation of our business in general, will be used to improve, or
create new products and services. We shall be the exclusive owners of
the resulting intellectual property. You waive any rights you may have
in this intellectual property, and assign all right, title and interest
in it to us and agree to cooperate with us to secure our rights. You
grant Empty Tomb Graphics, and any third parties used by Empty Tomb
Graphics to provide the Service, a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
worldwide, royalty free license to use, disseminate, transmit and cache
content, technology and information provided by you and, if applicable,
End Users, in conjunction with the Service. This license terminates
on the expiration or termination of this TOS. All right, title and interest
in your technology shall remain with you, your End Users, or your licensors.
10. Representations and Warranties
10.1. Reciprocal
We each warrant to the other that: (i) we have the power, authority
and legal right to enter into this TOS; and (ii) we have the power,
authority and legal right to perform our obligations under this TOS
and all incorporated provisions.
10.2. Your Representations and Warranty
You represent and warrant to Empty Tomb Graphics that: (i) you have
the experience and knowledge necessary to use the Service; (ii) you
understand and appreciate the risks inherent to you, your business and
your person, that come from accessing the Internet; (iii) you will provide
us with material that may be implemented by us to provide the Service
without extra effort on our part; (iv) you have sufficient knowledge
about administering, designing and operating the functions facilitated
by the Service to take advantage of the Service; (v) that you understand
that you may not be able to access location based services, such as
"911" emergency calls, using the Service; (vi) that in entering
into this TOS, and performing the obligations set out in it, you will
not violate any applicable laws and regulations; (vii) that you will
make back up copies of your data even if you purchase "back up"
services from Empty Tomb Graphics; and/or (viii) that you will pass
through the terms of our Acceptable Use Policy to End Users. You expressly
warrant that you own the entire right, title and interest to, or have
an appropriate license to use, all materials provided to Empty Tomb
Graphics, or which may be accessed or transmitted using the Service.
You also warrant that to the extent you do business with other parties
using the Service, that they have the same ownership interests in the
materials provided to you, or accessed via you, that are set out in
this paragraph.
11. Disclaimers
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. OTHER THAN
AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH 10.1, EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS HAS NOT,
AND DOES NOT, MAKE ANY WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THIS DISCLAIMER
INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND TITLE. EMPTY
TOMB GRAPHICS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED,
ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS IS NOT LIABLE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY,
FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER TO, OR FROM, YOU OR STORED
BY YOU OR AN END USER VIA THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY US. EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS
SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES REGARDING SERVICES PROVIDED
BY THIRD PARTIES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THOSE SERVICES APPEAR TO BE
PROVIDED BY EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS. NO WARRANTIES MADE BY THESE THIRD PARTY
ENTITIES TO EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS SHALL BE PASSED THROUGH TO YOU, NOR
SHALL YOU CLAIM TO BE A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OF SUCH WARRANTIES.
THIS WARRANTY DISCLAIMER EXTENDS TO ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION
YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED FROM EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS, ITS EMPLOYEES, THIRD-PARTY
VENDORS, AGENTS OR AFFILIATES. YOU MAY NOT RELY ON SUCH INFORMATION.
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN WARRANTIES.
IF THIS APPLIES TO YOU, YOUR WARRANTY IS LIMITED TO 90 DAYS FROM THE
EFFECTIVE DATE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL SERVICE.
12. Limitation of Liability
You agree that Empty Tomb Graphics has no liability, whatsoever, for
(i) content that you or an End User access from the Internet; (ii) for
unauthorized access to, or any corruption, erasure, theft, destruction,
alteration or inadvertent disclosure of, data, information or content,
transmitted, received, or stored on our system; and/or (iii) for your
inability to access the publicly switched telephone network. IN NO EVENT
WILL EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS'S LIABILITY HEREUNDER EXCEE THE AGGREGAGE FEES
ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS FROM YOU FOR THE 3 MONTH PERIOD
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH ONLY, THE TERM EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS SHALL
BE INTERPRETED TO INCLUDE EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS'S EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OWNERS,
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AFFILIATES, AND THIRD PARTIES PROVIDING SERVICES
TO YOU THROUGH EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS. YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU WILL NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, HOLD EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS OR ITS LICENSORS,
AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS AND/OR THIRD PARTY VENDORS, LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, COST SAVINGS,
REVENUE, BUSINESS, DATA OR USE, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS BY YOU,
ANY OF YOUR END USERS OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOREGOING
LIMITATIONS APPLY WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR ANY OTHER
LEGAL THEORY AND APPLY EVEN IF EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW
THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES; YOU AGREE THAT IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS EMPTY TOMB GRAPHICS'S
LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
13. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Empty Tomb Graphics
and its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, third party service
providers and each of their respective officers, directors, employees,
shareholders and agents (each an "indemnified party" and,
collectively, "indemnified parties") from and against any
and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands,
proceedings (whether legal or administrative), and expenses (including,
but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees) threatened, asserted,
or filed by a third party against any of the indemnified parties arising
out of or relating to (i) your use of the Service; (ii) any violation
by you of any of Empty Tomb Graphics's policies; (iii) any breach of
any of your representations, warranties or covenants contained in this
TOS; and/or (iv) any acts or omissions by you. The terms of this section
shall survive any termination of this Agreement. For the purpose of
this paragraph only, the term "you" as set out in subparagraphs
(i) through (iv) include you, End User, visitors to your website, and
users of your products or services, the use of which is facilitated
by us.
Empty Tomb Graphics shall indemnify and hold you harmless from, and
at its own expense agrees to defend, or at its option to settle, any
claim, suit or proceeding brought or threatened against you so far as
it is based on a claim that the Service infringes any issued U.S. patent.
This indemnification provision is expressly limited to the Service which
is fully owned by Empty Tomb Graphics. It does not extend to products
or services provided by third parties even if incorporated into the
Service. If set out in its agreements with third-party suppliers, Empty
Tomb Graphics shall flow down similar intellectual property indemnification
provisions to you. This paragraph will be conditioned on your notifying
Empty Tomb Graphics promptly in writing of the claim and giving Empty
Tomb Graphics full authority, information, and assistance for the defense
and settlement of that claim. You shall have the right to participate
in the defense of the claim at your expense. If such claim has occurred,
or in Empty Tomb Graphics's opinion is likely to occur, you agree to
permit Empty Tomb Graphics, at its option and expense, either to: (i)
procure for you the right to continue using the Service; (ii) replace
an individual component of the Service with a product or service, regardless
of manufacturer, performing the same or similar function as the infringing
aspect of the Service, or modify the same so that it becomes non-infringing;
or (iii) if neither of the foregoing alternatives is reasonably available,
immediately terminate Empty Tomb Graphics's obligations (and your rights)
under this TOS with regard to such Service and refund to you the price
originally paid by you to Empty Tomb Graphics for the Service, or the
Fee actually received by Empty Tomb Graphics from you for the 3 month
period immediately preceding the occurrence of the event on which the
indemnification claim is based.
14. General Provisions
14.1. Notices
Notices will be sent to you at the address you provide to us. It is
your obligation to ensure that we have the most current address for
you in our records. Please refer to our website, http://www.emptytombgraphics.com,
for contact information for most
issues, including technical support and billing
14.2. Force Majure
Except for the obligation to pay the Fees, neither party shall be liable
for any delay or failure in performance due to events outside the defaulting
party's reasonable control, including without limitation acts of God,
earthquake, labor disputes, shortages of supplies, riots, war, fire,
epidemics, failures of telecommunication carriers, delays of common
carriers, or other circumstances beyond its reasonable control. The
obligations and rights of the excused party shall be extended on a day-to-day
basis for the time period equal to the period of the excusable delay.
The party affected by the such an occurrence shall notify the other
party as soon as possible, but in no event less than ten days from the
beginning of the event.
14.3. Choice of Law, Jurisdiction and Venue.
The parties agree that all disputes shall be brought before U.S. District
Court for the District of Delaware located in Wilmington Delaware (District
Court). If the District Court may not consider the dispute, all disputes
shall be brought before the Delaware Superior Court, or the Delaware
Court of Common Pleas, each located in Wilmington Delaware. The parties
agree that these courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes
and other matters relating to the interpretation and enforcement of
this TOS or any other document entered into by the parties. Further,
the parties agree that venue shall be proper in the appropriate court
set out above, an agree that they shall not contest notice from that
court. State law issues concerning construction, interpretation and
performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the substantive law
of the State of Delaware, excluding its choice of law rules. The United
Nations Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods shall
not apply.
14.4. No Waiver.
No waiver of rights under this TOS, or any Empty Tomb Graphics policy,
or agreement between you and Empty Tomb Graphics shall constitute a
subsequent waiver of this or any other right under this TOS.
14.5. Assignment
This TOS may be assigned by Empty Tomb Graphics. It may not be assigned
by you. This TOS shall bind and inure to the benefit of the corporate
successors and permitted assigns of the parties.
14.6. Severability
In the event that any of the terms of this TOS become or are declared
to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such term(s) shall be null and void and shall be deemed deleted from
this TOS. All remaining terms of this TOS shall remain in full force
and effect.
14.7. No Agency
This TOS does not create any agency, partnership, joint venture, or
franchise relationship. Neither party has the right or authority to,
and shall not, assume or create any obligation of any nature whatsoever
on behalf of the other party or bind the other party in any respect
whatsoever.
14.8. Survival
The following paragraphs shall survive the expiration or termination
of this TOS: 1, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14.1, 14.3.