GJSharefest TERMS OF USE
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
GJSharefest is a good deeds program that matches up the needs in your congregation online, through a collection of online resources, including classified ads, forums, and various email services, (referred to hereafter as "the Service") so that members of your church can easily search through the needs and find ways they can help others. The use of the Service is subject to the following Terms of Use ("TOU"). By using the Service in any way, you are agreeing to comply with the TOU. If you do not agree with the TOU, please do not use this site or the Service.
2. MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter these terms and conditions at any time. Such modifications shall become effective immediately upon the posting thereof. You must review this agreement on a regular basis to keep yourself apprised of any changes. You can find the most recent version of the TOU at:
http://www.GJSharefest.com
3. CONTENT
You understand that all postings, messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, or other materials ("Content") posted on, transmitted through, or linked from the Service, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. More specifically, you are entirely responsible for each individual item ("Item") of Content that you post, email or otherwise make available via the Service. You understand that GJSharefest does not control, and is not responsible for Content made available through the Service, and that by using the Service, you may be exposed to Content that is objectionable. Furthermore, the GJSharefest site and Content available through the Service may contain links to other websites, which are completely independent of GJSharefest. GJSharefest makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or authenticity of the information contained in any such site. Your linking to any other websites is at your own risk. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, that you may not rely on said Content, and that under no circumstances will GJSharefest be liable in any way for any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed or otherwise made available via the Service. GJSharefest disclaims any responsibility and shall not be liable for any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment as you browse this site, use the Service, or in downloading any of the materials, data, text, video or audio from this site. You acknowledge that GJSharefest does not pre-screen or approve Content, but that GJSharefest shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse, delete or move any Content that is available via the Service, for violating the letter or spirit of the TOU or for any other reason.
4. THIRD PARTY CONTENT, SITES, AND SERVICES
The GJSharefest site and Content available through the Service may contain features and functionalities that may link you or provide you with access to third party content which is completely independent of GJSharefest, including web sites, directories, servers, networks, systems, information and databases, applications, software, programs, products or services, and the Internet as a whole. GJSharefest has not reviewed all of the sites linked to this site and is not responsible for the content of any other sites linked to this site. Your linking to any other off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk.
Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals found on or through the Service, including delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties. All interactions through the use of this Service is intended to be free-of-charge, with no payment exchanged between the parties.
You agree that GJSharefest shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings. If there is a dispute between participants on this site, or between users and any third party, you understand and agree that GJSharefest is under no obligation to become involved. As set forth in greater detail below, in the event that you have a dispute with one or more other users, you hereby release GJSharefest, its officers, employees, agents, affiliates and successors in rights from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and / or our service. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."
5. PRIVACY AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
Your use of the GJSharefest website or the Service signifies acknowledgement of and agreement to our Privacy Policy. You further acknowledge and agree that GJSharefest may, in its sole discretion, preserve or disclose your Content, as well as your information, such as email addresses, IP addresses, timestamps, and other user information, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: comply with legal process; enforce the TOU; respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; respond to claims that contact information (e.g. phone number, street address) of a third-party has been posted or transmitted without their consent or as a form of harassment; protect the rights, property, or personal safety of GJSharefest, its users or the general public.
6. CONDUCT
You agree not to post, email, or otherwise make available Content:
a) that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, or is harmful to minors in any way;
b) that harasses, degrades, intimidates or is hateful toward an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
c) that violates the Fair Housing Act by stating, in any notice or ad for the sale or rental of any dwelling, a discriminatory preference based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap (or violates any state or local law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of these or other characteristics);
d) that violates federal, state, or local equal employment opportunity laws, including but not limited to, stating in any advertisement for employment a preference or requirement based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
e) with respect to employers that employ four or more employees, that violates the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, including requiring U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency (green card status) as a condition for employment, unless otherwise required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.
f) that impersonates any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a GJSharefest or Universal Pictures employee, or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity (this provision does not apply to Content that constitutes lawful non-deceptive parody of public figures.);
g) that includes personal or identifying information about another person without that person's explicit consent;
h) that is false, deceptive, misleading, deceitful, misinformative, or constitutes "bait and switch";
i) that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party, or Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;
j) that constitutes or contains "affiliate marketing," "link referral code," "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or unsolicited commercial advertisement;
k) that constitutes or contains any form of advertising or solicitation if posted in areas of the GJSharefest sites which are not designated for such purposes; or emailed to GJSharefest users who have not indicated in writing that it is ok to contact them about other services, products or commercial interests.
l) that includes links to commercial services or web sites, except as allowed in "services;"
m) that advertises any illegal service or the sale of any items the sale of which is prohibited or restricted by any applicable law, including without limitation items the sale of which is prohibited or regulated by California law.
n) that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
o) that disrupts the normal flow of dialogue with an excessive amount of Content (flooding attack) to the Service, or that otherwise negatively affects other users' ability to use the Service; or
p) that employs misleading email addresses, or forged headers or otherwise manipulated identifiers in order to disguise the origin of Content transmitted through the Service.
Additionally, you agree not to:
q) contact anyone who has asked not to be contacted;
r) "stalk" or otherwise harass anyone;
s) collect personal data about other users for commercial or unlawful purposes;
t) use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools, or the like to download data from the Service - unless expressly permitted by GJSharefest;
u) post non-local or otherwise irrelevant Content, repeatedly post the same or similar Content or otherwise impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
v) attempt to gain unauthorized access to GJSharefest's computer systems or engage in any activity that disrupts, diminishes the quality of, interferes with the performance of, or impairs the functionality of, the Service or the GJSharefest website; or
w) use any form of automated device or computer program that enables the submission of postings on GJSharefest without each posting being manually entered by the author thereof (an "automated posting device"), including without limitation, the use of any such automated posting device to submit postings in bulk, or for automatic submission of postings at regular intervals.
7. LIMITATIONS ON SERVICE
You acknowledge that GJSharefest may establish limits concerning use of the Service, including the maximum number of days that Content will be retained by the Service, the maximum number and size of postings, email messages, or other Content that may be transmitted or stored by the Service, and the frequency with which you may access the Service. You agree that GJSharefest has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any Content maintained or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge that GJSharefest reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice, and that GJSharefest shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
8. ACCESS TO THE SERVICE
ShareFest grants you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive license to access the Service for your own personal use. This license does not include: (a) access to the Service by Posting Agents; or (b) any collection, aggregation, copying, duplication, display or derivative use of the Service nor any use of data mining, robots, spiders, or similar data gathering and extraction tools for any purpose unless expressly permitted by GJSharefest. A limited exception to (b) is provided to general purpose internet search engines and non-commercial public archives that use such tools to gather information for the sole purpose of displaying hyperlinks to the Service, provided they each do so from a stable IP address or range of IP addresses using an easily identifiable agent.
"General purpose internet search engine" does not include a website or search engine or other service that specializes in classified listings or in any subset of classifieds listings such as jobs, housing, for sale, services, or personals, or which is in the business of providing classified ad listing services.
ShareFest permits you to create a hyperlink to the home page of GJSharefest site so long as the link does not portray GJSharefest, its employees, or its affiliates in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter.
Use of the Service beyond the scope of authorized access granted to you by GJSharefest immediately terminates said permission or license. In order to collect, aggregate, copy, duplicate, display or make derivative use of the Service or any Content made available via the Service for other purposes (including commercial purposes) not stated herein, you must first obtain a license from GJSharefest.
9. TERMINATION OF SERVICE
You agree that GJSharefest, in its sole discretion, has the right (but not the obligation) to delete or deactivate your account, block your email or IP address, or otherwise terminate your access to or use of the Service (or any part thereof), immediately and without notice, and remove and discard any Content within the Service, for any reason, including, without limitation, if GJSharefest believes that you have acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOU. Further, you agree that GJSharefest shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Service. Further, you agree not to attempt to use the Service after said termination. Sections 2, 4, 6 and 12-18 shall survive termination of the TOU.
10. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
The Service is protected to the maximum extent permitted by copyright laws and international treaties. Content displayed on or through the Service is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to copyrights laws, and international conventions. Any reproduction, modification, creation of derivative works from or redistribution of the site or the collective work, and/or copying or reproducing the sites or any portion thereof to any other server or location for further reproduction or redistribution is prohibited without the express written consent of GJSharefest. You further agree not to reproduce, duplicate or copy Content from the Service without the express written consent of GJSharefest, and agree to abide by any and all copyright notices displayed on the Service. You may not decompile or disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover any source code contained in the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any aspect of the Service.
Although GJSharefest does not claim ownership of content that its users post, by posting Content to any public area of the Service, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to GJSharefest an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute said Content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, said Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses (through multiple tiers) of the foregoing. Furthermore, by posting Content to any public area of the Service, you automatically grant GJSharefest all rights necessary to prohibit any subsequent aggregation, display, copying, duplication, reproduction, or exploitation of the Content on the Service by any party for any purpose.
11. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU AGREE THAT USE OF THE GJSharefest SITE AND THE SERVICE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE GJSharefest SITE AND THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" OR "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GJSharefest DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, ACCURACY, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE GJSharefest SITE AND THE SERVICE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GJSharefest DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR OTHER SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE GJSharefest SITE OR THE SITES OR SERVICE, OR ACCESSED THROUGH ANY LINKS ON THE GJSharefest SITE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GJSharefest DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE GJSharefest SITE OR THE SERVICE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties. In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing disclaimers may not apply to you insofar as they relate to implied warranties.
12. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL GJSharefest BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF GJSharefest HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM ANY ASPECT OF YOUR USE OF THE GJSharefest SITE OR THE SERVICE, WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF THE GJSharefest SITE OR THE SERVICE, FROM INABILITY TO USE THE GJSharefest SITE OR THE SERVICE, OR THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, MODIFICATION, ALTERATION, OR TERMINATION OF THE GJSharefest SITE OR THE SERVICE. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF OTHER SERVICES OR PRODUCTS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH THE GJSharefest SITE OR THE SERVICE OR ANY LINKS ON THE GJSharefest SITE, AS WELL AS BY REASON OF ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED IN CONNECTION WITH THE GJSharefest SITE OR THE SERVICE OR ANY LINKS ON THE GJSharefest SITE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. In some jurisdictions, limitations of liability are not permitted. In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing limitation may not apply to you.
13. INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless all churches participating in the GJSharefest program, GJSharefest, Universal City Studios LLLP, Grace Hill Media, the producers and distributors of "Evan Almighty," as well as all of their respective officers, subsidiaries, parent corporations affiliates, successors, assigns, licensees, representatives, attorneys, directors, officers, agents, service providers, suppliers and employees, from any and all claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post or make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your violation of the TOU, your breach of any of the representations and warranties herein, or your violation of any rights of another.
14. GENERAL INFORMATION
The TOU constitute the entire agreement between you and GJSharefest and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and GJSharefest. The TOU and the relationship between you and GJSharefest shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and GJSharefest agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Los Angeles, California. The failure of GJSharefest to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOU shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOU is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOU remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or the TOU must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
15. REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF TERMS
Please report any violations of the TOU, by flagging the posting(s) for review, or by emailing to:
GJSharefest.org
Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.
16. FEEDBACK
We welcome your questions and comments. Please address them to: marciac@gjvineyard.org