ByStudents.com Terms & Conditions
The following terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions") govern your
access to and use of our Web Site located at bystudents.com (the "Site" or "Web
Site"). The bystudents.com Web Site is made available by Unigo, LLC
("Company" or "we" or "us"). We may change these Terms and Conditions from time
to time, by posting such changes on the Site. BY USING THE SITE, YOU ACCEPT AND
AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS APPLIED TO YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE
SITE. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you should not visit or
use the Site.
1. Proprietary Rights. As between you and Company, and except for your
Submitted Materials (as defined in Section 6 below), Company owns, solely and
exclusively, all rights, title and interest in and to the Site, all the content
(including, for example, audio, photographs, illustrations, graphics, other
visuals, video, copy, software, etc.), code, data and materials thereon, the
look and feel, design and organization of the Site, and the compilation of the
content, code, data and materials on the Site, including but not limited to any
copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights and other intellectual property and
proprietary rights therein. Your use of the Site does not grant to you ownership
of any content, code, data or materials you may access on the Site.
2. Limited License. You may access and view the content on the Site on
your computer or other internet compatible device, and make copies of the
content on the Site for your personal and non-commercial use only.
3. Prohibited Use. Any commercial distribution, publishing or
exploitation of the Site, or of any content, code, data or materials on the
Site, is strictly prohibited unless you have received the express written prior
permission of Company and the applicable rights holder. If you do make any such
prohibited use of the Site, or the content, code, data or materials thereon, you
may violate copyright and other laws of the United States, other countries, as
well as applicable state laws and may be subject to liability for such
unauthorized use.
4. Trademarks. The trademarks, logos, service marks and trade names
(collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the Web Site or on content
available through the Web Site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of
ours and others and may not be used in violation of applicable rights. Nothing
contained on the Web Site should be construed as granting, by implication,
estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on
the Web Site without the written permission of the applicable rights holder.
5. User Information. In the course of your use of the Site, you may be
asked to provide certain personalized information to us. Our information
collection and use policies with respect to the privacy of such information are
set forth in the Site's Privacy Policy, which is
incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. You acknowledge and agree
that you are solely responsible for the accuracy and content of User
Information.
6. Submitted Materials. Any and all information, reviews, comments,
communications, creative and academic works, demos, ideas, photographs,
suggestions, concepts, depictions, methods, systems, designs, plans, techniques
or other materials submitted or sent to us (including, for example and without
limitation, that which you submit or post to our Site or the message boards,
chat rooms and/or blogs that may be available on or through the Site, or that
which you send to us via e-mail) ("Submitted Materials") will be deemed not to
be confidential or secret, and may be used by us in any manner consistent with
these Terms and Conditions and the Site's Privacy Policy.
By submitting or sending Submitted Materials to us, you: (i) represent and
warrant that the Submitted Materials are original to you and that no other party
has any rights thereto, or that you have the necessary licenses, rights,
consents and permissions to use such Submitted Materials and submit them to the
Site, and that any "moral rights" in having the Submitted Materials edited,
removed, modified, published, transmitted or displayed in a manner not agreeable
to you have been waived, and (ii) you grant us and our affiliates a
royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and
fully transferable, assignable and sublicensable right and license to use, copy,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from,
distribute, perform, display, make, sell and export such material (in whole or
part) and/or to incorporate it into other works in any form, media, or
technology now known or later developed (including, without limitation, any web
sites owned or operated by us). We cannot be responsible for maintaining any
Submitted Material that you provide to us, and we may delete or destroy any such
Submitted Material at any time.
7. Prohibited User Conduct. You warrant and agree that, while accessing
or using the Web Site, you shall not:
- impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any
other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, including anyone from the
Site or Company;
- insert your own or a third party's advertising, branding or other
promotional content into any of the Site's content, materials or services;
- obtain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems,
materials, information or any services available on or through the Site through
any means, including through means not intentionally made publicly available or
provided for through the Site;
- engage in spidering, "screen scraping," "database scraping," harvesting of
e-mail addresses or other personal information, or any other automatic or
unauthorized means of accessing, logging-in or registering on the Site, or
obtaining lists of users other information from or through the Site, including,
without limitation, any information residing on any server or database connected
to the Site;
- use the Site or its features and services in any manner that could
interrupt, damage, disable, overburden or impair the Site or interfere with any
other party's use and enjoyment of the Site, including, without limitation,
sending mass unsolicited messages or "flooding" servers with requests;
- use the Site or its services in violation of Company's or any third party's
intellectual property or other proprietary or legal rights;
- use the Site or its services in violation of any applicable law; or
- attempt (or encourage or support any one else's attempt) to circumvent,
reverse engineer, decrypt, or otherwise alter or interfere with the Site or its
services.
You alone are responsible for the content and consequences of any of your
activities while you are visiting or using the Site.
8. Public Forums. The Site may include messaging services, chat
services, bulletin boards, message boards, blogs and other similar forums and
services. In addition to any other rules or regulations that we may post in
connection with a particular feature or service, you agree not to:
- upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish to, on or through
the Site, any materials which are false, fraudulent, misleading, unlawful,
threatening, abusive, harassing, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise
objectionable, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic,
profane, sexually explicit or indecent, including without limitation, any
material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give
rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or
international law;
- violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties, including
without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality,
contract, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right;
or
- upload, post, publish, distribute or otherwise transmit any information or
material which constitutes or contains a virus, spyware, or other harmful
component, or which contains any embedded links, advertising, chain letters or
pyramid schemes of any kind.
It is important to remember that content submitted to a public forum or similar
feature on the Site may be recorded and stored in multiple places, both on our
Site and elsewhere on the Internet, which are likely to be accessible for a long
time and you have no control over who will read them eventually. You should
therefore be careful and selective about the information that you disclose about
yourself and others in your comments to our public forums or other submissions
to our Site, and in particular, you should not disclose any sensitive,
proprietary or confidential information.
9. Right to Monitor and Editorial Control. Company reserves the right,
but does not have nor assume any obligation, to monitor and/or review any
content or materials posted to the Web Site or through the Web Site's services
or features by users (including by individuals and entities), and Company is not
responsible for any such materials. However, Company reserves the right at all
times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or
government request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or
materials, in whole or in part, that in Company's sole discretion are
objectionable or in violation of these Terms and Conditions, Company's policies
or applicable law.
10. Linking to the Web Site. You are not permitted to link directly
to any image hosted on the Web Site or our services, such as using an "in-line"
linking method to cause the image hosted by us to be displayed on another web
site, unless expressly permitted by us in writing. You agree not to download or
use images hosted on this Web Site on another web site, for any purpose,
including, without limitation, posting such images on another site, unless
expressly permitted by us in writing. You agree not to link from any other web
site to this Web Site in any manner such that the Web Site, or any page of the
Web Site, is "framed," surrounded or obfuscated by any third party content,
materials, advertising or branding. We have the right to insist that any link to
the Web Site be discontinued, and to revoke your right to link to the Web Site
from any other web site at any time.
11. Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Company, its
affiliates, and its and their directors, officers, employees and agents harmless
from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, arising from (i) your access to or use of the Site, (ii) your
placement, submission or transmission of any message, content, information,
software or other materials on, to or through the Site, or (iii) your breach or
violation of the law or of these Terms and Conditions. Company reserves the
right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any
matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and you agree to cooperate
with any such defense.
12. Third Party Web Sites. You may be able to link from the Web Site to
third party web sites and third party web sites may link to the Web Site
("Linked Sites"). You acknowledge and agree that we have no responsibility for
the information, content, products, services, advertising, code or other
materials which may or may not be provided on Linked Sites. Links to Linked
Sites do not constitute an endorsement or sponsorship by us of such sites or the
information, content, products, services, advertising, code or other materials
presented thereon. Any reliance on a Linked Site is done at your own risk and
you assume all responsibilities and consequences resulting such reliance.
13. Copyright Agent. We respect the intellectual property rights of
others, and require that the people who use the Site do the same. If you believe
that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement,
please forward the following information to Company's Copyright Agent,
designated as such pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. ยง
512(c)(2), named below:
- Your address, telephone number, and email address;
- A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
- A description of where the alleged infringing material is located;
- A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use
is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on
behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; and
- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above
information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or
authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Copyright Agent:
Paul Dietz
Unigo, LLC d/b/a ByStudents
386 Park Avenue South, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10016
voice: 646-861-7847
fax: 646-871-6178
e-mail: PaulDietz@collegecollective.net
14. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ALL SERVICES, CONTENT, SUBMITTED MATERIALS, FUNCTIONS AND MATERIALS THEREON, IS
PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY FOR INFORMATION, DATA,
DATA PROCESSING SERVICES, UPTIME OR UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, ANY WARRANTIES
CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, USEFULNESS, CORRECTNESS, PRECISION,
THOROUGHNESS, COMPLETENESS OR CONTENT OF INFORMATION, AND ANY WARRANTIES OF
TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
AND WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED. WE DO
NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVICES, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS OR MATERIALS
CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT
DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE WILL MEET USERS'
REQUIREMENTS. NO ADVICE, RESULTS OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN,
OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT
EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. COMPANY ALSO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR, ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN THE SITE
OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO, OR AUDIO FROM
THE SITE.
WE TRY TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION POSTED ON THE SITE IS CORRECT AND
UP-TO-DATE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OR MAKE CORRECTIONS TO ANY OF THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING.
COMPANY DOES NOT NECESSARILY ENDORSE, SUPPORT, SANCTION, ENCOURAGE OR AGREE WITH
ANY SUBMITTED MATERIALS, OR ANY OPINION, RECOMMENDATION OR ADVICE EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED THEREIN, AND COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY IN
CONNECTION WITH SUBMITTED MATERIALS AND ANY OTHER CONTENT OR INFORMATION CREATED
OR PROVIDED BY USERS OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES.
15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
NEGLIGENCE, SHALL COMPANY, OR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR
AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROTECTED ENTITIES") BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
ARISING FROM, OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO, YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR
THE INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS
RELATED THERETO, YOUR PROVISION OF INFORMATION VIA THE SITE, LOST BUSINESS OR
LOST SALES, EVEN IF SUCH PROTECTED ENTITY 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 SO SOME OF THE ABOVE
LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN USERS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROTECTED
ENTITIES BE LIABLE FOR OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED,
EXCHANGED OR RECEIVED BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY USER OR OTHER PERSON ON OR THROUGH
THE SITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY SUBMITTED MATERIALS). IN NO EVENT
SHALL THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE PROTECTED ENTITIES TO YOU FOR ALL
DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, THE AMOUNT, IF ANY,
PAID BY YOU TO COMPANY FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS VIA THE
SITE.
16. Applicable Laws. We control and operate the Site from our offices in
the United States of America. We do not represent that materials on the Site are
appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to
access the Site 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. All parties to these Terms and Conditions waive their respective
rights to a trial by jury.
17. Termination. Company has the right to terminate, change, suspend,
impose limits on or discontinue any aspect of the Site or the Site's services,
or your access to or use thereof, at any time, if we believe you are in breach
of these Terms and Conditions, Company's policies or applicable law, or for any
other reason without notice or liability. Company maintains a policy that
provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of the Web Site use
privileges of users who are repeat infringers of intellectual property rights.
18. Contacting the Web Site. If you have any questions relating to the
Web Site, or if you would like to submit a complaint or other report to us
(including, without limitation, any suspected violations of these Terms and
Conditions or applicable law, or any misconduct or other behavior by other users
of the Web Site), please contact us at: CustomerSupport@bystudents.com.
19. Miscellaneous. By using the Web Site, you represent and warrant that
you are 13 years of age or older, as the Web Site is not intended for users
under 13, and you agree to abide by and that you are fully able and capable of
complying with all of the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations,
representations and warranties set forth in these Terms and Conditions. The
Terms and Conditions and the relationship between you and us shall be governed
by the laws of the United States and the State of New York, without regard to
its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any cause of action that may
arise under the Terms and Conditions shall be commenced and be heard in the
appropriate court in the State of New York, County of New York. You agree to
submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within
New York County in the State of New York. Our failure to exercise or enforce any
right or provision of the Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of
such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms and Conditions 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 Terms and
Conditions remain in full force and effect.