Terms of Use
ATTENTION: BY USING THIS WEBSITE ("GAY G TIME"), YOU AGREE AND AFFIRM THAT YOU HAVE READ AND ACCEPT THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THIS SITE. THESE TERMS OF USE GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE SITE, ANY CONTENT (SUCH AS TEXT, DATA, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, GRAPHICS, OR PHOTOGRAPHS) THAT SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY, LLC ("GAY G TIME") MAY MAKE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE (COLLECTIVELY, "MATERIALS") AND ANY SERVICES THAT GAY G TIME MAY PROVIDE THROUGH THE SITE (COLLECTIVELY, "SERVICES"). THE SITE, MATERIALS, AND SERVICES ARE REFERRED TO IN THESE TERMS OF USE COLLECTIVELY AS THE "GAY G TIME WEBSITES."
Your use of the GAY G TIME Websites forms a legal agreement between you and GAY G TIME and is subject to the terms of that agreement as stated in these Terms of Use. You acknowledge and agree that GAY G TIME may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the GAY G TIME Websites to you or to users generally, at GAY G TIME sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the the GAY G TIME Websites at any time. You do not need to specifically inform GAY G TIME when you stop using the GAY G TIME Websites. In order to access certain Materials or Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification or contact details) as part of the registration process for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that any registration information you give to GAY G TIME will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
Content of, and/or opinions expressed on, the GAY G TIME Websites and in any corresponding comments are the personal opinions of the original authors, not of GAY G TIME. The content is provided for informational purposes only and is not meant to be an endorsement or representation by GAY G TIME or any other party. You understand that all information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other images) which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the GAY G TIME Websites are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. You understand and acknowledge that the SMT Websites may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by GAY G TIME or by other entities. You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the GAY G TIME Websites, either in whole or in part, unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by GAY G TIME or by the owners of rights to content of the GAY G TIME Websites, in a separate agreement.
Use of GAY G TIME Websites
GAY G TIME authorizes you to use the GAY G TIME Websites only for your own personal, non-commercial purposes. Use of the GAY G TIME Websites for any public or commercial purpose (including, without limitation, on another site or through a networked computer environment) without an express written agreement with GAY G TIME is strictly prohibited. If you make copies of any of the Materials, you must retain on any such copies all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original Materials. You may not modify, publicly display, publicly perform, or distribute the Materials. As between you and GAY G TIME, GAY G TIME owns the GAY G TIME Websites. The GAY G TIME Websites are protected under United States and international copyright laws. Any unauthorized use of the GAY G TIME Websites may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
You agree to use the GAY G TIME Websites only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms of Use and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions. You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the GAY G TIME Websites by any means other than through the interface that is provided by GAY G TIME, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with GAY G TIME. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the GAY G TIME Websites through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers). You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services). Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with GAY G TIME, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Materials or Services for any purpose. You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that GAY G TIME has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms of Use and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which GAY G TIME may suffer) of any such breach.
GAY G TIME reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all content from the GAY G TIME Websites.
Access
You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all equipment and services needed for access to and use of the GAY G TIME Websites. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your GAY G TIME Websites password and you are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your password. You agree to notify GAY G TIME immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or any other breach of security related to the GAY G TIME Websites. GAY G TIME reserves the right to require you to change your password if GAY G TIME believes that your password no longer is secure.
Prohibited uses
You agree not to use the GAY G TIME Websites (a) in a manner that violates any local, state, national, foreign, or international statute, regulation, rule, order, treaty, or other law; (b) to stalk, harass, or harm another individual; (c) to impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; or (d) to interfere with or disrupt the GAY G TIME Websites or servers or networks connected to the GAY G TIME Websites. You further agree not to (1) use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering or extraction methods in connection with the GAY G TIME Websites; or (2) attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the GAY G TIME Websites or any other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to the GAY G TIME Websites, whether through hacking, password mining, or any other means.
Termination
GAY G TIME may terminate, suspend, or modify your registration with, or access to, all or part of the GAY G TIME Websites, without notice, at any time and for any reason. You may discontinue your participation in and access to the GAY G TIME Websites at any time. If you breach any of these Terms of Use, your authorization to use the GAY G TIME Websites automatically terminates and you agree to immediately destroy any downloaded or printed content obtained from the GAY G TIME Websites (and any copies thereof).
Disclaimers
THE GAY G TIME WEBSITES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "WITH ALL FAULTS" AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE GAY G TIME WEBSITES IS WITH YOU, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESENCE OF ADWARE, VIRUSES, SPYWARE, AND/OR WORMS, ETC. SHOULD THE MATERIALS OR SERVICES PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU, AND NOT GAY G TIME, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING AND REPAIR. GAY G TIME EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO THE GAY G TIME WEBSITES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS). WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, GAY G TIME MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE GAY G TIME WEBSITES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE GAY G TIME WEBSITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE GAY G TIME WEBSITES WILL BE CORRECTED. GAY G TIME MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE GAY G TIME WEBSITES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE GAY G TIME WEBSITES. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE GAY G TIME WEBSITES OR FROM GAY G TIME, ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, OR OTHER AFFILIATED COMPANIES, OR ITS OR THEIR SUPPLIERS (OR THE RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS OF ANY SUCH ENTITIES) (COLLECTIVELY, "THE GAY G TIME PARTIES") SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY. GAY G TIME DISCLAIMS ALL EQUITABLE INDEMNITIES.
Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL ANY OF THE GAY G TIME PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR (A) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR (B) ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES (US$100.00) DOLLARS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOSS OF REVENUES, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF USE, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES), ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE GAY G TIME WEBSITES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THE GAY G TIME WEBSITES), WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND EVEN IF ANY GAY G TIME PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED (OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN) OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Modifications to SMT Websites
GAY G TIME reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the GAY G TIME Websites at any time without notice to you.
User submissions
Certain areas of the GAY G TIME Websites may permit you to submit feedback, information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, or other materials (each, a "User Submission"). By submitting a User Submission; whether blog posts contributed via RSS, blog posts written directly on the site, or comments, the contributor agrees to give GAY G TIME a perpetual, non-exclusive license to the content that GAY G TIME publishes; you grant to GAY G TIME an irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide, license (sublicensable through multiple tiers) to (a) use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform, and publicly display your User Submissions (or any modification thereto), in whole or in part, in any format or medium now known or later developed and (b) use (and permit others to use) your User Submission in any manner and for any purpose (including, without limitation, commercial purposes) that GAY G TIME deems appropriate in its sole discretion (including, without limitation, to incorporate your User Submission or any modification thereto, in whole or in part, into any technology, product, or service). GAY G TIME reserves the right to display advertisements in connection with User Submissions and to use User Submissions for advertising and promotional purposes. GAY G TIME may, but is not obligated to, pre-screen User Submissions or monitor any area of the GAY G TIME Websites through which User Submissions may be submitted. You agree that you are solely responsible for all of your User Submissions. GAY G TIME is not required to host, display, or distribute any User Submissions on or through the GAY G TIME Websites and may remove at any time or refuse any User Submissions for any reason. GAY G TIME is not responsible for any loss, theft, or damage of any kind to any User Submissions. GAY G TIME does not want to receive any User Submission that is confidential. You understand and agree that any User Submission will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary and that GAY G TIME will be free to disclose your User Submission to any third party absent any obligation of confidence on the part of the recipient. GAY G TIME does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through GAY G TIME or any third party to edit or delete any User Submission you have submitted. By posting you agree to be solely responsible for the content of all information you contribute, link to, or otherwise upload to the website and release GAY G TIME from any liability related to your use of the Website.
By submitting any User Submission, you represent and warrant that:
a. you are at least 18 years old;
b. you own all rights in your User Submissions (including, without limitation, all rights to the audio, video, or digital recording and the performance contained in your User Submissions) or, alternatively, you have acquired all necessary rights in your User Submissions to enable you to grant to GAY G TIME the rights in your User Submissions described herein;
c. you have paid and will pay in full all license fees, clearance fees, and other financial obligations, of any kind, arising from any use or commercial exploitation of your User Submissions;
d. you are the individual pictured and/or heard in your User Submissions or, alternatively, you have obtained permission from each person (including consent from parents or guardians for any individual under the age of eighteen (18)) who appears and/or is heard in your User Submissions to grant the rights to GAY G TIME described herein;
e. your User Submissions do not infringe the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or any other legal or moral rights of any third party;
f. you voluntarily agree to waive all "moral rights" that you may have in your User Submission;
g. any information contained in your User Submission is not known by you to be false, inaccurate, or misleading;
h. your User Submission does not violate any law (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination, or false advertising);
i. your User Submission is not, and may not reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially, ethnically, religiously, or otherwise biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening, or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership, or corporation, vulgar, pornographic, obscene, or invasive of another's privacy;
j. you were not and will not be compensated or granted any consideration by any third party for submitting your User Submission;
k. your User Submission does not incorporate materials from a third party web site, or addresses, email addresses, contact information, or phone numbers (other than your own);
l. your User Submission does not contain any viruses, worms, spyware, adware, or other potentially damaging programs or files;
m. your User Submission does not contain any information that you consider confidential, proprietary, or personal;
n. your User Submission does not contain or constitute any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation;
o. you are solely responsible for the content of all information you contribute, link to, or otherwise upload to GAY G TIME Websites; and p. you release and indemnify GAY G TIME and sponsors of GAY G TIME Websites from any claims and/or liability related to your use of those Websites
Content Contributors
GAY G TIME publishes user contributed content in the form of blog posts and comments. By providing blog posts either via RSS feed or directly on the site, comments or other content to the site, contributors agree to the following:
1. Contributors may cease contributing new content at any time by emailing the site editorial team.
2. GAY G TIME reserves the right to not publish contributed content at GAY G TIME discretion.
3. GAY G TIME will attribute content to the author.
4. GAY G TIME reserves the right to syndicate all contributed content in summary form via RSS to third parties.
5. All contributed content may contain the author's byline, a very brief biography of the author, and, in the case of material provided to us via RSS from the author's own blog, a link back to the original post in the footer of the full post.6. Contributing authors are solely responsible for the originality and accuracy of their submissions.
7. GAY G TIME has a zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism. GAY G TIME recognizes that blogging is a heavily referential medium and that bloggers frequently cite and quote from each other's work. Such citations might be protected under the legal doctrine of fair use. However, GAY G TIME will remove any post that crosses the line from fair use to plagiarism, at GAY G TIME sole discretion. Authors who knowingly submit plagiarized work may be banned from GAY G TIME communities.
8. GAY G TIME reserves the right to remove any sharing links or advertising accompanying contributed posts.
9. GAY G TIME reserves the right to set fonts and styles, adjust image alignments, and otherwise alter post layout to insure that posts comply with GAY G TIME global site styling.
10. From time to time, GAY G TIME may need to display summary versions of contributed content. In such cases, GAY G TIME may edit posts in summary form. Such summaries will contain a link to the full and unaltered post. In such circumstances, GAY G TIME will strive to preserve the original meaning and intent of the content.
11. GAY G TIME reserves the right to edit post headlines for clarity or search engine optimization (keyword inclusion).
12. GAY G TIME reserves the right to make corrections for spelling and grammar.
13. GAY G TIME reserves the right to reproduce blogger bios and accompanying pictures in GAY G TIME marketing and promotional materials.
Visitors
GAY G TIME communities are intended to enable lively but civil interaction. Use of language that is abusive, off-topic, uses excessive foul language, or includes ad hominem attacks will not be tolerated. GAY G TIME reserves the right to determine what constitutes inappropriate behavior and to bar offenders at its sole discretion. Unless expressly permitted, you may not publish or reproduce the content that appears on any part of this site. GAY G TIME reserves the right to block or remove postings or communications at any time at GAY G TIME sole discretion.
Links to third-party websites
Some links on GAY G TIME Websites may link to third-party sites. Such links are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the GAY G TIME Websites. GAY G TIME is not obligated to review such third-party websites, does not control such third-party websites, and is not responsible for any such third-party websites or their content (or the products, services, or content available through the same). Thus, GAY G TIME does not endorse or make any representations about such third-party websites, any information, software, products, services, or materials found there or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to from the GAY G TIME Network, you do so entirely at your own risk.
Linking to this Site
You may create links to this Site from other websites, but only in accordance with the following terms and in compliance with all applicable laws.
Absent GAY G TIME written authorization otherwise, a website that links to this Site:
a. may link to, but shall not replicate, any content of the GAY G TIME Websites (including any GAY G TIME logo);
b. shall not create a browser or border environment around any content of the GAY G TIME Websites;
c. shall not imply that GAY G TIME endorses such website or any products, services, or content available through such website;
d. shall not misrepresent its relationship with GAY G TIME;
e. shall not present false or misleading information about GAY G TIME, its products, or its services;
f. shall not contain content that could be construed as distasteful, offensive, or controversial; and
g. shall contain only content that is appropriate for all age groups.
Trademarks
GAY G TIME and any other product or service name or slogan or logo contained in the GAY G TIME Websites are trademarks of GAY G TIME or its suppliers or licensors and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of GAY G TIME or the applicable trademark holder. Ownership of all such trademarks and the goodwill associated therewith remains with GAY G TIME or the applicable trademark holder. You may not use any metatags or any other "hidden text" utilizing any name, trademark, or product or service name of GAY G TIME without GAY G TIME prior written permission. In addition, the look and feel of the Site (including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts) is the service mark, trademark, and/or trade dress of GAY G TIME and may not be copied, imitated, or used (in whole or in part) without GAY G TIME prior written permission. Reference to any products, services, processes, or other information, by trade name, trademark, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation thereof by GAY G TIME.
Procedure for making claims of infringement
GAY G TIME respects the intellectual property rights of others. Accordingly, GAY G TIME has a policy of removing User Submissions that violate copyright law, suspending access to the GAY G TIME Websites (or any portion thereof) to any user who uses the GAY G TIME Websites in violation of copyright law and/or terminating in appropriate circumstances the account of any user who uses the GAY G TIME Websites in violation of copyright law. Pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 512, GAY G TIME has implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed copyright infringement and for processing such claims in accordance with such law. If you believe your copyright or other intellectual property right is being infringed by a user of the GAY G TIME Websites, please provide written notice to the following GAY G TIME agent for notice of claims of infringement:
DBA; GAY G TIME
Email: gaygtime@gmail.com
Your written notice must: (a) contain your physical or electronic signature; (b) identify the copyrighted work or other intellectual property alleged to have been infringed; (c) identify the allegedly infringing material in a sufficiently precise manner to allow GAY G TIME to locate that material; (d) contain adequate information by which GAY G TIME can contact you (including postal address, telephone number, and e-mail address); (e) contain a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material or other intellectual property is not authorized by the owner, the owner's agent or the law; (f) contain a statement that the information in the written notice is accurate; and (g) contain a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright or other intellectual property right owner.
International and export issues
GAY G TIME makes no representation that the GAY G TIME Websites is appropriate or available for use outside the United States and access to the GAY G TIME Websites from territories where its contents are illegal or restricted is prohibited. If you choose to access the GAY G TIME Websites from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable Laws.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the GAY G TIME Parties from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) that such parties may incur as a result of or arising from your (or anyone using your account's) violation of these Terms of Use. GAY G TIME reserves the right 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 GAY G TIME defense of such claim.
Electronic communications
When you visit the Site or send e-mails to GAY G TIME, you are communicating with GAY G TIME electronically. GAY G TIME may respond to you by e-mail or by posting notices on the Site. You agree that all such notices, disclosures, and other communications that GAY G TIME provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
General
These Terms of Use constitute the entire and exclusive and final statement of the agreement between you and GAY G TIME with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding any prior agreements or negotiations between you and GAY G TIME with respect to such subject matter. The law of the State of Virginia shall be used to govern, construe and enforce all rights and duties of the parties arising from or in any way relating to the subject matter of these Terms of Use including, without limitation, the performance, construction interpretation and enforcement thereof. All lawsuits arising from or relating to these Terms of Use shall be brought in the Federal or State courts located in Albemarle County, Virginia, and you hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of such courts for such purpose. The failure of GAY G TIME to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, you nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the intentions of GAY G TIME and you as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of these Terms of Use remain in full force and effect. The section titles in these Terms of Use are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. These Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any termination of your use of the GAY G TIME Websites. These Terms of Use will be interpreted without application of any strict construction in favor of or against you or GAY G TIME. These Terms of Use, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by GAY G TIME without restriction.
Modifications to these Terms of Use
GAY G TIME may, in its sole and absolute discretion, change these Terms of Use from time to time. GAY G TIME will post notice of such changes on the applicable Site. If you object to any such changes, your sole recourse shall be to cease using the GAY G TIME Websites. Continued use of the GAY G TIME Websites following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes. Certain provisions of these Terms of Use may be superseded by expressly-designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages of the GAY G TIME Websites and, in such circumstances, the expressly-designated legal notice or term shall be deemed to be incorporated into these Terms of Use and to supersede the provision(s) of these Terms of Use that are designated as being superseded.