| SUMMARY Brainstormer Pub Quiz® ("Brainstormer") provides
services subject to the following conditions. If you visit the Brainstormer site, you
accept these conditions. Please read them carefully. If these Terms and Conditions are not
accepted in full by you, you do not have permission to access the contents of this website
and therefore should cease using this web site immediately.
PRIVACY
Please review our Privacy Policy that also governs use of the Brainstormer site, to
understand how we may use information we collect.
COPYRIGHT
i. All content included on this site, such as text, graphics and images, logos, icons,
databases is the property of Brainstormer and is protected by United States and
international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of
Brainstormer or its software or service suppliers and protected by United States and
international copyright laws.
ii. By using the Brainstormer web site you agree not to copy, store in any medium
(including in any other website), distribute, transmit, broadcast, modify, or show in
public any part of the Brainstormer website, including, but not limited to trivia
questions and answers, logos, names, pictures without the prior written permission of
Brainstormer.
TRADEMARKS
Brainstormer Pub Quiz® and the light bulb logo are registered trademarks of
Brainstormer Pub Quiz® in the United States. Brainstormer and all associated logos are
trademarks of Brainstormer in the United States and other countries. Brainstormer's
trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not
Brainstormer's, in any manner without express written permission from Brainstormer. All
other trademarks not owned by Brainstormer that appear on this site are the property of
their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, sponsor or
be sponsored by Brainstormer.
©2003 Brainstormer Pub Quiz ®. All Rights Reserved. Trademarks Registered with United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
USE OF OUR SITE
Use of this site constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions, which take
effect immediately on your first use of the site. Brainstormer reserves the right to
change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online.
Brainstormer grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site
and materials contained therein and not to download (other than page caching) or modify
it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of Brainstormer. This site
or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, copied, sold, resold, stored in a
retrieval system, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express
written consent of Brainstormer. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license
granted by Brainstormer. Brainstormer may grant a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive
right to create a hyperlink to the homepage, www.brainstormer.com, as long as the link
does not portray Brainstormer or its products or services in a false, misleading,
derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any Brainstormer logo or other
proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.
Permission to link to us is granted in most cases but only upon request from Brainstormer
and we refuse the right to deny such permission to sites that contain pornographic
material or any site that we may deem to be offensive or inappropriate.
EMAIL
When you visit the Brainstormer site and join our mailing list, or send us e-mails or
request a brochure or other information from us you consent to receive communications from
us electronically. Each message you receive from Brainstormer will include information why
you are receiving it and clear instructions on how to unsubscribe from our mailing list.
Under no circumstances will we give specific, identifiable information about our users to
outside third parties. Refer to our Privacy Policy for more details.
PURCHASING TRIVIA MATERIAL AND QUIZ PACKS
Visitors to this Web site who purchase trivia material or Quiz Packs become Customers
of Brainstormer and agree to the following conditions:
Brainstormer.com (Owner), owns the proprietary, service and trademark rights of the
Brainstormer Pub Quiz® (the "Quiz") and has the sole power and authority to
license the use of the Quiz.
Each customer is granted a limited license to present and perform the Quiz, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. In connection with this license:
1. Customer agrees to use and not to substitute or modify official Brainstormer Pub Quiz®
materials, including but not limited to answer sheets, play cards or promotional materials
without prior written approval from Owner.
2. The fee to be paid for Quiz packages shall be the current market rate per package as
listed at www.brainstormer.com Customer agrees to remit payment of fees, any applicable
sales tax, handling and shipping costs, in full, prior to delivery.
3. Each Quiz package is available for a one-time, non-exclusive use at one trivia quiz
event only, and only at the particular place of business to which the Quiz package shall
be delivered as agreed herein. Any other or further use is unauthorized and shall
constitute breach of this Agreement. After one use, each Quiz Package and its contents
must be destroyed and cannot be archived in any form by Customer.
4. Customer on its own behalf, and on behalf of its members, officers, employees, agents,
and representatives, recognizes and agrees that the Quiz is proprietary information and
shall not be reproduced, copied, sold, resold, stored in a retrieval system, or otherwise
exploited for any commercial benefit without express written consent of Brainstormer.
Customer shall not sublicense the rights granted it in this Agreement without the express
written approval of Owner.
5. Customer will refer to Brainstormer Pub Quiz® and/or
Brainstormer.com in conjunction with Customers logo and marketing text
in all media when advertising or promoting trivia quiz events or shows using Brainstormer
packs. Customer will also insert a hyperlink to www.brainstormer.com at Customers
Web site.
6. Owner will list regular Customers place(s) of business/Quiz venue(s) at
Owners website (www.brainstormer.com), and will insert a hyperlink to
Customers affiliated Web site for the duration of this Agreement. Regular
Customer refers to those Customers who host at least one Quiz Show event per month.
7. Customer is permitted to use the term Brainstormer and/or logos owned and
copyrighted by owner only when using trivia materials that have been obtained from Owner.
8. Customer agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the Owner against any loss, cost, damage
or expense arising from or relating to any claim, action or proceeding that may arise from
Customers use of Brainstormer Quiz Packs or materials.
9. The terms of this agreement shall apply to any Brainstormer Quiz Packs or materials.
ordered by Customer in the future.
10. Brainstormer Pub Quiz® offers an entertainment event that is not to be used in any
illegal way. If your organization intends to use "cash" or charge an entry fee
to play, or to award cash or alcohol as prizes, please check with your local municipality
regarding their rules, regulations and/or permits that may be available and abide by their
directives. Brainstormer accepts no responsibility for Customers failure to abide by
such directives.
11. Refunds - We do not offer refunds on our Quiz products including,
but not limited to our Deluxe Quiz Pack, delivered to your premises, and our
Download Quiz which is downloaded to your computer desktop. Please carefully read the item
description prior to placing your order.
12. This agreement shall be binding upon the parties and their successors and assigns. It
shall be interpreted according to the law of the United States Government and the State of
California.
13. If action is brought to enforce the terms of this Agreement, Customer agrees that
Owner is entitled to equitable relief, including appropriate injunctions and restraining
orders, as well as general damages and is entitled to reasonable attorneys fees and court
costs incident to the enforcement of this Agreement.
13. Brainstormer may modify these Terms of Use from time to time and any such modification
shall be effective immediately upon the display of such modification at the Brainstormer
Web site. Your continued use after such display will constitute your acceptance of such
modification. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason
unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity
and enforceability of any remaining condition.
USER SUBMITTED MATERIAL
Visitors to this site who choose to make a contribution to this site (including without
limitation any trivia questions and answers (trivia) submitted to us via email or when a
visitor clicks on the Submit button at our Submit a Question
contest page) are required by such submission to grant Brainstormer a perpetual,
royalty-free, non-exclusive, right and license to use such trivia. Brainstormers use
of trivia shall be unlimited and unrestricted. No compensation shall be awarded to any
person who submits trivia via our Web Site except with express written consent of
Brainstormer. Trivia submitted may or may not be used for contests at our site or at
trivia events hosted by Brainstormer customers. Brainstormer reserves the right not to use
questions submitted and does not guarantee that submitted trivia will be placed online. By
submitting trivia to this site, you also warrant that such contribution is; your own
original work and it has not been taken from any copyrighted source and that you have the
right to make it available to Brainstormer for use as specified above; trivia is not
defamatory; trivia does not infringe any law. If you have reason to believe that any
content in any Brainstormer quiz violates any copyright, please let us know using the
contact information for us on this site and we will take action to remedy the situation.
All visitors to this Web site agree to indemnify Brainstormer against all legal fees,
damages and other expenses that may be incurred by Brainstormer as a result of your breach
of the above warranty.
By visiting our site and entering any of our contests you agree that your name may be
posted as a winner or in our table of high scores. Occasional emails sent to our list will
name certain individuals who we have selected at random. Use of a person's name does not
imply their endorsement of Brainstormer.
Brainstormer quizzes may use the names and images of famous people, place names,
product names, and names of companies and other entities in trivia questions. If you are
or any person you represent are directly affected by this and would prefer that
Brainstormer NOT publish such trivia, please contact us and we will take action to remove
the offending content.
LIVE EVENTS
Brainstormer will use all reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of content of all
trivia material used at trivia contests at events played at bars, clubs and other venues.
By attending such events you agree to hold harmless and indemnify Brainstormer against any
loss, cost, damage or expense arising from or relating to any claim, action or proceeding
that may arise from Customers use of Brainstormer Quiz Packs or materials.
SUBMITTING PHOTOS AND SUBSCRIBING TO OUR SITE
A. In your use of our Service, you agree not to: (a) violate any applicable law or
regulation, (b) infringe the rights of any third party, (c) use the information available
through our Service for any unauthorized purpose, (d) interfere with or damage our
Service, (e) use our Service in connection with the distribution of unsolicited commercial
email ("Spam") or advertisements, (g) use our Service for any commercial purpose
whatsoever or (j) assist any third party in doing any of the foregoing.
i. PRIVACY
Our Service is designed to allow users to post photographs and information for public
viewing. By submitting your photograph(s) you waive any privacy expectations you have with
respect to our use of your likeness or personal information provided to us. If you do not
wish to have your picture or information about yourself viewed by or disclosed to others,
do not use our Service. If uploading a photograph of a group of people, you must first
obtain permission of all members of that group. If any member of your group objects to
having their photo displayed at our site, then do not upload the photograph.
If your image appears on our site without your permission, and you would like us to remove
it, please contact us at http://www.brainstormer.com/contact.aspx and send us the direct
link of the image in question (the direct link is found underneath the picture, in the
form of a URL. An example of a direct link
http://www.brainstormer.com/photos.aspx?venueID=171&picDate=&photoOffset=1
ii. USER CONTENT/COPYRIGHT
A. We have no obligation to post any content that you submit.
B. By submitting material to our Site, you hereby grant us a perpetual, worldwide,
non-exclusive, royalty-free right and license to use, reproduce, display, modify,
distribute, photograph(s).
C. Brainstormer respects copyright law and expects our users to do the same. Unauthorized
copying, distribution, modification, public display, or public performance of copyrighted
works is an infringement of the copyright holders' rights. As a condition to your use of
the Brainstormer site, you agree that you will not use the service to infringe the
intellectual property rights of others in any way.
Brainstormer will respond promptly to claims of copyright infringement committed using the
Brainstormer.com service. If you are a copyright owner, or authorized to act on behalf of
an owner of the copyright or of any exclusive right under the copyright, please report
your notice of infringement by contacting Brainstormer Include in your email the following
information:
1. Your mailing address, position, telephone number, and email address;
2. The direct link of the image in question (the direct link is found
underneath the picture, in the form of a URL. An example of a direct link
http://www.brainstormer.com/photos.asp?venueID=171&picDate=&photoOffset=1
3. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the
disputed use is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner, its agent,
or the law;
4. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above
information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual
property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's
behalf.
Email is the quickest way to contact us regarding copyright infringement. However, you can
also contact us by telephone. Details are available at http://www.brainstormer.com/contact.aspx
iii. . PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
A. You agree that all content and materials available on our Site are protected by rights
of publicity, copyright, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets or other
proprietary rights and laws. All information at our site is proprietary information and
shall not be reproduced, copied, resold, stored in a retrieval system, or otherwise
exploited for any commercial benefit without our express written consent. You shall not
sublicense the rights granted it in this Agreement without our express written approval.
B. You agree not to systematically retrieve data or other content or any materials from
our Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation,
database, directory or the like, whether by manual methods, through the use of
"bots" or otherwise. You may, however, establish ordinary links to the homepage
of our Site at www.brainstormer.com without our written permission.
iv. EMAIL ADDRESS AND ZIPCODE
You will select an email address and Zip code in order to upload photographs. We will add
your email address to our database and will send you occasional email announcements and
newsletters about the services we offer. Under no circumstances will we sell, trade or
otherwise give these email addresses to a third party. Each message you receive from us
will include information why you are receiving it and clear instructions on how to
unsubscribe from our mailing list.
v. TERMINATION
You agree that we, in our sole and unfettered discretion, may terminate your access to our
Service for any reason without prior notice, including, without limitation, your breach of
these Terms. You acknowledge and agree that we may immediately deactivate any of your
accounts and all related information and files in such accounts and/or bar any further
access to such files or our Service. Further, you agree that we will not be liable to you
or any third party for any termination of your access to our Service.
vi. DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE
We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, any
portion of our Service with or without prior notice. You agree that we will not be liable
to you or to any third party for any modification or discontinuance of our Service.
RISK OF LOSS
All items purchased from Brainstormer are made pursuant to a shipment contract. This
means that the risk of loss and title for such items pass to you upon our delivery to the
carrier.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS
Brainstormer attempts to be as accurate as possible. However, Brainstormer does not
warrant that product descriptions or other content of this site is accurate, complete,
reliable, current, or error-free.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY BRAINSTORMER ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS
AVAILABLE" BASIS. BRAINSTORMER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT,
MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS
SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
BRAINSTORMER NEITHER ENDORSES NOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR
RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT, INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE
ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE, NOR SHALL IT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ANY LOSS OR
DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR
MATERIALS OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE
ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT, INFORMATION OR
OTHER CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE. BRAINSTORMER MAKES NO, AND YOU
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BRAINSTORMER HAS NOT MADE ANY, AND BRAINSTORMER HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. BRAINSTORMER DOES NOT WARRANT THAT
THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM BRAINSTORMER ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER
HARMFUL COMPONENTS. BRAINSTORMER WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING
FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Brainstormer, its affiliates, any
third party content providers and their respective directors, officers, employees and
agents from and against any and all liability, claims, loss, damage, injury or expense,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising in connection with your use of this site or
the Content.
APPLICABLE LAW
By visiting Brainstormer, you agree that these Terms and Conditions and any dispute of
any sort that might arise between you and Brainstormer shall be interpreted according to
the law of the United States Government and the State of California.
If any action is brought as a result of your visit to our site or related to products you
have purchased from us or if you have violated in any manner or threatened to violate
Brainstormers intellectual property rights or copyright you agree that Brainstormer
is entitled to equitable relief, including appropriate injunctions and restraining orders,
as well as general damages and is entitled to reasonable attorneys fees and court costs
incident
SITE POLICIES, MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY
Brainstormer may modify these Terms of Use from time to time and any such modification
shall be effective immediately upon the display of such modification on this site. Your
continued use after such display will constitute your acceptance of such modification. If
any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable,
that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and
enforceability of any remaining condition.
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