Previous versions of our Terms of Service:
April 10, 2007
Welcome to the Internet sites and services part of Flixster!
Please read the following terms and conditions ("Terms of Service") carefully.
Flixster, Inc. ("Flixster," together with its other business units including but
not limited to Rotten Tomatoes, "we" or "us") provides
an online community for movie fans where users can setup a profile with all of their movie ratings,
favorites, lists and more, connect their profile with friends and meet new people with similar taste (the
"Services") through our websites located at www.flixster.com,
www.rottentomatoes.com and any other websites
owned, operated or controlled by us, our social media networking webpages and mobile applications (together
the "Sites").
These Terms of Service govern your access to and use of the Sites, including any content, information,
products or Services therein. This is a legal agreement between you and Flixster and applies to you whether
you are a registered user of the Sites ("Member") or a non-registered user just
browsing (collectively "Users").
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY USING THE SITES, SERVICES (INCLUDING ANY CONTENT PROVIDED THEREIN), OR YOUR ACCOUNT,
YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS OF SERVICE IN THEIR
ENTIRETY, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITES OR SERVICES.
1. Modification of the Sites or Terms of Service.
Flixster reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time to modify, discontinue or terminate the
Sites and Services, or modify these Terms of Service without notice. All modified terms and conditions will
be effective after they are posted on the Sites (unless a longer notice period is required by applicable
law). If any modified terms and conditions are not acceptable to you, your sole remedy is to cease using the
Sites and Services, and if applicable, cancel your Account (defined below). By continuing to access or use
the Sites and Services after Flixster makes any such modification, you agree to be bound by the revised
Terms of Service.
2. Registration and Eligibility.
a. To become a Member you must be at least 13 years old. In order to access certain features of the Sites
and Services, and to post User Submissions (defined below), you will have to become a Member and set up a
Flixster account ("Account"), with a corresponding username and password. Your username and
password will permit you to access certain secure areas of the Sites only available to Members. We encourage
you to checkout our Privacy Policy for information
about our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information we
receive from Members.
b. You are responsible for safeguarding and maintaining the confidentiality of your username, password and
corresponding Account information. You agree not to disclose your password to anyone. You agree that you are
entirely and solely responsible for any and all activities or actions that occur under your Account, whether
or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You agree to notify Flixster of any unauthorized use
of your Account or any other breach of security within (24) twenty-four hours of such use being known to
you. In the event that your user name or password is lost or stolen, please notify Flixster immediately so
that a new user name or password can be created.
c. If you become a Member, you will provide true, accurate and complete registration information and will
maintain as current and promptly update relevant personal information provided to Flixster. You will not use
false identities or impersonate any other person or use a name that you are not authorized to use.
d. If you become a Member and create an Account, you consent to the use of: (a) electronic means to complete
these Terms of Service and to provide you with any notices given pursuant to these Terms of Service; and (b)
electronic records
3. Content.
Certain types of content are made available through the Sites. "Flixster Content" as used in
these Terms of Service means, collectively, the text, data, graphics, images, photos and video files made
available through the Sites, excluding User Submissions. "User Submissions" as used in these
Terms of Service means, collectively, the text, data, graphics, images, photos and other content and
information which Members post, upload and otherwise submit to the Sites, including without limitation in
Member created profile pages. FLIXSTER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REMOVE AND PERMANENTLY DELETE ANY FLIXSTER
CONTENT OR USER SUBMISSIONS FROM THE SITES WITHOUT NOTICE.
4. Your Obligations in Using the Sites and Services.
The Sites and Services may be used and accessed for lawful and non-commercial purposes only. You agree to
abide by all applicable local, state, national and foreign laws, treatises and regulations in connection
with your use of the Sites and Services. In addition, without limitation, you agree that you will not do any
of the following while using or accessing the Sites or Services:
a. Circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security related features of the Sites or features that
prevent or restrict use or copying of any Flixster Content;
b. Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit (i) any User Submission to which you do not have the lawful
right to copy, transmit and display (including any User Submission that would violate any confidentiality or
fiduciary obligations that you might have with respect to the User Submission); (ii) any User Submission for
which you do not have the consent or permission of each identifiable person in the User Submission to use
the name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness of each such person (to the extent each is implicated by
the User Submission) and such consent or permission is necessary; or (iii) any User Submission that
infringes the intellectual property rights or violates the privacy rights of any third party (including
without limitation copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property right, or
moral right or right of publicity);
c. Use any meta tags or other hidden text or metadata utilizing a Flixster name, trademark, URL or product
name;
d. Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional
materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, "pyramid schemes" or any other form of solicitation;
e. Forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any posting or in any way use the
Sites or Services to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information;
f. Upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit, via the Sites or Services, any User Submissions that are
unlawful, obscene, harmful, threatening, harassing, defamatory or hateful or that contain objects or symbols
of hate, invade the privacy of any third party, contain nudity (including without limitation any
pornography, erotica, child pornography or child erotica), are deceptive, threatening, abusive, inciting of
unlawful action, defamatory, libelous, vulgar or violent or constitute hate speech or are otherwise
objectionable in the opinion of Flixster;
g. Upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any User Submissions that contain software viruses or any
other computer code, files, or programs designed to (i) interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any
computer software; or (ii) interfere with the access of any Users, host or network, including without
limitation sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming or mail-bombing the Sites;
h. Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any User Submissions that include code that is hidden or
otherwise surreptitiously contained within the images, audio or video of any User Submissions that is
unrelated to the immediate, aesthetic nature of the User Submissions;
i. Interfere with or disrupt (or attempt to interfere with or disrupt) any web pages available at the Sites,
servers or networks connected to the Sites or the technical delivery systems of Flixster's providers or
disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Sites;
j. Attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of any Flixster system or network or breach or impair or
circumvent any security or authentication measures protecting the Sites or Services;
k. Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the
Sites or Services;
l. Attempt to access, search or meta-search the Sites with any engine, software, tool, agent, device or
mechanism other than software and/or search agents provided by Flixster or other generally available third
party web browsers (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, or Opera), including
without limitation any software that sends queries to the Sites to determine how a website or web page
ranks.
m. Collect or store personal data about other Users without their express permission;
n. Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, through pretexting or some other
form of social engineering or otherwise commit fraud;
o. Use the Sites or Services in any manner not permitted by this Agreement; or
p. Encourage or instruct any other individual to do any of the foregoing or to violate any term of these
Terms of Service.
5. Termination; Cancellation.
a. We may immediately terminate or suspend your access to the Sites and Services and remove any material
(including User Submissions) from the Sites or our servers, in the event that you breach these Terms of
Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we also reserve the right to terminate the Sites, Services or your
access thereto at any time and for any reason. After such a termination, you understand and acknowledge that
we will have no further obligation to provide the Services. Upon termination, all licenses and other rights
granted to you by these Terms of Service will immediately cease. Flixster is not liable to you or any third
party for termination of the Services or termination of your use of the Services. UPON ANY TERMINATION OR
SUSPENSION, ANY INFORMATION (INCLUDING USER SUBMISSIONS) THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED ON THE SITES OR THAT WHICH
IS RELATED TO YOUR ACCOUNT MAY NO LONGER BE ACCESSED BY YOU. Furthermore, Flixster will have no obligation
to maintain any information stored in our database related to your Account or to forward any information to
you or any third party.
b. You may terminate your Account at any time and for any reason by clicking "Cancel Account" on the "My
Account" page. Upon any termination by a Member, the related Account will no longer be accessible.
c. Any suspension, termination or cancellation will not affect your obligations to Flixster under these
Terms of Service (including but not limited to ownership, indemnification and limitation of liability),
which by their sense and context are intended to survive such suspension, termination or
cancellation.
6. Third Party Links.
The Sites may provide links to third party websites or resources from the Sites. You acknowledge and agree
that Flixster is not responsible or liable for the availability or accuracy of, and Flixster does not
endorse, such websites or resources or the content, products, or services on or available from such websites
or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such
websites or resources.
7. Intellectual Property Rights and Ownership.
a. Content. You may access and use the Sites, Services, Flixster Content and User Submissions for
your own personal non-commercial use. You will not remove, alter or conceal any copyright, trademark,
service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Sites, Flixster
Content, User Submissions or related products and services and you will not reproduce, modify, adapt,
prepare derivative works based on, perform, display, publish, distribute, transmit, broadcast, sell, license
or otherwise exploit the Sites, Flixster Content, User Submissions (other than your User Submissions).
Flixster and its licensors own all right, title and interest, including all worldwide intellectual property
rights in the Sites, Flixster Content and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein other
than your User Submissions.
b. User Submissions.
(i) License Grant. Flixster does not claim ownership rights in your User Submissions. However, by
uploading, posting, emailing or otherwise transmitting any User Submission to Flixster or on the Sites, you
hereby grant Flixster a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, perpetual and irrevocable
right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works based on, perform, display,
publish, distribute, transmit, broadcast and otherwise exploit such User Submissions in any form, medium or
technology now known or later developed, including without limitation on the Sites and third party websites.
You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents and permissions to
grant the foregoing licenses to Flixster. Flixster will own all right, title and interest in and to all
derivative works and compilations of User Submissions that are created by Flixster, including all worldwide
intellectual property rights therein. You agree to execute and deliver such documents and provide all
assistance reasonably requested by Flixster to give to Flixster the full benefit of the rights granted to
Flixster by you.
(ii) Limitations. You acknowledge and agree that Flixster may, at its option, establish limits
concerning User Submissions, including without limitation the maximum number of days that User Submissions
will remain on the Sites, the maximum size of any files that may be stored on or uploaded to the Sites, and
the maximum disk space that will be allotted to you for the storage of User Submissions on Flixster's
servers. Flixster will have no responsibility or liability for and you are solely responsible for creating
back-ups of your User Submissions.
(iii) Disclaimer. Flixster has no ability to control the User Submissions that are uploaded, posted,
emailed or otherwise transmitted using the Sites or Services and does not have any obligation to monitor
such User Submissions for any purpose and, as a result, is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness,
appropriateness, legality or applicability of the User Submissions or anything said, depicted or written by
Members, including without limitation any information obtained by using the Sites. Flixster does not endorse
any User Submission or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein and you agree to waive, and
hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against Flixster with
respect thereto.
8. Copyrighted Materials: No Unauthorized Use.
YOU WILL NOT USE THE SITES OR SERVICES TO TRANSMIT, ROUTE, PROVIDE CONNECTIONS TO OR STORE ANY MATERIAL THAT
INFRINGES COPYRIGHTED WORKS OR OTHERWISE VIOLATES OR PROMOTES THE VIOLATION OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD PARTY. Flixster has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for the termination
in appropriate circumstances of the Accounts of Members who repeatedly infringe or are believed to be
infringing the rights of copyright holders. Please see the Flixster Copyright Policy for further
information.
9. Disclaimer of Warranties.
YOUR USE OF THE SITES, SERVICES, FLIXSTER CONTENT AND USER SUBMISSIONS IS AT YOUR SOLE DISCRETION AND RISK.
THE SITES, SERVICES, FLIXSTER CONTENT AND USER SUBMISSIONS, AND ALL MATERIALS, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES INCLUDED THEREIN, ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY
KIND. FLIXSTER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, RELATING TO
THE SITES, SERVICES, FLIXSTER CONTENT AND USER SUBMISSIONS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WARRANTIES OF
TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, COURSE OF
DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. FLIXSTER DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES: (I) REGARDING THE SECURITY, ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SITES; OR (II) THAT THE SITES, SERVICES, FLIXSTER CONTENT AND
USER SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR THAT ANY ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER
ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM FLIXSTER, WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS
AGREEMENT. SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME
OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
10. Limitation of Liability.
IN NO EVENT WILL FLIXSTER, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITES, SERVICES, FLIXSTER CONTENT AND USER SUBMISSIONS
WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT FLIXSTER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY WILL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE
APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND IN NO EVENT WILL FLIXSTER'S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED $100.
11. Indemnification.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Flixster, its officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless
from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including without limitation
reasonable attorney's fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with (i) your access to or use
of the Sites, Services, Flixster Content and User Submissions; (ii) your violation of these Terms of
Service; (iii) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any intellectual
property right, publicity, confidentiality, property or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that one of your
User Submissions caused damage to a third party, including without limitation claims that your User
Submissions are infringing.
12. General.
This Terms of Service shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of California excluding that body of law pertaining to conflict of
laws. Any legal action or proceeding arising under this Terms of Service will be brought exclusively in
courts located in Northern California and the parties hereby irrevocably consent to the personal
jurisdiction and venue therein. In the event that any provision in these Terms of Service is held to be
invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. The failure of a
party to enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service will not be deemed a waiver of such right
or provision. You may not assign this Agreement (by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written
consent of Flixster and any prohibited assignment will be null and void. Flixster may assign these Terms of
Service or any rights hereunder without your consent. The relationship of the parties under this Terms of
Service is that of independent contractors, and this Terms of Service will not be construed to imply that
either party is the agent, employee, or joint venturer of the other. You agree that this Terms of Service
and the rules, restrictions and policies contained herein, and Flixster's enforcement thereof, are not
intended to confer and do not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than you and Flixster.
This Terms of Service together with the rules and policies of Flixster constitutes the entire agreement
between Flixster and you with respect to the subject matter hereof. Any notice or other communication to be
given hereunder will be in writing and given (a) by Flixster via email (in each case to the address that you
provide), (b) a posting on the Sites, or (c) by you via email to contact @flixster.com or to such other
addresses as Flixster may specify in writing. The date of receipt shall be deemed the date on which such
notice is transmitted.
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