Terms of Service

This Flvrd.com website is a service owned and operated by Flvrd.com and affiliated entities, intended to allow our users to share links, text, graphics, video, data or other materials created by Flvrd or otherwise appearing on the Site. By registering or submitting content on this site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these terms, you may not proceed.

The terms of service are subject to change by Flvrd at any time in its discretion. Your use of this site after such changes are implemented constitutes your acknowledgment and acceptance of the changes. Please consult the terms of service regularly.

In addition to reviewing this Agreement, please read our Privacy Policy. Your use of the Website constitutes agreement to its terms and conditions as well.

Definition

  1. 'Content' refers to (1) any link to other sites that contains graphics, text, photographs, images, video, audio or other material, and (2) comments, suggestions, information and opinions submitted by user to Flvrd.com.
  2. 'User' refers to the individual who submits pictures and video links to the website, has submitted pictures and video links to the website, has voting rights with Flavicons, or allowed to access submissions through Flvrd.com.
  3. 'Link' refers to any Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that represents a picture or video intended to be submitted to Flvrd.com.

Monitoring

Flvrd has the right to monitor all activities to the website, including. Upon accepting the terms of use, all user of this website agrees to such monitoring. Nevertheless, we do not make any warranties or guarantees that: (1) the Website, or any portion thereof, will be monitored for accuracy or unacceptable use, (2) apparent statements of fact will be authenticated, or (3) we will take any specific action (or any action at all) in the event of a dispute regarding compliance or non-compliance with this Agreement.

User Conducts

As a condition of use, you promise not to use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or any other purpose not reasonably intended by Flvrd. We respect other people's rights and we expect you to do the same.

By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree not to use the Services:

  • to abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate other Flvrd users;
  • to post or transmit any content that is infringing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive, profane, or otherwise violates any law or right of any third party, or content that contains homophobia, ethnic slurs or religious intolerance;
  • for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. If you are an international user, you agree to comply with all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content;
  • to post transmit any communication or solicitation designed or intended to obtain password, account, or private information from any Flvrd user;
  • to create or submit unwanted email ("Spam") to any other Flvrd users or any URL;
  • to violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws);
  • to submit stories or comments linking to multi-level marketing schemes;
  • to use robot, bot, spider, crawler, scraper or other automated means to access Flvrd.com for any purpose without our express written permission;
  • to create unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
  • to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the website or any activities conducted on the website;
  • to bypass any measures Flvrd may use to prevent or restrict access to the website;
  • with the intention of artificially inflating or altering the flavicon votes, post views, comments, or any other Flvrd services;
  • to give or receive money or other remuneration in exchange for votes or views;
  • to participating in any other organized effort that in any way artificially alters the results of Flvrd's services;
  • hotlinking Flvrd's content to other websites without using the correct method (unless you use the Flvrd's sharing utilities as provided by us);
  • to attempt to impersonate another user or person;
  • to sell your profile.

Flvrd may remove any content and Flvrd accounts at any time for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such content), or for no reason at all. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the Site. Flvrd reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users.

Content Submissions

By submitting content to Flvrd, you grant Flvrd permission to use the information for public viewing. You are not allowed to submit or transmit to or from Flvrd any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, libelous, or pornographic materials that would violate any law or the rights of others, this includes with no limitation, laws against copyright infringement.

The following types of content submissions are considered as 'abusive' content and you are not allowed to submit to Flvrd:

  • Content that contain unlawful materials or considered to be violating any law.
  • Content that intends to abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate other users.
  • Content that infringe on the copyrights of any entity excluding the user.
  • Advertisement or content that engages in commercial activity.
  • Offensive nudity and pornography.
  • Offensive content that redeems as disgusting and disturbing to other users, especially gore and shock content.
  • Non-relevant content that links to non-related websites, such websites may include torrent sites, file-sharing sites, pornography sites.
  • Content that aims to transmit any communication or solicitation designed or intended to obtain password, account, or private information from any Flvrd user.

Violation of these restrictions may result in the removal of the content, and the restriction of your access or use of Flvrd.

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the Site. Flvrd reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users. Flvrd reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to replace, delete or remove your content submission from the Site and to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to all or part of the Site, at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability.

By creating and posting content to Flvrd, you warrant that you own all rights to the content, agree that the content will be dedicated to the public domain under the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication, available at http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ and that you will not object to the use of the content by Flvrd in any context. To clarify, the above does not apply to the content on external sites linked to by the original submission.

Notification of Claims of Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide the following information to our agent:

  1. Identification of the material that you claim is infringing, with enough detail that we can locate it on the site.
  2. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the material's use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  3. A statement declaring under penalty of perjury that (a) the above information in your notice is accurate, and (b) that you are the owner of the copyright interest involved or that you are authorized to act on behalf of that owner.
  4. Your address, telephone number, and email address.
  5. Your physical or electronic signature.

Our agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:

Third Party Websites

Much of the information on the Site may be proprietary to Third Party Providers and licensed to Flvrd. The Site may furthermore frame, and/or contain links to or advertisements about, non-Flvrd websites (the "Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites may also reference, advertise, or link to the Sites. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Flvrd does not itself endorse or sponsor the Linked Sites and is not responsible for the content of such sites. Flvrd expressly disclaims any statements or assertions made on all non-Flvrd websites, and denies all liability associated with your use of any Linked Site or its content.

You are responsible for reviewing and abiding by the privacy statements and terms of use posted on such other websites. Your interactions with third parties (including, without limitation, advertisers) on the Linked Sites and your transactions, and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such transactions on the Linked Sites, are solely between you and the advertiser or other third party. Third party trademarks, trade names, product names and logos are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Privacy

All information provided by the user is strictly confidential. Flvrd reserves the right to distribute aggregated demographic information provided by the user, but Flvrd will never release any personal information about the user without permission. However, Flvrd reserves the right to release user information if user has violated the Flvrd Terms of Service, if the information is subpoenaed, or if the user has committed unlawful acts.

Notwithstanding anything else herein, we may partner with third party advertisers who may (themselves or through their partners) place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. These cookies enable more customized ads, content or services to be provided to you. To trigger these cookies, we may pass an encrypted or "hashed" (non-human readable) identifier corresponding to your email address to a Web advertising partner, who may place a cookie on your computer. No personally identifiable information is on, or is connected to, these cookies. To opt-out of these cookies, please go to http://www.privacychoice.org/choose.

Indemnity

User agrees to indemnify and hold Flvrd harmless from any loss, liability, claims, damages and expenses, including attorneys fees, arising from or related to the content, use, or deletion of User's Contents or use of any other feature or service. This expressly includes:

  • User's responsibility for any and all liability arising from the violation or infringement of proprietary rights or copyrights.
  • Any defamatory or unlawful material contained within User's Contents.

Warranty Disclaimers

You acknowledge that Flvrd has no control over, and no duty to take any action regarding: which users gain access to the Site or use the Services; what effects the content may have on you; how you may interpret or use the content; or what actions you may take as a result of having been exposed to the content. You release Flvrd from all liability for you having acquired or not acquired content through the Site or the Services. The Site or Services may contain, or direct you to sites containing, information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. Flvrd makes no representations concerning any content contained in or accessed through the Site or Services, and Flvrd will not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality or decency of material contained in or accessed through the Site or the Services. THE SERVICE, CONTENT, AND SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Limitation of Liability

User's use of Flvrd's services is entirely at his or hers own risk. If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of Flvrd's Service or with these terms & conditions, or any other rules or policies, your sole remedy is to discontinue the use of the Service. Flvrd's services are provided on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, constructive, or statutory, including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, non-infringement or fitness for a particular purpose.

Flvrd makes no guarantee of availability of service and reserves the right to change, withdraw, suspend, or discontinue any functionality or feature of Flvrd's services. In no event shall Flvrd be liable for any damages whatsoever. This includes direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of the use of or inability to use Flvrd's services or any content thereon.

Waiver

By accepting these terms, you waive and hold harmless company from any claims resulting from any action taken by Flvrd during or as a result of its investigations and/or from any actions taken as a consequence of investigations by either Flvrd or law enforcement authorities.

Maintenance

Flvrd may perform maintenance services at anytime. User acknowledges that such maintenance may require downtime, and contents on Flvrd may not load during this time.

Legal Policy

Flvrd Terms of Service are subject to change without notice.

"Flvrd" is a trademark of Flvrd.com. Any unauthorized use of this name is a violation of state, federal and international trademark laws. All Flvrd art and text on this website are copyrighted.

All files are copyrighted © to their respective owners. Flvrd directs full legal responsibility of files to their respective users.

Flvrd is not responsible for the content of any uploaded files, nor is it in affiliation with any entities that may be represented in the uploaded files.

Last Revision

This Terms of service was last updated on April 22nd, 2011.