Studiomate Terms of Service
Overview
Welcome to Studiomate.com, a website provided by Studiomate, LLC (“Studiomate” “we,” “our” or “us”). This page explains the terms by which you may use our online and/or mobile services and software provided on or in connection with our website (collectively, the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, or by clicking a button or checking a box marked “I Agree” (or something similar), you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions (this “Agreement”) and to the collection and use of your information as set forth in our Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”), whether or not you are a registered user of the Service. Studiomate reserves the right to modify these terms and will provide notice of these changes as described below. This Agreement applies to all visitors, users, and others who access the Service (“Users”).Please read this Agreement carefully to ensure that you understand each provision. This agreement contains a mandatory individual arbitration and class action/jury trial waiver provision that requires the use of arbitration on an individual basis to resolve disputes, rather than jury trials or class actions.
Studiomate Service
1.1 Eligibility This is a contract between you and Studiomate. You may use the Service only if you can form a binding contract with Studiomate, and only in compliance with this Agreement and all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations. Any use or access to the Service by anyone under eighteen (18) years of age is strictly prohibited and in violation of this Agreement. The Service is not available to any Users previously removed from the Service by Studiomate. You must read and agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement before using the Service. If you do not agree, you may not use the Service.
1.2 Limited License Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you are hereby granted a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, freely revocable license to use the Service as permitted by the features of the Service. Studiomate reserves all rights not expressly granted herein in the Service and the Studiomate Content (as defined below). Studiomate may terminate this license at any time for any reason or no reason.
1.3 User Accounts Your account on the Service (your “User Account”) gives you access to the services and functionality that we may establish and maintain from time to time and in our sole discretion. We may maintain different types of User Accounts for different types of Users. If you open a User Account on behalf of a company, organization, or other entity, then: (i) “you” includes you and that entity; and (ii) you represent and warrant that you are an authorized representative of the entity with the authority to bind the entity to this Agreement, and that you agree to this Agreement on the entity’s behalf.
You may never use another User’s User Account without permission. When creating your User Account, you must provide accurate and complete information, and you must keep this information up to date. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your User Account, and you must keep your User Account password secure. We encourage you to use “strong” passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols) with your User Account. You must notify Studiomate immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your User Account. Studiomate will not be liable for any losses, damages, loss in data or profit caused by any unauthorized use of your User Account. You may control your User profile and how you interact with the Service by changing the settings in your Settings page. By providing Studiomate your email address you consent to our using the email address to send you service-related notices, including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by postal mail. With your consent, we may also use your email address to send you other messages, such as changes to features of the Service and special offers. If you do not want to receive such email messages, you may opt out by clicking on the unsubscribe link on the bottom of our emails or by emailing us at help@studiomate.com. Opting out may prevent you from receiving email messages regarding updates, improvements, or offers.
1.4 Administrator Accounts The person who first completes the Service registration on behalf of any company, entity or organization (“Subscribing Organization”) is the initial "Administrator" for purposes of such Subscribing Organization’s use of the Service, and exercises certain options to initially determine the level of access, privacy, and security for the Service related to the Subscribing Organization ("Administrator Account"). For example, the Administrator will determine who can be a User of the Service under the organization associated with that Administrator and Subscribing Organization and the level of privileges that such Users will possess. Once initial registration has been completed, each Subscribing Organization will be able to register additional Administrators. Each Administrator may designate other Users as additional and/or successor Administrators; provided that, each Administrator is responsible for confirming that those person(s) accept such responsibility. Upon becoming an Administrator, each person will be deemed to agree to the obligations hereunder. In addition, any person designated as the billing contact in the billing record for a Subscribing Organization will be deemed to assume the rights and obligations of an Administrator. Administrator Accounts must comply in all respects with all terms and conditions applicable to User Accounts.
1.5 Service Rules When using the Service, you agree not to: (a) upload or transmit pornographic, threatening, embarrassing, hateful, racially or ethnically insulting, libelous, or otherwise inappropriate content; (b) except where expressly permitted, use the Service to engage in spamming, "chain letters", "pyramid schemes", advertisement of illegal or controlled products or services, or other advertising or marketing activities that violate this Agreement, the Privacy Policy or any applicable laws, regulations or generally-accepted advertising or marketing industry guidelines; (c) use the Service in any manner that infringes, violates or misappropriates any third party’s intellectual property or proprietary rights; (d) use the Service in any manner is misleading, deceptive or fraudulent or otherwise illegal or promotes illegal activities, including engaging in phishing or otherwise obtaining financial or other personal information in a misleading manner or for fraudulent or misleading purposes; (e) use the Service in any manner is libelous or defamatory, or that is otherwise threatening, abusive, violent, harassing, malicious or harmful to any person or entity, or is invasive of another's privacy; (f) use the Service in any manner that is harmful to minors in any way; (g) use the Service in any manner that is hateful or discriminatory based on race, color, gender, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic or national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or age or is otherwise objectionable, as reasonably determined by Studiomate; (h) use the Service in any manner that in our sole discretion could damage, disable, overburden, or impair it; (i) use the Service in any manner that constitutes or contains any form of advertising or solicitation to users who have requested not to be contacted about other services, products or commercial interests; (j) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, or any part of them, other User Accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Service, or any part of them, through hacking, password mining or any other means or interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Service or any activities conducted on the Service; (k) modify the Service in any manner or form, or use modified versions of the Service, including but not limited to for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service; (l) use any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means to access the Service for any purpose without our express written permission, or bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Service; (m) impersonate another person or access another User’s User Account without that User’s permission or to violate any contractual or fiduciary relationships; (n) share Studiomate-issued passwords with any third party or encourage any other User to do so; (o) modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works based upon the Service; (p) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Service, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation; (q) rent, lease, loan, resell, sublicense, distribute or otherwise transfer the Service to any third party; provide time sharing or similar services for any third party; or use the Service for any purpose other than your own internal business use; (r) remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Service, features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content accessible through the Service, or features that enforce limitations on use of the Service; (s) access the Service if you are a direct competitor of Studiomate, except with Studiomate’s prior written consent, or for any other competitive purposes; or (t) except as permitted by the features of the Service, collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, phone numbers, or emails from the Service.
1.6 Responsibilities for Calls and Messaging To the extent applicable to your use of the Service, you shall at all times comply with the CAN SPAM Act of 2003, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 U.S.C. §227), the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act and the Do-Not-Call list registry rules (http://www.donotcall.gov), the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200 et seq, and all other state or local laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines relating to calling or texting, including without limitation, rules, regulations and guidelines set forth by the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission (collectively, the “Calling Laws”). You agree that, as between the parties, you are the initiator of any call, SMS/MMS message, or other communication transmitted through the Service and for all content relating to, inducing, or encouraging calls, SM/MMS messages or other communications to take place. Studiomate is not responsible for reviewing the contents of any communication transmitted through the Services or transmitted by you related to your use of the Service, nor is it responsible for obtaining any necessary consents or permissions from the message recipients.
1.7 Changes to the Service We may, without prior notice, change the Service; stop providing the Service or features of the Service, to you or to Users generally; or create usage limits for the Service. We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend your access to the Service without notice and liability for any reason, including if in our sole determination you violate any provision of this Agreement, or for no reason. Upon termination for any reason or no reason, you continue to be bound by this Agreement.
1.8 Use of Communication Services The Site may contain bulletin board services, messenger, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not: defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information; upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents; upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer; advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages; conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters; download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner; falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded; restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services; violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service; harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; violate any applicable laws or regulations. Studiomate has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Studiomate reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Studiomate reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever. Studiomate reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Studiomate's sole discretion. Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. Studiomate does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, Studiomate specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized Studiomate spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Studiomate. Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you upload the materials.
1.9 Materials Provided or Posted Studiomate does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to studiomate.com (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Studiomate Site or our associated services (collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, photos, videos, inputting, providing or submitting your content, you are granting Studiomate, our affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your content; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Studiomate is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in Studiomate's sole discretion. By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.
2.0 International Users The Service is controlled, operated and administered by Studiomate from our offices within the USA. If you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Studiomate Content accessed through studiomate.com in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.
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User Content
Some areas of the Service allow Users to submit, provide, or otherwise make available content such as videos, images, music, text, comments, questions, and other content or information (any such materials a User submits, provides, or otherwise makes available on the Service is referred to as “User Content”).
The Service may contain links to third-party websites that are not endorsed, owned or controlled by Studiomate. Studiomate does not monitor or review the content of any third-party websites. Studiomate has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. In addition, Studiomate will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third-party website. By using the Service, you expressly release Studiomate from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website. You should evaluate the security and trustworthiness of any other website connected to the Studiomate website or accessed through this site yourself, before disclosing any personal information to theWe claim no ownership rights over User Content created by you. The User Content you create remains yours.By submitting, providing, or otherwise making available any User Content on or through the Service, you expressly grant, and you represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant, to Studiomate a royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, list information regarding, edit, translate, distribute, syndicate, publicly perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of all such User Content and your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in your User Content, in whole or in part, and in any form, media or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, for use in connection with the Service, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels.For the purposes of this Agreement, “Intellectual Property Rights” means all patent rights, copyright rights, mask work rights, moral rights, rights of publicity, trademark, trade dress and service mark rights, goodwill, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights as may now exist or hereafter come into existence, and all applications therefore and registrations, renewals and extensions thereof, under the laws of any state, country, territory or other jurisdiction.In connection with your User Content, you affirm, represent and warrant the following:
• You have the written consent of each and every identifiable natural person in the User Content, if any, to use such person’s name or likeness in the manner contemplated by the Service and this Agreement, and each such person has released you from any liability that may arise in relation to such use.
• You have obtained and are solely responsible for obtaining all consents as may be required by law to post any User Content relating to third parties.
• Your User Content and Studiomate’s use thereof as contemplated by this Agreement and the Service will not violate any law or infringe any rights of any third party, including but not limited to any Intellectual Property Rights and privacy rights.
• Studiomate may exercise the rights to your User Content granted under this Agreement without liability for payment of any guild fees, residuals, payments, fees, or royalties payable under any collective bargaining agreement or otherwise.
• To the best of your knowledge, all your User Content and other information that you provide to us is truthful and accurate.
Studiomate takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content that you or any other User submits, provides or otherwise makes available over the Service. You shall be solely responsible for your User Content and the consequences of submitting it, providing it, or otherwise making it available on the Service, and you agree that we are only acting as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of your User Content.
Our Proprietary Rights
Except for your User Content, the Service and all materials therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, illustrations, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music, and User Content belonging to other Users (the “Studiomate Content”), and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of Studiomate and its licensors (including other Users who post User Content to the Service). Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works from any Studiomate Content. Use of the Studiomate Content for any purpose not expressly permitted by this Agreement is strictly prohibited. You may choose to or we may invite you to submit comments or ideas about the Service, including without limitation about how to improve the Service or our products (“Ideas”). By submitting any Idea, you agree that your disclosure is gratuitous, unsolicited and without restriction and will not place Studiomate under any fiduciary or other obligation, and that we are free to use the Idea without any additional compensation to you, and/or to disclose the Idea on a non-confidential basis or otherwise to anyone. You further acknowledge that, by acceptance of your submission, Studiomate does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Studiomate, or developed by its employees, or obtained from sources other than you.
Subscription; Fees and Payment
4.1 Fees We will charge you fees (“Fees”) for your use of the Service. You agree to pay any and all Fees specified in an ordering document or online order for your access and use of the Service (“Ordering Document”). Studiomate may add new services for additional fees and charges, and add or amend fees and charges for existing services, at any time in its sole discretion. If we add or amend our Fees, we will update our Pricing and Payment Terms. Unless otherwise communicated to you by Studiomate, any change to our Pricing and Payment Terms shall become effective in the billing cycle following notice of such change to you as provided in this Agreement; provided however that if we have offered a specific duration and Fees for your use of the Service, we agree that the Fees will remain in force for that duration.
4.2 Continuous Subscription Services; Automatic Billing and Policies.Unless otherwise provided in an Ordering Document any purchases for access and use of the Service are on an automatically renewing subscription basis. YOUR STUDIOMATE SUBSCRIPTION WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW AT THE END OF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TERM IDENTIFIED IN YOUR ORDERING DOCUMENT FOR SUBSEQUENT TERMS EQUAL IN LENGTH TO THE INITIAL SUBSCRIPTION TERM (EACH A “SUBSCRIPTION TERM”) UNLESS AND UNTIL YOU CANCEL YOUR STUDIOMATE SUBSCRIPTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CANCELLATION PROCEDURES IDENTIFIED IN SECTION 4.3 OF THIS AGREEMENT. When you purchase the Service, you expressly acknowledge and agree that: (1) Studiomate is authorized to charge you at the beginning of each Subscription Term the Fees identified in an Ordering Document, any applicable taxes, and any other charges you may incur in connection with your use of the Service, for as long as your subscription continues; and (2) your subscription is continuous until you cancel it or the Service is suspended, discontinued or terminated in accordance with this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that the amount billed may vary due to promotional offers, changes in your subscription plan, changes in applicable taxes, and changes in Fees and you authorize us to charge your payment method for the changed amounts.
4.3 Cancellation; Refunds To cancel your User Account or the services, you must notify us before the start of the next Subscription Term by contacting us help@studiomate.com or by cancelling inside the app under settings. You may cancel your User Account or the services at your sole discretion; however, the Service grants refunds for cancellation at its sole discretion and you acknowledge and agree that you may not be refunded any Fees for your cancellation of your User Account and the services. In the event that Studiomate suspends or terminates your User Account or this Agreement for your breach of this Agreement, you understand and agree that you shall receive no refund or exchange for any unused time on a subscription, any license or subscription fees for any portion of the Service, any content or data associated with your User Account, or for anything else.
4.4 Payment Information; Taxes We or our third-party payment processors will charge your Fees and any other charges you may incur to the payment method you provide when you register for a User Account or you identify in an Ordering Document. All information that you provide in connection with a purchase or transaction or other monetary transaction interaction with the Service must be accurate, complete, and current. You may change your payment method by changing the information in your User Account. You agree to pay all charges incurred by users of your credit card, debit card, or other payment method used in connection with a purchase or transaction or other monetary transaction interaction with the Service at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. If we are unsuccessful in charging your payment method and have still not received payment within seven (7) days after informing you, we may (without liability to you) suspend or temporarily disable all or part of your access to the Service and we shall be under no obligation to provide any or all of the Service while the Fees concerned remain unpaid. This does not affect any other rights and remedies available to us. You will pay any and all applicable taxes, if any, relating to any such payments of Fees, purchases, transactions or other monetary transactions.
Privacy
We care about the privacy of our Users. You understand that by using the Service you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information and aggregate and/or anonymized data as set forth in our Privacy Policy, and to have your personally identifiable information and Customer Data collected, used, transferred to and processed in the United States. You acknowledge that you shall be solely and exclusively responsible to take all the necessary measures on your website/service and for providing notice and obtaining any consent that you are legally obliged to obtain from your consumers, website visitors and/or end users.
Security
Studiomate will maintain commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of Customer Data and implement your privacy settings. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat our security measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. You acknowledge that you provide and/or allow access to Customer Data at your own risk.
DMCA Notice
Since we respect artist and content owner rights, it is Studiomate’s policy to respond to alleged infringement notices that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”).
If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible via the Service, please notify Studiomate’s copyright agent as set forth in the DMCA. For your complaint to be valid under the DMCA, you must provide the following information in writing:
1. An electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and where it is located on the Service;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit Studiomate to contact you, such as your address, telephone number, and, e-mail address;
5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or law; and
6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner. The above information must be submitted to the following
DMCA Agent:
Attn: Copyright Manager
Company: Studiomate, LLC
Address:
Studiomate, LLC
700 Smith St #61070
Houston, Texas 77002
Tel.: +1 (323) 329-6795
Email: hello@studiomate.com
Under federal law, if you knowingly misrepresent that online material is infringing, you may be subject to criminal prosecution for perjury and civil penalties, including monetary damages, court costs, and attorneys’ fees.Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying Studiomate and its affiliates that your copyrighted material has been infringed. The preceding requirements are intended to comply with Studiomate’s rights and obligations under the DMCA, including 17 U.S.C. §512(c), but do not constitute legal advice. It may be advisable to contact an attorney regarding your rights and obligations under the DMCA and other applicable laws. In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable law, Studiomate has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, Users who are deemed to be repeat infringers. Studiomate may also at its sole discretion limit access to the Service and/or terminate the User Accounts of any Users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.
Third-Party Links and Information
The Service may contain links to third-party materials that are not owned or controlled by Studiomate. Studiomate does not endorse or assume any responsibility for any such third-party sites, information, materials, products, or services. If you access a third-party website or service from the Service or share your User Content on or through any third-party website or service, you do so at your own risk, and you understand that this Agreement and Studiomate’s Privacy Policy do not apply to your use of such sites. You expressly relieve Studiomate from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website, service, or content, including without limitation User Content submitted by other Users. Additionally, your dealings with or participation in promotions of advertisers found on the Service, including payment and delivery of goods, and any other terms (such as warranties) are solely between you and such advertisers. You agree that Studiomate shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any sort relating to your dealings with such advertisers.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Studiomate and its subsidiaries, agents, licensors, managers, and other affiliated companies, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from: (a) your use of and access to the Service, including any data or content transmitted or received by you; (b) your violation of any term of this Agreement, including without limitation your breach of any of the representations and warranties above; (c) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy or Intellectual Property Rights; (d) your violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation; (e) User Content or any content that is submitted via your User Account including without limitation misleading, false, or inaccurate information; (f) your willful misconduct; or (g) any other party’s access and use of the Service with your unique username, password or other appropriate security code.
No Warranty
The Service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Use of the Service is at your own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Studiomate or through the Service will create any warranty not expressly stated herein. Without limiting the foregoing, Studiomate, its subsidiaries, its affiliates, and its licensors do not warrant that the content is accurate, reliable or correct; that the Service will meet your requirements; that the Service will be available at any particular time or location, uninterrupted or secure; that any defects or errors will be corrected; or that the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components. Any content downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Service is downloaded at your own risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or mobile device or loss of data that results from such download or your use of the Service.Further, Studiomate does not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for any product or service advertised or offered by a third party through the Service or any hyperlinked website or service, and Studiomate will not be a party to or in any way monitor any transaction between you and third-party providers of products or services.
Federal law, some states, provinces and other jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion and limitations of certain implied warranties, so the above exclusions may not apply to you. This Agreement gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. The disclaimers and exclusions under this Agreement will not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
Limitations and Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Studiomate, its affiliates, agents, directors, employees, suppliers or licensors be liable for any indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including without limitation damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to the use of, or inability to use, the Service. Under no circumstances will Studiomate be responsible for any damage, loss or injury resulting from hacking, tampering or other unauthorized access or use of the Service or your account or the information contained therein. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Studiomate assumes no liability or responsibility for any (i) errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content; (ii) personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to or use of our service; (iii) any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any and all personal information stored therein; (iv) any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Service; (v) any bugs, viruses, Trojan horses, or the like that may be transmitted to or through our service by any third party; (vi) any errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available through the Service; and/or (vii) User Content or the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any third party. In no event shall Studiomate, its affiliates, agents, directors, employees, suppliers, or licensors be liable to you for any claims, proceedings, liabilities, obligations, damages, losses or costs in an amount exceeding the amount you paid to Studiomate hereunder or $100.00, whichever is greater. This limitation of liability section applies whether the alleged liability is based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or any other basis, even if Studiomate has been advised of the possibility of such damage. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. This Agreement gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. The disclaimers, exclusions, and limitations of liability under this Agreement will not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
Governing Law, Arbitration, and Class Action/JuryTrial Waiver
12.1 Governing Law You agree that: (i) the Service shall be deemed solely based in Texas; and (ii) the Service shall be deemed a passive service that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over us, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than Texas. This Agreement shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Texas, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. The parties acknowledge that this Agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences with respect to the substantive law, any arbitration conducted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16). The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in Houston, Texas for any actions for which we retain the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a our copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights, as set forth in the Arbitration provision below, including any provisional relief required to prevent irreparable harm. You agree that Houston, Texas is the proper forum for any appeals of an arbitration award or for trial court proceedings in the event that the arbitration provision below is found to be unenforceable.
12.2 Arbitration Read this section carefully because it requires the parties to arbitrate their disputes and limits the manner in which you can seek relief from Studiomate. For any dispute with Studiomate, you agree to first contact us at hello@studiomate.com and attempt to resolve the dispute with us informally. In the unlikely event that Studiomate has not been able to resolve a dispute it has with you after sixty (60) days, we each agree to resolve any claim, dispute, or controversy (excluding any claims for injunctive or other equitable relief as provided below) arising out of or in connection with or relating to this Agreement, or the breach or alleged breach thereof (collectively, “Claims”), by binding arbitration by JAMS, under the Optional Expedited Arbitration Procedures then in effect for JAMS, except as provided herein. JAMS may be contacted at www.jamsadr.com. The arbitration will be conducted in Houston, Texas unless you and Studiomate agree otherwise. If you are using the Service for commercial purposes, each party will be responsible for paying any JAMS filing, administrative and arbitrator fees in accordance with JAMS rules, and the award rendered by the arbitrator shall include costs of arbitration, reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable costs for expert and other witnesses. If you are an individual using the Service for non-commercial purposes: (i) JAMS may require you to pay a fee for the initiation of your case, unless you apply for and successfully obtain a fee waiver from JAMS; (ii) the award rendered by the arbitrator may include your costs of arbitration, your reasonable attorney’s fees, and your reasonable costs for expert and other witnesses; and (iii) you may sue in a small claims court of competent jurisdiction without first engaging in arbitration, but this does not absolve you of your commitment to engage in the informal dispute resolution process. Any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed as preventing Studiomate from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief from the courts as necessary to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of our data security, Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary rights.
12.3 Class Action/Jury Trial Waiver With respect to all persons and entities, regardless of whether they have obtained or used the Service for personal, commercial or other purposes, all Claims must be brought in the parties’ individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action, collective action, private attorney general action or other representative proceeding. This waiver applies to class arbitration, and, unless we agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s Claims. You agree that, by entering into this Agreement, you and Studiomate are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action, collective action, private attorney general action, or other representative proceeding of any kind.
General
15.1 Assignment This Agreement, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Studiomate without restriction. Any attempted transfer or assignment in violation hereof shall be null and void.
15.2 Notification Procedures and Changes to the Agreement Studiomate may provide notifications, whether such notifications are required by law or are for marketing or other business related purposes, to you via email notice, written or hard copy notice, or through posting of such notice on our website, as determined by Studiomate in our sole discretion. Studiomate reserves the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications to our Users, provided that you may opt out of certain means of notification as described in this Agreement. Studiomate is not responsible for any automatic filtering you or your network provider may apply to email notifications we send to the email address you provide us. Studiomate may, in its sole discretion, modify or update this Agreement from time to time, and so you should review this page periodically. When we change the Agreement in a material manner, we will update the ‘last modified’ date at the top of this page and notify you that material changes have been made to the Agreement. Your continued use of the Service after any such change constitutes your acceptance of the updated Agreement of the Service. If you do not agree to any of these terms or any future terms of the Agreement, do not use or access (or continue to access) the Service.
15.3 No Waiver No waiver of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Studiomate’s failure to assert any right or provision under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
15.4 Contact Please contact us at hello@studiomate.com with any questions regarding this Agreement.
15.5 Disclosures; California Residents The provider of services is Studiomate, LLC. If you are a California resident, in accordance with Cal. Civ. Code §1789.3, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer the Service of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by contacting them in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112 Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916) 445-1254.
15.6 Disclosures; California Residents This Agreement, together with any amendments and any additional agreements you may enter into with Studiomate in connection with the Service, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Studiomate concerning the Service. If any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect, except that in the event of unenforceability of the universal Class Action/Jury Trial Waiver, the entire arbitration agreement shall be unenforceable.
This Terms Of Service was last modified on October 1st, 2023