Terms of Use
By visiting and/or in any way using any or all of the website www.EckoTV.com (the "Website"), you agree to the following terms of use (the "Terms of Use"):
- Ownership: All content on the Website is owned or used under license by Ecko.Complex LLC d/b/a Ecko Unltd. ("Company").
- Scope of Use: You are granted permission to visit and use any or all of the Website solely for your own personal and non-commercial use.
- Submissions: By your submission of any audio/video content ("Content") to Company, you accept and agree to all of the following terms:
- You grant to Company the irrevocable, freely assignable, perpetual, fully-paid and royalty-free right to publicly display, distribute, reproduce and/or otherwise use the Content worldwide for promotional and/or any other purposes, in edited or unedited form, in whole or in part, in any medium now in existence or hereafter devised. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree that Company shall have the right to (a) broadcast part or all of the Content over the Internet, (b) broadcast part or all of the Content at retail stores which sell any of Company's goods, and/or (c) make the Content available to others over the Internet or otherwise for further copying, broadcast and/or distribution. The foregoing constitutes a grant of rights to Company, but nothing herein shall obligate Company to use any Content. Company shall not return any Content, or any tape or other product embodying the Content, once submitted.
- Neither you nor any person or entity depicted or referenced in the Content, or in any way involved in the creation or submission of the Content, shall receive any payment or other compensation from Company for your submission of the Content or for Company's subsequent use thereof. You acknowledge that you would receive personal satisfaction from Company's broadcast of the Content, which without limitation constitutes good and valuable consideration for rights granted to Company hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged.
- You represent and warrant to Company that:
- you are the individual submitting Content to Company;
- all information you provide to Company is true, complete and accurate in all respects;
- you have the sole and complete right, power and authority to grant rights to Company consistent with these Terms of Use;
- creation of the Content did not violate any law;
- the Content does not defame any person or entity;
- the Content does not harass or threaten any person or entity;
- the Content does not contain material that may be found offensive to any ethnic, racial or religious group;
- the Content does not include any advertisement or solicitation for any business other than Company;
- Company's use of the Content in accordance with these Terms of Use shall not infringe, dilute or otherwise violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, intellectual property rights, contractual rights, or other legal rights of any person or entity; and
- you have secured all consents, licenses and/or clearances of every kind necessary to grant rights to Company consistent with these Terms of Use including your representations hereunder.
- You will submit the Content together with an executed "Video Submission Agreement;" provided, however, your failure to return to Company such executed agreement in no way relieves you of your agreement to comply with the terms thereof and/or of your acknowledgment of and agreement to comply with all Terms of Use set forth herein.
- You shall indemnify, defend and hold free and harmless Company, and Company's members, officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims or liabilities, including without limitation attorneys' fees, arising out of or alleged to arise out of (a) any claim that the Content infringes, dilutes or otherwise violates the privacy rights, publicity rights, intellectual property rights, contractual rights, or other legal rights of any person or entity; and/or (b) your breach of any of your representations, warranties, covenants or obligations contained in the Video Submission Agreement and/or these Terms of Use.
- Procedure for Making Copyright Infringement Claims: Company will take appropriate steps to protect the intellectual property rights of third parties if it receives notice in accordance with the provisions required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA"), as follows. If you believe your copyright or the copyright of another has been infringed on the Website, please provide Company's Copyright Agent with a written notice containing the following information:
- an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
- a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
- a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website;
- your address, telephone number and e-mail address;
- a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your written notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Your written notice should be addressed to Company's Copyright Agent as follows, or by e-mail to :
Gregg Donnenfeld
Ecko Unltd.
40 West 23rd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10010
(917) 262-1193
Be advised that if you knowingly misrepresent that any online material is infringing, you may be subject to heavy civil and/or criminal penalties, including without limitation monetary damages, court costs and attorneys' fees incurred by Company or any other person damaged as a result of the misrepresentation and/or Company's actions taken based thereon.
- DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AND SHALL BE AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, COMPANY AND ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY OR ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND/OR USE OF THE WEBSITE.
- Indemnity: You agree to indemnify, defend and hold free and harmless Company, and Company's members, officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims or liabilities, including without limitation attorneys' fees, arising out of or alleged to arise out of (a) your access to and/or use of the Website; and/or (b) your violation of any of these Terms of Use.
- Severability: If any Term of Use is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity or operation of any other Term of Use and such invalid Term of Use shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms of Use.
- Jurisdiction and Governing Law: You agree that (a) the Website shall be deemed solely based in New York, and (b) the Website shall be deemed a passive website that does not give rise to specific or general personal jurisdiction over Company outside of New York. These Terms of Use and any dispute arising thereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements wholly made and to be performed therein, without giving effect to principles governing conflicts of law. By your use of the Website, you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Manhattan, New York with respect to resolution of disputes arising hereunder.
- Captions: Headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall in no way affect interpretation of these Terms of Use.
- Entire Terms: Except if and to the extent you are party to a written contract signed by Company, these Terms of Use contain the entire understanding and agreement relating to your access to and use of the Website, supersede all oral or written understandings and agreements relating thereto, and may not be modified, discharged or terminated, nor may any of the provisions hereof be waived, orally.
- Future Changes: Company reserves the right to amend any or all of these Terms of Use at any time and without notice.