Terms of Use
Terms of Use
Hello and welcome to Simulacra LLC’s (“Simulacra”, “us”, “we”, “ours” and “our”) online website (including all content and functionality available through the https://martianpassage.com/ and https://martianpassage.com/ domain names, collectively, the "Site"). We are delighted to provide you with access to the Site, related data, our proprietary software, and content and related documentation and information in connection with our services in providing you with fictional work publications and audio content (collectively the “Services”). Please read and review these Terms of Use (the “Agreement”) and our Privacy Policy, which can be found at www.martianpassage.com/privacy-policy (the “Privacy Policy”), carefully before using the Site and/or Services.
BY VISITING, DOWNLOADING, REGISTERING FOR AN ACCOUNT (AN “ACCOUNT”), IF APPLICABLE, ON THE SITE, PROVIDING US WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION (AS DEFINED IN THE PRIVACY POLICY), ACCESSING OR USING ANY PART OF THE SITE OR SERVICES, YOU (THE TERMS “YOU”, “YOUR”, AND “YOURS” SHALL REFER TO ANY AND ALL USERS OF THE SITE (THE “USER”)) EXPRESSLY AGREE TO AND CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY (A) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND (B) OUR PRIVACY POLICY.
1. SERVICE TERMS AND LIMITATIONS.
1.1 Grant of Limited License. Your access to the Service is licensed and not sold. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, we hereby grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license enabling you to access and use the Services and the Site. The entire contents displayed on the Site (the “Content”) that is made available to view and/or download in connection with the Site is owned by and is the copyrighted work of us and/or our suppliers and is licensed, not sold. You do not have the right to lend, lease, rent or sublicense the Site and/or the Content. Your use of the Services (including the use of the materials that you download in connection with the use of the Site, along with any documentation, text, software, photos, video, audio content, graphics, and music, sound or other multimedia files that might accompany it (collectively, “Material”)) is governed by the terms of this Agreement. We reserve the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to terminate your license to use the Site and Services, and to block or prevent future access to and use of the Site and Services. You are not permitted, directly or indirectly, and the foregoing license grant does NOT include the right for you to (a) publish, publicly perform or display, or distribute to any third party any Materials, including reproduction on any computer network or broadcast or publications media; (b) market, sell or make commercial use of the Site or any Material; (c) systematically collect and use of any data or content including the use of any data spiders, robots, or similar data gathering, mining or extraction methods; (d) make derivative uses of the Site or the Material; or (e) use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any portion of the Site (including the images found at this Site, or any text or the layout/design of any page or form contained on a page).
1.2 Proprietary Rights. The Content has copyrighted protection as a collective work under the laws of the United States and other copyright laws. We are the sole exclusive owner of the Content. There may be collective work that is the property of other third parties and such collective work is also protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You are allowed to display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific material, download portions of the Content from the different areas of the Site only for non-commercial use, unless otherwise permitted. Any redistribution, retransmission or publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of the copyright owner. You may not change or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from the Site. You agree not to use any of our logos or any other proprietary graphics or trademarks without our express written consent. As between the parties, title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in the Content, and any copies or portions thereof, shall remain in Simulacra and/or our content providers. Third-party trademarks, service marks and logos contained in the Site are owned and licensed by their respective owners. Any and all rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
1.3 User Agreement.
(a) Accessing the Services. In order to access the Services and view publications (the “Publications”) or listen and/or view audio content, such as podcasts (“Podcasts”), in publicly accessible locations on the Site, you will not be required to register for an Account. However, in some cases we may allow you to register for an Account for certain Account-only activities such as accessing non-public Publications, Podcasts and content and saving information used for your purchase of merchandise or products (the “Products”) offered by us through the Site or your registration to our subscription services (the “Subscription”). In the event we allow you to register for an Account and you choose to do so, you will be required provide us with information such as your name, address and your email address (collectively, your “Address”). You may also choose to provide us with your Address without registering for an Account if you choose to receive communications from us such as phone calls and emails (the “Communications”), printed hard copies of Publications (the “Print Publications”) or Products. In providing us with information for Communications or Print Publications or in registering for an Account, you agree to: (i) provide true, accurate, current and complete information, including any credit card information (your “Credit Card”), as applicable; (ii) maintain and promptly update your Address and/or Account, as applicable, to keep it true, accurate, current and complete; and (iii) authorize us, or our third party billing service, to charge your Credit Card for any and all service fees incurred by your use of Services, purchase of Products, or Subscriptions, as applicable. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your Account or Subscription, as applicable, and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).
1.4 User Representations.
(a) You represent and warrant that (i) you are over the age of thirteen (13) and have the power, authority or consent to enter into and perform your obligations under the Agreement; (ii) all information provided by you to us, including Credit Card information, is truthful, accurate and complete; (iii) you are authorized, or have the permission of the authorized signatory of the Credit Card or charge card provided to us, to pay any fees incurred from use of the Services (as applicable); (iv) you shall comply with all terms and conditions of this Agreement; (v) you have provided and will provide accurate and complete registration information, including, without limitation, your legal name, email address and phone number; (vi) if you register for an Account, you will maintain the security of your user identification, password and other confidential information relating to your Account; (vii) you will maintain the security, confidentiality and integrity of all messages and the content that you receive, transmit through or store on the Service; (viii) you will maintain all charges resulting from the use of the Services including Product purchases, Subscription fees, and use of your Account, including but not limited to, unauthorized use of your Account prior to you notifying us in writing of such use and taking steps to prevent its further occurrence by changing your password; (ix) you will comply with the terms of this Agreement set forth herein; and (x) you will comply with all applicable U.S. and international laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, contracts and applicable licenses regarding your use of the Services or Site.
(b) You further warrant, represent and agree that you will not use the Site and/or Services in a manner that (i) infringes the intellectual property rights or proprietary rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, of any third party; (ii) violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation; (iii) you should know is harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading or otherwise objectionable; (iv) adversely affects or reflects negatively on our goodwill, name or reputation or causes duress, distress or discomfort to we or anyone else, or discourages any person, firm or enterprise from using all or any portion, feature, or function of the Site , or from advertising, liking or becoming a supplier to use in connection with the Site; (v) send or result in the transmission or junk e-mail, chain letters, duplicative or unsolicited messages, or so-called “spamming”; (vi) transmit, distribute or upload programs or material that contain malicious code, such as viruses, timebombs, cancelbots, worms, trojan horse, spyware, or other potentially harmful programs or other material or information; (vii) falsely report to an employee or agent of Simulacra; (viii) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site or its features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content; (ix) intercept or attempt to intercept email or other private communications not intended for you; and/or (x) causes the Site to be used for commercial or business purposes, including, without limitation, advertising, marketing, or offering goods or services, whether or not for financial or any other form of compensation or through linking with any other Site or web pages. You further warrant, represent and agree that you will not (A) post or transmit any message, data, image or program which is indecent, obscene or pornographic; (B) use the Site to threaten, harass, stalk, abuse, or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others; and (C) delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in a file that you upload to the Site. While it is not our intent to discourage you from reporting problems about the Services, nonetheless, we reserve the right to take such action as it deems appropriate and/or to remove any content from the Site 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 if we are concerned that you may have breached the provisions of this Section), or for no reason at all.
1.5 User’s Restrictions. You are not permitted, directly or indirectly, to (a) engage in any acts inconsistent with the principles of copyright protection and fair use, as codified in 17 U.S.C. Sections 106-110, without obtaining our express written consent and/or the copyright owner; or (b) distribute, display (except for the purposes set forth in Section 2), rent, lease, transfer or otherwise transfer rights to, or in any way exploit, the Content or any Submitted Content, in whole or in part; or (c) remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Content or any Submitted Content.
1.6 Third Party Payment Processor. If you use any of our Services that requires payment, such as purchasing Products or registering for our Subscription services we may use a third-party service provider (the “Processor”) (e.g., Stripe, Bill.com, etc.) for payment services (e.g., credit card transaction processing, merchant settlement, and any related service fees). By using the Site or Services, you agree to be bound by Processor’s Terms of Use and Processor’s Privacy Policy. You hereby consent to provide and authorize us and Processor to share any information and payment instructions you provide to the extent required to complete the payment transactions in accordance with this Agreement, including personal, financial, credit card payment, and transaction information. YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO USE ANY CREDIT CARD(S) OR OTHER PAYMENT MEANS USED TO PAY ANY FEE OR CHARGE. By providing us or Processor with your payment information, you agree that Processor is authorized to immediately invoice you for all fees and charges due and payable to us hereunder and that no additional notice or consent is required. You agree to immediately notify us and Processor (as applicable) of any change to your payment information. You will be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to your payments and credits received and will indemnify and hold harmless Simulacra and Processor from any and all taxes, including sales tax, based on any payments made or received by you in connection with the Services. If you access our Subscription services, you understand and agree that our Processor will automatically renew your Subscription at the end of the then-current tern unless you terminate your Subscription thirty (30) days prior to the end of the then-current term.
2. ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS.
2.1 Submitted Content. From time to time, we may allow you to access newsgroups, message boards, forums, conferences, and chats on the Site. You are solely responsible for the information, and other content that you upload, publish or display (hereinafter, "post") on the Site (collectively, the “Submitted Content”). You understand the Site, and any public newsgroups, message boards, forums, conferences, and chats on the Site, is available to the public. Therefore, any information you consider confidential should not be posted to the Site. By posting Submitted Content, you agree that we may reveal your identity and whatever information we know about you to any law enforcement agent or official in the event of legal action arising from any Submitted Content posting by you. Your participation in on-line communications, if any and if allowed by us, occurs in real time and is not edited, censored, or otherwise controlled by us. We cannot and do not screen content provided by you to the Site or through the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right to monitor content on the Site and to remove content, which we, in its sole discretion, determine to be harmful, offensive, or otherwise in violation of this Agreement or our operating policies for Users.
2.2 User Warranties and Representations. You warrant, represent and agree that you will not contribute any Submitted Content or otherwise use the Site and/or Services in a manner that (a) infringes the intellectual property rights or proprietary rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, of any third party; (b) violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation; (c) you should know is harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading or otherwise objectionable; (d) adversely affects or reflects negatively on our goodwill, name or reputation or causes duress, distress or discomfort to we or anyone else, or discourages any person, firm or enterprise from using all or any portion, feature, or function of the Site , or from advertising, liking or becoming a supplier to use in connection with the Site ; (e) send or result in the transmission or junk e-mail, chain letters, duplicative or unsolicited messages, or so-called “spamming”; (f) transmit, distribute or upload programs or material that contain malicious code, such as viruses, timebombs, cancelbots, worms, trojan horse, spyware, or other potentially harmful programs or other material or information; (g) falsely report to an employee or agent of Simulacra; (h) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site or its features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content; (i) intercept or attempt to intercept email or other private communications not intended for you; and/or (j) causes the Site to be used for commercial or business purposes, including, without limitation, advertising, marketing, or offering goods or services, whether or not for financial or any other form of compensation or through linking with any other Site or web pages. You further warrant, represent and agree that you will not (x) post or transmit any message, data, image or program which is indecent, obscene or pornographic; (y) use the Site to threaten, harass, stalk, abuse, or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others; and (z) delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in a file that you upload to the Site. While it is not our intent to discourage you from reporting problems about the Services, nonetheless, we reserve the right to take such action as it deems appropriate and/or to remove any content from the Site 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 if we are concerned that you may have breached the provisions of this Section 2.2), or for no reason at all.
2.3 License Grant. By posting any Submitted Content on publicly accessible locations on the Site, you automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of such content has expressly granted) to us a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, sublicense, reproduce, distribute, redistribute, modify, adapt, publish, edit, translate, transmit, create derivative works of, publish and/or broadcast, publicly perform or display any materials or other information (including without limitation, ideas contained therein for new or improved products or services) you submit to public areas of the Site , alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether by any means and in any media now known or hereafter developed and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses. You further acknowledge and agree that your name and/or likeness may be associated your Submitted Content and you hereby grant us a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, unrestricted, worldwide license to use your name and/or likeness in association with your Submitted Content. You agree that you shall have no recourse against us for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your communication to us. You hereby agree to also grant each User a non-exclusive license to access your Submitted Content through the Site, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such Submitted Content as permitted through the functionality of the Site and under this Agreement. You further acknowledge and agree that no compensation of any kind will be paid with respect to the use of your comments, as provided herein, that we may remove any comment at any time in our sole discretion. Further, when you post any Submitted Content on the Site, you authorize and direct us to make such copies thereof as we deem necessary in order to facilitate the posting and storage of such content on the Site. You may remove any Submitted Content you post from the Site at any time. If You choose to remove your Submitted Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that we may retain archived copies of the Submitted Content.
3. OPERATION. We reserve complete and sole discretion with respect to the operation of the Site. We may, among other things: (a) delete email or private messages if it has not been accessed by a User within the time established by our policies; (b) subject to Section 1, make available to third parties information relating to the Users; and (c) withdraw, suspend or discontinue any functionality or feature of the Site. We may, in our complete and sole discretion, review uploaded files, conferences, forums, and chats and authorize restrictions on access thereto. We will not review the contents of email or private messages except as required or allowed by applicable law or legal process.
4. CONTENT AND GENERAL DISCLAIMERS
4.1 General Disclaimer. THE SITE IS PROVIDED BY US ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THE SITE. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES THAT ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE FACE OF THESE TERMS. WE CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT AGAINST HUMAN AND MACHINE ERRORS, OMISSIONS, DELAYS, INTERRUPTIONS OR LOSSES, INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA. WE CANNOT AND DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING FROM THE SITE WILL BE FREE OF INFECTION BY VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER CODE THAT MANIFEST CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES. WE DO NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT THE FUNCTIONS OR SERVICE ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SITE WILL BE CORRECTED. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THESE TERMS. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICE. WE MAY CHANGE THE SERVICE OR THE FEATURES IN ANY WAY, AND AT ANY TIME AND FOR ANY REASON. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE SITE, WE ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION.
4.2 Fictional Works. You understand that information contained in and the content of Publications, Podcasts and Printed Publications are works of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. In addition, if any Content, Material, Publications, Podcasts and Printed Publications contain professional advice of any manner, you understand and agree that such advice may be fictional and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional advice in any manner, such as, but not limited to, medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or legal advice.
4.3 Informational Purposes Only. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available through the Site is for general information purposes only. Any opinions expressed on the Site, or in Submitted Content, are the personal opinions of the original author and not of Simulacra, even though the original author may be employed by us. The Content is provided for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not an endorsement or representation by us or any other party. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for any Submitted Content, blogs, opinions or other commentary posted on the Site or received by you through the Services, or any third party website linked to the Site and makes no express or implied warranty or guarantee about the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, or any other aspect of the Content.
4.4 Disclaimer of Third Party Information. You understand that when using the Site, you may be exposed to Submitted Content and third party content from a variety of sources, and that we are not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such Submitted Content or third party content. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to Submitted Content and third party content that may be offensive, indecent, inaccurate, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against us with respect thereto. You acknowledge that statements made in Site, Submitted Content, newsgroups, message boards, email, forums, conferences, and/or chats reflect only the views of their authors. Forum managers, forum hosts, content providers, or merchants appearing on the Site, if applicable, are not authorized Simulacra spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Simulacra, and we do not endorse any Submitted Content or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein.
4.5 Links to Third Party Sites. The Site may contain links to third party websites. You agree that access to any other Internet Site linked to the Site is done at your own risk and we are not responsible for the accuracy, availability or reliability of any information, goods, data, opinions, advice or statements made available on these other websites. You understand these links may lead unintentionally to websites containing information that you or others may find inappropriate or offensive. These links are not under the control of Simulacra and as such, you agree that we are not liable for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such third party websites. These links are provided by us merely for convenience and the inclusion of these links does not imply an endorsement or recommendation by us. You agree that we are not responsible for any form of transmission received from any link, nor are we responsible if any of these links are not working appropriately. It is your responsibility when viewing to abide by any privacy statements and terms of use posted in connection with these links.
5. INDEMNIFICATION. YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS SIMULACRA, ITS OFFICERS, MANAGERS, MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, INFORMATION PROVIDERS AND SUPPLIERS FROM AND AGAINST ALL LOSSES, EXPENSES, DAMAGES AND COSTS, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES, RESULTING FROM ANY VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, BREACH OF YOUR REPRESENTATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, OR ANY ACTIVITY RELATED TO YOUR ACCOUNT (INCLUDING INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES' WORLDWIDE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR NEGLIGENT OR WRONGFUL CONDUCT) BY YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON ACCESSING THE SITE USING YOUR THE ACCOUNT.
6. WAIVER AND RELEASE. YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER WE NOR OUR OFFICERS, MANAGERS, MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY OR INDEMNITY IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE SERVICE, THE CONTENT, THE PUBLICATIONS, PODCASTS AND THE PRINTED PUBLICATIONS. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR SUBMITTED CONTENT OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU. YOU HEREBY RELEASE AND FOREVER WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST SIMULACRA, OUR OFFICERS, MANAGERS, MEMBERS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLAIMS BASED UPON THE NEGLIGENCE OF SIMULACRA, OUR OFFICERS, MANAGERS, MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS) FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGES YOU SUSTAIN IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE SERVICE, OR THE CONTENT.
7. LIABILITY LIMITATION. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPH WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LAW, FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR DATA OR COSTS OF REPLACEMENT GOODS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR RESULTING FROM USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION PRESENTED, EVEN IF WE MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE SITE IS CONTROLLED AND OFFERED BY US FROM OUR FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS THAT THE SITE IS APPROPRIATE OR AVAILABLE FOR USE IN OTHER LOCATIONS. THOSE WHO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO SO AT THEIR OWN VOLITION AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL LAW.
8. COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT NOTIFICATION. We respect the intellectual property rights of others. You can notify us of possible copyright infringement, and we will review all claims of copyright infringement received and remove content deemed to have been posted or distributed in violation of any such laws. To make a claim, please provide the following:
(a) A physical or an electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest that is allegedly infringed;
(b) A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
(c) A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
(d) Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and email;
(e) A statement by you 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 the law; and
(f) A statement by you that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you, made under penalty of perjury, are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.
Contact the agent designated to receive and act on copyright violations under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). Claims can be directed to us at people[at]martianpassage.com, Simulacra LLC, 650 Castro Street, Suite 120-253, Mountain View, CA 94041.
9. TERM AND TERMINATION. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason. In addition, this Agreement will terminate immediately, without notice, if you fail to comply with the terms of this Agreement. We also reserve the right to terminate or suspend your Account and access to the Site and Services without prior notice. The provisions of Sections 1.2 (Proprietary Rights), 1.3 (User Agreement), 1.4 (User Representations), 1.5 (User Restrictions), 2 (Online Communications), 4 (Content and General Disclaimers), 5 (Indemnification), 6 (Waiver and Release), 7 (Limitation of Liabilities), 9 (Term and Termination), 12 (Modifications), and 13 (Miscellaneous) shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
10. PRIVACY RIGHTS. We are firmly committed to protecting your privacy, the privacy of Users, and the information that we gather. In registering for the Services, you represent and agree that you will not use the Services to track or collect personally identifiable information of Users. For our complete policy on privacy, please visit and review our Privacy Policy at www.martianpassage.com/privacy-policy.
11. Export Controls. You shall comply with all export laws and restrictions and regulations of the Department of Commerce, the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), or other United States or foreign agency or authority, and not to export, or allow the export or re-export of the Material in violation of any such restrictions, laws or regulations. By downloading or using the Material, you are agreeing to the foregoing and you are representing and warranting that You are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any restricted country or on any such list
12. Modifications. WE MAY MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME, AND SUCH MODIFICATION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON EITHER POSTING OF THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT OR NOTIFYING YOU. YOU AGREE TO REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT PERIODICALLY TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF ANY MODIFICATIONS. YOUR CONTINUED ACCESS OR USE OF THE SITE SHALL BE DEEMED YOUR CONCLUSIVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND/OR THE PRIVACY POLICY, YOU DO NOT HAVE OUR AUTHORIZATION TO USE ANY OF THE SERVICES AND YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE ANY PORTION OF THE SITE OR SERVICES.
13. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. You agree that any legal action or proceeding between Simulacra and you for any purpose concerning this Agreement or the parties' obligations hereunder shall be brought exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Santa Clara County, California, United States. Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to Simulacra must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. Our failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. No waiver of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other term, provision or condition hereof, whether or not similar, nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition hereof. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party making the waiver. This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between the parties with respect to the Site and Service and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous communications, representations, statements and understandings, whether oral or written, between the parties concerning the Service. If any action in law or in equity is necessary to enforce the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to reasonable fees of attorneys, accountants, and other professionals, and costs and expenses in addition to any other relief to which such prevailing party may be entitled. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and in the event any provision hereof is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not in any way affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof. No provisions of this Agreement are intended, nor will be interpreted, to provide or create any third party beneficiary rights or any other rights of any kind in any Nonprofit User, client, customer, affiliate, or any party hereto or any other person unless specifically provided otherwise herein, and except as so provided, all provisions hereof will be personal solely between the parties to this Agreement; except that Sections 5, 6, and 7 are intended to benefit Simulacra and its officers, managers, members, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers. We may assign our rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice to you.
Effective as of February 1st, 2018.