INSTABLOGS MEMBER AGREEMENT TERMS OF USE
THIS INSTABLOGS MEMBER AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN INSTABLOGS, INC.("INSTABLOGS") AND THE ENTITY THAT IS APPLYING TO BECOME A MEMBER OF, AND OBTAIN ACCESS TO, THE INSTABLOGS MARKETPLACE ("MEMBER"). YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, BY INDICATING YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS INSTABLOGS MEMBER AGREEMENT, YOU ARE ENTERING INTO SUCH AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF MEMBER. YOU ALSO REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DULY AUTHORIZED BY MEMBER TO LEGALLY BIND MEMBER TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
By using or accessing the Instablogs Marketplace, Member agrees to be bound by this Instablogs Member Agreement, which may be revised by Instablogs from time to time (this "Agreement"). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Instablogs' Member Terms, which are viewable at Market Place Terms of Use and may be revised by Instablogs from time to time ("Member Terms"), are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by reference and will prevail over and supersede any different or inconsistent terms of this Agreement. Any revisions to this Agreement or the Member Terms will be effective seven (7) days after Instablogs notifies Member of such revisions in an email to Member's administrative user.
Introduction
1. Instablogs Marketplace.
Instablogs operates an online content marketplace (the "Instablogs Marketplace") through its web site with a home page located at http://marketplace.instablogs.com/ (the "Instablogs Site") and/or other affiliated and cobranded websites. The Instablogs Marketplace is designed to enable participants to license text, photographs, graphics, audio files, video files and other content (collectively, "Content") for publication by other participants. Instablogs may, in its discretion, permit Member to obtain licenses of Content from third parties and/or grant licenses of Content to third parties in the Instablogs Marketplace.2. Content Licensing Models.
Content can be offered in the Instablogs Marketplace under two principal licensing and payment models:(a) the "Standard License Fee Models," under which the licensee pays a one-time license fee; and
(b) the "Ad-Supported Model," under which the licensee agrees to display the content on Instablogs.com in regard to revenue generated through advertising served by Instablogs. The Instablogs will take the 50 percent of revenue generated as for the services provided.
Membership
3. Profile Information.
Member will ensure that all information of Member contained in Member's user profile on the Instablogs Marketplace will be accurate and complete at all times. Such information will be subject to the Instablogs Privacy Policy.4. Usernames and Passwords.
All usernames assigned to Member ("Usernames"), and all passwords associated with such usernames ("Passwords"), are for use only by Member's employees and other agents.(a) Member will be fully responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of its Usernames and Passwords. Member will not disclose any of its Usernames or Passwords to any persons other than its employees and other agents. If Member learns or otherwise suspects that the Password for any of its Usernames has been disclosed to any individual who is not an employee or other agent of Member, Member will promptly change such Password and immediately notify Instablogs at info@Instablogs.com
(b) Member will be fully responsible for any and all activities (including, without limitation, downloading and obtaining licenses of Content, and uploading and offering licenses of Content) conducted by any persons using any of its Usernames. Without limiting the foregoing, Member will be liable for payment for all Third Party Content downloaded or licensed by any persons using any of its Usernames, with or without Member's permission or knowledge.
5. Logo.
Instablogs may display Member's logo in the Instablogs Marketplace, on the Instablogs Site, and on Instablogs' marketing materials, to identify Member as a user of the Instablogs Marketplace.LICENSING CONTENT FROM OTHER MEMBERS
6. Previewing Content.
Instablogs grants to Member a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to preview, solely within the Instablogs Marketplace, Content that is being offered by other persons (each such other person, a "Licensor") in the Instablogs Marketplace (such Content, "Third Party Content"), to the extent Member is given access to such Content.7. Republication Agreement.
Each Content item obtained by Member (including, without limitation, each Content item linked to or otherwise contained in any Widget) will be governed by the Republication Agreement with respect to such item of Content. The terms of each Republication Agreement will be Instablogs' Standard Republication Terms and Conditions in effect at the time Member enters into such Republication Agreement. Current versions of Instablogs' Standard Republication Terms and Conditions can be found at www.instablogs.com/republicationterms.php
Instablogs will notify Member of any revisions made to such terms in an email to Member's administrative user at least seven (7) days prior to such revisions becoming effective.8. Content Restrictions.
Third Party Content may be protected by the copyright, trademark and other laws of the India and other countries. Member will not, and will have no right to, download, reproduce, display, transmit, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, or otherwise use or exploit any item of Third Party Content other than pursuant to a Republication Agreement between Member and the applicable Licensor. Member acknowledges and agrees that each item of Third Party Content (and all copyright and other intellectual property rights therein) will remain the property of the applicable Licensor. In addition, Member will not, and will have no right to, modify any electronic materials or other deliverables that Instablogs transmits or otherwise delivers to Member in connection with any Third Party Content, including, without limitation, any code contained in such materials or other deliverables. 9. Payments.
For each item of Third Party Content for which Member obtains a license, Member will pay Instablogs the amounts set forth for such item in the checkout screen displayed in the Instablogs Marketplace when Member obtains such license, together with any applicable taxes. If Instablogs has extended credit terms to Member, Member will pay such amounts in accordance with such credit terms. Member will ensure that all information provided by Member in connection with any such purchase will be accurate and complete. Instablogs reserves the right to reject any purchase for any reason or no reason. Credit card information supplied by Member will be subject to the Instablogs Privacy Policy available at www.Instablogs.com/privacypolicy.php10. Ad-Supported Model
(a) With respect to each item of Member-Content submitted under Ad-Supported Model ("Ad-Supported Content"), Instablogs will have the right to display all advertising served by Instablogs (including, without limitation, in the size and location designated in the Third Party Ad-Supported Content for such advertising) on its website, www.instablogs.com with the Member-Content, and Member will not modify, remove, obscure or block any such advertising.
(b) Member will comply with the Republisher Advertising Terms and all advertiser agreements referred to therein. If Member commits any breach of the Republisher Advertising Term or any such advertiser agreement, Instablogs will have the right to prohibit Member from continuing to publish it on Instablogs.
(c) Instablogs makes no representations or warranties that any Third Party Ad-Supported Content selected or provided to Member based on search criteria specified by Republisher ("Dynamically Selected Ad-Supported Content") will accurately match such search criteria, or that the dynamic selection of Third Party Ad-Supported Content performed by or for Member will otherwise be accurate, comprehensive or fit for Member's particular purpose. Member acknowledges and agrees that Instablogs will have no liability for any inclusions of any content in, or omissions of any content from, any Dynamically Selected Ad-Supported Content.
(d) Member is given the right to Fifty percent (50 %) share in monies actually received by Instablogs for advertising displayed by Member, Member acknowledges that its share of such monies may be calculated based on a pro-rata allocation, i.e. based on the number of impressions or clickthroughs.
11. Disputes
(a) Member acknowledges that each item of Third Party Content for which it obtains a license through the Instablogs Marketplace is licensed to Member directly by the applicable Licensor under a Republication Agreement. Unless such Licensor is Instablogs, Instablogs will not be a party to such transaction or such Republication Agreement, and Instablogs will have no obligation to resolve any disputes between Member and such Licensor related to or arising out of such transaction.
(b) With respect to any dispute that arises between Member and any Licensor (other than Instablogs), Member hereby releases (and agrees to release) Instablogs and its agents and employees from any and all claims, liabilities, demands and damages (including, without limitation, actual and consequential damages) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such dispute.
Member acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing waivers are essential and material terms of this Agreement, and that without such waivers, Instablogs would not have been willing to accept Member as a member of the Instablogs Marketplace or to allow Member to use or access the Instablogs Marketplace.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Member acknowledges and agrees that Instablogs will have the right to enforce the terms of each Republication Agreement entered into by Member directly against Member on behalf of the applicable Licensor, to the extent permitted by such Licensor.
12. Enforcement
(a) Member acknowledges and agrees that Instablogs and/or Licensors may utilize certain technologies (including, without limitation, visible or invisible watermarks, electronic watermarks and digital rights management systems) within, on or otherwise in connection with Third Party Content for the purpose of monitoring and tracking the reproduction, publication, display or other use or exploitation of the Third Party Content and enforcing and protecting their rights with respect to Third Party Content. Member will not disable or otherwise interfere with any such technologies.
(b) Member will provide to Instablogs, at no charge, a subscription to each print publication, and full access to each website or other online property, that Member has registered with Instablogs.
LICENSING CONTENT TO OTHER MEMBERS
13. Submission of Member Content.
Content that is made available by Member on the Instablogs Marketplace is hereinafter referred to as "Member Content." Member will ensure that all Member Content complies with Instablogs' content policies in effect from time to time as posted at www.Instablogs.com/contentpolicies.php (or a successor address that Instablogs identifies to Member). Either Member or Instablogs may remove any Member Content from the Instablogs Marketplace at any time. Instablogs will have no obligation to include any Member Content (or any portion thereof) on the Instablogs Marketplace and will not be liable for any failure to display, sublicense or otherwise make available any Member Content (or any portion thereof). If Member becomes aware of any potential claim in connection with any Member Content, Member will provide prompt written notice of such potential claim to Instablogs. Instablogs will notify Member of any revisions made to such terms in an email to Member's administrative user at least seven (7) days prior to such revisions becoming effective.14. License to Instablogs.
Member hereby grants to Instablogs a nonexclusive, worldwide license to:(a) convert the Member Content to XML, HTML or other format, and otherwise modify the Member Content for formatting purposes;
(b) insert advertising and other promotion materials into Member Content (if any) for which the Ad-Supported Model is selected by Member;
(c) reproduce, distribute, and display (publicly or otherwise) on the Instablogs Marketplace the Member Content (or any portion thereof);
(d) allow users of the Instablogs Marketplace to access and preview the Member Content;
(e) distribute the Member Content, using any technology now known or hereafter developed, to third parties that have entered into Republication Agreements (each such third party, a "Permitted Republisher"); and
(f) copy the Member Content for indexing, archival, and backup purposes, provided that all proprietary rights notices are reproduced in such copies.
15. Ownership; Third Party Rights.
Except for the rights and licenses granted hereunder, as between Member and Instablogs, Member retains all right, title and interest in and to the Member Content. Member represents and warrants that it has the right and authority to grant to Instablogs the rights and licenses granted hereunder with respect to the Member Content. Member will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Instablogs, Permitted Republishers, and its and their officers, directors, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, successors and assigns from and against any liability, claim, suit, proceeding, demand or action and any damages, losses, costs, expenses or settlement fees incurred in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of or relating to (a) any claim that any Member Content, or use or distribution thereof in accordance with this Agreement, infringes, misappropriates or violates any copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or proprietary right of any person or entity, or (b) any claim of libel, defamation, fraud, misrepresentation or other similar claim in connection with any Member Content.16. Instablogs Promotional Materials.
Instablogs may use Member's and Member publications' logos, brands, and content excerpts in Instablogs marketing and promotional materials (including, without limitation, Instablogs' website(s)) and in the Instablogs Marketplace. Promptly upon Instablogs' request, the parties shall issue a mutually agreeable joint press release describing the relationship between the parties under this Agreement. Member shall direct third parties interested in republishing Member Content to the Instablogs Marketplace by including a Instablogs Link on the Member's primary web site (as registered by Member with Instablogs) at a location thereon that is mutually agreed upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). "Instablogs Link" means a graphic provided by Instablogs that contains a Instablogs trademark and is linked to the home page (or other page designated by Instablogs) of the Instablogs Site.17. Payments to Member
(a) With respect to License Fees collected by Instablogs during each calendar quarter for Member Content licensed under the Standard License Fee Model, Instablogs will deduct and retain from such License Fees the applicable Instablogs Commissions and Storage Fees (as such terms are defined below), and Instablogs will pay the remainder of such License Fees to Member within sixty (60) days of the end of such quarter,. "License Fees" means such license fees that are actually received by Instablogs from Permitted Republishers. It should be noted that no payment below One Hundred U.S Dollars ( 100 US $) will be paid, even after the end of the quarter.
(b) With respect to Ad Revenues collected by Instablogs during each calendar quarter for Member Content licensed under the Ad-Supported Model, Instablogs will pay to Member fifty percent (50%) of such Ad Revenues (or another percentage of the Ad Revenues as may be determined or agreed to by Member in its discretion), less any applicable Storage Fees, within sixty (60) days of the end of such quarter. "Ad Revenues" means monies actually received by Instablogs from advertisers and advertising distributors for advertising displayed with the Member Content; provided, however, that Ad Revenues may be calculated based on a pro-rata allocation, i.e. based on the number of impressions or clickthroughs. It should be noted that no payment below One Hundred U.S Dollars (100 US $) will be paid, even after the end of the quarter.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any amounts refunded, credited or written off as bad debt by Instablogs with respect to any transactions will be deducted from "License Fees" and "Ad Revenues," as applicable. Instablogs may offset amounts payable by Member to Instablogs (whether or not pursuant to this Agreement) against amounts payable by Instablogs to Member hereunder. Instablogs may deduct from amounts payable by Instablogs to Member hereunder any applicable taxes, duties and levies imposed by foreign, federal, state and local tax authorities.
18. Instablogs Commissions.
With respect to each item of Member Content distributed by Instablogs to a Permitted Republisher, Instablogs will be entitled to a commission ("Instablogs Commission") equal to either:(a) thirty percent (30%) of the License Fees for such item of Member Content.
(b) the portion of Ad Revenues not payable by Instablogs to Member and the Permitted Republisher, if such item of Member Content distributed under the Ad-Supported Model.
GENERAL RULES OF CONDUCT
19. Prohibited Activities.
Member will not, and will have no right to:(a) restrict or inhibit any other authorized third party from using the Instablogs Marketplace or Instablogs Site;
(b) "hack" any computers, servers or other systems, or reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to gain access to, any software, HTML or other code, that are used by Instablogs or any of its suppliers in connection with the operation of the Instablogs Marketplace or Instablogs Site;
(c) provide access to, or otherwise make available, the Instablogs Marketplace or Instablogs Site, or any page thereof, to any third parties;
(d) "frame" or "mirror" any portion of the Instablogs Marketplace or Instablogs Site;
(e) link to any page of the Instablogs Marketplace or the Instablogs Site, other than the home page of the Instablogs Site;
(f) harvest or otherwise collect any information about any other members, visitors, users or participants of the Instablogs Marketplace or the Instablogs Site;
(g) use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve, index, "data mine" or reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Instablogs Marketplace or Instablogs Site; or
(h) disclose to any third parties any features or functionality of the Instablogs Marketplace or Instablogs Site that have not been publicly disclosed by Instablogs.
20. Compliance with Laws.
Member will comply with all applicable laws in connection with its use of the Instablogs Marketplace and any reproduction, display, transmission, distribution, modification, creation of derivative works of, or other use or exploitation of any Content.OTHER TERMS
21. Termination.
Either Member or Instablogs may terminate this Agreement, together with Member's membership and participation in and access to the Instablogs Marketplace, at any time for no reason. The rights and obligations of Member and Instablogs under Sections 5(b), 8, 9, 11, 12, 17-19 (to the extent payment obligations have accrued but have not been performed), 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27 and 28 of this Agreement will survive any such termination. Instablogs will have a reasonable period of time following any such termination to remove Member's logos, brands, and content from Instablogs' materials. Neither party will be liable to the other for damages of any kind solely as a result of terminating this Agreement in accordance with its terms, and termination of this Agreement by a party will be without prejudice to any other right or remedy of such party under this Agreement or applicable law.23. Marketplace Limitations.
Instablogs may, in its discretion and at any time, terminate, suspend or withhold Member's ability to obtain licenses of Content from third parties and/or grant licenses of Content to third parties in the Instablogs Marketplace.24. Disclaimers.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, INSTABLOGS AND ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS AND THEIR LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, ADVERTISERS, SPONSORS AND AGENTS, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE INSTABLOGS MARKETPLACE, INSTABLOGS SITE, CONTENT AND ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of Instablogs and its affiliates, and its and their licensors, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors and agents, makes any representations or warranties (a) that Member's use of the Instablogs Marketplace or the Instablogs Site will be uninterrupted, error-free or secure, or that defects will be corrected, or (b) regarding the amounts to be received by Member under this Agreement. Member assumes all responsibility and risk for Member's use of the Instablogs Marketplace, Instablogs Site and Content. No opinion, advice or statement of Instablogs or its affiliates will create any warranty.25. Indemnity.
Member will indemnify, defend and hold Instablogs and its affiliates, and its and their licensors, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors and agents, harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) and other expenses that arise directly or indirectly from (a) Member's breach of this Agreement or any Republication Agreement, or (b) any other acts or omissions of Member in connection with Member's use of the Instablogs Marketplace or Instablogs Site, or (c) any loss occurred due to the use of content bought from Instablogs Marketplace; the content buyer and content seller are responsible to each other and Instablogs has no role in that, except being just a platform.26. Limitation of Liability.
Instablogs will have no liability or responsibility for the acts or omission of any other persons, including, without limitation, any Licensors or any other members or users of, or participants in, the Instablogs Marketplace. NONE OF INSTABLOGS AND ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS AND THEIR LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, ADVERTISERS, SPONSORS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS AND AGENTS, WILL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE INSTABLOGS MARKETPLACE, INSTABLOGS SITE, CONTENT OR ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS BETWEEN MEMBER AND INSTABLOGS, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF INSTABLOGS AND ITS AFFILIATES TO MEMBER IN CONNECTION WITH THE INSTABLOGS MARKETPLACE AND THE INSTABLOGS SITE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) the sum of all Commissions collected by Instablogs (if any) for member content during the three-month period immediately preceding the first event giving rise to such liability AND (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$1,00). The foregoing limitation of liability and exclusion of certain damages will apply regardless of the failure of essential purpose of any remedies available to either party.27. Claims of Copyright Infringement.
The Copyright Act provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under Indian copyright law. If Member believes in good faith that any materials or content hosted by Instablogs on the Instablogs Marketplace infringe Member's copyright, Members should contact Instablogs at the earliest at info@instablogs.com28. Dispute Resolution.
This Agreement is governed by, and will be construed in accordance with the laws of State of Delhi, India without giving effect to any choice of law rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of India. 29. Miscellaneous.
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from this Agreement and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. Member may not assign, delegate or otherwise transfer this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder without Instablogs' prior written consent. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder will be effective unless in writing or be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. Any heading, caption or section title contained in this Agreement is inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way defines or explains any section or provision hereof. No provision of this Agreement will be construed against either party by reason of the fact that it was drafted by such party. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Member and Instablogs relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior and contemporaneous written or oral agreements and communications between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
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