Terms Of Use

TERMS OF USE

You may only use EllisMania.com according to the (also referred to as “EllisMania” for short) Terms of Service (this “Agreement”), which you accept by using EllisMania.com. EllisMania.com reserves the right to modify or revise this Agreement at any time at EllisMania’s own discretion. Any modification to this Agreement as such shall be effective immediately upon being updated on EllisMania unless stated otherwise. EllisMania users are legally bound by any modifications or revisions, and therefore regular review of the most current version of this Agreement is highly recommended. Continued use of EllisMania following posting of any changes or modification to these Terms of Service will represent your acceptance of any changes or modifications. In the event that you do not agree to such changes or modifications of this Agreement, you should discontinue use of EllisMania.com.

Service Description

EllisMania provides access to several publishing and communication tools which can be used to publish, display, perform, transmit or otherwise distribute (hereinafter “Post”) information or content provided by a user, including, without limitation, messages, photographs, audio files, video files, and live streaming video (hereinafter “Content”) on the Internet.

EllisMania.com is a place where members can contribute articles, photos and videos, and broadcast shows, news, and recorded footage to a community of interested parties.

Video on Demand (hereinafter addressed as VoD) is a venue provided by EllisMania which allows a EllisMania Member who has enabled use of the VoD feature to sell access to their Content to other EllisMania Members. EllisMania receives a Transaction Fee for each completed sale of credits used to purchase access to such content.

EllisMania is not a party to the transaction between the VoD Host and the buyer with respect to the sale/purchase of any Content. EllisMania does not sell, resell or license any Content listed for sale on EllisMania nor is it acting as an agent of sale. VoD disclaims any responsibility for or liability related to such Content. Any questions, complaints or claims related to the sale/purchase of any Content should be directed to the appropriate VoD Host.

Membership Eligibility

Certain features of Ellismania are only available to Members who have completed a membership application and registered a valid user name and password. Membership is available to anyone 14 years of age or older. You must be at least 18 years of age (or the minimum age of majority in your state), and able to form legally binding contracts if you wish to register and post Content to EllisMania.com.

Your membership is solely for your personal use and is not transferable. You shall not authorize others to use your user name. EllisMania reserves the right to cancel any Member account and user name at any time, for any reason, in its own discretion.

User Name and Password

You must have a valid email address in order to register for a user name and password on EllisMania. When registering your user name and password, you may not (1) select or use a user name of another person with the intention of impersonating that person, (2) use the user name of anyone else without authorization, (3) use a user name in violation of the intellectual property rights of any person or entity, or (4) use a user name that EllisMania considers in its sole discretion as being inappropriate.

You are solely responsible for the use and maintenance of your user name and password. You may change your password at any time (by going to the EllisMania website home page. You agree to notify EllisMania of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security, and to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session.

Term/Termination

This Agreement shall remain in full force while you use EllisMania and/or are a Member. You may terminate your membership at any time, for any reason by logging into EllisMania and clicking the “Close My Account” Button on your “My Profile” page. You may terminate your subscription to the VoD service at any time, for any reason through your account settings page. EllisMania may terminate your membership and VoD subscription, and cancel your user name for any reason with or without notifying you. In the event your membership is terminated or your user name is cancelled, EllisMania may, without notification, delete the Content Posted by you, and you will need to re-register for a membership and obtain a new user name to gain access to any registration based service of EllisMania. EllisMania shall not be responsible for any losses, damages, claims and actions of any kind, either directly or indirectly related to or arising from the restriction, suspension, or termination of access to EllisMania, cancellation of your user name, or the deletion of Content Posted by you.

Proprietary Rights in Content Created by UFrag

Straat Media owns and retains all proprietary rights in EllisMania. The compilation of all Content on Ellismania is the exclusive property of EllisMania (or its partners or Licensors). Except as otherwise provided in “User Content” below, all Content, including but not limited to text, software, music, sound, photographs, video, graphics, Java script code, and HTML code, presented to you on or through EllisMania by EllisMania or EllisMania's partners and advertisers, is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. You are only permitted to use this Content as expressly authorized by EllisMania, its partner or the advertiser. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from this Content without the express written permission from EllisMania, its partner or the advertiser.

Grant of License

As long as you are not in breach of any terms or conditions of this agreement, EllisMania grants you a revocable, nontransferable, non-exclusive right and license to access and use EllisMania for personal, noncommercial purposes only, or to purchase or sell Content, using VoD, or from third party merchants accessible via links from EllisMania.

User Content

By Posting Content to Ellismania, you warrant and represent that you own the rights to that Content or are otherwise authorized to Post, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute and sublicense that Content. If you are a Ellismania VoD Host, you also warrant and represent that you have the right to exploit that content. You or the owner of the Content retain ownership of all right, title, and interest in Content that you Post, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute on EllisMania. However, you grant EllisMania a license to use the Content you Post on EllisMania until a commercially reasonable time after you have deleted the Content. More specifically, by Posting, downloading, displaying, performing, transmitting, or otherwise distributing Content on EllisMania, you are granting EllisMania, its, affiliates, and their subsidiaries, assigns, employees, agents and licensees the worldwide, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferrable right to reproduce, display, distribute, adapt, prepare derivative works of, promote and perform that Content in any medium and through any media channel in connection with EllisMania, and EllisMania’s (and it’s successors and affiliates) business as well as the right to use throughout the universe your professional name, likenesses, other identifications, and biographical material concerning you which you have Posted to EllisMania, in connection with the advertising and promotion of EllisMania and EllisMania. This includes, without limitation, the right to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat the Content, and to publish, disclose and use your name in connection with your Content. You will not be compensated by EllisMania for any Content which you Post or for the use of your name or likeness used in accordance with the above. The above licenses granted by you terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you have deleted the Content.

Restrictions on Posting Content

You are solely responsible for all Content Posted by you and all Content Posted under your user name, including, without limitation, photographs, audio files, video files, and live streaming video, as well as any communication with other members via the EllisMania instant message service and EllisMania internal email service. You may use EllisMania for lawful purposes only. You may not Post or transmit, whether publicly or privately, any material that (a) is false, misleading, deceptive, deceitful, or constitutes “bait and switch”;(b) employs misleading email addresses, or forged headers or otherwise manipulated identifiers in order to disguise the origin of the Content Posted; (c) contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other harmful programs; (d) harasses, threatens, or abuses another person; (e) is libelous, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, obscene, or otherwise objectionable; (f) violates any applicable law restricting the export or import of data, software, or any other content, or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense; (g) gives rise to civil liability; (h) advertises or otherwise solicits funds or is a solicitation for goods or services, other than that which is incidental to your use of the VoD service; (i) that advertises any illegal service or the sale of any items the sale of which is prohibited or restricted by any applicable law; or (j) otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or foreign law or regulation.

Prohibited Uses

EllisMania imposes certain restrictions on your permissible use of EllisMania. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate any security feature of EllisMania, including, without limitation, (a) accessing Content or data not intended for you, or logging onto a server or account that you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of EllisMania or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) interfering or attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, by means of submitting a virus, overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mail bombing,” or “crashing;” (d) using EllisMania to send unsolicited email, including, without limitation, promotions, or advertisements for products or services; (e) forging the TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or in any Posting using EllisMania; or (f) attempting to modify, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reduce or attempt to reduce to a human-perceivable form any of the source code used by EllisMania in providing EllisMania. Any violation of system or network security may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability. You also may not use EllisMania to stalk or harass anyone, Post irrelevant Content or repeatedly Post the same or similar Content.

Compliance with Intellectual Property Laws

When using EllisMania, you agree to obey the law and to respect the intellectual property rights of others. Your use of EllisMania is at all times governed by and subject to laws regarding copyright ownership and use of intellectual property. You agree not to upload, download, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute any Content in violation of any third party’s copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights. You agree to abide by laws regarding copyright ownership and use of intellectual property, and you shall be solely responsible for any infringement of third party rights caused by any Content you provide or transmit, or that is provided or transmitted using your user name. The burden of proving that any Content does not violate any laws or third party rights rests solely with you.

Alleged Violations

EllisMania reserves the right to terminate your use of EllisMania at any time with or without cause and with or without notice to you. To ensure that EllisMania provides a high quality experience for you and for other users of EllisMania, you agree that EllisMania may access your account and records on a case-by-case basis to investigate complaints or allegations of abuse, infringement of third party rights, or other unauthorized uses of the site. EllisMania does not intend to disclose the existence or occurrence of such an investigation unless required by law, but EllisMania reserves the right to terminate your account or your access to EllisMania and to delete all Content Posted therein, with or without notice to you, and without liability to you, if EllisMania believes that you have violated any of the Terms of Service, furnished EllisMania with false or misleading information, or interfered with use of EllisMania.

Reporting Certain Abuse to Law Enforcement

The EllisMania service is intended for use by a general audience including children as young as 14 years of age. Sexually explicit Content is strictly prohibited on EllisMania. The traffic data and personal information of EllisMania Members who Post sexually explicit material may be reported to law enforcement authorities for prosecution under applicable criminal laws.

EllisMania fully complies with the Congressional mandate of 42 U.S.C. § 13032, which requires us to report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the facts and circumstances relating to sexually explicit Content and other criminal offenses involving children under the age of 18 which appears on EllisMania. This includes, but is not limited to, the Posting of sexually explicit material, (including without limitation, photos, videos, and live Webcasts) depicting children under the age of 18.

Other types of abuse and violations of our Terms of Service that may compromise the safety of our members, and which do not fall within the Congressional mandate of 42 U.S.C. § 13032 may be reported to local, national, or international law enforcement agencies in cooperation with the Virtual Global Taskforce.

No Duty to Monitor Content

EllisMania, in its sole discretion shall have the right (but not the duty) to monitor the Content Posted on EllisMania including, without limitation, the Content of any communication that occurs on or through the EllisMania instant message service and the EllisMania internal email service. EllisMania reserves the right to remove Content that, in its sole judgment, does not meet its standards or does not comply with this Agreement, or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of others, but EllisMania is not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such Content.

Parental Control Protections

EllisMania is concerned about the safety and privacy of all EllisMania users, especially children. However, it is important to keep in mind that EllisMania is intended for broad general use and users may find that some Content available on EllisMania is offensive, indecent or objectionable. EllisMania cannot be held responsible for any Content Posted by EllisMania users which may be offensive, indecent or objectionable. While EllisMania has established rules keeping children under the age of 14 from becoming a member of EllisMania, it is easy for children to lie about their age and thus gain access to Content which may be inappropriate and unintended for them. It is up to parents to properly supervise their children’s on-line activities. Certain parental control protections are commercially available which can assist parents in supervising their children’s on-line activities such as computer hardware, software, and filtering services which can be used to block a child’s access to on-line services such as EllisMania.

Copyright Infringement

EllisMania has in place certain legally mandated procedures regarding allegations of copyright infringement occurring on EllisMania. EllisMania has adopted a policy that provides for the immediate suspension and/or termination of any EllisMania user who is found to have infringed on the rights of EllisMania, or of a third party, or otherwise violated any intellectual property laws or regulations. EllisMania policy is to investigate any allegations brought to its attention. If you have any evidence, know, or have a good-faith belief that your rights have been violated and you want EllisMania to delete, edit, or disable the material in question, you must provide us with the following information: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material such as the URL or other specific location; (d) information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, or e-mail address; (e) 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 the law; (f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. For this notification to be effective, you must provide it to EllisMania's designated Agent for Notice of Claimed Infringement. EllisMania’s agent designated to receive notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be contacted as follows:

Send an email to:ellismania@gmail.com

If you have been notified by EllisMania that your Content has been removed (or access to it was disabled) in response to a notification of infringement, and you believe that your Content is not infringing, or that you are using the Content in a manner authorized by the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Copyright Agent: (a) your physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the content appeared before it was removed or disabled; (c) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the content; and (d) your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. If a counter-notice is received by the Copyright Agent, EllisMania may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that EllisMania may replace the removed content or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against EllisMania, the EllisMania Member or user, the removed content may be replaced, or access to it restored, within a commercially reasonable time.

Other Businesses and Links to Other Sites

Our websites may provide links to the websites of third-party merchants, affiliated companies, co-brand partners and other parties. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you, and do not constitute an endorsement by EllisMania of the content of such third-party sites nor of the business practices of such other businesses, entities or individuals. EllisMania is not responsible for examining or evaluating, and does not warrant or claim responsibility for in any way, the products, services, offerings or business practices of any of these businesses, entities or individuals or the content of their websites. You should carefully review their privacy statements and other conditions of use.

EllisMania has no control over the business practices of any third-party merchant or seller, nor does it control in any way the quality, safety or legality of any Content listed for sale on EllisMania or any business transaction that occurs as a result of Content listed for sale on Ellismania.

IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE BETWEEN YOU AND A VoD HOST OR OTHER MERCHANT LISTED ON ELLISMANIA, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU RELEASE ELLISMANIA, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM AND AGAINST CLAIMS AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, SUSPECTED AND UNSUSPECTED, DISCLOSED AND UNDISCLOSED, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH SUCH A DISPUTE.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

Straat Media cannot guarantee continuous or secure access to our services, and operation of OUR WEBSITES may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of our control. Accordingly, to the extent legally permitted, ELLISMANIA HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES. ELLISMANIA IS MAKING ELLISMANIA.COM AVAILABLE "AS IS," “WITH ALL FAULTS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ELLISMANIA, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. YOU ASSUME THE RISK OF ANY AND ALL DAMAGE OR LOSS FROM USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, ELLISMANIA. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH ELLISMANIA IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL. STRAAT MEDIA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ELLISMANIA WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF ELLISMANIA WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS IN ELLISMANIA WILL BE CORRECTED.

LIMITED LIABILITY

ELLISMANIA'S LIABILITY TO YOU IS LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IN NO EVENT SHALL ELLISMATE, ITS AFFILIATES, AND THEIR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR LOST DATA, REGARDLESS OF THE FORESEEABILITY OF THOSE DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE ELLISMATE OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS OR SERVICES PROVIDED TO YOU. This limitation shall apply regardless of whether the damages arise out of breach of contract, tort, or any other legal theory or form of action.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if we are found to be liable, our liability to you or to any third party is limited to the greater of (a) the total fees you paid to us in the Six (6) months prior to the action giving rise to the liability, and (b) 0.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

MEMBER DISPUTES AND RELEASE

You are solely responsible for any disputes between you and other ELLISMANIA USERS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DISPUTES CONCERNING TRANSACTIONS WITH OTHER MEMBERS. ELLISMANIA reserves the right, but has no obligation to monitor or resolve disputes between ELLISMANIA USERS.

You will not hold ELLISMANIA responsible for other users' content, actions or inactions. You acknowledge that ELLISMANIA is an interactive online service provider, providing the ELLISMANIA service to its users for the purpose of communicating with other users and publishing user content including providing a VENUE which can be used by anyone to offer, sell, and buy user content at prices set by and agreed to by others, in a variety of pricing formats. ELLISMANIA is not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers of content. We have no control over and do not guarantee the quality, safety or legality of user content advertised, the truth or accuracy of user content, the ability of sellers to sell content, the ability of buyers to pay for content, or that a buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction.

If you have a dispute with one or more users, you release ELLISMANIA, ITS AFFILIATES, AND THEIR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code §1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."

INDEMNITY

YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD ELLISMANIA, ITS AFFILIATES, AND THEIR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS, HARMLESS FROM ANY LOSS, LIABILITY, CLAIM OR DEMAND, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY TRANSACTION(S) YOU ARE INVOLVED IN WITH OTHER MEMBERS, DUE TO OR ARISING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF UFRAG, YOUR VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, YOUR BREACH OF ANY OF THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES HEREIN, OR YOUR INFRINGEMENT BY YOU OR ANY OTHER USER OF YOUR ACCOUNT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR OTHER RIGHT OF ANY PERSON OR ENTITY.

Choice of Law and Forum

ELLISMANIA is controlled and operated by Straat Media from its offices in the State of Florida. EllisMania makes no representation that EllisMania is available or appropriate for use in other locations. Your use of or access to EllisMania should not be construed as EllisMania purposefully availing itself of the benefits or privilege of doing business in any state or jurisdiction other than Florida. The validity, construction, interpretation and legal effect of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. If there is any dispute about or involving EllisMania and/or this Agreement, you agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Tampa, Florida.

No Agency

No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.

Modifications

EllisMania may, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, (a) revise this Agreement; (b) modify Ellismania, and (c) discontinue EllisMania at any time. EllisMania shall Post any revision to this Agreement to EllisMania.com, and the revision shall be effective immediately upon such Posting. You agree to review these Terms of Service and other online guidelines Posted on EllisMania periodically to be aware of any revisions. You agree that, by continuing to use or access EllisMania following the notice of any revision, you shall abide by any such revision. EllisMania shall not be liable for any damages or losses related to the modification, cancellation or termination of EllisMania and/or this Agreement.

Other

Nothing contained on EllisMania should be understood as granting you a license to use any of the trademarks, servicemarks, or logos owned by EllisMania or by any other third party, other than as provided by our Logo Usage Policy. Inaction or failure by EllisMania to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held void, invalid or inoperative by a court of law or judicial authorities, no other provision of this Agreement shall be affected as a result thereof, and accordingly, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as though such void, invalid or inoperative provision had not been contained herein. Any cause of action arising out of or related to EllisMania and this Agreement must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action arose; otherwise such cause of action is permanently barred. The section headings in this Agreement are solely for convenience and have no legal or contractual significance.