![Terms of Service
Last Updated: 12/07/2006
MY 420 FRIENDS IS A COMMUNITY BASED SELF-PUBLISHING PLATFORM FOR THE OPEN AND HONEST DISCUSSION OF ADULT TOPICS (THE “SERVICE”). THE MATERIALS WHICH MAY BE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE MY 420 FRIENDS BY THE USERS OF THIS SERVICE INCLUDE GRAPHIC WRITTEN, AUDIO AND VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF NUDITY AND SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND SHOULD NOT BE ACCESSED BY ANYONE WHO IS OFFENDED BY SUCH MATERIALS OR WHO DOES NOT WANT TO BE EXPOSED TO SUCH MATERIALS.
Article I. Eligibility
You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older to register as a member or use the service provided by My 420 Friends. Membership and use of the service are void where prohibited by applicable law.
By viewing the website, registering for membership or using the Service in any way you represent and warrant that:
(a) You are over the age of eighteen (18) or older if the age of majority is greater than eighteen (18) in the jurisdiction in which you live. Your profile may be deleted and your membership may be terminated, without notice or warning, if we believe that you are under eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) You have the right, authority and capacity to enter into this agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions contained herein;
(c) All registration information you submit will be truthful and accurate;
(d) You are interested in adult material and are not offended by written, audio or visual depictions of, and open discussions related to, nudity and sexual activity;
(e) You are voluntarily choosing to register and/or use the Service because you want to participate in discussions or view, read and/or hear the user published adult materials which are made available on the website for your own personal enjoyment, information or education;
(f) You will not allow or permit any person or persons to access or view the materials on the website or use the Services who are under the age of eighteen (18), or older if the age of majority is greater than eighteen (18) in the jurisdiction in which you live, and you will make diligent efforts to prevent unauthorized access by minors;
(g) You are familiar with the community standards of the area in which you access the website or use the Service regarding the acceptance of sexually oriented materials and the materials you expect to encounter are within those standards;
(h) You have determined that the community in which you live, the community in which you access the website or the community in which you use the Service, accepts the publication and public consumption of sexually oriented materials by informed and consenting adults and that the community will not find that such materials appeal to a prurient interest or are patently offensive;
(i) You have not and will not use, view, browse, search or otherwise participate in the Service in any way from a restricted place, country, state, community or other location where doing so would be, or could be deemed a violation of any law, regulation, rule, ordinance, edict or custom;
(j) You have not notified any governmental agency, including but not limited to the U.S. Postal Service, that you do not want to receive sexually oriented materials;
(k) You will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained herein without our prior expressed written permission. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to bypass or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the My 420 Friends Service or any components thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, My 420 Friends grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders or other proprietary methods to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. My 420 Friends reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.
(l) You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information on the Service is updated on a real-time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to My 420 Friends by our users or third parties.
(m) You will use the My 420 Friends Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
Article II. Terms
This Agreement shall become effective when you first access the website, register for Membership and/or use, view, browse, search or otherwise participate in the Service (regardless of Membership). This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect during the time in which you are a registered Member or use the Service in any way. You may terminate your Membership at any time and for any reason by the Contact Us form using the “Delete My Account” function. My 420 Friends reserves the right to terminate your Membership at any time, for any reason, without notice or warning. If My 420 Friends terminates your Membership for violation of any policy or for breach of this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any refund of any unused subscription fees or credits (if any). Upon termination of this Agreement all sections which would normally survive termination of an agreement shall remain in full force and effect including but not limited to [proprietary rights, content posted, prohibited content, copyright policy, member disputes, privacy, disclaimers, limits on liability, export controls, disputes, indemnity]
Article III. Fees
Currently My 420 Friends does not charge a fee for Member registration or use of the Service. You understand, agree and accept that My 420 Friends reserves the right to charge a fee for the Service and to change any fees from time to time, as may be decided in our sole discretion.
Article IV. Username and Password
You must choose a unique username and password when you sign up to become a Member. Your username will be publicly displayed on the Service. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your password. You agree that you will not share your password with anyone or disclose your password to anyone for any reason. You agree that you will not use the account, username or password of another Member at any time. You agree to notify My 420 Friends immediately if you suspect any third party access to your password or use of your account by anyone other than yourself. You are solely and exclusively responsible for any and all use of your account.
Article V. Commercial Use
The Service may be used by Members to make commercial statements or to otherwise engage in commercial endeavors pursuant to the Commercial Use Guidelines as may be established by My 420 Friends from time to time in our sole discretion. The Commercial Use Guidelines shall be incorporated into and become a part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.
Illegal or unauthorized use of the Service, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of Members by any means, electronic or otherwise, for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or private messages is strictly forbidden. Framing of or linking to the website or any part of the Service is strictly forbidden. Unsolicited commercial communications with Members via email or private message is strictly forbidden. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Service, including violation of the Commercial Use Guidelines, will be investigated and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation civil, criminal and injunctive relief and/or termination of your Membership in our sole discretion.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Commercial Use Guidelines, My 420 Friends reserves the right to suspend, terminate, delete or otherwise remove any commercial statements without notice and without penalty. You understand, accept and agree that all commercial speech is allowed at the sole and exclusive discretion of My 420 Friends and no absolute right to engage in commercial speech is granted by this Agreement. In order to maintain the integrity of the Service, My 420 Friends reserves the right, in our sole discretion, to take reasonable steps to limit the volume of emails, chat messages and other communications sent or received by a Member and electronically filtering, limiting or terminating communications. My 420 Friends reserves the right to terminate the right to make commercial speech or disseminate commercial messages at any time, for any reason, without notice and without penalty.
Article VI. User Published Content
Section 6.01 Proprietary Rights of Content on My 420 Friends
By publishing, displaying, posting or otherwise disseminating any messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, profiles, works of authorship, or any other materials whatsoever (collectively the “Content”) on or through the Service, you hereby grant to My 420 Friends a perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, worldwide license, with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicenses, to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit and otherwise distribute the Content on and through the Service. The license granted in this Article 6; Section 6.01 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
My 420 Friends owns and retains other proprietary rights on My 420 Friends.com. The Service contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of My 420 Friends and its licensors. Except for information in the public domain or for which you have been given express written permission by My 420 Friends, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information.
Section 6.02 Representations and Warranties
You, the Self-publisher, represent and warrant that:
(a) You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish, display, post or otherwise disseminate on or through the Service provided by My 420 Friends or transmit to other My 420 Friends members.
(b) You own the Content published or otherwise posted by you on or through the Service, including all copyrights therein, free of any liens or encumbrances, or you otherwise have the right and authority to grant the license set forth in Article 6; Section 6.01 above;
(c) You did not plagiarize or copy any work of any person(s), entity or entities in publishing or otherwise posting the Content on or through the Service;
(d) None of the Content contains any material from other copyrighted or unpublished works unless You have obtained a copy of written permission or authorization and consent of the owner of such rights in such materials;
(e) None of the Content, or any part thereof, and no display of any or all of the Content by My 420 Friends as authorized or contemplated by this Agreement shall infringe upon any rights of any person(s), entity or entities, including without limitation, any intellectual property rights which include without limitation, any copyright, trademark right, service mark right, right of publicity or privacy, trade secret right, or any other proprietary or personal right of any person(s), entity or entities;
(f) All participants, actors, crew, production staff or other individuals associated with the Content were at least eighteen (18) years of age (or twenty-one (21) years or older as may be required by law where the age of majority is not eighteen (18) years) at the time the original work in which said person(s) appear was first created, or at the time such persons initially performed any act(s) which resulted in their appearance in any of the Content, whichever is earlier;
(g) When necessary, you have made reasonable inquiry, investigation and inspection of all necessary records required for compliance with United States Code Title 18 Section 2257 and you have all such necessary records in your possession with respect to the Content, including but not limited to, proofs of age, identification of the particular work in which the performer appears, all names used by the performer, prior works in which the performer appeared and all model releases allowing the use of the performers image and likeness in the Content for the purposes contemplated under this Agreement.
(h) You are the primary producer of the Content, and all parts thereof; further, you can and will provide My 420 Friends with all records whatsoever that may required for My 420 Friends to be in compliance with the Laws of the United States and any other international jurisdiction which may be applicable, as may be promulgated or amended from time to time, including but not limited to Federal, State, and Local Laws, including but not limited to United States Code Title 18 Section 2257;The Licensor shall make timely delivery of all Films and collateral material as set forth more specifically below;
(i) Whenever you Self-publish or otherwise post or upload any Content of a sexually explicit nature, as defined in United States Code Title 18 Section 2256(2), to the Service you have been, and at all times shall be, in compliance with the Laws of the United States and any other international jurisdiction which may be applicable, as may be promulgated or amended from time to time, including but not limited to Federal, State, and Local Laws and that all material is in compliance with United States Code Title 18 Section 2257. Further, if required in the sole discretion of My 420 Friends, you shall deliver to My 420 Friends any and all records, including but not limited to proofs of performer age, identification of the Content in which any performer appears, all names used by any performer, prior works in which any performer appeared and all model releases allowing the use of the performer’s image and likeness in the Content.
(j) None of the Content contains any matter that, if published or publicly displayed or disseminated would be obscene, fraudulent, libelous, slanderous, defamatory, hateful, harassing, negligent or otherwise contrary to any law of any applicable jurisdiction.
(k) None of the Content includes any images of bestiality, fisting, urination, defecation, torture, mutilation, rape, sadistic or masochistic abuse, incest, necrophilia, sex acts with non-consenting adults, child pornography or any other depiction that would lead a reasonable person to conclude that the performer depicted in the Content is a minor;
Section 6.03 CDA
My 420 Friends claims immunity from liability to the fullest extent under the law and as provided under the Communications Decency Act for Content provided by third parties and members and nothing in this Agreement is intended to waive, remove, or usurp such immunity. You understand and agree that My 420 Friends does not monitor or otherwise control the Content published or otherwise posted on the Service and, if notified of any potential violation of this Agreement or any law, rule, code, or regulation, My 420 Friends may delete any Content that in the sole judgment My 420 Friends violates the Terms of Use or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of My 420 Friends, its employees, independent contractors, performers or members.
By publishing, displaying, posting or otherwise disseminating any Content on or through the Service, you automatically grant, and represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to My 420 Friends and its members, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute such information, rights of publicity and Content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works and other media, such information and Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. As a visitor to My 420 Friends, if you provide us with your e-mail address via a registration process or post it on or through the Service, you thereby authorize My 420 Friends and its affiliates and any entities that My 420 Friends becomes involved with or merges with, the right to use and/or sell your valid email address for any marketing programs or communications with you.
Section 6.04 DMCA and Copyright Policy
You may not publish, display, post or otherwise disseminate, or reproduce in any way, any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights or otherwise have a valid basis under the law, including](templates/tmpl_dfl/images/dolphin_top.png "Terms of Service
Last Updated: 12/07/2006
MY 420 FRIENDS IS A COMMUNITY BASED SELF-PUBLISHING PLATFORM FOR THE OPEN AND HONEST DISCUSSION OF ADULT TOPICS (THE “SERVICE”). THE MATERIALS WHICH MAY BE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE MY 420 FRIENDS BY THE USERS OF THIS SERVICE INCLUDE GRAPHIC WRITTEN, AUDIO AND VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF NUDITY AND SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND SHOULD NOT BE ACCESSED BY ANYONE WHO IS OFFENDED BY SUCH MATERIALS OR WHO DOES NOT WANT TO BE EXPOSED TO SUCH MATERIALS.
Article I. Eligibility
You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older to register as a member or use the service provided by My 420 Friends. Membership and use of the service are void where prohibited by applicable law.
By viewing the website, registering for membership or using the Service in any way you represent and warrant that:
(a) You are over the age of eighteen (18) or older if the age of majority is greater than eighteen (18) in the jurisdiction in which you live. Your profile may be deleted and your membership may be terminated, without notice or warning, if we believe that you are under eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) You have the right, authority and capacity to enter into this agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions contained herein;
(c) All registration information you submit will be truthful and accurate;
(d) You are interested in adult material and are not offended by written, audio or visual depictions of, and open discussions related to, nudity and sexual activity;
(e) You are voluntarily choosing to register and/or use the Service because you want to participate in discussions or view, read and/or hear the user published adult materials which are made available on the website for your own personal enjoyment, information or education;
(f) You will not allow or permit any person or persons to access or view the materials on the website or use the Services who are under the age of eighteen (18), or older if the age of majority is greater than eighteen (18) in the jurisdiction in which you live, and you will make diligent efforts to prevent unauthorized access by minors;
(g) You are familiar with the community standards of the area in which you access the website or use the Service regarding the acceptance of sexually oriented materials and the materials you expect to encounter are within those standards;
(h) You have determined that the community in which you live, the community in which you access the website or the community in which you use the Service, accepts the publication and public consumption of sexually oriented materials by informed and consenting adults and that the community will not find that such materials appeal to a prurient interest or are patently offensive;
(i) You have not and will not use, view, browse, search or otherwise participate in the Service in any way from a restricted place, country, state, community or other location where doing so would be, or could be deemed a violation of any law, regulation, rule, ordinance, edict or custom;
(j) You have not notified any governmental agency, including but not limited to the U.S. Postal Service, that you do not want to receive sexually oriented materials;
(k) You will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained herein without our prior expressed written permission. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to bypass or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the My 420 Friends Service or any components thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, My 420 Friends grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders or other proprietary methods to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. My 420 Friends reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.
(l) You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information on the Service is updated on a real-time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to My 420 Friends by our users or third parties.
(m) You will use the My 420 Friends Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
Article II. Terms
This Agreement shall become effective when you first access the website, register for Membership and/or use, view, browse, search or otherwise participate in the Service (regardless of Membership). This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect during the time in which you are a registered Member or use the Service in any way. You may terminate your Membership at any time and for any reason by the Contact Us form using the “Delete My Account” function. My 420 Friends reserves the right to terminate your Membership at any time, for any reason, without notice or warning. If My 420 Friends terminates your Membership for violation of any policy or for breach of this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any refund of any unused subscription fees or credits (if any). Upon termination of this Agreement all sections which would normally survive termination of an agreement shall remain in full force and effect including but not limited to [proprietary rights, content posted, prohibited content, copyright policy, member disputes, privacy, disclaimers, limits on liability, export controls, disputes, indemnity]
Article III. Fees
Currently My 420 Friends does not charge a fee for Member registration or use of the Service. You understand, agree and accept that My 420 Friends reserves the right to charge a fee for the Service and to change any fees from time to time, as may be decided in our sole discretion.
Article IV. Username and Password
You must choose a unique username and password when you sign up to become a Member. Your username will be publicly displayed on the Service. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your password. You agree that you will not share your password with anyone or disclose your password to anyone for any reason. You agree that you will not use the account, username or password of another Member at any time. You agree to notify My 420 Friends immediately if you suspect any third party access to your password or use of your account by anyone other than yourself. You are solely and exclusively responsible for any and all use of your account.
Article V. Commercial Use
The Service may be used by Members to make commercial statements or to otherwise engage in commercial endeavors pursuant to the Commercial Use Guidelines as may be established by My 420 Friends from time to time in our sole discretion. The Commercial Use Guidelines shall be incorporated into and become a part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.
Illegal or unauthorized use of the Service, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of Members by any means, electronic or otherwise, for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or private messages is strictly forbidden. Framing of or linking to the website or any part of the Service is strictly forbidden. Unsolicited commercial communications with Members via email or private message is strictly forbidden. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Service, including violation of the Commercial Use Guidelines, will be investigated and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation civil, criminal and injunctive relief and/or termination of your Membership in our sole discretion.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Commercial Use Guidelines, My 420 Friends reserves the right to suspend, terminate, delete or otherwise remove any commercial statements without notice and without penalty. You understand, accept and agree that all commercial speech is allowed at the sole and exclusive discretion of My 420 Friends and no absolute right to engage in commercial speech is granted by this Agreement. In order to maintain the integrity of the Service, My 420 Friends reserves the right, in our sole discretion, to take reasonable steps to limit the volume of emails, chat messages and other communications sent or received by a Member and electronically filtering, limiting or terminating communications. My 420 Friends reserves the right to terminate the right to make commercial speech or disseminate commercial messages at any time, for any reason, without notice and without penalty.
Article VI. User Published Content
Section 6.01 Proprietary Rights of Content on My 420 Friends
By publishing, displaying, posting or otherwise disseminating any messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, profiles, works of authorship, or any other materials whatsoever (collectively the “Content”) on or through the Service, you hereby grant to My 420 Friends a perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, worldwide license, with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicenses, to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit and otherwise distribute the Content on and through the Service. The license granted in this Article 6; Section 6.01 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
My 420 Friends owns and retains other proprietary rights on My 420 Friends.com. The Service contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of My 420 Friends and its licensors. Except for information in the public domain or for which you have been given express written permission by My 420 Friends, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information.
Section 6.02 Representations and Warranties
You, the Self-publisher, represent and warrant that:
(a) You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish, display, post or otherwise disseminate on or through the Service provided by My 420 Friends or transmit to other My 420 Friends members.
(b) You own the Content published or otherwise posted by you on or through the Service, including all copyrights therein, free of any liens or encumbrances, or you otherwise have the right and authority to grant the license set forth in Article 6; Section 6.01 above;
(c) You did not plagiarize or copy any work of any person(s), entity or entities in publishing or otherwise posting the Content on or through the Service;
(d) None of the Content contains any material from other copyrighted or unpublished works unless You have obtained a copy of written permission or authorization and consent of the owner of such rights in such materials;
(e) None of the Content, or any part thereof, and no display of any or all of the Content by My 420 Friends as authorized or contemplated by this Agreement shall infringe upon any rights of any person(s), entity or entities, including without limitation, any intellectual property rights which include without limitation, any copyright, trademark right, service mark right, right of publicity or privacy, trade secret right, or any other proprietary or personal right of any person(s), entity or entities;
(f) All participants, actors, crew, production staff or other individuals associated with the Content were at least eighteen (18) years of age (or twenty-one (21) years or older as may be required by law where the age of majority is not eighteen (18) years) at the time the original work in which said person(s) appear was first created, or at the time such persons initially performed any act(s) which resulted in their appearance in any of the Content, whichever is earlier;
(g) When necessary, you have made reasonable inquiry, investigation and inspection of all necessary records required for compliance with United States Code Title 18 Section 2257 and you have all such necessary records in your possession with respect to the Content, including but not limited to, proofs of age, identification of the particular work in which the performer appears, all names used by the performer, prior works in which the performer appeared and all model releases allowing the use of the performers image and likeness in the Content for the purposes contemplated under this Agreement.
(h) You are the primary producer of the Content, and all parts thereof; further, you can and will provide My 420 Friends with all records whatsoever that may required for My 420 Friends to be in compliance with the Laws of the United States and any other international jurisdiction which may be applicable, as may be promulgated or amended from time to time, including but not limited to Federal, State, and Local Laws, including but not limited to United States Code Title 18 Section 2257;The Licensor shall make timely delivery of all Films and collateral material as set forth more specifically below;
(i) Whenever you Self-publish or otherwise post or upload any Content of a sexually explicit nature, as defined in United States Code Title 18 Section 2256(2), to the Service you have been, and at all times shall be, in compliance with the Laws of the United States and any other international jurisdiction which may be applicable, as may be promulgated or amended from time to time, including but not limited to Federal, State, and Local Laws and that all material is in compliance with United States Code Title 18 Section 2257. Further, if required in the sole discretion of My 420 Friends, you shall deliver to My 420 Friends any and all records, including but not limited to proofs of performer age, identification of the Content in which any performer appears, all names used by any performer, prior works in which any performer appeared and all model releases allowing the use of the performer’s image and likeness in the Content.
(j) None of the Content contains any matter that, if published or publicly displayed or disseminated would be obscene, fraudulent, libelous, slanderous, defamatory, hateful, harassing, negligent or otherwise contrary to any law of any applicable jurisdiction.
(k) None of the Content includes any images of bestiality, fisting, urination, defecation, torture, mutilation, rape, sadistic or masochistic abuse, incest, necrophilia, sex acts with non-consenting adults, child pornography or any other depiction that would lead a reasonable person to conclude that the performer depicted in the Content is a minor;
Section 6.03 CDA
My 420 Friends claims immunity from liability to the fullest extent under the law and as provided under the Communications Decency Act for Content provided by third parties and members and nothing in this Agreement is intended to waive, remove, or usurp such immunity. You understand and agree that My 420 Friends does not monitor or otherwise control the Content published or otherwise posted on the Service and, if notified of any potential violation of this Agreement or any law, rule, code, or regulation, My 420 Friends may delete any Content that in the sole judgment My 420 Friends violates the Terms of Use or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of My 420 Friends, its employees, independent contractors, performers or members.
By publishing, displaying, posting or otherwise disseminating any Content on or through the Service, you automatically grant, and represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to My 420 Friends and its members, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute such information, rights of publicity and Content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works and other media, such information and Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. As a visitor to My 420 Friends, if you provide us with your e-mail address via a registration process or post it on or through the Service, you thereby authorize My 420 Friends and its affiliates and any entities that My 420 Friends becomes involved with or merges with, the right to use and/or sell your valid email address for any marketing programs or communications with you.
Section 6.04 DMCA and Copyright Policy
You may not publish, display, post or otherwise disseminate, or reproduce in any way, any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights or otherwise have a valid basis under the law, including")
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Terms of Service
Last Updated: 12/07/2006
MY 420 FRIENDS IS A COMMUNITY BASED SELF-PUBLISHING PLATFORM FOR THE OPEN AND HONEST DISCUSSION OF ADULT TOPICS (THE “SERVICE”). THE MATERIALS WHICH MAY BE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE MY 420 FRIENDS BY THE USERS OF THIS SERVICE INCLUDE GRAPHIC WRITTEN, AUDIO AND VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF NUDITY AND SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND SHOULD NOT BE ACCESSED BY ANYONE WHO IS OFFENDED BY SUCH MATERIALS OR WHO DOES NOT WANT TO BE EXPOSED TO SUCH MATERIALS.
Article I. Eligibility
You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older to register as a member or use the service provided by My 420 Friends. Membership and use of the service are void where prohibited by applicable law.
By viewing the website, registering for membership or using the Service in any way you represent and warrant that:
(a) You are over the age of eighteen (18) or older if the age of majority is greater than eighteen (18) in the jurisdiction in which you live. Your profile may be deleted and your membership may be terminated, without notice or warning, if we believe that you are under eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) You have the right, authority and capacity to enter into this agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions contained herein;
(c) All registration information you submit will be truthful and accurate;
(d) You are interested in adult material and are not offended by written, audio or visual depictions of, and open discussions related to, nudity and sexual activity;
(e) You are voluntarily choosing to register and/or use the Service because you want to participate in discussions or view, read and/or hear the user published adult materials which are made available on the website for your own personal enjoyment, information or education;
(f) You will not allow or permit any person or persons to access or view the materials on the website or use the Services who are under the age of eighteen (18), or older if the age of majority is greater than eighteen (18) in the jurisdiction in which you live, and you will make diligent efforts to prevent unauthorized access by minors;
(g) You are familiar with the community standards of the area in which you access the website or use the Service regarding the acceptance of sexually oriented materials and the materials you expect to encounter are within those standards;
(h) You have determined that the community in which you live, the community in which you access the website or the community in which you use the Service, accepts the publication and public consumption of sexually oriented materials by informed and consenting adults and that the community will not find that such materials appeal to a prurient interest or are patently offensive;
(i) You have not and will not use, view, browse, search or otherwise participate in the Service in any way from a restricted place, country, state, community or other location where doing so would be, or could be deemed a violation of any law, regulation, rule, ordinance, edict or custom;
(j) You have not notified any governmental agency, including but not limited to the U.S. Postal Service, that you do not want to receive sexually oriented materials;
(k) You will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained herein without our prior expressed written permission. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to bypass or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the My 420 Friends Service or any components thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, My 420 Friends grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders or other proprietary methods to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. My 420 Friends reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.
(l) You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information on the Service is updated on a real-time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to My 420 Friends by our users or third parties.
(m) You will use the My 420 Friends Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
Article II. Terms
This Agreement shall become effective when you first access the website, register for Membership and/or use, view, browse, search or otherwise participate in the Service (regardless of Membership). This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect during the time in which you are a registered Member or use the Service in any way. You may terminate your Membership at any time and for any reason by the Contact Us form using the “Delete My Account” function. My 420 Friends reserves the right to terminate your Membership at any time, for any reason, without notice or warning. If My 420 Friends terminates your Membership for violation of any policy or for breach of this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any refund of any unused subscription fees or credits (if any). Upon termination of this Agreement all sections which would normally survive termination of an agreement shall remain in full force and effect including but not limited to [proprietary rights, content posted, prohibited content, copyright policy, member disputes, privacy, disclaimers, limits on liability, export controls, disputes, indemnity]
Article III. Fees
Currently My 420 Friends does not charge a fee for Member registration or use of the Service. You understand, agree and accept that My 420 Friends reserves the right to charge a fee for the Service and to change any fees from time to time, as may be decided in our sole discretion.
Article IV. Username and Password
You must choose a unique username and password when you sign up to become a Member. Your username will be publicly displayed on the Service. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your password. You agree that you will not share your password with anyone or disclose your password to anyone for any reason. You agree that you will not use the account, username or password of another Member at any time. You agree to notify My 420 Friends immediately if you suspect any third party access to your password or use of your account by anyone other than yourself. You are solely and exclusively responsible for any and all use of your account.
Article V. Commercial Use
The Service may be used by Members to make commercial statements or to otherwise engage in commercial endeavors pursuant to the Commercial Use Guidelines as may be established by My 420 Friends from time to time in our sole discretion. The Commercial Use Guidelines shall be incorporated into and become a part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.
Illegal or unauthorized use of the Service, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of Members by any means, electronic or otherwise, for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or private messages is strictly forbidden. Framing of or linking to the website or any part of the Service is strictly forbidden. Unsolicited commercial communications with Members via email or private message is strictly forbidden. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Service, including violation of the Commercial Use Guidelines, will be investigated and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation civil, criminal and injunctive relief and/or termination of your Membership in our sole discretion.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Commercial Use Guidelines, My 420 Friends reserves the right to suspend, terminate, delete or otherwise remove any commercial statements without notice and without penalty. You understand, accept and agree that all commercial speech is allowed at the sole and exclusive discretion of My 420 Friends and no absolute right to engage in commercial speech is granted by this Agreement. In order to maintain the integrity of the Service, My 420 Friends reserves the right, in our sole discretion, to take reasonable steps to limit the volume of emails, chat messages and other communications sent or received by a Member and electronically filtering, limiting or terminating communications. My 420 Friends reserves the right to terminate the right to make commercial speech or disseminate commercial messages at any time, for any reason, without notice and without penalty.
Article VI. User Published Content
Section 6.01 Proprietary Rights of Content on My 420 Friends
By publishing, displaying, posting or otherwise disseminating any messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, profiles, works of authorship, or any other materials whatsoever (collectively the “Content”) on or through the Service, you hereby grant to My 420 Friends a perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, worldwide license, with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicenses, to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit and otherwise distribute the Content on and through the Service. The license granted in this Article 6; Section 6.01 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
My 420 Friends owns and retains other proprietary rights on My 420 Friends.com. The Service contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of My 420 Friends and its licensors. Except for information in the public domain or for which you have been given express written permission by My 420 Friends, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information.
Section 6.02 Representations and Warranties
You, the Self-publisher, represent and warrant that:
(a) You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish, display, post or otherwise disseminate on or through the Service provided by My 420 Friends or transmit to other My 420 Friends members.
(b) You own the Content published or otherwise posted by you on or through the Service, including all copyrights therein, free of any liens or encumbrances, or you otherwise have the right and authority to grant the license set forth in Article 6; Section 6.01 above;
(c) You did not plagiarize or copy any work of any person(s), entity or entities in publishing or otherwise posting the Content on or through the Service;
(d) None of the Content contains any material from other copyrighted or unpublished works unless You have obtained a copy of written permission or authorization and consent of the owner of such rights in such materials;
(e) None of the Content, or any part thereof, and no display of any or all of the Content by My 420 Friends as authorized or contemplated by this Agreement shall infringe upon any rights of any person(s), entity or entities, including without limitation, any intellectual property rights which include without limitation, any copyright, trademark right, service mark right, right of publicity or privacy, trade secret right, or any other proprietary or personal right of any person(s), entity or entities;
(f) All participants, actors, crew, production staff or other individuals associated with the Content were at least eighteen (18) years of age (or twenty-one (21) years or older as may be required by law where the age of majority is not eighteen (18) years) at the time the original work in which said person(s) appear was first created, or at the time such persons initially performed any act(s) which resulted in their appearance in any of the Content, whichever is earlier;
(g) When necessary, you have made reasonable inquiry, investigation and inspection of all necessary records required for compliance with United States Code Title 18 Section 2257 and you have all such necessary records in your possession with respect to the Content, including but not limited to, proofs of age, identification of the particular work in which the performer appears, all names used by the performer, prior works in which the performer appeared and all model releases allowing the use of the performers image and likeness in the Content for the purposes contemplated under this Agreement.
(h) You are the primary producer of the Content, and all parts thereof; further, you can and will provide My 420 Friends with all records whatsoever that may required for My 420 Friends to be in compliance with the Laws of the United States and any other international jurisdiction which may be applicable, as may be promulgated or amended from time to time, including but not limited to Federal, State, and Local Laws, including but not limited to United States Code Title 18 Section 2257;The Licensor shall make timely delivery of all Films and collateral material as set forth more specifically below;
(i) Whenever you Self-publish or otherwise post or upload any Content of a sexually explicit nature, as defined in United States Code Title 18 Section 2256(2), to the Service you have been, and at all times shall be, in compliance with the Laws of the United States and any other international jurisdiction which may be applicable, as may be promulgated or amended from time to time, including but not limited to Federal, State, and Local Laws and that all material is in compliance with United States Code Title 18 Section 2257. Further, if required in the sole discretion of My 420 Friends, you shall deliver to My 420 Friends any and all records, including but not limited to proofs of performer age, identification of the Content in which any performer appears, all names used by any performer, prior works in which any performer appeared and all model releases allowing the use of the performer’s image and likeness in the Content.
(j) None of the Content contains any matter that, if published or publicly displayed or disseminated would be obscene, fraudulent, libelous, slanderous, defamatory, hateful, harassing, negligent or otherwise contrary to any law of any applicable jurisdiction.
(k) None of the Content includes any images of bestiality, fisting, urination, defecation, torture, mutilation, rape, sadistic or masochistic abuse, incest, necrophilia, sex acts with non-consenting adults, child pornography or any other depiction that would lead a reasonable person to conclude that the performer depicted in the Content is a minor;
Section 6.03 CDA
My 420 Friends claims immunity from liability to the fullest extent under the law and as provided under the Communications Decency Act for Content provided by third parties and members and nothing in this Agreement is intended to waive, remove, or usurp such immunity. You understand and agree that My 420 Friends does not monitor or otherwise control the Content published or otherwise posted on the Service and, if notified of any potential violation of this Agreement or any law, rule, code, or regulation, My 420 Friends may delete any Content that in the sole judgment My 420 Friends violates the Terms of Use or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of My 420 Friends, its employees, independent contractors, performers or members.
By publishing, displaying, posting or otherwise disseminating any Content on or through the Service, you automatically grant, and represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to My 420 Friends and its members, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute such information, rights of publicity and Content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works and other media, such information and Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. As a visitor to My 420 Friends, if you provide us with your e-mail address via a registration process or post it on or through the Service, you thereby authorize My 420 Friends and its affiliates and any entities that My 420 Friends becomes involved with or merges with, the right to use and/or sell your valid email address for any marketing programs or communications with you.
Section 6.04 DMCA and Copyright Policy
You may not publish, display, post or otherwise disseminate, or reproduce in any way, any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights or otherwise have a valid basis under the law, including "fair use." Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the My 420 Friends Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information consistent with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
(a) An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
(b) An complete and accurate description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed with enough specificity to identify the work;
(c) A description of where the material you claim is infringing is located on the Service, including the URLs of web pages and/or hyperlinks;
(d) Your address, telephone number, and email address;
(e) A written 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;
(f) A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
My 420 Friends' Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows:
DMCA AGENT
My 420 Friends
dmca@My 420 Friends.com
My 420 Friends DMCA
85 New Road
Ladyville
Belize City
Belize
It is the intention of My 420 Friends to fully comply with the DMCA, including the Notice and "take down" provisions and to benefit from the safe harbors immunizing it from liability to the fullest extent provided by law, and to the extent the Notice and "take down" requirements above deviate from the requirements under the DMCA then the Notice requirements as provided by the DMCA shall control and are herein incorporated by reference.
It is the policy of My 420 Friends to terminate Membership privileges of any Member who repeatedly infringes the copyright rights of others upon receipt of prompt notification to My 420 Friends by the copyright owner or the copyright owner's legal agent. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement you must make notice to My 420 Friends as set forth in Article 6; Section 6.04 above.
Section 6.05 Prohibited Content
The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited to post on or through the Service. If notified of an alleged breach of these Content restrictions, My 420 Friends reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Service and terminating the Membership of such violators. Without limiting any other Self-published Content prohibitions as may be set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Content that is patently offensive to the online community;
(b) Content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
(c) Content that harasses or advocates harassment of another person or invades their privacy;
(d) Content that involves the transmission of "junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming;"
(e) Content that promotes information you know is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
(f) Content that promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
(g) Content that contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
(h) Content that provides material which exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner or solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
(i) Content that provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
(j) Content that solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users;
(k) Content that may test the boundaries of decency, or may be considered illegal in the United States;
(l) Depictions of bestiality, fisting, urination, defecation, torture, mutilation, rape, sadistic or masochistic abuse, incest, necrophilia, sex acts with non-consenting adults, child pornography or any other depiction that would lead a reasonable person to conclude that the performer depicted in the Content is a minor;
(m) Any Content that My 420 Friends deems inappropriate or offensive as may be determined in our sole discretion.
Article VII. Privacy Policy
Use of the My 420 Friends site and/or its Service is governed by our Privacy Policy, which may change from time to time, in our sole discretion, upon electronic notice to you, and which is incorporated herein by reference.
Article VIII. Member Disputes
My 420 Friends does not control the Content which is Self-published by Members which is made available through our Service. You may find other Members’ or users' information to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or deceptive. Please use caution, common sense, and safety when using our Service or otherwise accessing our web site. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other My 420 Friends’ members. Because My 420 Friends is not involved in Member or user interactions, in the event that you have a dispute with one or more Members or those who have posted, viewed, or used information on the My 420 Friends Service, you release My 420 Friends, including i