Date of Last Revision: May 3, 2013
The content on this website is created by contributors from around the world. In order to protect their creations and to protect Global Yodel LLC (“Global Yodel”), your use of this website, www.GlobalYodal.com (“Site”) is governed by the following legal agreement (“Site Terms”).
These Site Terms do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any written agreement you may have with Global Yodel If you don’t agree to these terms, don’t use this web site.
Global Yodel reserves the right to change these Site Terms at any time in its sole discretion. Any changes or modification will be effective immediately upon posting of the revisions on the Site. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of its changes will constitute your acceptance of such changes. If you don’t agree to the amended terms, you must stop using the Site. You warrant and attest that you are at least fourteen (14) years of age.
All questions or comments about the Site or its contents should be directed to info@GlobalYodel.com.
1. Privacy Policy
Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information on how Global Yodel collects, uses and discloses personally identifiable and other information from its Site users.
2. Copyright and Limited License
Unless otherwise indicated, the Site itself, including, without limitation, the Global Yodel logo, and all designs, text, graphics, pictures, information, data, software, sound files, other files and the selection and arrangement thereof (collectively, the “Materials”) are the property of Global Yodel and its licensors and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.
The content posted by our contributors belongs to our contributors and is posted here pursuant to a separate agreement with contributors.
You are granted a limited, non-sublicensable license to access and use the Site. Such license is subject to these Site Terms and does not include or authorize: (a) any resale or commercial use of the Site or the Materials therein; (b) the distribution, public performance or public display of any Materials; (c) modifying or otherwise making any derivative uses of the Site or the Materials, or any portion thereof; (d) use of automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools, or the like to download data from the Site; (e) downloading (other than page caching) of any portion of the Site, the Materials or any information contained therein, except as expressly permitted; (f) any attempt to gain unauthorized access to Global Yodel’s computer systems or engage in any activity that disrupts, diminishes the quality of, interferes with the performance of, or impairs the functionality of the Site; or (g) any use of the Site or the Materials other than for their intended purpose; (h) use of any portion of the Site or the Materials as a destination linked from any unsolicited bulk messages or unsolicited commercial messages; (i) any use of the Site or the Materials other than for their intended purpose; (j) copying, modifying, creating a derivative work of, reverse engineering, decompiling or otherwise attempting to extract the source code of any software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Global Yodel, in writing. Any use of the Site or the Materials other than as specifically authorized herein, without the prior written permission of Global Yodel, is strictly prohibited and will terminate the license granted herein. Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws including without limitation copyright and trademark laws and applicable communications regulations and statutes. Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Site Terms shall be construed as conferring any license to intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. This license is revocable at any time.
3. DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT
Global Yodel responds to notices of alleged copyright infringement. This page describes the procedures related to allegations of infringement. The form of notice specified below is consistent with the form suggested by the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the text of which can be found at the U.S. Copyright Office Website, http://www.copyright.gov).
Global Yodel’s response to these notices may include removing or disabling access to allegedly infringing Materials and/or terminating access. If we remove Materials or terminate access in response to such a notice, we will make a good-faith attempt to contact the party that uploaded such Materials so that they may make a counter notification.
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Infringement Notification |
To file a notice of infringement with us, please provide a written communication (by fax or regular mail — not by email) that sets forth the items specified below. Please note that you may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) if you materially misrepresent that infringe your copyrights.
To expedite Global Yodel’s ability to process your request, please use the following format (including section numbers):
Identify in sufficient detail the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed (for example, “The copyrighted work at issue is the text that appears on http://www.______.com/_______.html”) or other information sufficient to specify the copyrighted work being infringed (for example, “The copyrighted work at issue is the book titled “My Summer at Camp” by Dawn Early, published by _________, ISBN #___________”).
Identify with specificity the Material that you claim infringes the copyrighted work.
Provide your contact information (email address is preferred).
Provide contact information, if possible, for the owner/administrator of the allegedly infringing Materials (email address is preferred).
Include the following statement: “I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.“
Include the following statement: “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”
Sign the notice.
Send the written communication to the following address:
Jesse Weinberg
PO BOX 231
Anacortes, WA 98221
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Counter Notification |
The law permits the publisher of the allegedly infringing Materials or a site administrator of an affected site to make a counter notification pursuant to sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. When Global Yodel receives a counter notification, we may reinstate the complained-of Materials.
To file a counter notification, please provide a written communication (by fax or regular mail — not by email) that sets forth the items specified below. Please note that you may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) if you materially misrepresent that Materials are not infringing the copyrights of others. A sample counter notification may be found at www.chillingeffects.org/dmca/counter512.pdf.
To expedite our ability to process your counter notification, please use the following format (including section numbers):
Identify the specific URLs or other unique identifying information of Materials that Global Yodel has removed, to which Global Yodel has disabled access or to which Global Yodel referred in a communication with you.
Provide your name, address, telephone number, email address, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or King County, WA if your address is outside of the United States), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.
Include the following statement: “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that each search result, message, or other item of content identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled, or that the material identified by the complainant has been removed or disabled at the URL identified and will no longer be shown.”
Sign the paper.
Send the written communication to the following address:
Jesse Weinberg
PO BOX 231
Anacortes, WA 98221
4. Trademarks
“Global Yodel”, the Global Yodel logo and any other product or service name or slogan displayed on the Site are trademarks of Global Yodel and its suppliers or licensors, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Global Yodel or the applicable trademark holder. You may not use any metatags or any other “hidden text” utilizing “Global Yodel” or any other name, trademark or product or service name of Global Yodel without our prior written permission. In addition, the look and feel of the Site, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts, is the service mark, trademark and/or trade dress of Global Yodel and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and Global Yodel names or logos displayed on the Site are the property of their respective owners.
5. Disclaimers and Acknowledgements Regarding Use of Site Information
THE SITE AND THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. GLOBALYODEL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT AS TO THE INFORMATION, CONTENT OR MATERIALS. GLOBALYODEL DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN OR ON THE SITE ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT OR ERROR-FREE. GLOBALYODEL DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR ITS SERVERS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
GLOBALYODEL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIALS CONTAINED ON THE SITE. WHILE GLOBALYODEL ATTEMPTS TO MAKE YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF THE SITE SAFE, GLOBALYODEL CANNOT AND DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR ITS SERVER(S), OR ANY CONTENT OR MATERIALS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO DETECT AND NEUTRALIZE VIRUSES, SPYWARE, MALWARE, AND OTHER HARMFUL OR OTHERWISE UNDESIRABLE COMPONENTS FROM ANY DOWNLOAD.
Global Yodel reserves the right to change any and all content contained on the Site and any services offered through the Site at any time without notice.
6. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL GLOBALYODEL OR ANY OF ITS CORPORATE AFFILIATES, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR CONSULTANTS, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO OR CONNECTED WITH ANY USE OF THE SITE, THE CONTENT OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DAMAGES, LOSS OR INJURY CAUSED BY OR RESULTING FROM RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM GLOBALYODEL, OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO GLOBALYODEL’S RECORDS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES. THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF GLOBALYODEL, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY MANNER TO THE USE OF THE SITE, SHALL NOT EXCEED ANY COMPENSATION YOU PAY, IF ANY, TO GLOBALYODEL FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE.
IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 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.”
7. Arbitration
You and Global Yodel agree that except as otherwise specifically provided in this paragraph, any controversy or claim arising out of or relating in any way to these Site Terms or the Service Terms or the breach of either, or arising out of or relating to the Site shall be resolved exclusively by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules and, in the case of consumer disputes, with the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (collectively, the “AAA Rules”), and that judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that either party has in any manner infringed upon or violated or threatened to infringe upon or violate the other party’s patent, copyright, trademark or trade secret rights, then the parties acknowledge that arbitration is not an adequate remedy at law and that without waiving any remedy under these Site Terms or Service Terms, injunctive or other appropriate relief may be sought from any court specified in the next Section (Applicable Law and Venue). The place of arbitration and the allocation of costs and fees for such arbitration shall be determined in accordance with such AAA Rules. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration or claim shall be joined to any other arbitration or claim, and no class arbitration proceedings shall be permitted. In no event shall any claim, action or proceeding related in any way to the Site be instituted more than two (2) years after the cause of action arose. In the event that any term of this Section (Arbitration) is held by a court or arbitrator to be in conflict with a mandatory provision of applicable law, such conflicting term shall be modified to comply with such provision and the remainder of this Section shall not be affected.
8. Applicable Law and Venue
These Site Terms the Service Terms and your use of the Site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and the State of Washington applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the State of Washington (even if your use is outside of the State of Washington), without resort to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that with respect to any disputes or claims not subject to arbitration (as set forth above), any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to the Site or these Site Terms or Service Terms shall be filed only in the state and federal courts located in King County, Washington and you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts.
9. Severability
If any of these Site Terms or the Service Terms should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such term shall be enforced only to the extent it is enforceable and the remaining terms shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.