Acceptable Use Policy
This Acceptable Use Policy is intended to promote the integrity, reliability and security of our Web site (http://www.riveted.com and all related servers which we operate) and the server-based services we provide that support use of our own and others' software products (collectively, our "services"). This policy, any agreement pursuant to which you use our software or services, and the Terms and Conditions for use of our Web site together govern your access to and use of our services. If you do not accept this policy, you may not access or use any of our services. We retain the right to modify this policy at any time by posting the modified policy on our Web site.
Prohibited Activities
You may not:
- Use our software or services, including our Web site, any community or group e-mail or chat lists or functions, instant messaging or file sharing functions, databases, compilations or other listings of any kind, to make unsolicited offers or proposals or to send junk mail to users of our services or our software;
- Harass, defame or defraud users of our services or our software;
- Knowingly damage or interfere with the operation of our services, any software that utilizes them, or any user's enjoyment of them, by any means, including uploading or otherwise disseminating viruses, worms or other harmful code;
- Disable, circumvent, avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair or otherwise interfere with security-related features of our services or software, features that enforce restrictions or limitations on use of our services or software, or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or other material accessible through use of our services or software;
- Use our software or services to upload, transfer or otherwise make available, files that contain images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws including without limitation copyright, trademark, patent, or trade secret laws or by rights of privacy or publicity, unless you own or control the rights or have received all necessary consent to do so;
- Use our software or services to upload, transfer or otherwise make available images, photographs, software or other material that is lewd, pornographic, obscene or otherwise offensive;
- Use our software or services to download any file posted by another user that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced, displayed, performed, and/or distributed in this manner;
- Access or use our software or services in violation of any local, state, national, or international law, including, without limitation, laws governing the provision of financial services, data protection and privacy, obscenity, child pornography or other pornography and/or export or import control; or
- Otherwise access or use our software, products, services or this Web site in violation of its Terms and Conditions or use our other services or our software in violation of any applicable End-User License Agreement or any other agreement.
Special Notice Regarding Copyright Infringement
You may not use our services to infringe copyrights. Although we do not police any content posted to this Web site, we will attempt to terminate service to anyone who we become aware is repeatedly using our services in violation of copyright law. IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO USE THE SERVICES IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE COPYRIGHT LAWS.
Notification of claimed copyright infringement should be made in accordance with our Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement. NOTICES UNRELATED TO ALLEGED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT OR NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THIS PROCEDURE WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.
Notification of claimed copyright infringement should be made in accordance with our Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement. NOTICES UNRELATED TO ALLEGED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT OR NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THIS PROCEDURE WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.
Consequences of Unacceptable Use
We reserve the right to take any and all action we deem appropriate if we become aware of conduct that we believe does not conform to the requirements of this policy, any agreement pursuant to which you use our services or any software that utilizes them, the Terms and Conditions for use of this Web site, or applicable law, including without limitation: (a) terminating your right to use this Web site; (b) terminating any registration or license you have to use our software, products, services or this Web site or any portion thereof; (c) "banning" you from future use of our software, products, services or this Web site by name, e-mail address, IP address and/or any other means; or (d) any other action that we deem appropriate in our sole discretion.
Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c), all notifications of claimed copyright infringement using our services should be sent ONLY to our Designated Agent.
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR NOTIFYING RIVETED THAT YOUR COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL MAY HAVE BEEN INFRINGED. DO NOT SEND ANY NOTICES OR INQUIRIES UNRELATED TO ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF YOUR COPYRIGHTS TO OUR DESIGNATED AGENT. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.
Your written notification must be sent to the following Designated Agent [Note: agent must be registered with the Copyright Office]:
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR NOTIFYING RIVETED THAT YOUR COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL MAY HAVE BEEN INFRINGED. DO NOT SEND ANY NOTICES OR INQUIRIES UNRELATED TO ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF YOUR COPYRIGHTS TO OUR DESIGNATED AGENT. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.
Your written notification must be sent to the following Designated Agent [Note: agent must be registered with the Copyright Office]:
Service Provider: Riveted LP LLLP
Agent Designated to Receive Notice: Gary Goltz, Esq.
Address of Designated Agent: 8150 N. Central Expressway Suite 1901 Dallas, TX 75206
Telephone Number of Designated Agent: 214-365-1407
Facsimile Number of Designated Agent: 214-365-1410
E-Mail Address of Designated Agent: legal@riveted.com
Under Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(3)(A), your Notification of Claimed Infringement must include the following:
An electronic or physical signature of the owner or of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
Identification of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim have been infringed;
A description of the material that you claim is infringing, and the location where the original of an authorized copy of the copyrighted work exists (for example, the URL of the page of the web site where it is lawfully posted; the name, edition and pages of a book from which an excerpt was copied, etc.);
Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
A statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
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.