Terms of Use
Last updated: Juli 1, 2020
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using the Website.
These Terms of Use limit VGV MEDIA s liability and may substantively affect your rights. By accessing or using the public or private portions of the Website, you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you are accessing or using the Website on behalf of your employer or another person or entity, you represent and warrant that you have full legal authority to bind such employer or other person or entity. If you do not have such authority or you do not agree with these Terms of Use, do not access or use the Website.
Georg Votteler / VGV MEDIA (”VGV MEDIA”, ”us”, ”we”, or ”our”) operates the MEINSTOCK.EU website (the ”Service”).
This web page represents our Terms of Use and Sale (”Agreement”) regarding our website, MEINSTOCK.EU (”Website”). It was last posted on 01 Juli 2020. The terms, ”we” and ”our” as used in this Agreement refer to VGV MEDIA.
We may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on our Website. We may or may not post notices on the homepage of our Website when such changes occur.
We refer to this Agreement, our Privacy Policy, and any other terms, rules, or guidelines on our Website collectively as our ”Legal Terms.” You explicitly and implicitly agree to be bound by our Legal Terms each time you access our Website. If you do not wish to be so bound, please do not use or access our Website.
Limited License
VGV MEDIA grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use our Website in order for you to make purchases of electronic documents and related services through our Website, strictly in accordance with our Legal Terms.
Changes to Legal Terms
VGV MEDIA Georg Votteler may change these Terms of Use and the guidelines, policies, restrictions and agreements on the Website at any time and from time to time without notice. You are cautioned to review the Terms of Use and the guidelines, policies, restrictions and agreements posted on the Website periodically. Your continued access to or use of the Website after any such changes are posted will constitute your acceptance of and agreement to the changes.
Use of the Website
You will access and use the Website and participate in the Website for lawful purposes only and only in accordance with these Terms of Use and the guidelines, policies, restrictions and agreements on the Website.
You will not on or though the Website do any of the following:
- conduct any fraudulent, criminal offence or other unlawful activity -
- upload any Content that is illegal, offensive, abusive, indecent, defamatory, harassing or menacing -
- send or upload any communication, Content that infringes, misappropriates or violates anyone else copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or any other legal right -
- conduct any activity which consists of or contains software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any form of ”spam” -
- use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools on or at the Website or use any other automated means to access the Website -
- frame or use framing techniques to enclose the Website or any part thereof or any Content or any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout or form) of VGV MEDIA or the Website without our express written consent;
- use any meta tags or any other ”hidden text” utilizing any of our names or trademarks without our express written consent -
- take any action that imposes, or may impose in our sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our servers or other infrastructure or use the Website in any way that causes, or is likely to cause, the Website or access to or use of it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way -
- advertise products or services or solicit any user of the Website, whether or not such advertising or solicitation is in the form of unrequested bulk commercial email -
Ownership of Content
The copyrights in and to all Content remain with the owner of such copyrights.
User Codes
You agree that:
(1) you will not share the user ID or password that you obtained or use in connection with your access to or use of the Website, an upload to the Website or a purchase of a license to Content from the Website (collectively ”User Codes”) with any other person,
(2) you will take all necessary actions to preserve the confidentiality of such User Codes,
(3) you are responsible for all acts or omissions that occur under any User Code; and
(4) you will immediately notify us in writing in the event that you learn that:
(5) any such User Code is lost, stolen, or improperly disclosed to a third party;
(6) the authority or employment of any person provided with a User Code on your behalf has been or is about to be terminated;
(7) the confidentiality of any User Code has been compromised in any way; or
(8) you learn about a possible or actual unauthorized access to and/or use of the Website.
Copyrights and Trademarks
Unless otherwise noted, all materials including without limitation, logos, brand names, images, designs, photographs, video clips and written and other materials that appear as part of our Website are copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress and/or other intellectual property whether registered or unregistered (”Intellectual Property”) owned, controlled or licensed by VGV MEDIA. Our Website as a whole is protected by copyright and trade dress. Nothing on our Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any Intellectual Property displayed or used on our Website, without the prior written permission of the Intellectual Property owner. VGV MEDIA aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law. The names and logos of VGV MEDIA, may not be used in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of materials on our Website, without prior, written permission from VGV MEDIA. VGV MEDIA prohibits use of any logo of VGV MEDIA or any of its affiliates as part of a link to or from any Website unless VGV MEDIA approves such link in advance and in writing. Fair use of VGV MEDIA Intellectual Property requires proper acknowledgment. Other product and company names mentioned in our Website may be the Intellectual Property of their respective owners.
Links to Third-Party Websites
Our Website may contain links to Websites owned or operated by parties other than VGV MEDIA. Such links are provided for your reference only. VGV MEDIA does not monitor or control outside Websites and is not responsible for their content. VGV MEDIA inclusion of links to an outside Website does not imply any endorsement of the material on our Website or, unless expressly disclosed otherwise, any sponsorship, affiliation or association with its owner, operator or sponsor, nor does VGV MEDIA inclusion of the links imply that VGV MEDIA is authorized to use any trade name, trademark, logo, legal or official seal, or copyrighted symbol that may be reflected in the linked Website.
Content Disclaimer
Postings on our Website are made at such times as VGV MEDIA determines in its discretion. You should not assume that the information contained on our Website has been updated or otherwise contains current information. VGV MEDIA does not review past postings to determine whether they remain accurate and information contained in such postings may have been superseded. THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS IN OUR WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR REVIEW IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOTICES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN. THESE MATERIALS ARE NOT GUARANTEED OR REPRESENTED TO BE COMPLETE, CORRECT OR UP TO DATE. THESE MATERIALS MAY BE CHANGED FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
Contracts, Attorneys, and Legal Advice Disclaimer
You understand that we offer legal contracts (”Contracts”), as created by actual attorneys, for sale through our Website. We also offer you the ability to purchase reviews of such Contracts by attorneys who have registered with our Website. However, you acknowledge that we are not attorneys nor do we offer legal advice. You acknowledge that we do not endorse any specific attorney or any Contracts as being better than another. We do not otherwise guarantee the legal accuracy or applicability of any Contracts for your legal needs. You will at all times look to any attorney that you select for services as to any legal claims related to such services.
No Warranties; Exclusion of Liability; Indemnification
OUR WEBSITE IS OPERATED BY VGV MEDIA ON AN ”AS IS,” ”AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, VGV MEDIA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT FOR OUR WEBSITE AND ANY CONTRACTS AND SERVICES YOU PURCHASE THROUGH IT. VGV MEDIA SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT OF OUR WEBSITE, FOR CONTRACTS OR SERVICES SOLD THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, FOR YOUR ACTION OR INACTION IN CONNECTION WITH OUR WEBSITE OR FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER OR DATA OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE YOU MAY INCUR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR WEBSITE. YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE AND ANY CONTRACTS OR SERVICES ARE AT YOUR OWN RISK. IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER VGV MEDIA OR THEIR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF OUR WEBSITE, CONTRACTS AND SERVICES PURCHASED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE OUR WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH OUR WEBSITE, CONTRACTS OR RELATED SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL VGV MEDIA' LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE CLAIM EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO VGV MEDIA FOR THE TRANSACTION GIVING RISE TO SUCH DAMAGE CLAIM. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, VGV MEDIA DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, USEFUL, TIMELY OR CURRENT OR THAT OUR WEBSITE WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERROR. YOU AGREE THAT ALL TIMES, YOU WILL LOOK TO ATTORNEYS FROM WHOM YOU PURCHASE SERVICES FOR ANY CLAIMS OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING LOSS, DAMAGE, OR WARRANTY. VGV MEDIA AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEES ABOUT ANY CONTRACTS AND SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. VGV MEDIA MAKES NO REPRESENTATION THAT CONTENT PROVIDED ON OUR WEBSITE, CONTRACTS, OR RELATED SERVICES ARE APPLICABLE OR APPROPRIATE FOR USE IN ALL JURISDICTIONS.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold VGV MEDIA harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from or related to your use of our Website or any Contracts or Services you purchase through it.
Legal Fees and Jurisdiction
If We are obligated to go to court, rather than arbitration, to enforce any of Our rights, or to collect any fees, You agree to reimburse us for Our legal fees, costs and disbursements if We prevail. You agree that the Courts of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate are the agreed and appropriate forums for any such suit, and You consent to service of process by registered mail or overnight courier with proof of delivery.
