Thank you for your interest in using the online digital self-expression service (the "Service") operated by mEgo, Inc. ("mEgo"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the Service, whether directly through the mEgo Web site located at http://www.mEgo.com (the "Site") Site or through other Web sites (collectively, the "mEgo Network"). Please read these Terms carefully. By using the mEgo Network, you are stating that you have read and understand, and agree to be bound by, these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you are not permitted to use the mEgo Network.
User Submissions. mEgo does not claim ownership of any information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags or other materials you submit for display or distribution to others through the mEgo Network (collectively, "User Submissions"). As between mEgo and you, you own all rights to your User Submissions. However, to enable mEgo to provide the mEgo Network, you grant to mEgo and mEgo's affiliates, representatives, and assigns an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, world-wide, license (sublicensable through multiple tiers) to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform, and publicly display your User Submissions (in whole or in part) in any format or medium now known or later developed. mEgo reserves the right to display advertisements in connection with User Submissions and to use User Submissions for advertising and promotional purposes. mEgo does not pre-screen User Submissions and you agree that you are solely responsible for all of your User Submissions. mEgo is not required to host, display, or distribute any User Submissions, and may remove at any time or refuse any User Submissions. mEgo is not responsible for any loss, theft or damage of any kind to any User Submissions.
You represent and warrant that: (a) you own all rights in your User Submissions (including, without limitation, all rights to the audio, video, or digital recording, and the performance contained in your User Submissions) or, alternatively, you have acquired all necessary rights in your User Submissions to enable you to grant to mEgo the rights in your User Submissions described herein; (b) you have paid and will pay in full all license fees, clearance fees, and other financial obligations, of any kind, arising from any use or commercial exploitation of your User Submissions; (c) you are the individual pictured and/or heard in your User Submissions, or, alternatively, you have obtained permission from each person (including consent from parents or guardians for any individual under the age of eighteen (18)) who appears and/or is heard in your User Submissions to grant the rights to mEgo described herein; (d) you will make such permissions available to mEgo upon request; and (e) your User Submissions do not infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy, or any other legal or moral rights of any third party. You agree to keep all records necessary to establish that your User Submissions do not violate any of the foregoing representations and warranties and to make such records available upon the request of mEgo.
Copyright Infringement. mEgo respects the intellectual property rights of others. Accordingly, mEgo has a policy of removing User Submissions that violate copyright law, suspending access to the mEgo Network (or any portion thereof) to any user who uses the mEgo Network in violation of copyright law, and/or terminating in appropriate circumstances the account of any user who uses the mEgo Network in violation of copyright law. Pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 512, mEgo has implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed copyright infringement and for processing such claims in accordance with such law. If you believe your copyright is being infringed by a user of the mEgo Network, please provide written notice to the following mEgo agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement:
Julia Johnston
mEgo, Inc.
c/o Stephen M. Fronk
Howard, Rice, et al.
Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: (415) 879-2174
Fax: (415) 352-1581
Email: infringement@mego.com
Your written notice must: (a) contain your physical or electronic signature; (b) identify the copyrighted work alleged to have been infringed; (c) identify the allegedly infringing material in a sufficiently precise manner to allow mEgo to locate that material; (d) contain adequate information by which mEgo can contact you (including postal address, telephone number, and e-mail address); (e) contain a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or the law; (f) contain a statement that the information in the written notice is accurate; and (g) contain a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. Please do not send notices or inquiries unrelated to alleged copyright infringement to mEgo's designated agent.
The effective date of these Terms is November 20, 2006.