A. Acceptance of Terms
PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF USE THOROUGHLY AND CAREFULLY.
The terms and conditions set forth below ("Terms of Use") Use and the Privacy Policy constitute a legally-binding agreement between Pitch, the website, and you. These Terms of Use contain provisions that define your limits, legal rights and obligations with respect to your use of and participation in (i) the Pitch website, including the posted content (Pitches, Challenges), various email functions and Internet links, and all content through the domain and sub-domains of Pitch located at www.pitch.nz (collectively referred to herein as the "Website"), and (ii) the online transactions between the users of the website. The Terms of Use described below incorporate the Privacy Policy and apply to all users of the Website, including users who are also contributors of video content, information, private and public messages, advertisements, and other materials on the Website. These terms govern the relationship between you and Pitch, and between users on Pitch.
Check out our privacy policy after you read this.
You acknowledge that the Website serves as a venue for the online distribution and publication of user-submitted information, and, by using, visiting, registering for, and/or otherwise participating in this Website, including the content presented, promoted, and displayed on the Website, and by clicking on "I have read and agree to the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy," upon registering, you hereby certify that: (1) you are a human being, (2) you have the authority to enter into these Terms of Use, and (3) as stated above, you agree to be bound by all terms and conditions of these Terms of Use and any other documents incorporated by reference herein. If you do not so agree to the foregoing, you should not click to affirm your acceptance thereof, in which case you are prohibited from accessing or using the Website. If you do not agree to any of the provisions set forth in the Terms of Use, kindly discontinue viewing or participating in this Website immediately.
All references to "you" or "your," as applicable, mean the person that accesses, uses, and/or participates in the Website in any manner. If you use the Website or open an Account (as defined below) on behalf of a business, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that business and your acceptance of the Terms of Use will be deemed an acceptance by that business and "you" and "your" herein shall refer to that business.You have been notified of these terms, and you accept them if you continue to use Pitch. If you're posting for a business, you must have the authority from the business owner to do so.
- MODIFICATIONS TO TERMS OF USE AND/OR PRIVACY POLICY
Pitch reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, or otherwise amend the Terms of Use, and any other documents incorporated by reference herein, at any time, and Pitch will post notice of the changes and the amended Terms of Use at the domain of Pitch and/or may communicate the amendments through any method of written contact that Pitch has established with you. It is your responsibility to review the Terms of Use for any changes. Your use of the Website following any amendment of the Terms of Use will signify your assent to and acceptance of any revised Terms of Use. If you do not agree to abide by these or any future Terms of Use, please do not use or access the Website
- PRIVACY POLICY
Pitch has established a Privacy Policy that explains to users how their information is collected and used. The Privacy Policy is referenced above and hereby incorporated into the Terms of Use set forth herein. Your use of this Website is governed by the Privacy Policy.
The Privacy Policy is located here.
Pitch may occasionally change these terms. If that happens, we will try to communicate the changes to you by email, and we will at least post the changes on this page.
B. Membership and Accessibility
- LICENSE TO ACCESS
Pitch has established a Privacy Policy that explains to users how their information is collected and used. The Privacy Policy is referenced above and hereby incorporated into the Terms of Use set forth herein. Your use of this Website is governed by the Privacy Policy.
You can use Pitch as long as you follow the rules, and don't copy or change the website without our permission.
- MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Use of the Website is available only to individuals who are at least 18 years old and can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. You represent, acknowledge and agree that you are at least 18 years of age, and that: (a) all registration information that you submit is truthful and accurate, (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information, and (c) your use of the Website and "pitches" offered through this Website do not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your Account (defined below) may be terminated without warning if we believe that you are under the age of 18 or that you are not complying with any applicable local laws, rules or regulations.To use Pitch, you have to be 18, you have to submit truthful information, you can't break any laws, you can't 'scrape' or collect user information from our site, you can't recruit from our site for non-Pitch transactions, and you can't spam our users.
To access and participate in certain features of the Website, you will need to create a password-protected account ("Account"). You are solely responsible for safeguarding your password at all times and shall keep your password secure at all times. You shall be solely responsible for all activity that occurs on your Account and you shall notify Pitch immediately of any breach of security or any unauthorised use of your Account. Similarly, you shall never use another's Account without permission. You agree that you will not misrepresent yourself or represent your self as another user of the Website and/or the Projects, Pitches or Collaborations offered through the Website. You hereby acknowledge and agree that Pitch will not be liable for your losses caused by an unauthorised use of your Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may be liable for the losses of Pitch or others due to such unauthorised use. An Account holder is sometimes referred to herein as a "Registered User." Keep your password safe, and let us know if someone breaches your account. We aren't liable for problems that result from someone breaking into your account.
You acknowledge and agree that you shall comply with the following policies (the "Account Policies"):
- You will not copy or distribute any part of the Website in any medium without Pitch's prior written authorisation.
- You will not alter or modify any part of the Website other than as may be reasonably necessary to use the Website for its intended purpose.
- You will provide accurate and complete information when creating your Account.
- You shall not use any automated system, including but not limited to, "robots," "spiders," "offline readers," "scrapers," etc., to access the Website for any purpose without Pitch's prior written approval.
- You shall not in any manual or automated manner collect users information, including but not limited to, names, addresses, phone numbers, or email addresses, copying copyrighted text, or otherwise misuse or misappropriate Website information or content, including but not limited to, use on a "mirrored", competitive, or third party site.
- You shall not in any way that transmits more request messages to the Pitch servers, or any server of a Pitch subsidiary or affiliate, in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional online web browser; provided, however, that the operators of public search engines may use spiders or robots 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 material. Pitch reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.
- You shall not recruit, solicit, or contact in any form users for employment or contracting for a business not affiliated with Pitch without express written permission from Pitch. Should Pitch find that you violated the terms of this paragraph or any terms stated herein, Pitch reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to immediately terminate your use of the Website.
- You shall not take any action that (i) unreasonably encumbers or, in Pitch's sole discretion, may unreasonably encumber the Website's infrastructure; (ii) interferes or attempts to interfere with the proper working of the Website or any third-party participation in the Website; or (iii) bypasses Pitch's measures that are used to prevent or restrict access to the Website.
- You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable data, including without limitation, names or other Account information, from the Website, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Website for any commercial solicitation purposes.
If you do not meet, or are unable to comply with, any of the above-referenced membership eligibility criteria or Account Policies, please do not use the Website. We can terminate your account if you violate these rules.
- ADDITIONAL POLICIES
Your access to, use of, and participation in the Website is subject to the Terms of Use and all applicable Pitch regulations, guidelines and additional policies that Pitch may set forth from time to time, including without limitation, a copyright policy and any other restrictions or limitations that Pitch publishes on the Website (the "Additional Policies"). You hereby agree to comply with the Additional Policies and your obligations thereunder at all times. You hereby acknowledge and agree that if you fail to adhere to any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or documents referenced herein, including the Account Policies, membership eligibility criteria or Additional Policies, Pitch, in its sole discretion, may terminate your Account at any time without prior notice to you.
C. Member Conduct
- PROHIBITIONS ON SUBMITTED CONTENT
You shall not upload, post, transmit, transfer, disseminate, distribute, or facilitate distribution of any content, including text, images, video, sound, data, information, or software, to any part of the Website, including your profile ("Profile"), your posts ("Pitch", "Challenge"), or the contact form ("Email User") in connection with the Website (all of the foregoing content is sometimes collectively referred to herein as "Submitted Content" and the posting of Submitted Content is sometimes referred to as a "Posting" or as "Postings") that:
- misrepresents the source of anything you post, including impersonation of another individual or entity or any false or inaccurate biographical information;
- provides or create links to external sites that violate the Terms of Use;
- is intended to harm or exploit any individual under the age of 18 ("Minor") in any way;
- is designed to solicit, or collect personally identifiable information of any Minor, including, but not limited to, name, email address, home address, phone number, or the name of his or her school;
- invades anyone's privacy by attempting to harvest, collect, store, or publish private or personally identifiable information, such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, passwords, account information, credit card numbers, home addresses, or other contact information without their knowledge and willing consent;
- contains falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage Pitch or any third party;
- is pornographic, harassing, hateful, illegal, obscene, defamatory, libellous, slanderous, threatening, discriminatory, racially, culturally or ethnically offensive; incites, advocates, or expresses pornography, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity, hatred, bigotry, racism, or gratuitous violence; encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or violate any law; promotes racism, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual; contains nudity, violence or inappropriate subject matter; or is otherwise inappropriate; Don't use this website to launder money or advertise for services you aren't offering here.
- is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third-party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from the rightful owner to post the material and to grant Pitch all of the license rights granted herein;
- contains or promotes an illegal or unauthorised copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as pirated computer programs or links to them, information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protection devices, pirated music or links to pirated music files, or lyrics, guitar tabs or sheet music, works of art, teaching tools, or any other item the copy, display, use, performance, or distribution of which infringes on another's copyright, intellectual property right, or any other proprietary right;
- is intended to threaten, stalk, defame, defraud, degrade, victimise, or intimidate an individual or group of individuals for any reason on the basis of age, gender, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, race, or religion; or to incite or encourage anyone else to do so;
- intends to harm or disrupt another user's computer or would allow others to illegally access software or bypass security on websites or servers, including but not limited, to spamming;
- impersonates, uses the identity of, or attempts to impersonate a Pitch employee, agent, manager, host, another user, or any other person though any means;
- advertises or solicits a business not related to or appropriate for the Website (as determined by Pitch in its sole discretion);
- contains or could be considered "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", "pyramid schemes", "affiliate marketing", or unsolicited commercial advertisement;
- contains advertising for ponzi schemes, discount cards, credit counselling, online surveys or online contests;
- distributes or contains viruses or any other technologies that may harm Pitch, or the interests or property of Pitch users;
- contains links to commercial services or websites, except as allowed pursuant to the Terms of Use;
- is non-local or irrelevant content;
- contains identical content to other open Postings you have already posted; or
- uses any form of automated device or computer program that enables the submission of Postings without the express written consent of Pitch.
- PROHIBITIONS ON SENDING MESSAGES
You will not send messages to other users containing:
- offers to make national or international money transfers for amounts exceeding the asking price of a service, with intent to request a refund of any portion of the payment; or
- unsolicited advertising or marketing of a service not offered on the Website or an external website.
- NO DISCRIMINATION
- Employment Postings. Local laws prohibit employment postings with any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap or other protected class. Pitch will not knowingly accept any Posting for employment which is in violation of the law. Pitch has the right, in its sole discretion and without prior notice to you, to immediately remove any employment Posting that discriminates or is any way in violation of any federal, state, or local law.
- PROHIBITIONS WITH RESPECT TO PITCHES
While using the Website, you shall not:
- post content or items in any inappropriate category or areas on the Website;
- violate any laws, third-party rights, Account Policies, or any provision of the Terms of Use, such as the prohibitions described above;
- post false, inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, or libellous content (including personal information about any Website user);
- PROFILES AND PITCHES MUST NOT BE FRAUDULENT
Subject to any exceptions set forth in these Terms of Use or Additional Policies, if any, user shall not: (a) list Pitches in a category that is inappropriate to the Pitch they are listing; (b) include inappropriate keywords in their Profile, Pitch, or any other title or description relating to a Pitch; (d) use misleading titles that do not accurately describe the Pitch; or (e) include any information in their Profile that is fraudulent.
We can limit or cancel your account if you violate any of these terms.
- PITCHES MUST PROMOTE A FAIR PLAYING FIELD AND PROVIDE A SAFE, SIMPLE, AND POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL WEBSITE USERS
Subject to any exceptions set forth in these Terms of Use or Additional Policies, if any, users shall not: (a) include links that do not conform to Pitch's policies with respect to third-party links; (b) use certain types of HTML and JavaScript in Postings, your Profile page, your Pitch, your Messages; (c) promote raffles, prizes, bonuses, games of chance, giveaways.
- SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATING ANY OF THE RULES FOR USERS
If a user violates any of the above-referenced rules in connection with his or her Posting, Pitch, in its sole discretion, may take any of the following actions: (a) cancel the Posting; (b) limit the users Account privileges.
- PROFILES AND PITCHES MUST NOT BE FRAUDULENT
Subject to any exceptions set forth in these Terms of Use or Additional Policies, if any, user shall not: (a) include inappropriate keywords in their Profile, Pitch, or any messages relating to a Pitch; (d) use misleading wording or (e) include any information in their Profile that is fraudulent.
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SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATING ANY OF THE RULES FOR USERS
If a user violates any of the above-referenced rules in connection with his or her Posting, Pitch, in its sole discretion, may take any of the following actions: (a) cancel the Posting; (b) limit the users Account privileges; and/or (c) suspend the users Account.
- NO CONFIDENTIALITY
The Website may now or in the future permit the submission of videos or other communications submitted by you and other users, including without limitation, your Profile, your Pitch, and all Submitted Content, and the hosting, sharing, and/or publishing of such Submitted Content. You understand that whether or not such Submitted Content is published, Pitch does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any Submitted Content.We can't guarantee the confidentiality of anything you post publicly.
You agree that any Submitted Content provided by for which you authorise to be searchable by Registered Users who have access to the Website is provided on a non-proprietary and non-confidential basis. You agree that Pitch shall be free to use or disseminate such freely searchable Submitted Content on an unrestricted basis. You're responsible for what you post.
- YOUR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
You shall be solely responsible for your own Submitted Content and the consequences of posting or publishing it. In connection with Submitted Content, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: (a) you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorise Pitch to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all Submitted Content to enable inclusion and use of the Submitted Content in the manner contemplated by the Website and these Terms of Use; and (b) you have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in the Submitted Content to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of the Submitted Content in the manner contemplated by the Website and these Terms of Use. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any Submitted Content posted by you to or through the Website. Once you've posted information publicly on Pitch, we can display or advertise it in other places. If you don't want us to have access to your information anymore, just take down your post.
- YOUR OWNERSHIP RIGHTS AND LICENSE TO Pitch
You retain all of your ownership rights in your Submitted Content. However, by submitting the Submitted Content to Pitch for posting on the Website, you hereby grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Pitch a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to link to, use, reproduce, distribute, reformat, translate, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the Submitted Content in connection with the Website and Pitch's (and its successor's) business operations, including without limitation, for the promotion and redistribution of any part or all of the Website, and any derivative works thereof, in any media formats and through any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the Website a non-exclusive license to access your Submitted Content through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such Submitted Content as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Use. The foregoing license granted by you terminates once you remove or delete the Submitted Content from the Website.
You acknowledge and understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Website, including your Submitted Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. We are not liable for anything posted by Pitch's users, and we can remove any user content on the website whenever we want.
You may remove your Submitted Content from the Website at any time. If you choose to remove your Submitted Content, the license granted above will automatically expire.
- Pitch'S DISCLAIMERS AND RIGHT TO REMOVE
- Pitch does not endorse any Submitted Content or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and Pitch expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with all Submitted Content. Pitch does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on the Website, and Pitch will remove any Data (as defined below) or Submitted Content if properly notified, pursuant to the "take down" notification procedure described in Section G below, that such Posting or Submitted Content infringes on another's intellectual property rights. Pitch reserves the right to remove any Data or Submitted Content without prior notice. Pitch will also terminate a user's access to the Website, if he or she is determined to be a repeat infringer. A repeat infringer is a Website user who has been notified of infringing activity more than twice and/or has had Submitted Content removed from the Website more than twice. Pitch also reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to decide whether any Data or Submitted Content is appropriate and complies with these Terms of Use for all violations, in addition to copyright infringement and violations of intellectual property law, including, but not limited to, pornography, obscene or defamatory material, or excessive length. Pitch may remove such Submitted Content and/or terminate a user's access for uploading such material in violation of these Terms of Use at any time, without prior notice and in its sole discretion. We're sorry if you see something offensive on our site posted by another user. However, what other people post is not our fault. Let us know about it, and we'll remove it.
- You acknowledge and understand that when using the Website, you will be exposed to Submitted Content from a variety of sources, and that Pitch is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such Submitted Content. You further acknowledge and understand that you may be exposed to Submitted Content that is inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against Pitch with respect thereto, and agree to indemnify and hold Pitch, its owners, members, managers, operators, directors, officers, agents, affiliates, and/or licensors, harmless to the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to your use of the Website.
- You are solely responsible for the photos, profiles and other content, including, without limitation, Submitted Content, that you publish or display on or through the Website, or transmit to other Website users. You understand and agree that Pitch may, in its sole discretion and without incurring any liability, review and delete or remove any Submitted Content that violates this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of Website users or others.
- MODIFICATION OR CESSATION OF WEBSITE
Pitch reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website (or any part thereof) with or without notice and in its sole discretion. You agree that Pitch shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of Pitch services.
We will modify Pitch frequently in order to improve it.
- TERMINATION BY Pitch
You hereby acknowledge and agree that Pitch, in its sole and absolute discretion, has the right (but not the obligation) to delete, terminate, or deactivate your Account, block your email or IP address, cancel the Website or otherwise terminate your access to or participation in the use of the Website (or any part thereof), or remove and discard any Submitted Content on the Website ("Termination of Service"), immediately and without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, Account inactivity or if Pitch believes or has reason to believe that you have violated any provision of the Terms of Use.
You or we can cancel your account at any time, and we aren't liable for any problems arising from your account's cancellation.
- TERMINATION BY YOU
You may cancel your use of the Website and/or terminate the Terms of Use with or without cause at any time by following the link in your Account under "Account Settings" to "Deactivate Account."
- EFFECT OF TERMINATION
Upon termination of your Account, your right to participate in the Website, including, but not limited to, your right to offer or purchase services and your right to receive any fees or compensation, including, without limitation, referral discounts, incentive bonuses, or other special offer rewards, shall automatically terminate. You acknowledge and agree that your right to receive any fees or compensation hereunder is conditional upon your proper use of the Website, your adherence to the Terms of Use, the continuous activation of your Account, and your permitted participation in the Website. In the event of Termination of Service, your Account will be disabled and you may not be granted access to your Account or any files or other data contained in your Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, residual data may remain in the Pitch system. We own everything we have produced for Pitch, and nobody else can use it without our permission.
Unless Pitch has previously canceled or terminated your use of the Website (in which case subsequent notice by Pitch shall not be required), if you provided a valid email address during registration, Pitch will notify you via email of any such termination or cancellation, which shall be effective immediately upon Pitch's delivery of such notice.
Upon Termination of Service, the following shall occur: all licenses granted to you hereunder will immediately terminate; and you shall promptly destroy all copies of Pitch Data (as defined below), Marks (as defined below) and other content in your possession or control. You further acknowledge and agree that Pitch shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Website. Upon Termination of Service, Pitch retains the right to use any data collected from your use of the Website for internal analysis and archival purposes, and all related licenses you have granted Pitch hereunder shall remain in effect for the foregoing purpose. In no event is Pitch obligated to return any Submitted Content to you. Sections H, K, L, O, P, Q, S, T, and U (including the section regarding limitation of liability), shall survive expiration or termination of the Website or your Account.
You agree to indemnify and hold Pitch, and its officers, managers, members, affiliates, successor, assigns, directors, agents, Employers, suppliers, and employees harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, Pitche by any third party due to or arising out of the Termination of Service.
- Pitch OWNS OR HOLDS THE LICENSES TO ALL DATA AND MARKS ON THE WEBSITE
The content on the Website (exclusive of all Submitted Content), including without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features and the like ("Data") and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein ("Marks"), are owned by Pitch, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under New Zealand and foreign laws and international conventions. Other trademarks, names and logos on this Website are the property of their respective owners.
Data on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. Pitch reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and the Data. You agree not to use, copy, or distribute, any of the Data other than as expressly permitted herein, including any use, copying, or distribution of Submitted Content obtained through the Website for any commercial purposes. If you download or print a copy of the Data for personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained thereon. You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security features of the Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Data or enforce limitations on use of the Website or the Data therein.
- Pitch'S LICENSE TO YOU FOR THE USE OF DATA AND MARKS
The Website contains Pitch's Data and Marks, which are, or may become, protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and Pitch owns and retains all rights in the Pitch Data and Marks. Subject to these Terms of Use, Pitch hereby grants you a limited, revocable, nontransferable, nonsublicensable license to reproduce and display the Pitch Data (excluding any software source code) solely for your personal use in connection with accessing and participating in the Website.
The Website may also contain Data of other users or licensors, which you shall not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell.
Pitch may authorise you to use an "Embeddable Player" feature, which you may incorporate into your own personal, non-commercial websites for use in accessing the materials on the Website; provided, however, that you provide a link back to the Website on any pages that contain the Embeddable Player. Pitch reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of the Website at any time.
- NEGOTIATION WORKSHEET AND CONTRACT TEMPLATE
As a courtesy to Registered Users, to facilitate the negotiation and confirmation of the Agreement for Service, Pitch provides a general framework for negotiating the terms of Service (e.g., rate) ("Negotiation Worksheet"). Registered Users acknowledge and agree that (i) they are solely responsible for addressing all issues that exist now or may arise in the future in connection with the applicable Service; and (ii) it is solely up to such Registered Users, if they so desire, to enter into a signed, written contract, that addresses all of the relevant issues and memorialises the agreed upon Negotiation Worksheet. We try to facilitate transactions on Pitch by providing template agreements between buyers and sellers. These templates, however, are only suggestions, and we are not liable for any problems arising from using our templates.
You should not rely on the any information or resources contained on the Website, including, without limitation, the Negotiation Worksheet, as a replacement or substitute for any professional, financial, legal or other advice or counsel. Pitch makes no representations and warranties, and expressly disclaims any and all liability, concerning actions taken by a user following the information or using the resources offered or provided on or through the Websites, including, without limitation, the Negotiation Worksheet. In no way will Pitch be responsible for any actions taken or not taken based on the information or resources provided on this Website. If you have a situation that requires professional advice, you should consult a qualified specialist. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining professional advice from a qualified specialist because of information or resources that are provided on this Website, however provided.
- Pitch IS NOT A PARTY TO ANY SERVICE CONTRACT
Each Registered User hereby acknowledges and agrees that Pitch is NOT a party to any oral or written Agreement for Service, Negotiation Worksheet, or any contract entered into between Registered Users in connection with any Service offered, directly or indirectly, through the Website.
Pitch is just an intermediary between "buyers" and "sellers", and we are not a party to any contract between website users.
- NO AGENCY OR PARTNERSHIP
No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of the Terms of Use or your use of any part of the Website, including without limitation, the Negotiation Worksheet or Agreement for Service. You do not have any authority whatsoever to bind Pitch in any respect. All users are independent contractors. Neither Pitch nor any users of the Website may direct or control the day-to-day activities of the other, or create or assume any obligation on behalf of the other. Pitch is not employing you, or partnering with you in any kind of business venture.
The foregoing lists of prohibitions provide examples and is not complete or exclusive. Pitch reserves the right to (a) terminate your access to your Account, your ability to post to this Website (or the Projects) and (b) refuse, delete or remove, move or edit the content, in whole or in part, of any Postings; with or without cause and with or without notice, for any reason or no reason, or for any action that Pitch determines is inappropriate or disruptive to this Website or to any other user of this Website and/or Projects. Pitch reserves the right to restrict the number of e-mails or other messages that you are allowed to send to other users to a number that Pitch deems appropriate in Pitch's sole discretion. Pitch may report to law enforcement authorities any actions that may be illegal, and any reports it receives of such conduct. When legally required or at Pitch's discretion, Pitch will cooperate with law enforcement agencies in any investigation of alleged illegal activity on this Website or on the Internet. Pitch does not and cannot review every Posting posted to the Website. These prohibitions do not require Pitch to monitor, police or remove any Postings or other information submitted by you or any other user. Pitch is too big for us to monitor on our own, so we can't guarantee we'll remove every bad thing that people post here.
D. Rules for Users
E. Rules for users
F. Use of Submitted Content
G. Copyright Infringement Take Down Procedure
Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA"), Pitch has established policies for dealing with alleged and actual copyright and trademark infringement. If you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and/or trademark infringement, please send the following information to our Copyright Agent (see 17 U.S.C. ß 512(c)(3) for further detail): (i) identification of the copyrighted and/or trademarked work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site; (ii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled at the Website, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Pitch to locate the material.; (iii) a written statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright and/or trademark owner, its agent, or the law; (iv) information reasonably sufficient to permit Pitch to contact you as the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted; (v) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive interest that is allegedly infringed; and (vi) a statement by you, Pitche under penalty of perjury, that the information in your report is accurate and that you are the owner of the exclusive right or authorised to act on the behalf of the owner of the exclusive right. A statement by you comprised of the foregoing points is referred to herein as the "Notice." If you think your copyright or trademark is being infringed on Pitch, please follow these procedures to notify us about it. We'll try to help you solve the problem.
You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements, your Notice may not be valid. Pitch will remove any infringing material, subject to the procedures outlined in the DMCA. Notwithstanding Pitch's instructions above, you are solely responsible for ensuring that any Notice you provide to Pitch complies with the provisions of the DMCA.
Please also note that for copyright infringements under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.
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