Vū DEVELOPER AGREEMENT
Upon your acceptance hereof, this agreement ("Agreement") shall
be a binding agreement entered into by and between Vu Digital, LLC ("Vu Digital", "we", "our" or "us")
and you or, if applicable, the individual, company or other legal
entity you represent ("participant" "you" or "your").
- Purpose. This Agreement sets forth the terms of the
relationship between you and Vu Digital, LLC with regard to your use,
participation in and connection to the Vū service ("Vū") as a
developer or user of the Vū Tool as defined herein and/or content,
documentation, code, and related materials made available to you on
or through Vū.
- Participation. Vū is a recommendation and social
networking service that delivers personalized content and
recommendations based on the user's preferences and activity on
participating web sites, applications and mobile devices, as well as
social networking site(s) such as Facebook®, Twitter®,
LinkedIn® and/or Google+® (the ""). Participant agrees to
participate in Vū, and shall participate by registering for and
maintaining a user account ("Account") with Vū pursuant to the format
presented to Participant on the MyVu.com website (the
"Website") or by launching, accessing, downloading, installing the Vū
Tool as defined herein, or other use of Vū.
- Account. Participant is responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of its Account password and responsible for all
Account activity. We will not be liable for any loss or damage
arising from your failure to properly maintain your Account,
including without limitation to regularly review the accuracy of
Account information, even if created by us on your behalf. In
addition to the other rights set forth herein, Vu Digital, LLC
reserves the right to refuse service, participation and/or access to
the Account or Vū at any time without notice for any reason.
- Content. This Agreement also sets forth Cellular
South's rights in any websites, written work, images, artwork,
photograph, video, mobile or web-based applications, music, games,
tools, or other information or content ("Content") that you
publish, upload or otherwise display on a website or application to
which you connect or link to Vū. In this Agreement, you grant us
extensive rights to use, modify and distribute Content in exchange
for possible exposure on Vū. All Content is subject to our use,
modification and distribution pursuant to the terms hereof. Given the
importance of the rights you grant to us under this Agreement, you
should read it carefully and make sure that you fully understand and
agree to its terms before contributing Content to Vū. You are solely
responsible for determining the Content that is published, uploaded
or otherwise displayed on your website or application which you
connect or link to Vū. Accordingly, you are solely responsible for
your Content on Vū. While participating in Vū, you acknowledge and
agree that the Content shall not: (a) violate any applicable law,
rule, code, ordinance or regulation; (b) include any material that is
unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or
publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise
objectionable; (c) encourage conduct that could constitute a criminal
offense or give rise to civil liability; (d) violate the terms of use
or developer obligations of Facebook®, Twitter®, LinkedIn®
and/or Google+® or any other third party services with which Vū
maintains a developer relationship; or (e) otherwise violate the
terms of this Agreement or any of the other agreements, policies and
terms referenced in Section 8 below.
- Terms of Agreement. You acknowledge and agree to the
terms hereof and further acknowledge and agree that Vu Digital, LLC
may amend, revise or supplement this Agreement or provide additional
policies, guidelines or amendments hereto from time to time, as
Vu Digital, LLC may reasonably require. Vu Digital, LLC will publish
such amendments, revisions, supplements, policies and guidelines on
the Website and such matters shall become effective immediately upon
such publication unless expressly provided otherwise. If at any time
you do not agree with any relevant terms, you shall terminate your
Account and otherwise terminate your participation in Vū.
- Acceptance. You accept the terms of this Agreement by
clicking "I Agree" to confirm acceptance or by contributing Content
to a website or application connected or linked to Vū. If you are
entering into this Agreement on behalf of a company or other legal
entity, you represent that you have the legal authority to bind that
company or legal entity to this Agreement. If you do not have the
authority, or if you do not agree with the terms of this Agreement,
you must not confirm acceptance. In the event the terms of this
Agreement are amended, revised or supplemented by Vu Digital, LLC,
pursuant to Section 5 hereof, you accept such terms by continuing to
participate in Vū upon the implementation thereof.
- Terms and Termination. This Agreement is effective as
of the date you accept it as described in Section 6 above, and this
Agreement will remain in effect until you terminate your Account or
Vu Digital, LLC otherwise terminates your right to participate in Vū,
which Vu Digital, LLC may do at any time for any reason. All
provisions of this Agreement that are logically intended or required
to survive expiration or termination hereof to achieve their intent,
shall survive without limitation, including the rights and licenses
you provide hereunder to Content connected to or linked to Vū prior
to any termination.
- Related Agreements. You acknowledge that your
activities related to and use of Vū, including those under this
Agreement, are subject to the terms of [Privacy Policy and Terms of
Use] and you represent and warrant that you are in compliance and
will remain in compliance with the terms thereof. You may be subject
to other terms by parties not affiliated with Vū, and the terms of
service and privacy policies associated with those third parties. You
understand and agree that we are not responsible for your compliance
with such terms. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as
set forth in the Terms of Use, you acknowledge and agree to comply
with and cooperate with Vu Digital, LLC in its compliance with the
United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
- Vū Tool. Subject to the terms hereof and our sole
discretion, Vu Digital, LLC may make available certain API, plugins,
applications or other tools (collectively, the "Tool") for placement
on your website or application to access and view Content and to
facilitate the use of your website or application by Vū users. The
Tool may display Vū logos or other logos, search boxes that link to
information within your website or application and information
outside of your website or application, and advertising for Vū or for
third party products (the "Tool Information"). The Tool includes the
Tool Information, as well as all software files or images
incorporated in, or generated by, the Tool, and any and all software,
data and code that accompanies the Tool, and any upgrades,
enhancements or modifications to such software, data and code.
Vu Digital, LLC retains all ownership, licenses and other rights in
the Tool, including the Tool Information and in Vū and Vū logos and
trademarks. You acknowledge and agree that we may use data capture,
syndication analysis and other similar tools to track, extract,
compile, aggregate and analyze any data or information resulting from
use of the Tool. You shall not interfere with such actions or distort
the Content in a manner to interfere with such actions. We may use
any technical means to overcome such interference. If you object to
any of these actions, your sole recourse is to stop using the Tool
and to remove the Tool from your website or application. Subject to
your compliance with this Agreement, we hereby grant you a
non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license
solely for the limited purpose of using and displaying the Tool on a
website or application for which you have proper authorization. You
are not licensed to use the Tool for any other purpose, and nothing
in this Agreement shall be deemed to grant you any right, title or
interest in the Tool, including the Tool Information or in any other
property related to Vū of any kind.
- Tool Use Restrictions. Your limited license to use the
Tool is subject to the following restrictions on use: (a) you may not
obscure, alter or disable any element of the Tool, including without
limitation any alteration of the display of the Tool; (b) you may not
display your website or application in any manner that implies
partnership with, affiliation with, sponsorship, or endorsement by
Vū (c) you may not insert any intermediate page, splash page or
other display of any kind between the Tool and the Tool Information;
(d) you may not display the Tool on any site that disparages Vū or
Vu Digital, LLC or its products or services, infringes any Cellular
South intellectual property or other rights, or violates any
applicable law; and (e) you may not place the Tool on sites that
include content that is offensive, abusive, harassing, threatening,
discriminatory, vulgar, pornographic, or otherwise inappropriate as
determined by Vu Digital, LLC in its sole discretion. Subject to the
express parameters of the limited license granted to you above, the
Tool and the Tool Information may not be copied, modified, deleted,
reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, sold, offered for sale,
or redistributed in any way without obtaining the express prior
written permission of Vu Digital, LLC in each instance. You
acknowledge and agree that Vu Digital, LLC may crawl or otherwise
monitor your site for the purpose of confirming compliance with this
Agreement and for the purposes set forth in other provisions of this
Agreement.
- Other Prohibitions. Without limiting any other
prohibitions or restrictions in this Agreement you acknowledge and
agree that you will not and you will not encourage or create
functionality for your users or other third parties to:
- Collect or modify any Tool Information or any Vū user
information;
- Interfere with or attempt to interfere in any manner with
the proper workings of Vū, or create or distribution any
information that adversely affects the functionality or performance
of Vū
- Circumvent or render ineffective any restrictions in the
Tool or otherwise related to Vū, including IP address-based
restrictions;
- Sell, lease, lend, convey, redistribution or sublicense to
any third party all or any portion of the Tool or Tool Information
(except that you may distribute and display the Tool Information
pursuant to the intended use of the Tool in accordance with this
Agreement);
- Modify, replace, interfere with or block advertisements
placed by Vū on your website or application pursuant to the Tool;
- Separate, isolate, or modify any of the Tool Information;
- Access any portion of the Tool or Tool Information by any
means other than use of the Tool as authorized in this Agreement;
- store copies of the Tool or any other Vū-related property;
- Use Vū intentionally to encourage or promote copyright
infringement or the exploitation of copyright-infringing materials;
- Misrepresent your identity when registering with Vū, use
any credentials of any different individual or entity, or mask your
usage of Vū or
- Take any action which violates the terms of use or
developer obligations of Vū to any third party services, including,
but not limited to Facebook®, Twitter®, LinkedIn® and/or
Google+®.
- General Representations and Warranties. Each party
represents and warrants to the other that: (a) it has the power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations
hereunder; (b) if it is an entity, it is an entity duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or formation; and it is duly qualified
to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the
conduct of its business, provision of its goods and/or services, or
the ownership of its property requires such qualification; (c) this
Agreement reflect its legal, valid and binding obligation,
enforceable against it; and (d) it shall comply with all laws, rules,
regulations, codes and ordinances applicable to its obligations under
the Agreement.
- Rights in Content. With regard to all of the Content,
you represent and warrant that:
- You are the sole owner of or have rights in and an
unrestricted license to use the all of the Content and that
publication and distribution of the Content via Vū will not
infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate any intellectual
property right or right of privacy or publicity of any third party.
- You hold any and all permits and authorizations, if any,
required in connection with the publication and distribution of the
Content.
- You have obtained all rights of publicity due or owing to
any entity or individual appearing in your Content.
- You have obtained all rights necessary to use any music,
artwork, locations, premises, images, footage or other creations of
other parties appearing in your Content.
- Neither the Content nor the exercise of rights you grant in
this Agreement will infringe or violate any copyrights, contract
rights, rights of privacy or other rights of any person or defame
any person.
- Your Content complies with the terms of this Agreement and
all other agreements referenced in Section 8 above.
- License to Content. For the purposes of promoting and
distributing the Content, making recommendations to Vū users,
personalizing the Content, analyzing the activities of Vū users and
otherwise using and displaying the Content, Participant grants to
Vu Digital, LLC a paid-up, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free,
transferable, irrevocable, perpetual and sub-licensable license to
use, copy, transfer, stream, distribute, display, perform and
otherwise make available any and all of the Content on or in
connection with Vū on a website, application, widget, mobile device
or other distribution or display medium. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, Participant hereby grants to Vū the
right to use, perform and display your website and application and
the Content for the purposes of marketing, demonstrating, directing
to, linking to and making the same available to Vū users. Participant
acknowledges that Content may be made available, in any and all
media, formats and modes now known or later invented, including,
without limitation, via all online and digital formats, and to
condense, reformat, edit, translate, add subtitles, audio and credits
to and make other modifications to your Content as we desire to
facilitate such distribution. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Participant acknowledges and agrees that Vu Digital, LLC
may manipulate, amend, annotate, supplement and otherwise alter the
Content in order to make it compatible with Vū, identifiable on Vū,
linkable from Vū, consistent with the purpose of Vū or otherwise Vū
user friendly
- LIMITATION. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT, VU DIGITAL, LLC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT WITH REGARD TO Vū. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY
OF THE FOREGOING, VU DIGITAL, LLC DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT
(A) ANY OF YOUR CONTENT WILL BE PUBLISHED, DISPLAYED OR OTHERWISE
DISBURSED; (B) ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR MISPLACEMENTS WILL BE
CORRECTED, (C) ANY PARTICIPATION IN Vū WILL RESULT IN ANY REVENUE OR
PROFIT OR OTHER BENEFIT, OR (D) THE TOOL WILL OPERATE PROPERLY WITH
YOUR WEBSITE OR APPLICATION. FURTHER VU DIGITAL, LLC MAKES NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE
WEBSITE OR ANY PROMOTION, DISTRIBUTION OR DISPLAY METHOD USED OR
PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH Vū (INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO ITS
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OPERATION) AND/OR THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY,
RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS, SUITABILITY OR
OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS CONTAINED ON
OR PRESENTED THEREIN. Vū IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, AND ON AN "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.
- Indeminification. Participant, at its sole cost and
expense, shall defend, indemnify and hold Vu Digital, LLC and all
Vu Digital, LLC Parties harmless from and against any third party
claims, lawsuits, actions, proceedings or investigations
(collectively, "Claims") and from and against any fees, costs,
sanctions, penalties, damages, losses or expenses (including but not
limited to attorney's fees and costs) (collectively, "Losses")
arising out of or relating to any of the following: (a) Participant's
or Participant's personnel's fraud, negligence, willful misconduct,
or gross negligence; (b) Participant's or Participant's personnel's
breach or alleged breach of this Agreement; (c) the Content; (d) any
infringement, misappropriation, or other violation, of any patent,
trademark, copyright, publicity, privacy, trade secret, or other
right of any third party, or (e) defamation, disparagement, libel or
slander.
- CONSEQUENITAL DAMAGES. EXCEPT FOR FRAUD, WILLFUL
MISCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE OR
OBLIGATED TO PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER PARTY IN ANY MANNER FOR ANY
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR INDIRECT
DAMAGES OF ANY KIND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE,
EVEN IF INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES IN ADVANCE.
- ARBITRATION. YOU AGREE THAT ANY CONTROVERSIES, CLAIMS
OR DISPUTES ARISING BETWEEN YOU AND VU DIGITAL, LLC, WHETHER IN
TORT OR IN CONTRACT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE RELATED TO OR
ARISING OUT OF this Vū developer agreement, OR THE SERVICES PROVIDED,
INCLUDING ACCESS, DOWNLOAD AND OR USE OF Vū AND/OR THE Vū TOOL,
WHETHER ARISING BEFORE OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT,
SHALL BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION. THIS INCLUDES ANY
AND ALL DISPUTES BASED ON ANY PRODUCT, SERVICE OR ADVERTISING
PROVIDED BY VU DIGITAL, LLC, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
ACCESS AND/OR USE OF Vū, THE Vū TOOL AND/OR ANY LINKS USED BY YOU OR
KNOWN TO YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF Vū. SUCH ARBITRATION SHALL BE
BEFORE A PANEL CONSISTING OF THREE ARBITRATORS AT A LOCATION IN THE
GREATER JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI METROPOLITAN AREA. SUCH ARBITRATION
SHALL BE BINDING UPON BOTH YOU AND VU DIGITAL, LLC AND SHALL BE
CONDUCTED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION ("AAA") UNDER ITS
RULES, INCLUDING THE SELECTION OF THE ARBITRATORS, WHICH SHALL BE
ACCOMPLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE AAA. THE AWARD
RENDERED BY THE ARBITRATORS SHALL BE FINAL, AND JUDGMENT MAY BE
ENTERED UPON IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW IN ANY COURT HAVING
JURISDICTION THEREOF. THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THE PREVAILING
PARTY IN SUCH ARBITRATION SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER THE COSTS OF
SUCH ARBITRATION FROM THE OTHER PARTY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES. THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE SHALL BE
SPECIFICALLY ENFORCEABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW IN ANY COURT HAVING
JURISDICTION THEREOF.
- Execution of Further Agreements. Protection of rights
sometimes requires formal filings of paper documents and it may be
helpful to us to have physical signed versions of certain documents.
To help us with that, you agree to sign and deliver to us any
agreements or further documents we may request to confirm your grant
of rights, following any instructions we provide for notarization or
other formal confirmation of your signature. If you do not complete
and return such additional documents within 5 business days after our
request, you agree that we can sign the additional documents on your
behalf and, to make your agreement legally enforceable, you hereby
irrevocably appoint us as your attorney-in-fact with full power to
execute, acknowledge and deliver the additional documents and file or
record the additional documents in appropriate offices or forums.
Your appointment is a power coupled with an interest.
- Right of Publicity Participant grants to us the right
to use its name, website, logos, artwork, biographical information,
photograph, video or likeness and the names, biographical
information, photographs, videos and likenesses of all individuals
that appear or are credited in the Content, worldwide and in any
manner and medium now or hereafter devised, for any purpose in
connection with participation in Vū or the display, use, or
exploitation of the Content, without additional compensation,
notification or permission.
- Effect of Removal You acknowledge that, to the extent
we remove or provide you a method to remove Content from Vū, that
action will not ensure that elements of your Content that may have
been incorporated into Vū and other properties submitted to Cellular
South will also be removed from Vū. Also, removal of Content from Vū
will be subject to any rights that we have in the Content that
continue after the removal thereof or the termination hereof.
- Similar Content. Given the open nature of Vū,
participants may develop and contribute Content that is similar to
each other. In order to prevent legal claims that could be disruptive
to Vū participants and impede the ability of Vū to perform the
functions for which it is intended, you agree to irrevocably and
forever waive any legal claim you may have under any theory of law
against Vu Digital, LLC, its officers, directors, shareholders,
affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, employees, representatives,
sublicensees and subcontractors ("Vu Digital, LLC Parties") in any
territory, including, without limitation, copyright infringement or
breach of implied in fact contract, that your rights were infringed
due to any similarity between your Content and any other content that
is or may become available on Vū.
- No Obligation to Make Available or Use. We have no
obligation to make any Content available on Vū or to otherwise use it
in any way. If we make any Content available on Vū or otherwise
commence exploitation, we may remove it from Vū and cease further
exploitation at any time in our sole discretion.
- No Compensation. You will have no right to compensation
in connection with the exploitation of rights you grant under this
Agreement. Your consideration for the rights granted in this
Agreement is the benefits provided by the potential of publication,
distribution and analysis of your Content to Vū users, and you
acknowledge that such consideration is good and valuable and adequate
for the rights you grant hereunder.
- No Limitation of Rights. Nothing in this Agreement in
any way limits any fair use or other right Vu Digital, LLC may have to
use the Content in the absence of this Agreement.
- Cumulative Rights. All rights you grant under this
Agreement are cumulative and we may exercise or refrain from
exercising any one or more of them separately from, simultaneously
and/or in connection with any other rights you grant us or with any
rights we obtain from other sources. In addition, if any assignment
or grant of exclusive rights you make to us is deemed invalid or to
be less than exclusive, we will, nonetheless, have a non-exclusive
license to use the Content as authorized in this Agreement to the
fullest extent permissible under law.
- Confidentiality. You agree that any non-public
information related to Vū or your Content that we communicate to you
is confidential and that you will restrict the communication of the
information to your employees and business associates who (a) have a
legitimate business need to know the data, and (b) are subject to a
duty not to disclose the information. You may, however, disclose
information as required to comply with applicable law provided that
you: (x) give us prior written notice sufficient to allow us to seek
a protective order or other appropriate remedy, (y) disclose only the
information required to be disclosed, and (z) use reasonable efforts
to obtain confidential treatment for any information you disclose.
- Affiliates. All rights you grant to us may be exercised
by us or by any of our affiliates, subsidiaries, subcontractors or
sublicensees.
- Assignment. We may assign any or all of our rights or
obligations under this Agreement to any party, and the assignment
will be deemed a novation under law forever releasing Vu Digital, LLC
from any and all obligations and liabilities under this Agreement.
- No Responsibility for Third-Party Actions. You
acknowledge that, once contributed to Vū, your Content is freely
available for download without copy protection and is fully available
for revision by other users of Vū. In no event will Vu Digital, LLC or
any Vu Digital, LLC Parties be responsible for any reproduction,
display, modification, or use of your Content or any portion thereof
by you or any third party.
- No Rescission or Injunctive Relief. All rights granted
to us under this Agreement are irrevocably vested (including, without
limitation, for the full term of copyright protection everywhere in
the world and any renewals thereof). No breach by us will entitle you
to equitable relief, whether injunctive or otherwise, against or with
respect to the Content or any other works created pursuant to the
rights granted hereunder or their exploitation, and you acknowledge
that your remedy of money damages is adequate.
- Remedies and Intepretation. All remedies will be
cumulative and pursuit of any one will not waive any other. Captions
and headings are for convenience only and will not be used to
construe meaning.