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Section 1. What's My Interests: Fandom?
Fandom is an interactive computer service that allows members to showcase and share their fan fiction, discover great stories, get closer to the talent behind their favorite fandoms and participate in fun events. Our goal is to support and encourage the development and sharing of fan creativity.
Fan fiction is based on characters or settings created by someone else. You should not expect to gain any rights to others' characters or settings when you include them in content you post on My Interests: Fandoms. If someone with an interest in the characters or settings complains about their use, we may need to block or remove the particular work complained of, and we reserve the right to do so.
Section 2. Acceptance of Terms
By registering with this website, you accept the Terms so that you can access and use My Interests: Fandoms for the purpose of exchanging, uploading and sharing content related to fan fiction. Fandoms will update the Terms from time to time. We will inform you of the changes by posting amended Terms on our Website. When this happens, Fandom will post a notice on the website homepage for at least 48 hours. Any posted changes will govern our relationship and supercede previous Terms. You should review the posted Terms regularly to see if any new changes have been made.
Section 3. Eligibility
In order to access certain website features, you must be at least 13 years of age, and you must become an authorized user ("Member") by completing the website registration process. You agree that (a) the information you provide is true, accurate, current and complete, and (b) you will maintain and promptly update the information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. Should any of your information change after becoming a Member, you must update that information as soon as possible. Otherwise, your account could be suspended or terminated.
Section 4. Password
You will receive a password and account ("Account") upon completing the registration process. Please don't share it with other people. Because you are responsible for the activities associated with your Account, if any other person accesses the website via your Account, their actions could ultimately affect your Account. You agree to notify My Interests: Fandom immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or access to your password. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your Account.
Section 5. Privacy
Your use of the website is also subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Privacy Policy. For more information, see our full Privacy Policy. From time to time, we may change our Privacy Policy. Those changes will be effective upon the posting of those changes on the website. When this happens, My Interests will post a notice on the website homepage for at least 48 hours.
Section 6. Acceptable Use Policy
Fandom encourages and supports active and open publication of fan fiction in a lawful and civil manner. We do not monitor the Fandom Website for inappropriate content or conduct, but we may need to take action in the event that we learn of unlawful activity or violations of our Acceptable Use Policy.
You agree not to use the Fandom Website or Service to:
(1) engage in actions that give rise to claims of an invasion of another's privacy;
(2) break any local, state or federal law;
(3) harass or threaten people;
(4) request unlawful services or materials;
(5) harm minors, including the posting of child pornography, obscenity or similar material;
(6) impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity, or engage in any fraudulent, deceptive or otherwise wrongful activities;
(7) engage in or further any activity that infringes upon the intellectual property or proprietary rights of others, including, but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, and patents;
(8) promote, run, disseminate or in any way facilitate viruses, worms, or Trojan horse software programs or code;
(9) act in any way that degrades or disables the website or related services;
(10) attempt to extract data from the website outside the authorization of the Terms;
(11) promote, disseminate, or advertise commercial goods or services;
(12) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any portion of the My Interests: Fandom website;
(13) export encryption or other regulated software over the Internet or otherwise, to points outside the United States in violation of U.S. law;
(14) transmit, distribute, or disseminate unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, "spam," or other form of commercial solicitation; or
(15) use the My Interests:Fandom website or services for purposes other than as set forth in Section 2.
Section 7. Blocking or removing materials
While My Interests: Fandom does not intend to monitor the My Interests: Fandom website or to generally remove or block access to material, My Interests: Fandom reserves the right to block or remove any or all content posted by you, without prior notice, and at its sole discretion. However, My Interests: Fandom is not responsible for any failure or delay in removing or limiting access to such content.
Since fan fiction is usually based on existing characters and settings, the creators and/or owners of those characters and settings may take issue with your use of them and could ask My Interests: Fandom to remove your work based on what they believe are their rights. We will take any such concerns seriously, we will investigate any such complaints, and, as noted above, we reserve the right to remove or block content as a result.
Section 8. Your Rights to Material you Post
At My Interests, we expect you to post the content you create ("Your Content") on the website. You keep any and all rights to Your Content. My Interests does not own any rights to Your Content. However, when you post Your Content, you are giving My Interests the right to use, reproduce, distribute and publicly display Your Content on the website or through its services (such as email notification and RSS feeds) free of charge.
My Interests also wants to be able to promote Your Content on My Interests: Fandom. As a result, My Interests may create summaries or descriptions of Your Content to promote and/or showcase Your Content. You authorize My Interests to make, reproduce, distribute, and display these summaries or descriptions on My Interests: Fandoms or through its services but not for any other purpose unrelated to My Interests: Fandoms. If you mark any of Your Content private, we will not promote and/or showcase Your Content.
Section 9. Things We Can't Control
We don't control the information provided by other members that is disclosed through their Accounts. Therefore, through use of the website, you could risk interacting with underage persons or people acting under false pretenses. You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, or other material residing on the website ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person with whom such Content originated. This means that you, and not My Interests, are entirely responsible for any Content that you post, email, upload, transmit or otherwise make available via your Account. My Interests does not control the Content posted by members on the Website and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, legality, or quality of such Content. You understand that by using our services, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will My Interests be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available through the Website.
My Interests may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because My Interests has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that My Interests is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, videos, images, text, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that My Interests shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
Section 10. Representations by your support
You represent and warrant that you are not a resident of any country or affiliated with any organization prohibited to do business within the United States as set forth in the following: http://www.treas.gov/ofac and http://www.bis.doc.gov/DPL/thedeniallist.asp.
Section 11. Obligatory Disclaimer
You expressly understand and agree that:
1) MyMY INTERESTS MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (A) USING THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (B) SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, TIMELY, OR ERROR-FREE, (C) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF OUR SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (D) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THIS SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (E) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
2) NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM MY INTERESTS OR THROUGH OR FROM THIS WEBSITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.
3) YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Section 12. Obligatory Limitation of Liability
1) ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIS SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
2) IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE, OUR SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT HOWEVER ARISING, UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES, MY INTERESTS'S LIABILITY IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH JURISDICTION. IN ADDITION, BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT THE DISCLAIMER OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, THE DISCLAIMERS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Section 13. Arbitration
Any legal controversy or legal claim arising out of or relating to these Terms, shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association and be conducted in Los Angeles, California. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party, unless in our sole judgment, My Interests wishes to consolidate the legal controversy of two or more parties in any legal action. My Interests may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in California necessary to protect its rights pending the completion of arbitration. Should you file an action contrary to this provision, My Interests may recover from you our reasonable attorney fees and costs. You agree that, regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of this website or services or the Terms must be filed by you within six (6) months after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in these Terms, My Interests shall always have and retain the right to pursue legal action of any kind or nature whatsoever in any appropriate jurisdiction in order to protect our interests.
Section 14. Termination
All My Interests: Fandom members are expected to use the website responsibly and in accordance with the Acceptable Use Policy above. If My Interests becomes aware of violations or potential violations of the Terms, My Interests may take appropriate steps necessary to prevent or stop those violations, including termination of your Account. My Interests may make such decisions in its sole discretion, and those decisions will be final. Any party seeking to report a violation of these Terms may do so by using the contact menu below or by submitting a ticket through our sister fanfiction site.
Either you or My Interests may terminate our relationship and your ability to use the website at any time. You understand and agree that cancellation is your sole right and remedy with respect to any dispute with My Interests. This includes, but is not limited to, any dispute related to, or arising out of: (1) any of these Terms or My Interests's enforcement or application thereof; (2) any policy or practice of My Interests, including the Website Privacy Policy, or My Interests's enforcement or application of these policies; or (3) your ability to access and/or use the website. Members may cancel their Account by using the contact us buton below or submitting a ticket. Cancellation requests must originate from the email address on your Account as of the time of the request. My Interests shall have no obligation to maintain any content or to forward any unread or unsent messages to you or any third party.
Section 15. Everything Else
If any part of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. The laws of the State of California, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules, govern the Terms and your Account. Member conduct may be subject to other local, state, national, and international laws. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any other legal notices published by My Interests on the website, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and My Interests concerning the website. If any provision of these Terms is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and our failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California residents are entitled to the following specific consumer rights contact information:
The Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 1020 N. Street, #501, Sacramento, CA 95814, or by telephone at 1-916-445-1254.