CARTOONENCYCLOPEDIA - WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

Last Updated: February 2, 2010

Your use of the www.CartoonEncyclopedia.com website (the “Website”) is subject to these Website Terms of Use (these “Terms of Use”). By using the Website, you agree to be bound by, and use the Website in compliance with, these Terms of Use. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE.  
 
The terms "you," "your," and "yours" refer to you, the visitor to the Website. The terms "CartoonEncyclopedia," "we," "us," and "our" refer to CartoonEncyclopedia.com. We may periodically make changes to these Terms of Use. It is your responsibility to review the most recent version of these Terms of Use frequently and remain informed of any changes to it. You agree that your continued use of the Website after such changes have been published to the Website shall constitute your acceptance of such revised Terms of Use.  
 
License to Use the Website  
 
Subject to these Terms of Use, we grant to you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Website for your personal use and not for resale or further distribution. Your right to use the Website is limited by the terms set forth in these Terms of Use.  
 
Except for this license granted to you, we retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Website, including all related intellectual property rights. The Website is protected by applicable intellectual property laws, including United States copyright law and international treaties.  
 
Except as otherwise explicitly provided in these Terms of Use or as may be expressly permitted by applicable law, you will not, and will not permit or authorize third parties to: (a) reproduce, modify, translate, enhance, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or create derivative works of the Website; (b) rent, lease, or sublicense access to the Website; nor (c) circumvent or disable any security or technological features or measures of the Website.  
 
Access to the Website; Modifications to the Website  
 
We do not provide you with the equipment to access the Website. You are responsible for all fees charged by third parties to access the Website (e.g., charges by internet service providers).  
 
We reserve the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, all or a part of the Website without notice. We will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Website.  
 
We also reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post, or remove any posting (including private messages) by you, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to the Website at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability.  
 
You must be 18 or older to register as a user or to use the Website.  
 
Restrictions  
 
You must comply with all applicable laws, including U.S. export control laws, when using the Website. Except as may be expressly permitted by applicable law or authorized by us in writing, you will not, and will not permit anyone else to: (a) store, copy, modify, distribute, or resell any of the information; audio, visual, and audiovisual works; or other content made available on the Website (“Website Content”) or compile or collect any Website Content as part of a database or other work; (b) use any automated tool (e.g., robots, spiders) to use the Website or store, copy, modify, distribute, or resell any Website Content; (c) rent, lease, or sublicense your access to the Website to another person; (d) use the Website or Website Content for any purpose except for your own personal use; (e) circumvent or disable any digital rights management, usage rules, or other security features of the Website; (f) use the Website in a manner that threatens the integrity, performance, or availability of the Website; or (g) remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notices (including copyright notices) on any portion of the Website or Website Content.  
 
Privacy Policy  
 
We collect registration and other information about you through the Website. Our collection and use of this information is governed by our Privacy Policy available at www.CartoonEncyclopedia.com/privacy_policy.htm.  
 
Links and Third Party Content  
 
The Website may contain links to third party products, services, and websites. We exercise no control over the third party products, services, and websites and we are not responsible for their performance, do not endorse them, and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, or other materials available through the third party products, services, and websites. We are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused to you by your use of or reliance on any goods or services available through the third party products, services, and websites.  
 
Password Restricted Areas of the Website  
 
Certain areas of the Website may be password restricted to registered users (“Password-Protected Areas”). If you have registered as an authorized user to gain access to these Password-Protected Areas, you agree that you are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, and agree to immediately notify CartoonEncyclopedia if the password is lost, stolen, disclosed to an unauthorized third party, or otherwise may have been compromised. You agree that you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account, whether or not you are the individual who undertakes such activities.  
 
Submissions  
 
Users of the Website may have the opportunity to post information to the Website, including reviews and comments. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information that constitutes part of the content expressed or made available by third parties on the Website are those of the respective authors or producers and not of CartoonEncyclopedia, or its shareholders, directors, officers, or employees.  
 
CartoonEncyclopedia does not control the content posted by third parties via the Website and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content. You understand that by using the Website, you may be exposed to content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will CartoonEncyclopedia, its shareholders, directors, officers, directors, or employees be held liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information obtained through the Website. It is your responsibility to evaluate the information, opinion, advice, or other content available.  
 
You agree that CartoonEncyclopedia is free to use any comments, information, ideas, concepts, reviews, or techniques or any other material contained in any communication you may send to us (each, a "Submission"), including, without limitation, responses to questionnaires or through postings to the Website without further compensation, acknowledgement or payment to you for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products and creating, modifying or improving the Website and our products and services. Furthermore, by posting any Submission on the Website, submitting information to us, or in responding to questionnaires, you grant us a perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, royalty-free, irrevocable, sublicenseable, worldwide license and right to display, use, perform, reproduce, modify, distribute and create derivative works of the Submission or information submitted in any media, software, or technology of any kind now existing or developed in the future. By posting or providing a Submission or information, you represent and warrant that public posting and use of your Submission or information by CartoonEncyclopedia will not infringe on or violate the rights of any third party.  
 
Use Restrictions  
 
You are solely responsible for any content and other material that you submit, publish or display on the Website or transmit to other members and/or other users of the Website.  
 
You will not use the Website to: (a) upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any Submission that contains unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; (b) harm CartoonEncyclopedia or third parties in any way; (c) impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (d) upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any Submission that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements); (e) upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Submission that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary right of any party; (f) upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other forms of solicitation; (g) upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; (h) interfere with or disrupt the Website or servers or networks connected to the Website, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Website; (i) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation; (j) "stalk" or otherwise harass another; (k) write comments that in any way refer to persons under 18 years of age; or (l) collect or store personal data about other users.  
 
If you see content on the Website that violates these use restrictions, please contact us at [email protected]  

   
Disclaimer of Warranties  
 
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND WEBSITE CONTENT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE WEBSITE AND WEBSITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. CartoonEncyclopedia EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF THE WEBSITE AND WEBSITE CONTENT, AND YOU RELY ON THE WEBSITE AND WEBSITE CONTENT AT YOUR OWN RISK. ANY MATERIAL OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY MATERIAL THROUGH THE WEBSITE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM CartoonEncyclopedia OR THROUGH OR FROM THE WEBSITE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT. SOME STATES MAY PROHIBIT A DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.  
 
Limitation of Liability  
 
CartoonEncyclopedia WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF CartoonEncyclopedia HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND WEBSITE CONTENT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL CartoonEncyclopedia’S TOTAL LIABILITY OF ALL KINDS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR WEBSITE CONTENT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTY CLAIMS), REGARDLESS OF THE FORUM AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY ACTION OR CLAIM IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100). BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.  
 
DMCA/ Infringement Policy  
 
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or you believe that material on the website infringes on your intellectual property or other rights, please follow the procedures outlined in our DMCA/Infringement Notification Policy, which can be accessed here.  
 
Indemnity  
 
You will indemnify and hold CartoonEncyclopedia, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and employees, harmless from any costs, damages, expenses, and liability caused by your use of the Website or Website Content, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of a third party through use of the Website or Website Content.  
 
Updates to this Website and License Agreement  
 
We may occasionally update the Website and these Terms of Use. When we do, we will revise the “last updated” date on these Terms of Use. You should check this Website and these Terms of Use frequently to see recent changes. Your continued use of the Website after such changes will be subject to the then-current terms of use. This version of these Terms of Use shall supersede all earlier versions.  
 
Legal Notices  
 
Enforcement of these Terms of Use will be governed by New York law, excluding its conflict and choice of law principles. The exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any claims arising out of or related to these Terms of Use or your use of the Website will lie in the State and Federal courts located in New York, Westchester County, New York, and you irrevocably agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts. The failure of CartoonEncyclopedia to enforce any right or provision in these Terms of Use will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by CartoonEncyclopedia in writing. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms of Use to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.  
 
Contacting CartoonEncyclopedia  
 
If you have any questions or concerns about the Website or these Terms of Use, please send us a thorough description by email to [email protected], or write to us at:  
 
Cartoon Encyclopedia
405 Riverdale Ave, Suite 101
Yonkers, NY 10705
[email protected]