Legal - Privacy Policy - Submissions
MUSIC COPYRIGHTS.
All music offered through this web site or any of its
links is legally copyrighted material. Unauthorized
reproduction is prohibited by federal law and may
subject the offender to criminal prosecution. Music
licenses we have obtained through SoundExchange, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC,
other licensing organizations and private sources only permit listening in the
United States and those other countries specifically
under agreement with such licensing organizations or
allowed by such private sources.
TRADE NAMES /
TRADEMARKS / COPYRIGHTS. AZX, AZXunderground,
AZXradio, and/or
other company, dba, division, derivative, station, product, or
service names referenced in this web site are either
registered trademarks or trade names, or legal trademarks
or trade names, of AZXunderground and/or its
affiliates (sometimes hereafter referred to collectively
as “AZX”) in Arizona and the U.S. and other
countries. The names of artists, CDs, songs and other
products mentioned in this web site or any of its links
may be the legal trademarks or trade names of, or
copyrighted by, their respective owners. Materials in
this web site, including without limitation, text,
graphics, charts, photographs and icons, are original
copyrighted materials owned by AZX or others. These
materials are protected by federal law against
unauthorized copying and reproduction. The distinctive
and original layout and presentation of this web site is
also protected under federal law. Copying of the
AZX
trade dress is strictly prohibited. Any unauthorized
use of any of these marks, names or materials may be
prosecuted by law.
NOTICE OF DBA.
AZXunderground and all its associated
businesses are a sole proprietorship owned and operated
by Sammy Ciatu, Attorney at Law. References to
“AZXunderground” or any other “dba“ herein
accordingly legally refer to Sammy Ciatu.
PRIVACY POLICY.
AZX must collect personally identifiable
information when you e-mail us, when you submit items to
us or when you purchase from our online store. We
will not sell or rent your personally identifiable
information to anyone. We will only send personally
identifiable information about you to other entities or
people in the following situations:
- We share the
information with artists associated with us;
-
We have your consent to
share the information;
-
We need to share your
information to provide the product or service you
have requested;
-
We need to send the
information to companies who work on our behalf to
provide a product or service to you. (Unless we tell
you differently, these companies do not have any
right to use the personally identifiable information
we provide to them beyond what is necessary to
assist us.); or
- We respond to
subpoenas, court orders or legal process
Our online store is hosted
by Yahoo, which in turn has its own privacy policy.
VALIDITY OF
INFORMATION.
THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN
THIS WEB SITE ARE MADE AVAILABLE "AS IS" WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, SUCH AS, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT. Although AZX strives to provide
accurate and current information, the materials
contained in this web site may include technical
inaccuracies, typographical errors, or outdated
information. Therefore, AZX shall not be responsible
or liable for errors or omissions in the materials in
this web site or for any actions taken as a result of
this material. AZX does not warrant the accuracy or
completeness of any information, text, graphics, links,
third party provided information or other items
contained within or through these materials. In no
event shall AZX be liable for any special, indirect,
incidental, or consequential damages of any kind, or any
damages whatsoever, whether or not advised of the
possibility of damage, on any theory of liability
arising out of or in connection with the use of the
materials in this web site. The materials are subject to
change without notice and do not represent a commitment
of AZX in the future. The materials do not constitute
legal advice. For legal questions, you should consult
an attorney.
SUBMISSIONS.
All solicited or unsolicited submissions of recorded
works, lyrics, photos, graphics and otherwise are deemed
to include a license to AZX and its
affiliates, successors and assigns, to utilize said
items for the various purposes described in this web
site or any of the company's other web sites or mailings
or for such
other reasonable purposes as is consistent with the
company’s objectives. The person submitting any
such items warrants and represents that they are the
owner of such items, or are legally authorized to submit
such items for such purposes on the owner’s behalf.
Any person submitting any items agrees to defend,
indemnify and hold harmless AZX and
its affiliates from any claims associated with their use
of such items. All submissions
become the property of AZX and will
not be returned. All submissions are subject to
editing.
LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SUBMISSIONS.
This is a License Agreement ("Agreement") between
AZXunderground.com, on behalf of itself, its
subsidiaries, parents, successors in interest and
affiliates ("AZXunderground.com", "we" or "us") and you,
on behalf of yourself, your band members and all others
who have an ownership interest in the "Content" (as
defined below) (collectively, "You" or "you"). All
capitalized terms shall have the meaning set forth in
this Agreement.
1. License. You grant to AZXunderground.com the
world-wide non-exclusive right and license, in
perpetuity (unless terminated earlier by You or
AZXunderground.com as set forth below), to use, copy,
modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, digitally
perform, publicly display and distribute any sound
recordings, compositions, pictures, videos, song lyrics,
still images, Your name, picture, portrait, photograph,
band information data, graphics, trademarks, text,
information, screen names, profiles, newsletters, gig
listings, playlists, podcasts, blogs, broadcasts,
messages, software, XML, RSS and links and/or other
content (collectively, the "Content") submitted by You
to us on this website (the "Site") or by e-mail, mail,
delivery or any other means, including portions,
composites, likenesses or distortions or alterations of
same, in whole and in part, and to prepare derivative
works of, or incorporate into other works, the Content,
in connection with the preparation transmission,
operation, production and advertising of and for all
media and methods, including, but not limited to,
streaming, on-demand streaming or file download, and
without the payment statutory royalties or public
performance royalties otherwise due for any such use of
Content.
The foregoing services as indicated by You are hereafter
known as the "AZXunderground.com Services”. You
acknowledge that, although AZXunderground.com intends
for online streaming and/or "on-demand streaming" media
not to allow downloading by the consumer,
AZXunderground.com is not responsible and disclaims all
liability for unlawful circumvention by the consumer
where streamed files are downloaded. Further, you
acknowledge that all Downloading will be in an
unprotected format and AZXunderground.com is not
responsible and disclaims all liability for further
copying of this file (e.g. file sharing, posting on peer
2 peer networks, etc.).
The foregoing rights shall be without limitation as to
time, place or manner on or in connection with the
AZXunderground.com Services, including in advertising
and promotion related to the AZXunderground.com Services
and any other lawful purpose. AZXunderground.com may or
may not charge for such services, but shall not be
liable to You for any portion of such fees. The
foregoing license shall be sub-licensable by
AZXunderground.com without further permission from You.
2. No Obligation to Use. AZXunderground.com shall have
no express or implied obligation to use or permit the
Content to appear or remain on the Site or on any
AZXunderground.com Service or to promote, perform,
display or distribute the Content at all, or in any
particular manner or in any minimum quantities.
AZXunderground.com retains the right to provide (or not
to provide) the AZXunderground.com Services and
advertising or promotional support to the
AZXunderground.com Services and the Content as it may
choose, it being understood that all decisions in this
regard shall be made by AZXunderground.com in its sole
discretion. AZXunderground.com shall further have the
right to remove the Content from the Site and from all
other AZXunderground.com Services without any liability
or obligation to you.
3. Ownership. As between You and AZXunderground.com,
AZXunderground.com acknowledges and agrees that You have
all rights of ownership, including without limitation,
all rights of copyright and copyright renewal in and to
the Content. AZXunderground.com acknowledges that
nothing in this license shall give AZXunderground.com
any right, title or interest in the Content other than
to use the Content as specified in this Agreement.
4. Editing rights. AZXunderground.com shall have the
right, but not the duty, to use, adapt, edit, add to,
subtract from, arrange, rearrange, revise, and change
the Content or any part thereof for purposes of
conforming to time segment requirements, applicable laws
and regulations, establish telecast policy and standards
and practices, and to insert commercials and/or other
announcements. You hereby waive on behalf of Yourself
and Your band members, Your employees and all persons
who provide services and materials in connection with
the Content, any "moral rights" of authors or "droit
morale" and any similar rights or principles of law
throughout the world, including, without limitation, any
right to approve any such revisions, deletions,
abridgment, or other changes in the materials furnished
hereunder.
5. Representations and Warranties. You represent and
warrant that:
(a) You are at least 18 years old. If any member of Your
band is a minor, You hereby warrant that you have the
legal right to execute this Agreement on behalf of the
minor artist and have obtained all necessary consents
and guarantee such person's performance of the terms of
this Agreement;
(b) You have full right and power to enter into and
perform this Agreement, and have secured all third party
consents necessary to enter into this Agreement and to
submit the Content as provided herein, including from
Your band members and all other who may claim ownership
of the Content;
(c) The Content is Your or Your band's own original work
(this means You or Your band recorded it and wrote it in
its entirety and it contains no sampled or replayed
material or material otherwise created by someone who is
neither You nor Your band);
(d) The Content does not and will not infringe any third
party's copyright, trademark or other intellectual
property or other proprietary right, or right of
publicity or privacy;
(e) The Content does not and will not violate any local,
state, federal or international law;
(f) The Content is not and will not be defamatory,
libelous, abusive, pornographic or obscene, or infringe
upon the rights of any third party, including but not
limited to rights of privacy and publicity;
(g) The Content will not contain or transmit files, data
or other materials containing a computer virus,
corrupted data, worms, "Trojan horses" or other
instructions or designs that would erase data or
programming or cause the Site or any equipment or system
to become inoperable or incapable of being used in the
full manner for which it was designed;
(h) You have not falsified Your identity or provided
forged e-mail addresses or mail addresses, or otherwise
attempted to mislead others as to Your identity in this
submission and will not do so in the future in
connection with this submission;
(i) You are a resident of the United States; and
(j) All factual assertions that You have made and will
make to us are true and complete.
6. Indemnity. You shall be fully responsible for any
violation of this Agreement including the
representations and warranties made herein, and You
agree to indemnify and hold AZXunderground.com, its
officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates,
listeners and users of the Site from any and all losses,
costs, liability, damages and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or related to
Your breach of the representations and warranties made
in this Agreement or any claims arising from the Content
you submit, post, transmit or make available through the
Site, or Your use of the Site. Except as described in
Section 1 above, you are solely responsible for all
licensing, reporting and payment obligations of all
kinds in connection with the Content, its distribution
and use (including but not limited to union or guild
payments and any other third party payments of any
kind). You agree to execute and deliver documents to us
that we may request to confirm our rights under this
Agreement.
You acknowledge that our Site and other
AZXunderground.com Services may from time to time
encounter problems and may not necessarily continue
uninterrupted without technical or other errors, and we
shall not be responsible to You or others for any such
interruptions, errors or problems or an outright
discontinuation of our service.
7. DISCLAIMERS. IN ADDITION TO ANY DISCLAIMERS PROVIDED
ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGREEMENT, AZXunderground.com MAKES NO
WARRANTIES RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SITE OR ANY
OF THE AZXunderground.com SERVICES AND EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS AND EXCLUDES ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER
STATUTORY, EXPRESS, OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT
OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS AND THOSE ARISING FROM COURSE OF
DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE. AZXunderground.com SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, RELIANCE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF
PROFITS, OR LOSS OF USE DAMAGES), AND WHETHER OR NOT
FORESEEABLE AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION,
WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
AND STRICT LIABILITY), OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF
AZXunderground.com HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND EVEN IF THIS AGREEMENT
OR ANY LIMITED REMEDY HEREUNDER FAILS ITS ESSENTIAL
PURPOSE.
8. Termination and Repeat Infringer Policy. At any time
after the date you first upload Content onto the Site or
otherwise provide it to Us, You may choose to terminate
this Agreement for that Content by sending an e-mailed
request to to the e-mail address noted on our Connect
page identifying the Content and the specific date of
submission. AZXunderground.com will make commercially
reasonable efforts to delete the identified Content
within sixty (60) days from the AZXunderground.com
Services. AZXunderground.com will not be responsible
for, and need not take any steps to withdraw or
terminate the future distribution of, any copies of any
of Your Content that may have been distributed
(including by download) by AZXunderground.com or from
the Site before we removed Your Content.
You agree that AZXunderground.com may, in its sole
discretion and without prior notice, immediately
terminate Your account, any associated email address,
and Your access to the Site and remove Your Content from
the AZXunderground.com Services. Cause for such
termination shall include, but not be limited to: (a)
breaches or violations of this Agreement or other
incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests by
law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) a
request by You (self-initiated account deletions), (d)
discontinuance or material modification to the Site (or
any part thereof), (e) unexpected technical or security
issues or problems, (f) extended periods of inactivity,
or (g) if You have engaged in fraudulent or illegal
activities in connection with the Site or the Content.
AZXunderground.com respects the copyrights and other
intellectual property rights of others. We expect You to
respect those rights as well. Among other things, You
agree that You will not include in the Content
recordings made by others, recordings the copyright in
which is owned by anyone else, recordings of songs
written by anyone other than You, recordings of songs
the copyright in which is owned by anyone else,
recordings that include samples of other recordings.
AZXunderground.com will terminate Your account and Your
ability to use the Site if You are determined to be an
infringer of the copyrights of others.
AZXunderground.com may, in its sole discretion,
terminate Your account and Your ability to use the Site
if You are the subject of one or more notices or
subpoenas claiming that You have posted infringing
content and such notices or subpoenas have not been
timely contested, or if it otherwise determines that You
are engaging in infringement. In addition,
AZXunderground.com expressly reserves the right to
terminate Your account and Your ability to use the Site
if AZXunderground.com, in its sole judgment, believes
that circumstances relating to the infringement of third
party intellectual property rights warrant such action.
9. Modifications to Agreement. We reserve the right, at
any time and from time to time, for any reason in our
sole discretion, to change the terms of this Agreement.
We will post or display notices of material changes on
the Site or we may e-mail You about these changes. Once
AZXunderground.com posts them on the Site, these changes
become effective immediately and if You use the Site
after they become effective, it will signify Your
agreement to be bound by the changes with respect to
existing as well as new Content. You should check back
frequently and review the terms and conditions of this
Agreement regularly so You are aware of the most current
rights and obligations that apply to You and the terms
and conditions of Your Agreement with us.
10. Ownership of Intellectual Property on the Site.
Except as explicitly provided herein, the contents of
this Site and all other AZXunderground.com Services,
including all software, design, text, images,
photographs, illustrations, audio and video material,
artwork, graphic material, databases, proprietary
information and all copyrightable or otherwise legally
protectable elements of the Site and other
AZXunderground.com Services, including, without
limitation, the selection, sequence and "look and feel"
and arrangement of items, and all trademarks, service
marks and trade names (individually and/or collectively,
"Material"), are the property of AZXunderground.com, and
any of its parent companies, subsidiaries, successors
and assigns, and any of their respective licensors,
advertisers, suppliers, and operational service
providers and are legally protected, without limitation,
under U.S. Federal and State, as well as applicable
foreign laws, regulations and treaties. Unless the
context clearly requires otherwise or we explicitly say
so in writing, the term "Site" and "AZXunderground.com
Services" includes all related "Material" as well.
The Site is to be used solely for Your noncommercial,
non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-transferable and
limited personal use and for no other purposes. You must
not alter, delete or conceal any copyright or other
notices contained on the Site, including notices on any
Material You download, transmit, display, print or
reproduce from the Site. You shall not, nor will You
allow any third party (whether or not for Your benefit)
to reproduce, modify, create derivative works from,
display, perform, publish, distribute, disseminate,
broadcast or circulate to any third party (including,
without limitation, on or via a third party website), or
otherwise use, any Material without the express prior
written consent of AZXunderground.com or its owner if
AZXunderground.com is not the owner. Any unauthorized or
prohibited use of any Material may subject You to civil
liability, criminal prosecution, or both, under
applicable federal, state and local laws. We require
users to respect our copyrights, trademarks, and other
intellectual property rights. We likewise respect the
intellectual property of others. On receipt of paper
notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we
will act expeditiously to remove content on the Site
that infringes the copyright rights of others and will
disable the access to the Site and its services of
anyone who uses them to repeatedly to infringe the
intellectual property rights of others. You do not have
and we expressly shall not provide You the right to use
any of our trademarks, copyrights or other proprietary
information or property in connection with any activity,
or to create any implied endorsement by us of You,
unless authorized by AZXunderground.com in its sole
discretion in writing in advance.
11. Notice for Claims. AZXunderground.com has no
obligation to monitor the Site. However, if You or any
user believes that the Site contains elements that
infringe copyrights in Your work, please follow our
Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright
Infringement.
Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright
Infringement. Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code,
Section 512(c)(2), all notifications of claimed
copyright infringement on this Site should be sent ONLY
to our Designated Agent.
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED SOLELY FOR
NOTIFYING THE SERVICE PROVIDERS REFERENCED BELOW THAT
YOUR COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL MAY HAVE BEEN INFRINGED.
Written notification must be submitted to the following
Designated Agent:
Service Provider(s): AZXunderground.com
Name of Agent Designated to Receive Notification of
Claimed Infringement: Sammy Ciatu, Esq.
c/o Legal Department
AZXunderground.com
10953 N. FLW Blvd. Ste. 110
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
By Facsimile: (480) 248-2279
By Email: sc (at) ciatulaw.com
_____________________
Under Title 17, United States Code, Section
512(c)(3)(A), the Notification of Claimed Infringement
must include the following:
(a) An electronic or physical signature of the owner or
of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner
of the copyright interest;
(b) Identification of the copyrighted work (or works)
that You claim has been infringed;
(c) A description of the material that You claim is
infringing, and the location where the original or an
authorized copy of the copyrighted work exists (for
example, the URL of the page of the website where it is
lawfully posted; the name, edition and pages of a book
from which an excerpt was copied, etc.);
(d) A clear description of where the infringing material
is located on the Site, including as applicable its URL,
so that we can locate the material;
(e) Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail
address;
(f) A statement that You have a good-faith belief that
the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright
owner, its agent, or the law; and
(g) A statement by You, made under penalty of perjury,
that the above information in Your notice is accurate
and that You are the copyright owner or authorized to
act on the copyright owner's behalf.
12. General Provisions.
(a) Binding agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their
respective successors and permitted assigns.
(b) Choice of law and forum. This Agreement and the
relationship between you and AZXunderground.com shall be
governed by (and construed and interpreted in accordance
with) the laws of Arizona, without regard to its
conflict of law provisions or your actual state or
country of residence. You hereby irrevocably submit to
the personal jurisdiction and venue of the federal and
state courts serving the City of Phoenix, County of
Maricopa, other than for actions to enforce any order or
judgment entered by such courts, in the event of any
dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
(c) Severability and Waiver. If any provision of this
Agreement shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in any respect, the remaining
provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and
the parties agree that the court should endeavor to give
effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the
provision. The failure to exercise or enforce any right
or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a
waiver of any prior, concurrent or subsequent breach of
the same or any other provisions hereof, and no waiver
shall be effective unless made in writing.
(d) Survival. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, the
terms of this Agreement will survive the expiration or
deletion of your account or the Content for any reason.
(e) No Partnership. The parties bear the relationship to
each other of independent contractors, and nothing in
this Agreement shall be deemed to create a partnership,
joint venture, or agency relationship between them, nor
shall either party have the power or authority by virtue
of this Agreement to bind the other.
(f) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, accepted by your
submission, contains the entire agreement between you
and AZXunderground.com regarding the use of the Content,
and it supersedes all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, promises, representations, warranties, and
understandings of the parties regarding the same subject
matter.
(g) Statute of Limitations. 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 the
Service or these Terms that you bring must be brought
within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action
arose or be forever barred.
(h) Third Party Rights. This Agreement does not create,
and shall not be construed as creating, any rights or
interests enforceable by any person not a party to this
Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to be for the
benefit of any third party and shall not confer upon any
third party any right, privilege, remedy, claim or other
right.
(i) Privacy. In the event of an inconsistency between
these Terms and the Privacy Policy of the Site, these
Terms shall control. (The Privacy Policy is available
above.)
(j) Agreement Admissible. A printed version of this
agreement and of any notice given in electronic form
shall be admissible in judicial or administrative
proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to
the same extent and subject to the same conditions as
other business documents and records originally
generated and maintained in printed form.
You represent that you have carefully read this
agreement, that you understand its contents, and that
You have had an opportunity to seek independent legal
advice regarding the advisability of entering into this
Agreement.
RESERVATION OF
RIGHTS. Any rights
not expressly granted herein are reserved.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE.
Copyright © 2008 AZXunderground.com, Scottsdale,
Arizona, U.S.A. All rights reserved.