XPEEPS IS A
COMMUNITY BASED SELF-PUBLISHING PLATFORM FOR THE OPEN AND HONEST DISCUSSION OF
ADULT TOPICS (THE "SERVICE"). THE
MATERIALS WHICH MAY BE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE XPEEPS BY THE USERS OF THIS
SERVICE INCLUDE GRAPHIC WRITTEN, AUDIO AND VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF NUDITY AND
SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND SHOULD NOT BE ACCESSED BY ANYONE WHO IS OFFENDED BY SUCH
MATERIALS OR WHO DOES NOT WANT TO BE EXPOSED TO SUCH MATERIALS.
You must be eighteen (18) years of age
or older to register as a member or use the service provided by xPeeps.
Membership and use of the service are void where prohibited by applicable
law.
By viewing the website, registering for membership or using the Service
in any way you represent and warrant that:
(a) You are over the age of eighteen (18) or
older if the age of majority is greater than eighteen (18) in the jurisdiction
in which you live. Your profile may be
deleted and your membership may be terminated, without notice or warning, if we
believe that you are under eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) You have the right, authority and capacity
to enter into this agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions
contained herein;
(c) All registration information you submit will
be truthful and accurate;
(d) You are interested in adult material and are
not offended by written, audio or visual depictions of, and open discussions
related to, nudity and sexual activity;
(e) You are voluntarily choosing to register
and/or use the Service because you want to participate in discussions or view,
read and/or hear the user published adult materials which are made available on
the website for your own personal enjoyment, information or education;
(f)
You will not
allow or permit any person or persons to access or view the materials on the
website or use the Services who are under the age of eighteen (18), or older if
the age of majority is greater than eighteen (18) in the jurisdiction in which
you live, and you will make diligent efforts to prevent unauthorized access by
minors;
(g) You are familiar with the community
standards of the area in which you access the website or use the Service
regarding the acceptance of sexually oriented materials and the materials you
expect to encounter are within those standards;
(h) You have determined that the community in
which you live, the community in which you access the website or the community
in which you use the Service, accepts the publication and public consumption of
sexually oriented materials by informed and consenting adults and that the
community will not find that such materials appeal to a prurient interest or
are patently offensive;
(i)
You have not
and will not use, view, browse, search or otherwise participate in the Service
in any way from a restricted place, country, state, community or other location
where doing so would be, or could be deemed a violation of any law, regulation,
rule, ordinance, edict or custom;
(j)
You have not
notified any governmental agency, including but not limited to the U.S. Postal
Service, that you do not want to receive sexually oriented materials;
(k) You will not use any robot, spider, other
automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the
content contained herein without our prior expressed written permission. You
agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to bypass or to
interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the XPeeps Service
or any components thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, XPeeps grants the operators of public
search engines permission to use spiders or other proprietary methods 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
materials. XPeeps reserves the right to
revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.
(l)
You agree that
you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately
large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information on the Service is
updated on a real-time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to XPeeps by our
users or third parties.
(m) You will use the XPeeps Service in a manner
consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
This Agreement shall become
effective when you first access the website, register for Membership and/or
use, view, browse, search or otherwise participate in the Service (regardless
of Membership). This Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect during the time in which you are a registered
Member or use the Service in any way. You may terminate your Membership at any time and for any reason by the Contact Us form using the "Delete My Account"
function. XPeeps reserves the right to
terminate your Membership at any time, for any reason, without notice or
warning. If XPeeps terminates your
Membership for violation of any policy or for breach of this Agreement, you
will not be entitled to any refund of any unused subscription fees or credits
(if any). Upon termination of this Agreement
all sections which would normally survive termination of an agreement shall
remain in full force and effect including but not limited to [proprietary
rights, content posted, prohibited content, copyright policy, member disputes,
privacy, disclaimers, limits on liability, export controls, disputes,
indemnity]
Currently XPeeps does not charge a
fee for Member registration or use of the Service. You understand, agree and accept that XPeeps reserves the right
to charge a fee for the Service and to change any fees from time to time, as
may be decided in our sole discretion.
You must choose a unique username
and password when you sign up to become a Member. Your username will be publicly displayed on the Service. You are entirely responsible for maintaining
the secrecy of your password. You agree
that you will not share your password with anyone or disclose your password to
anyone for any reason. You agree that
you will not use the account, username or password of another Member at any
time. You agree to notify XPeeps
immediately if you suspect any third party access to your password or use of
your account by anyone other than yourself. You are solely and exclusively responsible for any and all use of your
account.
The Service may be used by Members
to make commercial statements or to otherwise engage in commercial endeavors
pursuant to the Commercial Use Guidelines as may be established by XPeeps from
time to time in our sole discretion. The Commercial Use Guidelines shall be incorporated into and become a
part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.
Illegal or unauthorized use of the
Service, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of Members by
any means, electronic or otherwise, for the purpose of sending unsolicited
email or private messages is strictly forbidden. Framing of or linking to the website or any part of the Service
is strictly forbidden. Unsolicited
commercial communications with Members via email or private message is strictly
forbidden. Illegal and/or unauthorized
use of the Service, including violation of the Commercial Use Guidelines, will
be investigated and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without
limitation civil, criminal and injunctive relief and/or termination of your
Membership in our sole discretion.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the
Commercial Use Guidelines, XPeeps reserves the right to suspend, terminate,
delete or otherwise remove any commercial statements without notice and without
penalty. You understand, accept and
agree that all commercial speech is allowed at the sole and exclusive
discretion of XPeeps and no absolute right to engage in commercial speech is
granted by this Agreement. In order to
maintain the integrity of the Service, XPeeps reserves the right, in our sole
discretion, to take reasonable steps to limit the volume of emails, chat
messages and other communications sent or received by a Member and
electronically filtering, limiting or terminating communications. XPeeps reserves the right to terminate the
right to make commercial speech or disseminate commercial messages at any time,
for any reason, without notice and without penalty.
By publishing,
displaying, posting or otherwise disseminating any messages, text, files,
images, photos, video, sounds, profiles, works of authorship, or any other
materials whatsoever (collectively the "Content") on or through the Service,
you hereby grant to XPeeps a
perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, worldwide license, with
the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicenses, to use, copy,
modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce,
transmit and otherwise distribute the Content on and through the Service. The license granted in this Article 6;
Section 6.01 shall survive termination
of this Agreement.
XPeeps owns and retains
other proprietary rights on XPeeps.com. The Service contains the copyrighted
material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of XPeeps and its
licensors. Except for information in the public domain or for which you have
been given express written permission by XPeeps, you may not copy, modify,
publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary
information.
You, the
Self-publisher, represent and warrant that:
(a) You are solely responsible for the Content
that you publish, display, post or otherwise disseminate on or through the
Service provided by XPeeps or transmit to other XPeeps members.
(b) You own the Content published or otherwise
posted by you on or through the Service, including all copyrights therein, free
of any liens or encumbrances, or you otherwise have the right and authority to
grant the license set forth in Article 6; Section 6.01 above;
(c) You did not plagiarize or copy any work of
any person(s), entity or entities in publishing or otherwise posting the
Content on or through the Service;
(d) None of the Content contains any material
from other copyrighted or unpublished works unless You have obtained a copy of
written permission or authorization and consent of the owner of such rights in
such materials;
(e) None of the Content, or any part thereof,
and no display of any or all of the Content by XPeeps as authorized or
contemplated by this Agreement shall infringe upon any rights of any person(s),
entity or entities, including without limitation, any intellectual property
rights which include without limitation, any copyright, trademark right,
service mark right, right of publicity or privacy, trade secret right, or any
other proprietary or personal right of any person(s), entity or entities;
(f)
All
participants, actors, crew, production staff or other individuals associated
with the Content were at least eighteen (18) years of age (or twenty-one (21)
years or older as may be required by law where the age of majority is not
eighteen (18) years) at the time the original work in which said person(s)
appear was first created, or at the time such persons initially performed any
act(s) which resulted in their appearance in any of the Content, whichever is
earlier;
(g) When necessary, you have made reasonable
inquiry, investigation and inspection of all necessary records required for
compliance with United States Code Title 18 Section 2257 and you have all such
necessary records in your possession with respect to the Content, including but
not limited to, proofs of age, identification of the particular work in which
the performer appears, all names used by the performer, prior works in which
the performer appeared and all model releases allowing the use of the
performers image and likeness in the Content for the purposes contemplated
under this Agreement.
(h) You are the primary producer of the Content,
and all parts thereof; further, you can and will provide XPeeps with all
records whatsoever that may required for XPeeps to be in compliance with the
Laws of the United States and any other international jurisdiction which may be
applicable, as may be promulgated or amended from time to time, including but
not limited to Federal, State, and Local Laws, including but not limited to
United States Code Title 18 Section 2257;The Licensor shall make timely
delivery of all Films and collateral material as set forth more specifically
below;
(i)
Whenever you
Self-publish or otherwise post or upload any Content of a sexually explicit
nature, as defined in United States Code Title 18 Section 2256(2), to the
Service you have been, and at all times shall be, in compliance with the Laws
of the United States and any other international jurisdiction which may be
applicable, as may be promulgated or amended from time to time, including but
not limited to Federal, State, and Local Laws and that all material is in
compliance with United States Code Title 18 Section 2257. Further, if required in the sole discretion
of XPeeps, you shall deliver to XPeeps any and all records, including but not
limited to proofs of performer age, identification of the Content in which any
performer appears, all names used by any performer, prior works in which any
performer appeared and all model releases allowing the use of the performer’s
image and likeness in the Content.
(j)
None of the
Content contains any matter that, if published or publicly displayed or
disseminated would be obscene, fraudulent, libelous, slanderous, defamatory,
hateful, harassing, negligent or otherwise contrary to any law of any
applicable jurisdiction.
(k) None of the Content includes any images of
bestiality, fisting, urination, defecation, torture, mutilation, rape, sadistic
or masochistic abuse, incest, necrophilia, sex acts with non-consenting adults,
child pornography or any other depiction that would lead a reasonable person to
conclude that the performer depicted in the Content is a minor;
XPeeps claims immunity from liability to the fullest extent under the
law and as provided under the Communications Decency Act for Content provided
by third parties and members and nothing in this Agreement is intended to
waive, remove, or usurp such immunity. You understand and agree that XPeeps
does not monitor or otherwise control the Content published or otherwise posted
on the Service and, if notified of any potential violation of this Agreement or
any law, rule, code, or regulation, XPeeps may delete any Content that in the
sole judgment XPeeps violates the Terms of Use or which might be offensive,
illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of
XPeeps, its employees, independent contractors, performers or members.
By publishing, displaying, posting or otherwise disseminating any
Content on or through the Service, you automatically grant, and represent and
warrant that you have the right to grant, to XPeeps and its members, an
irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license to use,
copy, perform, display, and distribute such information, rights of publicity
and Content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works
and other media, such information and Content, and to grant and authorize
sublicenses of the foregoing. As a visitor to XPeeps, if you provide us with
your e-mail address via a registration process or post it on or through the
Service, you thereby authorize XPeeps and its affiliates and any entities that
XPeeps becomes involved with or merges with, the right to use and/or sell your
valid email address for any marketing programs or communications with you.
You may not publish, display, post or otherwise disseminate, or
reproduce in any way, any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other
proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the
owner of such proprietary rights or otherwise have a valid basis under the law,
including "fair use." Without
limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and
posted on the XPeeps Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement,
please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information consistent
with the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
(a) An electronic or physical signature of the
person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
(b) An complete and accurate description of the
copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed with enough specificity to
identify the work;
(c) A description of where the material you
claim is infringing is located on the Service, including the URLs of web pages
and/or hyperlinks;
(d) Your address, telephone number, and email
address;
(e) A written statement by you that you have a
good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright
owner, its agent, or the law;
(f)
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.
XPeeps' Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement can
be reached as follows:
DMCA AGENT
XPeeps
dmca@xPeeps.com
Xpeeps DMCA
5300 Old Pineville Road
Suite 160
Charlotte, NC 28217
It is the intention of XPeeps to fully comply with the DMCA, including
the Notice and "take down" provisions and to benefit from the safe
harbors immunizing it from liability to the fullest extent provided by law, and
to the extent the Notice and "take down" requirements above deviate
from the requirements under the DMCA then the Notice requirements as provided by
the DMCA shall control and are herein incorporated by reference.
It is the policy of XPeeps to terminate
Membership privileges of any Member who repeatedly infringes the copyright
rights of others upon receipt of prompt notification to XPeeps by the copyright
owner or the copyright owner's legal agent. Without limiting the foregoing, if
you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Services in a way
that constitutes copyright infringement you must make notice to XPeeps as set
forth in Article 6; Section 6.04 above.
The following is a partial list of
the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited to post on or through the
Service. If notified of an alleged breach of these Content restrictions, XPeeps
reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against
anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates this provision, including without
limitation, removing the offending communication from the Service and
terminating the Membership of such violators. Without limiting any other
Self-published Content prohibitions as may be set forth elsewhere in this
Agreement, Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Content that is patently offensive to the
online community;
(b) Content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred
or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
(c) Content that harasses or advocates
harassment of another person or invades their privacy;
(d) Content that involves the transmission of
"junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or
"spamming;"
(e) Content that promotes information you know
is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive,
threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
(f)
Content that
promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work,
such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing
information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or
providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
(g) Content that contains restricted or password
only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from
another accessible page);
(h) Content that provides material which
exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner or solicits
personal information from anyone under 18;
(i)
Content that
provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or
buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating
computer viruses;
(j)
Content that
solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or
unlawful purposes from other users;
(k) Content that may test the boundaries of
decency, or may be considered illegal in the United States;
(l)
Depictions of
bestiality, fisting, urination, defecation, torture, mutilation, rape, sadistic
or masochistic abuse, incest, necrophilia, sex acts with non-consenting adults,
child pornography or any other depiction that would lead a reasonable person to
conclude that the performer depicted in the Content is a minor;
(m) Any Content that XPeeps deems inappropriate
or offensive as may be determined in our sole discretion.
Use of the XPeeps site and/or its Service is governed by our Privacy Policy, which may change from time to time, in
our sole discretion, upon electronic notice to you, and which is incorporated
herein by reference.
XPeeps does not control the Content which is Self-published by Members
which is made available through our Service. You may find other Members’ or
users' information to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or deceptive. Please
use caution, common sense, and safety when using our Service or otherwise
accessing our web site. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other
XPeeps’ members. Because XPeeps is not involved in Member or user interactions,
in the event that you have a dispute with one or more Members or those who have
posted, viewed, or used information on the XPeeps Service, you release XPeeps,
including its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries and employees, from
claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and
nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and
undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you
are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code § 1542, which says:
"A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not
know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release,
which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the
debtor." XPeeps reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor
disputes between you and other members.
XPeeps is not responsible for any incorrect
or inaccurate Content posted on the web site or in connection with the Service
provided, whether caused by Members or users of the Service or by any of the
equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Service. Profiles
created and posted by Members of the Service may contain links to other
websites. XPeeps is not responsible for the Content, accuracy or opinions
expressed on such websites, and such websites are in no way investigated,
monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by XPeeps. Inclusion of any
linked website on the XPeeps’ Service does not imply approval or endorsement of
the linked website by XPeeps. When you access these third-party sites, you do
so at your own risk. XPeeps takes no responsibility for third party
advertisements posted or otherwise disseminated on or through the Service, nor
does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its
advertisers. XPeeps is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or
offline, of any Member or user of the Service. XPeeps assumes no responsibility
for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or
transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized
access to, or alteration of, any Member or user communication. XPeeps is not
responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network
or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment,
software, failure of any email or players due to technical problems or traffic
congestion on the Internet or on any of the Service or combination thereof,
including any injury or damage to members or users or to any person's computer
related to or resulting from participation or downloading materials in
connection with the Service. Under no circumstances shall XPeeps be responsible
for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from use
of the Service, attendance at an XPeeps event, from any Content posted on or
through the Service, or from the conduct of any members or users of the
Service, whether online or offline. XPeeps is not responsible for downtime,
bugs or other errors with the Service and you understand and agree that the
Service may not be always available and that various features of the Service
may not work or be discontinued without notice. The Service is provided "AS-IS" and as available and
XPeeps expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or
non-infringement. XPeeps cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific
results from use of the Services.
IN NO EVENT SHALL XPEEPS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR
ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL
OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE
SERVICES, EVEN IF XPEEPS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, XPEEPS LIABILITY TO
YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT
ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO XPEEPS FOR THE
SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.
Any software that may be available in
connection with the Services (the "Software") is further subject to
United States export controls. No Software may be downloaded from the Services
or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of U.S. export laws. By
downloading or using any Software, you represent and warrant that such download
or use is not in violation of any such law.
This Agreement shall be governed and construed under the laws and judicial decisions of the State of North Carolina and the United States.
Subject to the provisions of Articles 8, 9, 10, and 11, inclusive; any and all disputes as to the interpretation of, or any performance under, this Agreement which are not first resolved informally shall be determined by binding arbitration in Raliegh, North Carolina, in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association. The final award in any such arbitration proceeding shall be subject to entry of judgment by any court of competent jurisdiction, provided such judgment does not conflict with the terms and provisions hereof. Only the statutory and common law of the State of North Carolina and the United States shall limit the jurisdiction of the arbiter(s) with respect to legal matters.
If, for any reason, any matter or dispute arising under this Agreement is not resolved through Arbitration, or if any of the proceedings or decisions of the Arbitration must be enforced by a court of competent jurisdiction, the parties agree that in case of any litigation regarding this Agreement, or the various subject matters hereof, the venue for such litigation shall be the Local, State or Federal Courts of Raleigh, North Carolina. The parties hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of Nevada and the United States District Court, District of North Carolina. Additionally, the parties further agree to service of process in any such proceeding by any means allowed under North Carolina or Federal law. The parties hereto hereby waive and agree not to assert (by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise) that any such proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that venue is otherwise improper.
You hereby agree to indemnify and take full responsibility and deem
XPeeps and its officers, directors, sub-licensees, affiliates and assigns (the
"XPeeps Indemnitees"), harmless and not accountable for any and all claims,
damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including any attorneys’ fees,
arising out of any dispute, claim, action, proceeding based upon or in any way
related to any and all breaches or alleged breaches of your representations,
warranties, promises, agreements and obligations set forth herein. Further, you understands and agree the
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are material for
XPeeps to display and distribute the Self-published Content under the terms of
this Agreement and any failure or delay on the part of the you to provide any
documentation or other required materials, as may be set forth in this
Agreement, shall constitute a breach. Additionally, you understand and agree that XPeeps is providing the
Service to you as a platform for self-publishing and XPeeps does not monitor or
control the content that is published and you agree to indemnify the XPeeps
Indemnitees fully from any liability for content which you publish.
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall be given by
postal mail to:
Webmaster
XPeeps
5300 Old Pineville Road
Suite 160
Charlotte, NC 28217
or to the email
address you provide to XPeeps during the registration process. Notice shall be
deemed given 24 hours after email is sent, unless the sending party is notified
that the email address is invalid. Alternatively, XPeeps may give you notice by
certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to the address
provided to XPeeps during the registration process. In such case, notice shall
be given 3 days after the date of mailing.
The relationship of the parties hereunder is limited to the respective
rights and obligations of the parties as specifically provided herein. The parties to this Agreement are
independent entities and nothing in this Agreement shall make them joint
venturers, partners, employees, agents or other representatives of the other
party hereto, or shall be construed or interpreted to permit either party to undertake
any agreement for the other, or to use the name or identifying mark of the
other, all except as is specifically provided herein.
This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the Website or any of the
Services and is further affirmed by you becoming a Member. This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement between you and XPeeps regarding the use of
the Services. The failure of XPeeps to exercise or enforce any right or
provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or
provision. You agree that this
Agreement and all incorporated Agreements may be automatically assigned by
XPeeps, in our sole discretion, to a third party. The section titles
in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any
provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision
is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and
enforceability of any remaining provisions. XPeeps is a trademark of AEBN,
L.L.C.