PotatoMike LLC Terms OF SERVICE
PotatoMike LLC, a New York company, ("PotatoMike,"'PM' "we" or "our") provides a service for selling and purchasing original works of art and commercially exploiting digital images of works of art (the "Services") through our website, accessible at www.PotatoMike.com (the "Site").
Please read carefully the following terms of service and our privacy policy ("Terms"). These Terms govern your access to and use of the Site and Services, and constitute a binding legal agreement between you and PotatoMike.com
Certain areas of the Site and your access to certain Services may have different terms and conditions posted or may require you to agree with and accept additional terms and conditions. If there is a conflict between these Terms and the terms and conditions posted for a specific area of the Site or for specific Services, the latter terms and conditions shall take precedence with respect to your use of or access to that area of the Site or Services.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE OR SERVICES OR BY SELLING OR PURCHASING A WORK ON OR THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES OR BY POSTING ANY CONTENT ON THE SITE, YOU ARE INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE OR SERVICES.
If you accept or agree to these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms and, in such event, "you" and "your" will refer and apply to that company or other legal entity.
Modification
PotatoMike reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, discontinue or terminate the Site or Services or to modify these Terms, at any time and without prior notice. If we modify these Terms, we will post the modification on the Site or provide you with notice of the modification. By continuing to access or use the Site or Services after we have posted a modification on the Site or have provided you with notice of a modification, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the modified Terms. If the modified Terms are not acceptable to you, your only recourse is to cease using the Site and Services.
Eligibility
The Site and Services are intended solely for persons who are 18 or older. Any access to or use of the Site or Services by anyone under 18 is expressly prohibited. By accessing or using the Site or Services you represent and warrant that you are 18 or older.
Account Registration
Our site at present is by invitation only. In order to list a work on the Site, an artist must first create an account ("Account") by completing our registration process. In order to purchase a work on the Site, a buyer must first create an Account by completing our registration process. During the registration process you will be required to provide certain information and you may be required to establish a username and a password. Upon completion of our registration process you will become a "Member." You agree to provide accurate, current and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current and complete. PotatoMike reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Account if any information provided during the registration process or thereafter proves to be inaccurate, not current or incomplete. You are responsible for safeguarding your password. You agree not to disclose your password to any third party and to take sole responsibility for any activities or actions under your Account, whether or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You will immediately notify PotatoMike of any unauthorized use of your Account.
Seller Terms and Conditions
Listing Works on the Site
As a Member, you may submit listings for original works of art ("Original Works of Art") that you have created and that you desire to sell through the Site and Services. You may not submit listings for Original Works of Art that were created by another artist. As a Member you may also submit listings for digital images of works of art ("Digital Works') that you have created and that you desire to commercially exploit through the Site and Services. You may not submit listings for Digital Works that were created by another artist. In order for your listings to be accepted, you must provide PotatoMike with all the information requested on the applicable page of our Site and you must comply with any other PotatoMike requirements as identified on such page. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if you submit listings for sale you may be required to verify your identity by separately providing PotatoMike with a copy of a government-issued ID or similar documentation. Your listings must be accurate and complete and comply with PotatoMike then-current listings content guidelines. PotatoMike reserves the right to edit any listings to ensure that they comply with these guidelines. You acknowledge that your listings may not be immediately searchable by keyword or category for several hours (or up to 24 hours in some circumstances). The placement of your listings in search and browse results may be based on factors that include without limitation title, keywords and price. You acknowledge that PotatoMike LLC reserves the right to promote and market Original Works of Art and/or Digital Works through the use of sales and/or discounts. The sale or discount amount will apply to the listing price of Original Works of Art and/or Printed Works (defined below) relating to the Digital Works. You always retain the right to remove a listing for an Original Work of Art or Digital Work from the Site. If you want to remove a listing for an Original Work of Art or Digital Work from the Site you must send an email to PotatoMike at pm@potatomike.com and request that the image be removed.
Responsibility for Works
You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for all Original Works of Art and Digital Works that you make available through the Site and Services. Accordingly, you represent and warrant that: (i) as to Original Works of Art that you make available through the Site and Services, you are the creator of all such Original Works of Arts and you are the sole and exclusive owner of all such Original Works of Art; (ii) as to Digital Works that you make available through the Site and Services, you are either the sole and exclusive owner of all such Digital Works or you have all rights, licenses, consents and releases that are necessary to grant to PotatoMike the rights in such Digital Works as contemplated under these Terms; and (iii)neither the Original Works of Art nor Digital Works that you make available through the Site and Services nor PotatoMike use and exploitation thereof as contemplated under these Terms will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party's patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.
Online Sales
If you submit listings for Original Works of Art, you hereby appoint PotatoMike LLC as an independent non-exclusive reseller with the right to resell such Original Works of Art through the Site and Services and on third party websites (collectively “Online Sales”) and you hereby grant PotatoMike LLC a worldwide, transferable, nonexclusive, right and license, with a right to sublicense, to: (i) use, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display copies of the Original Work of Art Sales via Online Sales channels; and (ii) access, view, use, crop, resize, copy, distribute, license, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit and broadcast copies of the Original Work of Art in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed for the purpose of promoting PotatoMike, the Site and the Services. You acknowledge and agree that the foregoing license rights are granted on a royalty-free basis and that your sole compensation for the grant of such license rights, if any, will be in the form of the Artist Revenue Share (defined below), which is payable only upon the sale of an Original Work of Art via the Online Sales channel.
If you submit listings for Digital Works, you hereby grant PotatoMike a worldwide, transferable, nonexclusive, right and license, with a right to sublicense, to (i) use, modify (as appropriate in connection with manufacturing and distribution of Printed Works), reproduce, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display the Digital Works in connection with the manufacture, distribution and sale of Printed Works to Members and other third parties via Online Sales and through other offline channels (“Offline Sales”)”). and (ii) access, view, use, crop, resize, copy, distribute, license, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit and broadcast copies of the Digital Works in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, for the purpose of promoting PotatoMike, the Site and the Services. You acknowledge and agree that the foregoing license rights are granted on a royalty-free basis and that your sole compensation for the grant of such license rights, if any, will be in the form of the Artist Revenue Share (defined below), which is payable only upon the sale of a Digital work via Online Sales channels and Offline Sales channels. PotatoMike may appoint one or more third party subcontractors, who may exercise the license rights above for the purpose of enabling PotatoMike to process and fulfill orders for Printed Works.
As between you and PotatoMike, PotatoMike will be deemed the seller of any Original Works of Art and Printed Works that are purchased via Online Sales channels. If an Original Work of Art and/or Printed Works are sold via a third party website, the terms and conditions of the third party website will apply to the purchase in question by the applicable purchaser via the third party website. However, as between you and PotatoMike, these Terms will apply to the sale of such Original Work of Art and/or Printed Work.
PotatoMike LLC and/or its third party service providers will be responsible for collecting billing and shipping information from the purchaser and for processing payment for such purchases via the Site and Services. For purchases made via third party websites and for Offline Sales, the applicable third party website or PotatoMike LLC Offline Sales partner will be responsible for collecting billing and shipping information, as applicable, from the purchaser and for processing payments, and will remit applicable payments relating to such sales as agreed upon between PotatoMike and the third party website or PotatoMike Offline Sales partner, as applicable, to PotatoMike and share related shipping information, including the contact details of the purchaser where necessary, with PotatoMike.
For Original Works of Art only, PotatoMike will provide you with the name and address of the purchaser and, unless otherwise instructed in writing by PotatoMike you will be responsible for shipping the purchased Original Work of Art directly to the purchaser. PotatoMike will provide you with information regarding its preferred shippers with which PotatoMike maintains an account. You agree to ship the purchased Original Work of Art to the purchaser within ten days following the date of purchase (the "Shipping Period"). If you do not ship the purchased Original Work of Art to the purchaser prior to the expiration of the Shipping Period, then the sale may be cancelled. If you ship the purchased Original Work of Art via a PotatoMike preferred shipper account. PotatoMike will be responsible for the cost of shipping. You are responsible for providing accurate shipping weight, shipping dimensions and shipping address to PotatoMike if you are using a PotatoMike preferred shipper. If actual shipping weight, shipping dimensions and shipping origination information at the time of shipment varies from the information provided by you, PotatoMike (after providing documentation) reserves the right to deduct the resulting increased shipping costs from your Artist Revenue Share (defined below). If you do not ship the purchased Original Work of Art via a PotatoMike preferred shipper or if you pay for the cost of shipping yourself, PotatoMike will reimburse you for the amount you paid, up to the amount that PotatoMike or the third party website charged the purchaser for shipping.
For sales of Original Works of Art via the Online Sales channels, PotatoMike will credit your Account in an amount to be determined in accordance with PotatoMike then-current standard pricing terms which shall be agreed on in writing (which includes electronic communications such as e-mail) between the artist and PotatoMike LLC (the “Artist Revenue”); for sales of Original Works of Art via the Site and Services, subject to PotatoMike receipt of confirmation of delivery to the purchaser, PotatoMike will credit your Account with the corresponding Artist Revenue following the expiration of the return period and for sales of Original Works of Art via third party websites, PotatoMike will credit your Account with the corresponding Artist Revenue within a commercially reasonable time after it has received payment from the third party website and the Original Work of Art has been confirmed to have been successfully delivered to the purchaser, as determined by PotatoMike, in its sole discretion.
You agree to comply with the terms and conditions of PotatoMike Return Policy that are applicable to any Original Works of Art that are sold through the Site and Services. For sales of Printed Works via Online Sales and Offline Sales, PotatoMike will credit your Account visible in the Sales Dashboard with the applicable Artist Revenue as set forth in PotatoMike current standard pricing terms. You will have the right to request PotatoMike to remit the Artist Revenue in your Account in accordance with a PotatoMike-designated payment schedule. Upon the termination of these Terms or cancellation of your Account, PotatoMike will remit to you the remaining balance of Artist Revenue.
License Extension
If you remove a listing for a Digital Work from the Site, the license rights granted by you to PotatoMike LLC to manufacture, distribute and sell Printed Works with respect to such Digital Work will terminate as of the date the listing is removed, except that such license rights will survive and remain in effect for as long as necessary for PotatoMike and its third-party subcontractors to fulfill any in-progress orders for such Printed Works and for any orders for such Printed Works accepted by PotatoMike or its third-party subcontractors or its Online Sales partners via third party websites and its Offline Sales partners prior to or as of the effective date of termination. In addition, you acknowledge and agree that the license rights granted by you to PotatoMike with respect to using such Digital Work to promote PotatoMike, the Site and the Services will remain in full force and effect for only as long as necessary for PotatoMike to fulfill any current obligations that require using the Digital Work for such promotional purposes.
Transaction Restrictions
If you are a Member and have submitted a listing for an Original Work of Art or a Digital Work and have been contacted through the Site and Services by another Member with respect to purchasing either of the foregoing, you may not sell such Original Work of Art or Digital Work to such Member independent of the Site and Services.
Purchaser Terms and Conditions
Purchases of Original Works of Art
As a Member, you may purchase Original Works of Art that are listed by other Members on the Site. When you purchase such an Original Work of Art through the Site and Services, you are purchasing the work from PotatoMike and not from the Member identified on the listing for such work. Prices for Original Works of Art will be as specified on the applicable listing. You acknowledge that prices do not include shipping and handling charges or applicable Taxes (defined below), if any, for which you are responsible and which will be separately identified on your receipt. PotatoMike and/or its third party service providers will collect your billing and shipping information and process your payment. The Member identified on the listing of the Original Work of Art will ship the purchased work directly to you. The terms and conditions of PotatoMike then-current Return Policy apply to any Original Works of Art that you purchase through the Site and Services. When you purchase Original Works of Art via Online Sales (other than via the Site and Services) such purchases will be subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Online Sales channels which will be presented to you at the time of purchase.
Purchases of Printed Works
As a Member, you may purchase Printed Works that are listed by other Members on the Site. Prices for Printed Works will be as specified on the applicable listing. You acknowledge that prices do not include shipping and handling charges or applicable Taxes (defined below), if any, for which you are responsible and that will be separately identified on your receipt. When you purchase Printed Works through the Site and Services, PotatoMike and its third party service providers will collect your billing and shipping information, process your payment and ship the Printed Works directly to you. The terms and conditions of PotatoMike then-current Return Policy apply to any Printed Works that you purchase through the Site and Services. When you purchase Printed Works via Online Sales (other than via the Site and Services) and Offline Sales such purchases will be subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Online Sales and Offline Sales channels which will be presented to you at the time of purchase.
Order Cancellations
PotatoMike reserves the right to cancel any order for an Original Work of Art or Printed Work placed via the Site and Services if PotatoMike determines, in its sole discretion, that the item is mispriced, out of stock, discontinued, or otherwise unavailable at the price listed via the Site and Services. If PotatoMike cancels an order placed via the Site and Services, PotatoMike will send you an email confirmation of such cancellation and you will not be charged for your order. Terms for both Sellers and Purchasers
Transaction Restrictions
If you are a Member and desire to purchase an Original Work of Art or Digital Work for which another Member has submitted a listing, you may not purchase such Original Work of Art or Digital Work from such Member independent of the Site and Services.
General Terms and Conditions
Taxes
All prices, commissions, fees and other amounts referred to in these Terms, including any prices and fees set forth on the Site, are stated in U.S. dollars and do not include any sales, use, value added ("VAT"), goods and services ("GST") or similar taxes or withholding taxes or any customs, duties or tariffs that may be assessed by any governmental tax authority or that are otherwise payable under applicable law with respect to the purchase, sale and licensing transactions contemplated hereunder (collectively, "Taxes"). If you are a seller of Original Works and/or Printed Works, you acknowledge that PotatoMike will withhold the Taxes required to be withheld from the payments PotatoMike makes to you. Seller must fill out appropriate Tax forms prior to any fees being paid.
If you are a purchaser of Original Works and/or Printed Works, you acknowledge that PotatoMike will add Taxes to the amounts charged, as a separate charge, when required or when allowed to do so. Each party will be responsible for complying with any and all obligations imposed on it under applicable law with respect to the collection and payment of any Taxes. Each party will cooperate with the other party, and furnish the other party with any customary written documentation or forms required under applicable law to enable the other party to comply with such obligations or to exercise any rights available under applicable law to minimize or to qualify for an exemption from any such obligations.
Member Content
In addition to submitting listings for Original Works of Art and Digital Works, PotatoMike may, in its sole discretion, designate areas of the Site in which Members can post, upload, publish or submit text, graphics, audio, video, images of works of art or other content on or to the Site (individually or collectively, "MemberContent"). "Member Content" excludes any images of Original Works of Art or Digital Works for which a Member submits a listing, as described under "Seller Terms and Conditions" above. PotatoMike does not claim any ownership rights in any such Member Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that a Member may have to use and exploit any such Member Content. By making available any Member Content on or through the Site and Services, (i) you grant PotatoMike a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, commission-free license to crop, resize, publicly display, publicly perform, distribute, broadcast and transmit such Member Content on or through the Site and Services in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, for the purpose of promoting PotatoMike, the Site and Services, and (ii) you grant directly to other Members the right and license to view your Member Content on or through the
Site and Services only in connection with such Member's authorized use of the Site and Services. You reserve all other rights and licenses in and to any Member Content that you make available on or through the Site and Services.
You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for any Member Content that you make available on or through the Site. You represent and warrant that: (i) you are the sole and exclusive owner of all Member Content that you make available on the Site or that you have all rights, licenses, consents and releases that are necessary to make available such Member Content and to grant all rights and licenses in such Member Content as granted under these Terms; and (ii)neither the Member Content nor your making available any Member Content on the Site nor any use of any Member Content as permitted under these Terms will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party's patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.
Feedback
We welcome and encourage you to provide feedback, comments and suggestions for improvements to the Site and Services ("Feedback"). You may submit Feedback by emailing us at pm@potatomike.com. You acknowledge and agree that all Feedback will be the sole and exclusive property of PotatoMike and you hereby irrevocably assign to PotatoMike and agree to irrevocably assign to PotatoMike all of your right, title and interest in and to all Feedback, including without limitation all worldwide patent rights, copyright rights, trade secret rights, and other proprietary or intellectual property rights therein. At Potato Mike request and expense, you will execute documents and take such further acts as PotatoMike may reasonably request to assist PotatoMike to acquire, perfect and maintain its intellectual property rights and other legal protections for the Feedback.
PotatoMike Content
PotatoMike may also make available through the Site and Services text, graphics, audio, video and images of works of art (collectively, "PotatoMike Content"), some of which is owned by PotatoMike ("PotatoMike-owned Content"), and some of which is made available under license by a third party ("PotatoMike"licensed Content"). PotatoMike authorizes you to download, view and print PotatoMike-owned Content" solely for your personal use in visiting the Site and, if you are a Member, in connection with exercising the rights granted to Members under these Terms. For PotatoMike Licensed Content, the scope of your rights thereto will be solely as set forth in the applicable license agreement that governs the use of such content, as identified on the page of the Site where such content appears. Nothing in these Terms is intended to modify, restrict or limit the scope of your rights as to such PotatoMike Licensed Content. No licenses or rights are granted to you by implication or otherwise under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by PotatoMike or its licensors, except for the licenses and rights expressly granted in these Terms.
General Prohibitions
You agree not to do any of the following:
a. Post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any text, graphics, images, software, music, audio, video, information or other material that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party's patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; (iii) is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive; (iv) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; (v)promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; (vi) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any other person; (vii) harms minors in any way; or (viii) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances. Use, display, mirror or frame the Site, or any individual element within the Site, PotatoMike name, any PotatoMike trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page, without PotatoMike express written consent;
b. Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Site, PotatoMike computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of PotatoMike providers;
c. Attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of any PotatoMike system or network or breach any security or authentication measures;
d. Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by PotatoMike or any of PotatoMike providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Site, Services, PotatoMike Content or Member Content;
e. Attempt to access or search the Site, Services, PotatoMike Content or Member Content or download PotatoMike Content or Member Content from the Site or Services through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or the like) other than the software and/or search agents provided by PotatoMike or other generally available third party web browsers;
end any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other form of solicitation;
se any meta tags or other hidden text or metadata utilizing a PotatoMike trademark, logo URL or product name without PotatoMike express written consent;
f. Use the Site, Services, PotatoMike Content or Member Content for any commercial purpose or the benefit of any third party in any manner not otherwise permitted by these Terms;
g. Forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use the Site, Services, PotatoMike Content or Member Content to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information;
h. Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Site, Services, PotatoMike Content or Member Content; nterfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing the Site;
i. Collect or store any personally identifiable information from the Site or Services from other users of the Site or Services without their express permission;
j. Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
k. Violate any applicable law or regulation; or
l. Encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the foregoing.
PotatoMike will have the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the above to the fullest extent of the law. PotatoMike may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who violate these Terms. You acknowledge that PotatoMike has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Site or Services or to remove any Member Content, but has the right to do so for the purpose of operating the Site and Services, to ensure your compliance with these Terms, or to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body. PotatoMike reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Member Content, listings for Original Works of Art or Digital Works, PotatoMike Content or any other text, graphics, images, software, music, audio, video, information or other content or material that PotatoMike, at its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable, in violation of these Terms or otherwise harmful to the Site or Services.
Termination and Account Cancellation
If you breach any of these Terms, PotatoMike will have the right to suspend or disable your Account or terminate these Terms, at its sole discretion and without prior notice to you. PotatoMike reserves the right to revoke your access to and use of the Site, Services, PotatoMike Content and Member Content at any time, with or without cause. In the event PotatoMike terminates these Terms for your breach, you will remain liable for any amounts due hereunder. You may cancel your Account at any time by sending an email tohelp@potatomike.com
Ownership
The Site, Services and PotatoMike Content are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, PotatoMike and its licensors exclusively own all right, title and interest in and to the Site, Services and PotatoMike Content and Printed Works, including all associated intellectual property rights. You will not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Site, Services or PotatoMike Content.
Copyright Policy
PotatoMike respects copyright law and expects its users to do the same. It is PotatoMike policy to terminate in appropriate circumstances of Members or other Account holders who repeatedly infringe or are believed to be repeatedly infringing the rights of copyright holders.
Links
The Site may contain links to third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that PotatoMike is not responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or (ii) the content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by PotatoMike llc of such websites or resources or the content, products, or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources.
Disclaimers
THE SITE, SERVICES, POTATOMIKE LLC CONTENT AND MEMBER CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, POTATOMIKE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. POTATOMIKE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE, SERVICES, POTATOMIKE CONTENT OR MEMBER CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS. POTATOMIKE MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE QUALITY OF ANY WORKS, SERVICES, CONTENT OR PRODUCTS PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES OR THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, TRUTHFULNESS, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY CONTENT OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM POTATOMIKE OR THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES, WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER MEMBERS OR USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES AND WITH OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS, POTATOMIKE DOES NOT SCREEN OR INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUND OF MEMBERS OR OTHER USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES, NOR DOES POTATOMIKE MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO VERIFY THE STATEMENTS OF ANY MEMBERS OR USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES. POTATOMIKE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT OF USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES.YOU AGREE TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER MEMBERS OR USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES AND WITH OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES, PARTICULARLY IF YOU DECIDE TO MEET OFFLINE OR IN PERSON.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold PotatoMike, its officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Site, Services, PotatoMike Content or Member Content, or your violation of these Terms.
Limitation of Liability
You acknowledge and agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the entire risk arising out of your access to and use of the Site, Services, PotatoMike Content and Member Content remains with you. Neither PotatoMike nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site, Services,PotatoMike Art Content or Member Content will be liable for any incidental, special, exemplary or consequential damages, including lost profits, loss of data or loss of goodwill, service interruption, computer damage or system failure or the cost of substitute products or services, or for any damages for personal or bodily injury or emotional distress arising out of or in connection with these Terms or from the use of or inability to use the Site, Services, PotatoMike Content or Member Content, or from any communications, interactions or meetings with other Members or users of the Site or Services or other persons with whom you communicate or interact as a result of your use of the Site or Services, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), product liability or any other legal theory, and whether or not PotatoMike has been informed of the possibility of such damage, even if a limited remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.
In no event will PotatoMike aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms or from the use of or inability to use the Site, Services, PotatoMike Content or Member Content exceed: (i) if you are a Member who has sold Original Works of Art or has licensed Digital Works and has received any Artist Revenue Share from PotatoMike from the sale of Printed Works, the total payments made or credited to you by PotatoMike for the sale of your Original Works of Art and/or from the sale of Printed Works based on your licensed Digital Works during the three (3) month period preceding the date a claim for liability arises under these Terms; and (ii) if you are a Member who has purchased Original Works of Art or Printed Works, the total payments that you made to PotatoMike for the Original Works of Art and/or Printed Works that are the subject of a claim. The limitations of damages set forth above are fundamental elements of the basis of the bargain between PotatoMike and you. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you.
Proprietary Rights Notices
All trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations of PotatoMike used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of PotatoMike. Any other trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective parties.
Controlling Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of New York without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. The exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any action with respect to the subject matter of these Terms will be the state and federal courts located in the State of New York and each of the parties hereto waives any objection to jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
Entire Agreement
These Terms constitute the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between PotatoMike and you regarding the Site and Services and these Terms supersede and replace any and all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between PotatoMike and you regarding the Site and Services.
Assignment
You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without PotatoMike prior written consent. Any attempt by you to assign or transfer these Terms, without such consent, will be null and of no effect. PotatoMike may assign or transfer these Terms, at its sole discretion, without restriction. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.
Notices
Any notices or other communications permitted to required hereunder, including those regarding modifications to these Terms, will be in writing and given: (i) by PotatoMike via email (in each case to the address that you provide) or (ii) by posting to the Site. For notices made by e-mail, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted.
General
The failure of PotatoMike to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of PotatoMike. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.
Contacting PotatoMike
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact PotatoMike at pm@potatomike.com.