Terms and Conditions :: R.C. Henningsen, Author

R. C. Henningsen

Author, Being There Awakenings

"The perfect combination of excitement and adventure, destined to be a cinematic thriller..."

Being There Awakening Terms and Conditions

Welcome to the BEINGTHEREAWAKENINGS.com website. Please read these Terms and Conditions before using, or submitting content in any form or medium for publication on, BEINGTHEREAWAKENINGS.com. By continuing to use us, or by submitting content for publication on this site, you agree to abide, and that you are bound, by these Terms and Conditions. We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time, and you agree (including by virtue of your continued use of our site) to be bound by any such changes. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features or functionality (including, without limitation, video and related projects) that augment or enhance our site shall be subject to these Terms and Conditions. The most current version of these Terms and Conditions can be viewed at any time at: www.BEINGTHEREAWAKENINGS.com.  Being There Awakenings will determine your compliance with these terms in its sole discretion and its decision shall be final and binding.

By using this website you agree to accept all terms and conditions of this agreement. Do not use this website if you disagree with or do not agree to be bound by all of the following terms:

The website you have entered is operated by or on behalf of Being There Awakenings (“Being There Awakenings”). Your use of this website indicates that you have read and accepted our privacy practices, as outlined in our Privacy Policy as well as the following terms and conditions of use. At any time, Being There Awakenings reserves the right to modify such terms and conditions of use for any reason or no reason at all. Changes will be posted here and unless otherwise disclosed, any change becomes effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of this website after the posting of any change in the terms and conditions shall constitute your acceptance to be bound by any such changes.

The information and features included in this website are only for informational or entertainment purposes and have been put together from a variety of sources. By accessing or linking to this website, you assume the risk that the information on this website may be incomplete, inaccurate, out of date, or may not meet your needs and requirements.

Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

  1. We May Discontinue or Suspend Our Site or Terminate Your Use: We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, our site (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance of our site. In addition, we reserve the right to terminate your access to our site for any reason, and to take any other actions that we, in our sole discretion, believe to be in the interest of our company and of our users as a whole.
  2. We Have All Rights In Our Site and Content; You Grant Us Certain Rights When You Submit Content to Us:

(a)        Our site (including all text, photographs, graphics, video and audio content contained on our site) is protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under the copyright laws of the United States and worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions, and we (subject to the rights of our licensors and licensees under applicable agreements, understandings and arrangements) have all rights therein. All individual content submissions, articles, blogs, videos and other elements comprising our site are also copyrighted works, and we (subject to the rights of our licensors and licensees under applicable agreements, understandings and arrangements) have all rights therein. You must abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained on our site.

(b)        By posting or submitting content on or to our site (regardless of the form or medium with respect to such content, whether text, videos, photographs, audio or otherwise), you automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of such materials expressly grants) BEING THERE AWAKENINGS and its affiliates and licensors a world-wide, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable and non-exclusive right and license to use, copy, store, adapt, transmit, communicate, publicly display and perform, distribute and create compilations and derivative works from such submitted materials and to use such content for promotional and marketing purposes. Such license will apply with respect to any form, media or technology now known or later developed. In addition, you warrant that all “moral rights” in such materials have been waived. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, with respect to any video submissions to us made by you from time to time, you understand and agree that (unless you and we agree otherwise) we may, or may permit users to, based solely on functionality provided and enabled by our website, compile, re-edit, adapt or modify your video submission, or create derivative works therefrom, either on a stand-alone basis or in combination with other video submissions, and (unless you and we agree otherwise) you shall have no rights with respect thereto and we or our licensees shall be free to display and publish the same (as so compiled, re-edited, adapted, modified or derived) for any period.

(c)        You shall be solely responsible for your own submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them on the BEINGTHEREAWAKENINGS.com website. In connection with each of your submissions, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: (I) you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize us to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all such submissions to enable inclusion and use of such submissions in the manner contemplated by us and these Terms and Conditions; and (II) you have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in such submissions to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of such submissions in the manner contemplated by us and these Terms and Conditions. In furtherance of the foregoing, you agree that you will not: (I) submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant us all of the rights granted herein; (II) publish falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage us or any third party; (III) use the services, software, information, data and other content (the “Services”) on the BEINGTHEREAWAKENINGS.com site to harm minors in any way; (IV) impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, any of our officials, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (V) submit material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any local, provincial, national, or international law, or is otherwise inappropriate; (VI) collect or provide funds, directly or indirectly, in order to carry out terrorist crimes, contribute to or facilitate the activities or a terrorist group, or instruct anyone to carry out a terrorist activity, including doing any of the of the foregoing in relation to a listed entity under s.83.05 of Part II.1 of the Criminal Code; (VII) post advertisements or solicitations of business; or (VIII) collect or store personal data about other users without their express consent or in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities set forth above.

You acknowledge that we do not pre-screen submissions, but that we reserve the right to remove or not publish submissions without prior notice. You understand that when you submit content in any form to the BEINGTHEREAWAKENINGS.com we may authorize such content to be distributed or syndicated to or published on other BEING THERE AWAKENINGS branded environments.

Please be advised that our site uses services and products protected by one or more registered patents and patents pending.

  1. You Have Rights if You Believe Your Copyright is Being Infringed: If you are a copyright owner or agent thereof and believe that any of our content infringes upon your copyright, please click here.
  2. Your Use of Our Content is Restricted:

(a)        Unless expressly permitted, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, enter into a database, display, perform, modify, create derivative works from, transmit or in any way exploit any part of our site or any content thereon, except as permitted under the last sentence of this Section 4(a) and except that you may make one print copy that is limited to occasional articles of personal interest only. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing (but subject to the last sentence of this Section 4(a)), you may not distribute any part of this site or any content thereon over any network, including, without limitation, a local area network, or sell or offer it for sale. In addition, these files may not be used to construct any kind of database. Just as we from time to time excerpt materials from other sources in order to support the various commentaries and writings contained herein, we respect the right of others to make “fair use” of the materials contained on our site; accordingly, you may from time to time excerpt and use materials set forth on this site consistent with the principles of “fair use.”

(b)        We are concerned about the integrity of our site when it is viewed in a setting created by a third party that includes advertising or other materials that we have not authorized to be displayed with the content of our site. Neither you nor any third party shall make use of the contents of our site in any manner that constitutes an infringement of our rights, including copyright or that has not been authorized by us.

  1. We are Not Responsible For and Do Not Necessarily Hold the Opinions Expressed by Our Content Contributors: Opinions and other statements expressed by users and third parties (e.g., bloggers) are theirs alone, not opinions of our own. Content created by third parties is the sole responsibility of the third parties and its accuracy and completeness are not endorsed or guaranteed. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to view and distribute content through our site, we are not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to the content. BEING THERE AWAKENINGS and its affiliates, successors, assigns, employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders do not undertake or assume any duty to monitor our site for inappropriate or unlawful content. BEING THERE AWAKENINGS and its affiliates, successors, assigns, employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders assume no responsibility or liability which may arise from the content thereof, including, but not limited to, claims for defamation, libel, slander, infringement, invasion of privacy and publicity rights, obscenity, pornography, profanity, fraud, or misrepresentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right to block or remove communications, postings or materials at any time in our sole discretion.
  2. You Will Be Responsible for Any Harm We Suffer as a Result of Your Violation of These Terms and Conditions or Any Breach by You of Your Representations and Warranties: By using this website you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Being There Awakenings and its employees, owners, officers, affiliates, licensors, assigns, and agents from and against any third party claims, all damages, losses, expenses and liabilities as well as all costs and expenses related to defense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation by you of these Terms and Conditions or any breach by you of your representations and warranties hereunder. Your violation of any of these terms or any law, your use of this website or the material violation of these terms, information or material transmitted through your computer that infringes any intellectual property rights including but not limited to copyright, trademark, trade secret, or patent, you will cooperate fully and reasonably in Being There Awakening’s defense of any claim. We reserve the right to take over the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to indemnification. In such event, you shall provide us with such cooperation as is reasonably requested by us.
  3. Submissions for Consideration: Except as otherwise described in the website’s Privacy Policy, anything you submit to Being There Awakenings through this website or otherwise, including, without limitation, any ideas, data, questions, artwork, comments, suggestions, or personal information (jointly and severally, “Submissions”), is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and we will not be liable for any use or disclosure. You hereby irrevocably grant, transfer, sell and assign to Being There Awakenings all right, title and interest in and to those Submissions, including, without limitation, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade identities, copyrights, trade secrets, logos, domain names, know-how, source code and object code, mask-work rights, inventions, moral rights, author’s rights, algorithms, rights in packaging, goodwill and other intellectual property and proprietary rights that may subsist in the Submissions. You further agree that Being There Awakenings will have the unfettered right throughout the universe, in perpetuity, without any credit or compensation to you, to use, reuse, modify, alter, display, archive, publish, license, perform, reproduce, disclose, transmit, publish, broadcast, post, sell, translate, create derivative works of, or distribute any Submissions or portions of any Submissions in any form, media, software or technology of any kind now known or developed in the future for any purposes whatsoever including, without limitation, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information. You hereby acknowledge and agree that your relationship with Being There Awakenings is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship, and that your decision to submit any material to Being There Awakenings does not place Being There Awakenings in a position that is any different from the position held by members of the general public with regard to your Submissions. You hereby waive any moral rights you may have in and to any of your Submissions, even if such material is altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you. You represent that any Submissions are original with you and do not infringe upon, misappropriate or violate the rights of any third parties, including, without limitation, any intellectual property rights, rights of publicity or privacy or any other proprietary rights. You agree to execute any documents and take all steps that Being There Awakenings determines are necessary to affect the intentions of these terms. You agree and understand that Being There Awakenings is not obligated to use any Submission you make to Being There Awakenings through the website or otherwise and you have no right to compel such use. Finally, you acknowledge that, with respect to any claim you may have relating to or arising out of a Being There Awakening’s actual or alleged exploitation or use of any Submission, the damage, if any, thereby caused will not be irreparable or otherwise sufficient to entitle you to injunctive or other equitable relief or to in any way enjoin the production, distribution, exhibition or other exploitation of any production based on or allegedly based on the Submission, and your rights and remedies in any such event shall be strictly limited to the right to recover damages, if any, in an action at law.
  4. Your Use of Our Site is Subject to Certain Disclaimers: OUR SITE IS AVAILABLE “AS IS.” WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS AND INACCURACIES IN THE NEWS, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO OUR SITE OR ANY INFORMATION OR GOODS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OR ADVERTISED OR SOLD THROUGH OUR SITE. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS, NOR DO WE ENDORSE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT OR OTHER MATERIAL OR DATABASE DISPLAYED, UPLOADED OR DISTRIBUTED ON THIS SITE OR AVAILABLE THROUGH LINKS ON OUR SITE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS ON OUR SITE. ALTHOUGH WE INTEND TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, “TROJAN HORSES” OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO OUR SITE, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT OUR SITE OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM OUR SITE DO NOT CONTAIN SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES. IF YOU RELY ON OUR SITE AND ANY MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE, YOU DO SO SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

OUR SITE MAY CONTAIN VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF TEXT, IMAGES, AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTIONS, OPINIONS, STATEMENTS, FACTS, ARTICLES, MARKET DATA, STOCK QUOTES OR OTHER INFORMATION CREATED BY US OR BY THIRD-PARTIES. DUE TO THE NUMBER OF SOURCES FROM WHICH CONTENT ON OUR SITE IS OBTAINED, AND THE INHERENT HAZARDS OF ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS OR INACCURACIES IN SUCH CONTENT. ACCORDINGLY, SUCH CONTENT, INCLUDING MARKET DATA, IS FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON BY YOU FOR ANY PURPOSE. SUCH CONTENT IS NOT INTENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAX OR INVESTMENT ADVICE AND IT DOES NOT ADVOCATE THE PURCHASE OR SALE OF ANY SECURITY OR INVESTMENT. INFORMATION CREATED BY THIRD PARTIES THAT YOU MAY ACCESS ON OUR SITE OR THROUGH LINKS IS NOT ADOPTED OR ENDORSED BY US AND REMAINS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUCH THIRD PARTIES

  1. Our Liability to You is Limited: BEING THERE AWAKENINGS and its affiliates, and their respective members, employees, agents and licensors are not liable for incidental, indirect, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages of any kind, including, without limitation, lost revenues or profits, loss of business or loss of data, in any way related to this site or for any claim, loss or injury based on errors, omissions, interruptions or other inaccuracies in our site (including, without limitation, as a result of breach of any warranty or other term of these Terms and Conditions), even if BEING THERE AWAKENINGS has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Any claim against us shall be limited to the amount you paid, if any, for use of the BEINGTHEREAWAKENINGS.com site.
  2. We May be Legally Compelled to Disclose Certain Information: You agree that in the event we receive an order issued by a court or from a law enforcement or government agency, we shall comply with such orders without your consent or prior notice to you and may disclose your IP address, username, name, IP location or other information in response thereto.
  3. We are Not Responsible for Linked Sites: We are not responsible for the availability or content of any goods or services provided by third parties that may be linked to our site. Because we have no control over such goods and services, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable for any content, accuracy, quality, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such third parties. You further acknowledge and agree that your correspondence or business dealings with any third parties, including any merchants or advertisers, found on, or through, the BEINGTHEREAWAKENINGS.com site or any of the Services, including payment for and the delivery of related goods and services, and all other terms, conditions, representations and warranties related to such dealings are solely between you and such third parties. You agree that we will not be responsible or liable in any way, either directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of, or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available through such third parties.
  4. Registration, Accounts and Passwords: Certain of the Services made available on the BEINGTHEREAWAKENINGS.com site may require registration. Should you choose to register for these services, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of United States of America or other applicable jurisdiction. You also agree to: (i) provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as required by the Services’ registration form (the “Registration Data”); (ii) maintain and update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete; and (iii) be responsible for all activities that occur under such registration or account. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete or if we have reason to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services.
  5. Our Privacy Statement: Registration data and certain other information about you are subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information, please see our full Privacy Statement . You understand that though your use of the Services, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of this information, as permitted by the Privacy Policy, including transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing, and use by BEING THERE AWAKENINGS and its affiliates in order to provide the Services to you.
  6. Any Dispute Between Us Will be Governed by New York State Law: These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of United States of America in the State of New York, applicable to agreements made and to be performed therein without regard to conflict of laws principles.
  7. International Use: We make no representation that materials on this site are appropriate or available for use in locations outside United States of America. If you access this site from other locations, you agree that you are doing so on your own initiative and that you are wholly responsible for compliance with local laws.
  8. Exclusions and Limitations: Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, representations and conditions or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations may not apply to you.
  9. Waiver and Severability of Terms: If we fail to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions, this shall not constitute waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, you agree that the court should endeavour to give effect to the intent of the provision in question, and the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions remain in full force and effect. The section titles in these terms are for your convenience only and do not have any legal or contractual effect.
  10. Further Assurances: You agree to use reasonable efforts to do, make, execute, deliver, or cause to be done, made, executed, or delivered, all such further acts, documents, and things as we may reasonably require from time to time for the purpose of giving effect to these Terms and Conditions, including regularly reviewing the Terms and Conditions and updating your registration information.
  11. Language: The parties have agreed that this Agreement and all documents relating thereto be written in the English language.
  12. General: BY CONTINUING TO USE OUR SITE, YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. The caption to each Section of these Terms and Conditions are for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof.

 

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