1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Welcome to the websites of Lincoln Financial
Media Company of California, aka KIFM.com (Lincoln Financial Media).
Lincoln Financial Media provides its service to you, subject to
the following Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be
updated by us from time to time without notice to you. In addition,
when using particular Lincoln Financial Media services, you and
Lincoln Financial Media shall be subject to any posted guidelines
or rules applicable to such services which may be posted from
time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated
by reference into the TOS. Lincoln Financial Media also may offer
other services from time to time.
2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
Lincoln Financial Media currently provides
users with access to a rich collection of on-line resources, including,
various music information, online forums, streaming audio, personalized
content and branded programming through its network of properties
(the "Service"). Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any
new features that augment or enhance the current Service, including
the release of new Lincoln Financial Media properties, shall be subject
to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service is provided "AS-IS" and
that Lincoln Financial Media assumes no responsibility for the timeliness,
deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications
or personalization settings.
In order to use the Service, you must obtain
access to the World Wide Web, either directly or through devices that
access web-based content, and pay any service fees associated with
such access. In addition, you must provide all equipment necessary
to make such connection to the World Wide Web, including a computer
and modem or other access device.
3. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
In consideration of your use of the Service,
you agree t (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information
about yourself as prompted by the Service's registration form (such
information being the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain
and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate,
current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue,
inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Lincoln Financial Media
has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue,
inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Lincoln Financial Media has
the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and
all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
Lincoln Financial Media is concerned about the safety and privacy
of all its users, particularly children. Therefore to comply with
COPPA, minors under the age of 13 cannot register. Thus by accepting
this TOS your are admitting your are over the age of 13.
4. Lincoln Financial Media PRIVACY POLICY
Registration Data and certain other information
about you is subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information,
see our full privacy policy at Privacy Policy.
5. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY
You may receive a password and account designation
upon completing the Service's registration process. You are responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and
are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password
or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify Lincoln Financial
Media of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other
breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account
at the end of each session. Lincoln Financial Media cannot and will
not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to
comply with this Section 5.
6. MEMBER CONDUCT
You understand that all information, data,
text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages
or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted
or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person
from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not Lincoln
Financial Media, are entirely responsible for all Content that you
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the
Service. Lincoln Financial Media does not control the Content posted
via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity
or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Service,
you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable.
Under no circumstances will Lincoln Financial Media be liable in any
way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors
or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind
incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted
or otherwise made available via the Service.
You agree to not use the Service to
• upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available
any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing,
tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's
privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
• harm minors in any way;
• impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited
to, a Lincoln Financial Media official, forum leader, guide or host,
or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a
person or entity;
• forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order
to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
• upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available
any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any
law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside
information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed
as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
• upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available
any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright
or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;
• upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available
any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk
mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid
schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those
areas (such as shopping rooms) that are designated for such purpose;
• upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available
any material that contains software viruses or any other computer
code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the
functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications
equipment;
• disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster
than other users of the Service are able to type, or otherwise act
in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage
in real time exchanges;
• interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks
connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures,
policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
• intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local,
state, national or international law, including, but not limited to,
regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including,
without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law;
• "stalk" or otherwise harass another; or
• collect or store personal data about other users.
You acknowledge that Lincoln Financial Media
does not pre-screen Content, but that Lincoln Financial Media and
its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their
sole discretion to refuse or move any Content that is available via
the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, Lincoln Financial Media
and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that
violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you
must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any
Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or
usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you
may not rely on any Content created by Lincoln Financial Media or
submitted to Lincoln Financial Media, including without limitation
information in blog or show comments, VIP Listener Clubs, and in all
other parts of the Service.
You acknowledge and agree that Lincoln Financial
Media may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required
to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation
or disclosure is reasonably necessary t (a) comply with legal process;
(b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates
the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property,
or personal safety of Lincoln Financial Media, its users and the public.
You understand that the technical processing
and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve
(a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform
and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
7. SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet,
you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct
and acceptable Content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all
applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported
from the United States or the country in which you reside.
8. CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR
INCLUSION ON THE SERVICE
Lincoln Financial Media does not claim ownership
of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service.
However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for
inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, you grant Lincoln
Financial Media the following world-wide, royalty free and non-exclusive
license(s), as applicable:
• With respect to Content you submit or make available for
inclusion on publicly accessible areas of Lincoln Financial Media,
the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly
perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for
the purposes of providing and promoting the specific Content which
was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long
as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and
will terminate at the time you remove or Lincoln Financial Media removes
such Content from the Service.
• With respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit
or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible area of the
Service, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt,
publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service
solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made
available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue
to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time
you remove or Lincoln Financial Media removes such Content from the
Service.
• With respect to Content other than photos, graphics, audio
or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible
areas of the Service, the perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable
license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate,
publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in
part) and to incorporate such Content into other works in any format
or medium now known or later developed.
• "Publicly accessible" areas of the Service are those
areas of the Lincoln Financial Media network of properties that are
intended by Lincoln Financial Media to be available to the general
public. By way of example, publicly accessible areas of the Service
would include weblogs (blogs) and portions of VIP Listener Clubs that
are open to both members and visitors. However, publicly accessible
areas of the Service would not include portions of VIP Listener Clubs
that are limited to members, Lincoln Financial Media services intended
for private communication, or areas off of the Lincoln Financial Media
network of properties such as portions of World Wide Web sites that
are accessible through Lincoln Financial Media but are not hosted
or served by Lincoln Financial Media.
9. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Lincoln Financial
Media, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders
or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due
to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make available
through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the
Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights
of another.
10. NO RESALE OF SERVICE
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy,
sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of
the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service.
11. GENERAL PRACTIVES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
You acknowledge that Lincoln Financial Media
may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Service,
including without limitation the maximum number of days that email
messages, message board postings or other uploaded Content will be
retained by the Service, the maximum number of email messages that
may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum
size of any email message that may be sent from or received by an
account on the Service, the maximum disk space that will be allotted
on Lincoln Financial Media's servers on your behalf, and the maximum
number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access
the Service in a given period of time. You agree that Lincoln Financial
Media has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure
to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained
or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge that Lincoln Financial
Media reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for
an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that Lincoln Financial
Media reserves the right to change these general practices and limits
at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice.
12. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
Lincoln Financial Media reserves the right
at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily
or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without
notice. You agree that Lincoln Financial Media shall not be liable
to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance
of the Service.
13. TERMINATION
You agree that Lincoln Financial Media, in
its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any
part thereof) or use of the Service, and remove and discard any Content
within the Service, for any reason, including, without limitation,
for lack of use or if Lincoln Financial Media believes that you have
violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the
TOS. Lincoln Financial Media may also in its sole discretion and at
any time discontinue providing the Service, or any part thereof, with
or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to
the Service under any provision of this TOS may be effected without
prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that Lincoln Financial Media
may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related
information and files in your account and/or bar any further access
to such files or the Service. Further, you agree that Lincoln Financial
Media shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination
of your access to the Service.
14. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS
Your correspondence or business dealings with,
or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through
the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services,
and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated
with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You
agree that Lincoln Financial Media shall not be responsible or liable
for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such
dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the
Service.
15. LINKS
The Service may provide, or third parties
may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because
Lincoln Financial Media has no control over such sites and resources,
you acknowledge and agree that Lincoln Financial Media is not responsible
for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does
not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising,
products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources.
You further acknowledge and agree that Lincoln Financial Media shall
not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage
or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use
of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on
or through any such site or resource.
16. Lincoln Financial Media's PROPRIETARY
RIGHTS
You acknowledge and agree that the Service
and any necessary software used in connection with the Service ("Software")
contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected
by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge
and agree that Content contained in sponsor advertisements or information
presented to you through the Service or advertisers is protected by
copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary
rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by Lincoln Financial
Media or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan,
sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Service or
the Software, in whole or in part.
Lincoln Financial Media grants you a personal,
non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object
code of its Software on a single computer; provided that you do not
(and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative
work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to
discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security
interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You agree
not to modify the Software in any manner or form, or to use modified
versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose
of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service. You agree not to
access the Service by any means other than through the interface that
is provided by Lincoln Financial Media for use in accessing the Service.
17. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
• YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE
IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.
LINCOLN FINANCIAL MEDIA EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY
KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
• LINCOLN FINANCIAL MEDIA MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE
WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED,
TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE
QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL
PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS,
AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
• ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE
USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT
YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM
OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
• NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED
BY YOU FROM LINCOLN FINANCIAL MEDIA OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE
SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
18. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT LINCOLN
FINANCIAL MEDIA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE
LOSSES (EVEN IF LINCOLN FINANCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO
USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES
PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED
INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR
ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT
OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING
TO THE SERVICE.
19. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE
ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 17 AND 18 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
20. SPECIAL ADMONITION FOR SERVICES RELATING
TO FINANCIAL MATTERS
If you intend to create or join any service,
receive or request any news, messages, alerts or other information
from the Service concerning companies, stock quotes, investments or
securities, please read the above Sections 17 and 18 again. They go
doubly for you. In addition, for this type of information particularly,
the phrase "Let the investor beware" is apt. The Service
is provided for informational purposes only, and no Content included
in the Service is intended for trading or investing purposes. Lincoln
Financial Media shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy,
usefulness or availability of any information transmitted or made
available via the Service, and shall not be responsible or liable
for any trading or investment decisions made based on such information.
21. NOTICE
Notices to you may be made via either email
or regular mail. The Service may also provide notices of changes to
the TOS or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices
to you generally on the Service.
22. TRADEMARK INFORMATION
KIFM.com and the KIFM “Smooth Jazz” logo, and other Lincoln
Financial Media logos and product and service names are trademarks
of Lincoln Financial Media Company of California (the "Lincoln
Financial Media Marks"). Without Lincoln Financial Media's prior
permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner, the Lincoln
Financial Media Marks.
23. COPYRIGHTS and COPYRIGHT AGENTS
Lincoln Financial Media respects the intellectual
property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe
that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, please provide Lincoln Financial Media's Copyright Agent
the following information:
• an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
• a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has
been infringed;
• a description of where the material that you claim is infringing
is located on the site;
• your address, telephone number, and email address;
• a 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;
• 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.
Lincoln Financial Media's Copyright Agent
for Notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site is General
Counsel who can be reached as follows:
By Mail:
General Counsel
Lincoln Financial Media Company of California
1615 Murray Canyon Road
Suite 710
San Diego, CA 92108
24. GENERAL INFORMATION
The TOS constitute the entire agreement between
you and Lincoln Financial Media and govern your use of the Service,
superceding any prior agreements between you and Lincoln Financial
Media. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions
that may apply when you use affiliate services, third-party content
or third-party software. The TOS and the relationship between you
and Lincoln Financial Media shall be governed by the laws of the State
of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You
and Lincoln Financial Media agree to submit to the personal and exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of San Diego,
California. The failure of Lincoln Financial Media to exercise or
enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver
of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by
a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless
agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties'
intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions
of the TOS remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless
of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action
arising out of or related to use of the Service or the TOS must be
filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose
or be forever barred.
The section titles in the TOS are for convenience
only and have no legal or contractual effect.
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