Terms of Use
IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE REGARDING TERMS OF USE OF OUR FREE SPORTSBOOK
IMPORTANT! PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THESE TERMS OF USE BEFORE USING OUR FREE SPORTSBOOK.
USER AGREEMENT
We are pleased to offer you access to our Website and the ability to participate in our free sportsbook, other content, products, services, and promotions (collectively the "Services") that we may provide from our Website, subject to these Terms of Use (the "Terms of Use", or "Terms"), and our privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") available at in the footer of all our pages.
MOBILE APPLICATION
These Terms of Use shall also apply to the use of our Free Sportsbook Mobile Application ("Mobile Application"). These Terms of Use are intended to be in addition to the End User License Agreement.
CONSIDERATION
You agree to these Terms of Use by accessing or using the Website, registering for Services offered on the Website, or by accepting, uploading, submitting or downloading any information or content from or to the Website. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THESE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE.
ELIGIBILITY
You must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age to open an account and you must be also physically located in the United States or Canada in order to participate in any online contests and to make a selection to win prizes offered by the Website.
You may establish only one (1) Account per person to participate in the Services offered on the Website. In the event we discover that you have opened more than one Account per person, in addition to any other rights that we may have, we reserves the right to suspend or terminate any or all of your Accounts and terminate, withhold or revoke the awarding of any winnings and prizes. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login names and passwords and you accept responsibility for all activities, charges, and damages that occur under your Account. It shall be a violation of these Terms of Use to allow any other person to use your Account to participate in any Contest or Game or contest. If you have reason to believe that someone is using your Account without your permission, you should contact us immediately at support@thefreesportsbook.com. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from your failure to notify us of unauthorized use. If we request registration information from you, you must provide us with accurate and complete information and must update the information when it changes.
Your account will be deemed 'Dormant' if you have not logged in for a period of twelve (12) months. We will provide email notice to the email address registered to the account, advising that the Account balance will be set to zero at thirty (30) days from the notice. If the Account remains dormant, at twenty-four (24) months of inactivity, the Account balances are zeroed out.
"Authorized Account Holder" is defined as the natural person twenty-one (21) years of age or older who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, education institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address for registration on the Website.
Our employees ("Employees") and Immediate Family Members (an "Immediate Family Member" means any domestic partner and relative of the employee who resides at an employee's residence, including but not limited to parents, grandparents, in-laws, children, siblings, and spouses) are not permitted to play in any public Contest or Games for cash hosted on the Website.
CONTEST OR GAME ENTRY
Users will collect and use Action Credits to enter contests and place selections on Contest or Games to win cash and prizes. Action Credits can be provided in a variety of ways with all methods being free to the user. No buying or selling of Action Credits is permitted and any such activity will result in the closing of all accounts associated and all Action Credits forfeited. Users will be able to visit the Website and view the Contest or Games (e.g., sportsbook and racebook) and available to play contests and select a team to win cash on. The amount (the "Contest or Game" or collectively, the "Contest or Games") require will be clearly listed. When you select to participate in a Contest or Game and complete the entry process, the listed amount of Action Credits will be debited from your Account.
THIRD PARTY PARTICIPATION
From time to time we will team with other companies such as Great Deals and Free Stuff who offer Action Credits for participating in free opportunities. These companies have their own Terms of Use and Privacy Policy that you will be subject to complying with. With all third parties participating with our Free Sportsbook, we are not held liable for any loss, action, or occurrence between you and the third party.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
By entering a Contest or Game , entrants agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, and the Rules and the decisions of the Sports Director, which shall be final and binding in all respects. The Company, at its sole discretion, may disqualify any entrant from a Contest or Game , refuse to award benefits or prizes and require the return of any prizes, if the entrant engages in conduct or otherwise utilizes any information the Company deems to be improper, unfair or otherwise adverse to the operation of the Contests or Contest or Game or is in any way detrimental to other entrants. These Terms prohibit entering a Contest or Game if the entrant is:
- Except as otherwise stated in the Eligibility section above, an Employee of the Company or an Immediate Family Member of such Employee;
- Accessing or has had access to any pre-release, confidential information or other information that is not available to all other entrants of a Contest or Game and that provides the entrant an advantage in such Contest or Game , including any information from any gaming site or information from a sport’s governing body (e.g., pre-release injury information) ("Pre-Release Data");
- An employee, operator or consultant to a sports governing body where such employee, operator or consultant is prohibited from participating in applicable Contests or Contest or Games by such governing body;
- Breaches any rules or policies of the entrant's employer, of any sport’s governing body, or any other professional body of which the entrant is a member, including any rule or policy regarding participation in Contests, Contest or Games or accepting prize money;
- Any person prohibited from participating pursuant to court order;
- Any entrant who has knowingly received Pre-Release Data or any other non-public information that provides an advantage in a Contest or Game from any person who is prohibited from entering a Contest or Game as provided in these Terms.
In addition, conduct that would be deemed improper also includes, but is not limited to:
- Falsifying personal information required to enter a Contest or Game or claim a prize;
- Colluding with any other individual(s) or engaging in any type of syndicate play;
- Any violation of Rules or the Terms of Use;
- Using a single Account to participate in a Contest or Game on behalf of multiple entrants or otherwise collaborating with others to participate in any Contest or Game ;
- Using automated means (including but not limited to harvesting bots, robots, parser, spiders or screen scrapers) to obtain, collect or access any information on the Website or of any User for any purpose.
- Any type of bonus abuse, abuse of the refer-a-friend program, or abuse of any other offers or promotions;
- Tampering with the administration of a Contest or Game or trying to in any way tamper with the computer programs or any security measure associated with a Contest or Game ;
- Obtaining other entrants information and spamming other entrants; or
- Abusing the Website in any way.
By entering into a Contest or Game or accepting any prize, entrants, including but not limited to the winner(s), agree to indemnify, release and to hold harmless The Company, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and agents, as well as the officers, directors, employees, shareholders and representatives of any of the foregoing entities (collectively, the "Released Parties"), its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and divisions, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to injuries, damages, or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with participation in the Contest or Game, the receipt, ownership, use or misuse of any prize or while preparing for, participating in and/or travelling to or from any prize related activity, as well as any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy. The Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, require an Authorized Account Holder to execute a separate release of claims similar to the one listed above in this Paragraph as a condition of being awarded any prize or receiving any payout.
The Company is not responsible for: any incorrect, invalid or inaccurate entry information; human errors; postal delays/postage due mail; technical malfunctions; failures, including public utility or telephone outages; omissions, interruptions, deletions or defects of any network, computer online systems, data, computer equipment, servers, providers, or software (including, but not limited to software and operating systems that do not permit an entrant to participate in a Contest or Game), including without limitation any injury or damage to any entrant's or any other person's computer or video equipment relating to or resulting from participation in a Contest or Game; inability to access the Website, or any web pages that are part of or related to the Website; theft, tampering, destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries and/or images of any kind; data that is processed late or incorrectly or is incomplete or lost due to telephone, postal issues, computer or electronic malfunction or traffic congestion on telephone lines or transmission systems, or the Internet, or any service provider's facilities, or any phone site or website or for any other reason whatsoever; typographical, printing or other errors, or any combination thereof.
The Company is not responsible for incomplete, illegible, misdirected or stolen entries. If for any reason a Contest or Game is not capable of running as originally planned, or if a Contest or Game, computer application, or website associated therewith (or any portion thereof) becomes corrupted or does not allow the proper entry to a Contest or Game in accordance with the Terms of Use or applicable Rules, or if infection by a computer (or similar) virus, bug, tampering, unauthorized intervention, actions by entrants, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes of any kind, in the sole opinion of The Company corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of a Contest or Game, the Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual implicated in such action and/or to cancel, terminate, extend, modify or suspend the Contest or Game, and select the winner(s) from all eligible entries received. If such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension occurs, notification will be posted on the Website.
ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF ANY CONTEST OR GAME IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
To be eligible to enter any Contest or Game or receive any prize, the Authorized Account Holder may be required to provide additional documentation and/or information to verify the identity of the Authorized Account Holder, and to provide proof that all eligibility requirements are met. In the event of a dispute as to the identity or eligibility of an Authorized Account Holder, The Company will, in its sole and absolute discretion, utilize certain information collected to assist in verifying the identity and/or eligibility of such Authorized Account Holder.
Participation in each Contest or Game must be made only as specified in the Terms of Use. Failure to comply with these Terms of Use will result in disqualification and, if applicable, prize forfeiture.
Where legal, both entrants and winners consent to the use of their name, voice, and likeness/photograph in and in connection with the development, production, distribution and/or exploitation of any Contest or Game or the Website. Winners agree that from the date of notification of their status as a potential winner and continuing until such time when The Company informs them that they no longer need to do so that they will make themselves available for publicity, advertising, and promotion activities.
CONTEST OR GAME PRIZES AND PROMOTIONS
Prizes will only be awarded if a Contest or Game is run. We reserve the right to cancel Contest or Games at any time. In the event of a cancellation, all entry fees will be refunded to the Account except as specifically provided in these Terms of Use.
CONTEST OR GAME STATISTICS AND LIVE SCORING
To the extent that we offer "live" statistics during Contest or Gameplay, all "live" statistics and other information provided through the Website and related information sources are unofficial. Live sports statistics and their respective components are offered for informational and/or entertainment purposes only and are not used to determine the results of our Contest or Games. While we and the third parties used to provide these Services use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information, neither The Company nor its third party providers warrant or make any representations of any kind with respect to the information provided through the Website and related information sources. The Company and its third party providers shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness, or availability of any information transmitted or made available via the Website and related information sources, and shall not be responsible or liable for any error or omissions in that information.
CONTEST OR GAME RESULTS
To the extent applicable, Contest or Game results and prize calculations are based on the final statistics and scoring results at the completion of the last professional sports Contest or Game of each individual Contest or Game. Once Contest or Game results are reviewed and graded, prizes are awarded. The scoring results of a Contest or Game will not be changed regardless of any official statistics or scoring adjustments made by the leagues at later times or dates, except in The Companys’ sole and absolute discretion.
The Company reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to deny any customer or participant the ability to participate in Contests or Games for any reason whatsoever. Further, The Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, invalidate any head-to-head Contest or Game result for the purposes of preventing abusive and/or any unfair or potentially unlawful activity, or in the event that there is a risk of any such abusive, illegal, or unfair activity.
PRIZES
Subject to the Company verifying your compliance with the Terms, Rules and other conditions of participation, at the conclusion of each Contest or Game, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to award the winnings and/or prizes within a reasonable amount of time.
WITHDRAWAL OF PRIZES
Entrants may withdraw their cash prize awards as well as cash deposits by using the "Withdrawal" option on the Website. Entrants may be requested to complete an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (unless prohibited by law) and/or appropriate tax forms and forms of identification including but not limited to a Driver's License, Proof of Residence, and/or any information relating to payment/deposit accounts as reasonably requested by The Company in order to complete the withdrawal of prizes. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in disqualification and forfeiture of any prizes. Disqualification or forfeiture of any prizes may also occur if it is determined any such entrant did not comply with these Terms of Use in any manner.
Checks for withdrawal requests are processed within 14 business days, and are sent via U.S. Mail. Promotional deposits, credits, and other bonuses may not be withdrawn unless appropriate terms of the promotion are achieved first by the user.
All taxes associated with the receipt of any prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. You consent to receive your related tax information electronically, which information will be securely hosted by The Company and accessible by you through your player account page for at least seven (5) calendar years following the year to which the information relates. Your electronic tax information will be furnished on a downloadable PDF, which you should be able to access and print using a standard PDF reader. You may contact us at support@thefreesportsbook.com if you cannot access your electronic tax information or to request a paper copy of your tax information. In order to update your recipient information, please use the instructions for changing your personal information in the Privacy Policy.
In the event that the awarding of any prizes to winners of Contest or Games is challenged by any legal authority, The Company reserves the right in its sole discretion to determine whether or not to award such prizes.
No substitution or transfer of prize is permitted, except that The Company reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal value or greater if the advertised prize is unavailable. All prizes are awarded "as is" and without warranty of any kind, express or implied (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability for a particular purpose).
The Company will take appropriate steps to prevent unauthorized withdrawals from consumer Accounts. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a customer, The Company can and does require its users to produce a copy of their driver's license, credit cards, utility bills or passport for identity verification. If a customer cannot validate their identity and account, The Company will not release the funds from the account.
A player can request to withdraw funds from their account once per month provided there is a minimum of $100 in the account. A request for withdrawal will be considered honored if it is processed by The Company but delayed by a payment processor, credit card issuer, or by the custodian of a financial account. Players can also permanently close their account at any time for any reason through the customer service department.
TERMINATION AND EFFECT OF TERMINATION
In addition to any other legal or equitable remedy, The Company may, without prior notice, immediately revoke any or all of your rights granted hereunder. In such event, you will immediately cease all access to and use of the Website. The Company may revoke any password(s) and/or account identification issued to you and deny you access to and use of the Website. Any such action shall not affect any rights and obligations arising prior thereto. All provisions of these Terms of Use which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL CONTENT, SOFTWARE, AND FUNCTIONS MADE AVAILABLE ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH OR SENT FROM THE WEBSITE, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE," AND "WITH ALL FAULTS." TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, THE COMPANY AND ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES OR ENDORSEMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED) ABOUT: (A) THE WEBSITE; (B) THE CONTENT AND SOFTWARE ON AND PROVIDED THROUGH THE WEBSITE; (C) THE FUNCTIONS MADE ACCESSIBLE ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE WEBSITE; (D) THE MESSAGES AND INFORMATION SENT FROM THE WEBSITE BY USERS; (E) ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED VIA THE WEBSITE OR HYPERTEXT LINKS TO THIRD PARTIES; AND/OR (F) SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE, ANY OF THE WEBSITES' FUNCTIONS OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE WEBSITES OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKES THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES OR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS LAWFUL IN ANY PARTICULAR JURISDICTION AND, IN ANY EVENT, THE COMPANY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS SUCH WARRANTIES. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY USING ANY OF THE FEATURES OF THE WEBSITE, YOU ACT AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES ARE LAWFUL IN EVERY JURISDICTION WHERE YOU ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT. FURTHER, THE COMPANY AND ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND TITLE.
THE COMPANY, ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND THE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH OF THEM, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE USE OF THE WEBSITE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE CONTENT AND ANY ERRORS CONTAINED THEREIN. SOME JURISDICTIONS LIMIT OR DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED OR OTHER WARRANTIES SO THE ABOVE DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT SUCH JURISDICTION'S LAW IS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE COMPANY LIMITS ITS LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AS SET FORTH BELOW: UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, OR AFFILIATES, OR THE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH OF THEM (COLLECTIVELY, THE "COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS"), BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, ECONOMIC, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES) THAT ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO (1) THE WEBSITE, THE CONTENT, OR YOUR UPLOAD INFORMATION; (2) THE USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR PERFORMANCE OF THE WEBSITE; (3) ANY ACTION TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH AN INVESTIGATION BY THE COMPANY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES REGARDING YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR CONTENT;(4) ANY ACTION TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH COPYRIGHT OWNERS; OR (5) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE WEBSITE'S TECHNICAL OPERATION, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE OR EVEN IF THE COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WHETHER CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY NEGLIGENCE, ACTS OF GOD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, OR THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF THE WEBSITE). IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR LOSS OR INJURY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, OR CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100). THE COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO ANY USER'S COMPUTER, HARDWARE, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE FROM ANY SECURITY BREACH OR FROM ANY VIRUS, BUGS, TAMPERING, FRAUD, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER LINE OR NETWORK FAILURE OR ANY OTHER TECHNICAL OR OTHER MALFUNCTION. YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR RISK. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE WEBSITE OR ANY OF THE CONTENT, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE ACCESSING AND USING THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT. YOU RECOGNIZE AND CONFIRM THAT IN THE EVENT YOU INCUR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES OR INJURIES THAT ARISE OUT OF THE COMPANY'S ACTS OR OMISSIONS, THE DAMAGES, IF ANY, CAUSED TO YOU ARE NOT IRREPARABLE OR SUFFICIENT TO ENTITLE YOU TO AN INJUNCTION PREVENTING ANY EXPLOITATION OF ANY WEBSITE OR OTHER PROPERTY OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE COMPANY AND/OR ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AND/OR AFFILIATES OR YOUR UPLOAD INFORMATION, AND YOU WILL HAVE NO RIGHTS TO ENJOIN OR RESTRAIN THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, ADVERTISING, EXHIBITION OR EXPLOITATION OF ANY COMPANY WEBSITE OR OTHER PROPERTY OR YOUR UPLOAD INFORMATION OR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES OR ACTIONS RELATED THERETO. BY ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY BE WAIVING RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO CLAIMS THAT ARE AT THIS TIME UNKNOWN OR UNSUSPECTED. ACCORDINGLY, YOU AGREE TO WAIVE THE BENEFIT OF ANY LAW, INCLUDING, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT LIMIT YOUR WAIVER OF SUCH CLAIMS.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
The content on the Website, including without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features and the like and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (the "Intellectual Property"), are owned by or licensed to The Company, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under United States and foreign laws and international conventions. Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. The Company reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and the Intellectual Property. You agree to not engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any of the Intellectual Property other than expressly permitted herein. If you download or print a copy of the Intellectual Property for personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein. You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security related features of the Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Intellectual Property or enforce limitations on use of the Website or the Intellectual Property therein.
Some of the Services may allow you to submit or transmit audio, video, text, or other materials (collectively, "User Submissions") to or through the Services. When you provide User Submissions, you grant to The Company, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and partners a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully sublicenseable license to use, distribute, edit, display, archive, publish, sublicense, perform, reproduce, make available, transmit, broadcast, sell, translate, and create derivative works of those User Submissions, and your name, voice, likeness and other identifying information where part of a User Submission, in any form, media, software, or technology of any kind now known or developed in the future, including, without limitation, for developing, manufacturing, and marketing products. You hereby waive any moral rights you may have in your User Submissions.
In addition, you agree that any User Submissions you submit shall not contain any material that is, in our sole and absolute discretion, inappropriate, obscene, vulgar, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable (hereinafter, "Prohibited Content"). Posting of any Prohibited Content, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies available to The Company, may result in account suspension or termination.
We respect your ownership of User Submissions. If you owned a User Submission before providing it to The Company, you will continue owning it after providing it to us, subject to any rights granted in the Terms of Use and any access granted to others. If you delete a User Submission from the Services, the Company's general license to that User Submission will end after a reasonable period of time required for the deletion to take full effect. However, the User Submission may still exist in our backup copies, which are not publicly available. If your User Submission is shared with third parties, those third parties may have retained copies of your User Submissions. In addition, if The Company made use of your User Submission before you deleted it, we will continue to have the right to make, duplicate, redistribute, and sublicense those pre-existing uses, even after you delete the User Submission. Terminating your Account on a Service will not automatically delete your User Submissions.
Except as provided in the Privacy Policy, The Company does not guarantee that User Submissions will be private, even if the User Submission is in a password-protected area. Accordingly, you should not provide User Submissions that you want protected from others.
You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant to The Company the license above and that none of your User Submissions are defamatory, violate any rights of third parties (including intellectual property rights or rights of publicity or privacy), or violate applicable law.
MISCELLANEOUS
Nothing in these Terms of Use shall create or confer any rights or other benefits in favor of any third parties except as specifically provided herein. By participating in the Services, you agree to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless The Company its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and divisions, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives from and against any and all third party claims, liabilities, losses, damages, injuries, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, proceedings, judgments and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs and other legal expenses including, without limitation, those costs incurred at the trial and appellate levels and in any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or other similar proceedings, and any other legal expenses (collectively, "Claims") arising from or connected with your use of the Website, and/or your participation in any Services. The Website may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by The Company. The Company has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites. In addition, The Company will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third party site. By using the Website, you expressly relieve The Company from any and all liability arising from your use of any third party website. Accordingly, The Company encourages you to be aware when you leave the Website and to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each other website that you visit.
Nothing in these Terms of Use shall create or be deemed to create a partnership, agency, trust arrangement, fiduciary relationship or joint venture between you and The Company.
No professional or amateur sports league or any team associated with any professional or amateur sports league is associated with The Company or in any way affiliated or associated with the Services.
Third party online publishers that refer users to the Website shall not be responsible or liable for the Website or any of the content, software, or functions made available on, or accessed through, or sent from, the Website.
No waiver of any term of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and The Companys' failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
The Company reserves the right to amend these Terms of Use at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use for any changes. If you continue to use the Services after the Company amends these Terms of Use, you accept all changes. The failure of The Company to comply with any provision of these Terms of Use due to an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of the Company (excepting compliance with applicable codes and regulations) or other force majeure event will not be considered a breach of these Terms of Use.