Terms of Service
Introduction
By using this Site you agree to be bound by and comply with the following terms & conditions. Any person or entity who interacts with the Site through the use of crawlers, robots, browsers, data mining or extraction tools, or other functionality, whether such functionality is installed or placed by such person or entity or a third party, is considered to be using the Site. If at any time you do not accept all of these Terms & Conditions, you must immediately stop using the Site.
1. Content
All content included on the Site such as text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, video, data, music, software, application updates, and other material (collectively “Content”) is owned or licensed property of Weeping Studios, and is protected by copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary rights. The collection, depiction, arrangement and assembly of all Content on the Site is the exclusive property of Weeping Studios and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Weeping Studios and its suppliers and licensors, expressly reserve all intellectual property rights in all Content.
2. Availability, Errors & Inaccuracies
Weeping Studios’s acknowledgement of an order means that your order request has been received; it does not mean that your order has been accepted or shipped or that the price or availability of an item has been confirmed. Weeping Studios makes a conscientious effort to describe and display its products and services accurately on the Site. Despite these efforts, a small number of items on the Site may be mispriced, described inaccurately or unavailable, and Weeping Studios may experience delays in updating information on the Site. As a result, Weeping Studios cannot and does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information, including prices, product images, specifications, availability and services. Weeping Studios reserves the right to change or update information and to correct errors, inaccuracies or omissions at any time without prior notice. If Weeping Studios determines that there were inaccuracies in Weeping Studios’s product information, Weeping Studios will cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation via email.
3. Colors
Weeping Studios strives to display as accurately as possible the colors of the products shown on the Site; however, Weeping Studios cannot and does not guarantee that your monitor’s display of any color will accurately reflect the actual color of the product.
4. Disclaimers of Warranties
Weeping Studios cannot and does not represent or warrant that the Site or its server will be error-free, uninterrupted, free from unauthorized access (including third-party hackers or denial of service attacks), or otherwise meet your requirements.
THE SITE AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS , PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND USER CONTENT INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SITE (COLLECTIVELY, THE “SITE CONTENTS”) ARE PROVIDED BY WEEPING STUDIOS ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. WEEPING STUDIOS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE, THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SITE CONTENTS, OR THAT EMAILS SENT FROM WEEPING STUDIOS ARE FREE OF MALWARE OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WEEPING STUDIOS DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE AND THE SITE CONTENTS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE.
CERTAIN PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS MAY SEPARATELY PROVIDE LIMITED REPRESENTATIONS AND/OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THEIR PRODUCTS. THIS DISCLAIMER DOES NOT APPLY TO SUCH PRODUCT WARRANTIES.
On the Site, Weeping Studios may display names, marks, products, advertisements, or services of third parties, pop-up texts, or links to third-party sites. If you decide to link to any such third-party sites, you do so entirely at your own risk.
5. Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WEEPING STUDIOS OR ITS EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (WHETHER GENERAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, INCOME OR PROFITS), WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, EVEN IF WEEPING STUDIOS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, ANY CONTENT ON THE SITE, OR THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH ABOVE, SO THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE RIGHTS ADDITIONAL TO THOSE CONTAINED HEREIN. THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY TO RESIDENTS OF NEW JERSEY. WITH RESPECT TO RESIDENTS OF NEW JERSEY, WEEPING STUDIOS OR ITS EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, OR ANY MATERIALS THEREIN UNLESS SUCH DAMAGES OR INJURIES ARE THE RESULT OF WEEPING STUDIOS’S NEGLIGENT, FRAUDULENT OR RECKLESS ACTS OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT.
EACH PROVISION OF THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS THAT PROVIDES FOR A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES, OR EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES IS TO ALLOCATE THE RISKS UNDER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND WEEPING STUDIOS. THIS ALLOCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND WEEPING STUDIOS. THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION WILL APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE(S).
6. Indemnification & Defense
As a condition of the use of the Site, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Weeping Studios and its respective employees, directors, officers, agents, vendors and suppliers from and against any liabilities, losses, investigations, inquiries, claims, suits, damages, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (each, a “Claim”) arising out of or otherwise relating to Claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by you of these Terms & Conditions, or any User Content submitted by you.
7. License and Access
Weeping Studios grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of the Site and the Content for NONCOMMERCIAL PURPOSES ONLY and only to the extent such use does not violate these Terms & Conditions including, without limitation, the prohibitions listed in the “Unlawful or Prohibited Uses” section of these Terms & Conditions. You may download, print and copy Content for personal, noncommercial purposes only, provided you do not modify or alter the Content in any way, delete or change any copyright or trademark notice, or violate these Terms & Conditions in any way. Accessing, downloading, printing, posting, storing or otherwise using the Site or any of the Content for any commercial purpose, whether on behalf of yourself or on behalf of any third party, constitutes a material breach of these Terms & Conditions. The Site is intended for use by individuals 18 years of age or older. If you are under 18, you may use this Site only with involvement of a parent or legal guardian.
8. Unlawful or Prohibited Uses
The Site may only be used for lawful purposes in accordance with the terms of the license granted in these Terms & Conditions. As a condition of your use of this Site, you warrant to Weeping Studios that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms & Conditions. Whether on behalf of yourself or on behalf of any third party, YOU MAY NOT:
Make any commercial use of the Site or its Content, including making any collection or use of any product listings, descriptions, prices or images;
Download, copy or transmit any Content for the benefit of any other third party;
Use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent, data or other device or mechanism (including browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the Site other than the search engine and search agents provided by Weeping Studios or generally publicly available browsers;
Frame, mirror or use framing techniques on any part of the Site without Weeping Studios’s express prior written consent;
Make any use of data extraction, scraping, mining or other data gathering tools, or create a database by systematically downloading or storing Site content, or otherwise scrape, collect, store or use any Content, account information, product listings, descriptions, prices or images, except pursuant to the limited license granted by these Terms & Conditions;
Use any meta tags or any other hidden text utilizing Weeping Studios’s name or marks;
Misrepresent the identity of a user, impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity in connection with the Site, or express or imply that Weeping Studios endorses any statement you make;
Conduct fraudulent activities on the Site;
Violate or attempt to violate the security of the Site, whether in an automated fashion or otherwise, including, without limitation: (i) accessing data not intended for you or logging onto a server or an account that you are (a) not authorized to access or, (b) in the case of a user account, not the registered user of such account; (ii) trying to change the behavior of the Site; (iii) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network, or to breach security or authentication measures; (iv) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting malware to the Site, overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mailbombing” or “crashing”; (v) forging any header or any part of the header information in any email or posting; or (vi) forging communications on behalf of the Site (impersonating the Weeping Studios Site) or to the Site (impersonating another user whether such user provided their approval for such action(s) or not);
Send unsolicited or unauthorized email on behalf of Weeping Studios, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services;
Tamper with the Site or use or attempt to use any device, software, routine or data that interferes or attempts to interfere with the working or functionality of the Site or any activity being conducted on the Site;
Use the Site to defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others, including others’ privacy rights or rights of publicity;
Harvest or collect personally identifiable information about other users of the Site;
Restrict or inhibit any other person from using the Site (including, without limitation, by hacking or defacing any portion of the Site);
Use the Site to advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services without Weeping Studios’s express prior written consent;
Reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or otherwise exploit for any commercial purposes any portion of, use of, or access to the Site;
Modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Site; or
Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notice from the Site or materials originating from the Site.
9. Modification & Termination
Weeping Studios may at any time: (i) modify or discontinue any part of the Site; (ii) charge, modify or waive fees required to use the Site; or (iii) offer opportunities to some or all Site users. Weeping Studios reserves the right to make changes to these Terms & Conditions at any time, and such changes will be effective immediately upon being posted on the Site. Each time you use the Site, you should review the current Terms & Conditions. You can determine when these Terms & Conditions were last revised by referring to the “LAST UPDATED” legend at the top of these Terms & Conditions. Your continued use of the Site will indicate your acceptance of the current Terms & Conditions. Changes to these Terms & Conditions will only be applied prospectively. Weeping Studios reserves the right, without notice and at its sole discretion, to terminate your account or your use of the Site and to block or prevent future access to and use of the Site (i) if you violate any of these Terms & Conditions, (ii) for any other reason or (iii) for no reason. Upon any such termination, your right to use the Site will immediately cease.
You agree that Weeping Studios shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Site. Upon termination, all provisions of these Terms & Conditions which are by their nature intended to survive termination, all representations and warranties, all limitations of liability and all indemnities shall survive such termination.
10. Your Account
You may be required to register with Weeping Studios in order to access certain services or areas of the Site. With respect to any such registration, Weeping Studios may refuse to grant to you the user name you request. Your user name and password are for your personal use only, and you will not share your user name or password with any individual or third party (other than Weeping Studios). If you use the Site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. In addition to all other rights available to Weeping Studios including those set forth in these Terms & Conditions, Weeping Studios reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your account, refuse service to you, or cancel orders.
11. Automatic Renewal of Membership Fees
By authorizing Weeping Studios to process your payment for a membership fee and membership fee renewals, you accept all of these terms, conditions, limitations and requirements.
When you sign up for a membership through Weeping Studios.com, Weeping Studios will process your payment for the first membership fee. On the day your membership is automatically renewed, Weeping Studios will process your payment for the membership fee renewal. Your membership will remain in effect until it is canceled.
The cost of a membership is disclosed at the time you sign up for a membership, and the fee is nonrefundable. If you were offered a free trial of a membership, you will need to contact Weeping Studios to cancel your membership before the end of the free trial period to avoid being charged the membership fee. To prevent the automatic renewal of your membership fee, you must cancel your membership before the next membership fee is charged.
To cancel your membership, contact Weeping Studios at (000) 000-0000 or send an email to Membership@weepingstudio.com with your full name, phone number and e-mail address. If you signed up for a membership through Weeping Studios.com, you can also cancel your membership in the membership section of your Weeping Studios.com account.
If there are changes related to the cost of the membership or if any problems arise with your payment method connected with your membership that Weeping Studios is unable to resolve, Weeping Studios will notify you through the email address associated with your Weeping Studios.com account. You will not be charged for a membership until the problem has been resolved, which may result in the cancellation or expiration of your membership.
Only valid credit cards can be used to purchase a membership on Weeping Studios.com. You cannot use a debit card to pay for a membership on Weeping Studios.com. Membership payment does not currently accept PayPal, Venmo, or other payment methods.
The amount of each membership fee renewal will be billed to the credit card you authorize for the initial membership purchase, and your card will be billed on the day your membership renews. If Weeping Studios is unable to process your payment for a membership fee renewal, your membership will not be renewed and will expire.
If you cancel your Weeping Studios.com account, your membership fee will not be renewed and your membership will expire at the end of the current membership period.
12. User Transactions
If you wish to purchase any product or service made available through the Site including items sold by Weeping Studios (each such purchase, a “Transaction”), you may be asked to supply certain information relevant to your Transaction including, without limitation, information about your method of payment (such as your payment card number and expiration date), your billing address, and your shipping information. YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO USE ANY PAYMENT CARD(S) OR OTHER PAYMENT METHOD(S) UTILIZED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSACTION. By submitting such information, you grant to Weeping Studios the right to provide such information to third parties for purposes of facilitating the completion of Transactions initiated by you or on your behalf. Verification of information may be required prior to the acknowledgment or completion of any Transaction.
All descriptions, images, references, features, content, specifications, products and prices of products and services described or depicted on the Site are subject to change at any time without notice. Certain weights, measures, and other descriptions are approximate and are provided for convenience purposes only. The inclusion of any products or services on the Site does not imply or warrant that these products or services will be available. It is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws (including minimum age requirements) in regard to the receipt, possession, use, and sale of any item purchased from this Site. By placing an order, you represent that the products ordered will be used only in a lawful manner. Weeping Studios reserves the right, with or without prior notice, to do any one or more of the following: (i) limit the available quantity of or discontinue any product or service; (ii) impose conditions on the honoring of any coupon, coupon code, promotional code, or other similar promotion; (iii) bar any user from making or completing any or all Transaction(s); and (iv) refuse to provide any user with any product or service. You agree to pay all charges that may be incurred by you or on your behalf through the Site, at the price(s) in effect when such charges are incurred including, without limitation, all shipping and handling charges. In addition, you remain responsible for any taxes that may be applicable to your Transactions.
Weeping Studios, Weeping Studios’s agents or delivery partners may call or text by telephone regarding your account, your Transactions or delivery of your purchases. You agree that Weeping Studios may place such calls or texts using an automatic dialing/announcing device. You agree that Weeping Studios may make such calls or texts to a mobile telephone or other similar device. You agree that Weeping Studios may, for training purposes or to evaluate the quality of Weeping Studios’s service, listen to and record phone conversations you have with Weeping Studios.
13. User Reviews, Comments & Submissions
Weeping Studios welcomes your reviews, comments, and other communications, photos, videos, or any other content that you submit through or to the Site, or any content or information you publish through any social media and allow Weeping Studios to feature, such as your name, social media handle, accompanying text, and any images, videos, or audio from your social media accounts (e.g. Twitter™, Instagram™, Pinterest™) (collectively, “User Content”) as long as the User Content submitted by you complies with these Terms & Conditions. User Content will not include any photographs or images you submit as part of a Transaction (as defined below). You agree that any User Content: will be accurate; will not violate or facilitate the violation of any law or regulation; will not violate any right of a third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or publicity rights; will not cause injury to any person or entity; and will not contain, or provide links to, obscene, profane, or threatening language, malware, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, any form of “spam”, or any material that could be considered harmful, sexually explicit, indecent, lewd, violent, abusive, or degrading. You are solely responsible for the User Content you submit, and Weeping Studios assumes no liability for any User Content submitted by you. You acknowledge and agree that Weeping Studios reserves the right (but have no obligation) to do any or all of the following, in Weeping Studios’s sole discretion: (i) monitor User Content; (ii) alter, remove, or refuse to post or allow to be posted any User Content; and/or (iii) disclose any User Content, and the circumstances surrounding its transmission, to any third party. For any User Content you submit, you grant to Weeping Studios a non-exclusive, sub-licensable, fully paid-up, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, display, perform, transmit, copy, modify, delete, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, sell and distribute such User Content and to incorporate the User Content into any form, medium, or technology, now known or hereafter developed, throughout the world, including but not limited to non-digital media and advertising channels, such as in-store marketing, all without compensation to you. For this reason, do not send Weeping Studios any User Content that you do not wish to license to Weeping Studios, including any confidential information or any original creative materials such as stories, product ideas, computer code or original artwork. In addition, you grant to Weeping Studios the right to include the name provided along with the User Content submitted by you; provided, however, Weeping Studios shall have no obligation to include such name with such User Content. Weeping Studios is not responsible for the use or disclosure of any personal information that you voluntarily disclose in connection with any User Content you submit. You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary for you to grant the licenses granted in this section, including but not limited to permission from or on behalf of any individuals that appear in the User Content to use, and grant to third parties such as Weeping Studios the right to use, their name, image, voice and/or likeness without compensation to you or any other person or entity. You further irrevocably waive any “moral rights” or other rights with respect to attribution of authorship or integrity of materials regarding User Content that you may have under any applicable law under any legal theory.
Content is also provided by third party visitors to the Site. Please note that Site visitors may post content that is inaccurate, misleading, or deceptive. Weeping Studios neither endorses nor is responsible for any opinion, advice, information, or statements made by third parties. The opinions expressed by third parties reflect solely the opinions of the individuals who submitted such opinions and may not reflect the opinions of Weeping Studios.
14. Returns
All sales are final and Weeping Studios does not accept returns. If a product is defective or damaged upon delivery, promptly contact Weeping Studios at (000) 000-0000 or send an email to Help@weepingstudio.com with a full description of the defect or damage, receipt and order information. Items that are opened or damaged or do not have a receipt may be denied a refund or exchange.
15. Links to Third-Parties’ Websites
The Site may contain links and interactive functionality interacting with the websites of third parties, including social sites and product manufacturers’ sites. Weeping Studios is not responsible for and has no liability for the functionality, actions, inactions, privacy settings, privacy policies, terms, or content of any such website. Before enabling any sharing functions of the Site to communicate with any such website or otherwise visiting any such website, Weeping Studios strongly recommends that you review and understand the terms and conditions, privacy policies, settings, and information-sharing functions of each such third-party website. The links and interactive functionality for third-party sites on the Site do not constitute an endorsement by Weeping Studios of such third-party sites. Other sites may link to the Site with or without Weeping Studios’s authorization, and Weeping Studios may block any links to or from the Site. YOUR USE OF THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND RESOURCES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
16. Jurisdictional Issues
The Site is controlled and operated by Weeping Studios from the United States, and is not intended to subject Weeping Studios to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than that of the United States. Weeping Studios does not represent or warrant that the Site or any part thereof is appropriate or available for use in any particular jurisdiction other than the United States. In choosing to access the Site, you do so on your own initiative and at your own risk, and you are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules and regulations. Weeping Studios may limit the Site’s availability, in whole or in part, to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction Weeping Studios chooses, at any time and in Weeping Studios’s sole discretion.
17. Filtering
Pursuant To 47 U.S.C. Section 230(d) as amended, Weeping Studios hereby notifies you that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to material that is harmful to minors. Information identifying current providers of such protections is available on the following website:
OnGuard Online (http://onguardonline.gov/). Please note that Weeping Studios does not endorse any of the products or services listed at such website.
18. DMCA Notice - Notice & Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement
Weeping Studios’s policy is to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). Copyright-infringing materials found on the Site can be identified and removed via Weeping Studios’s process listed below, and you agree to comply with such process in the event you are involved in any claim of copyright infringement to which the DMCA may be applicable.
If you believe in good faith that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Weeping Studios’s copyright agent the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying Weeping Studios that your copyrighted material has been infringed. Weeping Studios does not and will not make any legal decisions about the validity of your claim of infringement or the possible defenses to a claim. When a clear and valid notice is received pursuant to the guidelines set forth below, Weeping Studios will respond by either taking down the allegedly infringing content or blocking access to it. Weeping Studios may contact the notice provider to request additional information. Under the DMCA, Weeping Studios is required to take reasonable steps to notify the user who posted the allegedly infringing content (“Alleged Infringer”). The Alleged Infringer is allowed under the law to send Weeping Studios a counter-notification. Notices and counter-notices are legal notices distinct from regular Site activities or communications. Weeping Studios may publish or share them with third parties in Weeping Studios’s sole discretion (in addition to producing them pursuant to a subpoena or other legal discovery request). Anyone making a false or fraudulent notice or counter-notice may be liable for damages under the DMCA, including costs and attorneys’ fees. Any person who is unsure of whether certain material infringes a copyright held by such person or a third party should contact an attorney.
To file a DMCA notice, the copyright owner must send in a written letter by fax, regular mail, or email only. Weeping Studios reserves the right to ignore a notice that is not in compliance with the DMCA, and Weeping Studios may, but is not obligated to, respond to a non-compliant notice.
A DMCA notice must:
Identify specifically the copyrighted work(s) believed to have been infringed (for example, “My copyrighted work is the picture that appears at [list location where material is located].”);
Identify the Content that a copyright owner claims is infringing upon copyrighted work. The copyright owner must provide information reasonably sufficient to enable Weeping Studios to locate the item on the Site. The copyright owner should provide clear screenshots of the allegedly infringing materials for identification purposes only. The information provided should be as detailed as possible;
Provide information sufficient to permit Weeping Studios to contact the copyright owner directly: name, street address, telephone number, and email (if available);
If available, provide information sufficient to permit Weeping Studios to notify the Alleged Infringer (email address preferred);
Include the following statement: “I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law”;
Include the following statement: “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed”;
Be signed; and
Be sent to Weeping Studios’s DMCA designated agent at the following address:
DMCA Designated Agent
Weeping Studios
2064 West Ave J
Lancaster, CA. 93536
email: DMCA@WeepingStudios.com
19. Notices & Electronic Communications
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices you send to Weeping Studios shall be sent by mail to Weeping Studios, 2064 West Ave J, Lancaster, CA. 93536. In the case of notices Weeping Studios sends to you, you consent to receive notices and other communications by Weeping Studios posting notices on the Site, sending you an email at the email address listed in your profile in your account, or mailing a notice to you at your billing address listed in your profile in your account. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that Weeping Studios provides to you in accordance with the prior sentence satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. Notice shall be deemed given (i) 24 hours after the notice is posted on the Site or an electronic message is sent, unless the sending party is notified that the message did not reach the recipient, or (ii) in the case of mailing, three days after the date of mailing. You agree that a printed version of these Terms & Conditions and/or any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms & Conditions to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
20. Notice for California Residents
Under California Civil Code § 1789.3, California users are entitled to the following consumer rights notice: If you have a question or complaint regarding the Site, please send an email to Help@WeepingStudios.com. You may also contact Weeping Studios by writing to Weeping Studios, 2064 West Ave J, Lancaster, CA. 93536. California residents may reach the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by mail at 1625 North Market Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210.
21. Agreement to Arbitrate
Please read this section carefully. Except as the Terms & Conditions otherwise provide, you waive your rights to try any claim in court before a judge or jury and to bring or participate in any class, collective, or other representative action.
Agreement to Binding Arbitration
You and Weeping Studios agree that in the event of any claim, dispute, or controversy (whether in contract, tort, statute, or otherwise) arising out of, relating to, or connected in any way with (1) the site or (2) the breach, enforcement, interpretation, application, or validity of these Terms & Conditions, such claim, dispute or controversy will be resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration, except as otherwise set forth in these Terms & Conditions (the “Arbitration Agreement”).
Exceptions to Arbitration
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in lieu of arbitration: (1) either you or Weeping Studios can bring an individual claim in small claims court in the United States of America consistent with any applicable jurisdictional and monetary limits that may apply, provided that it is brought and maintained as an individual claim; and (2) you agree that you or Weeping Studios may bring suit in court to enjoin infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights.
Jury Trial & Class Action Waiver
Except as the Terms & Conditions otherwise provide, you and Weeping Studios acknowledge and agree that you are each waiving the right to a trial by jury. The parties further agree that any arbitration shall be conducted in their individual capacities and not as a class action or other representative action, and the parties expressly waive their right to file a class action or seek relief on a class basis. You and Weeping Studios may not be plaintiffs or class members in any purported class, collective, or representative proceeding, and may each bring claims against the other only in your or its individual capacity. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only on an individual basis and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by the individual claim.
If any court or arbitrator determines that any term in the immediately preceding paragraph is unenforceable for any reason as to any claim, then the Arbitration Agreement will be inapplicable to that claim, and that claim will instead proceed through litigation in court rather than by arbitration, but only after the conclusion of the arbitration of any claim or dispute that is subject to the Arbitration Agreement.
Governing Law & Arbitration Rules
The Arbitration Agreement evidences a transaction in interstate commerce and thus the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. (“FAA”), will govern the interpretation and enforcement of this section. If the FAA is found not to apply to any issue that arises under this section or the enforcement of the Arbitration Agreement, then that issue shall be resolved under the laws of the State of California.
The arbitration will be conducted under the then current and applicable rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”). The AAA rules are available online at www.adr.org or by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879.
Initiating Arbitration
If you intend to seek arbitration you must first send a written notice (“Notice”), by first class or certified mail to Weeping Studios 2064 West Ave J, Lancaster, CA. 93536. If Weeping Studios intends to seek arbitration, Weeping Studios will send a Notice to the current billing address on your account. The Notice must describe the nature and basis of the claim and the specific relief sought. If the parties cannot reach an agreement within 30 days from the receipt of the Notice, either party may initiate arbitration proceedings.
A form to initiate arbitration proceedings is available on the AAA site at www.adr.org. In addition to filing this form with the AAA, the party initiating the arbitration must mail a copy of the completed form to the opposing party. You may send such copy to Weeping Studios 2064 West Ave J, Lancaster, CA. 93536, and Weeping Studios will send such copy to the current billing address on your account or to your attorney, if you have retained one.
Fees
For claims of $100,000 (US Dollars) or less, you will pay the filing fee specified in the rules of the AAA. Weeping Studios will pay any additional required filing fees, and all administration and arbitrator fees (collectively, “Arbitration Fees”) unless the arbitrator determines that your claim is frivolous. For claims over $100,000 (US Dollars), you will be responsible for the Arbitration Fees.
Location & Procedure
If your claim is for $10,000 (US Dollars) or less, you may choose to have arbitration conducted solely on the basis of documents submitted to the arbitrator, via a telephone hearing, by an in-person hearing in the county of your residence, or as otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties. If your claim exceeds $10,000 (US Dollars), the location of the arbitration and the parties’ right to a hearing will be determined in accordance with the rules of the AAA.
Arbitrator’s Decision
The arbitrator’s award shall be written, and binding on the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. If you prevail in arbitration you will be entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses, to the extent provided under applicable law. Weeping Studios waives its right to seek attorneys’ fees and costs in arbitration.
Choice of Law, Forum Selection, & Jury Waiver
Except as set forth in the Arbitration Agreement section above, all matters relating to your access to or use of the site and all matters arising out of or related to these Terms & Conditions, will be governed by the applicable laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of California, without regard to California’s choice of law principles. Unless you and Weeping Studios agree otherwise, in the event that it is determined or these Terms & Conditions provide that a claim should not proceed through arbitration, you agree that any claim or dispute (with the exception of a claim or dispute appropriately lodged in any small claims court in the United States of America) shall be resolved in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and you submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court. If subject matter jurisdiction (including diversity jurisdiction) does not exist in the United States District Court for the Central District of California for any such claim, then the exclusive forum and venue for any such action shall be the courts of the State of California located in Los Angeles County, and you submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court. As to any proceeding in court, you and Weeping Studios both waive your right to a jury trial, unless such waiver is unenforceable.
The choice-of-law and forum-selection provisions in this section do not apply to the Arbitration Agreement or to any arbitrable disputes as provided by the Arbitration Agreement section. Instead, as provided in the Arbitration Agreement section, the FAA shall apply to any such disputes.
22. Miscellaneous
These Terms & Conditions, including policies and information linked from or incorporated herein or otherwise found on the Site, constitute the entire agreement between you and Weeping Studios with respect to the Site and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications, agreements, and proposals with respect to the Site. No provision of these Terms & Conditions shall be waived except pursuant to a writing executed by the party against whom the waiver is sought. No failure to exercise, partial exercise of, or delay in exercising any right or remedy under these Terms & Conditions shall operate as a waiver or estoppel of any right, remedy, or condition. Except as provided in the Arbitration Agreement section, if any provision of these Terms & Conditions is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not be affected or impaired. You may not assign, transfer, or sublicense any of your rights or obligations under these Terms & Conditions without Weeping Studios’s express prior written consent. Weeping Studios will not be responsible for failure to fulfill any obligation due to causes beyond Weeping Studios’s control.