Terms of Use – truCrowd

Terms of Use - Agreement

Welcome to us.trucrowd.com! The name “truCrowd” is a registered Trademark of truCrowd, Inc, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as “truCrowd,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By using or accessing our Website, our services and us.trucrowd.com content provided in connection with or through the services provided by our Website (collectively known as “Service”), you, as a Member or a User, signify that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (“Agreement”), our Privacy Policy, along with all of our other operating policies, procedures, rules and additional conditions and terms published on our Website (that are incorporated by reference), and that you are at least age 13. Terms that are capitalized are defined later in this Agreement.

us.trucrowd.com will grant you access to this Site on a temporary basis. Occasionally, we may restrict your access to all or some of this Site, and we will not be liable if our site is unavailable at any period of time for any reason. We reserve the right to amend, or change, this Agreement at any time and without giving notice. If us.trucrowd.com does amend this Agreement, we will post the amended Agreement on this web page and we will indicate at the top of the page the last revision date of the Agreement. Your continued use of the Service after any of those changes acts as your acceptance of the new Agreement. Materials and content applicable to this Site may change at any moment and we are under no obligation to update such materials and content.

You are responsible for making all of the necessary arrangements for you to access this Site. You are also responsible for making sure that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are both aware of and in compliance with these terms. If you do not agree to any of this Agreement or any amendments to this Agreement, please refrain immediately from accessing, continuing to access, or using the Service or terminate any use of the Service.

Information about truCrowd

Our site is a equity crowdfunding portal, allowing you to raise financing for your startup by selling equity to non-accredited investors.

We are an open platform. You acknowledge and understand that you may have exposure to Member Content that could be objectionable, inaccurate, offensive, or indecent. us.trucrowd.com does not endorse or offer opinions on Member Content. You also agree that us.trucrowd.com is not liable for any losses or damages that result from such Member Content.

Content and License

You agree that the Service has Content provided by truCrowd, its partners, and Users, and that the Content could be protected by rights and laws such as copyrights, service marks, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, etc.. You shall maintain and follow all copyright and other legal notices, restrictions, and information contained in any Content you access through the Service.

We grant to each User of our Service a worldwide, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and non-exclusive license to utilize and reproduce the Content, only for User’s personal, non-commercial use. Using, modifying, storing, reproducing, or distributing any content from the Site for other than personal, non-commercial use is prohibited without prior written permission or prior written permission from either us.trucrowd.com or the copyright holder. You shall not sell, rent, license, or otherwise exploit or use any Content for commercial use or in any manner that violates the rights of any third-party.

Intellectual Property Rights

By submitting User or Member Submissions on the Site or otherwise through the Service, you agree to the following terms:
We, truCrowd, either own or are the licensee of every intellectual property right in this Site, along with in the material published on this Site except User Submissions. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
We will not have any ownership rights in your Submissions as a User, but we will need the following license from you to perform and market the Service on your behalf and on behalf of other Users of the Service. You grant to the us.trucrowd.com the worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable, sublicensable, royalty-free, and transferable right to (and to allow others who act on our behalf) to:
(i) use, modify, edit, reproduce, prepare derivative works of, host, stream, display, transmit, playback, copy, transcode, market, feature, sell, distribute, and otherwise exploit your User Submissions and your trademarks, slogans, logos, service marks, and similar proprietary rights (collectively known as the “Trademarks”) fully in connection with a. the Service, b. truCrowd’s (along with its successors’ and assigns’) businesses, and c. promoting, redistributing, and marketing, all or part of the Site (and any derivative works of the Site or truCrowd) or of the Service in any media format and via any media channel (including, and without limitation to, third-party websites);
(ii)take whatever additional action is needed to market and perform the Service;
(iii) allow its Users to stream, playback, transmit, display, download, distribute, feature, collect, and otherwise use the User Submissions and Trademarks in connection with the Service; and
(iv) use and publish, and allow others to use and publish, the User Submissions, Trademarks, names, personal and biographical materials of you and the members of your group, and the likenesses, in connection with the marketing or the provision of the Service. The abovementioned license grant to us.trucrowd.com does not affect your other license or ownership rights in your User Submissions, including your right to grant supplemental licenses to your User Submissions.
You are publishing your User Submission, and you might be publicly identified either by your User ID or your name in connection with your User Submission.

You grant to each User a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions via the Service, and to use, reproduce, modify, edit, distribute, prepare derivative works of, perform and display such User Submissions only for non-commercial, personal use..

Furthermore, you agree that your User Submissions will not have third-party copyrighted material, or material that is subject to the proprietary rights of a third-party, unless you obtain permission from the material’s rightful owner or you are legally entitled to post the material and to grant us.trucrowd.com each of the license rights granted in this Agreement.

You must pay all amount owed to any entity or person, including royalties, based on your submission User Submissions to the Service or truCrowd’s hosting or publishing of the User Submissions as considered by this Agreement. The use or other exploitation of User Submissions by us.trucrowd.com and Users of us.trucrowd.com as planned in this Agreement will not violate or infringe the rights of any third party, including, with no limitation, any privacy rights, copyrights, publicity rights, contract rights, or any other proprietary or intellectual property rights.

us.trucrowd.com shall have the right to delete, edit, reformat, modify, translate, or excerpt any of your User Submissions. All information privately transmitted or publicly posted through the Site is the sole responsibility of the person who created the original content. us.trucrowd.com is not liable for any omissions or errors in any Content on the Site. The Content on this Site is not intended to offer you any investment advice, and us.trucrowd.com is not responsible or liable for any reliance in which you may place on the materials published on this Site. us.trucrowd.com does not guarantee the identities of any of the Users with whom you may interact while on the Site. You view all of the Content you may access through the Site at your own risk and you are solely responsible for any damages or losses to any party that may occur due to you accessing Content on the Site.

Our Liability

Users and Members agree not to involve us.trucrowd.com in any litigation that occurs because of using the Site or the Services. us.trucrowd.com is not liable for any damages or losses due to failure to comply with the terms of this Agreement by a User or a Member. The materials displayed on this Site are provided without any warranties, guarantees, or conditions as to its accuracy. To the extent allowed by law, we, in addition to other members of our group of companies and connected third parties hereby expressly exclude:

All warranties, conditions, and other terms that may otherwise be implied by law of equity, common law, or statute.
Any liability for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, or exemplary loss or damage incurred by any User in connection with the Site or in connection with the use, inability to use, results from the use of this Site, any websites linked to the Site and any materials posted on the Site, including, without limitation of any liability for the following:
– Loss of revenue or income;
– Loss of business;
– Loss of contracts or profits;
– Loss of data;
– Loss of anticipated savings;
– Loss of goodwill;
– Wasted office time or management time;
– Other tangible or intangible damages or losses;
– The expenses to procure or cover substitute services, products, or technology, including, but not limited to, any losses or damages relating to or resulting from:
1. Termination
2. The use, or the inability to use, this Service, this Site, or us.trucrowd.com content, including mistakes, errors, inaccuracies of or the infringement of us.trucrowd.com or Member/User Content
3. Viruses, Trojan horses, bugs, or similar no matter their source, tampering, hacking, or other unauthorized use of access of the Service including unauthorized use of your user account or of the information contained within your user account, or
4. Offensive, defamatory, or illegal conduct of any Site User, Site Member, or other third party; and
– Any other damage or loss of any kind, however it may arise and whether it was due to breach of contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or otherwise, even if the damage or loss was foreseeable.

These terms do not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, our liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law.

This Service is operated and controlled from its facilities in the United States. us.trucrowd.com does not represent that the Service is available or appropriate for use in other locations. People who use or access or use the Service from other countries do so at their own risk and are entirely responsible for complying with their local laws, including import and export regulations. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all materials located on this Service are directed to individuals, companies, or other entities located in the United States.

Information About You And Your Visits To Our Site

We process information we receive about you according to our Privacy Policy. By using this Site, you agree to our processing and you guarantee or warrant that all data you provide is accurate.

Viruses, Hacking And Other Offenses

By using this Site and its Services, you agree that you shall not misuse this Site by knowingly introducing viruses, worms, logic bombs, trojans, or other material which is technologically harmful or malicious (together “Viruses”). You also agree that you shall not try to gain unauthorized access to this Site, the server on which our Site is stored, or to any server, database, or computer that is connected to this Site. Furthermore, you agree that you shall not attack this Site through a denial-of-service attack.

If you breach this provision, you may have committed a criminal offense under the laws of our applicable jurisdiction. We will report any breach to the pertinent law enforcement authorities in that jurisdiction and we will fully co-operate with those law enforcement authorities by disclosing your identity. In such a breach occurs, your rights to use this Site will terminate immediately.

Additionally, we are not liable for any damages or losses due to Viruses or a denial-of-service attack that could infect your computer data, your computer programs, your computer equipment, or any other proprietary material because of your use of this Site or from your downloading of any materials posted on this Site or posted on any website that is linked to this Site.

Linking To Our Site

You shall not link to our Site without acquiring our prior written permission. This Site shall not be framed on any other website without receiving our prior written permission. We reserve the right to withdraw framing and linking permission without notice. If you would like to make use of the material on this Site other than what is listed above, please send a request to [email protected]

Links From Our Site

Where this Site links to other resources and sites provided by third parties, these links are only provided for your information. We have no control of the content on those resources or sites, and we accept no responsibility for those resources or the site or for any damages or losses that may stem from your use of those resources or sites.

Jurisdiction And Applicable Law

In the event of a dispute, the parties must file their lawsuit in the State of Delaware and in the County of Kent. Applicable law shall be the law of the State of Delaware. A court may sever any part of this Agreement that may be invalid and still keep the rest of the Agreement in tact as valid.

Your Concerns

If you have any concerns about material on our Site, please contact [email protected]

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