Welcome to Lineup Publishing., the owner and operator of Deadspin, and Lineup-Publishing.com (\u201cLineup\u201d and \u201cthe Sites\u201d). These terms of service (\u201cTerms\u201d) serve as an agreement between you and Lineup (\u201cLineup,\u201d \u201cWe\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d) and governs your access to and use of the Services, Sites, and Applications offered by Lineup. Your access to and use of the Sites is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
User Agreement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following Terms describe the terms and conditions on which we offer you access to our Sites and Services, defined below. Capitalized terms used in these Terms shall have the meanings set forth below under \u201cDefinitions\u201d or in the text of these Terms. Our offer to allow you to access the Sites and Services is conditioned on your agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained in these Terms, including your compliance with the policies and terms linked to (via URLs or hyperlinks) from this Agreement, such as our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms in their entirety, you must cease accessing or otherwise using the Sites and Services in any way. Your use of any of the Sites or Services constitutes your agreement to these Terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We may amend these Terms at any time in our sole discretion, effective upon posting the amended Terms at this URL where the prior version of these Terms was posted or by communicating these changes through any written contact method we have established with you. Your use of the Sites or Services following the date on which such amended Terms are published will constitute consent to such amendments. However, if you cease using the Sites or Services upon such publication, your relationship with us will continue to be controlled by the previous version of these Terms. You agree that you will periodically check this page for updates to these Terms and read the messages we send you to inform you of any changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DEFINITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCompany<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cLineup\u201d or \u201cWe\u201d shall mean Lineup Publishing LTD. and\/or any of its affiliates, individually and collectively, doing business as Lineup or otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCompany Parties<\/strong>\u201d shall mean the Company, its affiliates and subsidiaries, and any of their directors, employees, agents, attorneys, third-party content providers, distributors, licensees or licensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cService<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cServices<\/strong>\u201d shall mean any of the internet based or other services offered by the Company, including, but not limited to, those described in this Agreement, whether through a website owned or controlled by the Company, through a social networking system, a mobile application, on your cellphone or otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSites<\/strong>\u201d shall mean any of the sites owned or operated by Lineup Publishing including Deadspin and Lineup Publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cContent<\/strong>\u201d shall mean each and every item of content or other material (whether comments, ideas, images, links, documents, text, writings, photographs, graphics, videos, or files) uploaded by a user to the Sites or otherwise integrated into the Sites by a user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. <\/strong>Using Our Sites, User Conduct, and Your Content<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eligibility<\/em>: You may use our Sites only if you can form a binding contract with Lineup in compliance with the Agreement. In order to become a \u201cRegistered User\u201d (by creating an account), Lineup requires an individual to be at least eighteen (18) years old and not have a previous account terminated by Lineup or otherwise have had his or her access to the Sites terminated by Lineup. It is a violation of the Agreement to provide false or misleading information to Lineup in connection with the creation of an account. If you would like to report an account registered for a minor, please email privacy@lineup-publishing.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
User Responsibilities<\/em>: You are solely responsible for your use of our Sites, for any Content you submit to us, any interactions with other users, and for any consequences thereof. Content you submit will be viewable by other users of the Sites and through third party services and websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You should only provide Content that you are comfortable sharing with others under these Terms, and that does not violate any third-party\u2019s rights of any kind, including without limitation, any intellectual property rights, rights of privacy, or publicity rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lineup reserves the right, but is not obligated, to reject and\/or remove any Content in its sole discretion, including, but not limited to, violations of these Terms. Lineup reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users. Lineup shall have no liability for your interactions with other users, or for any user\u2019s action or inaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
User Conduct<\/em>: In exchange for your being able to use the Sites, you agree to be bound by the following obligations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. <\/strong>Licensing Agreements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
User License: <\/em>You retain your rights to any Content you submit to or through the Sites. By posting any Content on the Sites, however, you expressly grant, and you represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to and do grant, to Lineup a royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, list information regarding, edit, translate, distribute, syndicate, publicly perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of all such Content and your name, voice, and\/or likeness as contained in your Content, in whole or in part, and in any form, media or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, for use in connection with the Sites and Lineup\u2019s (and its successors, assignees, or affiliates) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Sites (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats, whether now known or hereafter developed, and through any media channels or search engines for commercial and noncommercial purposes alike. You also hereby grant each user of the Sites a non-exclusive license to access your Content through the Sites, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such Content as permitted through the functionality of the Sites and under these Terms. Any material you transmit to the Company or otherwise through the Sites will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such additional uses by Lineup, or other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with or use Lineup, may be made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Sites. We may add or insert affiliate and partner code into Content that you submit. We may modify or adapt your Content in order to transmit, display or distribute it over computer networks and in various media and\/or make changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to any requirements or limitations of any networks, devices, services or Third Party Services, and you are responsible for reading and understanding those Third Party Services\u2019 privacy policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Site License: <\/em>All right, title, and interest in and to the Sites (excluding Content provided by users) shall remain the exclusive property of Lineup and its licensors. The Sites are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use the Lineup name or any of the Lineup website names, trademarks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features. Any feedback, comments, ideas or suggestions you may provide regarding the Sites, or the Services is entirely voluntary and we will be free to use such feedback, comments or suggestions as we see fit and without any obligation to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Subject to your acceptance of these Terms, Lineup grants you a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, freely revocable license to use the Sites for your personal, noncommercial (i.e. you may not use the Sites to provide or serve or permit others to provide or serve ads or contests or sweepstakes) use only and as permitted by the features of the Sites. Lineup reserves all rights not expressly granted herein in the Sites and the Lineup Content. Lineup reserves the right to terminate your license to use the Sites at any time and for any reason or in the future to charge for commercial usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. <\/strong>Privacy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
We care about the privacy of our users. You understand that by using the Sites you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personally identifiable information (see \u201cInformation Sharing\u201d below) and aggregate data as set forth in our Privacy Policy<\/a>, and to have your personally identifiable information collected, used, transferred to and processed in Malta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4.<\/strong> Information Sharing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. <\/strong>Advertisements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. <\/strong>Third-Party Links Disclaimer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. <\/strong>Copyright Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Lineup receives notice that Content posted is unlawful or not in keeping with the Terms or the intended use of the Sites, we reserve the right to remove the material. Please note that we will respond only to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (\u201cDMCA\u201d). The text of the Act can be found at the U.S. Copyright Office Web Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please note that you will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys\u2019 fees) if you materially misrepresent that any material on our sites is infringing your copyrights. We also reserve the right to publish your letter on the Lineup site(s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. <\/strong>Termination of Agreement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may discontinue your use of the Sites at any time without informing us. Subject to the provisions in the Lineup Privacy Policy, we may retain and continue to use any Content that you have submitted or uploaded to the Sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lineup may, without prior notice, change the Sites, stop providing access to the Sites or features of the Sites to you or to users generally, or create usage limits for the Sites. We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend your access to the Sites without notice and liability for any reason, including if, in our sole determination, you violate any provision of these Terms. In particular, Lineup may immediately terminate or suspend accounts that have been flagged for repeat copyright infringement, in accordance with the DMCA and other applicable laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Upon termination of your access to or ability to use the Sites, including but not limited to suspension of your account, your right to use or access that Service and any Content will immediately cease. All provisions of this Agreement that by their nature should survive termination, shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, and limitations of liability. Termination of your access to and use of the Sites shall not relieve you of any obligations arising or accruing prior to such termination or limit any liability which you otherwise may have to Lineup or any third party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On termination of your Account or upon your deletion of particular pieces of your Content from the Sites, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) caching of, copies of, or references to the Content may not be immediately removed; (b) such removed Content may persist in backups (not available to others) for a reasonable period of time; and (c) such removed Content may be available (and stored on our servers) through the accounts of other users, because of liking. You agree to release and indemnify Lineup from all claims related to the retention of deleted content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. <\/strong>Indemnity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Lineup and its subsidiaries, agents, licensors, managers, and other affiliated companies, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney\u2019s fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Sites, including any data or Content transmitted, submitted, viewed, or received by you; (ii) your violation of any provision of these Terms, including without limitation your breach of any of the representations and warranties above; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy or intellectual property rights; (iv) your violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation; (v) any claim or damages that arise as a result of any of your Content or any that is submitted via your account; or (vi) any other party\u2019s access and use of the Sites with your unique username, password or other appropriate security code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. <\/strong>Warranty, Disclaimer, and Limitations of Liability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your access to and use of the Sites or any Content is at your own risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE SITES ARE AVAILABLE \u201cAS IS\u201d: YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SITES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN \u201cAS IS\u201d AND \u201cAS AVAILABLE\u201d BASIS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Lineup DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lineup makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the Sites, including any representation or warranty that the use of the Sites will (a) be timely, uninterrupted or error-free or operate in combination with any other hardware, software, system or data, (b) meet your requirements or expectations, (c) be free from errors or that defects will be corrected, or (d) be free of viruses or other harmful components. Lineup also makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to Content; user Content, in particular, is provided by and is solely the responsibility of the users providing that Content. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from Lineup or through the Sites, will create any warranty not expressly made herein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Release From Liability<\/em>: You release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Lineup, its affiliated entities, parent companies, subsidiaries, directors, officers, shareholders, employees, representatives, consultants, agents, suppliers, and\/or distributors from responsibility, liability, claims, demands, and\/or damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with the following: (i) Disputes between users, including those between you and other users; (ii) Third party sites and services, including Content found on such sites and services; (iii) Disputes concerning any use of or action taken using your account by you or a third party; (iv) Claims relating to the unauthorized access to any data communications or Content stored under or relating to your account, including unauthorized use or alteration of such communications or your Content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Limitation of Liability<\/em>: TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LINEUP, ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, PARENT COMPANIES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, AND\/OR DISTRIBUTORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR: (A) ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER; (B) LOSS OF: PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, USE, GOOD-WILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES; (C) DAMAGES RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITES; (D) DAMAGES RELATING TO ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY OR SUBSCRIBER USING THE SITES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OR CONTENT; AND\/OR (E) DAMAGES IN ANY MANNER RELATING TO ANY CONTENT. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL CLAIMS, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER OR NOT LINEUP HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, AND FURTHER WHERE A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF LINEUP AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, AND\/OR DISTRIBUTORS, FOR ANY CLAIM UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING FOR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF FIFTY DOLLARS (USD$50) OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US TO USE THE APPLICABLE SITE(S).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12. <\/strong>Waiver, Severability & Entire Agreement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waiver<\/em>: The failure of Lineup to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Severability<\/em>: In the event that any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entire Agreement<\/em>: These Terms and our Privacy Policy are the entire and exclusive agreement between Lineup and you regarding use of the Sites (excluding any services for which you have a separate written agreement with Lineup that is explicitly in addition or in place of these Terms), and these Terms supersede and replace any prior agreements between Lineup and you regarding use of the Sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13. <\/strong>Legal Disputes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Applicable Law and Class Action and Jury Waiver<\/em>. You hereby agree to resolve all disputes through binding individual arbitration, which means that you waive any right to have those disputes decided by a judge or jury, and that you waive your right to participate in class actions, class arbitrations, or representative actions. YOU AGREE THAT BY ENTERING INTO THESE TERMS, IN PARTICULAR THE AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE, YOU ARE WAIVING THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION AND THAT YOU MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST LINEUP ONLY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. ANY ARBITRATION OR OTHER ACTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS; CLASS ARBITRATIONS AND CLASS ACTIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED. You agree that the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms and any claim or dispute that has arisen or may arise between you and Lineup, except as otherwise stated in these Terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Binding Arbitration<\/em>. If you and the Company are unable to resolve a Dispute through informal negotiations, either you or the Company may elect to have the Dispute (except those Disputes expressly excluded below) finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. Any election to arbitrate by one party shall be final and binding on the other. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ABSENT THIS PROVISION, YOU WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL. The arbitration shall be commenced and conducted under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (\u201cAAA\u201d) and, where appropriate, the AAA\u2019s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (\u201cAAA Consumer Rules\u201d), both of which are available at the AAA website www.adr.org<\/a>. The determination of whether a Dispute is subject to arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and determined by a court rather than an arbitrator. Your arbitration fees and your share of arbitrator compensation shall be governed by the AAA Rules and, where appropriate, limited by the AAA Consumer Rules. If such costs are determined by the arbitrator to be excessive, the Company will pay all arbitration fees and expenses. The arbitration may be conducted in person, through the submission of documents, by phone or online. The arbitrator will make a decision in writing, but need not provide a statement of reasons unless requested by a party. The arbitrator must follow applicable law, and any award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to do so. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, you and the Company may litigate in court to compel arbitration, stay proceedings pending arbitration, or to confirm, modify, vacate or enter judgment on the award entered by the arbitrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
14. <\/strong>Statute of Limitations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
15. <\/strong>Notification of Changes to Terms of Service.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
16. <\/strong>International Users.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n