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Ravelry Terms of Service
Description of Service
This document describes the Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) that apply to all the products, software, services, and web sites (collectively, the “Services”) offered by Ravelry, LLC (“Ravelry”). This is a legally binding agreement between you and Ravelry in relation to your use of the Services.
The Services may include advertisements, which are necessary for Ravelry to provide the Services, as well as service announcements, administrative messages, and other communications from Ravelry which shall be considered part of Ravelry membership. You will not be able to opt out of receiving such messages.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, these Terms will govern any new or additional features that enhance or augment the current Services.
You understand and agree that Services are provided “AS-IS” and that Ravelry assumes no responsibility for timeliness, deletion, misdelivery, or failure to store any user communications, personal settings, or information.
You are responsible for obtaining access to the Services, which may include third-party fees (such as ISP or airtime charges). You are responsible for those fees, including those fees associated with the display or delivery of advertisements. In addition, you are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the Services.
Acceptance of the Terms
Ravelry provides the Services to you subject to the Terms, which may be updated from time to time without notice to you.
When using Ravelry’s Services, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to the Services, which may be posted and amended from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms.
In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms; if you do not agree to the Terms, you may not use the Services. You can accept the terms by:
Clicking to accept or agree to the Terms where this option is made available to you in the user interface for a Service, or
By actually using the Services. If you use the Services without accepting or agreeing to the terms, you understand that your use of the Services will serve as acceptance of the Terms from that point onward.
You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if:
You are not of legal age to form a binding contract, or
you are a person barred from receiving Services under the laws of the United States or other countries, including the country in which you are a resident or from which you use the Services.
You should save a copy of these Terms for your records.
Use of Services by you.
In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification or contact details) as part of the registration process for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services.
You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any copyright laws, or any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States or other relevant countries).
You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
You understand that all information, data, text, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags, patterns, or other material (“Content”) whether posted publicly or transmitted privately, is your responsibility and you are solely responsible for all content that you upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available via the Service.
Ravelry does not control the Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of such Content.
You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Ravelry has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which Ravelry may suffer) of any such breach.
You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Ravelry has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the Service.
You agree not to use the Service to:
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
harm minors in any way;
impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Ravelry official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Service are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges
interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including any regulations having the force of law;
provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
"stalk" or otherwise harass another; and/or
collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities set forth in paragraphs 3.8.1 through 3.8.13 above.
Provision of the Services by Ravelry
Ravelry is constantly changing. You acknowledge and agree that the form, nature, and content of the Services which Ravelry provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that Ravelry may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally at Ravelry’s sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You do not need to specifically inform Ravelry when you stop using the Services.
You acknowledge and agree that if Ravelry disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing the Services, your account details or any files or other content which is contained in your account.
You acknowledge and agree that while Ravelry may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the number of transmissions you may send or receive through the Services or on the amount of storage space used for the provision of any Service, such fixed upper limits may be set by Ravelry at any time, at Ravelry’s discretion.
Registration, Password, and Security.
You agree to provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service’s registration form (the “Registration Data”).
You agree to maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete.
If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or if Ravelry has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Ravelry has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
Upon completion of the Services registration process, you will receive a password and account designation. You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use to access the Services.
You agree and understand also that you are solely responsible to Ravelry for all activities that occur under your account.
If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, or of any other breach of security you agree to notify Ravelry immediately at abuse@ravelry.com.
At the end of each session, you agree to exit from your account.
You acknowledge, consent, and agree that Ravelry may access, preserve, and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law, or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation, or disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
comply with legal process;
enforce the Terms;
respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties;
responds to your requests for customer services; or
protect the rights, property, or personal safely to Ravelry, its users, and the public.
Ravelry can not and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 5.
Privacy Policy.
Registration Data and certain other information about you is subject to our Privacy Policy.
You understand that through your use of the Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the Privacy Policy) of this information.
For more information about Ravelry’s privacy practices, please read our full privacy policy at www.ravelry.com/about/privacy. This explains our data practices, how we treat your personal information, and how we protect your privacy when you use the Services.
Content in the Services
You understand that all information (such as data files, written text, patterns, computer software, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other images) which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such information is referred to below as the “Content”.
If you are the person from whom the Content originated, you understand that Ravelry does not claim ownership of the Content, however, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion, you grant Ravelry the following worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license:
With respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of Ravelry, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service shall exist only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or Ravelry removes such Content from the Service.
With respect to photos, graphics, audio or you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or Ravelry removes such Content from the Service.
With respect to Content other than photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, the perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other works in any format or medium now known or later developed.
Publicly accessible" areas of the Service are those areas of the Ravelry network that are intended by Ravelry to be available to the general public.
You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to Ravelry (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.
Ravelry reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service.
You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.
You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Ravelry has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which Ravelry may suffer) by doing so.
Interstate Communications
When you register with Ravelry, you acknowledge that you will likely use our services to send electronic communications, such as posts in “groups” or “forums”, or messages through the “message box”.
You further acknowledge that, regardless of where you are physically located at the time of a transmission, the nature of electronic communications is such that interstate communications may occur, and that your use of the service may result in such interstate data transmissions.
The Message Box feature of Ravelry allows you to access and search your message history from any computer with access to the internet. Whether you keep messages or not, other users may opt to save conversations with you on their Ravelry account. Your agreement to these Terms constitutes your consent to allow Ravelry to store this communications on its servers.
Proprietary Rights
You acknowledge and agree that Ravelry owns all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by Ravelry and that you shall not disclose such information without our prior written consent.
Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Ravelry, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of our trade names, trade marks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
Other than the limited license set forth herein, Ravelry acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Ravelry, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that Ravelry has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within the Services.
Unless you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing by Ravelry, you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.
Grant of License from Ravelry
Ravelry gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the object code of its Software provided to you by us as part of the Services as provided to you by us (referred to as the “Software” below). This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Ravelry, in the manner permitted by these Terms.
You may not (and you may not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Ravelry, in writing.
Unless Ravelry has given you specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sub-licensee of) your rights to use the Software, grant a security interest in or over your rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to use the Software.
Content License from You
You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Ravelry a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.
By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, etc. (“Contributions”) to Ravelry, you acknowledge and agree that:
your Contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information;
Ravelry is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions;
Ravelry shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide;
Ravelry may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development;
your Contributions automatically become the property of Ravelry without any obligation of Ravelry to you; and
you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from Ravelry under any circumstances.
You confirm and warrant to Ravelry that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.
Software Updates
The Software which you use may automatically download and install updates from time to time from Ravelry. These updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Services and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit Ravelry to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.
Usage and Storage
You acknowledge that Ravelry may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Service, including without limitation:
the maximum number of days that email messages, message board postings or other uploaded Content will be retained by the Service,
the maximum number of email messages that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service;
the maximum size of any email message that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service;
the maximum disk space that will be allotted on Ravelry's servers on your behalf; and
the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Service in a given period of time.
You agree that Ravelry has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Service.
You acknowledge that Ravelry reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time.
You further acknowledge that Ravelry reserves the right to modify these general practices and limits from time to time.
Ending our relationship
The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or Ravelry as set out below.
You may terminate your legal agreement with Ravelry by:
notifying us at anytime, and
closing your accounts for all of the Services which you use, wherever Ravelry has made this option available to you.
Your notice should be sent, in writing, to: Ravelry LLC, PO Box 290055, Boston, MA 02129.
Ravelry may at any time terminate its legal agreement with you if:
you have breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which clearly shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of the Terms; or
Ravelry is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful); or
the partner with whom Ravelry offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with Ravelry or ceased to offer the Services to you; or
Ravelry is transitioning to no longer providing the Services to users in the country in which you are resident or from which you use the service; or
the provision of the Services to you by Ravelry is, in Ravelry’s opinion, no longer commercially viable; or
Ravelry experiences unexpected technical or security issues or problems; or
Ravelry notices extended periods of inactivity.
Nothing in this Section shall affect Ravelry’s rights regarding provision of Services under Section 4 of the Terms.
When these Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and Ravelry have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of paragraph 23.4 shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold Ravelry and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the Terms, or your violation of any rights of another.
Disclaimer of Warranties
NOTHING IN THESE TERMS, INCLUDING SECTIONS 16 AND 17, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT RAVELRY’S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE.”
IN PARTICULAR, RAVELRY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT:
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR,
ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, AND
THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM RAVELRY OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
RAVELRY FURTHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Limitation of Liability
SUBJECT TO OVERALL PROVISIONS IN PARAGRAPH 16.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT RAVELRY AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. THIS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY),
ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION,
ANY LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED,
COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES,
OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS (EVEN IF RAVELRY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES)
ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:
THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE;
THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE;
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA;
STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE;
ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE SERVICES;
ANY CHANGES WHICH RAVELRY MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES);
THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;
YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE RAVELRY WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION;
YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL; OR
ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE
THE LIMITATIONS ON RAVELRY’S LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 17.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT RAVELRY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.
Trademark Information
The Ravelry logo and where my stitches at? Trademarks, and any other service marks and other Ravelry logos and product and service names are trademarks of Ravelry, LLC (the "Ravelry Marks"). Without Ravelry's prior written permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner the Ravelry Marks
Copyright and Trademark Policies
Ravelry respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same.
Ravelry may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers.
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Ravelry with the following information:
an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
your address, telephone number, and email address;
a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.
Any intellectual property infringement can be reported to Ravelry as follows:
By mail:
Ravelry, LLC
P.O. Box 290055
Boston, MA 02129
By Fax: 1-720-228-6890
By email: legal@ravelry.com
Advertisements
Some of the Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other information.
The manner, mode and extent of advertising by Ravelry on the Services are subject to change without specific notice to you.
In consideration for Ravelry granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Ravelry may place such advertising on the Services.
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Services, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser.
You agree that Ravelry shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Services.
Other Content/Links
The Services may include hyperlinks to other sites or content or sources. Ravelry has no control over any web sites or resources which are provided by companies or persons other than Ravelry.
You acknowledge and agree that Ravelry is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or sources.
You acknowledge and agree that Ravelry shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage which may be incurred by you or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the availability of those external sites or resources, or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available through any such site or resource.
Changes to Terms and Notice
Ravelry may make changes to these Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, Ravelry will make a new copy of the Universal Terms available at www.ravelry.com/about/terms
You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Terms have changed, Ravelry will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Terms.
Ravelry may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, including by but not limited to email, regular mail, SMS, MMS, text message, postings via the Services, or other reasonable means now known or hereinafter developed.
General Information
Sometimes when you use the Services, you may (as a result of, or through your use of the Services) use a service or download a piece of software, or purchase goods, which are provided by another person or company. Your use of these other services, software or goods may be subject to separate terms between you and the company or person concerned. If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship with these other companies or individuals.
You agree that Ravelry may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Services
Entire Agreement. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Ravelry and governs your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and Ravelry with respect to the Service.
Choice of Law and Forum. These Terms and the relationship between you and Ravelry shall be governed by the laws of the State of Massachusetts without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and Ravelry agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Notwithstanding this, you agree that Ravelry shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.
Waiver and Severability of Terms. The failure of Ravelry to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms remain in full force and effect.
No Right of Survivorship and Non-Transferability. You agree that your Ravelry account is non-transferable and any rights to your Ravelry ID or contents within your account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate, your account may be terminated and all contents therein permanently deleted.
Statute of Limitations. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or the Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
Violations
Please report any violations of these Terms to legal@ravelry.com.