cocacola.com Terms of Use Last Revised 10-25-07 |
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* The only Content you may download from this Site is Content included in a Submission or other Content expressly made available for downloading, such as screensavers. You may download Content expressly made available for downloading and Content included in a Submission for non-commercial, personal use, and provided that you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the Content. You may also download Content included in a Submission for purposes of creating your own entry in a Challenge; · You are prohibited from using the Site to post or transmit any virus, worm, Trojan Horse, easter egg, time bomb, spyware or other computer code, file or program that is harmful or invasive or may or is intended to damage or hijack the operation of, or to monitor the use of, any hardware, software or equipment; · You are prohibited from using the Site to violate the legal rights of others or harvest or collect personally identifiable information about users of the Site; · You are prohibited from restricting or inhibiting any other person from use of the Site, and from interfering with or disrupting the operation of the Site or the servers or networks used to make the Site available or violating any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of such networks; · You are prohibited from modifying, adapting, translation, reverse engineering, decompiling or disassembling any portion of the Site. 4. Software, Services, Challenge Submissions and User Content. The Coca-Cola Company may from time to time provide users of the Site with access to certain specialised content, including the Challenges, and interactive services through which you are able to display or post information and materials (such content and services, collectively, the "Services"), and certain software tools that can be used for various purposes, including to play music provided by the Site, to interact with other Site users or to create content (the foregoing software and tools, collectively, the "Software"). The Services and Software, the information and materials made available through the Site and all software used to make the Site available are and shall remain the property of The Coca-Cola Company and its licensors and suppliers, and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, and/or other proprietary rights and laws. Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, and solely for so long as you are permitted by The Coca-Cola Company to access and use the Site, you may download and view one (1) copy of any Content and Software on the Site to which we provide you access or download, on any single computer, solely for your personal, non-commercial home use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Except as otherwise expressly authorised in writing in advance by The Coca-Cola Company, you agree not to reproduce, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, adapt, translate, create derivative works based (whether in whole or in part) on, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any Services or Software, all or any part of the Site, or any materials made available through the Site. Certain Software may be governed by an additional end user licence agreement or "EULA" to which you may be required to agree before using such Software. With respect to information or materials, other than Submissions, that you choose to display or post on any interactive services of the Site ("User Content"), you grant The Coca-Cola Company and the Affiliated Entities a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and licence, without compensation to you: (a) to use, reproduce, distribute, adapt (including without limitation edit, modify, translate, and reformat), derive, transmit, display and perform, publicly or otherwise, such User Content (including without limitation your voice or likeness as embodied in such User Content), in any media now known or hereafter developed, for The Coca-Cola Company's and the Affiliated Entities' business purposes, and (b) to sublicense the foregoing rights, through multiple tiers, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. The foregoing licences shall survive termination of this Agreement for any reason. For each item of User Content, you represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary for you to grant the licences granted in this section (including without limitation rights in any musical compositions and/or sound recordings embodied or embedded in any User Content), and that such User Content (as applicable), and your provision or creation thereof through the Site, complies with all applicable laws, rules and regulations and does not infringe or otherwise violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy or other intellectual property or other rights of any third party. You further irrevocably waive any "moral rights" or other rights with respect to attribution of authorship or integrity of materials regarding each item of User Content that you may have under any applicable law under any legal theory. For any Submissions and User Content, you acknowledge and agree that (a) The Coca-Cola Company reserves the right (but has no obligation) to evaluate each Submission and all User Content before allowing it to be posted on the Site or otherwise stored in connection with the Site; and (b) may do one or all of the following, at its discretion: (i) monitor Submissions and User Content; (ii) alter, remove, or refuse to post or allow to be posted or stored any Submission or User Content; (iii) monitor and/or filter any of your communications through the Site (including without limitation by means of blocking or replacing expletives or other language that may be deemed harmful or offensive); and/or (iv) disclose any Submissions, User Content or any communication through the Site, and the circumstances surrounding the transmission thereof, to any third party in order to operate the Site; to protect The Coca-Cola Company, the Affiliated Entities, and their respective sponsors, employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives and affiliates, and the Site's users and visitors; to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests; to enforce these Terms of Use; or for any other reason or purpose. In addition, The Coca-Cola Company has no control over, and The Coca-Cola Company and the Affiliated Entities shall have no liability for any damages resulting from, the use (including without limitation re-publication) or misuse by any third party of information voluntarily made public through any Submission, any User Content or any other part of the Site. Please note that other Site visitors may post messages or make statements in the Services that are inaccurate, misleading, deceptive, or offensive. The Coca-Cola Company and the Affiliated Entities neither endorse nor are responsible for any opinion, advice, information or statements made in any Services by third parties. Without limitation, The Coca-Cola Company and the Affiliated Entities are not responsible for any information or materials made available through the Services (including without limitation errors or omissions in postings or links or images embedded in messages or profiles) or results obtained by using any such information or materials. Under no circumstances will The Coca-Cola Company, the Affiliated Entities, or their respective employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives or affiliates, be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on such information or materials. The opinions expressed in the Services reflect solely the opinions of the individuals who submitted such opinions, and may not reflect the opinions of The Coca-Cola Company or any Affiliated Entity. IF YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE ANY OF YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE OR OTHER INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN A SUBMISSION OR IN ANY USER CONTENT, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. 5.Registration; User Names and Passwords You may be required to register with The Coca-Cola Company in order to access certain areas of the Site. With regard to any such registration, we may refuse to grant you, and you may not use, a user name (or e-mail address) that is already being used by someone else; that may be construed as impersonating another person; that belongs to another person; that violates the intellectual property or other rights of any person; that is offensive; or that we reject for any other reason in our sole discretion. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any password you may use to access the Site, and agree not to transfer your password or user name, or lend or otherwise transfer your use of or access to the Site, to any third party. You are fully responsible for all interaction with the Site that occurs in connection with your password or user name. You agree to immediately notify The Coca-Cola Company of any unauthorised use of your password or user name or any other breach of security related to your account or the Site, and to ensure that you "log off"/exit from your account with the Site (if applicable) at the end of each session. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with any of the foregoing obligations. |
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· infringe any third party's intellectual property rights; The Coca-Cola Company does not endorse the content, or any products or services available, on such sites. If you establish a link to such sites, you do so at your own risk and without the permission of The Coca-Cola Company. |
· into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, Syria, or any other country to which the United States has embargoed goods; or * to anyone on the United States Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. The Coca-Cola Company does not authorise the downloading or exportation of any software or technical data from this Site to any jurisdiction prohibited by the United States Export Laws or to anyone on any such list. By downloading or using any Software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list |
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You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless The Coca-Cola Company, the Affiliated Entities and any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the Site, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, shareholders, licensors and representatives, from and against all claims, losses, costs and expenses (including without limitation lawyers' fees) arising out of (a) your use of, or activities in connection with, the Site, the Services or the Software; (b) any violation of these Terms of Use by you or through your account; or (c) any allegation that any Submission or User Content that you make available or create through the Site, the Services or the Software infringes or otherwise violates the copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy or other intellectual property or other rights of any third party. You agree that The Coca-Cola Company, in its sole discretion, may terminate your access to or use of the Site and the Services, at any time and for any reason, including without limitation if The Coca-Cola Company believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms of Use. Upon any such termination, your right to use the Site and the Services will immediately cease. You agree that any termination of your access to or use of the Site may be effected without prior notice, and that The Coca-Cola Company may immediately de-activate or delete your account and password, and all related information and files associated with it, and/or bar any further access to such information or files. You agree that neither The Coca-Cola Company nor any Affiliated Entity will be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Site or to any such information or files, or will be required to make such information or files available to you after any such termination. 14. Revisions to the Terms All content and services made available through the Site that were not made available as of the "LAST UPDATED" date above shall automatically be deemed to be part of the Services when first made available through the Site. Any software or tools made available through the Site that were not made available as of the "LAST UPDATED" date above shall automatically be deemed to be Software for purposes of this Agreement when first made available through the Site. |
We reserve the right, at any time and from time to time, temporarily or permanently, in whole or in part, to: modify or discontinue the Site, the Services or the Software, with or without notice; limit the Site’s availability to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction we choose; charge fees in connection with the use of the Site; modify and/or waive any fees charged in connection with the Site; and/or offer opportunities to some or all users of the Site. You agree that neither we nor any Affiliated Entity shall be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Site, in whole or in part, or of any Service, Software, content, Submission, feature or product offered through the Site. Your continued use of the Site after such changes will indicate your acceptance of such changes. 16. Law and Jurisdiction These Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, USA, without regard to its choice of law provisions. The courts of general jurisdiction located within Fulton County, Georgia, USA, will have exclusive jurisdiction over any and all disputes arising out of, relating to or concerning these Terms of Use and/or the Site or in which these Terms of Use and/or the Site are a material fact, and you waive any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. If you are a resident of a country within Europe: These Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by the laws of your country of residence. By using this Site you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of such country in the event of any dispute. If you are a resident of Russia or Ukraine: These Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, USA, without regard to its choice of law provisions. The courts of general jurisdiction located within Fulton County, Georgia, USA will have exclusive jurisdiction over any and all disputes arising out of, relating to or concerning these Terms of Use and/or the Site or in which these Terms of Use and/or the Site are a material fact, and you waive any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. If you are a resident of a country in Africa or the Middle East: These Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. By using this Site you agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of South Africa (Witwatersrand Local Division or its successor) in the event of any dispute. If you are a resident of India: These Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by the laws of India. By using this Site you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Indian courts in the event of any dispute. If you are a resident of a country in Asia other than India: These Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by the laws of Australia. By using this Site you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Australian courts in the event of any dispute. If you are a resident of a country in Latin America: These Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by the laws of Mexico. By using this Site you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Mexican courts in the event of any dispute. If you are a resident of any other country, these Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by the first paragraph of this Section. 17. Severability If any provision of these Terms of Use found to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provision. 18. Rules for Challenges, Sweepstakes, Contests, Raffles, Surveys and Similar Promotions Any Challenges, sweepstakes, contests, raffles, surveys, or similar promotions made available through the Site will be governed by specific rules that are separate from these Terms of Use. By participating in any such sweepstake, competition, raffle, survey or promotion, you will become subject to those rules, which may vary from the terms and conditions set forth herein. The Coca-Cola Company urges you to read the applicable rules, which are linked from the particular activity, and to review our Privacy Policy which, in addition to these Terms of Use, governs any information you submit in connection with such activities. Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 230(d) as amended, we hereby notify 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 at the following website: http://www.staysafe.org/. 20. Claims of Copyright Infringement The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the "DMCA") provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that materials available on the Site infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send The Coca-Cola Company a notice requesting that The Coca-Cola Company remove the material or block access to it. If you believe in good faith that someone has wrongly filed a notice of copyright infringement against you, the DMCA permits you to send The Coca-Cola Company a counter-notice. Notices and counter-notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA. See http://www.copyright.gov/ for details. Notices and counter-notices should be sent to: Bernadette Drankoski Marketing Counsel The Coca-Cola Company One Coca-Cola Plaza Atlanta, Georgia 30313 Phone: 404 676 2121 Fax: 404 515 5997 E-mail: bdrankoski@na.ko.com Details are available at http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/. We suggest that you consult your legal advisor before filing a notice or counter-notice. Please be aware that there are penalties for false claims under the DMCA. 21. Information or Complaints. Under California Civil Code Section 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 e-mail to Coca-Cola.Support@na.ko.com. You may also contact us by writing to The Coca-Cola Company, Website Customer Care, PO Box 1734, Atlanta, Georgia USA 30301, or by calling us on 1 800-438-2653. California residents may reach the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by post at 1625 North Market Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834 or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210 22. Void Where Prohibited. Although this Site is accessible worldwide, not all services discussed or referenced in this website are available to all persons or in all geographic locations or jurisdictions. In addition, not all persons may be able to participate or win prizes, if applicable, in the Challenges, sweepstakes, contests, raffles, surveys or similar promotions made available through the Site. We reserve the right to limit the availability of this Site and/or the provision of any service to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction we so desire, at any time and in our sole discretion. Copyright © 2006 The Coca-Cola Company. All rights reserved. Close Window |