Terms of Service
Layouts and Skins LP (“Layouts-Skins”) provides software and services
(collectively, “Services”) for use by the general public, including the Facebook
Layouts and FB Skins Applications (“Apps”) such as Create Your Own FB Layouts,
and other applications to be used online. This Terms of Service Agreement
(“Agreement”) constitutes legally binding terms and applies to your use of the
Services.
1. Acceptance
By accessing and/or using the provided Services, you agree and acknowledge to be
bound by this Agreement and the Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins) Privacy
Policy, found here and incorporated herein by reference, whether you are a
“Member” (which means you have registered with Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins)
or a related Service provided by Layouts and Skins Website) or a “Visitor”
(which means that you simply browse the Services or use the Services without
being registered as a Member). The term “User” or “user” refers to a Member or a
Visitor. You are authorized to use the Services only if you agree to abide by
all applicable laws, rules, and regulations (“Applicable Law”) and the
Agreement. Additionally, in consideration for becoming a Member and/or using the
services, you must indicate your acceptance of this Agreement. If you do not
agree to be bound by this Agreement, please do not use the Services. Layouts and
Skins Website reserves the right to modify the Agreement at any time, and each
such modification shall be effective upon posting with the Services. All
material modifications will apply prospectively only. Your continued use of the
Services following any such modification constitutes your agreement to be bound
by and your acceptance of the Agreement as modified. Therefore, it is important
for you to review this Agreement regularly.
2. General Usage
Layouts and Skins Website grants you a limited license to use the Services in
accordance with this Agreement and the instructions and guidelines posted on the
Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins) website (“the Site”). In exchange for
providing the functionality of the Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins)
application, users may be shown advertisements within web pages rendered by a
browser with the plug-in enabled. Additionally, other products using the
Layouts-Skins platform, which powers the Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins)
application, may be offered to the User. These additional application offers are
safe and do not install any additional software on the user’s computer. They are
enabled and disabled by the User or Layouts and Skins Website via provided
links, or by uninstalling the software. They also do not store any private,
personally identifiable information from the User. Layouts and Skins Website
reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of the Service at any time. Layouts
and Skins Website further reserves the right to terminate your license to use
the Services at any time and for any reason, or in the future, to charge for
commercial usage.
To provide services to the User, Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins)
requires Layouts-Skins software to be installed. Layouts and Skins Website is a
browser plugin platform that enables application developers to build
applications such as Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins). When installing
Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins), Layouts-Skins will be included in the
installation package. The software is used for the purpose of enabling Facebook
Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins) to provide its services and as mentioned above
may offer the user other valuable applications. Layouts and Skins Website LLC
(“Layouts and Skins Website”) provides software and services (“Services”) for
use by the general public, including Layouts-Skins. Layouts-Skins is an internet
enabling technology platform that creates virtual layers that can be edited to
create the appearance of having made changes to the underlying website. By
installing Layouts-Skins or using the Services offered by Layouts and Skins
Website, you agree and acknowledge to be bound by Layouts and Skins Website's
Terms of Service (http://layouts-skins.com/facebook-layouts/tos/)
and Privacy Policy (http://layouts-skins.com/facebook-layouts/privacy-policy/).
If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not install Layouts-Skins or use
the Services.
The current installation package of Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins)
includes offers for the following free apps, which can be enabled or disabled
when offered on their respective websites. Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins)
does not own or control any off the application partners listed below, but has
engaged in a stringent compliance process with each product to ensure they are
safe, valuable, and relevant for Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins) users.
Skins – Free and ad-supported application that provides skins, and additional
features, for the social networking site Facebook (and soon other social
networks). Learn more at
www.layouts-skins.com .
Search Dock – Free and ad-supported application that provides additional search
results from the most popular search engines and websites.
Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins) may offer the User additional
applications from strategic partners in the future. The apps will also be
approved by the Layouts-Skins and Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins)
compliance teams to be safe, valuable, and relevant for FBSkins users.
3. Services and User Responsibility
Users are solely responsible for their use of the Services. The Services allow
for Users to post content to the Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins) website
such as text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos,
audiovisual combinations, interactive features and other materials
(collectively, “Content”) that may be viewed on, accessed through, or
contributed to the Service. You agree not to alter or modify any part of the
Services. You agree not to distribute any part of the Services or Content
without Layouts and Skins Website's prior written authorization, unless Layouts
and Skins Website allows and provides means for such distribution through the
Services.
You shall be solely responsible for your own Content and the consequences of
submitting, publishing, and/or posting your Content with the Services. You
affirm, represent, and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses,
rights, consents, and permissions for Content you submit, publish, and/or post
through use of the Services; and you license to Layouts and Skins Website all
patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to
such Content for publication of the Contents through the Services pursuant to
this Agreement.
As clarification, you retain ownership rights in your Content. However, by
submitting Content to Layouts and Skins Website, you grant Layouts and Skins
Website a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and
transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of,
and display, the Content in connection with the Services and Layouts and Skins
Website's (and its successors' and affiliates') business. You also hereby grant
each user of the Services a non-exclusive license to access your Content through
the Services, and to use, reproduce, distribute, and display such Content as
permitted through the Services and under this Agreement.
You further agree that Content you submit to the Services will not contain
third-party copyrighted material, or material that is subject to other
third-party proprietary rights, unless you have permission from the rightful
owner of the material or you are otherwise legally entitled to post the material
and to grant Layouts and Skins Website all of the license rights granted herein.
Layouts and Skins Website does not permit copyright infringing activities and
infringement of intellectual property rights on the Services, and Layouts and
Skins Website will remove all Content if properly notified that such Content
infringes on another's intellectual property rights (see more in Digital
Millennium Copyright Act and Infringing Material below). Layouts and Skins
Website reserves the right to remove Content without prior notice.
4. Content
Content is provided to you AS IS. You may access Content for your information
and personal use solely as intended through the provided functionality of the
Service and as permitted under this Agreement. You shall not download any
Content except as allowed with the Services. You shall not copy, reproduce,
distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit
any Content for any other purposes without the prior written consent of Layouts
and Skins Website or the respective licensors of the Content. Layouts and Skins
Website and its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to the
Services and the Content. You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise
interfere with security-related features of the Services or features that
prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use
of the Services or the Content therein.
Layouts and Skins Website is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness,
safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to Content featured with
the Services, and the Content does not represent the advice, views, opinions or
beliefs of Layouts and Skins Website. In accessing Content through use of the
Services you may be exposed to Content from a variety of sources, wherein you
may consider portions of the Content to be inaccurate, offensive, or
inappropriate. You agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable
rights or remedies you have or may have against Layouts and Skins Website with
respect to such Content, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, agree
to indemnify and hold harmless Layouts and Skins Website, its owners, operators,
affiliates, licensors, and licensees to the fullest extent allowed by law
regarding all matters related to your use of the Services. Additionally, the
Services and/or the Content may feature links to third-party websites not owned
or controlled by Layouts and Skins Website. The inclusion of a link to a
third-party website does not imply any endorsement by or affiliation with
Layouts and Skins Website and the third-party website. Further, Layouts and
Skins Website has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the
content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites featured
with the Services and/or Content and cannot modify the content of any such
third-party website. By using the Services, you expressly release Layouts and
Skins Website from any and all liability arising from your use of any
third-party website featured with the Services and/or Content.
5. Termination
Layouts and Skins Website will terminate a user's access to the Service if,
under appropriate circumstances, the user is determined to be a repeat infringer
of others’ intellectual property rights and/or engages in other activity in
violation of this Agreement. Layouts and Skins Website further reserves the
right to decide whether Content violates this Agreement for reasons other than
copyright infringement, such as, but not limited to, submitting Content
featuring pornography, obscenity, or other such inappropriate material. Layouts
and Skins Website may at any time, without prior notice and in its sole
discretion, remove such Content and/or terminate a user’s account for submitting
such material in violation of this Agreement.
6. Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Infringing Material
Uploading copyrighted material such as copyrighted photographs, art, text, and
screenshots in violation of applicable copyright law violates this Agreement.
Layouts and Skins Website does not monitor the Content for this type of
activity. However, complaints submitted to Layouts and Skins Website by
copyright holders or their agents in compliance with the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (“DMCA”) are taken seriously and may result in removal of Content
deemed to be violating at Layouts and Skins Website's sole discretion, a user’s
termination of use of the Services, plus fines or other legal action brought by
copyright holders and their agents.
DMCA Complaint
If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any Content
infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a complaint pursuant to the DMCA
by providing our Copyright Agent with the following information in writing (see
17 U.S.C 512(c)(3), also at www.copyright.gov, for further detail):
An electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or a person
authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed.
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if
multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single
notice, a representative list of such works at that site.
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the
subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is
to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Layouts and
Skins Website to locate the material.
Information reasonably sufficient to permit Layouts and Skins Website to contact
the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available,
an electronic mail address.
A statement that the complaining party has 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.
A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and under penalty of
perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner
of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with the above requirements for the
DMCA complaint, your DMCA complaint may be rendered invalid.
Copyright Agent
Layouts and Skins Website's Copyright Agent to receive notifications of claimed
infringement can be reached by mail at
http://layouts-skins.com/facebook-layouts/contact-us/
or
layouts-skins.com
Attn: Copyright Agent
157, Riverstone Rd,
Austin, TX 78749
USA
newfacebooklayouts[at}gmail[dot}com
Counter-Notice
If you believe that your Content that was removed (or to which access was
disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the
copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to post
and use the material in your Content, you may send a counter-notice containing
the following information to the Copyright Agent:
Your physical or electronic signature;
Identification of the Content that has been removed or to which access has been
disabled and the location at which the Content appeared before it was removed or
disabled;
A statement that you have a good faith belief that the Content was removed or
disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the Content; and
Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, a statement that you
consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in Mount Laurel, New Jersey,
and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who
provided notification of the alleged infringement.
If a counter-notice is received by the Copyright Agent, Layouts and Skins
Website may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party
informing that person that it may replace the removed Content or cease disabling
it in 10 business days. Unless the complaining party files an action seeking a
court order against the Content provider, member or user, the removed Content
may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more
after receipt of the counter-notice, at Layouts and Skins Website's sole
discretion.
Other Provisions
Layouts and Skins Website may document notices of allegedly-infringing Content
upon which Layouts and Skins Website acts and may forward notices of alleged
infringement to the party that submitted the allegedly-infringing Content, in
addition to a third-party which may publish and/or annotate it. Layouts and
Skins Website generally does not interfere with standard technical measures used
by copyright owners to identify or protect copyrighted works which Layouts and
Skins Website, in its sole discretion, deems as reasonable.
7. Additional Intellectual Property
The trademarks, service marks, and logos (“Marks”) featured with the Services,
including Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins), the FBSkins logo and the
Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins) design, are owned by or licensed to
Layouts and Skins Website, subject to trademark, copyright, and other
intellectual property rights under the law and may only be reproduced as
provided in this Agreement and/or with express written permission from Layouts
and Skins Website. Other trademarks that appear on the Facebook Layouts and FB
Skins (FBskins) website that are not owned by or licensed to Layouts and Skins
Website (e.g., trademarks associated with third-party websites shown with links
featured on the Services) are the property of their respective owners, who may
or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Layouts and Skins
Website.
8. Privacy Policy
Acceptance of these Terms of Service constitutes acceptance of Layouts and Skins
Website's Privacy Policy, which can be seen here. If you do not agree to the
Privacy Policy or this Agreement, please discontinue using Layouts and Skins
Website's Services.
9. No Warranty and Limitation of Liability
Layouts and Skins Website PROVIDES THE SITE AND SERVICES "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF
THE SERVICES SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
Layouts and Skins Website, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS
DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES AND
YOUR USE THEREOF. Layouts and Skins Website MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR
REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THIS SITE'S CONTENT OR THE
CONTENT OF ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (II)
PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM
YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR SERVICES, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE
OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL
INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION
TO OR FROM OUR SERVICES, (V) ANY COMPUTER BUGS, VIRUSES, OR SIMILAR MECHANISMS
WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR SERVICES BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR
(VI) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR 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 SERVICES. Layouts and Skins
Website DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY
PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SERVICES
OR ANY HYPERLINKED SERVICES OR FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND
Layouts and Skins Website WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS
OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR
IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE
APPROPRIATE.
You understand and agree that you use the Site and Services at your own
discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damages that
arise from such use. IN NO EVENT SHALL Layouts and Skins Website, ITS OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING
FROM ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (II) PERSONAL INJURY
OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND
USE OF OUR SERVICES, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE
SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION
STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM
OUR SERVICES, (IV) ANY COMPUTER BUGS, VIRUSES, OR SIMILAR MECHANISMS WHICH MAY
BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR SERVICES BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (V) ANY
ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND
INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR
OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT,
TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT Layouts and Skins Website IS
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE
JURISDICTION.
YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT Layouts and Skins Website SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR CONTENT OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY
AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
YOUR ONLY RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS SITE OR SERVICES
OR WITH Layouts and Skins Website SHALL BE TO TERMINATE USE OF THIS SITE AND
SERVICES.
The Services are controlled and offered by Layouts and Skins Website from its
facilities in the United States of America. Layouts and Skins Website makes no
representations that the Services are appropriate or available for use in other
locations. Those who access or use the Services from other jurisdictions do so
at their own volition and are responsible for compliance with local law.
10. Indemnity
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and
hold harmless Layouts and Skins Website, its parent corporation, officers,
directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages,
obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not
limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the
Services; (ii) your violation of any term of this Agreement; (iii) your
violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright,
property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that your Content caused damage to
a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive this
Agreement and your use of the Services.
11. Ability to Accept Agreement
You affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age, or an emancipated
minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and
competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations,
representations, and warranties set forth in this Agreement, and to abide by and
comply with these Terms of Service. In any case, you affirm that you are over
the age of 13, as the Services are not intended for children under 13. If you
are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the Services.
12. General
You agree that: (i) the Services shall be deemed solely based in New Jersey; and
(ii) the Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins) website shall be deemed a
passive website that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over Layouts
and Skins Website, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than New
Jersey. This Agreement shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the
State of New Jersey, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any
claim or dispute between you and Layouts and Skins Website that arises in whole
or in part from the Service shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent
jurisdiction located in Burlington County, New Jersey. This Agreement, together
with the Privacy Policy here and any other legal notices published by Layouts
and Skins Website on the Services, shall constitute the entire agreement between
you and Layouts and Skins Website concerning the Services. If any provision of
this Agreement is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. No
waiver of any term of this this Agreement shall be deemed a further or
continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Layouts and Skins
Website's failure to assert any right or provision under this Agreement shall
not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Layouts and Skins Website
reserves the right to amend this Agreement at any time and without notice, and
it is your responsibility to review this Agreement for any changes. Your use of
the Services following any amendment of this Agreement will signify your assent
to and acceptance of its revised terms. YOU AND Layouts and Skins Website AGREE
THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICES MUST COMMENCE
WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF
ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
Layouts and Skins Website and you are independent entities, and nothing in the
Agreement, or via use of the Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins) website
and/or Services, will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise,
sales representative, or employment relationship between Layouts and Skins
Website and you.
This Agreement supersedes any previous agreement and represents the entire
agreement between Layouts and Skins Website and you. Any notices must be sent to
Facebook Layouts and FB Skins (FBskins) in English at
newfacebooklayouts[at}gmail[dot}com.