Terms of Use
Please read theses provisions carefully before using our Site. By using our Site, you confirm your agreement to be bound by these Terms of Use (“TOU”). If you do not agree with these TOU, please do not use our Site.
Acceptance of Terms of Use
Welcome to the Virtual Tourism Network!
Your access and continued use of the VTNStudios.com and Virtual Tourism Network Sites is subject to the following TOU. So please take some time to familiarize yourself with these TOU.
Definitions
“Agreement” means the Terms of Use provisions herein.
“Content” means, without limitation, news, information, recent events, stories, video, photos (except downloadable anchor photos), graphics, music, images, television clips, text, sound recordings, animation and any other materials and/or services provided on this Site.
“Member” means any person who (i) establishes or accesses connection to the VTNStudios.com or Virtual Tourism Network sites including through any portable wireless device, mobile phone, hand held device, smart phone, mobile internet computer and any other current or future developed WAP-enabled device (the “Site”) and (ii) who is a valid VTNStudios.com subscriber.
“User” means any person who establishes or accesses connection to the Site.
Description of Service
Virtual Tourism Network® currently provides a User or Member with online access to rich media Content containing news, information, recent events and branded programming delivered through its affiliates and properties (the “Service”). Users of the Service may become either “Visitors” or “Members”. Visitors are permitted access to a limited, minimal level of the Service and are not charged for Content accessed. Virtual Tourism Network® Members are allowed full access all Service features. Members are provided with full access to additional Service features (not available to Visitors) such as full-sized higher quality streaming video, downloadable video clips, archives of past shows, autographed high resolution photographs and Virtual Tourism Network® merchandise discounts. Some additional Service features made available to Members are also free of charge. By submitting your e-mail address and any other personal information (including e-mail, name, etc.) you hereby expressly agree to receive materials, if any, by e-mail from us including, without limitation, electronic newsletters, news digests, promotional items, news headlines or any other information.
Right to Use
a. The Service provided on our Site is protected by copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights owned by us. Nothing contained on our Site grants, by implication, or otherwise, any license or right to use the Service (or any portion thereof), trademarks, logos, personalities, names or any other product and/or service without our expressed written consent.
b. Without our expressed written consent, no Service or Content may be copied or reproduced in any way except that you may download a limited amount of Site materials onto any single computer for personal, non-commercial home use provided you keep intact all copyright and proprietary notices. You agree that you do not acquire any rights in any downloaded Content. You are hereby advised that Virtual Tourism Network will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent permitted by law anywhere in the world.
c. User or Member shall not upload, post or otherwise make available any Content without the express written permission of Virtual Tourism Network. The burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright or other right rests with the User or Member. User or Member shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights or other proprietary rights.
d. Except as provided under the Submissions Agreement from time to time, by submitting material to Virtual Tourism Network, User or Member automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of such material has expressly and unreservedly granted Virtual Tourism Network® the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form of media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material. User or Member also permits any other User or Member to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that User’s or Member’s personal use. User or Member hereby grants Virtual TourismNetwork the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material made available on the Site by User or Member. Virtual Tourism Network® owns copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of all Content. User or Member may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the Content, in whole or in part. Except as permitted under International copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, translation, performance, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express written permission of Virtual Tourism Network. User or Member acknowledges that no ownership rights in any property are acquired by downloading copyrighted Content.