Terms of Service
Terms of Service ~ Effective August 20, 2007
Welcome to the Laughingstock Design website, which is located at laughingstockdesign.com (the "Website"). This Terms of Service ("TOS") contain the terms and conditions that govern your use of the Website and Laughingstock Design Services (as defined below). This TOS describes your rights and responsibilities and what you can expect from the Laughingstock Design Services. Use of the Laughingstock Design Website constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to this TOS.
This information is very boring. In fact, this page is by far the worst page on this site. It's a compilation of legal junk, a result of a gruesome legal system evolution.
Just remember this: We only want to make people laugh, or at least smile. We're here to spread some joy. Don't submit copyrighted photos, anything that's racist, hateful, pornographic, or in bad taste otherwise (we're the judges) and everything will be great. Just be good, pay us on time for our services, and don't sue us. There are better ways to work things out. The "official" terms and conditions are below. Thank you for your business!
Within these TOS, the names "Laughingstock Design" and "LaughingstockDesign.com," along with all references to "Service" or Services,", are interchangeable. All refer to the Laughingstock Design Company and its Services, with disregard to letter case, spacing and punctuation.
Laughingstock Design reserves the right to add, delete and/or modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this TOS, at any time and in its sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on the Laughingstock Design Website. In the event of substantive changes to this TOS, you may be notified by email. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to not use the Website. Your continued use of laughingstockdesign.com following posting of a change notice or new TOS on the Website will constitute binding acceptance of the changes.
1. LaughingstockDesign.com Services.
LaughingstockDesign.com provides a number of services through the Website (all such services, collectively, the "Laughingstock Design Services"). One such service enables users to submit photos to be used in custom greetings and photo cards for all occasions, along with and including without limitation, invitations, announcements, stamps, stickers, cards, promotional advertising products and anything else that can be justly printed upon (collectively, "Products"). LaughingstockDesign.com may offer a number of other services on its Website, including without limitation, message boards, contests, and newsletters, which may change from time to time.
2. Use of the Web Site and LaughingstockDesign.com Services.
Eligibility. Laughingstock Design will only knowingly provide the LaughingstockDesign.com Services to parties that can lawfully enter into and form contracts under applicable law. If you are under the age of 18, but at least 13 years of age, you may use the LaughingstockDesign.com Services only under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by this TOS. LaughingstockDesign.com Services are not intended for children under the age of 13.
Compliance with TOS and Applicable Law. You must comply with all of the terms and conditions of this TOS, the applicable agreements and policies referred to below, and all applicable laws, regulations and rules when you use the LaughingstockDesign.com Services and the Website.
Your License to Use the Web Site and LaughingstockDesign.com Services.
(a) LaughingstockDesign.com solely and exclusively owns all intellectual property and other rights, title and interest in and to the LaughingstockDesign.com Services and Website, except as expressly provided for in these TOS. For example and without limitation, LaughingstockDesign.com owns the design of the Website and its content. You will not acquire any right, title or interest therein under this TOS or otherwise to any intellectual property owned by LaughingstockDesign.com.
(b) Laughingstock Design grants you a limited revocable license to access and use the Website and the LaughingstockDesign.com Services for its intended purposes, subject to your compliance with this TOS. This license does not include the right to collect or use information contained on the Website for purposes prohibited by Laughingstock Design; to compete with LaughingstockDesign.com; to create derivative works based on the content of the Website; or download or copy the Website (other than page caching). If you use the Website in a manner that exceeds the scope of this license or you breach this TOS, Laughingstock Design may revoke the license granted to you.
Third-Party Services. LaughingstockDesign.com may use third parties to provide certain services accessible through the Website. LaughingstockDesign.com does not control those third parties or their services, and you agree that LaughingstockDesign.com will not be liable to you in any way for your use of such services. These third parties may have their own terms of use and other policies. You must comply with such terms and policies as well as this TOS when you use those services. If any such terms or policies conflict with LaughingstockDesign.com's TOS, agreements or policies, you must comply with LaughingstockDesign.com's TOS, agreements or policies, as applicable.
3. General Rules.
Prohibited Use. You may only use LaughingstockDesign.com Services as expressly permitted by LaughingstockDesign.com. You may not cause harm to the Website or the LaughingstockDesign.com Services. Specifically, but not by way of limitation, you may not: (i) interfere with LaughingstockDesign.com Services by using viruses or any other programs or technology designed to disrupt or damage any software or hardware; (ii) modify, create derivative works from, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any technology used to provide LaughingstockDesign.com Services; (iii) use a robot, spider or other device or process to monitor the activity on or copy pages from the Website, except in the operation or use of an internet "search engine", hit counters or similar technology; (iv) collect electronic mail addresses or other information from third parties by using LaughingstockDesign.com Services; (v) impersonate another person or entity; (vi) use any meta tags, search terms, key terms, or the like that contain LaughingstockDesign.com, Laughingstock Design, or the tagline "Funny Business. Seriously."; (vii) engage in any activity that interferes with another user's ability to use or enjoy the LaughingstockDesign.com Services; or (viii) assist or encourage any third party in engaging in any activity prohibited by this TOS.
Privacy Policy. By entering into this TOS, you agree to LaughingstockDesign.com's collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
Ordering Policies. If If you purchase Products, you agree to do so in accordance with LaughingstockDesign.com's Ordering Policy and instructions on the Website. Title to the Products created with LaughingstockDesign.com Services that you purchase passes to you when the Products are delivered to the common carrier.
4. Creative Process and Purchase General Rules and License.
Description. As part of the LaughingstockDesign.com Services, LaughingstockDesign.com offers a service that allows you to submit images, video, audio, data, and other content (collectively, "Content Submissions") to the Laughingstock Design staff so they may create, produce and sell Products featuring the submitted Content for your own use.
Delivery of Content. You will submit, email, mail or deliver in some way to Laughingstock Design all Content that you want to use with Laughingstock Design Services in accordance with the applicable instructions on the Website and Laughingstock Design policies. Laughingstock Design may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, determine whether any Content complies with such instructions and is satisfactory for use with Laughingstock Design Services.
Licensing Your Content to Laughingstock Design. You will retain ownership of the Content that you submit to Laughingstock Design. You hereby grant to Laughingstock Design a royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, nonexclusive, right and license to use such Content, in all media existing now or created in the future, as Laughingstock Design deems necessary to enable you to use the Laughingstock Design Services to create, produce and purchase Products. Laughingstock Design may sublicense the rights that you grant it in this Section to a third party subcontractor only for purposes of providing the LaughingstockDesign.com Service, processing your order, and producing and shipping your Products.
5. Reservation of Rights.
Monitoring. Laughingstock Design reserves the right, but does not assume the obligation, to monitor transactions and communications that occur through the Website. If LaughingstockDesign.com determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that you or another LaughingstockDesign.com user will breach a term or condition of this TOS or that such transaction or communication is inappropriate, LaughingstockDesign.com may cancel such transaction or take any other action to restrict access to or the availability of any material that may be considered objectionable, without any liability to you or any third party.
Modification of the Service. Laughingstock Design reserves the right to modify the organization, structure, operation or look of the Laughingstock Design Services or the Website, and may change, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Services at any time without any liability to you or any third party. Laughingstock Design shall have complete discretion over the features, functions, prices and other terms and conditions for which Laughingstock Design Services are offered to LaughingstockDesign.com users.
6. Info Submissions.
When you submit questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, message board postings, material submitted via web forms, contest entries, communications or any other information ("Info Submissions"), you grant LaughingstockDesign.com permission to use such Info Submissions for marketing and other promotional purposes, including the right to sublicense. You agree that LaughingstockDesign.com will have no obligation to keep any Info Submissions confidential. You will not bring a claim against LaughingstockDesign.com based on "moral rights" or the likes arising from LaughingstockDesign.com's use of an Info Submission. This Section does not apply to your Content Submissions that you use in connection with LaughingstockDesign.com Services.
7. Representations and Warranties.
Mutual Representations and Warranties. You represent and warrant to LaughingstockDesign.com and LaughingstockDesign.com represents and warrants to you: (i) that you or it has the full power and authority to enter into and perform under this TOS, (ii) the execution and performance of your or its obligations under this TOS does not constitute a breach of or conflict with any other agreement or arrangement by which you or it is bound, and (iii) this TOS is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the party entering into this TOS, enforceable in accordance with its terms and conditions.
By You. You represent and warrant to Laughingstock Design/LaughingstockDesign.com that, in your use of the Laughingstock Design Services, you: (i) will not infringe the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, right of privacy, right of publicity or other legal right of any third party, and (ii) will comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. You further represent and warrant to Laughingstock Design that: (i) there are no claims, demands or any form of litigation pending, or to the best of your knowledge, threatened with respect to any of your Content; (ii) LaughingstockDesign.com will not be required to make any payments to any third party in connection with its use of your Content, except for the expenses that LaughingstockDesign.com incurs in providing the LaughingstockDesign.com Services; (iii) the use of any instructions, formulae, recommendations, or the like contained in your Content will not cause injury to any third party; and (iv) your Content does not contain viruses or any other programs or technology designed to disrupt or damage any software or hardware.
8. Disclaimers and Exclusions.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. LAUGHINGSTOCKDESIGN.COM PROVIDES THE WEBSITE AND LAUGHINGSTOCKDESIGN SERVICES ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. LAUGHINGSTOCKDESIGN.COM DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE, LAUGHINGSTOCKDESIGN.COM SERVICES OR ITS USE: (i) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, (ii) WILL BE FREE OF INACCURACIES OR ERRORS, (iii) WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR (iv) WILL OPERATE IN THE CONFIGURATION OR WITH THE HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE YOU USE. LAUGHINGSTOCKDESIGN.COM MAKES NO WARRANTIES OTHER THAN THOSE MADE EXPRESSLY IN THESE TOS, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
9. Limitation of Liability.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. LAUGHINGSTOCKDESIGN.COM WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES RELATING TO LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO REPUTATION OR LOSS OF GOODWILL) ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE LAUGHINGSTOCKDESIGN.COM SERVICE OR THIS TOS, BASED ON ANY CAUSE OF ACTION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. EXCEPT FOR A BREACH OF A PARTY'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES UNDER THIS TOS OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS TOS, IN NO EVENT WILL THE LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS TOS EXCEED THE GREATER OF (i) THE AMOUNT PAID BY LAUGHINGSTOCKDESIGN.COM TO YOU DURING THE SIX MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT THAT GIVES RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY OR (ii) $100.
10. Indemnification.
You must indemnify and hold LaughingstockDesign.com and its employees, representatives, agents, affiliates, directors, officers, managers and shareholders (the "Parties") harmless from any damage, loss, or expense (including without limitation, attorneys' fees and costs) incurred in connection with any third-party claim, demand or action ("Claim") brought against any of the Parties alleging that you have breached any provision of this TOS through any act or omission. If you have to indemnify Laughingstock Design under this Section, Laughingstock Design will have the right to control the defense, settlement, and resolution of any Claim at your sole expense. You may not settle or otherwise resolve any Claim without Laughingstock Design's express written permission.
11. Termination.
Termination. In its sole discretion, with or without notice to you, Laughingstock Design may: (i) suspend, limit your access to or terminate your use of the Website and/or the Laughingstock Design Services, (ii) suspend, limit your access to or terminate your account, (iii) remove any of your Content from LaughingstockDesign.com's servers and directories and (iv) prohibit you from using Laughingstock Design Services and/or the Website.
Survival. Notwithstanding Section 11.1 above, this TOS will survive indefinitely unless and until Laughingstock Design chooses to terminate this TOS.
Effect of Termination. If you or Laughingstock Design terminates your use of the Website or the Laughingstock Design Services, Laughingstock Design may delete any Content or other materials relating to your use of the Services on LaughingstockDesign.com's servers or otherwise in its possession and Laughingstock Design will have no liability to you or any third party for doing so.
12. Notice.
All notices required or permitted to be given under these TOS will be in writing and delivered to the other party by any of the following methods: (i) U.S. mail, (ii) overnight courier, or (iii) electronic mail. If you give notice to Laughingstock Design, you must use the following addresses: 2137 Appalachian Street, Duluth, Minnesota 55811. If Laughingstock Design provides notice to you, Laughingstock Design will use the contact information provided by you to LaughingstockDesign.com. All notices will be deemed received as follows: (i) if by delivery by U.S. mail, seven (7) business days after dispatch, (ii) if by overnight courier, on the date receipt is confirmed by such courier service, or (iii) if by electronic mail, 24 hours after the message was sent, if no "system error" or other notice of non-delivery is generated. If applicable law requires that a given communication be "in writing," you agree that email communication will satisfy this requirement.
13. Dispute Resolution.
All disputes arising out of, relating to or connected with these TOS or your use of any part of the Laughingstock Design Services will be exclusively resolved under confidential binding arbitration held in St. Louis County, Minnesota, before and in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association, by a sole arbitrator applying Minnesota law (without regard for conflicts of law principles). The arbitrator's award will be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any action to enforce an arbitrator's award will be brought in a federal or state court located in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the personal jurisdiction of the Federal and Minnesota State courts in St. Louis County. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 13, Laughingstock Design may seek equitable relief, including, without limitation, injunctive relief and specific performance, without the requirement of posting a bond or other security or proving money damages are insufficient, from a court of competent jurisdiction.
14. Miscellaneous.
These TOS will be binding upon each party hereto and its successors and permitted assigns, and governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota without reference to conflict of law principles. This TOS is not assignable or transferable by you without the prior written consent of Laughingstock Design. This TOS (including all of the policies and other Agreements described in this TOS, which are incorporated herein by this reference) contain the entire understanding of the parties regarding its subject matter, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings between the parties regarding its subject matter. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this TOS will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power, or privilege. You and Laughingstock Design are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, or employee-employer relationship is intended or created by this TOS. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this TOS will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this TOS, all of which will remain in full force and effect.
