Terms of Service
FeedBurner User Agreement
NOTICE TO USER: PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. FeedBurner, Inc. (“FeedBurner”) has developed the FeedBurner service as a computer online service that provides services to users who publish content using XML syndication (collectively, the “Service”). The Service is accessible to you through a personal computer, or other access device, at www.FeedBurner.com using a communications connection (e.g., modem and telephone line) using the software made available to you thorough FeedBurner (“FeedBurner Software”) and the guidelines provided therefor by FeedBurner on its site (“Software Guidelines”). BY USING ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICE OR BY CREATING A USER ACCOUNT WITH FEEDBURNER, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE AND YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”). YOU AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS ENFORCEABLE LIKE ANY WRITTEN NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT SIGNED BY YOU AND YOU AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND AND TO ABIDE BY THIS AGREEMENT JUST AS IF YOU HAD SIGNED THIS AGREEMENT. YOU AGREE TO USE THE SERVICE IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT. YOU ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING OR PROVIDING ALL TELEPHONE ACCESS LINES, TELEPHONE AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (INCLUDING MODEM), OR OTHER ACCESS DEVICES, NECESSARY TO ACCESS THE SERVICE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE. FEEDBURNER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE PARTICIPATION TO ANY APPLICANT OR USER AT ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION. UPON NOTICE PUBLISHED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR OTHERWISE, FEEDBURNER MAY MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SERVICE FOLLOWING SUCH MODIFICATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH MODIFICATION.
Account, Password and Security. You will receive a password and account designation upon completing the Service’s registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify FeedBurner of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. FeedBurner shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section or any use of your password or account whether authorized by you or not.
Links and Frames. The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Your use of other sites or resources are governed by terms on or related to such sites or resources. Use of such sites or resources is at your own risk. Because FeedBurner has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that FeedBurner is not responsible for the availability of 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 resources. You further acknowledge and agree that FeedBurner shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
Trademarks and Copyrights. Certain of the names, logos, and other materials displayed in the Service constitute trademarks or intellectual property of FeedBurner or other entities. You are not authorized to use any such marks. Ownership of such trademarks and other intellectual property remains with FeedBurner or those other entities.
FeedBurner Software and Content. The FeedBurner Software is owned by FeedBurner, its licensors or providers. You may use the FeedBurner Software solely in conjunction with the Service consistent with this Agreement and the Software Guidelines. You may not modify, resell, redistribute, reverse engineer or otherwise manipulate the FeedBurner Software or Service. Except as expressly provided for in this Section, you are not granted any other rights, title or interest in the FeedBurner Software or Service. You hereby grant to FeedBurner a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to publicly display and distribute your content (the “Content”) in connection with the Service and the Advertising Program (provided you have opted into the Advertising Program as described in section 9 below), and you represent and warrant that you own or have rights to provide such Content for use with the Service.
Notices. You shall not copy the FeedBurner Software except as set forth herein. Any copy of the FeedBurner Software or Service that you make must contain the same copyright and other proprietary notices that appear on or in the FeedBurner Software or Service.
No Modifications. You shall not modify, adapt or translate the FeedBurner Software or the Service. You shall not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the FeedBurner Software except to the extent you may be expressly permitted to decompile under applicable law, it is essential to do so in order to achieve operability of the FeedBurner Software with another software program, and you have first requested FeedBurner to provide the information necessary to achieve such operability and FeedBurner has not made such information available. FeedBurner has the right to impose reasonable conditions and to request a reasonable fee before providing such information. Any such information supplied by FeedBurner and any information obtained by you by such permitted decompilation may only be used by you for the purpose described herein and may not be disclosed to any third party or used to create any software which is substantially similar to the expression of the FeedBurner Software.
Modifications To Service. FeedBurner reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that FeedBurner shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
Termination. You agree that FeedBurner, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of the Service, and remove and discard any content within the Service, for any reason or no reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if FeedBurner believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this Agreement. FeedBurner may also in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason and at any time discontinue providing the Service, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Service under any provision of this Agreement may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that FeedBurner may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Service. Further, you agree that FeedBurner shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Service.
Advertising Participation.
Overview. FeedBurner provides an optional program (the “Advertising Program”) by which FeedBurner will insert advertisements (“Ads”) from advertisers (“Advertisers”) that may be sourced directly by FeedBurner or from third parties (“Ad Partners”) into your web sites and your feeds distributed by you and managed by FeedBurner (“Feeds”). Participation in the Advertising Program is optional, but by selecting any service in the “Monetize” section of the FeedBurner.com website or by allowing FeedBurner to insert any Ads in your Content, you agree to the additional terms of this Agreement that apply to the Ads.
Participation. Participation is subject to approval from FeedBurner and/or its Ad Partners. FeedBurner reserves the right to deny participation to or revoke its prior approval of any user in its sole discretion.
Content Rights. You represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights in and to the Content and the right to include advertisements in the Content. In addition to any other remedies that may be available to FeedBurner, your infringement of any intellectual property rights including but not limited to any violation of any copyright, will result in termination of participation in the Advertising Program, and a forfeiture of any payment due.
Prohibited Uses. You shall not yourself, nor authorize or enable any third party to, (i) directly or indirectly generate queries, impressions or clicks on any Ad(s) through any manual, automated, or otherwise fraudulent means, including but not limited to repeated clicks, the use of robots or other automated query tools, (ii) edit or modify the information contained in any Ad, including but not limited to the presentation or the URL or URL mapping that may exist into the Ad unit, (iii) run the Ad through any additional service that rewrites the URLs contained in the Ad. You agree that any violation of (or attempt to violate) the foregoing is a material breach of this Agreement and that FeedBurner may suspend your account and pursue legal remedies against you. A breach of this Agreement will result in your forfeiture of any payment due.
Termination. You may terminate participation in the Ad Program at any time by turning off the service presented to you at the FeedBurner.com website. Upon your termination, you may in certain cases be prohibited from re-enrolling in the Ad Program for a period of time based on agreements with Advertising Partners. FeedBurner, in its sole discretion, may terminate the Advertising Program at any time for any reason with or without notice.
No Guarantee. FeedBurner makes no guarantee as to the level of impressions or clicks on any Ad, or the amount of any payment to be made to you under this Agreement. FeedBurner makes no guarantee as to click-thru performance for advertising in syndication feeds, including but not limited to all current and future versions of RSS and Atom as compared to similar Ads placed in HTML pages.
Payment. You shall receive payment based upon the number of valid revenue-generating Ad impressions, clicks, or transactions displayed and confirmed in your Feed as determined by FeedBurner and its Ad Partners. Payments will be made to you using PayPal, which requires that you give FeedBurner a valid email address, which will not be validated by any automated means. If you are not a registered member of PayPal when you enroll in the Advertising Program, PayPal should send you an email with instructions for how to collect your payment. If this payment is not collected within 30 days of PayPal sending the email, the payment will be forfeited and returned to FeedBurner. Upon your request, FeedBurner may elect, in its sole discretion, to pay you by check or electronic funds transfer. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, FeedBurner shall not be obligated to make any payment to you in connection with the Advertising Program unless and until FeedBurner has received payment from its Advertisers or Ad Partners. FeedBurner shall be authorized at any time to chargeback any fee paid to you in the event an Advertiser or Ad Partner whose Ads have been displayed in your Feed assesses a chargeback against FeedBurner or defaults on any amounts owed to FeedBurner for such Ads. Subject to the foregoing, payments for Ads sourced by FeedBurner directly from Advertisers will be made to you within 90 days of the end of the month in which such Ads were displayed in your Feed. Likewise, subject to the foregoing, payments for Ads sourced by FeedBurner from Ad Partners will be made to you within 45 days of the end of the calendar quarter in which FeedBurner received payment for such Ads displayed in your Feed. FeedBurner shall have the right to pass through to your account balance your respective share of Advertiser payment defaults, chargebacks, bad debt, sales commissions, discounts, refunds, and processing fees related to the Ads and Ad payments that FeedBurner may incur in operating the Advertising Program. FeedBurner reserves the right to make payments to you only when your earned balance is greater than $25.00 USD. If you terminate your participation in the Ad Program and your earned revenue is less than $25.00 USD, you will be paid the balance less any applicable transaction fees and reasonable provisions for chargebacks, credits, and payment defaults.
Copyrights. Content inside the Ad itself will remain copyright of the advertiser. Your Content modified by FeedBurner to include the Ad becomes your copyrighted work as may be determined by your particular copyright rights and/or license.
Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, CONTENT AND FEEDBURNER SOFTWARE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. NEITHER FEEDBURNER, ITS AFFILIATES, NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE, ADS OR FEEDBURNER SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICE, ADS OR FEEDBURNER SOFTWARE INCLUDING THEIR ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ADEQUACY, TIMELINESS OR AUTHENTICITY. NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ADEQUACY TIMELINESS OR AUTHENTICITY OF ANY ADS, INFORMATION, SERVICE, PRODUCTS, MERCHANDISE OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED PROVIDED BY OR THROUGH THE SERVICE. THE SERVICE, FEEDBURNER SOFTWARE AND ADS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT WILL FEEDBURNER, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING THE SERVICE, ADS OR THE FEEDBURNER SOFTWARE, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF PROFIT OR REVENUE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, ADS OR FEEDBURNER SOFTWARE. THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION REGARDLESS OF WHETHER FEEDBURNER HAD NOTICE OF THE CAUSE OR SUCH CAUSE WAS FORESEEABLE. THESE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY EVEN IN THE EVENT OF A FUNDAMENTAL OR MATERIAL BREACH OR A BREACH OF THE FUNDAMENTAL OR MATERIAL TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations may not apply to you.
Indemnity. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold FeedBurner, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, and their directors, officers, agents, members, shareholders, co-branders or other partners, employees, and Ad Partners harmless from any liabilities, losses, actions, damages, claims or demands, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses, made by any third party directly or indirectly relating to or arising out of (a) content you provide to FeedBurner or otherwise transmit or obtain through the Service, (b) your use of the Service, (c) your connection to the Service, (d) your violation of this Agreement, (e) your violation of any rights of another or (f) your failure to perform your obligations hereunder.
Third Party Beneficiaries. You agree that any Ad Partner that supplies any Ad shall be a third party beneficiary with respect to this Agreement, and that such Ad Partner shall have the right to enforce such provisions in its own name as if the Ad Partner were FeedBurner. You further agree that you shall not raise lack of privity as a defense against any Ad Partner seeking to enforce the provisions of this Agreement.
Publicity. You agree that FeedBurner may use your name and logo in presentations, marketing materials, customer lists, financial reports and Web site listings of customers.
Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. Each provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable. If any term or provision hereof shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such provision shall be severed from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement. You may not assign, voluntarily, by operation of law, or otherwise, any rights or delegate any duties under this Agreement without FeedBurner’s prior written consent, and any attempt to do so without that consent will be void. FeedBurner may assign this Agreement to a successor in interest in connection with a change of control, a sale of substantially all of its assets, or a merger, acquisition, public offering or other reorganization transaction. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import. The parties shall attempt to resolve any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the creation, performance, termination and/or breach of this Agreement in the first instance through good faith negotiation or mediation between the parties. Any claims or disputes arising from or related to this Agreement shall be resolved through binding arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § I et. seq. via the American Arbitration Association located in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and solely with respect to breaches or threatened breaches of this Agreement, either party to this Agreement may seek a temporary restraining order and injunction to protect its legal rights or interests, without the need to post bond in any court having jurisdiction.
If you have any questions regarding this Agreement or if you wish to request any information from FeedBurner, please contact FeedBurner at the following address:
FeedBurner, Inc.
549 West Randolph Street
6th Floor
Chicago, IL USA 60661