Terms of Service
TERMS OF USE FOR ALL USERS
BY USING OUR WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
These Terms of Use for all Users govern your use of Fanmeely and your agreement with us. Interpretation: In the Terms of Service:
6. Linking to and from Fanmeely:
Links to Fanmeely:
7. Domain Names: In some instances, Fanmeely may allow Creators to register or use domain names that contain the Fanmeely trademark or a confusingly similar term. However, you will not register such a domain name, unless:
Last updated: March 2022
BY USING OUR WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
These Terms of Use for all Users govern your use of Fanmeely and your agreement with us. Interpretation: In the Terms of Service:
- we refer to our website as "Fanmeely", including when accessed via the URL www.Fanmeely.com;
- references to "we", "our", "us" are references to Fanmeely;
- "Content" means any material uploaded to Fanmeely by any User (whether a Creator or a Fan), including any photos, videos, audio (for example music and other sounds), livestream material, data, text (such as comments and hashtags), metadata, images, interactive features, emojis, GIFs, memes, and any other material whatsoever;
- "Creator" means a User who has set up their Fanmeely account as a Creator account to post Content on Fanmeely to be viewed by other Users;
- "Fan" means a User who follows a Creator and is able to view the Creator's Content;
- "Fan/Creator Transaction" means any transaction between a Fan and a Creator on Fanmeely by which access is granted to the Creator's Content including in any of the following ways: (i) a Subscription, (ii) payments made by a Fan to view a Creator's pay-per-view Content (pay-per-view media and pay-per-view live stream), and (iii) use by the Fan of the fan interaction function on a Creator's account;
- "Fan Payment" means any and all payments made by a Fan to a Creator (i) in connection with a Fan/Creator Transaction, or (ii) by way of a tip for a Creator;
- "Referring User" means a User who participates in the Fanmeely Referral Program;
- "Standard Contract between Fan and Creator" means the terms which govern each Fan/Creator Transaction, which can be found here;
- "Subscription" means a Fan's subscription to a Creator's account (whether paid or unpaid, and whether for one month or as part of a bundle comprising a subscription for more than one month);
- "User" means any user of Fanmeely, whether a Creator or a Fan or both (also referred to as "you" or "your").
- to reflect changes in laws and regulatory requirements which apply to Fanmeely and the services, features and programs of Fanmeely where such changes require Fanmeely to change its terms and conditions in a manner which does not allow us to give reasonable notice to you; and
- to address an unforeseen and imminent danger related to defending Fanmeely, Fans or Creators from fraud, malware, spam, data breaches or other cybersecurity risks. We may also make other changes to any part of the Terms of Service, and we will give you reasonable notice of such changes by email or through Fanmeely, and you may contact us to end your agreement with us before the changes take effect. Once any updated Terms of Service are in effect, you will be bound by them if you continue to use Fanmeely.
- To register as a User you must be at least 18 years old, and if the laws of the country or State/province where you live provide that you can only be legally bound by a contract with us at an age which is higher than 18 years old, then you must be old enough to be legally bound by a contract with us under the laws of the country or State/province where you live; and you must provide such other information or verification records as we require. If you do not meet the above requirements, you must not access or use Fanmeely.
- If your old account was terminated or suspended by us because you violated any of our terms or policies, you must not create a new account.
- All information which you submit to us must be truthful, accurate and complete. You must also update any of your information you have submitted to us as and when it changes.
- You consent to receiving communications from us electronically, including by emails and messages posted to your Fanmeely account, and to the processing of your personal data as more fully detailed in our Privacy Policy.
- You are responsible for all activity on your account even if, contrary to the Terms of Service, someone else uses your account.
- You will comply in full with these Terms of Use for all Users, our Acceptable Use Policy and all other parts of the Terms of Service which apply to your use of Fanmeely.
- We can but we are not obligated to moderate or review any of your Content to verify compliance with the Terms of Service (including, in particular, our Acceptable Use Policy) and/or any applicable law.
- We may suspend access to any Content you post on Fanmeely which we become aware may if it does not comply with the Terms of Service (including, in particular, our Acceptable Use Policy) and/or any applicable. If we suspend access to any of your Content, you may request a review of our decision by contacting us at [email protected].
- Following our investigation of the suspected non-compliance or unlawfulness of the relevant Content, we may take any action we consider appropriate, including to reinstate access to the Content or to permanently remove or disable access to the relevant Content without needing to obtain any consent from you and without giving you prior notice. You agree that you will at your own cost promptly provide to us all reasonable assistance (including by providing us with copies of any information which we request) in our investigation.
- We will not be responsible for any loss suffered by you arising from the suspension of access to your Content or any other steps which we take in good faith to investigate any suspected non-compliance or unlawfulness of your Content under this section.
- If we suspend access to or delete any of your Content, we will notify you via email or electronic message to your Fanmeely account, but we are not obligated to give you prior notice of such removal or suspension.
- If we suspend access to your User account or terminate your agreement with us and your access to Fanmeely, any Fan Payments which would otherwise have fallen due during the period of suspension will be suspended, and we may withhold all or any part of the Creator Earnings due to you but not yet paid out in accordance with section 13 of the Terms of Use for Creators.
- We reserve the right in our sole discretion to terminate your agreement with us and your access to Fanmeely for any reason by giving you 30 days’ notice by email or electronic message to your Fanmeely account. We can also suspend access to your User account or terminate your agreement with us and your access to Fanmeely immediately and without prior notice:
- if we think that you have or may have seriously or repeatedly breached any part of the Terms of Service (including in particular our Acceptable Use Policy), or if you attempt or threaten to breach any part of the Terms of Service in a way which has or could have serious consequences for us or another User; or
- if you take any action that in our opinion has caused or is reasonably likely to cause us to suffer a loss or that otherwise harms the reputation of Fanmeely.
- Upon termination of your account, we may deal with your Content in any appropriate manner in accordance with our Privacy Policy (including by deleting it) and you will no longer be entitled to access your Content. There is no technical facility on Fanmeely for you to be able to access your Content following termination of your account.
- We can disclose any information or records in our possession or control about your use of Fanmeely to law enforcement agencies in connection with any law enforcement investigation of any suspected or alleged illegal activity, to protect our rights or legal interests, or in response to legal process.
- We can change the third-party payment providers used to process payments on Fanmeely and if we do so, we will notify you and store applicable details on your Fanmeely account.
- Other than Content (which is owned by or licensed to Creators), all rights in and to Fanmeely and its entire contents, features, databases, source code and functionality, are owned by us and/or our licensors. Such material is protected by copyright, and may be protected by trademark, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws.
- We are the sole and exclusive owners of any and all anonymised data relating to your use of Fanmeely and such anonymised data can be used by us for any purpose, including for commercial, development and research purposes.
- We do not authorize or approve Content on Fanmeely, and views expressed by Creators or Fans on Fanmeely do not necessarily represent our views.
- We do not grant you any rights in relation to Content. Any such rights may only be granted to you by Creators.
- Your Content may be viewed by individuals that recognise your identity. We will not in any way be responsible to you if you are identified from your Content. While we may, from time to time and in our sole discretion, offer certain geofencing or geolocation technology on Fanmeely, you understand and agree that we do not guarantee the accuracy or effectiveness of such technology, and you will have no claim against us arising from your use of or reliance upon any geofencing or geolocation technology on Fanmeely.
- All Content is created, selected, and provided by Users and not by us. We are not responsible for reviewing or moderating Content, and we do not select or modify the Content that is stored or transmitted via Fanmeely. We are under no obligation to monitor Content or to detect breaches of the Terms of Service (including the Acceptable Use Policy).
- You agree that you have no obligation to follow any suggestions, comments, reviews, or instructions received from another User of Fanmeely and that if you choose to do so, you do so entirely at your own risk.
- The materials which we make accessible on Fanmeely for Users are for general information only. We make no promises or guarantees about the accuracy or otherwise of such materials, or that Users will achieve any particular result or outcome from using such materials.
- While we try to make sure that Fanmeely is secure and free from bugs and viruses, we cannot promise that it will be and have no control over the Content that is supplied by Creators.
- We are not responsible for any lost, stolen, or compromised User accounts, passwords, email accounts, or any resulting unauthorized activities or resulting unauthorized payments or withdrawals of funds.
- You acknowledge that once your Content is posted on Fanmeely, we cannot control and will not be responsible to you for the use which other Users or third parties make of such Content. You can delete your account at any time, but you acknowledge that deleting your account will not of itself prevent the circulation of any of your Content which may have been recorded by other Users in breach of the Terms of Service or by third parties prior to the deletion of your account.
- You confirm that you own all intellectual property rights (examples of which are copyright and trademarks) in your Content or that you have obtained all necessary rights to your Content which are required to grant licenses in respect of your Content to us and to other Users. This includes any rights required to engage in the acts covered by sub-section 5(b) below in any territory in which Fanmeely is accessible.
- You agree to grant us a license under all your Content to perform any act restricted by any intellectual property right (including copyright) in such Content, for any purpose reasonably related to the provision and operation of Fanmeely. Such acts include to reproduce, make available and communicate to the public, display, perform, distribute, translate, and create adaptations or derivative works of your Content, and otherwise deal in your Content.
- The license which you grant to us under sub-section 5(b) above is perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, assignable and transferable by us. This means that the license will continue even after your agreement with us ends and you stop using Fanmeely, that we do not have to pay you for the license, and that we can grant a sub-license of your Content to someone else or assign or transfer the license to someone else. This license will allow us, for example, to add stickers, text, and watermarks to your Content, to make your Content available to other Users of Fanmeely, as well as to use your Content for other normal operations of Fanmeely. We will never sell your Content to other platforms, though we may sell or transfer any license you grant to us in the Terms of Service in the event of a sale of our company or its assets to a third party.
- Whilst we do not own your Content, you grant us the limited right to submit notifications of infringement (including of copyright or trademark) on your behalf to any third-party website or service that hosts or is otherwise dealing in infringing copies of your Content without your permission. Although we are not under any obligation to do so, we may at any time submit or withdraw any such notification to any third-party website or service where we consider it appropriate to do so. However, we do not and are under no obligation to police infringements of your Content. You agree that if we request, you will provide us with all consents and other information which we reasonably need to submit notifications of infringement on your behalf. Please see our Complaints Policy for how to make a complaint about infringement of intellectual property rights.
- You waive any moral rights which you may have under any applicable law to object to derogatory treatment of any Content posted by you on Fanmeely. This waiver does not affect in any way your ownership of any intellectual property rights in your Content or the rights which you have to prevent your Content from being copied without your permission. The waiver is intended to allow us when dealing with your Content (as permitted by the license which you give us in section 5(b) above) to add watermarks, stickers or text to your Content.
6. Linking to and from Fanmeely:
Links to Fanmeely:
- You may link to the Fanmeely homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part.
- If you are a Creator, when promoting your Creator account you must comply with our Terms of Service and the terms of service of any other website where you place a link to or otherwise promote your Creator account. When promoting your Creator account, you must not impersonate Fanmeely or give the impression that your Creator account is being promoted by us if this is not the case. You must not promote your Fanmeely account by using Google Ads or any similar advertising platform or search engine advertising service.
7. Domain Names: In some instances, Fanmeely may allow Creators to register or use domain names that contain the Fanmeely trademark or a confusingly similar term. However, you will not register such a domain name, unless:
- The domain name is registered by the Creator.
- The domain name redirects to the Creator’s Fanmeely profile. Domain names containing the Fanmeely trademark or a confusingly similar term must not direct to any other website, including link aggregators.
- The Creator obtains prior written permission from Fanmeely and signs a licensing agreement.
- If you would like to register a domain name containing the Fanmeely trademark or a confusingly similar term, please contact [email protected]. Failing to comply with these provisions or the licensing agreement will be considered a violation of the licensing agreement and may result in Fanmeely filing a domain dispute against the registrant.
- If you are a Fan, the deletion of your account will take place within a reasonable time following your request.
- If you are a Creator, then once you initiate the "delete account" process your account will remain open until the last day of your Fans' paid Subscription period, following which you will receive your final payment and your account will be deleted.
- If you are both a Fan and a Creator then your account will be deleted in two stages (Fan first and then Creator).
- Once your account has been deleted you won't be charged any further amounts or have access to your former Fanmeely account or its Content, and any subscriptions will be deleted and cannot be subsequently renewed. You will receive an email confirmation upon the successful deletion of your account. Once your account has been deleted, we may deal with your Content in any appropriate manner in accordance with our Privacy Policy (including by deleting it) and you will no longer be entitled to access your Content. There is no technical facility on Fanmeely for you to be able to access your Content following termination of your account.
- Whether you are a consumer or business User: We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes (i) liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors, and (ii) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
- If you are a consumer User: You agree that we and our subsidiary companies, employees, owners, representatives, and agents will not be liable to you for any loss of profit, loss of business or revenue, business interruption, loss of business opportunity, or loss of anticipated savings suffered by you arising from or in connection with your use of Fanmeely.
- If you are a business User: You agree that:
- We and our subsidiary companies, employees, owners, representatives, and agents:
- exclude (to the extent permitted by law) all implied conditions, warranties, representations, or other terms that may apply to Fanmeely or any content on it. This means that if the Terms of Service do not expressly include a promise or commitment by us, then one cannot be implied by law;
- are not responsible to you for any loss or damage suffered by you that is not a foreseeable result of our breaching the Terms of Service or our failing to use reasonable care and skill. Loss or damage is foreseeable if either it is obvious that it will happen or if, at the time you agreed to the Terms of Service, both we and you knew it might happen;
- won't be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising out of or in connection with:
- your inability to use Fanmeely or any of its services, features or programs; or
- your use of or reliance on any content (including Content) stored on Fanmeely;
- won't be liable to you for any:
- loss of profits;
- loss of sales, business, or revenue;
- business interruption;
- loss of anticipated savings;
- loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation;
- loss of data or information, including any Content; or
- indirect or consequential loss or damage;
- won't be liable to you for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, virus, malware, ransomware, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of Fanmeely or any of its services, features or programs, or due to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it;
- won't be liable to you if your Content is copied, distributed, reposted elsewhere or its copyright is infringed by another User or any third party;
- won't be liable to you for any disclosure of your identity, or any disclosure or publication of your personal information by other Users or third parties without your consent (also known as "doxing");
- won't be liable to you for any failure or delay by us in complying with any part of the Terms of Service arising from events outside our reasonable control. If there is any failure or delay by us in complying with any part of the Terms of Service arising from an event outside our reasonable control then we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know and we will take steps to minimise the effect of the delay.
- We and our subsidiary companies, employees, owners, representatives, and agents:
- If any aspect of your agreement with us is unenforceable, the rest will remain in effect.
- If we fail to enforce any aspect of your agreement with us, it will not be a waiver;
- We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.
- No implied licenses or other rights are granted to you in relation to any part of Fanmeely, save as expressly set out in the Terms of Service.
- You cannot transfer your rights or obligations under your agreement with us without our prior written consent.
- Our rights and obligations under your agreement with us can be assigned or transferred by us to others. For example, this could occur if our ownership changes (as in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets) or by law. In addition, we may choose to delegate the performance of any of our obligations under your agreement with us to any third party, but we will remain responsible to you for the performance of such obligations.
- The Terms of Service form the entire agreement between us and you regarding your access to and use of Fanmeely, and supersede any and all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between us and you.
- For consumers (Fans):
- Consumers - Law:
- If you are a consumer, your agreement with us is governed by English law and English law will apply to (i) any claim that you have arising out of or in connection with your agreement with us or your use of Fanmeely, and (ii) any claim that we have against you that arises out of or in connection with your agreement with us or your use of Fanmeely (including, in both cases, non-contractual disputes or claims). You will also be able to rely on mandatory rules of the law of the country where you live.
- Consumers - where claims must be brought:
- If you are a consumer resident in Nigeria or Africa, any claim which you have or which we have arising out of or in connection with your agreement with us or your use of Fanmeely (including, in both cases, non-contractual disputes or claims) may be brought in the courts of Nigeria or the courts of the country where you live.
- If you are a consumer resident outside of Nigeria or Africa, any claim which you have or which we have arising out of or in connection with your agreement with us or your use of Fanmeely (including, in both cases, non-contractual disputes or claims) must be brought in the courts of Nigeria.
- Consumers - Law:
- For business Users (Creators and Referring Users):
- Business Users – Law:
- If you are a business User, your agreement with us is governed by English law and English law will apply to (i) any claim that you have arising out of or in connection with your agreement with us or your use of Fanmeely, and (ii) any claim that we have arising out of or in connection with your agreement with us or your use of Fanmeely (including, in both cases non-contractual disputes or claims), without regard to conflict of law provisions.
- Business Users - where claims must be brought:
- If you are a business User, you and we agree that the courts of Nigeria shall have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) which you have or which we have arising out of or in connection with your agreement with us (including its subject matter or formation) or your use of Fanmeely.
- Business Users – Law:
- Limitation period for bringing claims: Except where prohibited by applicable law, any claim or cause of action which you have concerning Fanmeely (including those arising out of or related to your agreement with us) must be filed within Six Months after the date on which such claim or cause of action arose or the date on which you learned of the facts giving rise to the cause of action (whichever is the earlier), or be forever barred.
- Terms of Use for Fans – which contain additional terms which apply if you use Fanmeely as a Fan;
- Terms of Use for Creators – which contain additional terms which apply if you use Fanmeely as a Creator;
- Privacy Policy – which applies to all Users and tells you how we use your personal data and other information we collect about you;
- Acceptable Use Policy – which applies to all Users and tells you what you can and can’t do on Fanmeely;
- Referral Program Terms – which outline the terms that apply if you participate in the Fanmeely Referral Program;
- Complaints Policy - which sets out the procedure for making a complaint about any aspect of Fanmeely, and how we will deal with that complaint;
- Platform to Business Regulation Terms – which contain additional terms which apply to Creators who are established or resident in the European Union or the United Kingdom; and
- Our Community Guidelines – which provide additional terms and guidance regarding your interactions with Fanmeely.
Last updated: March 2022
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