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Terms and Conditions

The Short In-Your-Face Version

 

Don’t be an asshole. Stealing is wrong, whether it’s a Corvette or someone else’s words.

If you know anything about writers, you know exactly how much personal agony goes into each word we put out into the Universe. What you are reading on this site is the culmination of sleepless nights, ugly tears, and losing my shit over and over again. Respect that and we’ll get along just fine. Cool?

 

 

The Long Legal-ese Version

 

By visiting Audacious Muse Writing Studio, hereinto referred to as Audacious Muse LLC, you are consenting to our Terms and Conditions.

Overview

The terms “I,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Audacious Muse LLC. The “Site” refers to www.AMWritingStudio.com. The terms “user,” “you,” and “your” refer to site visitors, customers, and any other users of the site.

All writing services offered, including content creation, social media, storytelling, blogging, etc. are referred to as the “Service.”

Use of www.AMWritingStudio.com, including all materials presented herein and all online services provided by Audacious Muse LLC, is subject to the following Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions apply to all site visitors, customers, and all other users of the site. By using the Site or Service, you agree to these Terms and Conditions, without modification, and acknowledge reading them.

Use of the Site and Service

Information provided on the Site and in the Service related to business writing and storytelling and other information are subject to change. Audacious Muse LLC makes no representation or warranty that the information provided, regardless of its source (the “Content”), is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. Audacious Muse LLC disclaims all liability for any inaccuracy, error, or incompleteness in the Content.

Account Creation

In order to use the Service, you may be required to provide information about yourself including your name, email address, username and password, and other personal information. You agree that any registration information you give to Audacious Muse LLC will always be accurate, correct, and up to date.

You must not impersonate someone else or provide account information or an email address other than your own. Your account must not be used for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You must not, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction.

Our Intellectual Property

The Site and Service contain intellectual property owned by Audacious Muse LLC, including trademarks, copyrights, proprietary information, and other intellectual property. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, distribute, display, reproduce or perform, or in any way exploit in any format whatsoever any of the Site or Service Content or intellectual property, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent. We reserve the right to immediately remove you from the Service, without refund, if you are caught violating this intellectual property policy.

Changed Terms

We may at any time amend these Terms and Conditions. Such amendments are effective immediately upon notice to you by us posting the new Terms and Conditions on this Site. Any use of the Site or Service by you after being notified means you accept these amendments. We reserve the right to update any portion of our Site and Service, including these Terms and Conditions, at any time. We will post the most recent versions to the Site and list the effective dates on the pages of our Terms and Conditions.

Limitation of Liability

You agree that under no circumstances shall we be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, exemplary, or any other damages arising out of your use of the Site or Service. Additionally, Audacious Muse LLC is not liable for damages in connection with (I) any failure of performance, error, omission, denial of service, attack, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, or line or system failure; (II) loss of revenue, anticipated profits, business, savings, goodwill or date and (III) third party theft of, destruction of, unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of your information or property, regardless of our negligence, gross negligence, failure of an essential purpose and whether such liability arises in negligence, contract, tort, or any other theory of legal liability. The foregoing applies even if Audacious Muse LLC has been advised of the possibility of or could have forseen the damages. In those states that do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for the damages, our liability is limited to the fullest possible extent permitted by law. In no event shall Audacious Muse LLC’s cumulative liability to you exceed the total purchase price of the service you have purchased from Audacious Muse LLC, and if no purchase has been made by you, Audacious Muse LLC’s cumulative liability to you shall not exceed $100.

Third Party Resources

The Site and the Service contain links to third party websites and resources. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable for the availability, accuracy, content, or policies of third party websites or resources. links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by or affiliation with Audacious Muse LLC. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources.

Indemnification

You shall indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, settlements, liabilities, costs, charges, assessments, and expenses, as well as third party claims and causes of action, including, without limitation, attorney’s fees, arising out of any breach by you of any of these Terms and Conditions, or any use by you of the Site or Service. You shall provide us with such assistance, without charge, as we may request in connection with any such defense, including, without limitation, providing us with such information, documents, records, and reasonable access to you, as we deem necessary. You shall not settle any third party claim or waive any defense without our prior written consent.

Effect of Headings

The subject headings of the paragraphs and subparagraphs of this agreement are included for convenience only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of any of its provisions.

Entire Agreement Waiver

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Audacious Muse LLC pertaining to the Site and Service and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and understandings between us. no waiver of any of the provisions of this agreement by Audacious Muse LLC shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing by Audacious Muse LLC.

Governing law, Venue, Mediation

This agreement shall be construed in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of Oregon as applied to contracts that are executed and performed entirely in Oregon. The exclusive venue for any arbitration or court proceeding based on or arising out of this agreement shall be Deschutes County, Oregon. The parties agree to attempt to resolve any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this agreement by mediation, which shall be conducted under the then current mediation procedures of The CPR Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution3 or any other procedure upon which the parties may agree. The parties further agree that their respective good faith participation in mediation is a condition precedent to pursuing any other available legal or equitable remedy, including litigation, arbitration, or other dispute resolution procedures.

Recovery of Litigation Expenses

If any legal action or any arbitration or other proceeding is brought for the enforcement of this agreement, or because of an alleged dispute, breach, default, or misrepresentation in connection with any of the provisions of this agreement, the successful or prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and other costs incurred in that action or proceeding, in addition to any other relief to which it or they may be entitled.

Severability

If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of this agreement is held by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the rest of the agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated.

Assignment

These Terms and Conditions bind and inure to the benefit of the parties’ successors and assigns. These Terms and Conditions are not assignable, delegable, sublicenseable, or otherwise transferable by you. any transfer, assignment, delegation, or sublicense by you is invalid.

Updated: July 2014

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