Welcome to HighSchoolBaseballNetwork.com hosted by High School Baseball Network, Inc. (hereafter, “HSBN,” “we”, “us” and “our”). Please review the following terms and conditions (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the services offered by our various websites, SMS, APIs, email notifications, mobile applications (including the HSBN mobile application), buttons, widgets, ads, and commerce services (collectively referred to as the “Services” or “HSBN”), and any scores, information, text, graphics, photos, videos or other materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Services (collectively referred to as “Content”).
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS. THESE INCLUDE VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, AND A CLAUSE THAT GOVERNS THE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF DISPUTES. If you do not agree to thee Terms, you have no right to obtain information from or otherwise continue using or accessing the Services. BY ACCESSING THIS SITE, DOWNLOADING AND/OR USING THE HSBN MOBILE APPLICATION OR OTHERWISE USING ANY PART OF THE SERVICES, YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE DO NOT USE ANY PART OF THE SERVICES AS YOU DO NOT HAVE HSBN’S AUTHORIZATION.
NOTICE OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER: THE TERMS INCLUDES A BINDING ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND A CLASS ACTION WAIVER, SET FORTH BELOW, WHICH AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS ABOUT RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE WITH HSBN, PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
1. Basic Terms
You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any Content you post to the Services, and for any consequences thereof. The Content you submit, post, or display will be able to be viewed by other users of the Services and through third party services and websites. You should only provide Content that you are comfortable sharing with others under these Terms.
You may use the Services only if you can form a binding contract with HSBN and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. If you are accepting these Terms and using the Services on behalf of a company, organization, government, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so. You may use the Services only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations.
The Services that HSBN provides are always evolving and the form and nature of the Services that HSBN provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you. In addition, HSBN may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally and may not be able to provide you with prior notice. We also retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time without prior notice to you.
The Services may include advertisements, which may be targeted to the Content or information on the Services, queries made through the Services, or other information, such as location. The types and extent of advertising by HSBN on the Services are subject to change. In consideration for HSBN granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that HSBN and its third party providers and partners may place such advertising on the Services or in connection with the display of Content or information from the Services whether submitted by you or others. Unless advertising concerns HSBN’s products or service, any advertisements are provided solely for informational purposes and HSBN is not the sponsor, source, manufacturer, distributor, supplier or provider of the any goods or services offered by third parties shown or referenced within such advertisements and makes no representations or warranties and has no control over the quality or availability of goods and services offered by third parties shown or referenced within or the accuracy of the claims made by any such third parties. To the extent you choose to visit with these third parties or purchase or otherwise transact with such third parties, you do so at your own risk.
2. Privacy
Any information that you provide to HSBN is subject to our Privacy Policy which governs our collection and use of your information. You understand that through your use of the Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the Privacy Policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by HSBN. As part of providing you the Services, we may need to provide you with certain communications, such as service announcements and administrative messages. These communications are considered part of the Services and your HSBN account, which you may not be able to opt-out from receiving.
3. Passwords
You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access the Services and for any activities or actions under your password. We encourage you to use “strong” passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols) with your account. HSBN cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above.
4. Content on the Services
All Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person who originated such Content. We may not monitor or control the Content posted via the Services and, we cannot take responsibility for such Content. Any use or reliance on any Content or materials posted via the Services or obtained by you through the Services is at your own risk.
We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Content or communications posted via the Services or endorse any opinions expressed via the Services. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. Under no circumstances will HSBN be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Services or broadcast elsewhere.
5. Your Rights
You retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).
You agree that this license includes the right for HSBN to provide, promote, and improve the Services and to make Content submitted to or through the Services available to other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with HSBN for the syndication, broadcast, distribution or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use.
Such additional uses by HSBN, or other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with HSBN, will be made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services.
We may modify or adapt your Content in order to transmit, display or distribute it over computer networks and in various media and/or make changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to any requirements or limitations of any networks, devices, services or media.
You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any Content you provide, and for any consequences thereof, including the use of your Content by other users and our third party partners. You understand that your Content may be syndicated, broadcast, distributed, or published by our partners and if you do not have the right to submit Content for such use, it may subject you to liability. HSBN will not be responsible or liable for any use of your Content by HSBN in accordance with these Terms. You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein to any Content that you submit.
6. Your License To Use the Services
HSBN gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software that is provided to you by HSBN as part of the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by HSBN, in the manner permitted by these Terms.
7. HSBN Rights
All right, title, and interest in and to the Services (excluding Content provided by users) are and will remain the exclusive property of HSBN and its licensors. The Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use the HSBN name or any of the HSBN trademarks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features. Any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding HSBN, or the Services is entirely voluntary and we will be free to use such feedback, comments or suggestions as we see fit and without any obligation to you.
8. Restrictions on Content and Use of the Services
The Services (including those offered by the HSBN mobile app) offer users the ability to submit Content (as defined above) for display and publication to users of the Services. By submitting Content via the Services, you represent and warrant that you:
- are at least fourteen (14) years of age;
- are the author and owner of the intellectual property rights thereto or that you have obtained the necessary waiver of any moral rights owned by any third party in any intellectual property;
- are not posting any Content that includes threats to incite violence or that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable to a reasonable person;
- will fully comply with the Terms of Use, any other posted user conduct policies and all international, federal, state or local laws and regulation of the jurisdiction you reside in;
- will not impersonate, or attempt to impersonate, any other person, falsify contact information, misrepresent a relationship with any person or entity, including misrepresenting a relationship with HSBN, expressing or implying any endorsement by HSBN of your posted content or otherwise attempt to mislead others as to the source of the posted content;
- will not use the Services in any manner that infringes, misappropriates or violates any third party’s rights, including, but not limited to, transmitting any material that may infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s rights of publicity, contractual rights, fiduciary rights or intellectual property rights;
- will not to re-sell or assign your rights or obligations under the Terms; and
- will not send unsolicited email advertisements to any other users of the Services via any contact made through the Services;