OpenAmplify

OpenAmplify Terms Of Service

The OpenAmplifyTM Services are owned and operated by Hapax LLC ("Hapax").  The OpenAmplifyTM Services are offered subject to your complete acceptance of the terms contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including OpenAmplify's and Hapax' Privacy Policy), and terms that may be published from time to time  (collectively, the "Terms of Service") by Hapax.  Please read these Terms of Service carefully before accessing or utilizing the OpenAmplifyTM Services.

By accessing or utilizing the OpenAmplifyTM Services offered by Hapax ("Our," "We," or "Us"), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms of Service.  You may not access or utilize the OpenAmplifyTM Services or agree to these Terms of Service if you are barred from accessing or utilizing these services under the laws of the United States, any country in which you are a resident, or any country from which you access or utilize these services.

These Terms of Service govern your use of the services and products available at or through the openAmplify.com website or designated OpenAmplifyTM servers, including, the hosted OpenAmplifyTM metadata generation and retrieval services, sample code, and OpenAmplifyTM-developed applications (collectively, "the OpenAmplifyTM Services").

Your OpenAmplifyTM Services

You are responsible for maintaining your use of the OpenAmplifyTM Services.  Hapax may change or remove your access to any OpenAmplifyTM Services that Hapax, in its sole discretion, considers inappropriate or unlawful, likely to cause Hapax liability, or in violation of these Terms of Service.  Unless a separate written agreement between you and Hapax authorizes additional usage, you may utilize the OpenAmplifyTM Services for a maximum of one thousand (1000) transactions per day, subject to the these Terms of Service.

If you submit content to Hapax via your OpenAmplify-assigned identification, you hereby represent and warrant that the content is not connected with or related to: (a) the infringement of any intellectual property rights of any party; (b) the unauthorized transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail; (c) the transmission of defamatory materials; (d) fraud; and (e) a violation of any import or export laws.

You hereby represent and warrant that you will not violate, attempt to violate, or knowingly facilitate the violation of the security (including access control or authentication systems) or integrity of the OpenAmplifyTM Services.

You must immediately notify Hapax of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches of security.  Hapax will not be liable for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.

All rights to the data generated by the OpenAmplifyTM Services (the "Output") shall remain with Hapax.  Hapax grants you a limited use, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to the Output, for your internal use only, and subject to these Terms of Service.  

Responsibility of All Users

Hapax has not reviewed, and cannot review all of the Output processed or stored by the OpenAmplifyTM Services, and is not responsible for the Output or the content, use, or effects of such material.  By offering the OpenAmplifyTM Services, Hapax does not represent or imply that it endorses the Output or the content of any material displayed or stored, or endorses the Output or content as accurate, useful, or non-harmful.  The Output transmitted by the OpenAmplifyTM Services may be offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable.  The OpenAmplifyTM Output may contain content that violates the rights of others, infringes the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of third parties, or downloads, copies, displays, stores, or uses content which may be subject to additional terms and conditions, expressed or implied.  Hapax disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use of the OpenAmplifyTM Services.  You are responsible to determine if such a violation is present and are responsible for all damages to Hapax and to you related to your use of any material violating any laws or the rights of any third party.

Limitations on Use

You agree on the following limitations on your rights to use the OpenAmplifyTM Services and the Output transmitted by the OpenAmplifyTM Services, specifically:

  • You will not modify, enhance, edit, translate, adapt, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works based upon or otherwise alter, in part or in full, any OpenAmplifyTM Services or Output, including metadata.
  • You will not resell the OpenAmplifyTM Services or the Output transmitted by the OpenAmplifyTM Services.
  • If you are an ISP or other provider of Internet connectivity you cannot use the OpenAmplifyTM Services or the Output transmitted by the OpenAmplifyTM Services in conjunction with any effort to track, monitor, or analyze user behavior in any manner.
  • Any use of the OpenAmplifyTM Services in conjunction with deep packet inspection or similar monitoring technologies is prohibited.

Service Termination

Without limiting any of the above representations or warranties, Hapax has the right (though not the obligation) to, at Hapax' sole discretion (i) refuse to provide the OpenAmplify service to you if your use is likely to  violate any OpenAmplifyTM policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable; or (ii) immediately terminate or deny access to and use of the OpenAmplifyTM Services to any individual or entity for any reason.

Copyright and DMCA Policy

Hapax supports the rights of copyright owners.  Any notification of copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. Sec. 512, should be submitted to:

DMCA agent: Kyle L. Elliott

Spencer Fane Britt & Browne

1000 Walnut Street, Suite 1400

Kansas City, MO 64106-2140

Intellectual Property

These Terms of Service do not transfer from Hapax to you any Hapax or third-party intellectual property.  All right, title, and interest in and to such property will remain, as between you and Hapax, solely with Hapax.  OpenAmplify, OpenAmplify.com, the OpenAmplify logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the OpenAmplifyTM Services or the OpenAmplifyTM website, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Hapax.  Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the OpenAmplifyTM Services may be the trademarks of third parties.  Your use of the OpenAmplifyTM Services grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Hapax or third-party trademarks.

Changes

Hapax reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of these Terms of Service at any time, with or without notice.  Hapax may, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the service or website (including, the release of new tools and resources).  Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service.

Termination

You may terminate your acceptance of these Terms of Service after expiration of the fixed period as defined in a separate agreement, to the extent a separate agreement exists.  Further use of the OpenAmplifyTM Services after the effective date of such termination is strictly prohibited.  Notice of such intent shall be provided in writing no later than 60 (sixty) days before expiration of the fixed period.  All provisions of these Terms of Service which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The OpenAmplifyTM Services are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.  Hapax does not warrant that the OpenAmplifyTM Services will be error-free, free from viruses or other harmful components, or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted.  Though Hapax uses reasonable efforts to provide accurate and up-to-date information in connection with the OpenAmplifyTM Services, it does not make any warranties or representations as to its accuracy or completeness.  Hapax assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content produced by the OpenAmplifyTM Services.  Your use of the OpenAmplifyTM Services constitutes your express agreement that such use is at your own risk.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will Hapax, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of these Terms of Service under any contract, negligence, strict liability, or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages (including, without limitation, any lost profits or damages for business interruption, loss of information, programs, or other data) that result from access to, use of, or inability to use the OpenAmplifyTM Services or due to any breach of security associated with the transmission of information over the internet, even if Hapax was previously advised of the possibility of such damages; or (ii) the cost of procurement or substitute products or services.  Hapax shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond its reasonable control.  The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

General Representation and Warranty

You represent and warrant that: (i) your use of the OpenAmplifyTM Services will be in strict accordance with the OpenAmplifyTM Privacy Policy, with these Terms of Service, any other applicable agreement, and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States of America or the country in which you reside); and (ii) your use of the OpenAmplifyTM Services will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of Hapax or any third party.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Hapax, its contractors, its licensors, and its respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of your use or misuse of the OpenAmplifyTM Services or any violation of these Terms of Service.

Severability

You agree that if any term, condition, provision, or clause of these Terms of Service is deemed unenforceable by a court of law or other recognized authority, then every effort shall be made to interpret that term, condition, provision, or clause so as to be enforceable to the full extent of the law while still reflecting the spirit of these Terms of Service.  If such interpretation is deemed not possible, then the term, condition, provision, or clause in question shall be stricken form these Terms of Service, and the remaining provisions shall remain in force and enforceable.

Miscellaneous

These Terms of Service constitutes the entire Terms of Service between Hapax and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of Hapax, or by the posting by Hapax of a revised version.  Except to the extent an applicable law provides otherwise, these Terms of Service, any access to or use of the OpenAmplifyTM Services will be governed by the laws of the state of Maryland, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions.  The proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in Annapolis, Maryland.  Hapax may assign its rights under this Terms of Service without condition.  You may not assign rights under these Terms of Service.  These Terms of Service will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors, and permitted assigns.