TERMS OF USE 

Introduction:  Welcome to the website of Young Artists of America, Inc., a Maryland nonprofit charitable and educational corporation (”YAA”). These Terms of Use relate to the use of our website https://www.youngartistsamerica.org/  (collectively, with our mobile app, referred to as the “Site”). By using, visiting or accessing the Site, you signify your acceptance of, and agree to be bound by, these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, which explains our use of your information.

Please know that we may amend these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time. Except as may be required by law, we shall have no obligation to notify you of any such changes other than posting such modifications on the Site. You can determine when these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy were last revised by referring to the “Last Updated” legend at the bottom of this page or of the Privacy Policy, as the case may be.

Acknowledgment of Proprietary Rights:  The materials published via the Site, including text, images, videos and illustrations (which we call the “Content”), are protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, and/or other proprietary rights and laws of the United States or other countries. You acquire no rights or licenses to the Content other than the limited rights to use it in accordance with these Terms of Use, and you agree to abide by all posted copyright notices or restrictions relating to the Content. The Content may not be downloaded, copied or modified except for such personal, noncommercial use as may be authorized by license or by fair use or other provisions of copyright law.

The trademarks of YAA, including, but not by way of limitation, its name, YAA, YAA at Strathmore and its logo (collectively, the “Trademarks”), are used to identify YAA and its activities. You cannot use our logo without written permission.  For written permission please contact us at info@yaa.org.

 

Third Party Links:  Links to third-party sites are provided as a convenience, and we are not responsible for the content of any web site accessed by a link via the Site and do not recommend or endorse the use of any third-party services.

 

Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy:  YAA is committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of authors and creators and requires that users of the Site do the same. 

If you believe that material made available through the Site violates your copyright or that of someone on whose behalf you are authorized to act, please send a written communication containing the following information to our designated Copyright Agent (see below). Pursuant to Section 512(c) of the Copyright Act, the notice must contain the following:

  • Your physical or electronic signature;

  • Sufficient information to identify the copyrighted work(s) you claim has been infringed or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative lists of such works on the Site;

  • A description of the infringing material that is to be removed or to which access is to be disabled and the location on the Site (URL) of such material;

  • Your name, telephone number, and email address so that we may contact you;

  • The following statement: “I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material described above is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;” and,

  • The following statement: “The information contained in this notification is accurate and I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I am, or am authorized to act on behalf of, the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”

Failure to include all of the above information may result in a delay in processing your notification.

If you wish to reach our designated agent, please contact:

Lutzker & Lutzker LLP
Attn: DMCA Designated Agent
1233 20th Street, NW, Suite 703
Washington, DC 20036
By telephone:  (202) 408-7600
By email:  dmca@lutzker.com

 

Communications and Submissions:  Any communication or material you transmit to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, is and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary, including any emails sent when you use the Site’s Contact Us feature.  Furthermore, we are free to use any ideas, concepts, copyrights, trademarks, know-how or techniques contained in any user submission for any purpose whatsoever without any compensation to you.

 

Governing Law: The laws of the State of Maryland shall govern this agreement without giving effect to any conflict of laws principles that may provide the application of the law of another jurisdiction.  Any legal action or proceeding relating to your access to, or use of, the Site shall be instituted in a state or federal court located in the State of Maryland and no other venue. You and YAA agree to submit to the jurisdiction of, and agree that venue is proper in, these courts in any such legal action or proceeding.

 

No Warranty; Limitation on Liability:  YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YAA WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.  WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR THAT THE SITE IS VIRUS-FREE. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

If you have questions concerning these Terms of Use, please contact us at info@yaa.org.

Effective:   May 6, 2020
Last updated:  May 6, 2020