Effective date: 2023-04-12
Welcome to The Booze Times, an online blog that covers news, reviews, and other content related to alcoholic beverages. These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our website, located at www.theboozetimes.com (the “Website”). By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not access or use our Website.
1. Age Requirement
You must be at least 21 years of age to access and use The Booze Times Website. By accessing and using the Website, you represent and warrant that you are at least 21 years of age.
2. Use of Website
You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms.
You agree not to use the Website:
- In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation.
- To impersonate or attempt to impersonate The Booze Times, a The Booze Times employee, another user, or any other person or entity.
- To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm The Booze Times or users of the Website or expose them to liability.
3. User-generated Content
The Booze Times may allow you to submit, upload, publish or otherwise make available content on the Website, including but not limited to comments, reviews, and feedback (“User Content”). You retain all rights in, and are solely responsible for, the User Content you submit.
You agree not to submit any User Content that:
- Infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party.
- Contains any false or misleading information.Contains any defamatory, obscene, offensive, or discriminatory language or material.
- Contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other harmful or disruptive code or content.
By submitting User Content to The Booze Times, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such User Content throughout the world in any media. You also grant The Booze Times the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such User Content.
4. Intellectual Property
The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality, including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof (“Content”), are owned by The Booze Times, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Website, except as follows:
- Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
- You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
- You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.
If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The content, services, information, and materials provided on or through the Website are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or other violation of rights. The Booze Times does not warrant that the Website will be error-free or uninterrupted, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. The Booze Times also does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the content, services, information, or materials provided on or through the Website in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.
6. Limitation of Liability
In no event will The Booze Times, its affiliates, or their licensors, service providers, employees, agents, officers, or directors be liable for damages of any kind, under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use, the Website, any content on the Website, or any services or items obtained through the Website, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract, or otherwise, even if foreseeable.
7. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless The Booze Times, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, User Content you submit, any use of the Website’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.
8. Modifications to the Website and Terms
The Booze Times reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website or any part of it with or without notice. The Booze Times also reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time and without notice, and your continued use of the Website following any such modifications constitutes your agreement to be bound by such modifications.
9. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and your use of the Website are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Website will be filed only in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action.
10. Entire Agreement
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and The Booze Times regarding your use of the Website, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and The Booze Times.
11. Contact Information
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us using the form on our contact page.
By accessing and using The Booze Times Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms.
