Groove3 Terms & Conditions of Use

BY PROCEEDING TO USE THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY GROOVE3, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 WE REQUIRE THAT YOU RECEIVE CONSENT FROM A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OVER THE AGE OF 18 TO REGISTER OR USE OUR SERVICES. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OUTLINED, PLEASE DO NOT USE GROOVE3 SERVICES OR PRODUCTS.

1. License

1.1 License Grant
Groove3 ("Groove3") is not a separate entity but is a trading name of Hal Leonard LLC. Groove3 is the author and/or authorized sub-licensor of certain materials owned and created by Groove3 or Groove3's licensors. Groove3 grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the information, images and other content contained on this web site (the "Materials"), solely for internal use by your business or for your own personal use, only with one central processing unit at any one time. You may not copy, reverse engineer, translate, port, modify or make derivative works of the Materials. You may not rent, disclose, publish, sell, assign, lease, sublicense, market, or transfer the Materials or use them in any manner not expressly authorized by this Agreement. You shall not derive or attempt to derive the source code, source files or structure of all or any portion of the Materials by reverse engineering, disassembly, decompilation or any other means. You shall not use the Materials to operate a service bureau or for any other use involving the processing of data of other persons or entities. Groove3 and/or Groove3's licensors retains all ownership rights in the Materials. The Materials are copyrighted and may not be copied, even if modified or merged with other Materials. You shall not alter or remove any copyright notice or proprietary legend contained in or on the Materials. You agree not to remove any proprietary rights notices of Groove3 and/or its licensors from the Materials.

1.2 Reservation of Rights
Groove3 reserves any rights not expressly granted herein.

1.3 Restrictions
The Materials do not include the design or layout of the Groove3 player, video training or web content. These are protected by trade dress and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound or image may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by Groove3.

2. Ownership

2.1 Groove3 Material
The Materials are copyrighted and may not be copied, reproduced, modified, published, uploaded, posted, or distributed in any way, without Groove3's prior written consent. Except as expressly provided herein, Groove3 does not grant any express or implied right to you under any copyrights, trademarks, patents or trade secret information.

2.1 Third Party Material
The Materials published by Groove3 may contain other proprietary notices or describe products, services, processes or technologies owned by Groove3 or third parties. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as granting to the user a license under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of Groove3 or any third party, except for the right of use license expressly set forth above in these terms and conditions.

2.2 Advertisements
Groove3 does not assume the responsibility of enforcing licensing requirements, or of checking for licenses, with respect to licensed professions or trades, prior to publishing advertisements.

2.3 Trademarks
Products and services referenced herein are protected by either trademarks or registered trademarks of Groove3. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be protected by the trademarks of their respective owners.

3. Links to Third Party Sites
The links in this area will let you leave Groove3's site. The linked sites are not under the control of Groove3 and Groove3 is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. Groove3 is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Groove3 of the site.

4. Leaving a Review on Groove3.com
Groove3 enables and allows its customers to leave reviews about its products. The spirit of the review functionality on the Groove3.com site is based around fairness, honesty and transparency. Groove3 encourages its users to leave reviews, with this in mind, so other potential Groove3.com users can gauge the quality of our services and products.

4.1 Writing Reviews

To leave a review you must first register an account on Groove3.com.
Reviews on Groove3.com are reserved for actual customers who have viewed the content the review is being left for.
Groove3 reserves the right to not approve or remove any review that it deems is not credible or is biased in any way. All reviews should be genuine and independent.
By posting a review on Groove3.com you are giving your permission to Groove3 to use your review in any way, not limited to marketing, promotion and product awareness.
By posting your review on Groove3.com you are also permitting Groove3 to use the review contents and associated review screen name, in any way, not limited to marketing, promotion and product awareness. Your personal information such as real name, email address, phone number, real address are NOT shared and are always kept private.

4.2 Responding to Reviews
By default, every time a review is submitted, Groove3 receives an automatic notification. Reviews will then be published on Groove3.com after they are verified to meet the standards outlined in these Terms and Conditions.

4.3 Review Guidelines
The following guidelines outline what is an acceptable review. This list is not definitive and does not contain all situations. As described above, Groove3 reserves the right to delete any reviews it feels do not adhere to the guidelines published, or are not in the spirit of the review functionality. Reviews should contain feedback that is helpful to both potential viewers considering viewing tutorials and Groove3, so we can improve upon our products.

Groove3 will not publish or will remove reviews where:

The review contains profanity, violent or coarse language or any perceived ‘hatred’ language.
The review contains personal attacks and or insults.
The review reveals any personal information about another individual.
The review is not based upon the experience of the reviewer
The review violates other people's or companies' rights, including any intellectual property rights, rights of privacy/confidentiality and/or rights of publicity.
The review is of a marketing nature or has marketing purposes.
The review contains any offsite links such as email addresses, telephone numbers, URL’s.
The review is left by a competitor of the Groove3.
The reviewer was previously, or currently is, an employee of Groove3.
Multiple profiles have been created to review the same product multiple times.
The review is fabricated.

We may at any time and without notice make changes to these guidelines with future effect. You agree that the continued use of Groove3.com after any posted or modified version of these guidelines is your acceptance of the modified guidelines.

5. Warranty
GROOVE3 AND/OR ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE MATERIALS PUBLISHED ON THIS SERVER FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN EXPRESSLY DEFINED. THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS".

6. Errors and Corrections
THE MATERIALS PUBLISHED COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES AND/OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. Groove3 AND/OR ITS LICENSORS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE MATERIALS AT ANY TIME.

7. Limitation on Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL GROOVE3 AND/OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM USE OF GROOVE3 PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS OR THE INABILITY TO USE DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE MATERIALS, PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM GROOVE3 or GROOVE3.COM.

8. Local Law
Groove3 is operated from a location in the State of Texas, United States of America. Groove3 makes no representation that the Materials are appropriate for use in other locations. You are responsible for compliance with local laws.

9. General
Groove3 reserves the right to discontinue or modify any of the information contained on this server at any time. Groove3 shall have the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time. The user may not assign any part of this Agreement without Groove3's prior written consent. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Texas, exclusive of conflicts of laws principles. The user shall pay any taxes on the information or transactions. If any provision of this Agreement is declared invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect. The user agrees to comply with all applicable laws in using this service or the information contained herein. No waiver of any obligation or right of either party shall be effective unless in writing, executed by the party against whom it is being enforced. Any such waiver shall not preclude a party from exercising any other right or later exercising the same right. Any notice under this Agreement shall be delivered by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested, or by overnight courier to Groove3 at the address below.

Hal Leonard LLC (d/b/a Groove3)
7777 West Bluemound Road
Milwaukee, WI 53213