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This Services Agreement («Agreement») contains terms and conditions that apply to the NeoFlix Services
(«Services»). «We», «Us» and «NeoFlix» means NeoFlix,
whose parent company is Magic Rock, Inc. and «you» means the person or legal entity accepting this Agreement.
Election to use the service is deem valid only when you:
- agree to the terms and conditions in this Agreement.
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register for an account at our website, the homepage of which is at www.Neoflix.com
(together with any successor or replacement website, the «Site») by providing your real name,
address, phone number, e-mail address and other required information.
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are a representative of your firm authorized to enter into contracts or individually have the right to
distribute the work. Minors are not allowed to enter into this agreement.
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Intellectual property ownership declaration. By signing
this agreement, you declare that you own all right, title and interest in
and to the content, including all patent, copyright, trademark, service
mark, mask work, trade secret or other intellectual property or proprietary
right therein for each Title submitted to NeoFlix. In the event you
receive notice from a third party challenging your ownership of any
licenses or rights aforementioned to a Title, you shall immediately notify
us of such a claim. It will be at our sole discretion whether to keep or
remove the Title in question from our service. If we decide to remove the
title, repositioning of the Title back into the service is not guaranteed.
Any fees paid or pre-paid will be prorated. Any revenues generated from
the sale will be withheld until a binding settlement or judgment is reached
between you and the claimant, and specific instructions regarding
dispersing funds.
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Grant of Limited License. In order to offer the complete
service to you, we will need, and you agree to grant NeoFlix, a limited-use
license which allows us to use, host, and render available trailer clips,
your film's name, your personal or stage name, digital images, and other
materials in conjunction to your project. This limited license is used
solely to help you market and sell your merchandise, and will be terminated
when you cancel the service. At the same time, NeoFlix will grant you a
limited license to use our name, logo, and website URL in your sales and
marketing material. This limited license will be in effect as long as your
account remains in good standing.
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Initial Activation Accepting or Rejecting Titles and
Merchandise; Inventory Transfer. Your account is deemed active at the time
we notify you by mail, e-mail, or fax that it is active. Generally, we
will accept all titles with an official Motion Pictures Academy of Arts (
MPAA) rating. Although we do accept most content, we may, in our sole
discretion and at any time, reject or remove a title or refuse to list any
title or its trailers from our site and our affiliates'. In the event we
reject your title at the outset, we will refund your signup fee in full.
In the event we reject your title after the first month of service, we will
refund any monthly services charges plus a proration of the setup fee.
Inventory delivery and return expenses will not be refunded or reimbursed.
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Payment for Services. You acknowledge that NeoFlix is a
for-fee service, and that your agreement to use the service obligates you
to pay the charges indicated by the pricing plan indicated on our site or
in any correspondence we send you by mail, fax, or electronic mail. These
charges may include a monthly service fee, as well as a per-transactional
fee for every order we process for you. Monthly services fees, if any,
will be automatically charged to a credit card that you will maintain
current in our files. By acknowledging this agreement, you are also giving
NeoFlix a pre-authorization to charge the monthly fee on the first day of
each month. Per-transactional fees will be incurred at the time of a
completed sale. Completed sale is defined as the combination of processing
an approved credit card charge and mailing of the product to the purchaser.
The per-transaction fees charged by NeoFlix will be deducted from monies
collected from each order processed.
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Remittances to You. We will reconcile accounts twice a month by totaling all revenues generated from sale of your
products and subtracting any and all applicable per transaction fees, and
remit the proceeds to you in approximately seven to ten business days via a check by mail,
electronic wiring, or any other methods offered by us at the time. A
report explaining the number of orders, the fees deducted, and the sum
total to you will be included. If we receive an order by a federal, state,
or local tax authority to collect and pay applicable custom or sales taxes
on your behalf, then we will also deduct those amounts from the remittances
we send to you.
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Refunds, Reversals and Charge-Backs. In the event a purchaser returns a
product, or if the credit card transaction was fraudulent, or otherwise
makes the credit card charge un-collectable, we will make an adjustment to
payments made to you equal to the order, minus all taxes (including
transaction taxes), shipping and handling charges, and any promotional
offers or rebates that may apply.
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Inventory. For any products you sell through the NeoFlix
service, the inventory delivery to our designated warehouse is at your
expense. You will at all times retain legal ownership to this inventory.
At cancellation of the service, all balance will be returned at your
expense.
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Order Processing. If unforeseen events (such as computer
down, power outage, etc.) delay the order processing, we will process the
order during the following business day. Clients must be in good account
standing for orders to be processed. If there is an issue with a client's
account, we may choose to hold processing until such issues are clarified.
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Customer Returns and Replacements. We will determine how
to handle customer returns of products, which may include, placing the
returned product back into inventory and reselling it to another customer,
or destroying the product if it is damaged, and adjusting your inventory
accordingly. For replacements in the case of non-received or damaged
products, you agree to bear the cost of re-shipping non-received products
to customers, including the cost of the product, fulfillment, and postage.
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Taxes. You will be responsible for determining and paying
any and all federal, state, and local taxes you may owe on the sales
processed through our services. Our remittances to you will include all
applicable transaction taxes. You may also supply us with a valid tax
invoice separately stating such transaction taxes are not to be collected.
In return, we will provide you with any applicable exemption certificate
acceptable to the relevant taxing authority that we possess, in which case
you will not collect the transaction taxes covered by such certificate. If
any other taxes withholdings (for example, international withholding taxes)
are required on any revenues generated by the orders processed by us, we
will deduct such taxes from the amount otherwise owed and pay them directly
to the appropriate taxing authority.
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Service Interruption. We will endeavor to maintain our
service uptime interruption-free as much as possible. Occasionally there
will be service interruptions due to factors beyond our control that are
inherent to computer systems, software, Internet communication, electrical
supply, and other systems we depend on to bring you the service. From time-
to-time, we may need to interrupt the service in order to perform regularly
schedule maintenances or make upgrades to the system. NeoFlix will not be responsible any lost sales or presumed lost sales during these service interruptions.
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Insurance. You agree to obtain necessary insurance to
cover all inventory housed at NeoFlix or its fulfillment partners. NeoFlix
will not cover this inventory in case of loss or destruction. Clients are
recommended to obtain additional coverage under their own business policies
for the replacement cost of products.
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Use of NeoFlix Logo and Trademarks. As long as you are a
customer in good standing, and this Agreement is in force, you are granted
a limited license to use the NeoFlix logo and trade name on your website
and marketing materials to indicate your association with NeoFlix. This
limited license will be revoked when you cancel the Service, or at our own
discretion, we may change the terms of this license, or change the logo and
trademark, by providing you a notice via mail, e-mail, or fax. You agree
that upon receiving this notice and within fifteen days, you will remove or
replace the NeoFlix name and logo, or otherwise specified in the notice
with some new we provide or to remove completely.
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Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold
NeoFlix and our affiliates (and the respective employees, directors and
representatives of each) harmless from and against any and all third party
claims, judgments, damages and expenses (including without limitation
reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of any breach or alleged breach by
you of this Agreement.
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No guarantee of success. NeoFlix does not guarantee any
success or predictable outcome of your project by using our services.
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Amendment to this agreement and notice of changes. We
reserve the right to change the terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement or any policies or guidelines governing the Services, at any time
and in our sole discretion. Any changes will be effective upon posting of
the revisions on the Site. If you do not agree to any changes to this
agreement, please do not continue to use the services of this site.
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Termination. You may terminate this Agreement at any time
by giving written notice to NeoFlix, and we may terminate this Agreement at
any time by giving written notice to you at your last known mailing or e-
mail address. Upon termination, you will pay us whatever fees were
incurred prior to the date of the termination. If we terminate this
Agreement for any reason other than because of a breach of this Agreement
by you, we will refund a prorated amount of your setup and monthly fees.
Also upon termination, we may fulfill any customer orders pending as of the
date of termination.
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Privacy Policy. Your information -- NeoFlix maintains a standard policy to
not sell our customers' or our customer's customer (buyers of customer's products) information to third parties. We will provide
customer information to a partner in order to fulfill our obligation under
this Agreement, such as to a credit card company to process a transaction
or an address verifier for mailing. Your customer's information--information about the purchasers of your DVDs and products will be available to you. You agree to use this information for your marketing information only, and not to use this information or cause this information to be used for solicitation by any third parties. Violation of this clause will cause your account to be suspended immediately.
The entire privacy policy can be found
on the Site. The privacy policy may be updated or changed at our
discretion, and will be deemed effective at the time amendments are placed
on the site. It is the filmmaker's responsibility to periodically review the privacy policy for any chanegs.
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction. The laws of the State of
California shall govern this Agreement. Any controversy or claim arising
out of or relating to this contract, or the breach thereof, shall be
settled by arbitration in Los Angeles, California, administered by the
American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules,
and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in
any court having jurisdiction thereof.
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Miscellaneous. We may sublicense the rights granted to us
hereunder to our affiliates or to any third party designated or engaged by
us and acting on our behalf for purposes of fulfilling our obligations
under this Agreement; provided, however, that we will remain ultimately
liable for compliance with this Agreement. You may not assign any of your
rights or obligations under this Agreement. The failure of either party to
enforce any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of the
party's rights to subsequently enforce the provision. Any waivers granted
hereunder are effective only if recorded in writing and signed by the party
granting such waiver. If any provision of this Agreement is determined by
any court or governmental authority to be unenforceable, the remaining
provisions shall be deemed valid and remain in full force. In the event of
a sale by NeoFlix, or a substantial transfer of assets, rights, and/or
ownership to a third party, the terms of the Agreement will be remain in
force, and the Agreement itself may be transferred as an asset of any sale.
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