Terms at Danscomp

This is the Web site of Dan's Competition.

Our main office is located at:
1 Competition Way
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620

Welcome to DANSCOMP.COM. We can be reached by e-mail as follows:

support@danscomp.com for general site issues

legal@danscomp.com for Digital Millennium Copyright Act or law enforcement issues

privacy@danscomp.com for privacy related issues

abuse@danscomp.com for spam or other similar issues or problems

1. Definitions.

"DANSCOMP" is the interactive online service operated by XP Innovation, LLC. ("DAN'S COMPETITION") on the World Wide Web of the Internet, consisting of information services and content provided by DAN'S COMPETITION, affiliated companies and third parties.

2. General

(A) This DAN'S COMPETITION End User Agreement (the "Agreement"), sets forth the terms and conditions that apply to use of DANSCOMP.COM by each end user thereof ("End User"). By using DANSCOMP.COM (other than to read this Agreement for the first time), End User agrees to comply with all of the terms and conditions hereof. The right to use DANSCOMP.COM is personal to End User and is not transferable to any other person or entity. End User shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of End User's password(s), if any. End User shall be fully responsible for the use of DANSCOMP.COM by any other person it permits to access DANSCOMP.COM.
(B) DAN'S COMPETITION shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of DANSCOMP.COM, including, but not limited to, content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use.

3. Changed Terms

DAN'S COMPETITION shall have the right at any time to change or modify the terms and conditions applicable to End User's use of DANSCOMP.COM, or any part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including, but not limited to, adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including, but not limited to, posting on DANSCOMP.COM, or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means by which End User obtains notice thereof. Any use of DANSCOMP.COM by End User after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by End User of such changes, modifications or additions, unless the End User notifies DAN'S COMPETITION in writing that it has terminated this Agreement within five (5) business days of receipt by the End User of such notice, in which case the End User's conduct shall be deemed governed by the Agreement without such changes, modifications or additions.

4. Equipment

End User shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of DANSCOMP.COM and all charges related thereto.

5. End User Conduct

(A) End User shall use DANSCOMP.COM for non-commercial, lawful purposes only. End User shall not post or transmit through DANSCOMP.COM any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any law, or which, without DAN'S COMPETITION's express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by an End User that in DAN'S COMPETITION's discretion restricts or inhibits any other End User from using or enjoying DANSCOMP.COM will not be permitted. Without limiting the foregoing, prohibited conduct includes, but is not limited to, (1) distribution of unsolicited chain letters, (2) propagation of computer worms, viruses and other such malicious code, (3) using (directly or indirectly) DANSCOMP.COM or its computer network to make unauthorized entry to any other machine accessible via DANSCOMP.COM or its computer network and (4) use of DANSCOMP.COM to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including, but not limited to, the solicitation of users of DANSCOMP.COM to become users of other on-line services competitive with DANSCOMP.COM. Without limiting any other rights or remedies of DAN'S COMPETITION, violations of the foregoing may result in removal of violative communications and/or early termination of the End User's access to DANSCOMP.COM.
(B) DANSCOMP.COM contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of DANSCOMP.COM are copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright laws. DAN'S COMPETITION owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. End User may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial or non-commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express permission of DAN'S COMPETITION and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. End User acknowledges that it does not acquire any ownership rights by accessing or otherwise using copyrighted material.
(C) End User shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on DANSCOMP.COM any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with End User. End User shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission. By submitting material to any public area of DANSCOMP.COM, End User automatically grants, or warrants that the owner of such material has expressly granted DAN'S COMPETITION the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, edit and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material. End User also permits any other End User to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that End User's personal use. Please note that DAN'S COMPETITION does not want to receive confidential information from any End User and any information received will be deemed NOT to be confidential.
(D) The foregoing provisions of Section 5 are for the benefit of DAN'S COMPETITION, DAN'S COMPETITION affiliated companies and its third party content providers and licensors and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf.

6. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability

(A) END USER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF DANSCOMP.COM IS AT END USER'S SOLE RISK. NEITHER DAN'S COMPETITION, DAN'S COMPETITION AFFILIATED COMPANIES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS (COLLECTIVELY THE "DAN'S COMPETITION PARTIES") WARRANT THAT DANSCOMP.COM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF DANSCOMP.COM, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH DANSCOMP.COM. (B) DANSCOMP.COM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(C) THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. END USER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT DAN'S COMPETITION IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD-PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH END USER.
(D) IN NO EVENT WILL DAN'S COMPETITION, THE DAN'S COMPETITION PARTIES, OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING DANSCOMP.COM OR THE DANSCOMP.COM SOFTWARE, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE DANSCOMP.COM. END USER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON DANSCOMP.COM.
(E) IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS SET FORTH ABOVE NEITHER, DAN'S COMPETITION, NOR THE DAN'S COMPETITION PARTIES SHALL BE LIABLE REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OR DURATION, FOR ANY ERRORS, INACCURACIES, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER DEFECTS IN, OR UNTIMELINESS OR UNAUTHENTICITY OF, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN DANSCOMP.COM, OR FOR ANY DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN THE TRANSMISSION THEREOF TO THE END USER, OR FOR ANY CLAIMS OR LOSSES ARISING THEREFROM OR OCCASIONED THEREBY. NONE OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS OR LOSSES OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AND THE AGGREGATE, TOTAL LIABILITY OF THE DAN'S COMPETITION PARTIES TO ANY END USER FOR ALL DAMAGES, INJURY, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE DANSCOMP.COM SHALL BE LIMITED TO PROVEN DIRECT DAMAGES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY THE END USER IN CONNECTION WITH THE END USER'S USE OF DANSCOMP.COM AND RETAINED BY DAN'S COMPETITION OR (B) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).

(F) SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN LIABILITY OR WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. In such jurisdictions, DAN'S COMPETITION's liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.

7. Monitoring.

DAN'S COMPETITION shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of DANSCOMP.COM, including chat rooms and forums, to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established by DAN'S COMPETITION and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. Without limiting the foregoing, DAN'S COMPETITION shall have the right to remove any material that DAN'S COMPETITION, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.

8. Indemnification.

End User agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless DAN'S COMPETITION, DAN'S COMPETITION affiliated companies and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use of DANSCOMP.COM by End User, except to the extent such claims and expenses arise directly out of the negligence of DAN'S COMPETITION.

9. Termination.

Either DAN'S COMPETITION or End User may terminate this Agreement at any time. Without limiting the foregoing, DAN'S COMPETITION shall have the right to immediately terminate any passwords or accounts of End User in the event of any conduct by End User which DAN'S COMPETITION, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by End User of this Agreement. The provisions of Sections 5(B), 5(C), 5(D), 6, 8, 10, 12 and this Section 9 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

10. Trademarks.

11. Third Party Content.

DAN'S COMPETITION is a distributor (and not a publisher) of content supplied by third parties and End Users. Accordingly, DAN'S COMPETITION has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, End Users or any other user of DANSCOMP.COM, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of DAN'S COMPETITION. Neither DAN'S COMPETITION nor any third-party provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. (Refer to Section 6 above for the complete provisions governing limitation of liabilities and disclaimers of warranty.)
In many instances, the content available through DANSCOMP.COM represents the opinions and judgments of the respective information provider, End User, or other user not under contract with DAN'S COMPETITION. DAN'S COMPETITION neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on DANSCOMP.COM. Under no circumstances will DAN'S COMPETITION be liable for any loss or damage caused by an End User's reliance on information obtained through DANSCOMP.COM. It is the responsibility of End User to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content available through DANSCOMP.COM.

12. Miscellaneous.

This Agreement (which hereby incorporates by reference any other provisions applicable to use of DANSCOMP.COM, including, but not limited to, any supplemental terms governing the use of certain specific material contained in DANSCOMP.COM and any operating rules for DANSCOMP.COM established by DAN'S COMPETITION) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. The provisions of this Agreement will be deemed severable, and the unenforceability of any one or more provisions will not affect the enforceability of any other provisions. In addition, if any provision of the Agreement, for any reason, is declared to be unenforceable, the parties will substitute an enforceable provision that, to the maximum extent possible under applicable law, preserves the original intentions and economic positions of the parties. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import.

13. PRIVACY POLICY

DAN'S COMPETITION knows that the privacy of your personal information is important to you. Therefore, DAN'S COMPETITION has established a Privacy Policy governing the use of this information, which is located here and is part of this Agreement.

14. DMCA Notice

DAN'S COMPETITION owns, protects and enforces copyrights in its own creative material and respects the copyright properties of others. Materials may be made available on or via DANSCOMP.COM by third parties not within the control of DAN'S COMPETITION. It is our policy not to permit materials known by us to be infringing to remain on this site. You should notify us promptly if you believe any materials on the Service infringe a third party copyright. Upon our receipt of a proper notice of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), DAN'S COMPETITION will respond expeditiously to follow the procedures specified in the DMCA to resolve the claim between the notifying party and the alleged infringer who provided the content in issue, including, where applicable, removing, or disabling access to material claimed to be infringing or by removing or disabling access to links to such material. Pursuant to the DMCA 17 U.S.C. 512 (c), DAN'S COMPETITION has designated the members of XP Innovation, LLC the parent company of DAN'S COMPETITION, as its agent for notification of claims of copyright infringement with respect to information residing, at the direction of a user, on the DANSCOMP.COM Web site. The contact information is:

Dan’s Competition
C/O XP Innovation, LLC
1 Competition Way
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
Attn: Privacy
812-838-2850
812-838-3580

Last Updated 02/05/2010