Terms & Conditions

These Terms and Conditions act as a contractual agreement (“Agreement”) between you and MezzoGuild.com (“MezzoGuild”, “us”, “we”, “our”), and applies to your use of this website. (“Site”). If you do not agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as detailed herein, please do not use or access the website. YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD AND LEGALLY COMPETENT TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.

1. PRIVACY POLICY. We respect your privacy. A complete statement of our current privacy policy can be found by clicking here. The privacy policy is expressly incorporated into this Agreement by reference.

2. LICENSE. We grant you a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable license and right to use and access the Site. You understand and agree you have no right to modify, edit, create derivative works from, distribute, sell, rent, share, or republish any information provided on the Site without our express consent. You further understand no ownership right in the content on this Site is being granted to you.

3. VIOLATIONS. If you materially breach any term of this Agreement, we may, in our sole discretion, terminate your access to the Site. We reserve the right to seek all remedies available by law and in equity for such breaches.

4. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of California and the United States without reference to their rules regarding conflicts of law. You hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts in Sacramento, California in all disputes arising out of or related to the use of the Site.

5. COMMUNICATION. When you contact us or sign up to receive our newsletter, you consent to receive communications from us electronically. You agree that any such communication via email shall constitute proper written communication in compliance with any and all legal notice requirements.

6. USER CONTENT. By posting, uploading, displaying, performing, transmitting, or otherwise distributing information or other content (“User Content”) to the Site, you grant MezzoGuild, its owner, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual (for the duration of the applicable copyright) license to use the User Content in connection with the Internet business of MezzoGuild, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives, including without limitation, a right to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat User Content. You will not be compensated for any User Content. By posting User Content on the Site, you warrant and represent that you own the rights to the User Content or are otherwise authorized to post, distribute, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute User Content.

7. NO WARRANTIES. MEZZOGUILD HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES. WE ARE MAKING THE SITE AVAILABLE “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. YOU ASSUME THE RISK OF ANY AND ALL DAMAGE OR LOSS FROM USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. MEZZOGUILD DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR CONTENT OFFERED THROUGH THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.

8. LIMITED LIABILITY. MEZZOGUILD DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY (WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE) FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE OR THIS AGREEMENT. MEZZOGUILD ’S MAXIMUM LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION, WILL NOT EXCEED $500 SHOULD YOU BE DECLARED THE PREVAILING PARTY IN A CLAIM AGAINST US.

9. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 7 AND 8 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

10. SITE TERMINATION. We reserve the right to no longer make available all or part of the Site at any time in our sole discretion.

11. COMPLIANCE WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS. When accessing the Site, you agree to obey the law and to respect the intellectual property rights of others. Your use of the Site is at all times governed by and subject to laws regarding copyright ownership and use of intellectual property. You agree not to upload, download, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute any information or content (collectively, “Content”) in violation of any third party’s copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights. You agree to abide by laws regarding copyright ownership and use of intellectual property, and you shall be solely responsible for any violations of any relevant laws and for any infringements of third party rights caused by any Content you provide or transmit. The burden of proving that any Content does not violate any laws or third party rights rests solely with you.

12. USER-GENERATED CONTENT. We allow you to post to certain areas of the Site such as the forum. We are under no obligation to review any messages, posts, information, or content (“User-Generated Content”) posted on the Site by users and assume no responsibility or liability relating to any such postings. Notwithstanding the above, users are forbidden from posting the following:

Any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racial, ethnic, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law.
Advertisements or solicitations of any kind.
Messages posted by users impersonating others.
Personal information such as messages which state phone numbers, social security numbers, account numbers, addresses, or employer references.
Messages by non-spokesperson individuals purporting to speak on behalf of us.
Messages that offer unauthorized download of any copyrighted or private information.
Multiple messages placed within individual folders by the same user restating the same point.
Chain letters of any kind.

13. AFFILIATED SITES. MezzoGuild has no control over and assumes no liability for any third party websites or materials. MezzoGuild works with a number of partners and affiliates whose Internet sites may be linked within the Site. Because MezzoGuild has no control over the content and performance of these partner and affiliate sites, MezzoGuild makes no guarantees about the accuracy, currency, content, or quality of the information provided by such sites, and we assume no responsibility for unintended, objectionable, inaccurate, misleading, or unlawful content that may reside on those sites. Similarly, from time to time in connection with your use of the Site, you may have access to content items (including, but not limited to, websites) owned by third parties. You acknowledge and agree that MezzoGuild makes no guarantees about, and assumes no responsibility for, the accuracy, currency, content, or quality of this third party content, and, unless expressly provided otherwise, these Terms and Conditions shall govern your use of any and all third party content.

14. PROHIBITED USES. MezzoGuild imposes certain restrictions on your permissible use of the Site. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate any security features of the Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing content or data not intended for you, or logging onto a server or account that you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Site, or any associated system or network, or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) interfering or attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, by means of submitting a virus to the Site , overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mail bombing,” or “crashing;” (d) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or in any posting using the Service; (e) attempting to modify, reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reduce or attempt to reduce to a human-perceivable form any of the source code used by MezzoGuild; or (f) automatically or manually scraping or copying the content from the Site without our consent. Any violation may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability.

15. PROHIBITED ACTIONS. Certain prohibited actions shall be considered a material breach of this Agreement including, but not limited to:

(a) Harassing others,

(b) Harassing moderators,

(d) Threatening others,

(e) Stalking members,

(f) Spamming members,

(g) Spimming,

(h) Promoting criminal activities,

(i) Promoting tortuous activities,

(j) Promoting obscene material,

(k) Promoting violent conduct,

(l) Drug dealing,

(m) Uploading viruses,

(n) Uploading malware,

(o) Uploading any invasive software,

(p) Uploading child pornography,

(q) Promoting crimes against children,

(r) Soliciting members for gambling,

(s) Advertising services without our consent,

(t) Advertising products without our consent,

(u) Promoting fraud,

(v) Promoting contests without our consent,

(w) Promoting pyramid schemes,

(x) Promoting false information, and

(y) Providing misleading information.

We reserve the right to investigate any such prohibited actions and report them to law enforcement in our sole discretion.

16. INDEMNITY. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless MezzoGuild, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives from any and all third party claims, losses, liability, damages, and/or costs (including reasonable attorney fees and costs) arising from your access to or use of the Site, your violation of these Terms and Conditions, or your infringement, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. MezzoGuild will notify you promptly of any such claim, loss, liability, or demand, and will provide you with reasonable assistance, at your expense, in defending any such claim, loss, liability, damage, or cost.

18. SEVERABILITY; WAIVER. If a court of competent jurisdiction finds any term or condition in this Agreement to be unenforceable or null, all other terms will remain unaffected and in full force and effect. No waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any prior, concurrent, or subsequent breach of the same or any other provisions hereof, and no waiver shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

19. NO LICENSE. Nothing contained on the Site should be understood as granting you a license to use any of the trademarks, service marks, or logos of MezzoGuild or any third party.

20. MODIFICATIONS. MezzoGuild may, in its sole discretion, modify or amend this Agreement at any time. MezzoGuild shall post notice of any such changes on the Site and shall email you notice of such changes if we have an email address for you. Your decision to continue to use the Site upon such notice shall constitute your acceptance of any amendments to this document. You may choose to reject the amendments by terminating your use of the Site.

Please contact us if you have any questions regarding these Terms and Conditions.