Terms Of Service
Effective 2/1/17
SevereStreaming LLC services are provided for entertainment purposes only.
By using the streaming services of SevereStreaming.com you acknowledge and agree to the following Terms:
1.) You shall abide by any rules, restrictions, or terms placed upon you by your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
2.) SevereStreaming LLC ("SSL") cannot, and will not, be held responsible for any actions taken against you by third parties if you violate ISP terms.
3.) SSL cannot, and will not, be held responsible for any interruption in service caused by any means, in or out of our control.
4.) SSL will do everything in our control to ensure service uptime, however, we do not guarantee continual, uninterrupted, or error free service or use of the website. There is no warranty or guarantee of service.
5.) You acknowledge the streaming service relies on hardware and software that may malfunction at any time without warning.
6.) SSL services shall not be used to protect life, health, or property.
7.) You acknowledge the streaming service is provided on a voluntary basis and is subject to be cancelled without prior notice.
8.) SSL cannot, and will not, be held responsible for any lost revenue caused by interruption, cancellation, or termination of the service.
9.) All video streamed through SSL servers is considered the responsibility of the submitting party.
10.) Only you, the authorized account holder, may use your streaming account. You are responsible for all activity that takes place with your streaming account. You may not share your login information nor authorize any third party to access and/or use the service on your behalf.
11.) You agree not to share any proprietary information with competing services or the general public.
12.) You will not infringe on any copyrights, including rebroadcasting copyrighted aural or visual material.
13.) You give SSL the right to syndicate, allow use, hyperlink, embed, record, edit, re-broadcast, or re-transmit all or part of video streams, including screen captures and/or related thumbnail images, at any location on its own websites, live streaming broadcasts, and social media platforms, and/or partner and third party websites, live streaming broadcasts, mobile apps, and social media platforms and/or set-top or OTT channels, platforms, or devices. Proper visual credit will be given to originator of said content. Users shall not be eligible for any compensation for these uses.
14.) SSL reserves the right to insert or co-locate branding and advertisements of any type in, on or near video streams on any platform, website, or mobile app and collect all revenue for itself, partners, or third parties. This helps pay for bandwidth and upgrades to the system.
15.) You give SSL and SevereStudios Inc the worldwide right to sell and distribute your video stream to traditional local and national broadcast, cable, and satellite television clients ("Media Clients") and allow those Media Clients to broadcast, telecast, record, re-broadcast, stream, or otherwise exploit your video stream in any manner and in any medium or forum, in any manner SSL/SevereStudios sees fit for as long as your streaming account is active.
16.) You acknowledge SevereStudios Inc will act on your behalf and negotiate prices for licensing of your live stream, as described above. SevereStudios Inc will market and sell your live stream to Media Clients of SevereStudios on whatever terms and conditions SevereStudios may desire. SevereStudios commission shall be 40% on any sale to Media Clients unless otherwise previously specified with SevereStudios. Payments will be made to the PayPal account on file in your SevereStreaming account.
17.) All copyrights for live video content reside with the creating individual(s). Video remains the property of the individual streamer.
18.) It is the streamer's responsibility to enforce copyright using any means necessary. However, SSL will actively assist users in rectifying copyright infringement to the full extent that technology and law will allow.
19.) You allow SSL to contact you via email, social media, or other methods to communicate account setup details, changes or outages in service, and promotional messages regarding service enhancements and upgrades until which time you ask for cancellation of your account.
20.) You may opt out of these Terms of Service at any time by contacting Tech Support and cancelling your streaming account.
21.) These Terms of Service may be amended or changed at any time without prior notice.
PROHIBITED CONTENT AND/OR ACTIVITY
You must use the service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations. The following is a partial list of the kind of content that is prohibited on the service. SevereStreaming LLC reserves the right to terminate the membership of violators. Prohibited content includes, but is not limited to, video or audio that:
-- promotes or visualizes unsafe, unlawful, or reckless chasing behavior;
-- is obscene, patently offensive, or promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
-- harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
-- contains nudity, violence, or subject matter deemed offensive by SevereStreaming;
-- promotes information that you know is false or misleading;
-- promotes gambling, illegal activities, or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
-- exploits people in a sexual or violent manner;
-- includes the name, voice, or likeness of anyone under 18 years of age without parental permission;
-- violates copyrighted, trademarked, or other intellectual property of any other person or entity;
-- furthers or promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional information about illegal activities;
-- involves commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, or advertising; or
-- promotes any competing streaming or brokering service.
SevereStreaming LLC reserves the right to terminate your streaming account upon violation of any of these terms, or for any other reason, without prior notice.
Any refund for paid service will be pro-rated and based upon the time the service was available for use by the account holder. No refunds will be given if any portion of these Terms of Service are violated.