American Judo System Terms of Service

Basic Terms

You must be 13 years or older to use The American Judo System on americanJudo.com and have parental consent.

You may not post nude, partially nude, or sexually suggestive photos.

You are responsible for any activity that occurs under your screen name.

You are responsible for keeping your password secure.

You must not abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate other users.

You may not use The American Judo System service on AmericanJudo.com for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. International users agree to comply with all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content.

You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, information, screen names, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, links ("Content") that you submit, post, and display on The American Judo System on Americanjudo.com.

You must not access The American Judo System on AmericanJudo.com private API by any other means other than the American Judo System itself.

You must not crawl, scrape, or otherwise cache any content from The American Judo System including but not limited to user profiles and photos.

You must not create or submit unwanted email or comments to any American Judo System members.

You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.

You must not, in the use of The American Judo System, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws).

Violation of any of these agreements will result in the termination of your American Judo System profile. While The American Judo System prohibits such conduct and content on its site, you understand and agree that The American Judo System cannot be responsible for the Content posted on its web site and you nonetheless may be exposed to such materials and that you use the American Judo System service at your own risk.

General Conditions

We reserve the right to modify or terminate the American Judo System profile for any reason, without notice at any time.

We reserve the right to alter these Terms of Use at any time. If the alterations constitute a material change to the Terms of Use, we will notify you via internet mail according to the preference expressed on your account. What constitutes a "material change" will be determined at our sole discretion, in good faith and using common sense and reasonable judgment.

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.

We reserve the right to force forfeiture of any username that becomes inactive, violates trademark, or may mislead other users.

We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and accounts containing Content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property or these Terms of Use.

We reserve the right to reclaim usernames on behalf of businesses or individuals that hold legal claims or trademarks on those usernames.

Proprietary Rights in Content on AmericanJudo.com

The American Judo System does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that you post on or through The American Judo System on AmericanJudo.com. By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content on or through THe American Judo System on AmericanJudo.com, you hereby grant to American Judo System a non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, worldwide, limited license to use, modify, delete from, add to, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce and translate such Content, including without limitation distributing part or all of the Site in any media formats through any media channels, except Content not shared publicly ("private") will not be distributed outside The American Judo System on AmericanJudo.com.

Some of The American Judo System Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions, and you hereby agree that American Judo System  may place such advertising and promotions on The American Judo System Services or on, about, or in conjunction with your content. The manner, mode and extent of such advertising and promotions are subject to change without specific notice to you.

You represent and warrant that: (I) you own the Content posted by you on or through The American Judo System an AmericanJudo.com or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, (II) the posting and use of your Content on or through American Judo System does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, intellectual property rights or any other rights of any person, and (III) the posting of your Content on the Site does not result in a breach of contract between you and a third party. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of Content you post on or through The American Judo System on AmericanJudo.com

Although The American Judo System is normally available, there will be occasions when the Site or other Services will be interrupted for scheduled maintenance or upgrades, for emergency repairs, or due to failure of telecommunications links and equipment that are beyond the control of The American Judo System. Also, although The American Judo System will normally only delete Content that violates this Agreement, The American Judo System reserves the right to delete any Content for any reason, without prior notice. Deleted content may be stored by THe American Judo System in order to comply with certain legal obligations and is not retrievable without a valid court order. Consequently, The American Judo System encourages you to maintain your own backup of your Content. In other words, The American Judo System is not a backup service. The American Judo System will not be liable to you for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of its Services, or the loss of any Content.