Terms Of Use

Term Of Use

1. Your relationship with DooShare:

1.1 Your use of the DooShare website (the "Website") and any products, software and services, including the DooShare embeddable video player (the "DooShare Player") provided to you on or from the Website by DooShare (collectively called the "Services" in this document) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and DooShare.

1.2 Your legal agreement with DooShare is made up of (a) the terms and conditions set out in this document and (b) DooShare's Privacy Policy (collectively called the "Terms").

1.3 The Terms form a legally binding agreement between you and DooShare in relation to your use of the Services. It is important that you take the time to read them carefully.

1.4 The Terms apply to all users of the Website, including users who are also contributors of content, information, and other materials or services to DooShare.


2. Accepting the Terms:

2.1 In order to use the Services, you must firstly agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms.

2.2 You can accept the Terms by simply using the Services. You understand and agree that DooShare will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards.

2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with DooShare, or (b) you are a person who is either barred or otherwise legally prohibited from receiving or using the Services under the laws of the country in which you are resident or from which you access or use the Services.

2.4 You should print off or save a local copy of the Terms for your records.


3. Language of the Terms:

3.1 Where DooShare provides you with a translation of the English language version of the Terms, then the translation is provided for your convenience only and you agree that the English language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with DooShare.

3.2 If there is any contradiction between what the English language version of the Terms says and what a translation says, then the English language version shall take precedence.


4. Changes to the Terms:

4.1 DooShare may make changes to the Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, DooShare will make a new copy of the Terms available at http://www.dooshare.com/terms.

4.2 You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Terms have changed, DooShare will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Terms.

4.3 You should check the Terms regularly for changes.


5. DooShare accounts:

5.1 In order to access some features of the Website or other Services, you will have to create an account on DooShare. When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. It is important that you must keep your DooShare account password secure and confidential.

5.2 You must notify DooShare immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your DooShare account that you become aware of.

5.3 You agree that you will be solely responsible (to DooShare, and to others) for all activity that occurs under your DooShare account.

5.4 By using DooShare, you agree to the collection, transfer, storage and use of your personal information by DooShare as further described in our Privacy Policy.


6. General restrictions on use:

6.1 DooShare hereby grants you permission to access and use the Website and the Services, subject to the following express conditions, and you agree that your failure to adhere to any of these conditions shall constitute a breach of these Terms on your part:

  1. you agree not to distribute any part of or parts of the Website, including but not limited to any User Submissions (as defined below), in any medium without DooShare's prior written authorization;
  2. you agree not to alter or modify any part of the Website or any of the Services (including but not limited to the DooShare Player and its related technologies);
  3. you agree not to access User Submissions (defined below) or other content made available on the Website (including DooShare Content, as defined below) through any technology or means other than the video playback pages of the Website itself, the DooShare Player, or such other means as DooShare may explicitly designate for this purpose;
  4. you agree not to (or attempt to) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with any security related features of the Website or features that:
    1. prevent or restrict use or copying of any User Submissions or DooShare Content, or
    2. enforce limitations on use of the Website or the content accessible on the Website;
  5. you agree not to use the Website or any Services for any commercial use, without the prior written authorization of DooShare. Prohibited commercial uses shall include, without limitation:
    1. the resale of access to the Website or any of the Services on another website for the primary purpose of gaining advertising or subscription revenue; and
    2. the redistribution of the Services (including any User Submissions accessible through such Services) for the primary purpose of generating revenue from a substantially similar or comparable business enterprise to that carried on by DooShare, but shall not include;
      1. uploading an original video to DooShare,
      2. maintaining an original channel on the Website to promote a business or artistic enterprise, and
      3. any use that is expressly authorized by DooShare in writing;
  6. You will post in the appropriate category or area
  7. you agree that if you use DooShare content on your website, you must include a prominent link back to the Website on the pages containing the DooShare content and you may not modify the DooShare content in any way;
  8. you agree not to use or launch any automated system (including, without limitation, any robot, spider or offline reader) that accesses the Website in a manner that sends more request messages to the DooShare servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a publicly available, standard (i.e. not modified) web browser;
  9. you agree not to collect or harvest any personal data of any user of the Website or any Service (and agree that this shall be deemed to include DooShare account names);
  10. you agree not to use the Website and the Services (including the comments and email features in the Website) for the solicitation of business in the course of trade or in connection with a commercial enterprise;
  11. you agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Website with respect to their User Submissions;
  12. you agree not to access User Videos (as defined below) for any reason other than your personal, non-commercial use solely as intended through and permitted by the normal functionality of the Services, and solely for Streaming. "Streaming" means a contemporaneous digital transmission of the material by DooShare via the Internet to a user operated Internet enabled device in such a manner that the data is intended for real-time viewing and not intended to be downloaded (either permanently or temporarily), copied, stored, or redistributed by the user.
  13. you agree not to violate any laws or the DooShare policies;
  14. you agree not to be false or misleading;
  15. you agree not to infringe any third-party right;
  16. you agree not to distribute spam, chain letters, or pyramid schemes;
  17. you agree not to distribute viruses or any other technologies that may harm DooShare or the interests or property of DooShare users;
  18. you agree not to impose an unreasonable load on our infrastructure or interfere with the proper working of DooShare;
  19. you agree not to copy, modify, or distribute any other person's content without their consent;
6.2 You agree that you will comply with all of the other provisions of the Terms at all times during your use of the Services.

6.3 DooShare grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. DooShare reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.

6.4 DooShare is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which DooShare provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.

6.5 As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that DooShare may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally at DooShare's sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You do not need to specifically inform DooShare when you stop using the Services.

6.6 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that DooShare has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which DooShare may suffer) of any such breach.


7. Copyright Policy:

7.1 DooShare operates a clear copyright policy in relation to any User Submissions which are alleged to infringe the copyright of a third party. Details of that policy can be found at the foot of this page.

7.2 As part of DooShare's copyright policy, DooShare will terminate user access to the Website if a user has been determined to be a repeat infringer. A repeat infringer is a user who has been notified of infringing activity more than twice.


8. Your User Submissions:

8.1 As a DooShare account holder you may submit content ("User Videos, Ads, Listings, Photos"), textual content ("User Comments"), classified ads ("Classified Video Classifieds") (collectively referred to as "User Submissions"). You understand that whether or not such User Submissions are published, DooShare does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Submissions.

8.2 You retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions, but you are required to grant limited license rights to DooShare and other Website users. These are described in paragraph 10 of these Terms (Rights you license).

8.3 You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. DooShare does not endorse any User Submission or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and DooShare expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Submissions.

8.4 You represent and warrant that you have (and will continue to have during your use of the Services) all necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions which are required to enable DooShare to use your User Submissions for the purposes of the provision of the Services by DooShare, and otherwise to use your User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Website and these Terms.


9. Content of your User Submissions:

9.1 You agree that your conduct on the site will comply with (and you agree that the content of all of your User Submissions shall comply with) the DooShare Terms as updated from time to time.

9.2 You agree that you will not post or upload any User Submissions which contain content which it is unlawful for you to possess in the country in which you are resident, or which it would be unlawful for DooShare to use or possess in connection with the provision of the Services.

9.3 You agree that you will not upload or post any User Submissions that are subject to any third party proprietary rights (including rights of privacy or rights of publicity), unless you have a formal license or permission from the rightful owner to post the material in question and to grant DooShare the license referred to in paragraph 10.1 below.

9.4 DooShare reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to decide whether User Submissions comply with the content requirements set out in these Terms and may remove such User Submissions and/or terminate a User's access for uploading any User Submission which is in violation of these Terms at any time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion.

9.5 You further understand and acknowledge that in using the Website and the Services, you may be exposed to User Submissions that are factually inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable to you. You agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against DooShare with respect to any such User Submissions.


10. Rights you License:

10.1 When you upload or post a User Submission to DooShare, you grant:
  1. to DooShare, a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license (with right to sub-license) to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform that User Submission in connection with the provision of the Services and otherwise in connection with the provision of the Website and DooShare's business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels;
  2. to each user of the Website, a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, license to access your User Submissions through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Submissions to the extent permitted by the functionality of the Website and under these Terms.
10.2 The above licenses granted by you in User Videos terminate when you remove or delete your User Videos from the Website. The above licenses granted by you in User Comments are perpetual and irrevocable, but are otherwise without prejudice to your ownerships rights, which are retained by you as set out in paragraph 8.2 above.


11. DooShare Content on the Website:

11.1 With the exception of User Submissions, all other content on the Website including, without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos and interactive features on the Website (the "DooShare Content") is either owned by or licensed to DooShare, and is subject to copyright, trade mark rights, and other intellectual property rights of DooShare or DooShare's licensors. Any third party trade or service marks present on the DooShare Content are trade or service marks of their respective owners.

11.2 DooShare Content may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purpose whatsoever without the prior written consent of DooShare, or DooShare's licensors. DooShare reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the DooShare Content.


12. Links from DooShare:

12.1 The Services may include hyperlinks to other web sites that are not owned or controlled by DooShare. DooShare has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites.

12.2 You acknowledge and agree that DooShare is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such web sites or resources.

12.3 You acknowledge and agree that DooShare is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such web sites or resources.

12.4 DooShare encourages you to be aware when you leave the DooShare website and to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each other website that you visit.


13. Ending your Relationship with DooShare:

13.1 The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or DooShare as set out below.

13.2 If you want to terminate your legal agreement with DooShare, you may do so by;
  1. notifying DooShare at any time and;
  2. send notice of your desire to close your DooShare account. Your notice should be sent, in writing, to the site administrator. Click button below.
13.3 DooShare may at any time, terminate its legal agreement with you if:
  1. you have breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which clearly shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of the Terms); or
  2. DooShare is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful); or
  3. DooShare is transitioning to no longer providing the Services to users in the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services; or
  4. the provision of the Services to you by DooShare is, in DooShare's opinion, no longer commercially viable.
13.4 When these Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and DooShare have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of paragraph 16.6 shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.


14. Exclusion of Warranties:

14.1 Nothing in the Terms shall affect any statutory rights which you are always entitled to as a consumer and that you cannot contractually agree to alter or waive.

14.2 The Services are provided "as is" and DooShare makes no warranty or representation to you with respect to them.

14.3 In particular, DooShare does not represent or warrant to you that:
  1. your use of the Services will meet your requirements,
  2. your use of the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or free from error,
  3. any information obtained by you as a result of your use of the Services will be accurate or reliable, and
  4. that defects in the operation or functionality of any software provided to you as part of the Services will be corrected.
14.4 No conditions, warranties or other terms (including any implied terms as to satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose or conformance with description) apply to the Services except to the extent that they are expressly set out in the Terms.


15. Limitation of Liability:

15.1 Nothing in these Terms shall exclude or limit DooShare's liability for losses which may not be lawfully excluded or limited by applicable law.

15.2 Subject to the overall provision in paragraph 15.1 above DooShare shall not be liable to you for:
  1. any indirect or consequential losses which may be incurred by you. This shall include any loss of profit (whether incurred directly or indirectly), any loss of goodwill or business reputation, or any loss of data suffered by you;
  2. any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of:
    1. any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, or as a result of any relationship or transaction between you and any advertiser or sponsor whose advertising appears on the Services;
    2. any changes which DooShare may make to the Services, or for any permanent or temporary cessation in the provision of the Services (or any features within the Services);
    3. the deletion of, corruption of, or failure to store, any User Submissions and other communications data maintained or transmitted by or through your use of the Services;
    4. your failure to provide DooShare with accurate account information;
    5. your failure to keep your password or DooShare account details secure and confidential.
15.3 The limitations on DooShare's liability to you in paragraph 15.2 above shall apply whether or not DooShare has been advised of or should have been aware of the possibility of any such losses arising.


16. General Legal Terms:

16.1 The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and DooShare and govern your use of the Services and completely replace any prior agreements between you and DooShare in relation to the Services.

16.2 You agree that DooShare may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the DooShare website.

16.3 You agree that if DooShare does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which DooShare has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of DooShare's rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to DooShare.

16.4 If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.

16.5 You acknowledge and agree that each member of the group of companies of which DooShare may be a part shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such other companies shall be entitled to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the Terms which confers a benefit on (or rights in favor of) them. Other than this, no other person or company shall be a third party beneficiary of the Terms.

16.6 The Terms, and your relationship with DooShare under the Terms, shall be governed by English law. You and DooShare agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England to resolve any legal matter arising from the Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that DooShare shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or other equivalent types of urgent legal remedy) in any jurisdiction.


17. Reporting Intellectual Property Infringements:

Do not post content that infringes the rights of third parties. This includes, but is not limited to, content that infringes on intellectual property rights such as copyright and trademark (e.g. offering counterfeit items for sale). We reserve the right to remove content where we have grounds for suspecting the violation of these terms, our policies or of any party’s rights.

The following outlines how to report a listing, an ad, or video to DooShare that you believe to be infringing on your intellectual property rights. Only the intellectual property rights owner can report of potentially infringing items or listings through DooShare's Infringement Notification Program.

---------------------------------------Copyright Infringement Notification---------------------------------
To file a copyright infringement notification with us, you will need to send a written communication to us with all of the following information in it, using this format:
  1. Include a statement telling us that you have found a listing, ad or video on DooShare which you believe infringes your copyright (for example, "I hereby confirm that I believe the video identified below infringes my copyright").
  2. Tell us which country your copyright applies to.
  3. Tell us the title of the listing, ad, or video concerned and the full URL for its viewing.
  4. Explain to us in what way that video infringes your copyright (e.g. images used are copied, the sound is copied, the entire video is a copy of an original work made by you, etc.)
  5. Identify the type (e.g. a film, a piece of music, a book, etc.) and details (e.g. title, publisher, dates, etc.) of the copyright work which you own the rights to and which you believe has been infringed. If this information is available on the Internet, it is helpful to send us a link.
  6. Provide us with your contact information so that we can get in touch with you (email address is preferred).
  7. Let us have the contact information which we can pass on to the submitter of the listing, ad, or video concerned, so that they can get in touch with you to resolve your complaint directly (email address is preferred).
  8. Include the following statement: "I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted work described above is not authorized by the copyright owner (or by a third party who is legally entitled to do so on behalf of the copyright owner) and is not otherwise permitted by law."
  9. Sign the notice. If you are providing notice by email, a scanned physical signature or a valid electronic signature will be accepted.
  10. Send the notice, in writing, to the site administrator. With the 'Subject: DooShare Copyright Infringement Notification.
  11. Click the button below:
Make sure you know whether the content that you have seen on DooShare infringes your copyright. If you are not sure what your rights are, or whether your copyright has been infringed, you should check with a legal adviser first. Be aware that there may be adverse legal consequences in your country if you make a false or bad faith allegation of copyright infringement by using this process.

---------------------------------------Copyright Counter Notification---------------------------------
To file a counter notification with us, you must provide a written communication that sets forth the items specified below. Please understand that filing a counter notice may lead to legal proceedings between you and the complaining party to determine ownership. Be aware that there may be adverse legal consequences in your country if you make a false or bad faith allegation by using this process. Please also be advised that we enforce a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of subscribers who are repeat infringers. So, if you are not sure whether certain material infringes the copyrights of others, we suggest that you first contact a lawyer.

Elements of Counter Notification:
To expedite our ability to process your counter notification, please use the following format (including section numbers):
  1. Identify the specific URLs of material that DooShare has removed or to which DooShare has disabled access.
  2. Provide your full name, address, telephone number, email address and the username of your DooShare account.
  3. Provide a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided DooShare with the original copyright complaint or an authorized agent of such person.
  4. Include the following statement: "I have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled."
  5. Sign the notice. If you are providing notice by email, a scanned physical signature or a valid electronic signature will be accepted.
  6. Send the written communication to the site administrator. With the 'Subject: DooShare Copyright Counter Notification'.
  7. Click button below:


What happens next?
After we receive your counter notification, we will forward it to the party who submitted the original claim of copyright infringement. Please note that when we forward the counter notification, it includes your personal information. By submitting a counter notification, you consent to having your information revealed in this way. We will not forward the counter notification to any party other than the original claimant. We may then reinstate the material in question at our discretion.

*If you have questions about the originating locale of the complaint against your video, please click the button to email the site administrator.

DooShare Video Classifieds - Terms of Use

18. Abusing DooShare:

Please use the flagging system to tell us about any problems or offensive content so that together we can keep the site working properly. We may limit or terminate our service, remove hosted content and take technical and legal steps to keep users off DooShare if we think that they are creating problems or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies.

However, whether we decide to take any of these steps, remove hosted content or keep a user off DooShare or not, we do not accept any liability for monitoring DooShare or for unauthorized or unlawful content on DooShare or use of DooShare by users.

Some of DooShare's features may display your ad on other sites that are part of the DooShare distribution platform. By using DooShare, you agree that your ads can be displayed on these other sites. The terms for our other sites are similar to these terms, but you may be subject to additional laws or other restrictions where your ad is posted.

19. Fees and Services:

Browsing, searching, viewing and responding to ads on DooShare is free. However, to post ads on DooShare requires a user to purchase credits or one of our 'all-you-can-eat' subscription packages. If the service you use requires a payment of credits, you'll be able to review and accept that charge. Users with an ACTIVE subscription may post freely to the site for the duration of the of their ACTIVE subscription. Our fees to purchase credits and subscriptions are quoted in U.S. Dollars, and we reserve the right to change the fee policy from time to time. Changes to our fee policy will be posted here: Fee Policy. We may choose to temporarily change our fee policy for promotional events or new services; these changes are effective when we announce the promotional event or new service.

Our fees are non-refundable, and you are responsible for paying them when they're due. We proudly use PayPal to process all payments for purchase of credits, subscriptions, and services available on our site. Activation of account credits, subscriptions and services are contingent upon a confirmed PayPal payment by a DooShare account representitive. If payment fails in any way, credits, subscriptions and services will be suspended until matters are cleared up. Users will be notified via email of all account, credit, subscription or service suspensions.

20. Content:

DooShare contains content from us, you, and other users. You agree not to copy, modify, or distribute DooShare, our copyrights or trademarks. When you give us content, you are granting us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable right to exercise the copyright, publicity, and database rights to that content. (We need these rights to host and display your content.) If you believe that your rights have been violated, please notify us and we will investigate the matter. We reserve the right to remove content where we have grounds for suspecting the violation of these terms or of any party’s rights.

21. Liability:

You agree not to hold DooShare employees, management and executives responsible for things other users post or do. As most of the content on DooShare comes from other users, we do not guarantee the accuracy of postings or user communications or the quality, safety, or legality of what’s offered. We also cannot guarantee continuous or secure access to our services. Accordingly, to the extent legally permitted we expressly disclaim all warranties, representations and conditions, express or implied, including those of quality, merchantability, merchantable quality, durability, fitness for a particular purpose and those arising by statute. We are not liable for any loss, whether of money (including profit), goodwill, or reputation, or any special, indirect, or consequential damages arising out of your use of DooShare, even if you advise us or we could reasonably foresee the possibility of any such damage occurring. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of warranties or exclusion of damages, so such disclaimers and exclusions may not apply to you.

Despite the previous paragraph, if we are found to be liable, our liability to you or any third party (whether in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability in tort, by statute or otherwise) is limited to the greater of (a) the total fees you pay to us in the 12 months prior to the action giving rise to liability, and (b) One-Hundred ($100) U.S. Dollars.

22. Advertising:

The site is currently using Google Adsense for advertising. No personal information is gathered, but some info about geographic location etc. is used by Google to target the ads so that some might be interesting to the site visitors. Read more on Google's privacy policy here.

Effective Date: 3 June 2009

DISCLAIMER: WE ARE NOT YOUR LAWYERS AND THE INFORMATION WE PRESENT HERE IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. WE PRESENT THIS INFORMATION FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

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