Terms of use

OVERVIEW

The terms of use for this site will be fully outlined in detail in the below sections.  The GunTube Service is a privately-owned entity; Your content and actions can be regulated at our sole discretion as we deem fit. 

In general, adhering to the following guidelines in this paragraph are the bare minimum to prevent adverse action.

-Content must be relevant to firearms and related subjects. 

-No illegal activities are allowed (ie. ponzi scams, etc...).

-No threats, slander, libel, impersonation, defamation, terrorism, or copyright infringement.

-No pornography.  "Pornography" is hard to define, but easy to recognize.

-No abuse or cruelty to humans or animals, nor instruction given to perform the same.

-No unauthorized sharing of private information.

-No attempts to hack, spam, deceive, steal, defraud, or disable this site or others.

SECTION 1: DESCRIPTION OF THE GUNTUBE SERVICE
 
1.1. GunTube is an original, free video hosting website that enables users to access, view, upload, store, and share videos. The GunTube Service is made up of the GunTube website, the GunTube video player that is embeddable onto any website, the GunTube apps and web-apps as accessible via any current or future device capable of distributing the GunTube website and/or the video player, and more generally any GunTube products, content, channels, software, data feeds, services and functionality (“GunTube Service”).

1.2. By accessing and/or using the GunTube Service, without being logged into GunTube Account, you will be hereinafter a “Visitor.” As a Visitor, you will only have the ability to access, view or share videos available on the GunTube Service, but will not be able to benefit from all the other features available on the GunTube Service. A “GunTube Account” means the video content storage space on the GunTube Service which is dedicated to a Viewer or a User GunTube Service that can be created by signing up for a GunTube Account via GunTube.tv.

1.3. If You want to be able to upload videos and access some other features of the GunTube Service, you will need to first create a GunTube Account and have your email address validated. You will then be a “User”, being though agreed that after having created Your GunTube Account and until You have validated Your email address according to the process defined below, you will be a “Viewer” and will not be able to upload videos or access the other features of the GunTube Service.

1.4. Information provided by You to create Your GunTube Account must be accurate and complete. In order for GunTube to verify that the email address You provided is valid, you will receive an email from GunTube asking You to validate Your email address.  Any attempt to impersonate another User or creating an account intentionally impersonating a publicly known person or content creator or is prohibited.  At its sole discretion, Guntube reserves the right to modify the usernames or deactivate accounts of suspected impersonators. 

1.5. By creating a GunTube Account, you agree that You alone will be responsible (to GunTube and to others) for all activity that occurs under Your GunTube Account. The user id and password which are necessary to access the GunTube Account and the features associated with it are Your sole responsibility and it is Your obligation to keep them confidential.

1.6. If You are a User, you may notably upload video files (that must be compliant with these Terms) on the GunTube Service, and have a nickname and an avatar that will be associated with Your GunTube Account. Any and all elements posted by You on the GunTube Service are deemed to be “Your Content.” If you are not a Partner, Your Content may be automatically set to “private mode” so that Your Content will only be available on the GunTube website to individuals who have the URL link for Your Content, however You or any third party will still have the ability to embed Your Content on any website through GunTube video player.

1.7 You must be at least 18 years of age to either be a Visitor, Viewer, or User of the GunTube Service. By accessing this site, you attest that you are 18 years of age or older and You agree not to show, share, or distribute any content contained herein intentionally with any persons under the age of 18.

SECTION 2: ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS

2.1. Whether You are a Visitor, a Viewer, a User or a Partner, either an individual or a single entity ("You" or "Your" as applicable), You signify Your express and unconditional agreement to: (1) these terms and conditions, (2) all other policies of GunTube, including but not limited to the GunTube privacy and cookie policies, as accessible at any time from the homepage of the GunTube website, and incorporated herein by reference, (all collectively, the “Terms”). You may not use the GunTube Service if You do not accept any of the Terms. You understand and agree that GunTube will treat Your use of the GunTube Service as acceptance of the Terms from that point onward.

2.2. GunTube may, in its sole discretion, modify these Terms from time to time, and You agree to be bound by such modifications. Although we may attempt to notify You when major changes are made to these Terms, You should periodically review the most up-to-date version which shall always be accessible from the homepage of the GunTube website. If You do not agree to the modified Terms, Your only recourse is to stop using the GunTube Service. Your continued use of the GunTube Service after the date the modified Terms are posted will constitute Your acceptance of the modified Terms.

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

2.4. If You are not an individual, You represent to GunTube that You have all necessary corporate or equivalent authority and power to agree to the Terms which You agree shall be binding on the corporation, partnership, association or other entity in whose name You using or accessing the GunTube Service.

SECTION 3: YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

3.1. By making Your Content accessible on the GunTube Service, You agree to allow any Visitors of the GunTube Service , to view and to share Your Content through the GunTube video player on or through any declination of the GunTube Service, as accessible (online or offline) via any current or future device capable of distributing the GunTube Service by any means of access, including but not restricted to computers, smartphones, tablets, TV devices, IPTV platforms and/or game consoles free-of-charge.

3.2. Despite this allowance, Your Content shall always remain Your property. Please note that due to the nature of the Internet and digital media, data transmitted – including Your Content – cannot be protected against risks of misappropriation and/or piracy, for which GunTube shall not be liable. You are responsible for taking all appropriate steps to protect Your data, where applicable.

SECTION 4: OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

4.1. We grant You a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable right to access and use the GunTube Service, which right is conditioned on Your compliance with the Terms.

4.2. The content (other than Your Content and other users' content) included on or accessible through the GunTube Service, such as text, graphics, logos, names, designations, button icons, features, functionalities, images, audio clips, information, data collected from the GunTube Service, photographs, graphs, videos, typefaces, graphics, music, sounds, and other material and software (the “GunTube Content”), is the exclusive property of GunTube and its licensors, and is protected by copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights and subject to applicable laws and regulations.

4.3. GunTube 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 GunTube or GunTube's licensors. You agree to not use or exploit the GunTube Content in any manner inconsistent with any of the rights granted or restrictions set forth herein, including, without limitation, prohibitions on downloading, redistribution, alteration, deletion, and deactivation of any content protection mechanisms. You are not allowed to modify, enhance, edit, translate, adapt, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works based upon or otherwise alter in part or in full any GunTube Content.

4.4. All rights not expressly granted in the Terms are reserved to GunTube and its licencors.

SECTION 5: OUR LIABILITY AS HOST

5.1. In its capacity as a web service provider, GunTube is under no legal obligation to monitor content uploaded on the GunTube Service, nor obligated to actively seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal content, but shall forthwith remove or disable access from its GunTube Service to any infringing content once having been notified of its existence.

5.2. You agree that Your use of the GunTube Service shall be at your sole risk and liability. In this regard, You are solely responsible for (i) Your use of the GunTube Service and more specifically for Your Content, and (ii) the protection of its computer hardware against any virus or interruption. 

5.3. You agree to fully indemnify and hold harmless GunTube from any harm, loss, or legal liability as allowed by law arising from (i) Your use the GunTube Service or (ii) Your or other users' content.  Your actions including viewing content or uploading content are Your sole responsibility.  Any consequences resulting from Your use of the GunTube Service are your sole responsibility.

5.4. You acknowledge and agree that the GunTube Service, in whole or in part (including, without limitation, the look and feel, the thematic channels, the functionality, and/or the GunTube video player), on and through which Your Content will be distributed is provided “AS IS” without warranty, provided that GunTube may enhance, modify and update the GunTube Service at its sole discretion. For the sake of clarity, You shall not be entitled to request any modification to the GunTube Service.

5.5. GunTube shall not be held responsible in any case for (i) any malfunctions, inherent of the nature of the Internet, in the access and/or the use of the GunTube Service, (ii) or any default of its obligations caused by force majeure or an unintentional cause. Unless otherwise stated herein, GunTube does not grant You any guarantee of any kind, whether expressly or implicitly, in any area, including and in particular any guarantee of fitness for a particular purpose.

5.6. Nothing herein shall exclude or limit GunTube's liability for losses which may not be lawfully excluded or limited by applicable law. Subject to this overall provision above, GunTube shall not be liable for: (a) any indirect or consequential losses which may be incurred by You. This shall include; (i) any loss of profit (whether incurred directly or indirectly); (ii) any loss of goodwill or business reputation; (iii) any loss of opportunity; or (iv) any loss of data suffered; (b) any loss or damage which may be incurred as a result of: (i) 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 GunTube Service; (ii) any changes which GunTube may make to the GunTube Service, or for any permanent or temporary cessation in the provision of the GunTube Service (or any of its features); (iii) the deletion of, corruption of, or failure to store, any content and other communications data maintained or transmitted by or through Your use of the GunTube Service; (iv) Your failure to provide GunTube with accurate account information (v) Your failure to keep Your password or your accounts details secure and confidential.

5.7. The limitations on GunTube's liability defined in this section shall apply whether or not GunTube has been advised of or should have been aware of the possibility of any such losses arising.

Some jurisdictions limit or do not allow the disclaimer of warranties or damages so the above disclaimer may not apply to the extent such jurisdiction's law applies to this agreement.

SECTION 6: RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE GUNTUBE SERVICE AND ITS RELATED TECHNOLOGIES

6.1. In view of the user-driven nature of the GunTube Service, and out of consideration for the general public, You are responsible for maintaining certain ethical standards respecting the Content You upload on the GunTube Service. You represent and warrant as an essential condition that Your Content, and any images, data and/or text which you may disseminate through the GunTube Service: (i) contains no pornography; dangerous or illegal acts or activity (including but not limited to incitement to violence, animal abuse or drug abuse); unlawful, overly obscene, defamatory or libelous material; images of rape or abuse; images of bestiality; or any sexually explicit content (including but not limited to intercourse, masturbation, sadistic or masochistic abuse, explicit depiction of male or female genitalia or pubic areas, pedophilia or necrophilia); (ii) does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party (including but not limited to sound, music, excerpts from any animated or non-animated television shows, short, medium-length and/or feature-length films, advertisements or any other material that You have not created yourself or for which You do not have the necessary clearances and permissions from third party rights owners or copyright royalty collection organizations in such materials); (iii) does not infringe personal rights (i.e. that is not defamatory and does not contain insults, threats, abuse, libel, etc.) or personal privacy (including an individual's right to his or her image); (iv) is not contrary to public legal policy and accepted moral standards; (v) does not display, incite or otherwise promote threats of any nature including incitement of violence or any form of harm (ie. psychological, financial, reputational, etc...), and (vi) does not violate any applicable laws or regulations.

6.2. By uploading or disseminating images, data, and/or text to or through the GunTube Service, You warrant that You are not uploading any infringing material and expressly warrant that You have all necessary rights and/or authorizations from the copyright owner(s) and have paid any royalties or other fees pursuant to any licenses or permissions needed to upload and distribute Your Content on the GunTube Service.

6.3. GunTube reserves the right to decide in its sole discretion whether Your Content, Your GunTube Account and/or Your use of the GunTube Service violates these Terms for any reasons other than copyright infringement, such as, but not limited to, pornography, or excessive length. Failure to comply with these Terms may result in (i) Your Content being removed and/or (ii) Your GunTube Account being deactivated and/or (iii) your use of the embeddable GunTube video player being blocked and/or (iv) any elements or data related to Your Content or to Your GunTube Account being modified or removed (i.e. allegedly infringing username, metadata considered inappropriate, etc.) from the GunTube Service, without prior notice. In addition, GunTube reserves the right to report any violation of these provisions to applicable legal authorities and You may be personally liable to criminal sanctions applicable to the content in question (fines and imprisonment), in addition to any applicable civil damages.

6.4. Because the GunTube Service is not designed as a video back-up service, You are responsible for taking all necessary precautions to safeguard Your video files. In accordance with internet practice and custom, advertisements may be incorporated into the GunTube Service and then associated with your GunTube Account and/or Your Content.

6.5. Moreover, You shall not (i) falsely increase the number of views, the impression of or clicks associated with Your Content or other users’ content either directly or indirectly, or automatically or manually, or (ii) authorize or encourage any third party including offering any financial incentive to do the same.

6.6. You also warrant that any website or applications on which You export Your Content and/or other users’ content through the embeddable GunTube video player do not include any element that: (i) breaches any intellectual property rights of any third parties or (ii) constitutes an injury to any person (including defamation, threats, slander, abuse, etc.) or to any third party’s privacy rights or (iii) encourages or threatens violence against any individual or group, or cruelty to animals (iv) or contains sexually explicit or highly suggestive content or (v) encourages drug use or any illegal activity (vi) constitutes a threat to public order or standards of decency and good morals or (vii) violates any applicable laws. Moreover, You warrant that Your use of the embeddable GunTube video player shall not be made for: (i) any activity which may imply any kind of product, trademark or artist endorsement without authorization from the applicable rights owner or (ii) resale of any kind of the GunTube Service or (iii) any unauthorized third party contests or (iv) synchronization of the underlying musical composition that might be embodied in the content displayed through the embeddable GunTube video player or any other use with any visual media output. You also shall not modify, build upon or block any portion or functionality of the GunTube video player including but not limited to links back to the GunTube website. By embedding Your Content and/or other user’s content through the embeddable GunTube video player on any website or applications, You warrant that You have all the necessary rights and/or authorizations from the owner(s) of such website or applications and have paid any royalties or other fees pursuant to any licenses or permissions needed to such distribution.

6.7. You agree not to alter or modify any part of the GunTube Service (including but not limited to the GunTube video player and its related technologies). You agree not to (or attempt to) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with any security-related features of the GunTube Service or features that (i) prevent or restrict use or copying of content or (ii) enforce limitations on use of the GunTube Service or the content accessible via the GunTube Service. You agree not to collect or harvest any personal data of any Visitor, Viewer, User or Partner of the GunTube Service and to not use the GunTube Service) for the solicitation of business in the course of trade or in connection with a commercial enterprise.

6.8. You agree not to use the GunTube Service and any of its related technologies (including without restriction the GunTube video player, the website, the app and the web app) for any commercial use unless You obtain GunTube's prior written approval, in particular any of the following uses: (i) the sale of access to the GunTube Service, (ii) the sale of advertising, sponsorships or promotions placed on or within the GunTube Service or content or GunTube video player.

6.9. You agree not to access content hosted on the GunTube Service for any reason other than your personal, non-commercial use solely as intended through and permitted by the normal functionality of the GunTube Service, and solely for Streaming purposes. "Streaming" means a digital transmission of an audiovisual work from the GunTube Service to a Visitor operated Internet enabled the device in such a manner that the data is intended for real-time viewing and not intended to be permanently downloaded, copied, stored, or redistributed by the Visitor. Accessing a GunTube user’s content for any purpose or in any manner other than Streaming and personal use is expressly prohibited. If You wish to use another user’s content for any other purpose, in particular for commercial use, You are solely responsible for obtaining the necessary advance authorization. You agree and shall indemnify and hold GunTube - harmless from and against any liability, loss, damages (including punitive damages), claim, settlement payment, cost and expense, interest, award, judgment, diminution in value, fine, fee (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), and penalty, or other charge (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and all other cost of investigating, defending or asserting any claim for indemnification under these Terms) arising from or relating to (i) Your Content, (ii) Your violation of the Terms or any other policy of GunTube; (iii) Your use of the GunTube Service; and (iv) Your violation of any third party rights, including without limitation any copyright, property, publicity or privacy rights.

6.10. You acknowledge and agree that some other Partners are third party beneficiaries of these Terms and as such, they may have the right to enforce these Terms against You as third party beneficiaries of these Terms.

SECTION 7: REPORTING PROHIBITED CONTENT

7.1. GunTube has established an easily accessible means of allowing anyone to notify it of the availability of infringing content or illegal content and/or activity on the GunTube Service.

7.2. If You notice infringing or illegal content and/or activity on the GunTube Service, You can report it to us at any time by contacting us via the form available from the homepage of the GunTube website.

SECTION 8: DATA AND PRIVACY

8.1. The records of GunTube are stored on our systems in accordance with standard safety practices and applicable laws. The GunTube records shall be considered proof of emails exchanged, registration forms sent, videos uploaded, and other activity within the GunTube Service, being agreed that, in the event of a discrepancy between our records and any paper or electronic documents in Your possession, our records shall be authoritative and controlling.

8.2. The GunTube Service may contain links to websites operated by other entities (a "Linked Site"). If You decide to visit any Linked Site, You do so at Your own risk and it is Your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements. GunTube has no responsibility to You with respect to any Linked Site, and no Linked Site, regardless of the linking form (e.g. hotlinks, hypertext links, IMG links) is maintained, controlled, endorsed, monitored or otherwise governed by GunTube.
 
8.3. GunTube takes very seriously Your privacy and the protection of Your personal data, collected and processed in connection with Your use of the GunTube Service. If You want to find out more about the personal data collected, how we collect them and the related processes, You can check our Privacy Policy available at any time on the GunTube website.

SECTION 9: MISCELLANEOUS

9.1. You acknowledge and agree that the Terms will continue to be enforceable for as long as You use the GunTube Service or any of its features, whether or not if you are a Visitor, a Viewer, a User or a Partner. For the sake of clarity, watching videos from the GunTube Service, exporting the GunTube video player, and/or maintaining a GunTube Account are all deemed to be uses of the GunTube Service.

9.2. Any obligations which expressly or by their nature are to continue after termination, cancellation or expiration of the Terms shall survive and remain in effect after such happening.
 
9.3. You agree that any dispute between You and GunTube arising out of or relating in any way to these Terms or Your use of the GunTube Service shall be interpreted in accordance with the US laws, without reference to its conflicts of laws, and notwithstanding multiple defendants or third party claims. You also agree that any claim or dispute between You and GunTube shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction located in the state of Minnesota.

9.4. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between GunTube and You with respect to the GunTube Service and shall supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between You and GunTube with respect to the GunTube Service.

9.5. A printed version of the Terms of Use and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to the Terms to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and record originally generated and maintained in printed form.

9.6. You agree that GunTube may provide You with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the GunTube Service.

9.7. If one or more provision of the Terms is considered to be invalid as such or as a result of the application of a law, regulation, or the decision of a competent body having jurisdiction, it will be treated as not forming part of the Terms and all other conditions of these Terms will remain in force.

9.8. No waiver by either party of any breach or default here under shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default.