Summary
The Brothers Brick is a website about LEGO® brand building bricks. Your use of Brothers-Brick.com is governed by these Terms of Service. Please read them carefully.
- © Copyright The Brothers Brick, LLC. All Rights Reserved. The Brothers Brick™, circle logo, and wordmark are trademarks of The Brothers Brick, LLC.
- Interactive features of Brothers-Brick.com are available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.
- Brothers-Brick.com isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by The LEGO Group.
- Only registered users can leave comments.
Details
The following terms and conditions govern all use of the Brothers-Brick.com website and all content and interactive features available on the website (taken together, the Website at Brothers-Brick.com). The Website is owned and operated by The Brothers Brick. The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, The Brothers Brick’s Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this page by The Brothers Brick (collectively, the “Agreement”).
Please read this Agreement carefully before using the Website. By using any part of the web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not use the Website or any of its services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by The Brothers Brick, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms.
- Your Brothers-Brick.com Account. If you create an account on the Website (by registering on Brothers-Brick.com), you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with your account.
You must not use a display name for your account in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and The Brothers Brick may change or remove any display name that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause The Brothers Brick liability.
You must immediately notify The Brothers Brick of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches of security. The Brothers Brick will not be liable for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.
- Responsibility of Commenters and Contact Page Users. If you comment on a post, use the Contact Us page, or otherwise make material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), you are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:
- The downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party.
- If your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content.
- You have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms.
- The Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content.
- The Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing).
- The Content is not libelous or defamatory (more info on what that means), does not constitute hate speech (including but not limited to racism, sexism, or homophobia), does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, is not sexually explicit or otherwise obscene, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party.
- Your display name does not mislead Website contributors or fellow readers into thinking that you are another person or company. Your display name, website URL, and website name must not appear to be the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own.
By submitting Content to The Brothers Brick for inclusion on the Website, you grant The Brothers Brick a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your content. If you delete Content, The Brothers Brick will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.
Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, The Brothers Brick has the right (though not the obligation) to, in The Brothers Brick’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in The Brothers Brick’s reasonable opinion, violates any Brothers Brick policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in The Brothers Brick’s sole discretion.
- Responsibility of Website Visitors. The Brothers Brick has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use, or effects. By operating the Website, The Brothers Brick does not represent or imply that it endorses the material here posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that you find offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Brothers Brick disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content here posted.
- Content Posted on Other Websites. We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which Brothers-Brick.com links, and that link to Brothers-Brick.com. The Brothers Brick does not have any control over those websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to an external website or webpage, The Brothers Brick does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Brothers Brick disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of external websites and webpages.
- Copyright Infringement. As The Brothers Brick asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by Brothers-Brick.com violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify The Brothers Brick. The Brothers Brick will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. In the case of a visitor who may infringe or repeatedly infringes the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of The Brothers Brick or others, The Brothers Brick may, in its discretion, terminate or deny access to and use of the Website.
- Intellectual Property. This Agreement does not transfer from The Brothers Brick to you any Brothers Brick or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with The Brothers Brick.
- LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations, and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. This Website is not authorized or endorsed by The LEGO Group.
- The Brothers Brick, Brothers-Brick.com, the circle logo, word mark, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with Brothers-Brick.com, or the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Brothers Brick, LLC. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Brothers Brick or third-party trademarks.
- Original Content on the Website is © The Brothers Brick, LLC.
- Changes. The Brothers Brick reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. The Brothers Brick may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
- Termination. The Brothers Brick may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your Brothers-Brick.com account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. The Brothers Brick can terminate the Website immediately as part of a general shut down of our service. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
- Disclaimer of Warranties. The Website is provided “as is”. The Brothers Brick and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither The Brothers Brick nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk.
- Limitation of Liability. In no event will The Brothers Brick, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement or substitute products or services; or (iii) for interuption of use or loss or corruption of data. The Brothers Brick shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
- General Representation and Warranty. You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the The Brothers Brick Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
- Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Brothers Brick, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.
- Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between The Brothers Brick and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and may only be modified by the posting by The Brothers Brick of a revised version on this page. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the laws of the state of Washington, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in King County, Washington. Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service. (“JAMS”) by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in Seattle, Washington, in the English language and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; The Brothers Brick may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.
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