Notification of amendments
GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR USE OF THE
SERVICES ACCESSIBLE VIA THE WEBSITE WWW.NETERRA.TV
This
document contains the General Conditions for use of the information
resources and services provided by Neterra EOOD to Users on the
website WWW.NETERRA.TV and establishes the relations between Neterra
EOOD and each one of the registered Users of the information services
accessible via the Site (the “Services”).
Definitions
When implementing and interpreting these General
Conditions, the terms and expressions used will have the following
meaning:
1.1. Website/Site ("Website")
is a virtual information resource, an independent place in the global
Internet network, accessible via its uniform locator (URL) over HTTP,
HTTPS or another standardized protocol and containing files,
programs, texts, sound, picture, image or other materials and
resources;
1.2. neterra.tv (the “Site”)
is a website enabling Users to use the Services, subject to these
General Conditions;
1.3. Neterra EOOD (hereinafter the
“Provider”) is a commercial company
registered
with the Commercial registry at the Registry Agency in Bulgaria,
having its registered address at: Sofia, 23, Dragan Tzankov bld.,
having an unified identification code (UIC)121039370, represented by
Neven Dilkov,
providing the Services, subject to these General Conditions, via the
website www.neterra.tv administered by it.
1.4. User
is any person that following registration uses the services of the
Provider described in these General Conditions and provided via the
Site;
1.5. User Profile is an independent part
of the Site containing information about the User required by the
Provider upon the registration and kept with it, while the access to
the User Profile is carried out by the User by entering a user name
and password. The User Profile enables the User to use the Services
of the Site, to terminate the use of the Services, to change his
password, etc.;
1.6. Malicious Actions are
actions or inactions violating the Internet ethics or causing damages
to persons connected to the Internet or associated networks, sending
undesired mail (SPAM, JUNK MAIL), overflowing the channels (FLOOD),
obtaining access to resources with someone else’s rights and
passwords, using system imperfections for the purpose of personal
profit or obtaining information (HACK), carrying out actions which
may be defined as industrial espionage or sabotage, damaging or
destroying systems or data sets (CRACK), sending or invoking "Trojan
horses" (unauthorized remote control systems) or causing
installation of viruses, disturbing the normal work of the remaining
users of the Internet and associated networks, carrying out any
actions which may be defined as a crime or administrative violation
under the Bulgarian law or other applicable law;
1.7. Media
Product/Program is an aggregate of broadcasts: films or a
separate part of the program of a licensed and/or registered radio
and/or television operator distinguished by the other such in its
authorship, content and/or audiovisual realization; for example, the
Evening News;
1.8. Broadcast is any recorded
episode, any material of a given Media Product, for example, the
Evening News of 28.02.2006.
1.9. Media are
licensed and/or registered television operators or other holders of
Internet broadcast rights with respect to television channels,
television programs, films and other Media Products. The Media unites
separate Programs/Media Products;
1.10. Broadcast Methods:
There are three broadcast methods of the Media Products in
Neterra.tv: direct (live) broadcast, topical programs and
Pay-per-view library. All Media Products are accessible to the User
in one or several of these broadcast methods;
Article
2 Subject Matter of the General Conditions
2.1. The
Provider provides to the User via the Site the Services under Article
3 and Article 10, in line and strict
compliance on the part of the User with the requirements set out in
these General Conditions. The Provider preserves his right to
unilaterally develop and offer new services or to discontinue the
provision of part or of all Services, while in the latter case the
conditions of Article 16 are applied.
2.2.
The provision of the Services on the part of the Provider does not
include ensuring computer and telecommunications equipment. The
Provider is not liable in case the User cannot establish access by
reason of problems beyond the Provider’s control (a hardware or
software problem, problem with Internet connectivity, etc.)
2.3.
The services provided by no means transfer and allow the exercise by
the User or by third parties of any intellectual property rights on
the Media Products and the elements thereof: subject matter of the
services.
Article 3 Types of Provided Services
3.1.
Via the Site, the Provider provides wirelessly or over a cable
(depending on the technology used for Internet access) access to an
unlimited number of persons to Media Products and their editions or
to parts thereof in a manner allowing this access to be established
from a location and at a time individually selected by each User. The
Media Products and their editions may be television and radio
programs, news bulletins, films, video clips, etc.
3.2. The
Services include only and solely provision of a possibility for
one-time visual and/or auditory perception of specific broadcasts/the
ordered Media Product and its editions in the Internet. The broadcast
of the products is done with the help of a streaming server, in
real-time or on a recording contained in the database and retrieved
when necessary.
3.3. Services are also other resources and
products provided by the Provider against payment, subject to
continuous development and supplement. The specific services, prices
and conditions of the provision thereof are set out on the respective
pages of the Site.
Article 4 Acceptance of the General
Conditions
4.1. The General Conditions are published
in a visible place on the Site and are made available to every
User.
4.2. Upon his initial registration on the Site, the User
agrees to the General Conditions by making an electronic statement
within the meaning of the Electronic Document and Electronic
Signature Act, whereby he declares that he is familiar with these
General Conditions, accepts them and undertakes to comply with them.
Upon registration of an underage person, the same also declares the
consent of his parents or guardians to the General Conditions. In the
cases of registration of a person under 14 years of age, the
statement of consent to the General Conditions is made by a parent or
guardian of the same.
4.3. In case of a dispute about which
person has expressed a will to bind himself with the text of these
General Conditions, a party thereto shall be considered to be the
person in whose name the Services have been paid (in case of paid
services) or the person that has predominantly used the Services (in
case of free use of the services).
Article 5
Amendment of the General Conditions
5.1. Insofar as
the Services provided by the Provider are varied and continuously
supplemented and modified with a view to their improvement and
expansion, as well as in relation to legislative changes that reflect
on the provided services, the General Conditions may be amended,
superseded or withdrawn unilaterally by the Provider.
5.2. When
effecting changes in the General Conditions, the Provider publishes
in a visible place on the Site a communication of the amendment of
the General Conditions, as well as the text of the amendments for the
duration of at least seven days in succession. Each use of the
Services after the date of publication of their amendment means that
the User agrees to and commits himself to the amended General
Conditions.
Article 6 Registration for Use of the
Services
6.1. The User’s access to the
services on the Site and their use takes place after
registration.
6.2. The User registers by specifying a user name,
password, e-mail and enters personal data set out on the relevant
pages of the Site. The User is obliged to identify himself with his
real name. If the user name is not busy, the User receives the user
name and password that he has requested. In case the chosen user name
is already busy, the User should choose another such, which is unique
and has not been registered by another User.
6.3. The user name
with which the User has registered does not give him any other rights
except for the right of the first that has requested a specific user
name within the computer information system of the Provider. The
Provider does not verify and is not liable for the veracity of the
user name, for the fact whether it affects the rights of third
parties and, in particular, the right to a name or other personal
rights, right to a trade name (company name), right to a trade mark
or other intellectual property rights.
6.4. The User is obliged to
take all care and take the necessary measures, which are reasonably
required, with a view to protecting his user name and password, the
User is fully responsible for the protection of his user name and
password, as well as for all actions that are carried out by him or
by a third party by using his user name or password. The User is
obliged not to make available to third parties his password and to
forthwith notify the Provider in case of an effected unauthorized
access, as well as in case of any likelihood of such.
Article
7 Entry into the Agreement
7.1. With a view to
effecting the registration and expressing consent to the General
Conditions by the User, a Framework Agreement is entered into between
the Parties for use of the Services (the “Agreement”).
The Agreement takes effect and is considered to be entered into as of
the time of reaching an agreement objectified in the manner set out
in Article 4.2. On the basis of the Agreement entered into, the User
has the right to request by application the activation of separate
Services.
7.2. After entering into the Agreement, the Provider
forthwith sends to the User an e-mail containing: Provider’s
name and address; available information characterizing the provided
Services (access plans, prices, schemes and methods of payment,
etc.); conditions for termination of the Agreement; possibility for
the User to cancel the Agreement, etc.
7.3. The first seven days
of the entry into the Agreement are considered to be a test
period.
7.4. The User is entitled without owing compensation or a
penalty and without indicating a reason to cancel the Agreement
within 7 business days of its entry into. The statement of
cancellation should be forwarded to the Provider via the respective
electronic form on the Site, via e-mail or by fax. With the receipt
of the statement, the Agreement is considered to be cancelled and the
User’s registration and his User Profile are deleted.
Article
8 Requests to Use Specific Services and Schemes of Their Payment
8.1. In order to use each paid Service on the Site,
the User should forward to the Provider a request form for use of a
specific Service (the “Request”) and to pay a certain
price. The Request is objectified by means of an electronic statement
within the meaning of the Electronic Document and Electronic
Signature Act, which has the meaning of explicit consent to commence
the provision of the paid Service. The electronic statement under the
previous sentence is made by entering a user name and password and
pressing the respective duly marked buttons to generate and send the
Request. The Request contains data individualizing the person paying
the Service, the specific Service, its price, as well as the method
of payment selected by the User.
8.2. Any provision of Services
under the Pay per view scheme commences after payment by the Provider
of the price indicated on the Site, whereby the User finishes the
respective Request for activation of the respective Service on the
basis of the Agreement entered into. With the receipt of the payment
by the Provider, the Request is considered to be accepted, takes
effect and becomes an integral part of the Agreement. Each specific
Request is terminated automatically with the consumption of the
specific Service. In the case that during the test period under
Article 7.3 the Service is provided under the procedure of this
paragraph, no recovery of the paid amounts is due to the User.
8.3.
The User may request that the use and payment of certain Services
should be made by means of payment of a monthly or annual
subscription to a subscription plan selected by him. The separate
subscription plans, volume of Services included therein and the
prices thereof are set out on the respective pages on the Site and in
the Price List of the Provider. In the case of subscription, the User
pays the subscription price prior to the start of the respective
period.
8.4. The User may prepay to the Provider an amount for the
use of various Services for a future period of up to 1 year, which
amount will be set aside as a separate account of the specific User.
The price of each requested Service is deducted automatically from
the account until exhaustion of the funds on it. All prepaid amounts
unutilized until expiry of 1 year of the date of the payment thereof
remain for the Provider and are not subject to a refund. The User is
able at any time to keep track of the balance on his account in his
User Profile.
8.5. The Provider undertakes to activate the
respective Service within a reasonable period after receipt of the
payment of the respective price and after establishing exact data
about the identity of the User that has made the payment, and in the
case of a prepaid amount, after receipt of the Request.
Article
9 Prices and Methods of Payment
9.1. With each
Request for a Service, the User pays the price of the Service
selected by him under the payment schemes under Article 8 in one of
the following ways in accordance with the instructions set out on the
Site:
a)by a credit
card,
b)through the system ePay.bg and BORIKA,
c)through the system PayPal,
ebg.bg, Easypay,
d)purchase
of a subscription plan by way of SMS (this service is only reachable
by Bulgarian mobile operators and within the geographical territory
of Bulgaria),
е)
in another
way indicated on the Site of the Provider.
9.2. The prices for the
separate Services and subscription plans are duly and comprehensively
described and indicated at the respective places on the Site and are
included in the Price List of the Services provided.
9.3. The
prices of some or of all Services are subject to unilateral updating
by the Provider. The Provider may unilaterally change the Price List
of the Services provided. The new prices take effect as of the time
indicated by the Provider. Upon payment, the current price as at the
later of the two times: of filing a Request under Article 8 or of
payment of the requested Service, in the case that such does not
follow forthwith, is applied.
9.4. A subsequent change in the
prices does not affect the rights of a User who has already paid the
price under the pay per view schemes or by subscription.
Article
10 Intellectual Property
10.1. The intellectual
property rights on all materials and resources placed on the Site are
subject to protection under the Copyright and Related Rights Act,
belong to the Provider or the respective indicated person that has
ceded the right of use and/or distribution to the Provider and cannot
be used in violation of the effective legislation.
10.2. The User
of the Services is not entitled to use, keep, record, distribute,
reproduce, publish, broadcast, copy, re-record, download, transmit,
re-transmit or carry out any other acts with which he may infringe
upon any property and non-property rights and interests of the
Provider and of the holder of the copyright and related rights on the
Media Products and their broadcasts, subject to the Services. 10.3.
The User is not entitled to use any technical means and software
products in order to carry out the acts prohibited under the previous
item.
10.4. In the case that the
User does not comply with some of the provisions of this Article 10,
he owes the Provider a penalty amounting to EUR 10,000 (ten thousand
Euro), together with compensation for all sustained damages and lost
profit above the amount of the penalty, which are a direct and
immediate consequence of the non-performance of the obligations under
the previous paragraphs on the part of the User, including for
incurred legal expenses and paid lawyer’s fees.
10.5. In the
case that the User wishes to issue a warning about an established
violation of intellectual property rights related to the content
published on the Site (Media Products, publications, other
materials), he should forward his letter to the following person in
charge of the protection of the intellectual property rights with the
Provider:
Malincho International & Neterra EOOD
2547 Fire Rd Suite H8
Egg Harbor Township,
NJ 08234-5649, US
malincho@malincho.com
Toll free: 1-866-203-3525
(609) 677 6090
(609) 677 6091
Neterra EOOD
80, Alexander Malinov blvd., Mladost 4
district
Tilia building,
2nd
floor,
1799, Sofia
Tel.: +359 2
975 1616, fax: +359 2 975 3436
E-mail: legal@neterra.net
To the
attention of: Irena Novakova
The notification of the alleged violation must be in
writing and have at least the following content: a) Signature
(including an enhanced or universal electronic signature) of the
person or a duly authorized representative of the person: holder of
the allegedly violated right; b) Power of attorney in the case that
the notification has been sent through a proxy; c) Specific
indication of the allegedly violated product (in the case of an
alleged violation with respect to several products: a comprehensive
list of all products);
d) Information relating to the products
sufficient for Neterra for their identification (for example, the
title of the product, place on the Site where it is published,
etc.);
e) Information sufficient for Neterra to be able to contact
the person filed the notification – such as full name, address,
telephone and e-mail address;
f) Declaration of the person that
has filed the notification that he believes in good faith that the
use of the product in the described manner is not allowed by the
copyright holder, his representatives and agents or by the law;
g)
Declaration that the information in the notification is accurate and
that the person that has filed it acts in the capacity as a holder of
the allegedly violated right or his proper representative and,
respectively, evidence attesting the property on the rights;
h)
Statements about the specific actions requested to be taken by
Neterra in relation to the alleged violation (deletion, restriction
of access, etc.)
Article 11 Malicious Software
11.1.
The User undertakes when using the Services provided by the Provider
not to load, transfer, distribute or use in any way and not to make
available to third parties software, computer programs, files,
applications or other materials containing computer viruses,
unauthorized remote control systems ("Trojan horses"),
computer codes or materials designed to interrupt, obstruct, violate
or restrict the normal functioning of computer hardware or software
or the telecommunications equipment or having as an aim unauthorized
penetration in or access to someone else’s resources or
software.
11.2. The User is not entitled to use software which
conceals his geographic location.
11.3Upon
non-compliance with the requirements of this Article 12,
the Provider is entitled to forthwith interrupt the access of the
User to the Site, to delete from his server the relevant information
or materials, as well as to compensation for all sustained damages
and lost profit, which are a direct and immediate consequence of the
non-performance of the obligations under this Article on the part of
the User, including for incurred legal expenses and paid lawyer’s
fees.
Article 12 Rights and Obligations of the Parties
12.1. The User agrees to adhere to the conditions
established by the Provider in relation to the peculiarities of the
Services with respect to the type and rules for provision. The User
agrees that the future communication with the Provider may also be
carried out via e-mail.
12.2. For each separate Service, the
Provider establishes the conditions of provision described on the
respective pages on the Site. When using the Services, the User
should take into consideration these General Conditions as well as
the specific conditions for provision of each Service.
12.3. The
User undertakes when using the Site: a) not to carry out malicious
actions and not to provoke behavior which would represent a crime or
administrative violation or would lead to civil liability or would
break a law in any other way. b) to notify forthwith the Provider of
any case of a committed or established violation when using the
Services provided;
c) not to interfere knowingly or not in the
proper operation of the system, including, but not limited to, not to
violate or obstruct the availability, reliability or quality of the
Services with respect to the rests of the Users;
d) not to
restrict or prevent any other User from using the Services;
e) to
notify forthwith the Provider if he thinks that the content of the
Site or the Services provided violate an act or applicable law;
f)
to notify forthwith the Provider if he thinks that the content of the
Site is offensive for him or violates his rights or the rights of
third parties;
12.4. The Provider may ensure that banners and
hyperlinks are published on the Site referring to other Internet
sites and resources. Insofar as the Provider does not have the
objective possibility and obligation and does not control these
Internet sites and resources, then the latter is not responsible with
respect to the content and materials located on these Internet sites
and resources. The Provider is not responsible for sustained damages
and lost profit resulting in relation to the use, access or
authenticity of these materials and content.
12.5. The Provider
has the right (but not an obligation) to install on the User’s
computer cookies: small text files which are saved from the Internet
page through the Internet server on the hard disk of the User and
allow information for the User to be recovered by identifying him and
allowing tracing of his actions, etc.
Article 13
Personal Data. Protection
13.1. The Provider is
entitled to collect, process and use personal information relating to
the User. The personal information by means of which the person may
be identified may include the name, date of birth, personal number or
other identification number, address, e-mail address, telephone
number, as well as any other information which the person submits
upon registration. By expressing consent to these General Conditions,
the User agrees to the information relating to him to be processed
under the procedure envisaged herein.
13.2. The Provider takes the
due care and is responsible for the protection of the information
relating to the User that has become known to him on the occasion of
provision of the Services, subject to these General Conditions, not
providing by any means the collected information to third parties:
state authorities, commercial companies, natural persons and others
except in the cases provided for in this Article.
13.3. The
Provider may in view of identification of the Users provide the
е-mail addresses to the Users (but not the names and other personal
information) to partner organizations with which the Provider has
contracts for mutual promotion of services. Each User may explicitly
indicate that he does not wish his e-mail address to be provided to
such partner organizations.
13.4. The Provider may provide to the
holders of rights on the Media Products provided via the Site only
generalized information relating to the use of their products, while
this information does not include personal data of the separate
Users.
13.5. The personal information may be used by the Provider
for offer of new goods and/or services to the User (free or paid),
for promotions, organization of quizzes, inquiries, for statistical
and other purposes. The described purposes for which the information
is used are not comprehensively enumerated and do not give rise to
obligations for the Provider.
13.6. The Provider may disclose to
third parties personal information about the User except in the cases
specified above in this Article also when:
a) He has obtained the
explicit consent of the User upon registration or at a later time;
b)
This is necessary when announcing the winners in organized quizzes,
promotions, etc.;
c) The information is requested from state
authorities or officials who under the effective legislation are
authorized to request and collect such information in compliance with
the statutory procedures;
d) The provisions is necessary to
realize the legal interests of the Provider or a third party to which
the data are disclosed except when the interests of the User to which
the data refer take precedence over these interests;
e) Other
cases provided for in the law.
Article 14
Non-Responsibility
14.1. The Provider is not
responsible for damages caused to the software, hardware or the
telecommunications equipment or for loss of data arising from
materials or resources requested, loaded or used in any way through
the provided Services.
14.2. The Provider is not responsible for
the non-provision of the Services upon occurrence of circumstances
beyond his control: cases of force majeure, fortuitous events,
problems in the worldwide web and in the provision of the Services
beyond the control of the Provider as well as in case of unauthorized
access or intervention of third parties in the functioning of the
computer information system or the server. The parties accept that
the Provider is not responsible for the non-provision of the Services
or their provision with impaired quality in consequence of tests
carried out by the Provider for the purpose of checking the
equipment, connections, networks, etc., as well as tests intended to
improve or optimize the Service provided.
14.3. By accepting
these General Conditions, the User declares that he is aware of the
possibility of unavailability of access to separate components of the
Site or of possible interruptions, delay, damage in the hardware or
software, as well as other type of obstructions in the establishing
of the Internet connection to the Site which may arise irrespective
of the care taken by the Provider. With this Agreement, the User
declares that he will not claim any compensations from the Provider
for lost profit, sustained damages or inconveniences in consequence
of the occurrence of the interruptions or obstructions specified in
the previous sentence of the Internet connection, including with
respect to the capacity of the said connection.
14.4. The Provider
does not guarantee that the Services provided gratuitously will be
uninterruptible, timely, secure and free of errors, insofar as this
is beyond the capacities, control and will of the Provider. The
Provider is not responsible for problems related to the Services
provided free of charge.
14.5. The Provider is not responsible to
the User and third parties for sustained damages and lost profit
occurring in consequence of the termination, interruption, change or
restriction of the Services unless this non-performance is due to
malicious intent or gross negligence of the Provider.
Article
15 Term of the Agreement. Termination and Refund
15.1.
After expiry of the test period under Article 7.3, the Agreement
between the parties is considered to be entered into for an
indefinite period of time until its termination on the basis of the
grounds set out below.
15.2. The Agreement may be terminated by
mutual consent of the parties.
15.3. The User is entitled at any
time at his discretion to cease the use of the Services and to
terminate the Agreement for the future by forwarding a notice in
writing to the Provider. In the case that the User renounces the use
of the Services after expiry of the test period under Article 7.3, he
cannot claim for a refund of already paid amounts.
15.4. Upon an
established violation of a provision of the effective legislation or
of these General Conditions, the Provider is entitled to cancel the
Agreement with the User unilaterally by a 30-day notice without owing
a refund of amounts paid by the User or other compensation.
15.5.
In the case of non-performance of the obligations under Article 11,
Article 12 and Article 13.3,
the Provider is entitled to break the Agreement with the User without
a notice without owing a refund of amounts paid by the User or other
compensation.
15.6. In the case that the User breaks the Agreement
by reason of non-provision of the Services by the Provider because of
malicious intent, gross negligence, discontinuance of the activities
of the Provider or termination of the maintenance of the Site, all
amounts previously paid by the User and not used by him are refunded
to him.
Article 16 Written Form
The
written form is considered to be observed by sending a message via
e-mail, pressing an electronic button on a page with content which is
filled in or
selected by the User or ticking a field (check box)
in the Site and other similar.
Article 17 Nullity
The parties declare that in the case some of the
clauses under these General Conditions proves to be null and void,
this will not entail nullity of the Agreement, of other clauses or
its parts. The null and void clause will be superseded by the
imperative norms of the law or the established practice.
Article
18 Governing Law. Dispute Resolution
To all cases not
settled in these General Conditions, the provisions of the effective
legislation of the USA and the state of NJ are applied. In certain
cases, to the provision of the Services, imperative norms of
other laws may be applied.
All disputes relating to these General
Conditions, contract entered into on the basis thereof and their
performance may be referred by the parties for
resolution solely
to the respective competent court of the USA.