Terms of Service
The following terms and conditions govern all use of the Harmony website and all content, services and products available at or through Harmony. Harmony is owned and operated by Collective Idea Inc. (Collective Idea). Harmony 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, Harmony’s Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by Collective Idea. (collectively, the “Agreement”).
Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using Harmony. By accessing or 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 access Harmony or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by Collective Idea, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. Harmony is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.
Your Harmony Account and Site
If you create a site on Harmony, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and site, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the site. You must not describe or assign keywords to your site in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and Collective Idea may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause Collective Idea liability. You must immediately notify Collective Idea of any unauthorized uses of your site, your account or any other breaches of security. Collective Idea 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 Contributors
If you operate a site, comment on a blog, post material to Harmony, post links on Harmony, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of Harmony (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 pornographic, libelous or defamatory (more info on what that means), does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
- your site is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods;
- your site is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your site’s URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and
- you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by Collective Idea or otherwise.
By submitting Content to Collective Idea for inclusion on your Website, you grant Collective Idea 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 site. If you delete Content, Collective Idea will use reasonable efforts to remove it from Harmony, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.
Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Collective Idea has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Collective Idea’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in Collective Idea’s reasonable opinion, violates any Collective Idea policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of Harmony to any individual or entity for any reason, in Collective Idea’s sole discretion. Collective Idea will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.
Fees and Payment
Making a site open to the public on Harmony requires a paid subscription. By selecting a paid subscription plan you agree to pay Collective Idea the monthly or annual subscription fees indicated for that service (the payment terms for service are described below). Payments will be charged on the day you sign up for a subscription and will cover the use of that service for a monthly or annual period as indicated. Subscription fees are not refundable.
Paid Subscriptions
Fees and Payment
By signing up for a subscription plan you agree to pay Collective Idea the monthly hosting fees indicated at http://get.harmonyapp.com/pricing/ in exchange for the services listed therein. Applicable fees will be invoiced starting from the day your subscription is established and in advance of using such services. Collective Idea reserves the right to change the payment terms and fees upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to you. Subscriptions can be canceled by you at anytime.
Support
Paid subscriptions include access to priority email support. “Email support” means the ability to make requests for technical support assistance by email at any time (with reasonable efforts by Collective Idea to respond within one business day) concerning the use of the subscribed service. “Priority” means that support for paid subscription customers takes priority over support for users of the free development trial plan. All paid subscription support will be provided in accordance with Collective Idea standard subscription plan practices, procedures and policies.
Responsibility of Website Visitors
Collective Idea has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to Harmony, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating Harmony, Collective Idea does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there 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 is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. Harmony may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. Collective Idea disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of Harmony, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there 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 Harmony links, and that link to Harmony. Collective Idea does not have any control over those non-Harmony websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-Harmony website or webpage, Collective Idea 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. Collective Idea disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-Harmony websites and webpages.
Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy
As Collective Idea 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 Harmony violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Collective Idea at support@harmonyapp.com. Collective Idea 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 Collective Idea or others, Collective Idea may, in its discretion, terminate or deny access to and use of Harmony. In the case of such termination, Collective Idea will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to Collective Idea.
Intellectual Property
This Agreement does not transfer from Collective Idea to you any Collective Idea or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with Collective Idea. Collective Idea, Harmony, the Harmony logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with Harmony are trademarks or registered trademarks of Collective Idea or Collective Idea’s licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with Harmony may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of Harmony grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Collective Idea or third-party trademarks.
Changes
Collective Idea 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 Harmony following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. Collective Idea may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through Harmony (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
Collective Idea may terminate your access to all or any part of Harmony at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your Harmony account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using Harmony. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have a paid subscription account, such account can only be terminated by Collective Idea if you materially breach this Agreement and fail to cure such breach within thirty (30) days from Collective Idea’s notice to you thereof; provided that, Collective Idea can terminate Harmony 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.
Harmony is provided “as is”. Collective Idea 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 Collective Idea nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that Harmony 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, Harmony at your own discretion and risk.
Limitation of Liability
In no event will Collective Idea, 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; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to Collective Idea under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. Collective Idea 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 Harmony will be in strict accordance with the Collective Idea 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 Harmony will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Collective Idea, 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 Harmony, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.
Miscellaneous
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Collective Idea and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of Collective Idea, or by the posting by Collective Idea of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of Harmony will be governed by the laws of the state of Indiana, 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 Indianapolis, Indiana. 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, Inc. (“JAMS”) by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in Holland, Michigan, 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; Collective Idea 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.