Last Updated: March 8, 2023
The following Terms of Use informs you of the terms, conditions, disclaimers, notices, policies, and agreements (collectively, “Terms”) which set forth the basic rules that govern your access and use of services owned or operated by Gamma Media Holdings, LLC d/b/a gamma. (“gamma.,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and our subsidiaries and affiliates, including websites located at https://www.thegamma.com/, and any other websites linked to these Terms (collective, the “Service(s)”).
YOUR CONTINUED ACCESS AND USE OF THE SERVICES ARE CONDITIONAL ON YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF AND CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT BELOW. Please read these Terms and any other agreements referenced in this document carefully. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms, you may not use or access the Services.
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING ARBITRATION: THIS TERMS CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION AGREEMENT THAT LIMITS YOUR RIGHTS TO BRING AN ACTION IN COURT, BRING A CLASS ACTION, AND HAVE DISPUTES DECIDED BY A JUDGE OR JURY, AS WELL AS PROVISIONS THAT LIMIT OUR LIABILITY TO YOU. PLEASE REVIEW SECTION 9 BELOW FOR DETAILS ABOUT ARBITRATION (INCLUDING THE PROCEDURE TO OPT-OUT OF ARBITRATION).
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TABLE OF CONTENTSWhen you use our Services, you represent and warrant that: (a) the information and details you submit to the Services are true and correspond to reality; (b) your use of the Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation. You affirm that you are at least 16 years of age and a "natural person" in your country of residence, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, representations and responsibilities set for in these Terms, and to abide and comply with these Terms.
While using the Services, you are required to comply with all applicable statutes, orders, regulations, rules and other laws. You are prohibited from:
All names, logos, text, designs, graphics, trade dress, characters, interfaces, code, software, images, sounds, videos, photographs and other content appearing in or on the Services (“Content”) are protected intellectual property of, or used with permission or under license by gamma.. Such Content may be protected by copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary rights and laws. This includes the entire Content of each Service, copyrighted and protected as a collective work. All intellectual property rights associated with the Services, and related goodwill, are proprietary to us or our licensors. You do not acquire any right, title or interest in any Content by accessing or using the Services. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited license to access and use the Services and their Content for personal, informational, and purchasing purposes. No Content from the Services may be copied, reproduced, republished, performed, displayed, downloaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way without written permission of the rights owner, except that you may download or print one copy of specific Content made available for your downloading or printing for your personal, non-commercial home use, subject to your compliance with these Terms, and retain the same solely for as long as you continue to be permitted to access the Services. To use Content under such an exception, you must (1) keep any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices intact, (2) use such Content pursuant to any licenses associated with such Content, (3) not copy or post such Content on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media, (4) make no modifications to any such Content, and (5) make no additional representations or warranties relating to such Content. Except as otherwise expressly authorized herein or in writing by gamma., you agree not to reproduce, modify, rent, lease, perform, display, transmit, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based (in whole or in part) on all or any part of the Services or the Content. We reserve the right to refuse access to Services at our discretion, including, without limitation, if we believe that user conduct violates applicable law or is harmful to our interests.
We may provide you with features to submit your inquiry or feedback to us. You are responsible for any information or content that you send to us, or transmit through our Services (“User Content”). You agree, represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to submit the User Content and you hereby grant to gamma. a perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, fully-paid, royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide, fully sublicensable and unrestricted right and license to use, copy, display, public, modify, remove, publicly perform, translate, create derivative worlds, distribute, and/or otherwise use such User Content. You shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on or through our Services any User Content protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights of any third party without the express written permission of the owner of such right(s). You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, trademark, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such User Content. PLEASE DO NOT SEND US ANY USER CONTENT, IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, OR OTHER USER CONTENT THAT YOU WISH TO KEEP PRIVATE OR PROPRIETARY OR FOR WHICH YOU EXPECT TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION. By sending any ideas, concepts, know-how, proposals, techniques, suggestions or other User Content to us, you agree that: (i) we are free to use such User Content for any purpose, (ii) such User Content will be deemed not to be confidential or proprietary (iii) we may have something similar already under consideration or in development, and (iv) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from us under any circumstances unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by us. Be aware that we have no obligation to keep User Content confidential unless explicitly stated.
It is our policy to expeditiously respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). If you believe that material located on or linked to by us violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify us in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. To do so, please send an email to [email protected] with the Subject Line “DMCA Notice”, and include the following:
We will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. We will terminate our user’s access to and use of our Services if, under appropriate circumstances, the alleged user is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of gamma. or others.
THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL SERVICES, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS AND MATERIALS, IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY FOR INFORMATION, DATA, DATA PROCESSING SERVICES, UPTIME OR UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, USEFULNESS, OR CONTENT OF INFORMATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE, AND WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES OR THE SERVICES, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS OR MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET USERS’ REQUIREMENTS. NO ADVICE, RESULTS OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. gamma. ALSO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS THAT MAY INFECT OR HARM, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT FROM YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN THE SERVICE OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO, OR AUDIO FROM THE SERVICE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICES. WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE ABOVE IN THIS SECTION, gamma. AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ORDERED OR PROVIDED VIA THE SERVICES, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM, AND YOU HEREBY WAIVE, ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS MADE IN PRODUCTS OR SERVICES LITERATURE, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS DOCUMENTS AND OTHERWISE ON THE SERVICES OR IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH gamma. OR ITS AGENTS. ANY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ORDERED OR PROVIDED VIA THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY gamma. “AS IS”, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT, IF AT ALL, OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN A LICENSE OR SALE AGREEMENT SEPARATELY ENTERED INTO IN WRITING BETWEEN YOU AND gamma. OR ITS LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES: (1) THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK; (2) THAT YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL NECESSARY SERVICING OR REPAIRS OF ANY EQUIPMENT THAT YOU USE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICES; AND (3) THAT gamma. WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER VIRUS, OR NETWORK OR INTERNET FAILURE, OR INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, COMPENSATORY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS AND/OR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF gamma. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL GAMMA’s TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIMS RELATED TO THIS SERVICE EXCEED TEN DOLLARS. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, GAMMA, ITS AFFILIATES’, AGENTS’, LICENSORS’ AND SUPPLIERS’ DAMAGES IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold gamma. and its directors, officers, employees, agents or service providers harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising directly or indirectly out of or from (i) your breach of any provision of these Terms; (ii) your activities in connection with our Services; or (iii) the User Content or other information you provide to us through the Services. gamma. reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with gamma.’s defense of such claim.
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY – IT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT.
Initial Dispute Resolution. We are available by email at [email protected] by mail at gamma., 2953 Lincoln Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90405 United States to address any concerns you may have regarding your use of the Services. Most concerns may be quickly resolved in this manner. You agree to use best efforts to settle any Dispute, claim, question, or disagreement directly through consultation and good faith negotiations which shall be a precondition to either party initiating a lawsuit or arbitration.
Agreement to Binding Arbitration. For users of the Services that reside in North America, if we do not reach an agreed upon solution within a period of sixty (60) days from the time informal Dispute resolution is pursued pursuant to Section 11(a) above, then either you or we may initiate binding arbitration. Except for any Disputes excluded below in Section 11(d), all claims arising out of or relating to these Terms (including their formation, performance and breach), the parties’ relationship with each other and/or your use of the Services shall be finally settled by binding arbitration administered on a confidential basis by JAMS, in accordance with the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures, excluding any rules or procedures governing or permitting class actions. The arbitration shall be conducted in the Los Angeles, California, and claims regarding the judgement of the arbitrator (including entry of judgment on the arbitration aware) may be brought and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal court located in Los Angeles County, California. You or gamma. may elect to appear at the arbitration in person or, if you and we both agree, to conduct it remotely online via appropriate videoconferencing technology, in lieu of appearing live.
Each party will have the right to use legal counsel in connection with arbitration at its own expense. The parties shall select a single neutral arbitrator in accordance with the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures. The arbitrator, and not any federal, state or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve all Disputes arising out of or relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of these Terms, including, but not limited to, any claim that all or any part of these Terms is void or voidable. The arbitrator shall be empowered to grant whatever relief would be available in a court under law or in equity. The arbitrator’s award shall be in writing and provide a statement of the essential findings and conclusions, shall be binding on the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
The interpretation and enforcement of these Terms shall be subject to the Federal Arbitration Act. The JAMS rules governing the arbitration may be accessed at https://www.jamsadr.com/adr-rules-procedures. If you initiate arbitration, to the extent the filing fee for the arbitration exceeds Two Hundred and Fifty U.S. Dollars ($250) and the claim is found to be non-frivolous, we will pay the additional cost. If we are required to pay the additional cost of the filing fees, you should submit a request for payment of fees to JAMS along with your form for initiating the arbitration, and we will make arrangements to pay all necessary fees directly to JAMS. We will also be responsible for paying all other arbitration costs arising in connection with the arbitration, other than costs incurred by you for legal counsel, travel and other out-of-pocket costs and expenses not constituting fees or amounts payable to JAMS. You will not be required to pay fees and costs incurred by us if you do not prevail in arbitration. We will also pay JAMS to reimburse you for any portion of the $250 filing fee that is more than what you would otherwise have to pay to file suit in a court of law. You understand that, absent this mandatory provision, you would have the right to sue in court and have a jury trial. You further understand that the right to discovery may be more limited in arbitration than in court.
Class Action and Class Arbitration Waiver. You and we each further agree that any arbitration shall be conducted in our respective individual capacities only and not as a class action, and you and we each expressly waive our respective right to file a class action or seek relief on a class basis. If any court or arbitrator determines that the class action waiver set forth in this paragraph is void or unenforceable for any reason or that an arbitration can proceed on a class basis, then the arbitration provision set forth above in Section 11(b) shall be deemed null and void in its entirety and the parties shall be deemed to have not agreed to arbitrate Disputes.
Exceptions. Notwithstanding the parties’ agreement to resolve all Disputes through arbitration, either party may seek relief (i) in a small claims court for Disputes or claims within the scope of that court’s jurisdiction, and (ii) any Disputes relating to intellectual property rights, obligations, or any infringement claims.
30 Day Right to Opt-Out. You have the right to opt-out and not be bound by the arbitration and class action waiver provisions set forth in Sections 11(b) and 11(c) by sending written notice of your decision to opt-out by emailing us at [email protected]. The notice must be sent within thirty (30) days of your first use of the Services, or the effective date of the first set of Terms containing an Arbitration and Class Action and Class Arbitration Waiver section otherwise you shall be bound to arbitrate Disputes in accordance with the terms of those sections. If you opt-out of these arbitration provisions, we also will not be bound by them.
Term for Cause of Action. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to the use of the Services or the Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
Exclusive Venue for Litigation. To the extent that the arbitration provisions set forth in Section 11(b) do not apply or if you have opted out of arbitration, you agree that any litigation shall be filed exclusively in state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California (except for small claims court actions which may be brought in the county where you reside). In the event of litigation relating to these Terms or the Services, you agree to waive, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any right to a jury trial, except where a jury trial waiver is not permissible under applicable law.
Governing Law and Rules. These Terms and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee, exclusive of conflict or choice of law rules. The parties acknowledge that these Terms evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce. Notwithstanding the provision in the preceding paragraph with respect to applicable substantive law, any arbitration conducted pursuant to these Terms shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C., Secs. 1-16). In any arbitration arising out of or related to these Terms, the arbitrator is not empowered to award punitive or exemplary damages, except where permitted by statute, and the parties waive any right to recover any such damages. In any arbitration arising out of or related to these Terms, the arbitrator may not award any incidental, indirect or consequential damages, including damages for lost profits. The parties adopt and agree to implement the JAMS Optional Arbitration Appeal Procedure (as it exists on the effective date of these Terms) with respect to any final award in an arbitration arising out of or related to these Terms.
Exception. Arbitration may not apply if you are a resident of the European Union and subject to the Alternative Dispute Resolution Directive (2013/11/EU) and the Online Dispute Resolution Regulation (EU 524/2013) (and any implement regulations in each member state of the EU), the agreement to arbitrate in these Terms will not apply if not permitted by law.
These Terms apply to you starting on the date you first access or use the Services and continue until we terminate the Terms, or until you stop using our Services.
In addition to any right or remedy that may be available to us under applicable law, we may suspend, limit, or terminate all or a portion of your access to the Services or any of its features at any time with or without notice and with or without cause, including without limitation, if we believe that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms. Upon any such termination, (i) you must destroy all Content obtained from the Services and all copies thereof; (ii) you will immediately cease all use of and access to the Services; and (iii) we may delete or disable access to any of your User Content at any time. You agree that if your use of the Services is terminated pursuant to these Terms, you will not attempt to use our Services under any name, real or assumed, and further agree that if you violate this restriction after being terminated, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from any and all liability that we may incur. Your use of the Services after termination will be a violation of this section, which survives any termination.
The provisions of these Terms concerning protection of intellectual property rights, prohibited use, user submitted content, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnity, and disputes, as well as any other provisions that by their nature should survive, shall survive any such termination.
California Residents. Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California residents are entitled to the following specific consumer rights information: The provider of the Services is gamma., 2953 Lincoln Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90405 United States. To file a complaint regarding the Services or to receive further information regarding use of the Services, please send a letter to the above address or contact us via e-mail at [email protected] with “California Resident Request” as the Subject Line. You may also contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 400 R Street, Suite 1080, Sacramento, California 95814, or by telephone at 916.445.1254 or 800.952.5210.
New Jersey Residents. If you are a consumer residing in New Jersey, solely to the extent that your rights as a consumer residing in New Jersey render them unenforceable under New Jersey law, the following sections of this Terms do not apply to you and do not limit any rights that you may have: (a) Disclaimer of Warranties; (b) Limitation of Liability; (c) Dispute Resolution, and (d) Indemnification.
No Waiver. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
Severability. If any provision of the Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of these Terms remain in full force and effect.
Assignment. These Terms of Use, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by gamma. without restriction.
Entire Agreement. These Terms reflect the entire agreement between the parties related to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, representations, statements, and understandings of the parties.
Notices and Electronic Communications. When you visit our Services or send emails or text messages to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by email, text message, push notifications services or by posting notices on our Services. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
We reserve the right to modify these Terms, at any time without prior notice, at our sole discretion. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of such changes. However, it is your responsibility to check the “Last Updated” legend at the top of this page periodically to see when these Terms were last revised. When changes are made to these Terms, they will become immediately effective when published on this web page unless otherwise noted. If we modify these Terms materially, to the extent permissible under applicable law, such modification will be effective upon the earlier of (i) your first use of the Services with actual notice of such change, (ii) 30 days from the posting of such change. We may send you notice of the updated Terms at our sole discretion, and the manner of the notification may include, for example, email, posted notice on the Services, or another reasonable manner. Your continued access and use of the Services following any such change constitutes your acceptance to be bound by the revised Terms then in effect. You agree that you will review these Terms periodically and that you shall be bound by these Terms and any modifications to it. Since our Services are evolving over time, we may also change or discontinue all or any part of the Services, at any time and without notice.
These Terms will identify the date of the last update. Disputes arising under these Terms will be resolved in accordance with the version of the Terms in place at the time the Dispute arose. “Disputes” means any dispute, action, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to any aspect of these Terms, whether based on contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation, or any other legal or equitable basis and regardless of whether a claim arises during or after the termination of these Terms.
Any questions, complaints, or claims regarding our Services should be directed to [email protected]