Upload Agreement
Last Updated: May 28, 2023
PLEASE READ THIS UPLOAD AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”) CAREFULLY BEFORE UPLOADING CONTENT (“USER CONTENT”) TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO USERS OF TECKNEXUS.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU CANNOT UPLOAD, PUBLISH, OR DISTRIBUTE, USER CONTENT ON TECKNEXUS.
1. Eligibility.
In order to upload User Content to TeckNexus, You must: (i) register for a TeckNexus account (Your “Account”); (ii) be at least 18 years of age (or the age of majority in your place of residence if it is other than 18) and if You are uploading User Content to TeckNexus on behalf of an organization, You must be an authorized representative of such organization with the authority to bind such organization to these terms and agree to these terms on behalf of such organization; and (iii) Your TeckNexus Account must be active and in good standing (among other things, this means that Your account cannot be restricted or suspended). TeckNexus reserves the right to refuse or revoke Your access at any time, at its sole discretion, without cause and without notice to You.
2. Incorporation by Reference.
The following additional TeckNexus terms, policies, and guidelines are expressly incorporated herein and form a binding part of this Agreement as if reproduced fully herein:
Unless defined in this Agreement, all capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meaning given in our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
3. Certain Rights of TeckNexus.
TeckNexus will solely control all features and functionality of the Site and will have the right to modify, change, or amend the same at all times, at its sole discretion. TeckNexus reserves the right to remove or delete User Content at any time, at its sole discretion, without cause and without notice to You.
4. Authorization to Upload.
Subject to Your full and timely compliance with all of the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement, TeckNexus hereby authorizes You to upload and distribute authorized digital content, including electronic documents. User Content is uploaded at Your own risk. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, TeckNexus neither guarantees against unauthorized copying or distribution of User Content nor will TeckNexus be liable for any unauthorized copying or usage of the User Content.
5. Prohibited Uses.
Your authorization to use TeckNexus for the uploading and distribution of User Content is subject to the following restrictions:
(i) You may not share, copy, adapt, redistribute, reconfigure, modify, create derivative works from, resell, profit from, or otherwise exploit content accessed on the Site, other than as permitted by TeckNexus; or
(ii) You may not act in any way that violates TeckNexus’s Terms and Conditions, Prohibited Activity and Content Notice, any other Guidelines, or any other agreement between TeckNexus and Yourself, or engage in any action or practice that disparages or devalues TeckNexus’s reputation or goodwill.
You acknowledge that any attempted or actual violation of any of the foregoing is a material breach of this Agreement and that TeckNexus may pursue any and all applicable legal and equitable remedies against You, including an immediate suspension of Your account or termination of this Agreement, and the pursuit of all available civil or criminal remedies.
6. Grant of License to TeckNexus.
By uploading User Content to TeckNexus, you hereby grant to TeckNexus a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, license (with the right to grant and authorize sublicenses) to host, transfer, display, perform, reproduce, translate, distribute, compress or convert for distribution (including but not limited to facilitating accessibility to the visually or hearing impaired), monetize, charge money for, restrict access to view, restrict access to download, advertise against, create derivative works from, train machine learning, large language, or other statistical or data models of TeckNexus or other authorized third parties, and otherwise exploit Your User Content, in any media formats and through any media channels, in order to publish and promote such User Content, either alone or in combination with User Content of other TeckNexus users, in connection with services offered or to be offered by TeckNexus. Such license will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed. You grant TeckNexus the right to restrict access to view or to download your User Content (for example, without limitation, to paying users) and to charge users for access to your User Content, subject to certain configuration options provided to you by TeckNexus. Subject to the terms and limitations set forth herein, you may terminate this grant of license to TeckNexus as to any specific piece of User Content by removing or deleting that piece of User Content from the Services; provided, however, that it is understood and agreed that TeckNexus or third parties may retain a copy of any User Content as necessary for legal or archival purposes.
7. Grant of License to Other TeckNexus Users.
By uploading User Content to TeckNexus, you hereby grant to each User who is authorized to access Your User Content a non-exclusive license to access and use Your User Content under the terms indicated by You when You uploaded such User Content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, You hereby grant to each such User at least a limited, non-exclusive, license to view, download (including, without limitation, download to a portable device, but subject to download restrictions either made by TeckNexus or by you), print and have printed such User Content for personal use in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Services The foregoing license granted by You terminates as to a specific piece of User Content once You remove or delete such User Content from TeckNexus, provided that User rights to such User Content arising out of distributions occurring on or prior to deletion of such User Content from the Services survive any termination or expiration of the license granted in this section 7.
8. Reservation of Rights.
Subject to the licenses granted herein, You retain all of Your ownership rights in User Content uploaded and owned by You.
9. Confidentiality.
You agree not to disclose the Confidential Information of TeckNexus without TeckNexus’s prior written consent. For the purposes of this section, “Confidential Information” includes without limitation: (a) software, technology, specifications, guidelines, documentation, or other materials relating to TeckNexus; and (b) any other information designated by TeckNexus as “confidential” or an equivalent designation, whether orally or in writing.
10. Term and Termination.
10.1 Term. The term of this Agreement will begin on the date You upload Your User Content and will continue until terminated in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section 10 (the “Term”).
10.2 Termination. TeckNexus may, at its discretion and without cause, liability, or prior notice to You, immediately terminate this Agreement, Your TeckNexus Account, or suspend Your TeckNexus upload privileges at any time. You may terminate this Agreement either by canceling your TeckNexus Account and removing the content, or by providing TeckNexus with written notification of intended termination through electronic mail at contact@TeckNexus.com. This Agreement will be deemed terminated by You fifteen (15) business days after TeckNexus’s receipt of such notification.
10.3 Effect of Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement, any provision which, by its nature or express terms, should survive will survive such termination or expiration.
10.4 Retiring User Content. If You choose to remove or delete Your User Content from TeckNexus it will not be available to Users following the date of such removal or deletion (the “Deletion Date”). Users who have downloaded offline copies of Your User Content (including, without limitation to TeckNexus’s Mobile Applications), may continue to access that content.
11. Your Representations and Warranties.
You are solely responsible for Your User Content and the consequences of uploading and publishing them. By uploading and publishing Your User Content, You represent and warrant that:
(i) all of the information that You provide to TeckNexus under this Agreement is current and accurate;
(ii) You are the creator and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases and permissions to use and to authorize TeckNexus and TeckNexus’s Users to use Your User Content in the manner permitted herein;
(iii) Your User Content does not and will not slander, defame, or libel any other party, violate any other party’s publicity rights or trade secret rights, be obscene, or otherwise unlawful;
(iv) Your User Content does not and will not violate TeckNexus’s Terms and Conditions, Prohibited Activity and Content Notice, or any other policy governing User Content or User behavior;
(v) You have not entered into any other agreement that is in conflict with the terms of this Agreement;
(vi) Your User Content does not contain any viruses, adware, spyware, worms, or other malicious code;
(vii)Your User Content is free of any digital rights management, including any software designed to limit the number of times User Content may be copied or played; and
(viii) no claim has been asserted nor have any proceedings been instituted by any third party against You or Your predecessors in title for the infringement of intellectual property rights in Your User Content.
12. TeckNexus Disclaimer of Warranties.
In addition to the warranties disclaimed in the Terms and Conditions, TeckNexus expressly disclaims any warranty that the security measures used to protect User Content used by TeckNexus herein will be effective. TeckNexus makes no assurances that such security measures will withstand attempts to evade security mechanisms or that there will be no cracks, disablements or other circumvention of such security measures.
13. Relationship of the Parties; Remedies Cumulative.
The parties are independent contractors with respect to each other. This Agreement does not constitute and may not be construed as constituting a partnership or joint venture among the parties hereto, or an employee-employer relationship. No party shall have any right to obligate or bind any other party in any manner whatsoever, and nothing herein contained shall give, or is intended to give, any rights of any kind to any third parties. Rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any right or remedy provided at law or in equity.
14. Support.
For assistance with questions regarding this Agreement, contact@tecknexus.com. Responses will be provided as soon as possible.
15. United States Export Controls.
You shall not at any time upload any User Content that requires licenses or authorizations from any Government agencies. Relevant U.S. regulations include but are not limited to the State Department’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Commerce Department’s Export Administration Regulations. You shall not post any ITAR-controlled technical data and other applicable information, including any official Department of Defense documents, on TeckNexus.com that have not been authorized for public release by the appropriate Government agency. It is your responsibility to ensure that you comply with these laws and do not post any item on TeckNexus.com that is not authorized for public release under the applicable laws, regulations and restrictions. Your rights under these Terms are contingent on Your compliance with this provision.
