LAST UPDATED APRIL 30, 2022

Terms of Use

These Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms of Use”) apply to your use of the website (the “Website”) operated by Love2Live, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation with a principal place of business at Dolton, IL 60419 (hereinafter “Company”), its subsidiaries and affiliates, and all related tools and services you utilize from Company through your use of the Website. If you continue to browse the Website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern Company’s relationship with you. BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE; IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE.

PART ONE: TERMS FOR ALL USERS

  1. Updates to Terms of Use. These Terms of Use set forth the terms and conditions of Company applicable to your use of the Website. We encourage you to read these Terms of Use carefully. Company may revise, modify and/or supplement these Terms of Use at any time (the “Revised Terms of Use”). When changes are made, we will make the revised version available on the Website, and will indicate at the top of this page the date that revisions were last made. If you do not agree to the Revised Terms of Use, you must stop using the Website. By continuing to use the Website following notice, you hereby expressly agree to be bound by the Revised Terms of Use and acknowledge that your continued use of and access to the Website is valid consideration for the Revised Terms of Use.

  2. Privacy. Company’s Privacy Policy applies to use of the Website, and its terms are made a part of these Terms of Use by this reference. To view Company’s Privacy Policy, click HERE. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information on how Company collects, uses and discloses personally identifiable information. Additionally, by using the Website, you acknowledge and agree that Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any message or information you send through the Website may be read or intercepted by others, even if there is a special notice that a particular transmission (for example, credit card information) is encrypted.

  3. Ownership of Website and Content. The Website is owned and operated by Company. Unless otherwise stated, all material on this Website, in whole and in part, is the property of Company. Unless otherwise stated, all text, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, trademarks, logos, sounds, music, artwork and computer code (collectively the “Content”), including but not limited to the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, “look and feel” and arrangement of such Content, contained on the Website is owned, controlled or licensed by or to Company or third parties, and is protected by trade dress, copyright, patent and trademark laws, and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws. None of this Content is in the public domain. As such, no portion of this Website may be downloaded, distributed, published, altered, stored, transmitted, or copied, electronically or by any other means known now or in the future, without express written permission from Company or its designated agents. Content may be watermarked, visibly and nonvisibly, to track and assure copyright protection. Violating copyright or trademark laws carries significant penalties. Company will enforce its intellectual property rights. No part of the Website and no Content may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way (including “mirroring”) to any other computer, server, program or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, without the express prior written consent of Company or the direct owners of the Content. Also protected are all application, database, web page and web server programming, and other software created by, or licensed by, Company for the development, production, and operation of this Website, its internal platforms, and the host computer network.

  4. Representations Regarding Eligibility to Use Website. You represent and warrant that you meet and will continue to meet the following eligibility requirements for as long as you use the Website: (a) you are at least thirteen (13) years old to use the Website; (b) if you are under eighteen (18) years old, you have first secured your parent or legal guardian’s consent to complete any purchases, contributions or transactions through the Website; (c) you comply with all laws, rules and regulations in connection with your use of the Website and any services arranged through the Website, including without limitation legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction in which you seek to provide or receive services; and (d) you have the right, authority and capacity to enter into these Terms of Use and to abide by all of the terms and conditions in these Terms of Use and the applicable Terms of Sale. By using the Website, you understand and agree that Company may rely on the above representations and warranties as true. You understand and agree that Company may revise the eligibility requirements from time to time and require new conditions and certifications and that you will abide by such revised eligibility requirements or discontinue using the Website.

  5. Use of Website. You agree to use the Website in a manner that is lawful, relevant and proper. You understand and agree not to, and not to permit or encourage anyone else to, do any of the following in connection with the Website: (a) accessing content or data not intended for you, or logging onto a server or account that you are not authorized to access; (b) defaming, abusing, harassing, harming, stalking, threatening or otherwise violating the legal rights (including without limitation rights of privacy and publicity) of others; (c) attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Website, or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (d) interfering or attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, by means of malware, overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mail bombing,” or “crashing;” (e) using the Website to send unsolicited e-mail, including, without limitation, illegal promotions, or advertisements for products or services; (f) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or in any posting using the Website; or (g) attempting to modify, reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reduce or attempt to reduce to a human-perceivable form any of the source code used by Company in providing the Website; (h) uploading files that contain software or other material that violates the rights of any third party, including without limitation intellectual property rights or rights of privacy or publicity; (i) harvesting or otherwise collecting information about Website users without their consent; (j) impersonating another person or allowing any other person or entity to use your user name or password; (k) reproducing, duplicating, copying, selling, re-selling or exploiting any information, materials or content on the Website; (l) selling, renting, sublicensing or leasing of any part of the Website; (m) circumventing any territorial restrictions applied by Company or it licensors; (n) removing or altering any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property notices contained on or provided through the Service (including for the purpose of disguising or changing any indications of the ownership or source of any Content; (n) providing your password to any other person or using any other person’s username and password; and (o) copying, redistributing, reproducing, “ripping”, recording, transferring, performing or displaying to the public, broadcasting, or making available to the public any part of the Content, or otherwise making any use of Company or the Content which is not expressly permitted under these Terms of Use or applicable law or which otherwise infringes the intellectual property rights (such as copyright) in Company or the Content or any part of it. Company reserves the right, but does not undertake the obligation to: (a) monitor or review the Website for violations of this Agreement and for compliance with Company’s policies; (b) report to law enforcement authorities and/or take legal action against anyone who violates this Agreement; (c) manage the Website in a manner designed to protect Company’s and third parties’ rights and property or to facilitate the proper functioning of the Website; (d) screen Company’s users or members, or attempt to verify the statements of Company’s users or members and/or (e) monitor disputes between you and other users or to terminate or block you and other users for violations of this Agreement. Enforcement of these Terms of Use is solely at Company’s discretion, and failure to enforce in some instances does not constitute a waiver of its right to enforce in other instances. In addition, these Terms of Use do not create any private right of action on the part of any User or third party or any reasonable expectation that the Website will not contain any content or conduct that is prohibited by such Terms of Use.

  6. Non-Circumvention Programs. You may not use any “deep-link”, “page-scrape”, “robot”, “spider” or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to access, acquire, copy or monitor any portion of the Website or any Content, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Website or any Content, to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available through the Website. Company reserves the right to bar any such activity. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Website, or any other systems or networks connected to the Website or to any Company server, or to any of the services offered on or through the Website, by hacking, password “mining” or any other illegitimate means. You may not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Website or any network connected to the Website, nor breach the security or authentication measures on the Website or any network connected to the Website. You may not reverse look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to the Website, or any other customer or member of Company, including any Company account not owned by you, to its source, or exploit the Website or information made available or offered by or through the Website, in any way where the purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to personal identification or information, other than your own information, as provided for by the Website. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Website or Company’s systems or networks, or any systems or networks connected to the Website or to Company. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website or any transaction being conducted on the Website, or with any other person’s use of the Website. You may not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal you send to Company on or through the Website. You may not pretend that you are, or that you represent, someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity. You may not use the Website or any Content for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or to solicit the performance of any illegal activity or other activity which infringes the rights of Company or others.

  7. Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement. Company respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask our users to do the same. Company may, in its sole discretion, terminate the accounts of producers who violate others’ intellectual property rights. If you believe that your work has been copied in any way that constitutes infringement on the Website, you may file a notification of such infringement with our designated agent at info@love2live.org and provide the following information: (a) identification of the copyrighted work that you believe to be infringed, including a description of the work, a copy of the work or identification of the location (e.g., URL) of an authorized version of the work; (b) identification of the material you believe to be infringing and its location; (c) your name, address, telephone number and (if available) e-mail address; (d) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the complained of use of the materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (d) a statement that the information that you have supplied is accurate, and indicating that “under penalty of perjury,” you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf and (e) a signature or the electronic equivalent from the copyright holder or authorized representative. Please see 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) for the full requirements of a proper notification. You should also note that if you make any material misrepresentation in your notification that the material or activity is infringing, you will be liable for all damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by us or the alleged infringer as the result of our relying upon such misrepresentation in removing or disabling access to the material or activity claimed to be infringing. We may give notice of a claim of copyright infringement to our users by means of a general notice on the Website, electronic mail to a user’s email address in our records or by written communication sent by first-class mail to a user’s address in our records.

  8. SMS Text Message Alert Service. Company may make SMS text message alert services available to Users. Users who decide to use this service will receive SMS text message notifications on their cellular phones and/or mobile devices. Use of the SMS text message service is voluntary, and if you decide to use this service, you are giving Company permission to send SMS text messages to your cellular phone and/or mobile device. We do not charge for this service, but your carrier may charge you.

  9. Third-Party Links. From time to time, the Website may also include links to services, platforms, advertisers, applications, information, and content owned or controlled by third-parties. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that Company endorses the third-party program(s), service(s), information or content. Company has no responsibility for the content of the linked platform(s). You agree that your use of such platforms, services and/or content is at your own risk, and that Company’s Terms of Use do not apply to such platforms, services and/or content. You should carefully review any applicable terms and conditions that would apply to your use of these third-party platforms, services and/or content. Company expressly disclaims, and you expressly release Company from, any and all liability and damages arising from or in any way related to your use of these third-party platforms, services and/or content.

  10. Limitation of Liability. EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE PROHIBTED BY LAW, COMPANY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE. COMPANY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE OR DELAY IN PERFORMING UNDER THESE TERMS WHERE SUCH FAILURE OR DELAY IS DUE TO CAUSES BEYOND THE REASONABLE CONTROL OF COMPANY, INCLUDING NATURAL CATASTROPHES, GOVERNMENTAL ACTS OR OMISSIONS, LAWS OR REGULATIONS, TERRORISM, LABOR STRIKES OR DIFFICULTIES, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS BREAKDOWNS, HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE FAILURES, TRANSPORTATION STOPPAGES OR SLOWDOWNS OR THE INABILITY TO PROCURE SUPPLIES OR MATERIALS. IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN ANY MATTER ARISING FROM, RELATING TO OR CONNECTED WITH THE WEBSITE EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY RECEIVED FROM YOU, IF ANY, BY COMPANY DURING FROM THE PRIOR 12-MONTH PERIOD OF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS HEREIN MAY NOT APPLY TO CONTENT PROVIDER. FOR INSTANCE, IF CONTENT PROVIDER IS A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, CONTENT PROVIDER AGREES TO WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE §1542, WHICH SAYS: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”

  11. 11.DISCLAIMERS. COMPANY DOES NOT PROMISE THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT, SERVICE OR FEATURE OF THE WEBSITE WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC RESULTS. THE WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE DELIVERED ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS-AVAILABLE” BASIS. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. COMPANY CANNOT ENSURE THAT ANY FILES OR OTHER DATA YOU ACCESS FROM THE WEBSITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, CUSTOM, USE AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. COMPANY CANNOT AND DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT USER CONTENT OR INFORMATION WILL NOT BE MISAPPROPRIATED, INTERCEPTED, DELETED, DESTROYED OR USED BY OTHERS AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE THEREFOR. COMPANY HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, AND YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY RELEASE COMPANY FROM, ANY AND ALL LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY CONTROVERSIES, CLAIMS, SUITS, INJURIES OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE. COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR THE ACTS, OMISSIONS AND CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND ANY LINKED SITES. COMPANY HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, AND YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY RELEASE COMPANY FROM, ANY AND ALL LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY CONTROVERSIES, CLAIMS, SUITS, INJURIES, LOSS, HARM AND/OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM AND/OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE SERVICE OR YOUR INTERACTIONS OR DEALINGS WITH OTHER USERS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY ACTS AND/OR OMISSIONS OF USERS ONLINE OR OFFLINE. YOUR SOLE REMEDY AGAINST COMPANY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT IS TO STOP USING THE WEBSITE OR ANY SUCH CONTENT. THIS LIMITATION OF RELIEF IS A PART OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES. THIS DISCLAIMER APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES, LIABILITY OR INJURIES CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION.

  12. Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Company, its officers, directors, shareholders, predecessors, successors in interest, employees, agents, subsidiaries and affiliates, from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs), made against Company by any third party due to or arising out of or in connection with (a) your use of the Website, (b) your violation of this Terms of Use, (c) the infringement of any intellectual property or any other right of any person or entity by you, or any other user of the Website using your computer; (d) disputes between you and other Users; (e) your use and/or misuse of the Service; (f) your violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation; and/or (g) the inclusion by you of any inaccurate, misleading, false or deceptive statements within your User Content. Company hereby reserves the right to assume the control and defense, at its own expense, of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. Regardless, you shall provide reasonable cooperation to Company as requested by Company in defense of all such claims.

  13. Recovery of Costs and Fees. If Company does take any legal action against you as a result of your violation of these Terms of Use, Company will be entitled to recover from you, and you agree to pay, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of such action, in addition to any other relief granted to Company. You agree that Company will not be liable to you or to any third party for termination of your access to the Website as a result of any violation of these Terms of Use.

  14. Arbitration and Choice of Law. Use of the Website and any dispute arising out of such use of the Website, shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Illinois or any other jurisdiction) which would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction other than the State of Illinois. If a dispute arises out of or in connection with your use of the Website, the Parties shall first try to resolve the dispute with the help of a mutually agreed upon mediator, preferably one familiar with the Entertainment Industry, in Cook County, Illinois associated with the American Arbitration Association and according to the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules, or any other dispute resolution service agreed to by the Parties. Any costs and fees other than attorney fees will be shared equally by the parties. If it is impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution within a reasonable time, the parties shall submit the dispute to binding arbitration in Cook County, Illinois, conducted on a confidential basis pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The Parties agree that the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement, and this Paragraph, and that Company and Content Provider are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action. This arbitration provision shall survive termination of this Agreement and the termination of the Agreement. Any claim under these Terms of Use must be brought within one (1) year after the cause of action arises, or such claim or cause of action is barred.

  15. Class Action Waiver. WHERE PERMITTED UNDER THE APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AND COMPANY AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. Unless both you and Company agree, no arbitrator or judge may consolidate more than one person’s claims or otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.

  16. Void Where Prohibited. Company administers and operates the Website from its location in Cook County, Illinois USA. Although the Website is accessible nationwide, not all features, products or services discussed, referenced, provided or offered through or on the Website are available to all persons or in all geographic locations, or appropriate or available for use outside the United States. Company reserves the right to limit, in its sole discretion, the provision and quantity of any feature, product or service to any person or geographic area. Any offer for any feature, product or service made on the Website is void where prohibited. If you choose to access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and you are solely responsible for complying with applicable local laws.

  17. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms of Use, there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to these Terms of Use.

  18. Relationship of Parties. You acknowledge that you are not legally affiliated with Company in any way, and no independent contractor, partnership, joint venture, or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by your use of the Service or these Terms of Use. As such, you shall not have, or hold out to any third-party as having any authority to make any statements, representations or commitments of any kind, or to take any action, that shall be binding on Company, except as provided herein or authorized in writing by Company. Company is not an employment service and does not serve as an employer of any User. As such, Users are solely responsible (and Company is not responsible), for any tax, withholding or reporting, including, but not limited to, unemployment insurance, social security or payroll withholding tax or income reporting in connection with any services provided by Users. You understand and agree that if Company is found to be liable for any tax, withholding tax or reporting obligation in connection with any services provided or received by you, then you will immediately reimburse and indemnify Company for all costs, expenses and liabilities (including any interest and penalties) relating to the same.

  19. Severability. If any of the provisions of these Terms of Use are held by a tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be void or unenforceable, such provisions shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary and replaced with a valid provision that best embodies the intent of these Terms of Use, so that these Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and Company with regard to your use of the Website, and any and all other written or oral agreements or understandings previously existing between you and Company with respect to such use are hereby superseded. Company’ S failure to enforce strict performance of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver by Company of any provision or any right it has to enforce these Terms of Use, nor shall any course of conduct between Company and you or any other party be deemed to modify any provision of these Terms of Use.