Terms of Use
CANADIAN MOTION PICTURES DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF THIS WEBSITE
This website (“website” or “site”) is provided by the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association (“CMPDA”) conditional on your acceptance of the terms and conditions of use as set out below (“Terms of Use”) and the terms of CMPDA’s Privacy Policy which are incorporated herein by reference. By accessing, reading and making use of this site, you agree, on your own behalf and on behalf of any entity on whose behalf you may be acting, to be bound by the Terms of Use. If you do not wish to be bound by the Terms of Use, you should not use this website.
Changes to Terms of Use and the Website
CMPDA has the right, at its sole discretion, to add to, remove, modify or otherwise change any part of these terms of use, including the Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, at any time. Changes will be effective when notice of such change is posted at this website. You should frequently check the terms of use for changes by checking the date of “Last Updated” at the bottom of this document. If any change is not acceptable to you, you must discontinue your use of this website immediately. Your continued use of this website after changes have been made, including downloading or using materials from it, will be considered acceptance of those changes.
CMPDA may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of this website at any time without notice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, CMPDA may change the availability of any features, fees or charges for the use of the site or add, remove, modify or otherwise change any contents on this website, impose limits on certain features or restrict access to parts or all of this website. CMPDA reserves the right, but not the duty, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the website at any time without notice.
Ownership
© 2009, Canadian Motion Pictures Distributors Association. All rights reserved.
The material on this website, including the underlying copyrights, trade-marks, HTML, text, illustrations, designs, icons, documents, products, software and all other website content, is owned by the CMPDA or is owned by the original creator or their assignee, in which case CMPDA is using the content under a licence.
Expect as permitted by law or as specifically permitted herein, no portion of the content owned or controlled by the CMPDA may be used in any way without a licence from the CMPDA. To request a licence to use any of the Content owned or controlled by the CMPDA, please contact: info@cmpda.ca.
Some of the materials and graphical elements found on this website are subject to copyrights or trade-marks held by other organizations. In such cases, some restrictions on the use of the materials and graphical elements may apply and it may be necessary to seek permission from the rightsholder prior to using the material or graphical elements. Specifically the logos of our members and the MPAA are trade-marks owned or controlled by these organizations and have been licensed to CMPDA for use on this website. Permission to use these trade-marks must be obtained from a rightsholder directly. Unless otherwise indicated, the images used on this website have been licensed to the CMPDA by Corbis Inc. Licenses for the use of these images can be obtained from Corbis at www.corbis.com.
Usage
The contents of this website may not be transmitted, transcribed, reproduced, stored or translated into any other form without the prior written permission of the CMPDA, unless specifically provided as follows. In particular, the CMPDA permits you to display the content of this website on your computer and to print, download and use the underlying HTML, text, audio clips, video clips and other content available to you on this website provided that:
1. this is for your personal, non-commercial use;
2. you do not modify the content of the material; and
3. you include with and display on each copy the copyright notice.
No other use of this website is permitted. Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, you may not make commercial use of the content of this site, including in or with any product that you create or distribute or copy the content of this site on to your own or another’s website.
Website Links
If you want to link to this website, you may do so provided you agree to the link conditions described below (“Link Conditions”). By establishing a link to this website you will be deemed to have agreed to these Link Conditions, at the time of initial linking and as they may be amended from time to time:
(a) A link may be established to the following homepage (the “Homepage”) of this website:
http://www.cmpda.ca.
Links may not be established to any other pages on this website without the written permission of the CMPDA.
(b) If you link to this website, your website:
(i) may not create frames around this website or use other techniques that alter the visual presentation of this website;
(ii) may not imply that CMPDA is endorsing you or your products or services;
(iii) may not imply an affiliation between your company and CMPDA without the prior written consent of the CMPDA;
(iv) may not misrepresent your relationship with the CMPDA or present false or misleading impressions about CMPDA’s services; and
(v) may not contain materials that may be interpreted as distasteful or offensive.
(c) The CMPDA shall have no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on your website.
(d) CMPDA may at any time, in its full discretion, immediately terminate your right to link to this website, with or without cause. If the CMPDA exercises this right, you will immediately remove all links to this site.
The CMPDA makes no representations or warranties, and does not endorse, any website that is linked to this website, the contents of any such website, the information appearing on any such website or any of the products or services described on any such website. The fact that a website is linked to this website does not imply that the CMPDA sponsors, endorses or is affiliated or associated with the entity that owns or is responsible for the website.
Certain links on this website may take you to other websites. CMPDA provides these links as a convenience. CMPDA is not responsible for the content of any linked websites and makes no representations or warranties regarding, and does not endorse, any linked website, the contents thereof, the information appearing thereon, or any of the products or services described thereon. Links do not imply that the CMPDA sponsors, endorses or is affiliated or associated with any entity that owns or is responsible for any linked website. If you decide to visit any linked websites, you do so at your own risk.
Disclaimers
Any use or reliance on this website, the contents of this website or the information provided to this website shall be at your sole risk. The CMPDA makes no representation or warranty of any kind regarding this website, the contents of this website or the information provided through this website, all of which are provided on a “as is” basis. The CMPDA expressly disclaims all representations, warranties, conditions and endorsements as to the operation of this website, the contents of this website or the information provided through this website. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the CMPDA makes no warranty as to the accuracy, quality or completeness of the contents of this website or information provided through this website, nor to merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, nor to title or non-infringement, nor to the absence of any software virus or other harmful component. The CMPDA does not warrant that this site or the delivery, hosting and ancillary services or facilities of third party suppliers utilized by the CMPDA will continue to operate, will operate without interruptions, or will be error free.
Limitation of Liability
In no circumstances shall the CMPDA or any of its affiliates or content providers be liable for any loss or damages whatsoever, including but not limited to indirect, special, consequential, punitive or incidental damages, or damages for loss of use, profits, data or other intangibles or, the cost of procurement or substitute goods and services, arising out of or relating to the use, access to, inability to use or access, or performance or non-performance of this website, any CMPDA site or of its services, even if the CMPDA, its affiliate or content provider has been advised previously of the possibility of such loss or damage. The limitations and liability and disclaimers in these Terms of Use apply regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, warranty, negligence or other tort, or any other legal theory and shall survive the fundamental breach or breaches or the failure of the central purpose of contract or the failure of an exclusive remedy.
Privacy
Please click on the following link to view our Privacy Policy. You acknowledge that you have read the Privacy Policy and agree that the terms of such communication are reasonable. You consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information by CMPDA in accordance with the terms of and for the purposes set forth in the Privacy Policy.
Cookies
The CMPDA website uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is place on your hard disc by a webpage server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can be read only by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of the cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize CMPDA web pages or register with CMPDA websites or services, a cookie helps to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your information. When you return to the same CMPDA website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the CMPDA features that you have customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the CMPDA website.
Miscellaneous
In the event that any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed to be unenforceable or invalid in whole or in part, the effective portion of such provision will be deemed to be severed and the remaining provisions will continue to apply with full force and effect.
The headings used in these terms of use are included for convenience only and will not limit or otherwise affect these Terms of Use.
This website is controlled by the CMPDA from its offices within the Province of Ontario in Canada. This website can be accessed from all provinces and territories of Canada, as well as from other countries around the world. As each of these jurisdictions has laws that may differ from the Province of Ontario, all matters relating to access to, or use of, this site, or any website link to this site shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. You consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in the City of Toronto, in the Province Ontario, Canada, for all disputes out of or relating to the use of this website and these terms of use.
These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between use relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersede any prior understandings or agreements, whether electronic, oral, or written, regarding said subject matter.
LAST UPDATED: DECEMBER •, 2008
