Last updated: February 20th, 2017

 

1. Acceptance of the Terms of Use
Welcome to Mecenato (a.k.a. "we" or "us" or the "Company"). We are excited to have you as an user of the network. The following terms and conditions (collectively, these "Terms of Use") apply to your use of www.mecenato.co, including any content, functionality and services offered on or via mcnto.com or mecenato.co (the "Website").

We want to keep our relationship with you as lean and informal as possible, but please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start using our Website, because by using the Website you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use.

Should you disagree with some of the provisions herein, you can either leave the Website (although we'll be sad to see you go!), or contact us at hello@mecenato.co. Mecenato is all about facilitating networked collaboration and creativity, and we'll be happy to hear your comments and suggestions.

2. Changes to the Terms of Use and the Website
Mecenato is a work in progress, meaning that a lot will change in the near future. We reserve the right to update the Website and these Terms of Use from time to time, at our discretion and without notice. Nevertheless, this document is public on mcnto.com/legal/terms, and you will be able to track the changes for any new version. Your continued use of the Website following the publishing of updated Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes.

3. Accessing the Website, Security and Privacy
We are working hard on improving the Website, but we can't guarantee that the Website will be up and running 24/7. We also reserve the right to suspend or restrict access to some or all features to users. In any case, we will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period, nor for any data loss (see also section 7 below).

To access certain content of the Website you have to enter your email address as part of our sharing procedure. You must treat such information as confidential, not disclosing it to any third party and only using the Website in person.

It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current and complete. In the future, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information.

We also do not guarantee that the Website or any content provided on the Website is error free.


4. Intellectual Property Rights and Use Guidelines
The Website and its entire content, features and functionality, are owned by Mecenato and are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

You are free to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

Under the following terms:

If you have doubts about weather and how to use of material on the Website, please address your concerns to: hello@mecenato.co.

For purposes of these Terms of Use, the term “Content” includes, without limitation, information, data, text, photographs, videos, audio clips, written posts and comments, software, scripts, graphics, and interactive features generated, provided, or otherwise made accessible on or through the Website. For the purposes of these Terms of Use, “Content” also includes all User Content (as defined below).

 All Content added, created, uploaded, submitted, distributed, or posted to the Website by users (collectively “User Content”), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person who originated such User Content. You represent that all User Content provided by you is accurate, complete, up-to-date, and in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. You acknowledge that all Content, including User Content, accessed by you using the Website is at your own risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage or loss to you or any other party resulting therefrom.   We do not guarantee that any Content you access on or through the Website is or will continue to be accurate.

 Any feedback, reviews, comments, and suggestions or recommendations for modifications, improvements or changes to the Services or the Site that you may choose in your sole discretion to provide us from time to time (“Feedback”) shall be solely owned by us (including all intellectual property rights therein and thereto).  You hereby assign and agree to assign all right, title and interest in and to the Feedback to us.

 The Website may contain Content specifically provided by us, our partners or other users and such Content is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets or other proprietary rights and laws. You shall abide by and maintain all copyright notices, information, and restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Website.

 We do not guarantee that any Content will be made available on the Website. We reserve the right to, but do not have any obligation to, (i) remove, edit or modify any Content in our sole discretion, at any time, without notice to you and for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such Content or if we are concerned that you may have violated these Terms of Use), or for no reason at all and (ii) to remove or block any Content from the Website.

You are permitted to use the Website for your personal, non-commercial use, or legitimate business purposes, provided that your activities are lawful and in accordance with these Terms of Use.

5. Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitations of Liability and Indemnification
Your use of the Website is at your sole risk. The service is provided "as is" and "as available". We disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We are not liable for damages, direct or consequential, resulting from your use of the Website, and you agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims, losses, liability costs and expenses (including but not limites to attorney's fees) arising from your violation of any third-party's rights. You acknowledge that you have only a limited, non-exclusive, nontransferable license to use the Website. Because the Website is not error or bug free, you agree that you will use it carefully and avoid using it ways which might result in any loss of your or any third party's property or information.

6. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising out of, or related to them, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the United Arab Emirates without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.

7. Waiver and Severability
Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The Terms of Use constitutes the entire agreement between you and Mecenato and govern your use of the network, superseding any prior agreements (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of Use). If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

8. Feedback
We welcome any comment, question and communication at hello@mecenato.co or via Facebook and Twitter.