Terms of Use

The website displayed at www.udiweb.staging.wpengine.com (this “Site”) is operated by United Distributors, Inc. (“UDI”).  Your use of and access to this Site is conditioned upon your acceptance of these Terms of Use including our Privacy Policy.  We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify or update these Terms of Use from time to time with immediate effect.   It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use periodically for updates.

AFTER READING THIS PAGE, IF FOR ANY REASON YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH OR CANNOT ABIDE BY THESE TERMS OF USE OR OUR PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE EXIT THIS SITE IMMEDIATELY.  OTHERWISE BY ACCESSING AND USING THIS SITE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO THESE TERMS OF USE AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY.

Permitted Users of this Site

This Site is intended to be used and accessed by people who are of legal age to purchase and consume alcohol.  If you are of legal age in your country of residence and the country from which you are accessing this Site, please continue.  If you are not, please exit this Site immediately.  By continuing, you affirm that you are of legal age to purchase and consume alcohol in your country of residence and the country from which you are accessing this Site.

Rights to Contents and Intellectual Property

Except as otherwise provided, the copyrights to all materials, content and lay-out of this Site (including text, user and visual interfaces, images, look and feel, design, sound, etc. and any underlying software and computer codes) are proprietary to UDI, its affiliates, subsidiaries, or third party licensors.  Except as permitted by these Terms of Use, you may not copy, reproduce, post on any other website, republish, upload, encode, modify, translate, publicly perform or display, commercially exploit, distribute or transmit any portion of this Site or make any derivative works from this Site in any way without UDI’s express prior written consent.

Any name, logo, trademark, service mark, patent, design, copyright or other intellectual property appearing on this Site is owned or licensed by UDI or its affiliates or subsidiaries and may not be used by you without the prior written consent of UDI or the appropriate owner.  Your use of this Site does not grant you any right, title, interest or license to any such intellectual property appearing on the Site.

Any unauthorized use of the content of this Site may subject you to civil or criminal penalties.

Use of this Site

UDI maintains this Site for your personal entertainment, information and education.  You should feel free to browse the Site and may download material displayed on the Site for non-commercial, lawful, personal use only provided all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained and such information is not modified, copied or posted on any networked computer or broadcast in any media.  All other copying (whether in electronic, hard copy or other format) is prohibited and may breach intellectual property laws and other laws world-wide.  All commercial use of all or part of this Site is prohibited except with UDI’s express prior written consent.  All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to UDI.

You may not use any computer program tools including, but not limited to, web spiders, bots, indexers, robots, crawlers, harvesters, or any other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process (“Tools”) to access, acquire, copy or monitor any portion of the Site or any content, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Site or any content, to obtain or attempt to obtain materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available through the Site.  Tools that use the Site shall be considered agents of the individual(s) who control or author them.

User Submissions

This Site may now or in the future permit the submission of photographs, videos, essays and/or other communications submitted by you and other users (“User Submissions”) and the hosting, sharing, and/or publishing of such User Submissions.  You understand that whether or not such User Submissions are published, UDI does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any submissions.

You shall be solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them.  In connection with User Submissions, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: (i) you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize UDI to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all User Submissions to enable inclusion and use of the User submissions in the manner contemplated by the Site and these Terms of Use; and (ii) you have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in the User Submission to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of the User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Site and these Terms of Use.  For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions.  However, by submitting the User Submissions to UDI, you hereby grant UDI a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the Site and UDI’s (and its successor’s) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Site (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels.  You also hereby grant each user of the Site a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the Site and to display and perform such User Submissions as permitted through the functionality of the Site and under these Terms of Use.  The foregoing license granted by you terminates once your User Submission is permanently removed or deleted from the Site by UDI.

In connection with User Submissions, you further agree that you will not: (i) submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant UDI all of the license rights granted herein; (ii) publish falsehoods, misrepresentations, or derogatory messages that could damage the reputation of UDI or any third party; (iii) submit material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law, is excessive in length, or is otherwise inappropriate; (iv) post advertisements or solicitations of business; or (v) impersonate another person.  UDI does not endorse any User Submission or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and UDI expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Submissions.  UDI reserves the right to deny the publishing of User Submissions, to remove User Submissions, and/or to terminate your access for uploading User Submissions in its sole discretion at any time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion.

You understand that when using the Site, you will be exposed to User Submissions from a variety of sources, and that UDI is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Submissions.  You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Submissions that are inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against UDI with respect thereto, and agree to indemnify and hold UDI, its affiliates and subsidiaries harmless to the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to your use of the Site.

No Warranties

UDI DOES NOT PROMISE THAT THIS SITE OR ANY CONTENT, SERVICE OR FEATURE OF THE SITE WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC RESULTS.  THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSES, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ACCURACY.

UDI also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for any damages caused by viruses or other forms of contamination or destructive features that may affect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, text, images, video or audio from the Site or any linked sites.

Limitation of Liability

In no event shall UDI, its affiliates, subsidiaries and services providers, or the officers, directors, employees, shareholders, or agents of each of them, be liable for any damages of any kind, including without limitation any direct, special, incidental, indirect, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages, including lost profits, whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages, and on any theory of liability whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of, or your browsing in, or your links to other sites from, this Site.  You acknowledge by your use of the Site, that your use of the Site is at your sole risk.  Certain laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages; if these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers may not apply, and you might have additional rights.

Indemnification

You will indemnify, defend and hold UDI harmless from and against any and all claims, actions, demands, causes of action and other proceedings arising from or related to any of the following (the “Claims”): (i) your use of, inability to use, or activities in connection with the Site; (ii) any violation of these Terms of Use or any other terms, conditions or policies of UDI by you or through any account you may have with any Site; (iii) any transaction; (iv) any allegation that any User Submission or other materials that you make available through the Site infringe or otherwise violate the intellectual property, privacy, or other rights of any third party; or (v) your violation of any rights of any Site visitor, user, or customer, or any other third party; and you agree to reimburse UDI on demand for any damages, losses, costs, judgments, fees, fines and other expenses they incur (including attorneys’ fees and court costs) as a result of any Claim(s).

Communications with this Site

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate the law. UDI will fully comply with any applicable law, regulation, or order of any court or other governmental authority and fully cooperate with all law enforcement authorities, including but not limited to, maintaining and disclosing any transmittals or communications that you have had with the Site, disclosing your identity or helping to identify you.

Any communication or material you transmit to the Site by e-mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. UDI cannot prevent the “harvesting” of information from this Site, and you may be contacted by UDI or unrelated third parties, by e-mail or otherwise, within or outside of this Site. Anything you transmit may be edited by or on behalf of UDI, may or may not be posted to this Site at the sole discretion of UDI and may be used by UDI or its affiliates for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, UDI is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information. If you transmit any ideas, concepts, materials or other communications to this Site, you accept that it will not be treated as confidential and may be used by UDI without compensation in any manner whatsoever, including without limitation reproduction, transmission, publication, marketing, product development, etc.

Although UDI may from time to time monitor or review discussion, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Site, UDI is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the Site. UDI assumes no responsibility or liability for any actions or communications by you or any unrelated third party within or outside of this Site.

Notice and Procedure for Making U.S. Claims of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide a notice with the following information to the Site’s Copyright Agent:

•       An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;

•       A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;

•       A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;

•       Your address, telephone number and e-mail address;

•       A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law;

•       A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

UDI’s Copyright Agent for notice is:

United Distributors, Inc.
5500 United Drive SE
Smyrna, GA 30082
Attn: Director of Information Technology – Website

With copy to:

United Distributors, Inc.
5500 United Drive SE
Smyrna, GA 30082
Attn: General Counsel

We may give notice to our users by means of a general notice on our Site, electronic mail to a user’s e-mail address in our records, or by written communication sent by first-class mail to a user’s physical address in our records.  If you receive such a notice, you may provide counter-notification in writing to the designated Copyright Agent that includes the information below.  To be effective, the counter-notification must be a written communication that includes the following:

1.     Your physical or electronic signature;

2.     Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;

3.     A statement from you under the penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and

4.     Your name, physical address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your physical address is located, or if your physical address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which UDI may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of allegedly infringing material or an agent of such person.

Termination

At its sole discretion, UDI may modify or discontinue the Site, or may modify or terminate your account or your access to this Site, for any reason, with or without notice to you and without liability to you or any third party.

Unaffiliated Products and Sites

Descriptions of, or references to, products, publications or sites not owned by UDI or its affiliates do not imply endorsement of that product, publication or site. UDI has not reviewed all material linked to the Site and is not responsible for the content of any such material. Your linking to any other sites is at your own risk.

Linking Policy

This Site may provide, as a convenience to you, links to sites owned or operated by parties other than UDI.  Each linked-to website has its own terms and conditions of use, as described in that site’s legal notice/terms of use.  Those terms and conditions may be different than these Terms of Use, and we urge you to read each website’s legal notice/terms of use carefully before you use that site.  UDI does not control, and is not responsible for the availability, content or security of these external sites, nor your experience interacting or using these external sites.  UDI does not endorse the content, or any products or services available, on such sites. If you link to such sites you do so at your own risk.

Governing Law; Void Where Prohibited

This Site shall be governed by, and your browsing in and use of the Site shall be deemed acceptance of and consent to, the laws of the State of Georgia, United States of America, without regard to principles of conflict of laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Site may be viewed internationally and may contain references to products or services not available in all countries. References to a particular product or services do not imply that they are appropriate or available to all persons of legal purchasing age in all locations, or that UDI intends to make such products or services available in such countries.  Any offer for any product, feature, service or Application made on this Site is void where prohibited.  Your information will be transferred to UDI, located in the State of Georgia, United States, which location may be outside of your own country, and by providing us with your information, you are consenting to such transfer.  Although we will use reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of any personal information collected, we will not be liable for disclosure of personal information obtained due to errors in transmission or the unauthorized acts of third parties.  You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of this Site or these Terms of Use must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose. Your conduct may be subject to other laws. Use of this Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms of Use, including without limitation this Section regarding Governing Law.

These Terms of Use are effective as of March, 2014.