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Terms of Use

The Williams & Williams Marketing Services, Inc. website and any related Internet-based sites, networks and properties (collectively the "Williams & Williams Site") is owned and operated by Williams & Williams Marketing Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams Worldwide Auction Holdings, LLC. ("Williams & Williams"). These terms of use ("Terms") govern your use of the Williams & Williams Site and related applications and services. By using the Williams & Williams Site and related applications and services, you indicate your agreement to these Terms without qualification or modification. If you do not accept these Terms, please do not use the Williams & Williams Site and related applications and services. Without further notice Terms may be changed in the future by us. Your continued use of the Williams & Williams Site and related applications and services after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of such new terms and conditions.

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In addition, when using particular Williams & Williams owned or operated applications and services, you will be subject to any special guidelines, policies and/or rules applicable to such applications and services, which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines, policies and/or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms.

 

User Requirements And Acknowledgements

A. Williams & Williams provides or will provide users with access to many valuable applications, including various on-line auction, bid-to-live picture tools, pictorial-text catalogs, audio-video catalogs, virtual tours, video webcasts, on-demand video streaming, branded content and programming, user content and programming, integrated payment and funds collection systems, and membership services through its network of applications and other services which may be accessed through any medium or device now known or hereafter developed (collectively the "Applications").

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B. In consideration of your use of the Williams & Williams Site, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and to utilize the Applications provided by the Williams & Williams Site and that there are not restrictions to your access to and use thereof under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. You further represent that any party whom you invite to participate in any Applications with you is also of legal age as described above. It also is your responsibility to determine whether any of the Williams & Williams Site pages, Applications and/or Content (as defined in Section 6 below) are appropriate for you and any other party whom you invite to participate with you.

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C. You acknowledge and accept that the Williams & Williams Site may include advertisements, solicitations and certain communications from Williams & Williams, such as service announcements and administrative messages. You acknowledge and accept that any new features augmenting or enhancing the current Williams & Williams Site, including the release of new Williams & Williams Applications, shall be subject to these Terms.

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D. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, third party sellers, brokers, auctioneers and/or advertisers found on or through the Williams & Williams Site, including payment for and delivery of related property, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third parties. You agree that Williams & Williams shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such third party sellers, brokers, and/or advertisers on the Williams & Williams Site.

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E. The Williams & Williams Site may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because Williams & Williams has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Williams & Williams is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Williams & Williams shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

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F. You understand and agree that the Williams & Williams Site and the Applications are provided "AS-IS" and that, while the Williams & Williams strives to provide a satisfying experience for all of its Williams & Williams Site users, the Williams & Williams assumes no responsibility for the temporary unavailability of the Applications or the timeliness, transport, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store/retrieve any user commands, data, communications or personalization settings in connection with the Williams & Williams Site.

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G. The Williams & Williams Site provides or may provide functionality that allows or may allow users to perform member messaging, chat, forum chat, IM, SMS, text message, or similar services that will allow you and the other members with whom you communicate to save your conversations or transmissions in your Williams & Williams Site accounts. Whether or not you use these features, your agreement to these Terms constitutes your consent to allow Williams & Williams to store these communications on its servers.

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H. Williams & Williams reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Williams & Williams Site and related Applications and services (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Williams & Williams shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance thereof.

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I. You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for obtaining access to the Williams & Williams Site, and that access may involve third-party network services fees (such as Internet service provider or airtime charges) and the acquisition of certain equipment relating thereto.

 

Member Registration

A. While you may enjoy various viewing experiences on the Auction website without the requirement of membership, many valuable Applications are available only through membership. Member registration involves a simple process whereby you will establish user identification, password and user account for your exclusive use. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify Williams & Williams of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Williams & Williams cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these terms and conditions.

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B. You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Williams & Williams Site’s registration form (the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Williams & Williams has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Williams & Williams has the right to suspend or terminate your membership and refuse any and all current or future use of the Williams & Williams Site (or any portion thereof).

 

Use of the Website

A. You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags, property, items, or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. Accordingly, you, and not Williams & Williams, are solely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, transmit, broadcast, sell, transfer, or otherwise make available via the Williams & Williams Site. Williams & Williams does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, quality, or authenticity of such Content. You understand that by using the Network, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Williams & Williams be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the purchase, sale or use of any Content uploaded, posted, transmitted, broadcast, sold, transferred or otherwise made available via the Network.

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B. You agree that you will not use the Williams & Williams Site to:

  • (1) Upload, post, transmit, broadcast or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

  • (2) Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, an Williams & Williams official, auctioneer, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, or stalk or otherwise harass another;

  • (3) Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Williams & Williams Site;

  • (4) Upload, post, transmit, broadcast, sell, transfer or otherwise make available any Content that is inauthentic, counterfeit, or that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);

  • (5) Upload, post, transmit, broadcast, sell, transmit, or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;

  • (6) Upload, post, transmit, broadcast, sell, transfer, or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas that are designated by Williams & Williams for such purpose;

  • (7) Upload, post, transmit, broadcast, sell, transfer, or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

  • (8) Disrupt the auction bidding process in any way or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to engage in real time bidding or other exchanges;

  • (9) Perform any unauthorized reproduction, publication, further distribution or public exhibition of the Content and other materials provided on the Williams & Williams Site, in whole or in part;

  • (10) Interfere with or disrupt the Williams & Williams Site processes, or servers or networks supporting the Williams & Williams Site, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks supporting the Williams & Williams Site;

  • (11) Collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities set forth herein;

  • (12) Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the European Enforcement Directive of 2004, or any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law; and/or

  • (13) Provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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C. You acknowledge that Williams & Williams may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Williams & Williams Site, including without limitation the types of or restrictions relating to property and items that may be submitted for sale by auction, the maximum number of days that messages, message board postings, representations of persons, property, or items, or other uploaded Content will be retained by the Williams & Williams Site, the maximum number of messages that may be sent from or received by an account on the Williams & Williams Site, the maximum size of any message that may be sent from or received by an account on the Williams & Williams Site, the type and quantity of transactional data stored and presented in connection with your account, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on Williams & Williams’ servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Williams & Williams Site in a given period of time. You agree that Williams & Williams has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Williams & Williams Site. You acknowledge that Williams & Williams reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that Williams & Williams reserves the right to modify these general practices and limits from time to time.

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D. Special instructions relating to the sale of firearms to online buyers: By Federal law, firearms may only be shipped to a Federal Firearms License (FFL) dealer. If you do not have an FFL, you must make arrangements with an FFL dealer in your state to process the transfer and receive the firearm on your behalf. Your local FFL dealer will be responsible for performing your background check to make sure that you are eligible under Federal, state and local law to own such a firearm and for adhering to any other Federal, state and local laws affiliated with firearms transactions. If unsure about such regulations, please consult your local FFL dealer. Once you have made transfer arrangements with your local FFL dealer, have them send a signed copy of their license by mail, e-mail or fax to the owner or auctioneer acting as the agent for the owner of the firearm. Please make sure that the dealer includes a note with their license indicating your name and an identification of the firearm that you purchased. Once the owner or auctioneer, as the case may be, has received payment and a copy of your local FFL dealer’s license, the item may be shipped to your local FFL dealer. You understand and agree that the Williams & Williams neither purchases firearms for resale nor takes possession of firearms on consignment for sale in connection with the online purchase of firearms on the Williams & Williams Site. Regarding the sale of firearms in connection with the Williams & Williams Site, Williams & Williams is only facilitating the establishment of a purchase price on behalf of the owner or auctioneer acting as the agent for the owner of the firearm, as the case may be, and the owner of the firearm is solely responsible for the consummation of the sale.

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E. You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Williams & Williams Site (including your user identification), use of the Williams & Williams Site and/or the Applications, or access thereto.

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F. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of data in connection with the Williams & Williams Site, including your bid submissions and Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices; and security encoding/decoding and related processing.

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G. You acknowledge that in using the Williams & Williams Site and Applications to send electronic transmissions (including but not limited to interactive bidding, audio-video communications, Webcasts, broadcasts, email, search queries, chat and other Internet activities) over the Internet, you will be engaging in interstate communications.

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H. You agree to comply with all worldwide local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content and to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.

 

Submissions to the Website

A. The Williams & Williams Site provides or may provide functionality that allows or may allow Williams & Williams Site users who have a valid user identification to submit items and property for sale at auction and/or live and/or on-demand Content that may include information, text, images, graphics, audio, video, and/or representations of persons, property, items, and any other material to Williams & Williams and to be indexed and crawled by Williams & Williams’ search facilities and otherwise used by Williams & Williams for public posting, display, viewing and sharing on the Williams & Williams Site and on third-party sites, platforms and networks where syndicated or licensed by Williams & Williams.

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B. You, and not Williams & Williams, are entirely responsible for all publicly accessible Content that you upload, post, webcast, promote, sell, transfer, or otherwise convey or transmit via the Williams & Williams Site. You expressly acknowledge and agree that your submission of Content for inclusion onto the Williams & Williams Site will, if accepted by Williams & Williams in its sole discretion, result in its accessibility by the public, and that there is no confidentiality or privacy with respect to your Content, including any personally identifying information that you may make available relating thereto. Further, you agree and acknowledge that your Content and any associated public user profile submitted to the Network may appear on regional Williams & Williams Sites and be syndicated on third party sites in other countries. If the Williams & Williams provides you with the option of limiting the sharing of a particular piece of your Content at a particular time, Williams & Williams will honor the option you have selected for that element of your Content at that time, but any such selection shall apply only to that particular element of your Content.

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C. You acknowledge that Williams & Williams may or may not pre-screen Content, but that Williams & Williams and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or remove any Content that is made publicly available via the Williams & Williams Site. Without limiting the foregoing, Williams & Williams and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content for any reason, including without limitation, Content that reasonably appears to violate or violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable.

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D. By submitting your Content, you agree:

  • (1) That you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents and permissions to all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") to your Content and any other works that you incorporate into your Content, and you authorize and license Williams & Williams to use your Content in the manner contemplated in these Terms;

  • (2) All property and items submitted for Auction will be genuine and authentic, and any indicated origin, source, creator, manufacturer, and/or provenance will be true and accurate;

  • (3) That you have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in your Content to use such persons name and/or likeness in your Content for use in the manner contemplated in these Terms;

  • (4) Not to include in your Content any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, pornographic, offensive, indecent, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

  • (5) That you are at least of legal age and you acknowledge that persons under legal age may not submit Content to the Williams & Williams Site; and

  • (6) That Williams & Williams may, in its sole discretion, monitor your Content and other communications over the Williams & Williams Site but is under no obligation to do so.

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E. As between You and Williams & Williams, You retain ownership to your Content that you submit for inclusion onto the Action Network Site. However, by submitting your Content to Williams & Williams, you hereby grant Williams & Williams and its affiliates the following worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable and transferable rights and licenses:

  • (1) To host, cache, store, archive, index, crawl, create algorithms based on, modify or transcode your Content to appropriate media formats, standards or mediums in any and all forms and by whatever means whether now known or hereafter devised or created, and to exploit any and all allied, ancillary and subsidiary rights relating thereto and derived therefrom;

  • (2) To use, license, sell, digitize, stream, store, distribute, exhibit, publicly perform, reproduce, display, modify, adapt, edit, remix, excerpt, communicate, translate, prepare derivative works and compilations of, compress, transmit, integrate, insert, market and promote your Content in any and all forms and media and by whatever means whether now known or hereafter devised or created, and to exploit any and all allied, ancillary and subsidiary rights relating thereto and derived therefrom; and

  • (3) To use your Content, in whole or in part, for and in connection with advertising, promotional or commercial purposes, including without limitation, the right to publicly display, perform, reproduce and distribute your Content in any and all forms and media and by whatever means whether now known or hereafter devised or created, and to exploit any and all allied, ancillary and subsidiary rights relating thereto and derived therefrom.

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F. By way of clarification and not limitation, you understand and agree that your license grant above will allow Williams & Williams registered users and others to, among other activities: (i) access, distribute, display and/or perform your Content through the Williams & Williams Site or through the use of other Williams & Williams Applications and services, including publicly on third-party web sites, the Internet generally, television, game consoles, cellular phones, or any other electronic medium or device now known or hereafter devised or created; (ii) rate, review, comment on and tag your Content; (iii) embed Williams & Williams’ video player or other form of media player with your Content on any web site; (iv) send and distribute your Content via email, instant messenger or otherwise over or through the Internet or any other electronic communications system; and (v) access, reproduce, distribute and/or perform your Content via any of Williams & Williams’ web service APIs or via RSS or any similar XML or related feeds.

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G. Williams & Williams has no duty or obligation, express or implied, to post, host, stream, transmit, sell, transfer, or otherwise include any of your Content in connection with the Williams & Williams Site or any Williams & Williams Application or service.

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H. Williams & Williams reserves and has the right to sell, license and/or display any advertising, attribution, links, promotional and/or distribution rights in connection with your Content, and Williams & Williams will be entitled to retain any and all revenue generated from any sales or licenses of such advertising, attribution, links, or promotional or distribution rights. However, nothing in these Terms obligates or may be deemed to obligate Williams & Williams to sell, license or offer to sell or license any advertising, promotion or distribution rights in connection with your Content.

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I. By submitting any ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals ("Contributions") to Williams & Williams through any suggestion or feedback web pages, you acknowledge and agree that: (1) your Contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (2) Williams & Williams is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions; (3) Williams & Williams shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (4) Williams & Williams may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development; (5) your Contributions automatically become the property of Williams & Williams without any obligation of Williams & Williams to you; and (6) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from Williams & Williams under any circumstances in connection therewith.

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Williams & Williams Privacy Policy

A. Registration Data and certain other information about you is subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information, see our full privacy policy at the designated link on the Williams & Williams Site. You understand that through your use of the Williams & Williams Site and related Applications you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the Privacy Policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by Williams & Williams and its parent company and affiliates.

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B. You acknowledge, consent and agree that Williams & Williams may access, preserve and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce these Terms; (c) respond to claims that any Content is inauthentic, counterfeit, or otherwise violates the rights of third parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Williams & Williams, its users and the public.

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Indemnity

You will indemnify, defend and hold Williams & Williams, its Affiliates, and its current and former principals, directors, officers, members, licensees, partners, employees and agents, and their respective successors, heirs and assigns (collectively, the "Indemnitees"), harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, claims, demands, damages, costs and expenses, fines, penalties or money judgments including, without limitation, court costs and reasonable attorneys fees (hereinafter referred to as "Liabilities") incurred by or against the Indemnitees or any one of them arising out of the breach of any representation made herein, any Content you submit, post, transmit, sell, transfer, or otherwise make available through the Network, your use of the Network, your connection to the Network, your violation of these Terms, your violation of any rights of another, or your violation of any applicable laws or regulations. If any Indemnitee shall, without fault on its part, be made a party to any litigation commenced by or against you, then you shall hold the indemnitee harmless, and shall pay all costs, expenses, losses, damages, settlement payments and reasonable attorneys fees incurred or paid by such indemnitee in connection with said litigation. You will give prompt notice to the Indemnitee of any actual or threatened suit which may cause Liabilities and of which you become aware.

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Termination

A. You agree that Williams & Williams may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your Williams & Williams account and access to the Williams & Williams Site. Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to, (1) breaches or violations of these Terms or other incorporated agreements, guidelines, or rules (2) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (3) your request to terminate your account, (4) discontinuance or material modification to the Williams & Williams Site (or any part thereof), (5) unexpected technical problems or security issues, (6) extended periods of inactivity, (7) engagement by you in fraudulent, counterfeiting or illegal activities, and/or (8) nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection with the Williams & Williams Site or any related Application or service.

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B. Termination of your Williams & Williams account includes, without limitation (1) removal of access to all offerings within the Williams & Williams Site, including but not limited to on-line auction bidding, catalog review, transactional entries, messaging, and any posted Content, (2) deletion of your password and all related information, files and Content associated with or inside your account (or any part thereof), and (3) barring of further use of the Williams & Williams Site. Further, you agree that all terminations for cause shall be made in Williams & Williams’ sole discretion and that Williams & Williams shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your account, any associated email address, or access to the Williams & Williams Site.

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Proprietary Rights

A. You acknowledge and agree that the Williams & Williams Site and related Applications and services and any necessary software used in connection therewith ("Software") contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that Content provided by the Williams & Williams and contained in sponsor advertisements or other information presented to you through the Williams & Williams Site or by advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly permitted by applicable law or expressly authorized by Williams & Williams or advertisers, you agree not to modify, duplicate, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Williams & Williams Site and related Applications and services or the Software, in whole or in part.

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B. Williams & Williams grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You agree neither to modify the Software in any manner or form, nor to use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Williams & Williams Site. You agree not to access the Williams & Williams Site by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Williams & Williams for use in accessing the Williams & Williams Site.

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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
A. YOUR USE OF THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, LICENSEES, AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

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B. WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, LICENSESS, AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (1) THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (2) THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (3) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (4) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; (5) THAT ANY AUCTION BID MADE WILL BE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSMITTED, RECEIVED AND PROCESSED; AND (6) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.

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C. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

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D. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS OR THROUGH OR FROM THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.

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E. VETTING BY WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS OF EACH AND EVERY ITEM, PROPERTY AND OTHER CONTENT POSTED AND SOLD VIA THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE IS NOT REALISTICALLY PRACTICEABLE. ACCORDINGLY, WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS CANNOT AND DOES NOT CONTROL THE ITEMS AND PROPERTY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT AUCTION AND OTHER CONTENT POSTED VIA THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE AND, AS SUCH, DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, INTEGRITY, QUALITY, SAFETY, LEGALITY, OR AUTHENTICITY OF SUCH CONTENT, THE TRUTH OR ACCURACY OF USERS CONTENT OR LISTINGS, THE ABILITY OF SELLERS TO SELL ITEMS, THE ABILITY OF BUYERS TO PAY FOR ITEMS, OR THAT A BUYER OR SELLER WILL ACTUALLY COMPLETE A TRANSACTION.

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F. FUTHER, WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS NEVER ESTABLISHES AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN ITEMS AND PROPERTY BOUGHT AND SOLD VIA THE NETWORK. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, LICENSEES, AND LICENSORS DO NOT TRANSFER LEGAL OWNERSHIP OF ITEMS FROM THE SELLER TO THE BUYER IN CONNECTION WITH THE ONLINE BUYING AND SELLING OVER THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE, AND NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL MODIFY THE GOVERNING PROVISIONS OF OKLAHOMA COMMERCIAL CODE O.S. § 2401(2) AND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE § 2-401(2), UNDER WHICH LEGAL OWNERSHIP OF AN ITEM IS TRANSFERRED UPON PHYSICAL DELIVERY OF THE ITEM TO THE BUYER BY THE SELLER. UNLESS THE BUYER AND THE SELLER AGREE OTHERWISE, THE BUYER WILL BECOME THE ITEM’s LAWFUL OWNER UPON PHYSICAL RECEIPT OF THE ITEM FROM THE SELLER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OKLAHOMA COMMERCIAL CODE O.S. § 2401(2) AND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE § 2-401(2).

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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

A. WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS CANNOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS OR SECURE ACCESS TO ITS APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES, AND OPERATION OF THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE MAY BE INTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE OF ITS CONTROL. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, LICENSEES, AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY, REPUTATION, PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (1) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE NETWORK; (2) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE; (3) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (4) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE; (5) THE FAILURE OF THE NETWORK TO TIMELY PROCESS A BID, OR (6) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS SITE.

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B. 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 ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 10 AND 11 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

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Notice

A. Except as expressly stated otherwise, all notices to Williams & Williams shall be sent to the following email address: legal@williamsauction.com. Williams & Williams’ street address is: Williams & Williams Marketing Services, Inc., 7140 S. Lewis, Suite 200, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136-5401, USA.

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B. Williams & Williams may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, including by but not limited to email, regular mail, SMS, MMS, text message, postings on the Network, or other reasonable means now known or hereinafter developed.

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Trademark and Copyright Information

A. "Williams & Williams®" and the stylized Williams & Williams logo, are registered U.S. trademarks (the “Williams & Williams Marks”). You agree not to display or use in any manner the Williams & Williams Marks without Williams & Williams’ prior written permission.

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B. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, and company names or logos displayed on the Williams & Williams Site are the property of their respective owners.

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C. © Copyright 2007-2024 Williams & Williams Marketing Services, Inc.. All rights reserved.

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NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT

 

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Williams & Williams with notice of the following information:

 

A. Your address, telephone number, and email address;

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B. Description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;

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C. Description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Williams & Williams Site; and

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D. Statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, of your good faith belief that your rights are being infringed, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.

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General Terms

Entire Agreement: The Terms constitutes the entire agreement between you and Williams & Williams and governs your use of the Williams & Williams Site and related Applications and other services, superseding any prior agreements between you and Williams & Williams with respect thereto. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other Williams & Williams Applications, services, affiliate services, third-party content or third-party software.

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Choice of Law and Forum: The Terms and the relationship between you and Williams & Williams shall be governed by the laws of the State of Oklahoma without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and Williams & Williams agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Waiver and Severability of Terms: The failure of Williams & Williams to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of these Terms remain in full force and effect. Any of these terms and conditions which are determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability in such jurisdiction, without rendering invalid or unenforceable any of the remaining terms and conditions or affecting the validity or enforceability of such terms and conditions in any other jurisdiction.

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Third-Party Beneficiaries

You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms, there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this agreement.

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No Right of Survivorship and Non-Transferability. You agree that your Williams & Williams account is non-transferable and any rights to your Williams & Williams Site user identification or contents within your account terminate upon your death.

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Statute of Limitations. 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 the Williams & Williams Site or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

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Captions: The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

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