Terms of Service

By accessing or using the yellowtableweekly.com website (the “Website"), you agree to abide by these terms and conditions of use, as well as our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to abide by these Terms and Conditions of Use (“Agreement"), please do not access or use this website. If you are accessing or using the Website on behalf of a business or other entity, by access or use, that business or entity accepts these terms and you warrant that you are authorized to accept these terms on behalf of that business. This Agreement is effective as of the date you access the Website and, each time you access or use the Website, you agree to abide by these terms and condition as the date of your use or access.

By accessing the Website or becoming a member, you consent to have this Agreement provided to you in electronic form.

You have the right to receive this Agreement in non-electronic form. You may request a non-electronic copy of this Agreement either before or after you electronically sign the Agreement. To receive a non-electronic copy of this Agreement, please Contact Us online or send a letter and self-addressed stamped envelope to: 535 Dean St. Apt. 514, Brooklyn, NY 11217.

The Privacy Policy posted on the website incorporated herein by reference is an integral part of this Agreement.

WARRANTY

The Company does not warrant the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information or the reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other materials displayed on, or distributed through, the Website or regarding the Service. The information set forth in the Website may contain inaccuracies and typographical errors. You acknowledge that any reliance on any such opinion, advice, statement, memorandum or materials shall be at your sole risk. The Company does not provide any warranty, representation or user assurance as to the completeness or accuracy of data downloaded or information obtained or from or available on the Website. The Company does not provide any warranty, representation or user assurance that your use of the Website, results you may obtain from use of the Website, or material, information, or data downloaded or otherwise obtained from the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, without delays, secure, error free, or will meet any user's requirement.

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THIS WEBSITE AND THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS." WHERE PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

INDEMNIFICATION AND RELEASE

By accessing and using the Website, you, and any other person or entity on behalf of whom you are accessing the Website, agree to indemnify the Company and any parent, subsidiary or affiliated entities, and their respective members, managers, partners, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents ("Indemnified Persons"), and hold them harmless from any and all claims and expenses, including without limitation attorney’s fees, arising from your use of the Website. In addition, you hereby release each of the Indemnified Persons from any and all claims, demands, debts, obligations, damages (actual or consequential), costs and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, that you may have against them arising out of or in any way related to such disputes. You hereby agree to waive all laws that may limit the efficacy of such releases. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code § 1542, which states "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."

LIMITATION OF DAMAGES

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR TORT DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF BUSINESS OR DIMINUTION OF VALUE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THAT ARE RELATED TO OR ARISE IN ANY MANNER OUT OF THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, OR ANY DECISION OR ACTION TAKEN IN RELIANCE UPON, THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, AND FUNCTIONS OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED WEBSITE, AND WHETHER BASED IN TORT, CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE ARE OR HAVE BEEN EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY FOR ANY CLAIM MADE UNDER THESE TERMS IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO USE THE SERVICES ON THIS WEBSITE, OR, AT OUR ELECTION, TO SUPPLYING YOU THE SERVICES AGAIN.

CONTENT, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

All copyrightable text, audio, video, graphics, charts, photographs, icons, and the design, selection and arrangement of content in any medium on the Website is copyrighted by the Company, unless otherwise noted. The distinctive and original layout and presentation of the Website also constitutes protectable trade dress under applicable federal law. In addition, proprietary names and marks belonging to the Company may appear throughout the Website.

The Website may also contain references to third-party marks, and copies of third-party copyrighted materials, which are the property of their respective owners. Any unauthorized use of any trade dress, marks, or any other intellectual property belonging to the Company or any third party is strictly prohibited to the fullest extent of the law.

You may not copy or display for redistribution to third parties any portion of the Website without the prior written permission of the Company.

Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Service, but not directly by the Company, are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. The Company does not: (i) guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information on the Service, or (ii) adopt, endorse or accept responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made by any party that appears on the Website. Under no circumstances will the Company or its affiliates be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from your reliance on information or other content posted on the Website or transmitted to or by any users.

THIRD-PARTY SITES

In the event the Website provides links to other websites, if you use these sites, you will leave the Website. If you decide to visit any linked site, you do so at your own risk. In addition, third-party sites may be linked to the Website, with or without our consent. The Company makes no warranty or representation regarding, does not endorse, and does not accept any responsibility for, any websites linked to or from the Website or the information appearing thereon or any of the products or services described thereon. Links do not imply that the Company endorses, is affiliated or associated with, the owner of such linked websites or that the Company is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any linked site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of the Company or any of its affiliates.

If you operate another website and are interested in linking to our Website, you agree to be bound by the following rules: (i) the link must be a text-only link clearly marked; (ii) the link must point to the URL yellowtableweekly.com and not to any other pages; (iii) the link, and use thereof, must be in connection with a website of appropriate subject matter which furthers the mission of the Company; (iv) the link, and use thereof, may not be such that may damage or dilute the goodwill associated with the Company's names and marks; (v) the link, and use thereof, may not create the false appearance that an entity other than the Company is associated with or sponsored by the Company; (vi) the link, when activated by a user, must display this site full-screen and not with a frame on the linked website; and (vii) the Company reserves the right to revoke consent to the link at any time in its sole discretion, either by amending these terms and conditions of use or through other notice.

CONTENT POSTED BY YOU ON THE WEBSITE

You are solely responsible for the Content (as defined below) in that you publish or display (hereinafter, “post") on the Website, or transmit to other users. You will not post on the Website, or transmit to other users, any defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or illegal material, or any material that infringes or violates another party’s rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, and rights of privacy and publicity). You will not provide inaccurate, misleading or false information to the Company or to any other user. If information provided to the Company, or another user, subsequently becomes inaccurate, misleading or false, you will promptly notify the Company of such change.

You understand and agree that the Company may review and delete any content, messages, or blog posts (collectively, “Content"), in each case in whole or in part, that in the sole judgment of the Company violate this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of users.

By posting Content to any public area of the Company, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to the Company, its affiliates, licensees and successors, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, reproduce, adapt, modify and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. You further represent and warrant that public posting and use of your content by the Company will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.

The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Website. The Company reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Service and terminating the membership of such violators. It includes, but is not limited to, Content that:

1. is patently offensive to the online community, such as Content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
2. harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
3. promotes information that is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
4. promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person’s copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated images, audio or video, or links to pirated images, audio or video files;
5. contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
6. provides material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under the age of 18;
7. provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone’s privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
8. solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; and
9. engages in commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes.

Your use of the Service, including but not limited to the Content you post on the Website, must be in accordance with any and all applicable laws and regulations.

You may not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other users. This includes but is not limited to solicitation or advertising to buy or sell any products or services through the Website or to attend parties or other social functions or networking for commercial purposes. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other users. Although the Company cannot monitor the conduct of its users off the Websites, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the Website in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any user without their prior explicit consent. In order to protect our users from such advertising or solicitation, we reserve the right to restrict the number of emails which a user may send to other users in any 24-hour period to a number which we deem appropriate in our sole discretion.

DMCA COPYRIGHT TAKEDOWN NOTICES

The Company shall respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement and terminate accounts of repeat infringers according to the process set out in the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you have a good faith belief that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, you can submit a notice of claimed infringement to the Company’s designated agent by email at anna@theyellowtable.com or by mail at 535 Dean St. #514 Brooklyn, NY 11217. The notice must contain, at least, the following information:

1. An identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
2. An Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit the Company to locate the material.
3. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the Company to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address.
4. An express statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner.
5. An express statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that you claim is being infringed upon.
6. A physical or electronic signature (i.e., /s/NAME) of the owner or person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that you claim is being infringed upon

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

The Company reserves the right to investigate and terminate your membership if you have misused the Website, or behaved in a way which could be regarded as inappropriate or whose conduct is unlawful or illegal. The following is a partial list of the type of actions that you may not engage in with respect to the Website:

1. You will not impersonate any person or entity.
2. You will not transfer any of the Services to any other person or entity without the prior written consent of the Company, which may be withheld for any reason or no reason.
3. You will not stalk or otherwise harass any person.
4. You will not express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed by the Company without our specific prior written consent.
5. You will not use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve, index, data mine, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Service or its contents.
6. You will not post, distribute or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior consent of the owner of such proprietary rights.
7. You will not remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in the Service.
8. You will not interfere with or disrupt the Services or the site or the servers or networks connected to the Services or the site.
9. You will not post, email or otherwise transmit 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.
10. You will not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted through the Service.
11. You will not frame or mirror any part of the Service or the Website, without the Company’s prior written authorization. You also shall not use meta tags or code or other devices containing any reference to the Company or the Service or the site in order to direct any person to any other web site for any purpose.
12. You will not modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decipher, decompile or otherwise disassemble any portion of the Service or the Website or any software used on or for the Service or cause others to do so.
13. You will not use any information from or any other aspect of the Service on the Website for the benefit of any competitor of the Company.

BLOCKING OF IP ADDRESSES

In order to protect the integrity of the Service and Website, the Company reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block users from certain IP addresses from accessing the Websites.

USER DISPUTES

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other the users. The Company reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users.

PRIVACY AND COMMUNICATIONS

Use of the Website and/or the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy. When you become a member, you agree and consent to receive email messages from us. These emails may be transactional or relationship communications relating to the Service, such as administrative notices and service announcements or changes, or emails containing commercial offers, promotions or special offers from us. Please see the Company Privacy Policy for more information regarding these communications.

DISCLAIMERS

The Company is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the Website or in connection with the Service, whether caused by users of the Websites, by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Service. The Company is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Websites or member of the Service. The Company assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, user or member communications. The Company is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Website or combination thereof, including injury or damage to users and/or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in connection with the Web and/or in connection with the Service. Under no circumstances will the Company or any of its affiliates, advertisers, promoters or distribution partners be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from anyone’s use of the Websites or the Service, any Content posted on the Websites or transmitted to users, or any interactions between users of the Websites, whether online or offline. The Websites and the Service are provided AS-IS and the Company expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. The Company cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Website and/or the Service.

In addition to the preceding paragraph and other provisions of this Agreement, any advice that may be posted on the Website is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended to replace or substitute for any professional financial, medical, legal, or other advice. The Company makes no representations or warranties and expressly disclaims any and all liability concerning any treatment, action by, or effect on any person following the information offered or provided within or through the Website. If you have specific concerns or a situation arises in which you require professional or medical advice, you should consult with an appropriately trained and qualified specialist.

No Agency

You hereby agree and acknowledge that your provision of services and/or your use of the site, does not confer or imply any contractor (independent or otherwise), agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship with us and furthermore that no affiliation, association or connection exists between you and us. In no event shall you have authority to bind, commit, contract for, or otherwise obligate the Company in any manner whatsoever.

RIGHT TO REJECT OR REMOVE USERS

We reserve the absolute right to reject your participation, or remove you from your current participation, in the Websites at any time and for any reason or for no reason and without notice to you. Actions that may result in the rejection or removal of your participation can include, but are not limited to: any violation of the terms of this Agreement; your creation, maintenance and/or management of more than one account; your non-payment in full any unpaid fees; any attempt by you to improperly influence, or cause another to improperly influence the feedback of users; or any attempt by you to harass, or cause another to harass, or have inappropriate communications with a user.

CONFIDENTIALITY/NON-DISCLOSURE

As a result of the performance of this Agreement and whether due to any intentional or negligent act or omission, we may disclose to you or you may otherwise learn of or discover, our documents, business practices, object code, source code, management styles, day-to-day business operations, capabilities, systems, current and future strategies, marketing information, financial information, software, technologies, processes, procedures, methods and applications, or other aspects of our business ("Our Information"). You hereby agree and acknowledge that any and all of Our Information is confidential and shall be our sole and exclusive intellectual property and proprietary information. You agree to use Our Information only for the specific purposes as allowed by the performance of this Agreement. Any disclosure of Our Information to a third party specifically including a direct competitor is strictly prohibited and will be vigorously challenged in a court of law. All obligations contained herein shall survive the termination of this Agreement. Furthermore, you acknowledge that our information is proprietary, confidential and extremely valuable to us, and that the Company would be materially damaged by your disclosure or Our Information. You acknowledge and agree that monetary damages provide an insufficient remedy for the breach of this confidentiality obligation, and that the Company shall be entitled to injunctive relief.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to comply with all laws, rules and regulations implemented by any government authority or agency which govern or apply to the use of the Websites and any Services. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you expressly agree not to export or re-export any of the content contained in the Websites to countries or persons prohibited under the export control laws of the United States. The Company makes no representation that the content on the Website is appropriate or available for use outside the United States. If you have chosen to access the Website from outside the United States, you do so at your own initiative and risk, and you are responsible for compliance with your local laws, if and to the extent, local laws are applicable.

MISCELLANEOUS

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions. These terms and conditions of use constitute the entire agreement between the Company and you with respect to your use of the Website. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that these terms and conditions of use and any other documentation may be provided to you electronically. Any claim you may have with respect to your use of the Website must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. You agree that any claims arising out of or relating to these terms or your use of the Website will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts located in New York, New York, USA, and you and the Company consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts, and you agree to waive a trial by jury.

This Agreement and all related agreements between the Company and you are personal and unique to each party, and each party agrees that it will not directly or indirectly attempt to form, aid or abet, or certify a class action or similar group of plaintiffs whether or not constituting a class against the other party.

If any provision hereof to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of these terms and conditions of use, and the remainder shall continue in full force and effect.

In any action or proceeding instituted by a party arising in whole or in part under, related to, based on or in connection with this Agreement or the subject matter hereof, the prevailing party will be entitled to receive from the losing party reasonable attorney's fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, including any appeals therefrom.

Information displayed on the Websites is subject to modification without notice. The Company reserves the right to modify the Websites without any obligation to notify past, current or prospective Website users. The Company may also terminate, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Website, including your use, the availability of any features of the Website, at any time. We may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts of or the entire Website without notice or liability.

This Agreement may be agreed to by electronic means (including without limitation as permitted by the National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq, as amended from time to time).