Community Content, License Terms & Conditions
By accessing "CakeCentral.com" (hereinafter "we", "us", "our", "Cake Central, LLC", "CakeCentral.com", "http://www.cakecentral.com", "Cake Central", "CakeCentral.com Website", "CakeCentral.com Forum", "CakeCentral.com Gallery"), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use "CakeCentral.com". We may change these terms at any time and we will do our utmost to inform you, though it would be prudent to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of "CakeCentral.com" after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended.
RIGHTS TO SUBMITTED CONTENT
By participating in "CakeCentral.com", you give us a worldwide, non-revocable, perpetual, royalty-free license to copy your submitted content in any medium and for any purpose." This means, among other things, that your submissions can be incorporated into documentation, FAQs, code and marketing materials without further consent from you. These works may be issued under a variety of licenses. However, you retain the copyright to your individual work.
This means that any photo, recipe, forum post, comment, or other content you submit to "CakeCentral.com" or any of its affiliate domains, is a permanent contribution and you may not demand its removal at anytime.
NATURE OF SUBMITTED CONTENT
You agree, through your use of "CakeCentral.com", that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on "CakeCentral.com".
Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP addresses of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions.
You agree that "CakeCentral.com" has the right to remove, edit, move or close any content at any time should we see fit.
As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, neither "CakeCentral.com" nor Cake Central LLC shall be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.
Note that it is impossible for the staff or the owners of "CakeCentral.com" to confirm the validity of posts. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages, and as such, are not responsible for the content contained within. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted content express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of this website, its staff, subsidiaries, Cake Central LLC or "CakeCentral.com".
It is not possible for "Cake Central, LLC" to fully and effectively monitor when messages may infringe the copyright of a third party or other third party rights. If you believe that a message infringes any legal rights that you may have, you should notify "Cake Central.com" immediately with specific details by contacting "CakeCentral.com" here.
Anyone who feels that a posted content is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator of this website immediately. The staff and the owner of this website reserve the right to remove objectionable content if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, please realize that they may not be able to remove or edit particular content immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.
You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages, images, videos and other mediums. By submitting content to "CakeCentral.com" you agree to indemnify "Cake Central.com", its related websites, subsidiaries, staff, and owners from all claims, costs and expenses (including legal expenses) arising out of any Messages posted or published by you that are in breach of this section. The Forums, Blogs, Galleries, and other areas of the website CakeCentral.com contain Messages submitted by users over whom "Cake Central.com" has no control. "Cake Central.com" cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any Messages.
Some users may breach these terms and conditions and post Messages that are misleading, untrue or offensive. You must bear all risk associated with your use of the Forums and should not rely on Messages in making (or refraining from making) any specific actions based on the information posted.
"Cake Central.com" employees, forum team members, forecasters and hosts (who will be clearly identified as such) will also contribute material to the Forums in order to stimulate discussions and ensure the smooth running of the Forums. The Forums may also contain messages from special guests selected by "Cake Central.com". The opinions of those employees, forum team members, forecasters, hosts or special guests are their own and are not necessarily endorsed by "Cake Central.com". They should not be considered by you as professional advisers.
The administrators of this website will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to this website express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators or webmaster (except for messages by these people) and hence will not be held liable.
We aim to keep CakeCentral.com a positive, safe, and friendly environment for all that come here. We do not have any tolerance for cruelty, or unconstructive/negative comments and posts. If you disagree with someone, or have had a negative experience we encourage you to share, but you must keep your comments respectful and constructive.
BUSINESS USE OF WEBSITE
Businesses may not use the forum in any way to sell their products or services. Advertising inquiries may be sent using our contact form. Businesses may not use our website to solicit our members in any way.
If you are an author preparing a published work, you may not use any of the content on CakeCentral.com, including but not limited to images, articles, forum posts, private message posts, and recipes. You may not request "help" or "input" from our members to aid you in your commercial endeavor.
If you are a cake decorator and would like input on how to run your business, or questions about setting up a cake decorating business, you may do so in our Cake Decorating Business Forum.
You may not publicly request the personal information of any other member, including, but not limited to, email, phone or address.
Posts listing, selling or "giving away" free items will immediately be removed and your membership may be terminated, unless you have received prior written consent from the administrators of "CakeCentral.com".
The forums and Private Messages are not a venue for advertisements in anyway. It will be the sole discretion of "CakeCentral.com" as to what constitutes an advertisement.
FORUM SIGNATURE
You may post a link to your website in your signature, as long as it does not link to any inappropriate material. You may also have a "counter" or other signature image linked from another website as long as they are within the following guidelines:
1. Images must be no more than 100px high or 600px wide
2. Only 1 Banner image, or Counter may be used in your signature
3. Absolutely no obscene, violent, or adult themed images are permitted.
PRIVATE MESSAGES
Private Messages are only partially private. All Private Messages are stored in our secure database. Only the site administrators have access to the Private Message logs and database. Any other member of "CakeCentral.com", do not have access to anyone else's Private Messages (PMs) but their own.
You may not use the Private Message system to solicit personal information from another member. If we receive complaints of inappropriate behavior or harassment via the Private Message system, your account may be terminated without notice.
USE OF THE PHOTO GALLERY
You must crop or blur out, all people's faces before uploading your photos. Uploading photos with people's faces, even your own face to the gallery is a violation of these terms and your photo uploading privileges will be revoked.
It is ok to upload photos of cakes that utilize a person's face as part of the decoration. For example, if you made a cake that had a frosting sheet print out of someone's face. That is ok. That is part of the actual decoration of the cake and is acceptable.
Duplicate photos are not allowed.
You may upload 1 photo of a cake and choose the most appropriate photo gallery for that 1 photo. On occasion it is ok to upload a different angle of your cake, but we prefer you only do that if it the other photo shows entirely different details of the cake, that are not visible at all in the other photo. Please try and limit any "different" angle photos to just 1, that way there are not more than 2 photos in the gallery of the 1 cake.
"NAUGHTY" OR ADULT THEMED CAKES
Adult themed cakes may only be uploaded to the Naughty Cake category. Uploading adult themed cakes to any other area will result in you losing your photo gallery privileges permanently.
OTHER PHOTO TOPIC RESTRICTIONS
Do not upload photos of non-food items. Any photos of diaper cakes and/or other crafts/subjects will be deleted immediately.
Do not upload photos of undecorated food items.
COMMENTING ON PHOTOS
You may only post positive comments. If the member has specifically asked for criticism on their cake, you may only offer constructive criticism. Any rude, or negative comments input by you will lead to your photo gallery privileges being revoked.
Businesses may not use the galleries, forums, or any other area of cakecentral.com in any way to sell their products or services. Advertising inquiries may be sent using our contact form.
ACCOUNT DEACTIVATION
Your account may be terminated at any time, and without warning, for violation of these terms and this decision is at the sole discretion of the administrators of "CakeCentral.com".
If for any reason your account has been de-activated by the administrators of CakeCentral.com you may not create a new user account, login to our website under someone else's username or otherwise try to circumvent your account termination/de-activation.
If you would like to be a part of the "CakeCentral.com" community again, or you feel that your account was terminated/de-activated in error you must contact the CakeCentral.com administrators.
Deactivation of your account does not cancel the right of "CakeCentral.com" to publish the content you have submitted while using "CakeCentral.com".
MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS
You may not create or operate more than 1 user account per person. If you are having difficulties logging in, please troubleshoot the problem here or you require more than 1 user account you must contact the CakeCentral.com administrators.
INDEMNIFACATION & GOVERNING LAW
You agree to hold "CakeCentral.com" harmless from and release our Service (including our officers, directors, owners, agents and employees) from any and all liability arising out of any dispute that may result from your use of the Forum or any other features available on the website CakeCentral.com, its sub-domains, subsidiary sites or other publications (including any claim for direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages or attorney fees, even if we are advised of the possibility of such damage, and whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise). If you nevertheless try to involve us in a dispute, you will comply with the Governing Law provision of this Agreement and pay our costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON (USA), WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES. YOU AGREE TO INITIATE AND MAINTAIN ANY LEGAL ACTION IN SUCH DESIGNATED STATE/LOCALE AND IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE THEREIN. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING WITH YOUR OWN LOCAL LAWS, WHICH MAY VARY WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OR PEOPLE (e.g., MINORS).
You agree that U.S. District Courts can hear cases involving copyright issues between us. Since we make no warranties and have limited our liabilities, you should have little reason to have a grievance with us. Should you nevertheless bring legal action against us, you irrevocably agree it will be brought and maintained within one (1) year after the claim arises or be barred. As disincentive for unwarranted litigation, you agree that if you sue us and do not win on the merits, you will pay our defense costs, including reasonable legal fees for in-house and outside counsel. If we are required to enforce this Agreement or our rights, you agree it is reasonable to send you legal notices and papers by electronic mail at your stated address (we would also attempt to send you a backup copy by regular mail).
You agree to indemnify Cake Central LLC for any liabilities, cost or expense which may incur, including but not limited to attorney fees and court costs, as a result of your breach of the foregoing declaration.
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