AGREEMENT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
Seed Church owns and/or maintains the https://seedch.org This website is referred to in these Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms of Use”) as the “Site”. BY USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE; IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT USE THE SITE.
Seed Church reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms of Use, at any time. It is your responsibility to check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes.
Fair Use Rights
Nothing in these Terms of Use is intended to reduce, limit, or restrict any rights arising from fair use, first sale or other limitations on the exclusive rights of the copyright owner under copyright law or other applicable laws.
Content
All sermons, articles, blog posts, text, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, trademarks, logos, sounds, music, artwork and computer code (collectively, “Content”), including but not limited to the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, “look and feel” and arrangement of such Content, contained on the Site is owned, controlled or licensed by or to Seed Church, and is protected by trade dress, copyright, patent and trademark laws, and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws.
Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the Site and no Content may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way (including “mirroring”) to any other computer, server, website, television, video projector or other medium for publication or distribution or for any religious use or commercial enterprise, without Seed Church’s express prior written consent.
You may use and share, through social media web sites, sermons, articles, blogs and other material purposely made available by Seed Church for downloading from the Site, provided that you (1) do not remove any proprietary notice language included on, or incorporated into, such material, (2) use such material only for your personal, non-commercial informational purpose and, except to share through social media web sites (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, etc.), do not copy or post such material on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media, (3) make no cuts or modifications to any such material or make any derivative works from any materials and (4) not make any additional representations or warranties relating to such material.
Under no circumstances (i) may you exercise any of the rights granted to you in these Terms of Use in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation or (ii) represent or hold your organization out as an Seed Church affiliated campus or church. Nothing in these Terms of Use shall be construed to place the parties in a partnership or joint venture together.
Copyright Information
A copyright is a property right in an original work of authorship. Copyright is recognized in most countries of the world by statutory copyright laws. Copyright exists in the expression of an idea, but not the idea itself. Copyrightable expressions can take many forms but are usually categorized as literary, musical, dramatic, pantomime and choreography, pictorial, graphic, sculptural, computer programs, motion pictures, and sound recordings.
Unless otherwise provided on the Site, all sermons, lectures or other teachings, in any format, and all articles and blogs contained on the Site are copyright protected material owned by the author of such material and made available on the Site through a license granted by the author to Seed Church.
If you have any questions concerning the usage or licensing of material or other Content contained on the Site, please submit your questions in writing to our Communications Team at info@seedchurch.org.
Use of Material Supplied by You
You agree that upon posting information or text on the website, you grant Seed Church, and its successors and assigns, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicenseable (through multiple tiers) license to your copyrights, publicity rights, or other intellectual property rights, if any, in such material and over the material or User Data displayed in your postings, to use, distribute, display, transmit, reproduce, and create derivative works from such material in any and all media existing now or in the future, in any manner, in whole or part, without any duty to account to you. For the purpose of this agreement, “User Data” shall mean all information (if any) submitted by you, to Seed Church with the exception of credit card numbers, etc. The User Data shall be deemed to be the property of Seed Church. You also grant Seed Church the right to authorize the downloading and printing of such material, or any portion thereof, by end users for their personal use.
If you have any questions regarding this policy please contact:
Seed Church
1130 Soto Pl, Placentia, CA 92870
info@seedch.org
Trademarks
Seed Church owns various trademarks, including graphics, logos, service marks, trade dress, and U.S. trademark registrations. Seed Church’s trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that does not originate from Seed Church, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Seed Church. By using this Site, you acknowledge the validity of the Seed Church marks.
Governing Law; Dispute Resolution
You agree that all matters relating to your access to or use of the Site, including all disputes, will be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, by the laws of the United States and by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions. You agree to the personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and federal courts in San Diego County, California, and waive any objection to such jurisdiction or venue.
Void Where Prohibited
Seed Church administers and operates the Site from its location in Chula Vista, California, USA. If you choose to access the Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and you are solely responsible for complying with applicable local laws.
Miscellaneous
You may not use or export or re-export any Content or any copy or adaptation of such Content in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, including without limitation United States export laws and regulations.
Feedback and Information
Any feedback you provide at this site shall be deemed to be non-confidential. Seed Church shall be free to use such information on an unrestricted basis.
Updated by Seed Church on December 29, 2023