Moviebuff Terms of Use

The Legalese Version

By accessing and using Moviebuff.com, and/or its mobile applications ("Moviebuff" or “We”/“Us”/”Our”), you accept and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms”). So please read them carefully.

In addition, when you use any current, or future, Moviebuff Services, you also will be subject to the guidelines, terms and agreements (“Terms”) applicable to that Moviebuff Service.

  1. You may only use Moviebuff in accordance with these Terms. All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms are reserved by Us.
  2. We disclaim all liability for the content, opinions, or other information posted to, or use of, Moviebuff by its users. You will be responsible for all activity that occurs as a result of your use of Moviebuff.
  3. We reserve the right to remove any content posted to Moviebuff which We consider, to be offensive, objectionable, or otherwise unlawful or violative of the Terms. We expect members of Our community to be courteous and respectful of others’ opinions when posting their comments, to refrain from posting inflammatory remarks directed at another member using Our website, and to refrain from requesting or soliciting information of personal nature from another member of Moviebuff.
  4. In order to use the services provided on Moviebuff (“Moviebuff Services”), you must be at least 18 years of age. When you register to use Our services, you agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself, as prompted by Us (“Registration Information”), and to maintain and promptly update your Registration Information, in order to ensure that it remains true, current and complete.
  5. We may charge subscription fees (“Fees”) for the use of certain services offered on Moviebuff. The Fees is subject to revision. The revised subscription fees and the effective date on which it comes into force will be communicated on the website or your registered email address. In the event you cancel your account, you will not be entitled to a refund of any Fees that you have already paid.
  6. You agree to access Moviebuff through the interface We provide. You shall not use Moviebuff for any malicious means, or abuse, harass, impersonate, or threaten any other member of Moviebuff.
  7. You shall not use Moviebuff for any unlawful purpose, or post any information that is in breach of any confidentiality obligation, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property or proprietary rights of any person or entity.
  8. You agree that We own all of the intellectual property rights in Moviebuff. Using or accessing to Moviebuff does not give you ownership of any intellectual property rights in Moviebuff or the content you access. Likewise, We claim no intellectual property rights in relation to the information or content that you upload onto Moviebuff.
  9. You indemnify, and will keep indemnified, Us against all forms of liability, actions, proceedings, demands, costs, charges and expenses which We may howsoever incur or be subject to or suffer as a result of the use by you of Moviebuff.
  10. We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any time, including the Fees payable for any of Our services, and may also add new features that will be subject to these Terms. If these changes are material We will communicate the changes to users at their registered e-mail address, and by continuing to use Moviebuff, you will be presumed to have agreed to the changes.
  11. Subject to these Terms, We grant you a non-exclusive limited permission to use Our Moviebuff logo, when linking to Moviebuff. Please download Our logo file here. The link on the Media Kit page contains a version of Our logo in one of several common formats. You must not alter Our logo in any way nor use Our logo in any way that suggests any type of association or partnership with Us. Further you must not use Our logo in any way that is harmful, deceptive, obscene or otherwise objectionable to any person; or use Our logo to, or in connection with, content that disparages Us or damages Our reputation. Further -
    1. You are granted a limited, revocable, and non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to Moviebuff.com and must not portray Moviebuff, its services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter.
    2. You may not use data mining, robots, screen scraping, or similar data gathering and extraction tools on this site, except with Our express written consent as mentioned below.
    3. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing Moviebuff’s name or trademarks without the express written consent of Moviebuff. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Moviebuff.
    4. If you are interested in receiving Our express written permission to use Moviebuff content for your non-personal (including commercial) use, please contact Us. We do allow the limited use of robots and crawlers, such as those from certain search engines, with Our express written consent. If you are interested in receiving Our express written permission to use robots or crawlers on Our site, please contact Us.
  12. We may provide a platform for third parties’ applications, websites and services to make products and services available to you (“Third Party Applications”) and your use of any Third Party Applications will be subject to their terms of use. You agree that We will not be liable for the behaviour, features or content of any Third Party Applications.
  13. If you do not abide by these Terms, We may terminate or suspend your account.
  14. We will try to promptly address all technical issues that arise on Moviebuff. However, We will not be liable for any loss suffered by you as a result of any partial or total breakdown of Moviebuff or any technical malfunctions.
  15. All users of Moviebuff agree that the laws of India shall govern and apply to these Terms and each user’s use of Moviebuff, and all users submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at Chennai, India for any matter or dispute arising in relation to these Terms.

Please review Our Privacy Notice, which also governs your use of any Moviebuff Service, to further understand Our practices.


License and Site Access

Subject to your compliance with these Conditions of Use and your payment of any applicable fees, Moviebuff or its content providers grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable license to access and make personal and non-commercial use of the Moviebuff Services, including digital content available through the Moviebuff Services, and not to download (other than page caching) or modify this site, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of Moviebuff, unless specified. Additional license terms may be found in the Terms. The Moviebuff Services or any portion of such services may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of Moviebuff. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of any Moviebuff Service or its contents or any derivative use of this site or its contents. All licenses are non-exclusive and all rights not expressly granted to you in these Conditions of Use or any applicable Terms are reserved and retained by Moviebuff or its licensors, suppliers, publishers, rights holders, or other content providers. You will use all Moviebuff Services in compliance with all applicable laws.


Copyright

All content included on this site in or made available through any Moviebuff Service, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, video clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Moviebuff or its content suppliers and protected by Indian and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content included in or made available through any Moviebuff Service is the exclusive property of Moviebuff and protected by Indian and international copyright laws. All software used in any Moviebuff Service is the property of Moviebuff or its software suppliers and protected by Indian and international copyright laws.


Copyright Complaints

Moviebuff respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please email us.


Trademarks

Moviebuff trademark, and the Moviebuff logo, and other marks indicated in any Moviebuff Services are the marks of Moviebuff and other Moviebuff graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are the marks (collectively and/or individually called “Marks”) of Moviebuff in India and/or other countries. Moviebuff’s Marks shall not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Moviebuff’s, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Moviebuff. All other trademarks or marks not owned by Moviebuff that appear on this site or in any Moviebuff Service are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Moviebuff.


Your Account

If you use any Moviebuff Service, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of log-in information and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. Moviebuff reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content in its sole discretion.


Reviews, Comments, Communications, and Other Content

Visitors may post reviews, comments, and other content and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You shall not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of your content. Moviebuff reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content.


Your License to Moviebuff

If you post content or submit material, and unless We indicate otherwise, you grant Moviebuff a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant Moviebuff and its sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify Moviebuff for all claims resulting from content you supply. Moviebuff has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. Moviebuff takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party or for removal or editing the content.


Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

The Moviebuff Services and all information, content, materials, products (including software) and other services included on or otherwise made available to you through the Moviebuff Services are provided by Moviebuff on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Moviebuff makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the Moviebuff Services or the information, content, materials, products (including software) or other services included on or otherwise made available to you through the Moviebuff Services. You expressly agree that your use of the Moviebuff Services is at your sole risk. Moviebuff reserves the right to withdraw any Moviebuff Service or delete any information from the Moviebuff Services at any time in its discretion.

To the full extent permissible by applicable law, Moviebuff disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Moviebuff does not warrant that the Moviebuff Services, information, content, materials, products (including software) or other services included on or otherwise made available to you through the Moviebuff Services, its servers, or electronic communications sent from Moviebuff are free of viruses or other harmful components.

Subject to applicable laws, Moviebuff will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of any Moviebuff Services, or from any information, content, materials, products (including software) or other services included on or otherwise made available to you through any Moviebuff Service, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages.


Moviebuff Software Terms

In addition to these Conditions of Use, the terms found here apply to any software (including any updates or upgrades to the software and any related documentation) that We make available to you from time to time for your use in connection with Moviebuff Services (“Moviebuff Software”). If We provide specific Terms for the Moviebuff Software and there is a conflict between the specific Terms for the Moviebuff Software and these Conditions of Use, the specific Terms for the Moviebuff Software will govern.


Disputes

In case of any disputes arising out of or relating to the Terms or the Services the courts at Chennai, India will have the exclusive jurisdiction.


Site Policies, Modification, and Severability

Please review Our other policies. These policies also govern your use of Moviebuff Services. We reserve the right to make changes to Our site policies, Terms, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.