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Advantage Media Group, Inc. Terms of Use

Effective Date: January 2025

Last Updated: 01/31/25

Welcome! Advantage Media Group and its affiliated companies (“the Company”) own and operate the websites ForbesBooks.com, SXSWBooks.com, EntrepreneurBooks.com, AdvantageBooks.com, AdvantageMedia.com, AuthorityCollective,com, and TheAuthorityCompany.com (collectively, the “Websites” and, each, a “Website”), including all information, documents, text, audio, visual, and graphics (excluding Third Party Content, which is defined below) on the Websites (collectively, the “Materials”) as well as owns or operates under license all software, products, and services offered and/or operated by Company and/or third parties through the Websites (collectively, the “Products and/or Services”), available for your use subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this document, or in force at the time of your use (collectively, the “Terms” or “Terms of Use”). 

  1. Acceptance of Terms

BY ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE IN ANY WAY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, EVALUATING, DOWNLOADING, PURCHASING, AND/OR USING ANY OF THE MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES, OR BY VIEWING THIRD-PARTY CONTENT ACCESSIBLE VIA THE WEBSITES, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE AND COMPANY’S PRIVACY POLICY, WHICH IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE BELOW. IF YOU DON’T AGREE TO SUCH TERMS, WE REQUEST THAT YOU LEAVE THE WEBSITES (AND REFRAIN FROM USING THE MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES) IMMEDIATELY.

The Website is intended for lawful use by persons over thirteen (13) years of age. If you are under the age of thirteen (13) please discontinue using the Website immediately. The Company does not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from children under thirteen (13 years of age.  If you are a child under thirteen (13) years of age, please do not attempt to register for or otherwise use the Website or Products and/or Services or send us any personal information. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under thirteen (13) years of age, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a child under thirteen (13) years of age may have provided us personal information, please contact us at info@theauthoritycompany.com. 

The Company reserves the right to modify these Terms and other Company guidelines and policies posted on the Website from time to time at its sole discretion, with or without notice, and the revised Terms of Use and other revised guidelines and policies will be posted on the Website. Any changes we make will be effective immediately when we post a revised version of the Terms of Use on the Website. The “last updated” date above will tell you when the Terms of Use were last revised. By continuing to use the Website after that date, you agree to the changes. To the extent that these Terms of Use differ from a prior version of the Terms of Use which you previously agreed to, this version of the Terms of Use supersedes and governs. Please periodically check the Terms of Use and policies on Company’s Website to view the current version. Any dispute between you and Company will be governed by the Terms of Use agreed to at the time of your purchase or, if you have made no purchase, at the time of your use. 

  1. Use of the Website

You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict, or inhibit anyone else’s use of the Website. Prohibited behavior includes but is not limited to harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content, or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within the Website.

If you breach any of the Terms of Use, your authorization to use the Website and any authorized use of Materials will automatically terminate, any Materials downloaded or printed from the Website, whether authorized or unauthorized, must be immediately destroyed and, in certain instances, you may also be required to immediately stop using Company’s Products and/or Services. Company reserves the right to pursue any additional remedies available in law or equity.

  1. Intellectual Property

All content on the Website, including text, graphics, logos, images, and software, is the property of the Company or its content suppliers and is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, and/or other intellectual property laws.  Various sections of the Website may feature content, owned or licensed by third-party creators or associated rightsholders of that content (the “Third-Party Content”). Third-Party Content is protected by copyright or other proprietary laws and is for display and demonstration purposes only. 

Any unauthorized use of the Website, Materials, and/or Products and/or Services may violate such laws in addition to these Terms of Use. Except as expressly provided herein, Company and its licensors and suppliers do not grant any express or implied license to the Website, Site Materials, or Products and/or Services.  You agree not to copy, republish, download, transmit, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, assign, distribute, license, sublicense, reverse engineer, or create derivative works based on, the Website, the Materials, or the Products and/or Services, except if expressly authorized herein.

Except as may be indicated to the contrary elsewhere on the Website or in these Terms of Use (e.g., the strict limitations against downloading, using, copying, printing or sharing the Third-Party Content), you may view and print the Materials available on the Website subject to the following conditions:

  • The Materials may be used solely for personal, non-commercial, informational purposes;
  • The Materials may not be modified or altered in any way;
  • The Materials may not be distributed or sold, rented, leased, or licensed to others;
  • You may not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the Materials;
  • Company reserves the right to revoke the authorization to view and/or print the Materials available on the Website at any time, and any such use shall be discontinued immediately upon notice from Company
  • Any rights granted to you by Company constitute a limited license and not a transfer of title or other rights.

The rights specified above i.e., the right to view and print the Materials are not applicable to the design or layout of the Website. Elements of the Website are protected by copyright and other laws and may not be copied, reproduced or imitated in whole or in part.

The trademarks, logos, and service marks (“Mark(s)”) displayed on the Website are the property of Company or third parties. You are not permitted to use the Marks without the prior written consent of the owner of the Mark. 

  1. User Content

You may submit content to the Website, including comments, feedback, and other communications. Information submitted through the Website may be accessed and used by a Company service provider in accordance with the Company Privacy Policy (to the extent such information includes personal information) and the policies of those third-party service providers.  Although Company and Company’s service providers each take steps to protect the electronic transmission of credit card numbers or other financial information or personally identifiable information (collectively, “Personal Information”) that you submit through their websites, you understand and agree there is inherent risk in sharing your information via the internet. Please review the terms of use and privacy policy of any third party to which you provide Personal Information and other personal identifying information. The Company is not responsible for any error or other acts or omissions of any of our payments service providers. By using one of our payments service providers to make payment, you agree to be bound by the applicable terms and conditions, including with respect to offers of credit or delayed payment. We may also work with additional payment processors who you may already have a relationship with or who may process your personal information with your consent. 

Other than personal information, and as specifically requested otherwise, do not send any confidential or proprietary information through the Site. If you choose to share personal information in a manner that is intended for public display, or any information other than personal information with Company, then such information will be deemed NOT to be confidential (“Non-Confidential Information”). For any Non-Confidential Information you do send, post or submit, you grant Company and its affiliates, successors, and assigns an unrestricted, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable, transferrable, worldwide license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute the Non-Confidential Information, and agree that Company is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send Company for any purpose and in any manner whatsoever without compensation to you or any other person sending the Non-Confidential Information. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all the rights to the Non-Confidential Information and that public posting and use of such Non-Confidential Information by Company or its affiliates, successors or assigns, will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party. If you submit personal information via the Website, Company will treat it in accordance with the Company Privacy Policy, which is available _(here)______.

The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to delete or remove your content from the Website and to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or part of this Website, at any time if we have cause to do so (including, without limitation, our good faith belief that you have violated the Terms of Use) without prior notice or liability. In addition, Company reserves the right to delete or remove your content if the applicable subscription or license has expired or lapsed or if Company has a good faith belief that you have violated these Terms of Use or any law or regulation, or that such deletion or removal is necessary to comply with the law or to protect the rights of Company or others. Company may, but is not obligated to, monitor or review (i) any areas on the Website where users transmit content, and (ii) the substance of any content. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Company will have no liability related to your content arising under the laws of copyright, libel, defamation, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise. Company also disclaims all liability with respect to the misuse, loss, modification, destruction, or unavailability of any of your content.

  1. User Conduct

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from the Website any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material, or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law. In addition, you specifically agree as follows:

  • not to disrupt or interfere with any other user’s use or enjoyment of the Website, any affiliated or linked sites or any Products and/or Services;
  • not to upload or otherwise transmit through the Website any viruses or other harmful, disruptive, or destructive files;
  • not to create a false identity or otherwise engage in activity that is deceptive or fraudulent in any manner;
  • not to use or attempt to use or access another’s account, password, services, or systems to access the Website;
  • not to use any high volume or automated mechanisms (including, without limitation, robots, scrapers, spiders, offline readers, harvesting bots or other mechanism) to retrieve, download, store, mine or reproduce the Website or the Materials;
  • not to attempt to download and/or transmit any content which you are not authorized to transmit and/or infringes on any third party’s rights, including, without limitation, the Third-Party Content;
  • not to disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise cause harm to, the Website, or any Products and/or Services, Materials, Third-Party Content, system resources, accounts, passwords, servers, or networks connected to or accessible through the Website or any affiliated or linked sites;
  • not to post any content that libels, defames, invades privacy, or is indecent, obscene, pornographic, abusive, threatening, illegal, solicits or engages in gambling;
  • not to run any form of autoresponder or “spam” or any processes that run or are activated while you are not logged into the software or Products and/or Services.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any of your account numbers, account names, and/or passwords used to access the Website or any Products and/or Services.  If you become aware that any account numbers, account names and/or passwords have been obtained by any other person or otherwise misused, you will notify the Company as soon as possible.

  1. Disclaimer of Warranties

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND COMPANY, THE WEBSITE, THE MATERIALS AND ALL PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, PERFORMANCE, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THE WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE WEBSITE, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) THE WEBSITE, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, ALWAYS AVAILABLE, OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES WILL BE EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE, OR RELIABLE; (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY WEBSITE, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR ACCESSIBLE BY YOU WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; OR (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES OR ANY DEFECTS IN THE WEBSITE, THE MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES, WILL BE CORRECTED.

THE WEBSITE COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER MISTAKES, INACCURACIES, OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. COMPANY MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES AT ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PRICES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ANY PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES, AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. THE WEBSITE, MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES MAY BE OUT OF DATE, AND COMPANY MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE SUCH WEBSITE, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES. YOU UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT (i) COMPANY DOES NOT CONTROL, ENDORSE, OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES OFFERED AND/OR PERFORMED BY THIRD PARTIES THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR THE PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE PROVIDED BY THIRD-PARTY VENDORS OR THOSE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH LINKS ON THE WEBSITE; (ii) COMPANY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER ABOUT ANY SUCH THIRD PARTIES, THEIR THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES; (iii) ANY DEALINGS YOU MAY HAVE WITH SUCH THIRD PARTIES ARE AT YOUR OWN RISK; AND (iv) COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONTENT, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES OFFERED AND/OR PERFORMED BY THIRD PARTIES.

THE USE, INSTALLATION, AND/OR AUTHORIZED DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES, OR SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION OR CONTENT, IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND WITH YOUR AGREEMENT THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER OR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS OR SERVICES, LOSS OF DATA, UNAUTHORIZED USAGE, INFRINGEMENT OF, OR ACCESS TO, YOUR INFORMATION OR CONTENT, OR OTHER HARM THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH ACTIVITIES. COMPANY ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY COMPUTER VIRUS OR OTHER SIMILAR SOFTWARE CODE THAT IS INSTALLED, TRANSMITTED, OR DOWNLOADED TO YOUR COMPUTER OR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS OR SERVICES FROM THE WEBSITE OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM COMPANY OR THROUGH OR FROM THE WEBSITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF USE.

SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY MAY LAST, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN THOSE STATES, TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO NINETY (90) DAYS.

  1. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL COMPANY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, ATTORNEYS, EMPLOYEES, PARTNERS, LICENSORS, OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR SUCH DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE, THE MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES, THE STATEMENTS OR ACTIONS OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE, ANY DEALINGS WITH VENDORS OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES, ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, ANY INFORMATION THAT IS SENT OR RECEIVED OR NOT SENT OR RECEIVED, ANY FAILURE TO STORE OR LOSS OF DATA, FILES, OR OTHER CONTENT, ANY SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE THAT ARE DELAYED OR INTERRUPTED, OR ANY WEB SITE REFERENCED OR LINKED TO FROM THE WEBSITE. YOU AGREE THAT COMPANY’S LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF ANY KIND OF LEGAL CLAIM IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THE WEBSITE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO COMPANY IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE CLAIM OR (B) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).

SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, THE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS SET FORTH ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

  1. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees, licensors and agents from any claims, liabilities, damages, and expenses (including attorney’s fees) arising from your use of the Website or your violation of these Terms.

  1. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

The Website (excluding linked third-party sites) is controlled by Company from its offices within the State of South Carolina, United States of America. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of South Carolina, USA without regard to its conflict of law principles, except that the Arbitration provision of these Terms of Use shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. You agree to first communicate any claim or dispute that arises out of or in connection with these Terms of Use directly with the Company, to give the Company an opportunity to resolve the dispute. You agree not to bring any suit or to initiate arbitration proceedings until after a minimum of sixty (60) days after the date on which you communicated your concern to the Company has elapsed. If Company is not able to resolve your Claim within sixty (60) days, you may seek relief through arbitration or in small claims court, as set forth below.

Any claims or dispute that arises out of or in connection with these Terms of Use,  shall be resolved solely through binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association before a single arbitrator under its commercial rules, except that you and we may assert Claims on an individual basis in small claims court if they qualify.   You acknowledge that all claims brought by you shall be brought on an individual basis and you waive any right to bring a claim as a representative of or part of a class or consolidated action.  Each party to any arbitration shall be responsible for their own attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses. You and the Company each expressly waive the right to seek remedies in court, including, without limitation, the right to a jury trial.

  1. General

The Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and the other guidelines, policies, licenses, disclaimers posted on the Websites, and any other negotiated agreements between you and Company constitute the entire agreement between Company and you. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Terms of Use or portion thereof to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible to effect the intent of the parties as reflected by that provision, and the remainder of the Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect. 

Any failure by Company to enforce or exercise any provision of the Terms of Use or related right shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision. 

The section titles used in the Terms of Use are purely for convenience and carry with them no legal or contractual effect.  

Provisions that, by their nature, should survive termination of these Terms of Use shall survive termination. By way of example, all of the following will survive termination: any obligation you have to indemnify Company, any limitations on our liability, any terms regarding ownership or intellectual property rights, and terms regarding disputes between us, including without limitation the arbitration agreement.

  1. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at info@theauthoritycompany.com .

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