Terms of Service

Effective Date: October 26, 2023

Welcome to groan.top. These Terms of Service ("Terms," "Agreement") govern your access to and use of the groan.top website and any related services, features, content, or applications offered by groan.top (collectively, the "Service"). Please read these Terms carefully before using the Service.

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of the Terms, you may not access the Service.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing, browsing, or otherwise using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes a legally binding contract between you (the "User") and groan.top. If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms, and "you" will refer to both you personally and the organization.

We reserve the right to modify, update, or replace these Terms at any time at our sole discretion. We will provide notice of material changes by posting the new Terms on this page and updating the "Effective Date" above. Your continued use of the Service after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms. It is your responsibility to review these Terms periodically for changes.

2. Use of Service

2.1 Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years of age to use the Service. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you meet this age requirement and have the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement.

2.2 License & Access

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, groan.top grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your personal, non-commercial use. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of the Service or its contents.

2.3 Service Modifications & Availability

groan.top reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service or any part thereof with or without notice. You agree that groan.top will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Service. We do not guarantee that the Service will be available at all times, secure, or error-free.

2.4 Prohibited Uses

You agree not to use the Service:

• In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation.
• To exploit, harm, or attempt to exploit or harm minors in any way.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any "junk mail," "chain letter," "spam," or any other similar solicitation.
• To impersonate or attempt to impersonate groan.top, a groan.top employee, another user, or any other person or entity.
• To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Service, or which, as determined by us, may harm groan.top or users of the Service or expose them to liability.
• To use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Service for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Service.
• To introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
• To attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Service, the server on which the Service is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Service.

3. User Responsibilities

3.1 Account Security

If the Service requires you to create an account, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify groan.top immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your account.

3.2 User Content

If the Service allows you to post, link, store, share, or otherwise make available content ("User Content"), you are solely responsible for that content. You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to your User Content and that it does not violate these Terms or the rights of any third party.

By posting User Content, you grant groan.top a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform your User Content in connection with the Service.

3.3 Compliance

You are solely responsible for your compliance with all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to your use of the Service.

4. Intellectual Property

4.1 Ownership by groan.top

The Service and its original content (excluding User Content), features, and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of groan.top and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without the prior written consent of groan.top.

4.2 User Content License

As stated above, you retain ownership of your User Content. However, by submitting User Content, you grant groan.top the license described in Section 3.2.

4.3 Copyright Complaints (DMCA)

groan.top respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact us at our designated email address below with the following information:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized agent.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
• Your contact information.
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

5. Limitation of Liability

5.1 Disclaimer of Warranties

YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. groan.top EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

groan.top MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (I) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR