Terms of Service
Date Effective: January 2021
General
These websites (each a “Site” and collectively, the “Sites”) — Bright Beings Academy and Peter Paul Parker — are owned and operated by Peter Paul Parker, trading as Bright Beings Academy (“we”, “us”, “our”).
By using a Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and to use the Site in accordance with these Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy, our Refund Policy, and any additional terms that may apply to specific sections of a Site or to products and services available through a Site or from Peter Paul Parker trading as Bright Beings Academy.
Accessing a Site in any manner, whether automated or otherwise, constitutes use of the Site, and your agreement to be bound by these Terms of Service.
We reserve the right to change these Terms of Service or to impose new conditions on use of a Site from time to time, in which case we will post the revised Terms of Service on that Site. By continuing to use a Site after we post any such changes, you accept the Terms of Service as modified.
Intellectual Property Rights
Our Limited Licence to You
Each Site and all materials available on it are the property of us and/or our affiliates or licensors and are protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property laws.
The Site is provided solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not use the Site or materials in a manner that infringes our rights or that has not been authorised by us.
Unless explicitly authorised in these Terms of Service or by the owner of the materials, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works, exploit or distribute in any manner or medium (including by email or other electronic means) any material from a Site.
You may, however, from time to time download and/or print one copy of individual pages for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.
Your Licence to Us
By posting or submitting any material (including, without limitation, comments, blog entries, social media posts, photos and videos) to us via a Site, internet groups, social media venues, or to any of our staff via email, text or otherwise, you represent:
(i) that you are the owner of the material, or are making your posting/submission with the express consent of the owner; and
(ii) that you are thirteen years of age or older.
In addition, when you submit, email, text, deliver or post any material, you grant us, and anyone authorised by us, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide licence to use, copy, modify, transmit, sell, exploit, create derivative works from, distribute, and/or publicly perform or display such material, in whole or in part, in any manner or medium, now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose.
This grant includes the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such posting or submission, including, without limitation, rights under copyright, trade mark, service mark or patent laws.
In connection with the exercise of such rights, you grant us, and anyone authorised by us, the right to identify you as the author of any of your postings or submissions by name, email address or screen name, as we deem appropriate.
You acknowledge and agree that any contributions originally created by you for us shall be deemed a “work made for hire” when the work performed falls within the scope of Section 101 of the United States Copyright Act (to the extent applicable).
As such, the copyrights in those works shall belong to Peter Paul Parker trading as Bright Beings Academy from their creation. Peter Paul Parker trading as Bright Beings Academy shall therefore be deemed the author and exclusive owner thereof and shall have the right to exploit any or all results and proceeds in any and all media, now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world, in perpetuity, and in all languages.
In the event that any of the results and proceeds of your submissions are not deemed a “work made for hire”, you hereby, without additional compensation, irrevocably assign to Peter Paul Parker trading as Bright Beings Academy all proprietary rights, including without limitation all copyrights and trade marks, in perpetuity, in every medium, whether now known or hereafter devised.
Any posted material incorporating your prior works shall be jointly owned by you and us.
You acknowledge that Peter Paul Parker trading as Bright Beings Academy has the right, but not the obligation, to use and display any postings or contributions of any kind and may elect to cease the use and display of any such materials (or any portion thereof) at any time for any reason.
Limitations on Linking and Framing
You may establish a hypertext link to a Site so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by us or by the Site.
However, you may not, without our prior written permission, frame or inline-link any content of a Site, or incorporate into another website or service any of our material, content or intellectual property.
Interactive Features
A Site may include features such as bulletin boards, blogs, chat rooms and email services, which allow feedback to us and real-time interaction between users, and other features which allow users to communicate with others.
Responsibility for what is posted on public areas of a Site, or sent via any email services on a Site, lies with each user — you alone are responsible for the material you post or send.
We do not control the messages, information or files that you or others may provide through a Site.
It is a condition of your use of a Site that you do not:
Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site.
Use the Site to impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
Interfere with or disrupt any servers or networks used to provide the Site or its features.
Use the Site to incite or encourage others to commit illegal activities or cause injury or property damage to any person.
Gain unauthorised access to the Site, or any account, computer system or network connected to the Site, by means such as hacking, password mining or other illicit means.
Obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Site.
Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libellous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any kind.
Post or transmit any information, software or other material that violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including invasion of privacy/publicity rights or material protected by copyright, trade mark or other proprietary rights, without first obtaining permission from the owner or rights holder.
Post or transmit any information, software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component.
Post, transmit or exploit any information, software or other material for commercial purposes without our express written approval.
Advertise or solicit to anyone to buy or sell products or services without our express written approval.
Gather for marketing purposes any email addresses or other personal information that has been posted by other users of the Site.
Copyright Complaints (Including DMCA)
If you believe in good faith that materials hosted by Peter Paul Parker trading as Bright Beings Academy infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send us a notice requesting that the material be removed or access to it be blocked.
If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, you may send us a counter-notice.
Notices must meet applicable statutory requirements.
For United States copyright notices, please see the DMCA:
Copyright Agent:
[email protected]
Please see Google’s privacy policy regarding how Google uses data supplied on these Sites: