Terms of use
TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY
ACCESSING OR USING OUR SITES AND OUR SERVICES, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO BE
BOUND BY THE TERMS AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. IF
YOU DO NOT EXPRESSLY AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN
PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR SITES OR OUR SERVICES. THIS TERMS OF
SERVICE AGREEMENT IS EFFECTIVE AS OF 02/20/2014.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
The following Terms of Service Agreement (the “TOS”) is a legally binding agreement that shall govern the
relationship with our users and others which may interact or interface with DixieMaze Farms, also known as
DixieMaze, located at 9596 Sentell Rd., Shreveport, Louisiana 71107, and our subsidiaries and affiliates, in
association with the use of the DixieMaze website, which includes dixiemaze.com (the “Site”) and its
Services, which shall be defined below.
DESCRIPTION OF WEBSITE SERVICES OFFERED
The Site is a news and information website which has the following description:
Provide information about DixieMaze Farms
Any and all visitors to our site shall be deemed as “users” of the herein contained Services provided for the
purpose of this TOS.
The user acknowledges and agrees that the Services provided and made available through our website and
applications, which may include some mobile applications and that those applications may be made available
on various social media networking sites and numerous other platforms and downloadable programs, are the
sole property of DixieMaze Farms. At its discretion, DixieMaze Farms may offer additional website Services
and/or products, or update, modify or revise any current content and Services, and this Agreement shall apply
to any and all additional Services and/or products and any and all updated, modified or revised Services
unless otherwise stipulated. DixieMaze Farms does hereby reserve the right to cancel and cease offering any
of the aforementioned Services and/or products. You, as the end user , acknowledge, accept and agree that
DixieMaze Farms shall not be held liable for any such updates, modifications, revisions, suspensions or
discontinuance of any of our Services and/or products. Your continued use of the Services provided, after
such posting of any updates, changes, and/or modifications shall constitute your acceptance of such updates,
changes and/or modifications, and as such, frequent review of this Agreement and any and all applicable
terms and policies should be made by you to ensure you are aware of all terms and policies currently in effect.
Should you not agree to the updated, modified, revised or modified terms, you must stop using the provided
Services.
Furthermore, the user understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Services offered shall be provided “AS
IS” and as such DixieMaze Farms shall not assume any responsibility or obligation for the timeliness, missed
delivery, deletion and/or any failure to store user content, communication or personalization settings.
PRIVACY POLICY
Every member’s registration data and various other personal information are strictly protected by the
DixieMaze Farms Online Privacy Policy (see the full Privacy Policy at
https://dixiemaze.com/index.php/privacy-policy). As a member, you herein consent to the collection and use of
the information provided, including the transfer of information within the United States and/or other countries
for storage, processing or use by DixieMaze Farms and/or our subsidiaries and affiliates.
CAUTIONS FOR GLOBAL USE AND EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPLIANCE
Due to the global nature of the internet, through the use of our network you hereby agree to comply with all
local rules relating to online conduct and that which is considered acceptable Content. Uploading, posting
and/or transferring of software, technology and other technical data may be subject to the export and import
laws of the United States and possibly other countries. Through the use of our network, you thus agree to
comply with all applicable export and import laws, statutes and regulations, including, but not limited to, the
Export Administration Regulations (http://www.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/ear_data.html), as well as the
sanctions control program of the United States (http://www.treasury.gov/resourcecenter/
sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx). Furthermore, you state and pledge that you:
a) are not on the list of prohibited individuals which may be identified on any government export
exclusion report (http://www.bis.doc.gov/complianceandenforcement/liststocheck.htm) nor a member
of any other government which may be part of an export-prohibited country identified in applicable
export and import laws and regulations;
b) agree not to transfer any software, technology or any other technical data through the use of our
network Services to any export-prohibited country;
c) agree not to use our website network Services for any military, nuclear, missile, chemical or biological
weaponry end uses that would be a violation of the U.S. export laws; and
d) agree not to post, transfer nor upload any software, technology or any other technical data which
would be in violation of the U.S. or other applicable export and/or import laws.
CONTENT PLACED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR COMPANY SERVICES
DixieMaze Farms shall not lay claim to ownership of any content submitted by any visitor or user, or make
such content available for inclusion on our website Services. Therefore, you hereby grant and allow for
DixieMaze Farms the below listed worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive licenses, as applicable:
a) The content submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible areas of DixieMaze
Farms’s sites, the license provided to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly
perform and/or publicly display said Content on our network Services is for the sole purpose of
providing and promoting the specific area to which this content was placed and/or made available for
viewing. This license shall be available so long as you are a member of DixieMaze Farms’s sites, and
shall terminate at such time when you elect to discontinue your membership.
b) Photos, audio, video and/or graphics submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly
accessible areas of DixieMaze Farms’s sites, the license provided to permit to use, distribute,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and/or publicly display said Content on our network
Services are for the sole purpose of providing and promoting the specific area in which this content
was placed and/or made available for viewing. This license shall be available so long as you are a
member of DixieMaze Farms’s sites and shall terminate at such time when you elect to discontinue
your membership.
c) For any other content submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible areas of
DixieMaze Farms’s sites, the continuous, binding and completely sub-licensable license which is
meant to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and/or
publicly display said content, whether in whole or in part, and the incorporation of any such Content
into other works in any arrangement or medium current used or later developed.
Those areas which may be deemed “publicly accessible” areas of DixieMaze Farms’s sites are those such
areas of our network properties which are meant to be available to the general public, and which would
include message boards and groups that are openly available to visitors .
CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMPANY WEBSITE
DixieMaze Farms provides an area for our users to contribute feedback to our website. When you submit
ideas, documents, suggestions and/or proposals (“Contributions”) to our site, you acknowledge and agree
that:
a) your Contributions do not contain any type of confidential or proprietary information;
b) DixieMaze shall not be liable or under any obligation to ensure or maintain confidentiality, expressed
or implied, related to any Contributions;
c) DixieMaze shall be entitled to make use of and/or disclose any such Contributions in any such manner
as they may see fit;
d) the contributor’s Contributions shall automatically become the sole property of DixieMaze; and
e) DixieMaze is under no obligation to either compensate or provide any form of reimbursement in any
manner or nature.
INDEMNITY
All users herein agree to insure and hold DixieMaze Farms, our subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees,
officers, partners and/or licensors blameless or not liable for any claim or demand, which may include, but is
not limited to, reasonable attorney fees made by any third party, which may arise from any content a user of
our site may submit, post, modify, transmit or otherwise make available through our Services, the use of
DixieMaze Services or your connection with these Services, your violations of the Terms of Service and/or
your violation of any such rights of another person.
COMMERCIAL REUSE OF SERVICES
The user herein agrees not to replicate, duplicate, copy, trade, sell, resell nor exploit for any commercial
reason any part, use of, or access to DixieMaze’s sites.
MODIFICATIONS
DixieMaze Farms shall reserve the right at any time it may deem fit, to modify, alter and or discontinue,
whether temporarily or permanently, our service, or any part thereof, with or without prior notice. In addition,
we shall not be held liable to you or to any third party for any such alteration, modification, suspension and/or
discontinuance of our Services, or any part thereof.
ADVERTISERS
Any correspondence or business dealings with, or the participation in any promotions of, advertisers located
on or through our Services, which may include the payment and/or delivery of such related goods and/or
Services, and any such other term, condition, warranty and/or representation associated with such dealings,
are and shall be solely between you and any such advertiser. Moreover, you herein agree that DixieMaze
Farms shall not be held responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any nature or manner incurred as a
direct result of any such dealings or as a result of the presence of such advertisers on our website.
LINKS
Either DixieMaze Farms or any third parties may provide links to other websites and/or resources. Thus, you
acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources,
and as such, we do not endorse nor are we responsible or liable for any content, products, advertising or any
other materials, on or available from such third party sites or resources. Furthermore, you acknowledge and
agree that DixieMaze Farms shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any such damage or
loss which may be a result of, caused or allegedly to be caused by or in connection with the use of or the
reliance on any such content, goods or Services made available on or through any such site or resource.
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You do hereby acknowledge and agree that DixieMaze Farms’s Services and any essential software that may
be used in connection with our Services (“Software”) shall contain proprietary and confidential material that is
protected by applicable intellectual property rights and other laws. Furthermore, you herein acknowledge and
agree that any Content which may be contained in any advertisements or information presented by and
through our Services or by advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents or other proprietary
rights and laws. Therefore, except for that which is expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized by
DixieMaze Farms or such applicable licensor, you agree not to alter, modify, lease, rent, loan, sell, distribute,
transmit, broadcast, publicly perform and/or created any plagiaristic works which are based on DixieMaze
Farms Services (e.g. Content or Software), in whole or part.
DixieMaze Farms herein has granted you personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive rights and/or license to
make use of the object code or our Software on a single computer, as long as you do not, and shall not, allow
any third party to duplicate, alter, modify, create or plagiarize work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble
or otherwise make an attempt to locate or discern any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security
interest in and/or otherwise transfer any such right in the Software. Furthermore, you do herein agree not to
alter or change the Software in any manner, nature or form, and as such, not to use any modified versions of
the Software, including and without limitation, for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to our
Services. Lastly, you also agree not to access or attempt to access our Services through any means other than
through the interface which is provided by DixieMaze Farms for use in accessing our Services.
WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS
YOU HEREIN EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT:
a) THE USE OF DIXIEMAZE FARMS SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE AT THE SOLE RISK
BY YOU. OUR SERVICES AND SOFTWARE SHALL BE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS”
AND/OR “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. DIXIEMAZE FARMS AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
b) DIXIEMAZE FARMS AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
PARTNERS AND LICESNSORS MAKE NO SUCH WARRANTIES THAT (i) DIXIEMAZE
FARMS SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii)
DIXIEMAZE FARMS SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY,
SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THAT SUCH RESULTS WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM THE USE OF THE DIXIEMAZE FARMS SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE
ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (iv) QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, ANY
INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED OR OBTAINED
BY YOU THROUGH OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR
EXPECTATIONS; AND (v) THAT ANY SUCH ERRORS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE
SHALL BE CORRECTED.
c) ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN BY
WAY OF DIXIEMAZE FARMS SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE ACCESSED BY
YOUR SOLE DISCRETION AND SOLE RISK, AND AS SUCH YOU SHALL BE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF
ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER AND/OR
INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOADING AND/OR DISPLAYING, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF
DATA THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION
OR MATERIAL.
d) NO ADVICE AND/OR INFORMATION, DESPITE WETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, THAT
MAY BE OBTAINED BY YOU FROM DIXIEMAZE FARMS OR BY WAY OF OR FROM
OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY
STATED IN THE TOS.
e) A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SOME USERS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME DEGREE OF
EPILEPTIC SEIZURE WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR
BACKGROUNDS THAT MAY BE CONTAINED ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE
USING OUR SERVICES. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE A PREVIOUSLY
UNKNOWN CONDITION OR UNDETECTED ELILEPTIC SYMPTOM IN USERS WHO
HAVE SHOWN NO HISTORY OF ANY PRIOR SEIZURE OR EPILEPSY. SHOULD YOU,
ANYONE YOU KNOW OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY HAVE AN EPILEPTIC
CONDITION, PLEASE CONSULT A PHYSICAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING OUR SERVICES: DIZZINESS, ALTERED
VISON, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARNESS, DISORIENTATION, ANY
INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPLICITY ACKNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT DIXIEMAZE FARMS
AND OUR SUBISDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND
LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTIAL,
SPECIAL, CONSEQUENIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO THE LOSS OF ANY PROFITS, GOODWILL,
USE, DATA AND/OR OTHER INTANGILBE LOSSES, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE BEEN
ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY THAT SAID DAMAGES MAY OCCUR, AND RESULT FROM:
a) THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SERVICE;
b) THE COST OF PRECURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES;
c) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR THE ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS
AND/OR DATA;
d) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY SUCH THRID PARTY ON OUR SERVICE;
e) AND ANY OTHER MATTER WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO OUR SERVICE.
SPECIAL ADMONITION RELATED TO FINANCIAL MATTERS
Should you intend to create or to join any service, receive or request any such news, messages, alerts or other
information from our Services concerning companies, stock quotes, investments or securities, please review
the above Sections Warranty Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability again. In addition, for this particular
type of information, the phrase “Let the investor beware” is appropriate. DixieMaze Farms’s content is
provided primarily for informational purposes, and no content that shall be provided or included in our
Services is intended for trading or investing purposes. DixieMaze Farms and our licensors shall not be
responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of any information transmitted and/or made
available by way of our Services, and shall not be responsible or liable for any trading and/or investment
decisions based on any such information.
EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS
THERE ARE SOME JURISDICTIONS WHICH DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN
WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OF EXCLUSION OF LAIBILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THEREFORE, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF
SECTIONS WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
You herein acknowledge, understand and agree, unless otherwise expressly provided in this TOS, that there
shall be third-party beneficiaries to this agreement.
NOTICE
DixieMaze Farms may furnish you with notices, including those with regards to any changes to the TOS,
including but not limited to email, regular mail, MMS or SMS, text messaging, postings on our website
Services, or other reasonable means currently known or any which may be herein after developed. Any such
notices may not be received if you violate any aspects of the TOS by accessing our Services in an
unauthorized manner. Your acceptance of this TOS constitutes your agreement that you are deemed to have
received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed our Services in an authorized
manner.
TRADEMARK INFORMATION
You herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all of the DixieMaze Farms trademarks, copyright, trade
name, service marks, and other DixieMaze Farms logos and any brand features, and/or product and service
names are trademarks and as such, are and shall remain the property of DixieMaze Farms. You herein agree
not to display and/or use in any manner the DixieMaze Farms logo or marks.
COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS NOTICE
& PROCEDURES
DixieMaze Farms will always respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask that all of our users to the
same. With regards to appropriate circumstances and at its sole discretion, DixieMaze Farms may disable
and/or terminate the accounts of any user who repeatedly violates our TOS and/or infringes the rights of
others. If you feel that your work has been duplicated in such a way that would constitute copyright
infringement, or if you believe your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, you should
provide to us the following information:
a) The electronic or the physical signature of the individual that is authorized on behalf of the owner of
the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
b) A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you believe has been infringed
upon;
c) A description of the location of the site which you allege has been infringing upon your work;
d) The physical address, telephone number, and email address;
e) A statement, in which you state that the alleged and disputed use of your work is not authorized by the
copyright owner, its agents or the law;
f) And finally, a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the aforementioned information in your
notice is the truth and accurate, and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner,
representative or agent authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.
The DixieMaze Farms Agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can
be contacted as follows:
Mailing Address:
DixieMaze Farms
Attn: Copyright Agent
9596 Sentell Rd.
Shreveport, Louisiana 71107
Telephone: 318-828-6275
Email: [email protected]
CLOSED CAPTIONING
BE IT KNOWN, that DixieMaze Farms complies with all applicable Federal Communications Commission
rules and regulations regarding the closed captioning of video content. For more information, please visit our
website at dixiemaze.com.
GENERAL INFORMATION
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and DixieMaze Farms and shall govern the use of our
Services, superseding any prior version of this TOS between you and us with respect to DixieMaze Farms
Services. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or
purchase certain other DixieMaze Farms Services, affiliate Services, third-party content or third-party
software.
CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM
It is at the mutual agreement of both you and DixieMaze Farms with regard to the TOS that the relationship
between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the state of Louisiana without regard to its conflict of law
provisions and that any and all claims, causes of action and/or disputes, arising out of or relating to the TOS,
or the relationship between you and DixieMaze Farms, shall be filed within the courts having jurisdiction
within the County of Caddo, Louisiana or the U.S. District Court located in said state. You and DixieMaze
Farms agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts as previously mentioned, and agree to waive any and all
objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such courts.
WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS
At any time, should DixieMaze Farms fail to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS, such
failure shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this TOS is found by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give
effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full
force and effect.
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
You acknowledge, understand and agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or
action arising out of or related to the use of our Services or the TOS must be filed within 3 year(s) after said
claim or cause of action arose or shall be forever barred.
VIOLATIONS
Please report any and all violations of this TOS to DixieMaze Farms as follows:
Mailing Address:
DixieMaze Farms
Attn: Copyright Agent
9596 Sentell Rd.
Shreveport, Louisiana 71107
Telephone: 318-828-6275
Email: [email protected]
*WARNING* Under Louisiana law, R.S. 9:2795.5, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if such injury or death results form the inherent risks of the agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, among others, risks of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals, as well as the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity.