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Terms of Service
Effective Date: [INSERT EFFECTIVE DATE]
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the LNJ Media website and, where applicable, the services provided by LNJ Media. By accessing or using the website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the website.
“LNJ Media,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to LNJ Media. “You” and “your” refer to the individual or business accessing the website or engaging LNJ Media.
Note before publication: This document is a starting point and should be reviewed by a qualified attorney and compared against LNJ Media’s actual client agreements, business practices, and applicable law before being relied upon as a final terms of service.
Website Use
Visitors may use the website for lawful purposes only. Users agree not to:
- Violate applicable laws
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or its systems
- Interfere with website functionality
- Introduce malicious code, viruses, or harmful material
- Scrape or collect information improperly
- Misrepresent their identity or affiliation
- Use the website for fraudulent purposes
- Attempt to disrupt website security
- Copy website content for unauthorized commercial purposes
Services
LNJ Media may provide services including:
- Web design
- Web development
- Website redesign
- Landing pages
- Digital marketing
- SEO-related services
- Consulting
- Other digital services agreed upon with a client
Services, deliverables, pricing, deadlines, revisions, responsibilities, and other project terms may be defined in a separate proposal, statement of work, service agreement, invoice, or other written agreement.
These Terms do not replace a separate signed client agreement where one exists. Where a separate written agreement conflicts with these website Terms, the signed client agreement controls with respect to that specific client engagement.
Project Agreements
Clients may be required to agree to separate project-specific terms before work begins. Project agreements may specify:
- Scope of work
- Deliverables
- Fees
- Payment schedule
- Timeline
- Revision limits
- Client responsibilities
- Content requirements
- Hosting
- Domain services
- Third-party software
- Maintenance
- Cancellation
- Ownership and licensing
- Other project-specific terms
LNJ Media is not obligated to begin work until required agreements, deposits, or other prerequisites have been completed.
Fees and Payment
Fees and payment terms are determined by the applicable proposal, invoice, or service agreement. Where applicable:
- Deposits may be required before work begins
- Payments are due according to the agreed payment schedule
- Late payments may result in delayed or suspended work
- Third-party costs may be billed separately
- Taxes may apply where required by law
Specific late fees, cancellation fees, deposit amounts, or payment percentages are not set in these Terms and are determined by the applicable project agreement. [INSERT SPECIFIC FEE TERMS BASED ON LNJ MEDIA'S ACTUAL CLIENT AGREEMENTS IF APPLICABLE.]
Client Responsibilities
Clients are responsible for providing accurate and timely information necessary to complete a project. This may include:
- Branding assets
- Logos
- Images
- Text and content
- Product information
- Login credentials
- Business information
- Legal notices
- Approvals
- Feedback
Clients are responsible for ensuring that materials they provide to LNJ Media do not violate third-party intellectual property rights or applicable laws.
Website Content and Client Materials
Clients retain responsibility for materials they provide unless otherwise agreed. This may include:
- Text
- Photos
- Videos
- Logos
- Product information
- Testimonials
- Trademarks
- Other intellectual property
Clients represent that they have the necessary rights or permissions to provide these materials and that the materials do not infringe the rights of any third party.
Intellectual Property
- LNJ Media retains ownership of its pre-existing materials, proprietary processes, templates, systems, tools, know-how, and reusable components unless otherwise agreed in writing.
- Client-owned materials remain owned by the client.
- Ownership or licensing of final project deliverables is determined by the applicable project agreement.
- Third-party software, fonts, plugins, images, stock assets, APIs, and other materials may be subject to separate licenses and are not transferred to the client except as permitted by those licenses.
These Terms do not automatically transfer ownership of all work product created for a client. Ownership of final deliverables is governed by the applicable signed project agreement.
Portfolio and Marketing Rights
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, LNJ Media may display completed work created by LNJ Media for portfolio, marketing, and promotional purposes. This provision may be modified or removed where a client agreement establishes a different policy.
Third-Party Services
Websites and digital projects may rely on third-party services. Examples may include:
- Hosting providers
- Domain registrars
- Payment processors
- Analytics platforms
- Email providers
- Plugins
- APIs
- CMS platforms
- Advertising platforms
- Cloud services
LNJ Media is not responsible for outages, policy changes, pricing changes, discontinued services, or failures caused by third-party providers beyond LNJ Media’s reasonable control.
Website Performance and Results
LNJ Media does not guarantee:
- Specific search rankings
- Specific advertising results
- Specific revenue
- Specific lead volume
- Specific conversion rates
- Specific website traffic
- Specific business growth
Marketing and website performance depend on numerous factors outside LNJ Media’s control. Any projections, estimates, examples, or expected outcomes are not guarantees unless explicitly stated in a written agreement.
Warranties Disclaimer
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. LNJ Media does not guarantee the website will always be:
- Available
- Error-free
- Completely secure
- Uninterrupted
- Free of bugs
LNJ Media does not disclaim warranties that cannot lawfully be disclaimed under applicable law.
Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, LNJ Media will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from the use of the website or services, except where liability cannot legally be excluded.
Any monetary cap on liability should reflect LNJ Media’s actual client agreements and should be reviewed by an attorney before publication:
[INSERT LIABILITY CAP BASED ON LNJ MEDIA'S ACTUAL CLIENT AGREEMENT]
Indemnification
To the extent permitted by applicable law, users or clients may be responsible for claims arising from:
- Their unlawful use of the website
- Their violation of these Terms
- Materials they provide
- Their violation of third-party rights
- Their violation of applicable laws
This provision is intended to be reasonable and is limited to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Termination
LNJ Media may suspend or terminate access to the website for legitimate reasons, including:
- Abuse
- Security concerns
- Fraudulent activity
- Violations of these Terms
- Legal requirements
Termination of website access does not automatically terminate an existing client agreement unless that agreement allows it.
Disputes
These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except to the extent otherwise required by applicable law.
The dispute-resolution and venue provision should be determined after legal review:
[INSERT AGREED DISPUTE-RESOLUTION / VENUE PROVISION AFTER LEGAL REVIEW]
Mandatory arbitration or class-action waiver provisions should not be inserted without legal review.
Changes to Terms
LNJ Media may update these Terms periodically. The updated version will be posted on the website with a revised Effective Date.
Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect to the extent permitted by law.
Entire Agreement
These website Terms constitute the agreement governing use of the website. Separate written client agreements may establish additional or different terms for specific services, and those agreements control with respect to the applicable client engagement.
No Waiver
Failure by LNJ Media to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of the right to enforce that provision or any other provision at a later time.
Contact Information
For questions regarding these Terms, users may contact LNJ Media using the information below.
LNJ Media
Spokane, Washington, United States
Phone: (509) 863-7478
Email: lnjmediaspokane@gmail.com
LNJ Media
Spokane, Washington, United States
(509) 863-7478
lnjmediaspokane@gmail.com