1. About Publing
Thank you for using Publing! Publing is a social media aggregation service offered through the URL https://www.publing.co (the “Site”) that allows you to aggregate content from social media and display it in different customised ways (the “Service”). Publing is owned and operated by Publing Technology Limited, a UK company with its registered office at 86-90 Paul Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 4NE with company registration number 10296548. These Terms Of Service define the terms and conditions under which you’re allowed to use Publing and how we’ll treat your account while you’re a member. We reserve the right to amend these terms of service at any time and your use of the service following any amendments will represent your agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions as amended.
2. User Registration
In order to use Publing you create an account on https://www.publing.co. To create an account you must: Be at least eighteen (18) years old and able to enter into contracts; Agree to the terms; Provide true, complete, and up to date contact information; By using Publing, you represent and warrant that you meet all the requirements listed above, and that you won’t use Publing in a way that violates any laws or regulations. Publing may refuse service, close accounts of any users, and change eligibility requirements at any time.
3. Copyright and Ownership
Your access to the service provided by Publing is licensed and not sold. Upon your registration for a Publing Account, Publing grants you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and use of the service. All content originating from Publing that is made available to view and/or download in connection with the Service is owned and is the copyrighted work of Publing Technology Limited (company number 10296548). Except for the limited licenses expressly granted herein, Publing reserves all right, title and interest in and to the Service and all processing, analytics, and other software and technology used by Publing in the provision of the Service. All content on the site and the service (including text, graphics, logos, images) is the exclusive property of Publing and is protected by international copyright laws. You may not systematically retrieve data or content from the Site or the Service to create or compile, directly or indirectly, in single or multiple downloads, a collection, compilation or directory whether by manual methods or through the use of automated systems such as bots or crawlers or otherwise. Furthermore, you must not (i) attempt to reverse engineer, or compromise any aspect of the Publing technology (ii) use, reproduce, modify or create derivative works of the Publing technology (iii) use, post, transmit or introduce any device, software or routine which interferes or attempts to interfere with the operation of the Service (iiii) reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purpose, any portion or use of, or access to, the Service.
4. Software
Publing is provided as a Software as a Service-solution (SaaS) and local installation is not necessary for using the Service. However, it requires the latest versions of browsers Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Safari for optimal functionality. Publing owns the right to discontinue support for older versions of browsers when updating Publing.
5. Pricing and Renewal of Service
By registering for a Publing subscription, your subscription and payment to Publing will automatically renew at the end of the subscription period, unless you cancel your Paid Subscription through the website or by contacting an account representative before the end of the current subscription period. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period, and your account will be deleted. We will not refund any subscription fees already paid to us. Publing may change the price for the Paid Subscriptions from time to time, and will communicate any price changes to you. Price changes for Paid Subscriptions will take effect at the start of the next subscription period following the date of the price change. By continuing to use Publing after the price change takes effect, you accept the new price. Upon initial registration, user is provided with a 14 day cost free trial of Publing. If the user does not purchase access to Publing during or after these 14 days, the trial account will be deleted and the user will not be charged anything. Notwithstanding any other provision of these terms, the trial is provided “as is” without any warranty. During the trial, the customer may use the Publing only for testing purposes, and the use in any public or live environment is prohibited.
6. Payment
Publing accepts Visa as forms of payment. Clients in the UK may also choose to instead pay by invoice for annual payments. Please see the Publing Pricing Page or contact us via info@publing.co for more information. For Monthly Payments: The credit card on file for a User’s account will be charged at time of purchase and each subsequent month. The amount charged at this period and each subsequent month while under contract with Publing, will correlate to the User’s chosen account plan. For Annual Payments: The credit card on file for a User’s account will be charged at time of purchase. After twelve (12) months of access and use of Publing, the credit card on file will again be charged for the following twelve (12) months, unless the User has cancelled its account. It is the User’s responsibility to update his or her credit card information if it has changed within that yearly period, or else be subject to account deactivation and standard collection processes. If a credit card fails to be successfully charged at time of payment, the User will be prompted with a warning of account deactivation. If the account still has not been settled after an additional five (5) business days, the User’s account will be deactivated along with all User accounts associated with said client account. Publing reserves the right to use appropriate collection channels for accounts deactivated due to non-payment as part of these terms and conditions.
7. Cancelling Your Account
Users can cancel their accounts at any time using by contacting a Publing Account Representative or Publing Support Team. Canceling the service means that you will not be billed at your next billing date. No refund will be given if the service is cancelled within a partial period of the User’s current subscription period.
8. Accountability and Liability
Publing gives the Customer the ability to collect public social media posts and display it in numerous outlets such as displays and websites. Before publicly displaying any collected content, the Customer confirms that it has the right to reproduce and display collected content. Publing can at no point be held responsible for any copyright infringements caused by such collection. The Customer is solely responsible for the information published using Publing. Publing can not and does not screen content curated or provided by the Customer through Publing. Notwithstanding, Publing reserves the right to monitor content and remove content, which Publing determines to be harmful, offensive or otherwise in violation of this Agreement. The customer warrants and agrees that it will not use Publing in a manner that (i) infringes the intellectual property rights or proprietary rights of any third party (ii) violates any law or regulation (iii) is known to be harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, vulgar, obscene or pornographic (iv) adversely affect or reflects negatively on Publing’s goodwill, name or reputation or causes discomfort to Publing or anyone else. Publing remains the right to shut down any Publing that should infringe any of the regulations stated above without any refund being made to the Customer.
9. Service Level Agreement
Publing does not guarantee any up-time of its services. Publing inherits the service level agreements of the APIs from which Publing consumes content (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc). Publing does not guarantee the offering of any of its social sources. At any time, Publing can stop offering the service provided by any social media source without notice or liability. If the Publing service is down due to limited access provided through these APIs, Publing is not responsible for any lag in service, nor are the providers of those APIs. By creating a Publing service account you acknowledge that this service is dependent upon APIs that are not controlled by Publing. Publing makes no representations and/or warranties regarding uptime for the Publing service. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Publing against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Publing service.
10. Communication
Any issues, concerns, or questions should be directed to Publing via the Contact Us page or via email to support@publing.co.
11. Testimonials
Publing owns the right to user Customer’s name for marketing purposes
12. Force Majeure
If a party is prevented from fulfilling its obligations under this agreement due to circumstances outside the party’s control, such as lightning strikes, labor disputes, fire, burglary, changing government regulations, government intervention and errors or delays in services from suppliers because of the circumstances stated herein, this shall constitute grounds which shall postpone the time of performance and relief from damages and other penalties. If the above mentioned circumstances affects the delivery of the system by more than three months, either party may, without liability, in writing withdraw the agreement.
This Agreement was last modified on May 24, 2018.