Terms of Use

By using this Web site, you are indicating that you have read and AGREE to be bound by, the policies, terms, and conditions set forth below (this “Agreement”) IN THEIR ENTIRETY without LIMITATION or qualification, AS WELL AS BY ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS, as if you had HANDWRITTEN YOUR NAME ON A CONTRACT.  IF YOU ARE DEEMED TO HAVE ORDERED THE SERVICE PROVIDED ON THIS WEB SITE, THEN HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS’ ACCEPTANCE IS EXPRESSLY CONDITIONED UPON YOUR ASSENT TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHER TERMS.  IF THESE TERMS ARE CONSIDERED AN OFFER BY HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS, YOUR ACCEPTANCE IS EXPRESSLY LIMITED TO THESE TERMS.  If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, do not use this site or download materials from this site.  This Web site is provided by Hill Country Group, LLC (“Hill Country Studios”) and may be used for informational purposes only.  If the user is not an individual, then “you” means your company, its officers, members, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns.

Restrictions on Use

Except as otherwise permitted in writing by Hill Country Studios, no materials from the Hill Country Studios site may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way.  You may download material displayed on the Hill Country Studios site for non-commercial, personal use only.  If you do so, you agree to retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials.  You may not use, distribute, modify, transmit, or post the content of the Hill Country Studios site for public or commercial purposes, including any text, images, audio, or video without Hill Country Studios’ written permission.  You may not mirror any material contained on this site on any other server.  You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of Hill Country Studios without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing Hill Country Studios’ name or trademarks without the express written consent of Hill Country Studios. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Hill Country Studios.

Intellectual Property

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, information, data, photographs, graphs, videos, typefaces, graphics, music, sounds, and other material, and software (the “Materials”) is the property of Hill Country Studios or its content suppliers and is protected by copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights and these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media and technologies existing now or hereinafter developed.  All such content is copyrighted as a collective work under the U.S. copyright laws (17 U.S.C. Section 101, et. seq.) and international treaty provisions, and Hill Country Studios owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content.  All software used on this site is the property of Hill Country Studios or its software suppliers and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.  You may not modify, remove, delete, augment, add to, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit any of the content on the site, in whole or in part.  Any use other than as contemplated herein, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, or performance, of the content on this site, except as specifically permitted below, is strictly prohibited.  All other marks, names, and logos mentioned on the Hill Country Studios site are the property of their respective owners.  Your use of the Hill Country Studios trademark is strictly prohibited.

Limited License

Hill Country Studios grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable personal license to access, display, and copy the Materials on the Hill Country Studios Web site for personal, non-commercial use only, subject to the requirements set forth in this Agreement.  This license is conditioned on your continued compliance with the terms and conditions in this Agreement.  All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Representations and Warranties

By using this site, you represent and warrant that (i) you understand and agree that this Agreement is a legally binding agreement and the equivalent of a signed, written contract; (ii) you will use this Web site in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (iii) you are authorized to sign for and bind the contracting party; (iv) you will not impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent any affiliation with another person, entity or association, use false headers or otherwise conceal your identity from Hill Country Studios for any purpose.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You expressly agree that use of the Hill Country Studios site is at your sole risk.  Neither Hill Country Studios, nor its affiliates, nor any of their officers, directors or employees, agents, third-party content providers, merchants, sponsors or licensors (collectively, “Providers”), or the like, warrant that the Hill Country Studios site will be uninterrupted or error-free; nor do they make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Hill Country Studios site, or as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability, security or currency of the Materials.  The Materials may contain errors, omissions, inaccuracies, or outdated information.  Further, Hill Country Studios does not warrant reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information displayed or distributed through the site.  Hill Country Studios reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the site.  Hill Country Studios may make any other changes to the site, the Materials and the products, programs, services or prices (if any) described in the site at any time without notice.

THIS SITE AND THE INFORMATION, CONTENT AND MATERIALS ON THIS SITE, ARE PROVIDED BY HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS ON AN "AS IS," “WHERE IS” AND “WHERE AVAILABLE” BASIS.  HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE, THE CONTENT, INFORMATION OR THE MATERIALS ON THE HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS SITE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.  HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND, WITH RESPECT TO ANY THE MATERIALS, CONTENT OR INFORMATION ON THE HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS SITE OR ANY GOODS OR OTHER PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED, SOLD, OR DISPLAYED ON THE HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS SITE OR YOUR USE OF THE HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS SITE GENERALLY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, ACCURACY OF INFORMATION, QUALITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.  SOME JURISDICTIONS LIMIT OR DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED OR OTHER WARRANTIES SO THE ABOVE DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT SUCH JURISDICTION'S LAW IS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Limitation of Liabilities

YOU AGREE THAT HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS AND ITS PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS, OR EXPENSE OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM YOUR POSSESSION OR USE OF THE MATERIALS, CONTENT OR INFORMATION ON THE HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS SITE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS BASED IN TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE.  IN NO EVENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION A NEGLIGENT ACT, SHALL HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS OR ANY OF ITS PROVIDERS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS), ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE MATERIALS, CONTENT OR INFORMATION ON THE HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS SITE OR ANY OTHER PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR INFORMATION OFFERED, SOLD, OR DISPLAYED ON THE HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS SITE, YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS SITE GENERALLY, OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER HILL COUNTRY STUDIOS OR ANY OF ITS PROVIDERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Indemnifications

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Hill Country Studios, its affiliates, agents, employees and licensors from and against any and all claims and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fee, arising out of or related in any way to your use of the site, violation of this Agreement, violation of any law or regulation or violation of any proprietary or privacy right.

Privacy

Hill Country Studios agrees to treat your private information in accordance with the terms of our privacy policy as amended from time to time in Hill Country Studios’ sole judgment which is incorporated herein for all purposes.

Dispute Resolution

Any dispute relating in any way to your use of the Hill Country Studios site shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Austin, Texas, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate Hill Country Studios’ intellectual property rights, Hill Country Studios may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the State of Texas, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.  Arbitration under this Agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association.  The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

Limitations on Claims

Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of the site must be commenced within two (2) year after the claim or cause of action arises.

Term and Termination

Without limiting its other remedies, Hill Country Studios may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate the license granted under this Agreement if you fail to comply with any term or condition of this Agreement.  Upon such violation, you agree to terminate access to the Hill Country Studios site.

Hyperlink Disclaimers

As a convenience to you, Hill Country Studios may provide, on this site, links to Web sites operated by other entities (collectively, the “Linked Sites”). If you use any Linked Sites, you will leave this site.  If you decide to visit any Linked Site, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses and other destructive elements.  Linked Sites, regardless of the linking form (e.g., hotlinks, hypertext links, IMG links) are not maintained, controlled or otherwise governed by Hill Country Studios.  The content, accuracy, opinions expressed, and other links provided by Linked Sites are not investigated, verified, monitored, or endorsed by Hill Country Studios.  Hill Country Studios does not endorse, make any representations regarding or warrant any information, goods and/or services appearing or offered on any Linked Site, other than linked information authored by Hill Country Studios. Links do not imply that Hill Country Studios or this site sponsors, endorses, is affiliated or associated with, or is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any Linked Site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of Hill Country Studios or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries.  Except for links to information authored by Hill Country Studios, Hill Country Studios is neither responsible for nor will it be liable under any theory based upon (i) any Linked Site; (ii) any information or content found on any Linked Site; or (iii) any site(s) linked to or from any Linked Site.  If you decide to visit any Linked Sites and/or transact any business thereon, you do so at your own risk.  Hill Country Studios reserves the right to discontinue any Linked Site at any time without prior notice.  Please contact the web masters of any Linked Sites concerning any information, goods or services appearing thereon.

Choice of Law and Venue

This site is controlled, operated and administered by Hill Country Studios from its offices within Austin, Texas, United States of America.  Hill Country Studios makes no representation that materials at this site are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside of the United States and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited.  You may not use the site or export the Materials in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations.  If you access this site from locations outside of the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws.  This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions that direct the application of the laws of a different jurisdiction. This is the case regardless of whether you reside or transact business with Hill Country Studios in Texas or elsewhere.  You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Travis County, Texas.

Entire Agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Hill Country Studios and you with respect this Web site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between the customer and Hill Country Studios with respect to this Web site.  A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.  If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Agreement or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the Agreement, and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.  No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. 

Modifications to Agreement

Hill Country Studios may revise the Agreement at any time and you agree to be bound by the revised Agreement.  It is your responsibility to return to this Agreement from time to time to review the most current terms and conditions.  Hill Country Studios does not and will not assume any obligation to notify you of changes to this Agreement.  This Agreement shall supersede any prior terms or conditions included with any communications or agreement, whether or not such terms or conditions are signed by Hill Country Studios.  Hill Country Studios reserves the right to make changes to this site and to these terms and conditions at any time.  Any such modifications will become effective upon the date they are first posted to this site.

Our Policy Concerning Children

Hill Country Studios’ services are not intended for use by children.  If you are under 18, you may use Hill Country Studios’ site only with involvement of a parent or guardian.

Designated Agent

Pursuant to Section 512(c)(2) of the Copyright Revision Act, as enacted through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Hill Country Studios designates an agent as described below, to receive notifications of claimed infringement:

Capitol Services

1501 S MoPac Expy Ste 220

Austin, TX 78746

(800) 345-4647

info@capitolservices.com

Electronic Communications and Electronic Signatures

You agree to be bound by any affirmation, assent or agreement you transmit through the Hill Country Studios Web site, including but not limited to any consent you give to receive communications from Hill Country Studios solely through electronic transmission.  You agree that, when in the future you click on an "I agree," "I consent" or other similarly worded "button" or entry field with your mouse, keystroke or other computer device, your agreement or consent will be legally binding and enforceable and the legal equivalent of your handwritten signature.