Detroit Design Awards

Agreement Between the User and Detroit Design Awards

The Detroit Design Awards website, including its webpages, features, services, and submission tools, is operated by Detroit Design Awards.

Your access to and use of the website is conditioned upon your acceptance of these Terms of Use. By accessing or using the Detroit Design Awards website, you agree to comply with these Terms, along with any additional notices, policies, or conditions displayed on the website.

Changes to These Terms

Detroit Design Awards reserves the right to revise these Terms of Use at any time. Changes may include updates to website features, services, fees, or other conditions associated with use of the website.

Any revised Terms will become effective when posted unless otherwise stated. Your continued use of the website following an update constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.

Links to Third-Party Websites

The Detroit Design Awards website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. These linked websites are not controlled by Detroit Design Awards.

Detroit Design Awards is not responsible for the content, availability, security, policies, services, or practices of any third-party website. The inclusion of a link is provided for convenience only and does not imply endorsement of the website, its content, or its operators.

Your use of any third-party website is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Prohibited Uses

You agree not to use the Detroit Design Awards website for any unlawful purpose or in any manner prohibited by these Terms.

You may not use the website in a way that could:

Damage, disable, overburden, or impair the website.
Interfere with another person’s access to or use of the website.
Circumvent or attempt to circumvent website security.
Obtain or attempt to obtain materials or information through methods not intentionally made available through the website.
Upload viruses, corrupted files, malicious software, or other harmful material.
Violate the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other legal rights of another person or organization.
Collect personal information, including email addresses, without authorization.
Violate any applicable law or regulation.

Detroit Design Awards reserves the right to restrict or terminate access to the website when these Terms are violated.

Communication Features

The website may include forms, message areas, comment features, or other tools that allow users to submit or exchange information.

When using these features, you agree not to:

Defame, threaten, harass, abuse, or otherwise violate the rights of another person.
Submit unlawful, obscene, defamatory, infringing, or inappropriate material.
Upload content that you do not own or have permission to use.
Upload malicious files, viruses, or harmful software.
Falsify or remove copyright notices, credits, source information, or other identifying details.
Restrict or interfere with another user’s ability to use the website.
Submit unauthorized advertising, promotions, surveys, chain letters, or similar content.
Violate any applicable rules, guidelines, laws, or regulations.

Detroit Design Awards is not required to monitor user communications but reserves the right to review, edit, reject, or remove submitted content at its discretion.

Detroit Design Awards may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal proceedings, court orders, or governmental requests.

Users should exercise care when sharing personal or identifying information through any public or interactive website feature.

User Submissions

Detroit Design Awards does not claim ownership of materials submitted through the website, including photographs, descriptions, feedback, suggestions, documents, and other content collectively referred to as “Submissions.”

By uploading, posting, entering, or otherwise providing a Submission, you grant Detroit Design Awards, its affiliated companies, contractors, and authorized service providers permission to use the Submission as reasonably necessary to operate, administer, promote, and support the website and Detroit Design Awards program.

This permission may include the right to:

Copy and reproduce the Submission.
Store and distribute the Submission.
Display or publish the Submission.
Edit, format, crop, translate, or reformat the Submission.
Identify or credit the submitting person or organization when appropriate.

No compensation will be paid for these uses unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Detroit Design Awards is not obligated to publish or use any Submission and may remove or decline to use a Submission at its discretion.

By providing a Submission, you represent that you own or control all necessary rights to the material and have obtained any permissions required for its submission and use.

Website Information and Availability

The information, software, services, and materials available through the Detroit Design Awards website may occasionally contain errors, inaccuracies, or typographical mistakes.

Detroit Design Awards may update, correct, improve, suspend, or modify the website or its content at any time without notice.

Information provided through the website is intended for general informational purposes and should not be relied upon as professional legal, financial, medical, or other specialized advice.

Detroit Design Awards does not guarantee that the website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, current, or free from errors.

Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Detroit Design Awards website and all information, materials, services, software, and related content available through it are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

Detroit Design Awards and its suppliers make no warranties or representations regarding the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, completeness, or accuracy of the website or its content.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Detroit Design Awards disclaims all express and implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and noninfringement.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Detroit Design Awards, its affiliates, suppliers, employees, contractors, and representatives will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages arising from or connected with:

Access to or use of the website.
An inability or delay in accessing the website.
Website interruptions, technical failures, or data loss.
Information, services, software, or materials obtained through the website.
The submission, publication, removal, or use of user-provided materials.

This limitation applies regardless of whether the claim is based on contract, negligence, tort, strict liability, or another legal theory, even if Detroit Design Awards has been advised that damages are possible.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations of liability. In those jurisdictions, the limitations above will apply only to the extent permitted by law.

Your sole remedy if you are dissatisfied with the website or these Terms is to discontinue using the website.

Termination or Restriction of Access

Detroit Design Awards reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the website or any related service at any time and without prior notice.

Termination does not limit any other rights or remedies available to Detroit Design Awards.

Compliance With Legal Requests

Detroit Design Awards may comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, legal proceedings, law-enforcement requests, and governmental requirements relating to the website, its users, or information provided through the website.

Nothing in these Terms limits Detroit Design Awards’ ability to respond to or comply with such requests.

No Partnership or Agency Relationship

Your use of the Detroit Design Awards website does not create a partnership, joint venture, employment relationship, agency relationship, or other formal business relationship between you and Detroit Design Awards.

Governing Law

To the fullest extent permitted by law, these Terms and any dispute arising from use of the Detroit Design Awards website will be governed by the laws of the applicable jurisdiction designated by Detroit Design Awards, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Any legal action relating to the website or these Terms must be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction and venue.

Internal note: The existing version references both the State of Washington and San Mateo County, California. Those locations conflict and should be replaced with the correct governing state and court jurisdiction before publication.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision will be modified or limited to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.

The remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the user and Detroit Design Awards regarding use of the website and supersede prior or contemporaneous communications, representations, or agreements concerning that use.

A printed or electronically stored copy of these Terms may be used in legal or administrative proceedings to the same extent as other business records.

These Terms and related documents are intended to be written and interpreted in English.

Copyright Notice

Unless otherwise stated, the content of the Detroit Design Awards website—including its text, graphics, logos, layouts, images, and other materials—is owned by or licensed to Detroit Design Awards and is protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property laws.

No website content may be copied, reproduced, distributed, modified, published, or commercially used without prior authorization, except as permitted by law.

Trademarks

Company names, product names, logos, and trademarks displayed on the website may be the property of their respective owners.

The appearance of a third-party name, product, company, or trademark does not necessarily imply sponsorship, endorsement, or affiliation with Detroit Design Awards.

All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

Copyright Infringement Claims

Notices of claimed copyright infringement under United States law should be submitted to the designated service provider or copyright agent in accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 512(c)(2).

A notice should include sufficient information to identify:

The copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
The allegedly infringing material.
The location of that material on the website.
The claimant’s contact information.
A statement that the claimant has a good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized.
A statement confirming the accuracy of the notice and the claimant’s authority to act.
A physical or electronic signature.

Inquiries unrelated to copyright infringement should be directed to the appropriate Detroit Design Awards contact.

Contact

Questions regarding the website or these Terms may be directed to:

Detroit Design Awards
Hour Media
5750 New King Drive, Suite 100
Troy, MI 48098
Phone: (248) 268-8051
Email: loneill@hour-media.com