TERMS OF USE

Ownership

Welcome to the Design Concepts/Interiors, LLC (“DCI”) website at https://dcistudio.com (“Site”), which is owned by DCI. This Site is operated by DCI and materials on the Site are owned, for the most part, by DCI. The Site may also include materials owned by third parties and posted on the Site by virtue of a license, grant or some other form of agreement between the third party and DCI.

DCI has created this Site to provide business information and education, as well as business transactions. You are only authorized to access this Site or to use the materials contained in the Site (regardless of whether your access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws, and to these Terms of Use, which constitute an Agreement between you and DCI. Please read these Terms of Use carefully and save them. If you do not agree with them, you should leave this Site immediately. Any questions or comments regarding, or problems with, this Site should be sent to the Site Administrator at info@dcistudio.com. 

DCI reserves the right to modify or amend this Agreement without notice at any time. It is therefore important that you read this page regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes. 

If you become aware of misuse of this Site by any person, please contact the Site Administrator with your concerns.

Access and Use

DCI does not target any of its services or products directly at children under the age of 13, and it does not knowingly collect information about children under 13.  The Site is designed for and only accessible to those age 13 and over.  IF YOU ARE UNDER AGE 13, YOU MUST LEAVE THE SITE IMMEDIATELY. 

DCI only provides services in the United States, and the Site is intended only for visitors in the United States.  DCI complies with applicable United States laws and regulations. The Site (and DCI) are not subject to foreign laws and regulations.  Anyone visiting the Site from outside the United States should leave the Site.    

All materials contained in this Site are protected by United States and international trademark and copyright laws and, except as otherwise permitted, must only be used for personal, non-commercial purposes. This means that you may only view or download material from this Site for your own use and you must keep all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices attached to the downloaded material. 

The reproduction, duplication, distribution (including by way of email, facsimile or other electronic means), posting, publication, modification, copying or transmission of material from this Site is strictly prohibited unless you have obtained the prior written consent of DCI or unless it is expressly permitted by this Site. The material covered by this prohibition includes, without limitation, any text, graphics, logos, photographs, sounds, music, audio or video material or stills from audiovisual material available on this Site. The use of materials from this Site on any other website or networked computer environment is similarly prohibited. Requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials found on this Site can be made by contacting DCI in writing at info@dcistudio.com.

You agree not to use any material subject to DCI’s intellectual property rights for purposes other than those specified herein. 

Except as expressly permitted herein, you are also strictly prohibited from creating works or materials that derive from or are based on the materials contained in this Site including, without limitation, sounds, musical compositions, scores, songs, fonts, icons, link buttons, wallpaper, desktop themes, online postcards and greeting cards and unlicensed merchandise. This prohibition applies regardless of whether the derivative materials are sold, bartered or given away.

Your Use of the Site

You may not use any “deep-link”, “page-scrape”, “robot”, “spider” or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to access, acquire, copy or monitor any portion of the Site or any content thereon, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Site or any content, to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available through the Site.  DCI reserves the right to bar any such activity.

You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Site, or any other systems or networks connected to the Site or to any server, or to any of the services offered on or through the Site, by hacking, password “mining” or any other illegitimate means. 

You may not transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server, knowingly or negligently use this website or any of its associated services in a way that abuses or disrupts our networks or any other service DCI provides, use the Site or its associated services to transmit or publish any harassing, indecent, obscene, fraudulent, or unlawful material, or use this website or its associated services in violation of any applicable laws or regulations.

You may not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Site or any network connected to the Site, nor breach the security or authentication measures on the Site or any network connected to the Site. You may not reverse look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to the Site, or any other customer of DCI, to its source, or exploit the Site or any service or information made available or offered by or through the Site, in any way where the purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to personal identification or information, other than your own information, as provided for by the Site.

You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Site, or any systems or networks connected to the Site.

You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any transaction being conducted on the Site, or with any other person’s use of the Site, such as for advertising, transmitting or otherwise making available any software, program, product or service designed to violate these Terms of Use or the acceptable use policy of other service providers. This includes but isn’t limited to facilitating the means to send spam and the initiation of network sniffing, pinging, packet spoofing, flooding, mail-bombing and denial-of-service attacks.

You may not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal you send to DCI on or through the Site or any service offered on or through the Site. You may not pretend that you are, or that you represent, someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity.

Linked Sites and Advertising

In establishing hypertext links to this Site, you must not represent in any way, expressly or by implication, that you have received the endorsement, sponsorship or support of this Site or DCI, including its employees, agents, managers, officers and members. 

If DCI has provided links or pointers to other websites, no inference or assumption should be made and no representation should be implied that DCI is connected with, operates, controls or endorses these websites.

 DCI is not responsible for the content or practices of third-party websites that may be linked to this Site. This Site may also be linked to other websites operated by companies affiliated or connected with DCI. When visiting other websites, however, you should refer to each such website's individual Terms of Use and not rely on this Agreement.

DCI takes no responsibility for third-party advertisements that are posted on this Site, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by any advertisers. 

Accuracy of Materials

The materials appearing on the Site are not comprehensive and are for general information purposes only. DCI does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on the Site, or otherwise relating to such materials or on any resources linked to the Site.

Disclaimer of Liability and Warranties

While DCI does its best to ensure the optimal performance of the Site, you agree that you use this Site and rely on material contained in this Site at your own risk. 

Except as otherwise specifically set forth on the Site or in the End User License Agreement, the Site, and all materials in this Site, are provided "as is" and “as available” and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, are provided without warranties of any kind either express or implied. This means, without limitation, that DCI DOES NOT WARRANT that the Site is fit for any particular purpose; that the functions contained in the materials in the Site will be uninterrupted; that defects will be corrected; that the Site is free of viruses, contamination and other destructive and harmful components or that the Site is accurate, error-free or reliable. Although DCI reserves the right to correct any errors, omissions or inaccuracies, we do not accept any responsibility for the accuracy, reliability, currency or completeness of any information, content, service or merchandise presented herein, including the substance, accuracy or sufficiency of any product or information listed on the Site.  Further, DCI does not represent that the Site will operate without interruption or error, not do we provide any assurances of the availability or usability of the online shopping services.

DCI disclaims any liability for any consequences arising from the application, use or misuse of information contained on the Site, including any injury or damage to any person or property as a matter of product liability, negligence or otherwise.

In no event shall DCI be liable for any incidental, consequential, punitive or special damages, whether direct or indirect.  Any liability on DCI’s part shall not exceed the fees paid by the user or customer for the particular information, product or service provided.  DCI is not liable for the unauthorized use of its content by any other website. You acknowledge that DCI, its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders, IS NOT LIABLE for any delays, inaccuracies, failures, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, viruses, communication line failures or for the theft, destruction, damage or unauthorized access to your computer system or network.

DCI further disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy, reliability, currency, availability or completeness of content or information found on any sites that link to or from the Site by third parties not associated with DCI. DCI also disclaims any responsibility for technical failures or unauthorized access of user transmissions by third parties.

Your access and use of the Site, including the information, services, products, materials and any other resources contained on them, is solely at your own risk.

DCI and its suppliers and vendors will attempt to keep the resources and information accessible through this Site timely and accurate, but make no guarantees and disclaim any implied warranty or representation about its accuracy, relevance, timeliness, completeness or appropriateness for a particular purpose.

This disclaimer applies to any damages, liability or injuries caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use, whether for breach of contract, tort, negligence or any other cause of action.

You acknowledge that DCI is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct or material found in connection with this Site, including such conduct or material transmitted by any means by any other person. 

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless DCI and its  employees, agents, managers,  members and subcontractors, from and against all the liabilities, claims, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and costs) arising out of your use of this Site; your failure to use the Site; your breach or alleged breach of this Agreement or your breach or alleged breach of the copyright, trademark, proprietary or other rights of third parties. 

Termination

DCI reserves the right to immediately terminate your use of, or access to, this Site at any time if DCI decides at its sole discretion that you have breached this Agreement or any relevant law, rule or regulation or you have engaged in conduct that DCI considers to be inappropriate or unacceptable. 

Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any material contained in this Site infringes your copyright, you should notify DCI of your copyright infringement claim in accordance with the following procedure. 

DCI will process notices of alleged infringement that it receives and will take appropriate action as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and other applicable intellectual property laws. The DMCA requires that notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to this Site's Designated Agent who is:

Copyright Administrator

Design Concepts/Interiors, LLC

147 Holly Hill Lane #7

Greenwich, CT 06830  

Email: info@dcistudio.com

To be effective, the notification must be in writing and contain the following information (DMCA, 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3)):

1. Physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; 

2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site; 

3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material; 

4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted; 

5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; 

6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Other

This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

This Agreement is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Connecticut without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts located in Fairfield County, Connecticut or, if appropriate, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Stamford/Norwalk Judicial District, for resolution of any dispute, action or proceeding arising in connection with this Agreement or your use or non-use of the Site, and you further irrevocably waive any right you may have to trial by jury in any such dispute, action or proceeding.