Last updated: October 24, 2024

Thank you for visiting The Pantry Society. These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of this website made available by M. Shin (the “Artist,” “we”, “our,” “us”) (including both mobile and online versions) (collectively, the “Site”), regardless of how you access or use the Site, whether via computer, mobile device or otherwise. The term “you” or “your” refers to the person or entity accessing or using the Site.

Please read these Terms carefully before you start to use the Site, as these Terms constitute a written agreement between you and us and affect your legal rights and obligations. By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge and agree to be bound by these Terms and acknowledge our collection and use of your information as described in ourPrivacy Policy.IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.

1. COPYRIGHT AND OWNERSHIP

The Site is owned and operated by the Artist. Unless otherwise stated, all of the content featured or displayed on the Site, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, photographs, images, moving images, videos, audio clips, sound, illustrations, software and any other content (collectively, the “Content”) is owned by the Artist. All rights, title, and interest in and to the Site (or any part thereof) and the Content (or any part thereof), including any and all updates, modifications, adaptations, translations, customizations or derivative works of any of the foregoing, is the property of the Artist and is protected by domestic and international copyright, trademark, trade dress, moral rights, patent or other intellectual property and unfair competitions rights and laws to the fullest extent possible.

2. LIMITED LICENSE

We grant you a limited, fully revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-assignable license to display, view, play, and/or print the Site and/or Content for personal, noncommercial use only and not to download (other than page caching or unless otherwise allowed by us or permitted by law) or modify all or any portion of the Site or its Content. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of the Site or its Content; any derivative use of the Site or its Content; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering or extraction tools. In addition to the restrictions set out above and elsewhere in the Terms, you agree that you will not:

  • Publish or display in public the Site (or any part thereof) or its Content (including republication on another website) without our express prior written consent;
  • Reproduce, duplicate, copy, distribute, sell, resell, visit or otherwise exploit for any commercial purpose the Site (or any part thereof) or any Content without our express prior written consent;
  • Edit or otherwise modify or create derivative works from the Site (or any part thereof) or Content, including, but not limited to, removing or framing, or utilizing framing techniques to enclose, any copyright, trademark, logo or other proprietary notices or information (including images, text, page layout or form) from material found on the Site or any Content.

The foregoing limited license: (i) does not give you any ownership of, or any other intellectual property interest in, the Site (or any part thereof) or the Content (or any part thereof); and (ii) may be immediately suspended or terminated for any reason, in our sole discretion, and without advance notice or liability.

3. USE RESTRICTIONS

You agree that you will not: (i) take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (ii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the working or operation of the Site, or any activities conducted on the Site, in any way; (iii) bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Site and/or Content; (iv) introduce a virus, worm, Trojan horse, spyware, keystroke logger or other harmful component, or otherwise tamper with, impair or damage the Site or connected network; (v) use all or any part of the Site and/or Content for any commercial purpose; (vi) use the Site to transmit or send unsolicited commercial communications, including “spam” or any malicious or disruptive communications; (vii) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, reverse assemble, or modify any Site source or object code or any software or other products, services, or processes accessible through any portion of the Service; (viii) harvest, copy, data mine, scrape, extract, or otherwise collect or store any information, material, data or part of the Site and/or Content; (ix) assign, sublicense, pledge or transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms to any person or entity without our prior written consent which may be withheld in our sole discretion (and any such purported assignment, pledge, or transfer without such prior written consent will be null and void); or (x) use the Site in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.

You understand that the Site is only intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing on this Site constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind, including medical, financial, legal or other category of professional advice.

You shall comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of the Site. Any unauthorized use automatically terminates the permissions and/or licenses granted by us to you.

4. YOUR REPRESENTATIONS

By accessing, previewing, or otherwise using the Site in any manner, you represent and warrant that you have sufficient legal capacity to enter into these Terms or, if you lack such capacity (for instance, if you are a minor), that you have obtained parental or guardian consent to do so.

You acknowledge and understand that the Site is only intended for users 13 years of age and older and that if you are under 13 years of age, you may not use the Site.

You represent and warrant that you have read, understand, and agree to abide by these Terms and that you have read, understand the data collection and use practices set forth in the Privacy Policy.

5. TERMINATION

We may immediately suspend or terminate the availability of the Site and/or Content, in whole or in part, for any reason, in our sole discretion, and without advance notice or liability. We do not guarantee that our Site, or any Content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. You agree that we will not be liable to you if for any reason our Site and/or Content is unavailable at any time or for any reason.

6. DISCLAIMER

YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THE SITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SITE, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, CONTENT, OR OTHER MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY WEBSITE, APP, PLATFORM, OR SERVICE LINKED TO THE SITE, WHETHER IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, VALIDITY, PROPRIETY, RELIABILITY, LEGALITY, SECURITY, OR OTHERWISE. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, CONTENT, OR OTHER MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY WEBSITE, APP, OR SERVICE LINKED TO FROM THE SITE WILL NOT INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS; AND WE ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN SUCH SERVICES, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, CONTENT, OR OTHER MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY OTHER WEBSITE, APP, PLATFORM OR SERVICE LINKED TO THE SITE. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE IMPLIED WARRANTIES TO APPLY TO YOU, THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS WILL APPLY TO YOU ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE (DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR OTHERWISE), INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFIT, ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE. IN NO EVENT WILL OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE OR THESE TERMS EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT (IF ANY) PAID BY YOU TO US IN THE SIX MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM OR $100. THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY TO ALL ACTIONS, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION, REGARDLESS OF THE BASIS UPON WHICH LIABILITY IS CLAIMED AND EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW ALL OR ANY PART OF THE ABOVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO APPLY TO YOU, THE LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY TO YOU ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

8. ACCESSIBILITY

We strive to make the content on the Site usable by all visitors, including those with disabilities. If you are having difficulty using this website, with or without assistive technology, please contact us at thepantrysociety@gmail.com.

9. CHANGES TO THE TERMS

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of the Terms from time to time. You agree that we may notify you of modified terms or policies by posting them on the Site and agree that your continued use of the Site after such notice constitutes your agreement to the modified terms, which will govern your ongoing use of the Site. Please review the posted Terms each time you use the Site.

10. UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONS AND FEEDBACK

Please be aware that we do not accept unsolicited submissions of concepts, creative ideas, suggestions, stories, scripts, or other potential creative content (“Unsolicited Submissions”). This is to avoid the possibility of future misunderstanding when projects that we develop might seem to others to be similar to their submitted concepts, creative ideas, suggestions, stories, scripts, or other potential creative content. Therefore, please do not send us any Unsolicited Submissions. In the event you do send us an Unsolicited Submission, you understand and agree that your Unsolicited Submission does not create any fiduciary relationship between you and us and that we are under no obligation to refrain from using the Unsolicited Submission (in whole or in part), to keep it confidential, or to compensate you for our use of it.

11. GENERAL TERMS

  1. Governing Law and Venue. These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any conflict of law rules or principles. You agree that any action at law or in equity related to these Terms or the Site shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in San Mateo County, California, and you consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating such action.
  2. Severability. If any provision of these Terms shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity of any remaining provisions.
  3. Survivability. Any provisions herein which by their nature should survive the termination of these Terms shall survive such termination, including, but not limited to, Sections 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11.
  4. Waiver. No waiver of any provision of the Terms by us shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such provision or any other provision, and our failure to assert any right or provision under the Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
  5. All of our rights and obligations under the Terms are freely assignable by us in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, or by operation of law or otherwise.

12. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about these Terms or our Site, please contact us at thepantrysociety@gmail.com.