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RIVO Inc TERMS OF SERVICE  (T.O.S.)  and Site Usage Agreement!   

The RIVOinc.com Web Site (the "Site") is an online information service provided by RIVO Inc ("RIVO"), subject to your compliance with the terms of service (TOS) and conditions set forth below. PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.  RIVO MAY MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME, AND SUCH MODIFICATIONS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING OF THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT ON THE SITE. YOU AGREE TO REVIEW THE AGREEMENT PERIODICALLY TO BE AWARE OF SUCH MODIFICATIONS AND YOUR CONTINUED ACCESS OR USE OF THE SITE SHALL BE DEEMED YOUR CONCLUSIVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT.

1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE:  This site is owned by RIVO Inc (formerly FX 2000 Inc & FX Studios) and currently provides users including affiliates with access to a rich collection of resources, including, various communications tools, forums, shopping services, personalized content and branded programming through its network (the "Service"). You also understand and agree that the Service may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for RIVO to provide the Service. You also understand and agree that the service may include certain communications from RIVO, such as service announcements, and administrative messages, and that these communications are considered part of RIVO membership. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment, or enhance the current Service, including the release of new RIVO properties, shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service is provided "AS-IS" and that RIVO assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, non-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings. You are responsible for obtaining access to the Service and that access may involve third party fees (such as Internet service provider or airtime charges). You are responsible for those fees, including those fees associated with the display or delivery of advertisements. In addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the Service. 

2. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS:  In consideration of your use of the Service, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service's registration form (such information being the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or RIVO has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, RIVO has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof). 

3. MEMBER CONDUCT:  You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not RIVO, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service. RIVO does not control the Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by using the Service, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will RIVO be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Service. All members agree to comply with the provisions of the CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONCIRCUMVENTION AGREEMENT incorporated herein by reference. 

You agree to not use the Service to: 

1. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; 

2. harm minors in any way; 

3. impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a RIVO official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; 

4. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service; 

5. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements); 

6. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party; 

7. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas (such as shopping rooms) that are designated for such purpose ; 

8. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; 

9. disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Service are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges; 

10. interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service; 

11. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law; 

12. "stalk" or otherwise harass another; or

13. collect or store personal data about other users. 

You also agree not to make malicious and false statements against RIVO, its officers, employees or staff on any web site or publication on or off line.  Doing so may result in the termination of your service with out any refund, either from RIVO Inc or third-party affiliate links from which you purchased a product or service.  RIVO Inc does not own, control, update, or have any role or responsibility for any third-party link.  It shall be the visitor's sole responsibility to contact the third party vendor should a problem occur with any product offer, service agreement, order or billing statements and should be directed to the appropriate source (i.e.) and not through RIVO Inc., unless it is a product or service of proprietary nature, authored, distributed, or sold exclusively by RIVO Inc.


You acknowledge that RIVO may or may not pre-screen Content, but that RIVO and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or move any Content that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, RIVO and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by RIVO or submitted to RIVO, including without limitation information in RIVO Message Boards, and in all other parts of the Service 

You acknowledge, consent and agree that RIVO may access, preserve, and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of RIVO, its users and the public. 

You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. You understand that the Service and software embodied within the Service may include security components that permit digital materials to be protected, and use of these materials is subject to usage rules set by RIVO and/or content providers who provide content to the Service. You may not attempt to override or circumvent any of the usage rules embedded into the Service. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, further distribution or public exhibition of the materials provided on the Service, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. 

4. INDEMNITY: You agree to indemnify and hold RIVO, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another. 

5. NO RESALE OF SERVICE:  You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service. 

6. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE:  RIVO reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that RIVO shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service. 

7. TERMINATION:  You agree that RIVO may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your RIVO account, any associated email address, and access to the Service. Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations of the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) a request by you (self-initiated account deletions), (d) discontinuance or material modification to the Service (or any part thereof), (e) unexpected technical or security issues or problems, and (f) extended periods of inactivity. Termination of your RIVO account includes (a) removal of access to all offerings within the Service, including but not limited to RIVO Messenger, Chat, Domains, (b) deletion of your password and all related information, files and content associated with or inside your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring further use of the Service. (g) non-payment of products and services, if applicable, (h) any action on your part that compromises the integrity of RIVO. Further, you agree that all terminations for cause shall be made in RIVO's sole discretion and that RIVO shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your account, any associated email address, or access to the Service. 

8. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS:  Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that RIVO shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Service. 

9. LINKS:  The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because RIVO has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that RIVO is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that RIVO shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource. 

10. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES:  YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT: n. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. RIVO EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. o. RIVO MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED. p. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. q. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM RIVO OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS. r. A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF USERS MAY EXPERIENCE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE USING THE SERVICE. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOMS EVEN IN USERS WHO HAVE NO HISTORY OF PRIOR SEIZURES OR EPILEPSY. IF YOU, OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY, HAVE AN EPILEPTIC CONDITION, CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN PRIOR TO USING THE SERVICE. IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SERVICE AND CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING THE SERVICE -- DIZZINESS, ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION, ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS. 

11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:  YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT RIVO SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF RIVO HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE. 

12. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS:  SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 10 AND 11 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 

13. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES:  You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this TOS, there shall be no third party beneficiaries to this Agreement. 

14. NOTICE:  RIVO may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the TOS, by either email, regular mail, or postings on the Service. 

15. PAYMENTS AND REPORTS:  Affiliates/distributors shall be paid commissions according to their agreements based upon various applicable schedules. Payments will be reported monthly. Affiliates/distributors shall have 30 days from the date of the report to dispute any amounts or claim additional amounts. Thereafter any objection to the reports are waived. Overpayments or misapplied payments may be deducted from future payments at any time.

16. NON-COMMISSIONABLE ITEMS:  RIVO will not pay commissions or compensations on or for any third-party products or services obtained or purchased via the educational links posted on this site regardless of reason, nor shall RIVO pay any commission or compensation where sole purpose is promoting RIVO or it’s web sites, unless terms of said product or service purchase are clearly defined otherwise in writing and posted, and may at will, modify said terms without prior notice.

17. CAN SPAM LAWS:  NEVER SPAM or send any form of unsolicited emails to anyone with your referral link when you promote your personal RIVO Inc replicated website. All affiliates and distributors must comply with CAN SPAM ACT of 2003. RIVO has strict anti-spam policy - We do not tolerate Spam!  Any affiliate/distributor who violates the CAN SPAM ACT of 2003 will be terminated from RIVO and all its business.  Please Report to our contact information support link (sec. 20).

18. NON PAYMENT:  Failure to complete prompt and timely payment for any products or services by purchaser as stated, shall result in immediate termination of said transaction account without recourse.  If applicable, only affiliates/distributors with active accounts and in good standing shall be entitled to earn commissions. 

19. COPYRIGHT NOTICE:  © 1997-present RIVO Inc.   All International rights reserved. No portion of this web site may be copied, transmitted, quoted from, disseminated, or used in any way without express WRITTEN permission of RIVO Inc.

20. CONTACT INFORMATION:     RIVO Inc., 13720 West Keefe Avenue #137, Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005 USA or simply email us at: 

21. DISCLAIMER: RIVO provides affiliate links as a service to visitors and members and does not provide customer support for any affiliate offer.  Therefore, should you require further assistance, contact the affiliate vendor directly for their technical support department.  RIVO Inc reserves the irrevocable right to delete any affiliate link from our web site, without prior notice, for any reason it deems necessary.

22. REFUND POLICY:  NO REFUNDS shall be issued for TEXT or HOT LINK ADS once posted for the duration of the 1-year (365 day) contract.  An additional fee of $15 will be charged, per correction, change, or modification, after ad posting.  If error was ours - no fee will be accessed.  The submitter accepts sole responsibility for Proofing Ad and providing correct URL Redirect address prior to submission for posting.  If Text Ad or Hot Link does not meet layout perimeters as defined, the errors will be noted and returned for corrections prior to posting. The date of posting shall be considered the 1st day of contract.  If complete ad submission is not received by RIVO and/or confirmed by submitter within 7-days after order was placed, the 7th day will be used as the 1st day of contract.  It shall be the sole responsibility of the submitter to provide a good-faith-effort, in activating their ad contract within seven (7) days or understand that any delay beyond the 7-day period, regardless of reason, shall not extend the length of contract.  Renewal opportunity notices will be provided 60 and 45 days prior to Ad expiration.  If subscription is not renewed by submitter 30-days prior to expiration account will be terminated upon expiration.  All Offers, Domain Availability, Discounts, and Pricing are subject to change at any time.

RIVO shall not be held liable for any third-party refund and/or offer accessed or ordered through this RIVO web site.  By accessing this web site, Purchaser understands and agrees that all purchases made through an RIVO, third-party affiliate link may or may not have a refund policy.  Therefore, it shall be the buyer’s sole responsibility to be knowledgeable regarding any affiliate’s refund policy prior to purchasing any and all offers. Domains are subject to sale, expiration, or development without prior notice.  All Domain Sales Are Final and not subject to any refund, regardless of reason.  Upon transfer of domain ownership, the new owner shall be solely responsible for total management of said domain, including securing issued ID and Password. 

23. PRIVACY POLICY:  We Do Sell, Rent or otherwise make your personal information available to any third party outside RIVO Inc. 

24. LICENSES & IDEA SUBMISSIONS:  The entire contents of the Site are protected by international copyright and trademark laws. The owner of the copyrights and trademarks are RIVO, its affiliates or other third party licensors. YOU MAY NOT MODIFY, COPY, REPRODUCE, REPUBLISH, UPLOAD, POST, TRANSMIT, OR DISTRIBUTE, IN ANY MANNER, THE MATERIAL ON THE SITE, INCLUDING TEXT, GRAPHICS, CODE AND/OR SOFTWARE. You may print and download portions of material from the different areas of the Site solely for your own non-commercial use provided that you agree not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notices from the materials. You agree to grant to RIVO a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license, with the right to sub-license, to reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, publicly display and publicly perform any materials and other information (including, without limitation, ideas contained therein for new or improved products and services) you submit to any public areas of the Site (such as bulletin boards, forums and newsgroups) or by e-mail to RIVO by all means and in any media now known or hereafter developed. You also grant to RIVO the right to use your name in connection with the submitted materials and other information as well as in connection with all advertising, marketing and promotional material related thereto. You agree that you shall have no recourse against RIVO for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your communications to RIVO. 

25. TRADEMARKS:  Publications, products, content or services referenced herein or on the Site are the exclusive trademarks or servicemarks of RIVO.  Other products, and company names, logos and links mentioned in the Site may be the trademarks of their respective owners.