Terms and Conditions

Agreement between User and www.sociallynx.com

Welcome to www.sociallynx.com. The www.sociallynx.com website (the "Site") is comprised of various web pages operated by Do-It-Yourself Marketspace, LLC ("Social Lynx"). www.sociallynx.com is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the "Terms"). Your use of www.sociallynx.com constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference.

Privacy

Your use of www.sociallynx.com is subject to Social Lynx's Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Site and informs users of our data collection practices.

Electronic Communications

Visiting www.sociallynx.com or sending emails to Social Lynx constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Your Account

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that Social Lynx is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. Social Lynx and its associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content in our sole discretion.

Social Lynx does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are under 18, you may use www.sociallynx.com only with permission of a parent or guardian.

User-Generated Video Content & Platform License

You retain all ownership rights in the proprietary video content, audiovisual works, audio, text, or digital files that you upload, post, or host directly on the Site ("User Content"). By submitting User Content to Social Lynx, you grant Social Lynx a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, transferable, and sublicensable license to host, store, cache, transcode, reproduce, encode, stream, transmit, display, and distribute your User Content solely to operate, promote, secure, and deliver the Services to you and your authorized subscribers.

You represent and warrant that you own or have obtained all necessary licenses, rights, consents, clearances, and releases (including mechanical, synchronization, master, and public performance rights for any musical works) required to broadcast and monetize your User Content on the Site without infringing any third-party proprietary rights.

Third-Party Platforms, YouTube API Services & Non-Gating Compliance

Social Lynx integrates with third-party Application Programming Interfaces, including YouTube API Services, to enable creator channel discovery, showcase generation, and authorized account synchronization. By using YouTube-connected features on Social Lynx, you expressly agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service and acknowledge that data processing by Google is subject to the Google Privacy Policy.

Strict Non-Gating of YouTube Content: Social Lynx does not sell, license, rent, monetize, or charge any fee for access to YouTube audiovisual content or YouTube API Data. All embedded YouTube videos showcased on the Site are delivered via the official, unmodified YouTube embedded player and remain completely free and accessible to all visitors without any paid barrier, subscription gate, or paywall requirement. Playback of embedded YouTube content is subject to YouTube's standard metrics, viewing terms, and monetization policies.

Access, Permissions & Revocation: Social Lynx accesses only authorized, publicly available channel and video metadata strictly necessary to display your public showcase. Social Lynx never modifies your YouTube account or channel settings. Users may disconnect their YouTube channel or revoke Social Lynx's access permissions at any time via the Google Security Settings page. Revocation will automatically discontinue metadata synchronization and trigger the removal of cached channel API data in accordance with our data retention schedule.

Payments, Subscriptions, and Exclusive Content Scope

Social Lynx facilitates membership subscriptions and digital product transactions solely for proprietary creator offerings.

Scope of Membership Fees: All membership fees, subscription charges, digital product sales, and transaction fees charged on www.sociallynx.com apply strictly and exclusively to native Social Lynx-hosted digital assets, including direct file downloads, exclusive lesson materials, community access, and premium videos hosted directly on Social Lynx's proprietary video infrastructure. At no time does any subscription fee apply to, or grant commercial access to, public YouTube videos or embeds.

Billing & Refunds: Member subscription payments and digital product purchases are final and non-refundable once settled, except where explicitly required by applicable law. International transactions may incorporate standard payment processing fees, foreign exchange calculations, and regional tax obligations. Creator payouts are distributed subject to identity verification, anti-fraud compliance, and platform processing schedules.

Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Anti-Circumvention

To safeguard Creator content hosted natively on our platform, Social Lynx employs technological security measures, including deep encryption links, tokenized authentication keys, segment delivery protocols, forensic watermarking, and digital rights management (DRM) protections.

Strict Prohibition on Circumvention & Screen Ripping: You expressly agree that you will not, under any circumstances:

• Bypass, decrypt, disable, modify, defeat, or circumvent any encryption, DRM, or security feature implemented on the Site or within the media player;
• Use screen-recording software, stream-ripping tools, browser plugins, automated scrapers, spiders, robots, or extraction software to capture, record, download, redistribute, or mirror any native video stream or exclusive media;
• Share, lease, distribute, or reverse-engineer streaming tokens, session cookies, or access credentials with third parties or across unauthorized networks.

Any circumvention or attempted circumvention of technological protection measures constitutes a material breach of these Terms, an immediate ground for account termination with forfeiture of balances, and an actionable violation under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 1201) and applicable federal and state computer fraud statutes.

Platform Role, Section 230 Protection, and Content Moderation

Social Lynx provides a technical venue and hosting infrastructure for independent creators and subscribers. Social Lynx acts solely as an intermediary and hosting service provider under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (47 U.S.C. § 230) and does not produce, direct, edit, or publish the content uploaded by users.

Review Queue & Good Samaritan Moderation: To maintain safety, Social Lynx utilizes review queues, algorithmic checks, and reporting mechanisms. Social Lynx reserves the right, but not the obligation, to pre-screen, monitor, review, flag, refuse, pause, or permanently delete any video, file, or comment at any time in its sole discretion.

No Assumption of Liability: Actions taken by Social Lynx to filter, transcode, inspect, or moderate content are done as a Good Samaritan and do not constitute editorial endorsement, publisher status, or assumption of legal liability for user conduct or materials.

Links to Third Party Sites

www.sociallynx.com may contain links to external third-party websites ("Linked Sites"). Social Lynx is not responsible for the contents or availability of any Linked Site. Linking does not imply endorsement by Social Lynx of the site or any association with its operators.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Policy

Social Lynx complies with the DMCA and operates as a protected service provider under 17 U.S.C. § 512. We respond expeditiously to legitimate notices of alleged copyright infringement.

Reporting Infringement: Notices of claimed infringement must be submitted in writing to our Designated Copyright Agent at copyright@sociallynx.com or mailed to:
Do-It-Yourself Marketspace, LLC (Attn: Copyright Agent), 10105 East Vía Linda, Scottsdale, AZ, 85258.

Your notice must satisfy all statutory criteria under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), including: (1) physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner; (2) identification of the copyrighted work; (3) specific identification of the infringing material and URL location; (4) your contact details; (5) a statement of good-faith belief; and (6) a statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate.

Repeat Infringer Policy: Social Lynx maintains and enforces a strict repeat infringer policy. Accounts determined to have engaged in repeat intellectual property violations will be permanently terminated.

Compliance with 18 U.S.C. § 2257

Social Lynx operates strictly as a Secondary Provider of digital media as defined under 18 U.S.C. § 2257. Social Lynx does not produce, film, or direct any content. Uploading creators act as Primary Producers and represent and warrant that they maintain all required identification and age records under federal law, which must be immediately produced to Social Lynx or regulatory authorities upon request.

Creator Warranties, Indemnification, and Hold Harmless

Hold Harmless Protections: You agree to release, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Social Lynx, its parent entity Do-It-Yourself Marketspace, LLC, and its officers, directors, employees, contractors, licensors, and infrastructure providers from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and litigation expenses) arising out of or related to:

• Any video, audio, text, or digital product uploaded, hosted, or streamed by you or through your account;
• Your violation of third-party intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or contractual rights;
• Your failure to obtain necessary music clearances, broadcast licenses, model releases, or record-keeping compliance (including 18 U.S.C. § 2257);
• Any claims asserted by viewers, subscribers, or third parties resulting from technical buffering, DRM operation, encoding anomalies, service outages, or unauthorized recording or dissemination of your streams by third parties;
• Your violation of any applicable federal, state, or international laws, rules, or platform guidelines.

Social Lynx reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which case you agree to cooperate fully with Social Lynx in asserting all available defenses.

Arbitration

In the event the parties are not able to resolve any dispute arising out of or concerning these Terms, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, the dispute shall be resolved solely by final, binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, before a single neutral arbitrator in Maricopa County, Arizona. The arbitrator's award shall be final and enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Class Action Waiver

ALL DISPUTES MUST BE ARBITRATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. CLASS ACTIONS, REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS, AND PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTIONS ARE EXPRESSLY WAIVED AND PROHIBITED. THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS OF MORE THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL OR PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

Liability Disclaimer

THE SERVICES, MEDIA PLAYER, STREAMING FEEDS, VIDEO TRANSCODING, AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED STRICTLY ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. DO-IT-YOURSELF MARKETSPACE, LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL DO-IT-YOURSELF MARKETSPACE, LLC OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, AD REVENUE, OR GOODWILL) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE, INTERRUPTION, LATENCY, OR UNAVAILABILITY OF VIDEO STREAMS OR THE SITE. YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SERVICE.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Arizona, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Maricopa County, Arizona.

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