Terms of Use

The Site exists to tell you about Amalgam and our work. It is promotional and informational only, and no client services are delivered through it. Use it if you are a client, a prospective client, or otherwise curious about us for a legitimate business reason. Do not use it for anything unlawful, fraudulent, harassing, or objectionable.

The Site is intended for visitors accessing it from the United States. If you visit from elsewhere, you are responsible for complying with your local laws.

We work to keep the Site accurate, current, and free of bugs, but we cannot guarantee any of that, and you are responsible for your own internet security measures. The Site is provided free of charge and was not built to meet your particular requirements, so we cannot promise it will suit your specific purposes.

Everything published on the Site is general information about us, our work, and our services. It is not advice of any kind and should not be relied on as advice. Any reliance you place on it is at your own risk.

Access is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend or end access to any part of the Site, and may add, remove, or change its content, at any time without notice.

The Site and everything on it (together, the “Content”), along with all copyrights, trademarks, service marks, and other intellectual property rights in them, are owned by or licensed to Amalgam. We and our licensors reserve all rights in the Site and its Content, including the “Amalgam” name, our domain names, logos, marks, and trading names. These Terms of Use give you no rights in the Site or its Content beyond what you need to browse it as permitted here. Using any trademark that appears on the Site requires our prior written permission.

You are responsible for the arrangements (and any costs) needed to access the Site, for making sure your device is compatible with it, and for making sure anyone who reaches the Site through your connection knows about these Terms of Use. We want the Site to be worth your time, and we ask that you follow these rules:

• You may view, print, quote, and cite the Site and its Content for personal, non-commercial purposes only, provided you credit us where appropriate and keep our copyright and proprietary notices intact. Beyond that, nothing here grants you any licence to copy, distribute, republish, or create derivative works from any Content without our written permission (or that of the relevant licensor), and doing so is prohibited.
• Do not use automated systems or software to extract content or data from the Site, whether for commercial purposes or otherwise, unless you have a written agreement with us that permits it. Standard search-engine indexing is fine.
• Do not use the Site for any illegal or unauthorised purpose, and comply with all laws that apply to your use of it, including copyright and other intellectual property laws.
• Do not restrict anyone else from using or enjoying the Site, and do not encourage anyone to break these Terms of Use.
• Do not interfere with the Site or the servers and networks behind it. That includes transmitting worms, viruses, malware, spyware, or any other destructive or disruptive code, and injecting content or code that alters how the Site renders in anyone’s browser or device.
• Do not change or modify the Site, or another website, so as to falsely imply an association with us.
• Do not access the Site by any means we have not authorised in writing, including bots, spiders, crawlers, and scrapers (standard search-engine technologies excepted).

You may link to any page of the Site for non-commercial purposes, provided you do so fairly and legally and without damaging or exploiting our reputation. The linking site must not contain adult, illegal, offensive, harassing, or otherwise objectionable material. Do not link in a way that suggests an association, approval, or endorsement that does not exist, do not remove or obscure any notices or information on the Site, and do not frame the Site on another website. We may withdraw linking permission at any time without notice.

The Site may link to websites operated by others. We are not responsible for those sites or their content, and a link is not an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation. Links are provided for convenience only, and your use of a third-party site is governed by that site’s own terms.

We may collect certain personal and analytical information through the Site, and we handle it in line with the privacy practices described on the Site. For questions, complaints, or requests about how we handle your information, contact us at info@amalgam.co.

If you believe content on the Site infringes your copyright, you may notify us under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 by writing to info@amalgam.co. For your notice to be valid, it must include:

• a physical or electronic signature of someone authorised to act for the copyright owner,
• identification of the material claimed to be infringing, and enough information for us to locate it,
• enough information for us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and email address,
• a statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law, and
• a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and that you are authorised to act for the owner of the right claimed to be infringed.

The Site and all Content are provided “as is”, without warranty or representation of any kind, express or implied, including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Without limiting that, Amalgam does not warrant that the Site or any Content (a) will always be available, (b) is free from viruses, malware, or other malicious code, (c) will meet your requirements, (d) does not infringe any third party’s intellectual property rights, or (e) is error-free or that defects will be corrected.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Amalgam has no liability for (a) personal injury, (b) loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, or data, or computer failures or denials of service, or (c) any other incidental, special, indirect, or consequential damages arising from or relating to your use of, or inability to use, the Site or any Content, however caused and under any theory of liability, even if we knew or should have known such damages were possible.

Our total liability to you for any matter arising from your use of the Site or these Terms of Use is capped at $50.

Using the Site or its Content in a way these Terms of Use do not expressly permit may infringe our rights or those of our licensors, and we reserve all rights and remedies for any such infringement.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Amalgam, its affiliates, and their officers, employees, and agents from all costs, damages, liabilities, and losses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from (a) your access to and use of the Site, (b) your failure to meet any obligation in these Terms of Use, (c) your violation of any third party’s rights, including intellectual property, privacy, and publicity rights and claims of defamation, and (d) anything you submit to us through the Site.

You grant Amalgam a non-exclusive, perpetual, fully paid licence to copy, distribute, modify, and create derivative works of anything you submit to us through the Site. Information you provide must be accurate and complete, and you are responsible for keeping it that way.

These Terms of Use are governed by and construed under the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

You and Amalgam will bring any dispute relating to the Site, its Content, or these Terms of Use exclusively in a state or federal court located in Los Angeles County, California with jurisdiction over the dispute, and both consent to venue there and waive any objection to it, including on grounds of convenience.

These Terms of Use are the entire agreement between you and Amalgam about the Site and its Content, and they supersede all prior oral and written proposals, understandings, and agreements on that subject.

Each provision of these Terms of Use is to be interpreted so as to be effective and valid under applicable law. If any provision is prohibited or invalid, it is deemed modified to the minimum extent required to conform to the law, and if it cannot be, it is severed only to the extent of that prohibition or invalidity, leaving the rest of that provision and these Terms of Use in force.

We may revise these Terms of Use from time to time by posting a revised version on the Site, effective as of the date of posting. Checking back for revisions is your responsibility, and your use of the Site after a revision is posted is your acceptance of it.