InsideTheNinety LLC: Terms of Use

1. Eligibility

Reading the Services requires nothing of you. There is no age limit on reading this site, no account is needed for it, and we do not ask a reader how old they are.

You must be at least 13 years old to hold an account or to submit content. If you are under 18 and you submit content, you must have permission from a parent or legal guardian, and you confirm both of these when you accept the upload terms.

We do not knowingly accept submissions from, or create accounts for, anyone under 13. If you are under 13, you can still read everything here, and a parent, guardian, or coach can send us your clip on your behalf.

2. Accounts

You can read the whole site, and submit content, without an account. An account exists so that you can follow schools and see their coverage first, and so that clips you send in are attached to you rather than only to an email address. Buying photos, and joining as a photographer, do need one.

2.1 Signing in

You sign in with Google, with Microsoft, or with a single-use link we email you. We never ask for, receive, or store a password. Anyone who can read the inbox or use the provider account you sign in with can sign in as you, so keep control of it and tell us if you lose it.

2.2 One person, one account

Accounts are personal. Do not share yours and do not create one in anyone else’s name. If you sign in with a second provider on the same verified email address, we link it to the account you already have rather than creating another one.

2.3 What you tell us

We ask your age range before an account is created, and you cannot change it afterwards. Everything else we ask, what you are to the sport, your gender, a phone number, and which kinds of coverage you want, is optional. You can change or clear any of it from your account page at any time, and leaving all of it blank costs you nothing.

2.4 Closing your account

You can have your account deleted at any time by asking us. See remove my content, which covers accounts and data as well as published content. Deleting an account removes the schools you follow and everything you told us about yourself. Clips you have already had published stay up under the licence you granted when you submitted them, but they are no longer linked to you.

3. Intellectual Property

Except for User Content (defined below), all content and materials on the Services, including text, graphics, logos, images, designs, and trademarks, are owned by InsideTheNinety LLC or used under license and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, or create derivative works from any part of the Services without our prior written consent, except as expressly allowed by these Terms or applicable law.

School names, logos, and marks belong to their respective institutions and appear on the Services to identify the schools and teams we cover. Their use does not imply affiliation with, or endorsement by, those institutions or the CIF.

4. User-Generated Content

The Services allow you to upload, submit, or otherwise provide photos, videos, stories, commentary, and other materials ("User Content"). By submitting User Content, you agree to the following.

4.1 Your Representations and Warranties

You confirm that:

• You are at least 13, and if you are under 18 a parent or guardian has said it is OK to send this in.
• You shot this yourself, or you have permission from whoever did.
• Everyone identifiable in it is comfortable with it being published. If anyone in it is under 18, you have permission from a parent, guardian, coach, or under your school or team's policy.
• It does not infringe anyone's copyright, trademark, privacy, or publicity rights.
• Your User Content complies with these Terms and applicable law.

4.2 The License You Grant Us

You keep ownership of everything you upload. You give us permission to publish it as part of our coverage.

What you grant us

A non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, and edit your submission (including cropping, trimming, colour correction, and captioning) as part of our editorial coverage of high school soccer, on this site and on our own social channels.

What you keep

You keep ownership and copyright in your submission. Nothing here stops you from publishing, licensing, or selling it yourself, anywhere else, at any time.

What we will not do without asking you first

We will not use your submission in paid advertising, sponsored content, or merchandise, and we will not sublicense or sell it to a third party, without first obtaining your separate written permission. Where the submission shows an identifiable person, that permission also requires a release from that person, or from a parent or guardian if they are under 18.

Ending the licence

You may withdraw this licence at any time by contacting us. We will remove the submission from the site within a reasonable period. Copies already distributed on third-party platforms, and copies retained in archives or backups, may persist for a time after removal.

4.3 Attribution and Compensation

Unless we agree otherwise in writing, or you sell photos under our Photo Sales Terms (see § 5.2), submitting User Content does not entitle you to payment. We credit contributors where we can, and if you give us your Instagram handle we will tag you when we use your material, but credit is not guaranteed and its absence is not a breach of these Terms.

4.4 Our Right to Remove or Edit User Content

We may, but are not obliged to, review, monitor, edit, or remove User Content at our discretion, including content we believe violates these Terms, our editorial standards, or applicable law.

4.5 Taking Content Down

Anyone shown in content on the Services, or their parent or guardian if they are under 18, can ask us to remove it. So can the person who submitted it. See remove my content for how, and for the timeframes we hold ourselves to.

5. Buying and Selling Photos

5.1 Buying photos

We sell digital downloads of photos taken by photographers in our network. What you may do with a photo you buy, and when a purchase can be refunded, is set out in our Photo License, which you accept when you buy. You need an account to buy. Prices are shown in US dollars before you pay, and payment is handled by Stripe.

5.2 Selling photos

Photographers who join our network agree to our Photographer Terms when they apply, and to our Photo Sales Terms before they submit their first gallery. Those terms set out what they license to us, how their photos are sold, and how they are paid, and they apply to photographers in place of § 4 for the photos they submit.

6. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to do any of the following:

• Upload or share content that you do not have the right to submit;
• Post content that is defamatory, harassing, hateful, obscene, threatening, or otherwise inappropriate;
• Post content that identifies where a player lives, studies, or can be found outside of competition;
• Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
• Interfere with or disrupt the operation of the Services, including by introducing viruses, malware, or other harmful code;
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Services or networks connected to the Services;
• Use automated systems (such as bots or scrapers) to access the Services in a manner that sends more requests than a human could reasonably produce in the same period.

7. Copyright Infringement

We respect intellectual property rights and expect our users to do the same. If you believe content on the Services infringes your copyright, our notice-and-takedown procedure, counter-notice procedure, and designated agent for copyright notices are set out on our copyright and DMCA page.

We will, in appropriate circumstances, refuse further submissions from contributors who repeatedly infringe the copyrights of others.

8. Third-Party Links

The Services may contain links to third-party websites or services. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the content, policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. You access such sites at your own risk.

9. Disclaimers

The Services are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

We do not guarantee that the Services will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, or that any content will be accurate, complete, or reliable. Scores, schedules, standings, and rankings are compiled from public sources and from what we observe, and may contain errors. If you spot one, please tell us.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, InsideTheNinety LLC and its officers, employees, partners, and affiliates will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses resulting from:

• Your use of or inability to use the Services;
• Any conduct or content of any third party on or related to the Services;
• Unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content;
• Any other matter relating to the Services.

To the extent permitted by law, our total liability for all claims relating to the Services will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (US $100). Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless InsideTheNinety LLC and its officers, employees, partners, and affiliates from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your use of the Services, your User Content, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of the rights of another person or entity.

12. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services, including any account you hold, at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms or engaged in conduct that may harm the Services, other users, or InsideTheNinety LLC.

You may close your account at any time under § 2.4. Whichever way an account ends, content you have already had published stays up under the licence recorded against it, unless you ask us to take it down.

13. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last Updated" date and the version number at the top of this page. Changes are effective when posted. Your continued use of the Services after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.

Changes do not apply retroactively to content you have already submitted: the license you granted is the one recorded against your submission at the time.

14. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

15. Severability and Assignment

If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable, that provision will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will stay in full force.

You may not assign or transfer these Terms. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, on notice to you.

Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of our right to enforce it later.

16. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and, where they apply to you, our Photo License, Photographer Terms, and Photo Sales Terms, are the entire agreement between you and InsideTheNinety LLC regarding the Services, and replace any prior agreements between us on that subject. Where one of those photo agreements and these Terms differ on something it covers, the photo agreement governs.

17. Contact Us

Questions about these Terms go to insidetheninety@gmail.com, or see our contact page for the right route.