Terms of Service
Last Updated: November 3, 2025
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Terms of Service
Last Updated: January 2025
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing and using this website, you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of this agreement. If you do not agree to abide by the above, please do not use this service.
2. Use License
Permission is granted to temporarily access the materials on Women in Metal’s website for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:
- Modify or copy the materials
- Use the materials for any commercial purpose
- Attempt to reverse engineer any software contained on the website
- Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials
3. User Conduct
You agree not to use this website to:
- Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable content
- Impersonate any person or entity
- Upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code
- Spam, phish, or engage in any other unauthorized marketing activities
- Violate any applicable laws or regulations
4. Intellectual Property
The content on this website, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, and software, is the property of Women in Metal or its content suppliers and is protected by international copyright laws. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are proprietary to Women in Metal or other respective owners.
5. User-Generated Content
By submitting content to our website (such as comments, reviews, or uploads), you grant Women in Metal a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, and distribute such content. You retain ownership of your content but grant us the right to use it on our platform.
6. Disclaimer of Warranties
The materials on Women in Metal’s website are provided on an ‘as is’ basis. Women in Metal makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties including, without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights.
7. Limitation of Liability
In no event shall Women in Metal or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on Women in Metal’s website, even if Women in Metal or a Women in Metal authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage.
Terms and Conditions for Profile Management
8. Acceptance of Profile Management Terms
By claiming and managing a profile on MetalWomen, you agree to these additional Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you should not claim or manage a profile.
9. Eligibility to Claim Profiles
You may only claim a profile if:
- You are the individual represented by the profile (for artists, professionals, etc.)
- You are an authorized representative of the entity (for bands, labels, etc.)
- You have legal authority to manage the profile’s information and content
- You can provide verification of your identity or authorization
10. Verification and Approval
All profile claims are subject to verification and approval by our team. We reserve the right to:
- Request additional verification documents or information
- Deny claims that cannot be adequately verified
- Revoke access to profiles if false information is discovered
- Contact you for clarification during the verification process
11. Truthful Information
You agree to:
- Provide accurate, truthful, and complete information when claiming a profile
- Update profile information to maintain accuracy
- Not misrepresent your identity, affiliation, or authorization
- Not impersonate others or make false claims of ownership
12. Content Responsibilities
As a profile manager, you are responsible for:
- All content uploaded or added to the profile
- Ensuring uploaded content does not violate copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights
- Maintaining appropriate and professional content
- Complying with all applicable laws and regulations
13. Prohibited Activities
You may not:
- Claim profiles you are not authorized to manage
- Provide false or misleading verification information
- Upload offensive, defamatory, or inappropriate content
- Use profiles for spam, harassment, or malicious purposes
- Violate any intellectual property rights
- Attempt to circumvent our verification processes
14. Account Suspension and Termination
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account and revoke profile access if:
- You violate these Terms and Conditions
- False claims or fraudulent information is discovered
- You engage in prohibited activities
- Legal requirements necessitate such action
15. Data and Privacy
Your use of profile management features is subject to our Privacy Policy. We collect and process:
- Verification information provided during the claim process
- Profile content and updates you submit
- Account activity and usage data
16. Intellectual Property Rights
You retain ownership of content you upload to your profile. However, by uploading content, you grant MetalWomen a non-exclusive license to display, distribute, and promote that content as part of the profile and website.
17. Termination
We may terminate or suspend your access to our website immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach the Terms. All provisions of the Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination.
18. Changes to Terms
Women in Metal may revise these terms of service for its website at any time without notice. By using this website you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these terms of service.
19. Contact Information
If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us at the email address provided on our website.
By using this website and submitting a profile claim, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.