Terms and Conditions

1. Who operates the Service

Museum of Websites is an independently operated website. In these Terms, “Museum of Websites,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the operator of the Service. Questions about these Terms may be sent through our contact form.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into these Terms to create an account or use community features. If the law where you live requires you to be older, that higher age applies. The Service is not directed to children under 16.

3. Accounts and security

You must provide accurate information, keep your sign-in credentials confidential, and promptly notify us through our contact form if you believe your account has been compromised. You are responsible for activity through your account unless it resulted from a security failure within our control.

You may not sell, transfer, share, or use another person’s account without permission. We may require email verification, reject a misleading or inappropriate display name—including one that impersonates someone or is hateful, obscene, or harassing—or ask you to take reasonable steps to secure your account.

You may delete your account using an account-deletion control we provide. If that control is unavailable or you cannot access your account, use our contact form and provide the email address associated with your account. Deletion and retention are described in our Privacy Policy.

4. The Service

Museum of Websites is a curated archive and community for viewing and discussing website designs. Features may include screenshots, recordings, metadata, editorial commentary, links to original websites, comments, ratings, reviews, likes, view counts, newsletters, and account tools.

We may add, change, restrict, or discontinue features. We do not promise that every archived website, link, screenshot, recording, score, or piece of metadata will remain available, complete, current, or error-free.

5. User Content

“User Content” means content you submit to the Service, including comments, ratings, reviews, profile information, suggestions, and reports. You keep ownership of your User Content.

You give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable licence to host, store, reproduce, format, moderate, publish, display, distribute, and use your User Content to operate, provide, secure, improve, develop, and promote the Service and any successor to it. This licence lets us, for example, show your review on a website page or include a short excerpt in a Museum of Websites social post. It does not let us sell authorship of your work to someone else.

The licence ends when your User Content is deleted from our active systems, except where content has been shared by others, retained in a backup for a limited period, anonymized so it is no longer linked to you, or kept as required for security, dispute resolution, or law. To the extent permitted by law, you consent to reasonable formatting and moderation that does not misrepresent your views.

You represent that you have the rights needed to submit your User Content and allow us to use it as described above.

6. Community rules

Do not use the Service to:

• break the law, encourage unlawful conduct, or violate another person’s rights;
• post content that is threatening, harassing, hateful, defamatory, sexually exploitative, or deliberately abusive;
• publish another person’s private or sensitive information without a lawful reason and appropriate permission;
• impersonate someone, misrepresent an affiliation, or submit a review that is not based on your genuine opinion or experience;
• manipulate likes, ratings, reviews, views, or other signals through bots, coordinated inauthentic activity, multiple accounts, payment, or other deceptive means;
• send spam, advertisements, referral links, or repetitive promotional content without our permission;
• upload malware, probe for vulnerabilities, bypass access controls, scrape the Service in a way that harms it, or interfere with its operation; or
• copy or republish substantial parts of the archive, database, or Service in a way that substitutes for Museum of Websites.

Fair criticism is welcome. Disagreement, a negative rating, or a critical review does not violate these rules merely because someone dislikes it.

7. Moderation

We may review, label, limit, edit for formatting, refuse, or remove User Content, and may limit or suspend accounts, when we reasonably believe this is needed to enforce these Terms, protect people or the Service, respond to a valid complaint, or comply with law. We are not required to pre-screen all User Content and do not endorse it.

Where practical, we will consider context and severity. You may ask us to review a moderation decision through our contact form. Repeated or serious violations may result in immediate termination.

8. Archived websites and third-party rights

The Service documents websites created and owned by third parties. Names, logos, trademarks, website designs, screenshots, recordings, and other third-party material remain the property of their respective owners. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement, sponsorship, partnership, or affiliation.

Archived material is presented for purposes such as documentation, criticism, review, commentary, research, and design education. We do not operate the linked websites and cannot control their content, availability, security, or later changes. A website’s inclusion in the archive is not a warranty that it is safe, accurate, lawful, or suitable.

9. Our content and licence to you

Except for User Content and third-party material, the Service and its original selection, organization, text, code, visual identity, and editorial content belong to Museum of Websites or its licensors and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

We give you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access and use the Service for personal or internal business reference in accordance with these Terms. No other rights are granted. You may link to public pages and quote brief excerpts with attribution where permitted by law.

If you send us an idea or suggestion, you allow us to use it without restriction or payment. Do not send confidential information as feedback.

10. Rights-holder notices

If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, trademark, privacy, or other rights, send us a notice through our contact form with:

• your name and contact information;
• identification of the work, mark, or right at issue;
• the exact Museum of Websites URL and a clear description of the disputed material;
• the basis for your claim and, if you act for someone else, your authority to do so; and
• a statement that the information you provided is accurate.

We may ask for more information, forward the notice to the person who submitted the content, restrict the material while reviewing it, or remove it. Knowingly sending a false or misleading claim may have legal consequences.

11. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information. It forms part of these Terms.

12. Third-party services, links, and advertisements

The Service relies on third-party providers and contains links or embedded content from sites we do not control. Those providers and sites may apply their own terms and privacy policies. You are responsible for deciding whether to visit or use them.

The Service may display sponsorships, affiliate links, donations, or advertisements. We will aim to identify paid relationships where required. An advertisement does not mean that we endorse or guarantee the advertiser, product, or claim.

13. Disclaimers

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available.” We disclaim implied warranties and conditions, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, and uninterrupted availability.

Editorial scores, community ratings, reviews, comments, and archive information are opinions or informational material, not professional advice or factual guarantees. You use the Service and visit third-party websites at your own risk.

Nothing in these Terms excludes a warranty, condition, or right that applicable law does not allow us to exclude.

14. Limits on liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Museum of Websites and its operator will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, goodwill, or opportunities, arising from the Service.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability for all claims relating to the Service will not exceed the greater of CAD $100 and the amount you paid us to use the Service during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim.

These limits do not apply to fraud, wilful misconduct, gross negligence, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any liability that cannot lawfully be limited. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

15. Your responsibility

You are responsible for your User Content and your violation of these Terms. To the extent permitted by law, you will reimburse us for reasonable losses, liabilities, and legal costs resulting from a third-party claim caused by your unlawful User Content, deliberate misuse of the Service, or material breach of these Terms. This obligation does not apply to losses caused by us.

16. Suspension and termination

You may stop using the Service at any time. We may suspend or terminate access where reasonably necessary because of a Terms violation, legal requirement, security risk, prolonged account inactivity, or discontinuation of the Service.

Sections that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including sections about licences already exercised, intellectual property, disclaimers, liability, responsibility, disputes, and general terms.

17. Changes to the Service or Terms

We may update these Terms as the Service or law changes. We will post the revised Terms and update the date above. If a change materially affects registered users’ rights, we will provide reasonable notice, such as an on-site notice or email, before it takes effect where practical. Your continued use after the effective date means you accept the revised Terms; if you do not agree, stop using the Service and request account deletion.

18. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable there, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. The courts located in British Columbia will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over disputes.

Before filing a claim, you and Museum of Websites agree to try in good faith to resolve the dispute by written notice through our contact form and 30 days of discussion. This does not prevent either party from seeking urgent injunctive relief or using an applicable small-claims process.

If you are a consumer, nothing in these Terms takes away mandatory rights or access to courts that the law where you live does not allow you to waive.

19. General terms

These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about the Service. If part of these Terms is unenforceable, it will be limited or removed only as much as necessary, and the rest will remain in effect. A failure to enforce a term is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our written permission. We may assign them as part of a reorganization, sale, or transfer of the Service, subject to applicable law.

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