Terms of Use

Effective September 25, 2025

Acceptance of Terms

This Agreement is between you ("You" or "Your") and NAUTIC STUDIOS LLC ("Nautic Studios", "We", "Our" or "Us"), a Florida limited liability company. Use of this website or any related services (collectively, the “Services”) shall be subject to and constitute acceptance of these Terms of Use.

Changes

Nautic Studios reserves the right to update these Terms of Use at anytime. Modifications will be effective immediately upon being posted to Our website and shall supersede any such prior Terms of Use. It is important that You review the Terms of Use regularly to ensure that You are updated as to any changes made. The most current version of the Terms of Use can be viewed by clicking on the "Terms of Use" hyperlink located at the bottom of Our website or by visiting www.farornear.com/terms. The date changes were last made will be displayed at the bottom of this page. Nautic Studios welcomes feedback on these Terms of Use and may consider suggestions when making future changes.

Eligibility

• You must be a natural person who is at least 18 years of age and has reached the age of majority for Your jurisdiction.
• For those registering on or after September 25, 2025, You must be a legal resident of the United States of America and the State of Florida.
• You may not use the Services if You are a convicted sex offender or a person barred from using the Services under the laws of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction.
• You must have the legal capacity to accept the Terms of Use.

Acceptable Use

You agree that You will not:

• use the Services for any unlawful purpose;
• post or link to content that is obscene, fraudulent, defamatory, discriminatory, hateful, pornographic or sexually explicit;
• post or link to content that promotes or depicts the exploitation of a minor or relates to minors and is sexually suggestive or violent;
• use the Services to promote or engage in gambling, prostitution, human trafficking, arms trafficking, recreational drug use, physic readings, necromancy or any illicit activity;
• use the Services to solicit any sexual service or act;
• bully, harass or intimidate other users;
• post content that belongs to others without their permission or otherwise violates the intellectual property rights of any third-party;
• mine, scrape or otherwise extract data by any automated means or for commercial use;
• post the private and confidential information of others without their permission;
• post content containing vulgar and/or explicit language;
• post or link to content that encourages or glorifies violence or self-harm or depicts graphic violence and/or blood and gore;
• post or link to content depicting nudity;
• impersonate another individual or a company, organization or brand;
• create more than one account;
• provide false information through the Services;
• use the Services to spam other users or to post content that promotes products or services;
• upload viruses or other malicious code;
• share Your password or allow others to access Your account, except as otherwise permitted by these Terms of Use;
• attempt to overburden the Services with multiple simultaneous connections, such as a denial of service attack;
• take any action with the intent of compromising the security of the Services.

NAUTIC STUDIOS PROHIBITS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

Personal Safety

NAUTIC STUDIOS DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OR SCREENINGS OF USERS OF THE SERVICES. Nautic Studios reserves the right to conduct any criminal background check, at any time using available public records.

You are solely responsible for Your interactions with other users. You should exercise caution when agreeing to meet with other users outside of the Services.

Nautic Studios advises against sharing personally identifiable information, such as Your real name, address or phone number.

Joint Accounts for Married Couples

Married couples may share one account, provided that both spouses agree to these Terms of Use and jointly accept responsibility for each other's use of the Services.

Ownership of Intellectual Property

With the exception of third party materials that Nautic Studios uses with permission or in accordance with applicable law, Nautic Studios owns all software, design, text, multimedia content and other intellectual property related to the Services (collectively, the "Intellectual Property"). The Intellectual Property is protected, without limitation, pursuant to U.S. and foreign copyright and trademark laws. Nautic Studios grants You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Services in the intended manor. This license is conditioned upon Your acceptance and compliance with these Terms of Use and may be revoked by Nautic Studios at anytime.

User Content

User Content shall mean all images, videos, posts, comments, messages, and other content You submit, transfer or otherwise provide to the Services. You retain ownership of Your User Content. However, You grant Nautic Studios a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, sub-licensable, transferable license to use, store, reproduce, publish, adapt, modify, translate and distribute Your User Content in any existing or future media. This license is necessary for Us to store, process, transmit and/or display Your User Content to other users through the Services.

Nautic Studios may unpublish, modify or remove User Content from the Services for any reason or no reason and without notice or liability.

Privacy

By using the Services, You agree that Nautic Studios may use Your information and User Content in accordance with the Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use.

Copyright Compliance

You agree that You will not post any content to which You do not own the rights, without the permission of the content owner. If You are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, You may provide notification of alleged infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by sending written correspondence to Nautic Studios LLC, 2800 Aurora Road, Suite I, Melbourne, FL 32935, Attention: Copyright Agent. You must include:

• a description of the content that has allegedly been infringed upon;
• information reasonably sufficient to allow Us to locate the allegedly infringed upon content;
• a statement that You have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agents or the law;
• information that will allow Us to get in touch with You, including a physical address, telephone number and email address at which You may be contacted;
• a statement by You, made under the penalty of perjury, declaring that the information contained in the notification is accurate and that You are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
• a physical or electronic signature of the individual or entity who owns the copyright.

To ensure compliance with the DMCA, Nautic Studios will take action on receipt of notice of alleged copyright infringement.

If Your User Content is removed or disabled because of a notification under the DMCA and You do not believe Your content to be infringing, You may make a counter-notification. You may do so by sending written correspondence to Nautic Studios LLC, 2800 Aurora Road, Suite I, Melbourne, FL 32935, Attention: Copyright Agent. You must include:

• Your name, address and phone number;
• the identification number included in the email You received from Us;
• identification of content that has been removed or disabled and the specific location at which the content appeared before it was removed or disabled;
• a statement that You consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which Your address is located, or if Your address is outside of the United States, the judicial district in which Nautic Studios is located, and that You will accept service of process from the person who provided the original complainant or their agent;
• a statement by You, made under the penalty of perjury, that You have a good faith belief that the content was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification;
• Your physical or electronic signature.

Under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability. If You are not sure that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification, You should first consider consulting an attorney.

Links to Third-Party Websites

Nautic Studios is not responsible for the content of third-party websites that are linked to through the Services. If You choose to visit third-party websites, You do so at Your own risk.

User Feedback

In the event You provide Nautic Studios with feedback or suggestions relating to the Services, You agree that Nautic Studios may implement and shall own the rights to any idea You share with Nautic Studios or any officer, employee, independent contractor, investor or other party representing Nautic Studios.

Vanity URLs

The Services may allow You to choose a custom URL, referred to as a vanity URL, for Your profile or a group or place You manage.

You may not use:

• the name of a real person, unless it is Your real name;
• a name that is misleading or confusing;
• any name that infringes on a trademark or other intellectual property rights;
• a name that is offensive or inappropriate at Our sole discretion;
• any name that does not comply with these Terms of Use;

We reserve the right to reclaim, reassign or remove vanity URLs for any reason or no reason and without notice or liability.

Permitted Uses for Entities

The Services allow users to create, organize or maintain several different types of entities:

• Profiles
  A profile is created for You automatically when You register for the Services. Profiles may only represent You as an individual and may not contain commercial content or represent businesses or other organizations.
• Groups
  Groups may only represent clubs and other organizations that meet off-line for social, recreational or educational purposes. Groups are not businesses and may not have a commercial purpose, unless approved in writing by Nautic Studios.
• Places
  Places are a special type of group representing physical locations where enthusiasts can gather for social, recreational or educational purposes. Places may only be used to represent locations that conform to this definition.
• Events
  Events may only be used to promote off-line gatherings organized by groups or related to communities they are organized in.

Violation of the Terms of Use

Should You violate these Terms of Use, Nautic Studios may at its discretion take any one or more of the following actions:

• Send You one or more warnings.
• Temporarily or permanently suspend Your account.
• Close Your account.
• Block Your IP address.
• Commence legal action against You.
• Request that Your internet service provider block You from accessing the Services.

Termination

This Agreement may be terminated by You or Nautic Studios at anytime. Nautic Studios may terminate or suspend Your account for any reason or no reason, without prior notice or liability. You may terminate this Agreement by submitting a request to close Your account through the form available at www.farornear.com/close-account or by submitting a request through the contact form at www.farornear.com/contact. If Your request is made through the contact form without signing in, You will need to reply to the email You receive from us, verifying You are the owner of the account.

Upon termination of this Agreement, Your license to use the Services shall be revoked immediately and You may no longer use or access the Services. All provisions of this Agreement that by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, limitation of liability, warranty disclaimers and ownership and User Content license provisions.

Termination of this Agreement or Your access to and use of the Services shall not limit any liability You might have to Nautic Studios or any third-party or relive You of any obligations arising or accruing prior to such termination.

Reservation of Rights

Nautic Studios reserves all rights not expressly granted herein. Failure by Nautic Studios to enforce any portion of these Terms of Use does not constitute a waiver of rights.

Disclaimer of Warranties

NAUTIC STUDIOS MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED FOR THE SERVICES. NAUTIC STUDIOS ALSO DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT YOU MAY SUFFER. NAUTIC STUDIOS SPECIFICALLY DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR QUALITY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES.

Limitation of Liability

YOU AGREE THAT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NAUTIC STUDIOS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE GREATER OF $50 OR THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION THAT GAVE RISE TO LIABILITY.

Assignment

You agree that Nautic Studios may assign or transfer Our rights and/or obligations under these Terms of Use in whole or in part at anytime without Your consent.

You may not, without the express written permission of Nautic Studios, transfer Your rights and/or obligations under these Terms of Use.

Mediation and Arbitration

You agree that You will first attempt to settle any dispute You have with Nautic Studios with respect to these Terms of Use with the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in Brevard County, Florida. Any costs and fees other than attorney fees associated with the mediation shall be shared equally between You and Nautic Studios.

If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, You agree that the dispute will be settled by binding arbitration in Brevard County, Florida under the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court with jurisdiction to do so.

You agree that any claim You might have arising out of or related to these Terms of Use or with Nautic Studios must be filled within one year after such claim arose or Your claim is permanently barred.

WHERE PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTES WITH NAUTIC STUDIOS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Nautic Studios from and against any and all claims, judgments, awards, costs, expenses, damages and liabilities (including reasonable attorney fees) of whatsoever kind and nature that may be asserted, granted or imposed against Nautic Studios directly or indirectly arising from or in connection with any breach by You of these Terms of Use.

Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between You and Nautic Studios with respect to Your use of the Services and shall supersede all prior understandings or agreements, written or oral, between You and Nautic Studios. Exceptions to these Terms of Use will not be valid unless approved in writing by Nautic Studios.

Severability

In the event that any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed to be unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms of Use shall otherwise remain enforceable and in full force and effect.

Governing Law

The laws of the State of Florida will govern these Terms of Use, as well as any claim that might arise between You and Nautic Studios, without regard to conflict of law provisions. You agree that any judicial proceedings permitted to be brought shall be brought exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida or a state court located in Brevard County, Florida and You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating all such claims or disputes.