Terms of Service
Welcome to ProPRcopy. We provide our services to you subject to the following conditions.
If you visit or purchase services or products from ProPRcopy LLC, you accept these Terms of Use. Please review them carefully. In addition, when you use any current or future ProPRcopy LLC service or product, or visit or purchase from any business affiliated with ProPRcopy LLC and its parent company Donovan Group Holdings LLC, whether or not it is included in the ProPRcopy LLC web site, you also will be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such service or business.
These Terms of Service (“Agreement” or “Terms”) are effective as of October 1, 2022. Your continued use of the Site after such time will signify your acceptance of this Agreement.
This Site is owned and operated by ProPRcopy LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company (“ProPRcopy”, “ProPRcopy.com”, “we” or “us”). ProPRcopy, and its parent company reserves the right to revise or remove any part of the Terms in its sole discretion at any time and without prior notice to you by updating this posting. Visitors to, and Users of, the Site (collectively, “User” or “You”) should visit this page periodically for changes. This Site is continually under development and changes in this Site may be made at any time. Any changes are effective upon posting to this Site. These Terms incorporate the ProPRcopy Privacy Policy, and ProPRcopy Writer Services Agreement posted on the Site.
If you disagree with the Terms, your sole remedy is to discontinue your use of this Site. Your continued use after a change has been posted constitutes your acceptance of those changes.
Definitions
“Account” means the ProPRcopy Account you open when you enter your contact information as a ProPRcopy client and use the Site’s Services.
“Buyer” means a User that purchases ProPRcopy’s Services.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means all patent rights, copyright rights, mask work rights, moral rights, rights of publicity, trademark, trade dress and service mark rights, goodwill, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights as may now exist or hereafter come into existence, and all applications therefore and registrations, renewals and extensions thereof, under the laws of any state, country, territory or other jurisdiction.
“Job” means the request submitted by a Buyer to ProPRcopy seeking writers to satisfy a Buyer’s aim to obtain content.
“Site” means the domain, and all subdomains, of ProPRcopy.com
“Submission” means any and all work product developed by our Writers in carrying out Services as required to complete the Job.
“Third-Party Services” means all services that are accessible through the Site and delivered by third parties. The term Third-Party Services does not include ProPRcopy services or Writer Services.
“User” means (1) a person who makes use of the Site on his or her own behalf, or (2) a person who makes use of the Site on behalf of a company or organization.
“Writer” means a User that offers and delivers services through the Site.
“Writer Contract” shall have the meaning given to it below.
“Writer Services” means all services delivered by Writers.
“Visitor” means a person who is only visiting the Site, not a User.
Services Found on This Site
ProPRcopy makes the Site available as a service to assist individuals or entities seeking written works to receive and pay for well written Submissions. On this Site, Buyers and Writers can do, among other things, the following:
Buyers: Post Jobs, identify terms associated with Jobs, make edit requests to Writers, and pay ProPRcopy for content.
Writers: Search through Jobs, contract to prepare and submit written works in connection with particular Jobs, manage Jobs, and receive compensation for Submissions.
Payments
1. Payment terms
Customers may submit payment to ProPRcopy LLC when an order is submitted through the website or on “Net15” terms with full payment expected within thirty days of invoice delivery. Please be advised that interest charges of 1.5% per month may be added to all past due accounts.
Acceptable payment options are Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover, PayPal or by arrangement, checks drawn from U.S. banks.
2. Prices
The prices posted for the amount and type of Writer Services a Buyer can purchase, including bundled packages, are displayed on the Site and subject to change at ProPRcopy’s discretion. Any change in these prices shall apply on a going-forward basis.
3. Authorized Payments are Final
Your use of the Payment Service constitutes your agreement to pay for any amounts that you authorize us to charge against your Account and, as appropriate, your credit card, bank account, or PayPal. Such payments, once authorized, are final.
4. Erroneous or Duplicate Transactions; Charge Backs
ProPRcopy reserves the right to seek reimbursement from you, and you will reimburse ProPRcopy, if ProPRcopy discovers erroneous or duplicate transactions, or ProPRcopy receives a charge back from any Buyer’s credit card company, bank, or PayPal for any reason. You agree that ProPRcopy has the right to obtain such reimbursement by charging your Account, deducting amounts from future payments or withdrawals, charging your credit card, or obtaining reimbursement from you by any other lawful means. Failure to pay for reimbursements of charge backs is cause for termination of your Account.
5. Currency
The Payment Service operates in U.S. Dollars and therefore ProPRcopy is not responsible for currency fluctuations that occur when billing or crediting a credit or debit card denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, nor is ProPRcopy responsible for currency fluctuations that occur when receiving or sending payment via wire transfer, check or automated clearinghouse to and from your Account. Payments made to ProPRcopy in currency other than U.S. Dollars may take up to eight weeks to process, depending on relationships among the banking and payment systems between the two countries. Consequently, balance adjustments may be delayed.
6. Withdrawal of Funds
For Buyers, with respect to refunding a credit purchase, any refunds must be requested within 10 days of purchase and are subject to a 10% transaction fee if requested after 5 days of purchase. Credit refund requests after 10 days of purchase will not be granted.
Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms of Service, if ProPRcopy determines in its sole discretion that a Buyer or Writer has violated the conditions and restrictions of the Site or Terms of Service, ProPRcopy has the right to refuse to process the withdrawal.
7. Hold on Account Funds
ProPRcopy reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to place a hold on funds for Buyer payments to clear, or if ProPRcopy suspects monies may be subject to dispute or charge back or if fraud is suspected. ProPRcopy will release a hold as soon as practical.
8. Agreement to Pay
If, for any reason, ProPRcopy does not receive payment for any amounts that you have authorized to be paid through your use of the Payment Service or other ProPRcopy services within the time agreed, you agree to pay such amount immediately upon demand by ProPRcopy. You also agree to pay any interest charges, attorneys’ fees and other costs of collection incurred by ProPRcopy in collecting from you the authorized but unpaid amount. In such case, ProPRcopy may, at its option, stop processing any further payments made by you and apply any amounts then held by ProPRcopy on your behalf toward any deficiencies, losses or costs that we have incurred as a result of your use of the Payment Service or other ProPRcopy services. We may turn your account over to a collections agency and make appropriate reports to credit reporting agencies, financial institutions, tax agencies and law enforcement authorities, and cooperate with them in any resulting investigation or prosecution.
Agreed Exclusivity Period with the Site
By using the Site, You acknowledge that ProPRcopy earns its fees through transactions that take place on the Site. You agree not to take any action directly or indirectly to circumvent these fees. If a Writer solicits payment from you outside the Site, you agree to notify ProPRcopy immediately.
User Eligibility and Obligations
ProPRcopy is intended solely for use by a legal entity or an individual thirteen (13) years of age or older, and any registration by, use of, or access to the Site by anyone under the age of 13 is unauthorized, unlicensed, and in violation of these Terms of Service. By using the Site, you represent and warrant (as an individual) that you are 13 or older, and further, that you agree to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you are under 18, you affirm that you are either an emancipated minor or possess legal parental or guardian consent to access and use the Site. ProPRcopy may terminate your Account, Job, and any content or information that You have posted on the Site and/or prohibit you from using or accessing the Site for any reason, at any time in its sole discretion, with or without notice, including without limitation if it believes that You are under 13.
To become a customer of ProPRcopy, you must accept all of the terms and conditions in, and linked to, this Agreement. When you do so, you agree to: (a) abide by this Agreement and the processes, procedures, and guidelines described throughout the Site; (b) be financially responsible for your use of the Site and the purchase or delivery of Writer Services; and (c) perform your obligations as specified by any Writer Contract that you accept, unless such obligations are prohibited by law or by this Agreement. ProPRcopy reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse, suspend, or terminate service to anyone for any reason or no reason.
Accounts
To become a User and access services through our Site you must register for an Account. You agree to provide true, accurate and complete information as prompted by the registration form and all forms you access on the Site, and to update this information to maintain its truthfulness, accuracy and completeness. You cannot register for more than one Account without express written permission from ProPRcopy.
Each User represents, warrants, and agrees to grant access to the Account only to Users authorized to act on behalf of the User and only in accordance with this Agreement. Additionally, each User represents, warrants, and agrees to be fully responsible and liable for any action of any User who uses the Account
Links to Third Party Content
As you view this Site, you may notice links to third-party websites. These links are for convenience only. If you use these links, you will leave this Site. Certain of these linked websites may make use of ProPRcopy proprietary intellectual property rights (such as copyrights, trademarks, service marks, logos and trade names) under license from ProPRcopy. ProPRcopy is not responsible for the availability or content of these other websites or for any viruses or other damaging elements encountered in linking to a third-party website. In addition, providing links to these websites should not be interpreted as endorsement or approval by ProPRcopy of the organizations sponsoring such third-party websites or their products or services. These Terms do not apply to any other websites.
Site Access
The following are prohibited activities, which could lead to the termination of a User account:
Sending or otherwise transmitting to or through this Site any unlawful, infringing, harmful, harassing, defamatory, threatening, hateful or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, any material that can cause harm or delay to this Site or computers of any kind, and any unsolicited advertising, solicitation or promotional materials;
Misrepresenting your identity or affiliation in any way;
Restricting, discouraging, or inhibiting any person from using this Site, disclosing personal information on this Site or obtained from this Site, or collecting information about users of this Site;
Reverse engineering, disassembling or decompiling any section or technology on this Site, or attempting to do any of the foregoing;
Gaining unauthorized access to this Site, other users’ accounts, names, or personally identifiable information, or other computers or Sites connected or linked to this Site;
Launching or using any automated system, including without limitation, “robots,” “spiders,” or “offline readers,” that access this Site in a manner that sends more request messages to our servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional web browser;
Sending or otherwise transmitting to or through this Site chain letters, unsolicited messages, so-called “spamming” or “phishing” messages, or messages marketing or advertising goods and services;
Violating any applicable laws or regulations or these Terms;
Assisting or permitting any persons in engaging in any of the activities described above;
You represent and warrant that any User Content (as that term is defined below) You contribute shall not be defamatory, nor shall it violate anyone’s right of privacy or publicity, not shall it infringe any copyright, trademark, patent, or other personal or proprietary right of any person or entity; or
You further represent and warrant that you will obtain releases, consents, and permissions for use of all materials, trademarks, content, and persons depicted or included in any Content you contribute.
User Disputes
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Users. ProPRcopy reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Users.
User Content
Some areas of the Site may allow Users to post feedback, comments, questions, and other information (“User Content”). You are solely responsible for your User Content that you upload, publish, display, link to or otherwise make available (hereinafter, “post”) through the Site, and you agree that ProPRcopy is acting only as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of your User Content. You understand that whether or not such User Content is published, ProPRcopy does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Content.
You agree not to post User Content that: (i) may create a risk of harm, loss, physical or mental injury, emotional distress, death, disability, disfigurement, or physical or mental illness to you, to any other person, or to any animal; (ii) may create a risk of any other loss or damage to any person or property; (iii) seeks to harm or exploit children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable details or otherwise; (iv) may constitute or contribute to a crime or tort; (v) contains any information or content that we deem to be unlawful, harmful, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, defamatory, infringing, invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, harassing, humiliating to other people (publicly or otherwise), libelous, threatening, profane, or otherwise objectionable; (vi) contains any information or content that is illegal (including, without limitation, the disclosure of insider information under securities law or of another party’s trade secrets); (vii) contains any information or content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; or (viii) contains any information or content that you know is not correct and current.
ProPRcopy takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content that you or any other User or third party posts or sends using this the Site. You acknowledge that ProPRcopy has no editorial control over User Content posted by Users on the Site and is not responsible for and does not monitor such content for accuracy or reliability. ProPRcopy reserves the right, but is not obligated, to reject and/or remove any User Content that ProPRcopy believes, in its sole discretion, violates these provisions.
User License to ProPRcopy
You retain all your ownership rights in your User Content except ownership for Writer Services, which is governed by the Writer Contract. By posting any User Content on the Site, you expressly grant, and you represent and warrant that you have a right to grant, to ProPRcopy a royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, list information regarding, edit, translate, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of all such User Content and your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in your User Content, in whole or in part, and in any form, media or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, for use in connection with the Site and ProPRcopy’s (and its successors’ and affiliates’) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Site (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ProPRcopy will only use or disclose your User Content posted to non-public areas of the Site (such as the Workroom) to the extent necessary to provide you the services on the Site. You also hereby grant each User of the Site a non-exclusive license to access your User Content through the Site, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such User Content as permitted through the functionality of the Site and under this Agreement.
The above licenses granted by you in your User Content terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you remove or delete your User Content from the Site. You understand and agree, however, that ProPRcopy may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of User Content that have been removed or deleted. The above licenses granted by you in User Content for which the Site does not provide you a means to delete or remove are perpetual and irrevocable.
Disclaimers, Limitations and Exclusions
1. Data
You are responsible for creation, storage, and backup of your business records and User Content. This Agreement and any registration for or subsequent use of the Site will not be construed as creating any responsibility on ProPRcopy’s part to store, maintain, backup, retain, or grant access to any information or data for any period.
We have implemented commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. You acknowledge that you provide your personal information, or information about the entity that you represent, at your own risk.
2. Termination
ProPRcopy may terminate your use of this Site or any of our features or services at any time and for any reason without notice for conduct violating these Terms. Upon any such termination, you must destroy all Content obtained from this Site and all copies thereof. The provisions of these Terms concerning Site security, prohibited activities, copyrights, trademarks, user submissions, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnity, and jurisdictional issues shall survive any such termination.
3. Warranty Disclaimer
User Content and any other writings or materials on this Site are provided to you “AS-IS” for your information and personal use only. You agree that you will not use, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever any Content without the prior written consent of ProPRcopy, or except as expressly permitted herein. If you download or print a copy of any User Content for personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained herein. You agree not to circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with the security related features of the Site or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any User Content or enforce limitations on use of the Site or the User Content herein. You agree not to use the ProPRcopy names, logos and marks (whether registered or based on common law) for any purpose without the prior written authorization of ProPRcopy.
ProPRcopy, at is discretion, may resell services provided by other venders including for distribution and translation services. In these cases, ProPRcopy is simply reselling these services as a courtessey and no warrant is made or implied.
In any case, ProPRcopy does not warrant specific placement of any news release nor pick up by third parties of any news release made by ProPRcopy or its partners.
Some states or other jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusions may not apply to you.
In addition, please note that the Site may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. ProPRcopy has the right at any time to change, modify, add to, discontinue, or retire any aspect or feature of the Site, including, but not limited to, hours of availability, equipment needed for access or use, or the availability of the ProPRcopy services on any particular device or communications service. ProPRcopy has no obligation to provide you with notice of any such changes, and ProPRcopy is under no obligation to provide you with any support, error corrections, updates, upgrades, bug fixes, and/or enhancements of the Site.
Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted under applicable law, under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall ProPRcopy be liable for any compensatory, punitive, special or consequential damages that result from 1) the use of this site or services offered by the site; 2) the inability to use this site or the services; 3) the misappropriation of materials; or 4) the loss of, or damage to, materials for any reason, even if ProPRcopy or a ProPRcopy authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless ProPRcopy, its shareholders, business partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, Users, or third party sponsors, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, and assignees, at your sole cost and expense, from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including attorney’s fees, that arise from Your use of the Site and from any User Content you contribute to the Site. ProPRcopy reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with ProPRcopy in asserting any available defense. You shall not settle any indemnified claim without ProPRcopy’s prior written consent.
Unsolicited Ideas
ProPRcopy does not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, including ideas for new promotions, products, technologies, or processes. This policy serves to avoid potential misunderstandings or disputes regarding ownership of ideas. Except as expressly provided in ProPRcopy’s privacy policy, you give ProPRcopy an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display, publicly perform, transmit and distribute any User Content. You further agree that ProPRcopy has the right to use, without any payment or accounting to you or others, any concepts, know-how or ideas that you (and those who act on your behalf) transmit to or through this Site or to us through email.
Trademarks
All trademarks, service marks, logos and trade names on this Site, whether registered or unregistered, including but not limited to ProPRcopy.com, are proprietary to ProPRcopy or to other companies where so indicated. You may not reproduce, download or otherwise use any such trademarks, service marks, logos or trade names without the prior written consent of the appropriate owner thereof.
Jurisdictional Issues
This Site is controlled and operated by ProPRcopy from its offices within the State of California, United States of America. ProPRcopy makes no representation that materials in the Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. Access to this Site from jurisdictions where the contents of this Site are illegal or penalized is prohibited.
Entire Agreement; No Waiver; Severability
These Terms, including the Terms of the Privacy Policy and Writer Services Agreement, constitute the entire agreement between you and ProPRcopy regarding the use of the Site, superseding any prior agreements between you and ProPRcopy relating to your use of the Site. The failure of ProPRcopy to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision in that or any other instance. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, the remainder of these Terms shall continue in full force and effect. If any provision of these Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Claims of Copyright Infringement
ProPRcopy respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied and is accessible on the Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), you are encouraged, as a first step, to contact the involved party in an attempt to resolve the issue directly. You may in addition or as a next step send a notification of claimed copyright infringement to ProPRcopy’s designated agent along with the following information:
The electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or the person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf;
A description of the copyright work that you claim has been infringed and a description of the infringing activity;
Identification of the location where the original or an authorized copy of the copyrighted work exists, for example the URL of the Site where it is posted or the name of the book in which it has been published;
Identification of the URL or other specific location on the Site where the material that You claim is infringing is located, including enough information to allow ProPRcopy to locate the material;
Your name, address, telephone number, and email address;
A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in Your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
We caution you that if you knowingly misrepresent that material is or is not infringing, you may be subject to heavy civil penalties. These include monetary damages, court costs, and attorneys fees incurred by us, by any copyright owner, or by any copyright owner’s licensee that is injured as a result of our relying upon your misrepresentation. You may also be subject to criminal prosecution for perjury.
We have a policy of terminating accounts of repeat infringers. A repeat infringer includes any User who has submitted or posted two or more pieces of Content for which we receive a notice of infringement. You agree that if your account is terminated pursuant to these Terms, you will not attempt to establish a new account under any name, real or assumed, and further agree that if you violate this restriction by opening a new account after being terminated you indemnify and hold us harmless from any and all liability that we may incur therefore.
Governing Law; Venue
These Terms and the validity, construction, and performance thereof will be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without regard to its choice of law provisions. You irrevocably agree that any action proceeding arising from or relating to this Agreement may be brought only in the courts of Wisconsin or the U.S. District Court located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and, you consent, for yourself and in respect of your property, to the jurisdiction of each such court in any such action or proceeding, and waive any objection to proceeding in such venue, including that the forum is inconvenient.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.
ProPRcopy LLC
(800) 746-3121
1345 N. Jefferson St., Suite 120
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
This policy was last modified on October 1, 2022.